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Period Films and Inaccuraces
"The Patriot" with Mel Gibson was an interesting film...but I agree. It had several historical inaccuracies. Granted, it wasn't meant to be a "history film" if you know what I mean. But still...- Shangas
- Post #111
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Period Films and Inaccuraces
Blackpowder revolvers are fitted with firing-caps/precussion caps, a charge of powder, a bullet, and a wadding in each chamber before the gun is cocked and fired. The firing-pin hits the precussion-cap, which fires the round. I daresay, if the cartridges were of the right calibre, it probably...- Shangas
- Post #98
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds
...So THAT'S why I've been finding nails in my sandwiches... I love those hairbrushes. Very snappy.- Shangas
- Post #3,682
- Forum: The Display Case
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Period Films and Inaccuraces
There were certainly female physicians back in the 1890s. So I don't see why not. But if you want to talk innacuracies, Murdoch Mysteries has quite a few. Most notably the typewriters. P.C. Crabtree has an Imperial No. 50, which didn't come out until the 1920s. They did better with other...- Shangas
- Post #96
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Schindler's list on ebay
Once it's irreparably destroyed over some stupid squabble, they'll realise the folly of selling globally significant pieces of history into the hands of private collectors. -
Epic hat destruction
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The Mindset Lists
"Right boys, to earn your medical degrees, you must finally, complete this penmanship course. Only absolute failure will be accepted as a passing grade..."- Shangas
- Post #131
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
"Earthquake" from 1974.- Shangas
- Post #14,141
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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No Love For Black Hats
I only have one black hat, a homburg. Also by Akubra. I agree, they are rather limiting. Or at least, that's been my general observation. Perhaps it just needs a more daring person than me to wear it... -
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The Mindset Lists
I just got back from my family doctor. It's true, they can't write. He filled out a medical form for me. I wonder if the recipient will be able to read a single letter of it...- Shangas
- Post #127
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
Y'know it occurred to me...kids these days probably would have no relation or understanding of the term "film". They live in an age of digital everything. The days of old film-reels for stills cameras and movie-projectors and all that, are probably well out of their memories. When I was a...- Shangas
- Post #113
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
We've all had teachers like that. My Year 7 English teacher used to tell us about her old school-teacher. One time, he called a boy up on some sort of misdemeanor and caned him in front of the class with a wooden ruler (a yardstick, or something similar). The stick broke in half and the piece...- Shangas
- Post #3,053
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
No I'm not! Don't listen to him. I'm a diabolical monster of unimaginable evil capable of such feats as would cause your eyes to bleed. ...or not. *kissbunnies*- Shangas
- Post #96
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
I believe the correct term is 'young fogey'.- Shangas
- Post #93
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
Why on earth would people do that? That said, I firmly believe that a 'reporter' reports news and current events. Facts. This happened on this day at this time and this was the result. A writer in a newspaper which does not write about such things, and which would therefore be classified as...- Shangas
- Post #79
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
I guess I better watch my step around you, huh Sloany?- Shangas
- Post #77
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
I tried, but it's not easy hitting a fly with an ethernet cable.- Shangas
- Post #74
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
Hahaha!! Wow, that's pretty neat. At my local flea-market, there's this old codger from the 30s (literally, he was born in like 1935 or something), who shows up every week, and among other things, he always brings, like, religiously, always brings antique record-players. And I always like to...- Shangas
- Post #62
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Mindset Lists
That thing about the record is hilarious! "Calender"...wow...I'd love to see how that one played out. Y'know it's occurred to me that we've already advanced far enough in years, that there are already several generations who will never have grown up knowing anything other than DVDs and...- Shangas
- Post #60
- Forum: The Observation Bar
