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  1. Shangas

    Show us your radios!

    Sorry to rain on your parade here, but we already have a radio thread. http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?11765-Show-us-your-radios!
  2. Shangas

    Beaver Kills Man - not just his wallet

    And this is why we make hats out of them.
  3. Shangas

    Beaver Kills Man - not just his wallet

    And this is why we make hats out of them.
  4. Shangas

    Shangas' Little Movie :)

    Oh it wasn't my idea. It was Chum's. I just went along with it.
  5. Shangas

    vintage toys

    In storage, we have a set of...Hornby...model trains, I believe. My dad bought them years ago. I'm not entirely sure, but they must be about 25-30 years old by now.
  7. Shangas

    Shangas' Little Movie :)

    A friend of mine is a sound-recordist, and his friend is a cameraman (Well...woman). We three got together, about a month ago, and created this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9jhHuJuQrw It was only uploaded a week or two ago, so it's still pretty fresh. It's about me and my collections of...
  8. Shangas

    What Song Would You Like Played At Your Funeral.

    You're welcome. "We'll Meet Again" seems to be a perennial favourite at times like this. In the 1980s, Raffles Hotel in Singapore, which by then had been open for nearly 100 years, was closed down for a complete restoration and renovation. On the night before the hotel was closed, everyone...
  9. Shangas

    Human Encyclopedias in 1954: a strangely normal couple.

    Bingo!
  10. Shangas

    Human Encyclopedias in 1954: a strangely normal couple.

    Upon reading the title of this thread, I was immediately reminded of The 39 Steps.
  11. Shangas

    What Song Would You Like Played At Your Funeral.

    During the War, when death was such an inevitability to those who may never have faced it before, Dame Vera Lynn sure made it seem very attractive... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_f5NbPOOGE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGRV9aQuDXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY...
  13. Shangas

    Finding Period Old Clothing In Australia Is Impossible

    For a thousand hundred bucks, that better be spun from the Golden Fleece.
  14. Shangas

    What Song Would You Like Played At Your Funeral.

    I have discovered the perfect Golden Era Song of Death: "I'm Sittin' On Top of the World" - Al Jolson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVrJoA2O7E4 I dunno why this song never occurred to me sooner! The lyrics match perfectly. It's so fitting, it's hilarious! Just listen to the lyrics, and use...
  15. Shangas

    Barbershops

    There's a barbershop (complete with pole and old-timey chairs) down the road from my house. There's conflicting stories about the origins of the barber-pole, but Futwick got it almost right. The two "bowls" are for leeches, and for the blood. Correct. The pole is used for gripping, to...
  16. Shangas

    Is Making (and attaching) a liner for this bag a possibility?

    I finished making the lining for the bag. It's a bachelor job, on a vintage Singer. But it'll do for my purposes. The material is brown suede. I picked it because I reckoned it would go well with the dark brown of the leather. It fits really well. The next step is sticking something in there...
  17. Shangas

    Finding Period Old Clothing In Australia Is Impossible

    There IS Henry Bucks in the city (a shop along the same lines as Antons), but, like Antons, it's really expensive.
  19. Shangas

    Is Making (and attaching) a liner for this bag a possibility?

    Nah, it doesn't have to be anything fancy. I'm nearly done, anyway.
  20. Shangas

    Far East Lounger's thread.

    Does that give us license to butt in?
  21. Shangas

    Is Making (and attaching) a liner for this bag a possibility?

    I had considered a wire frame when I first had this idea, but I changed my mind because it occurred to me that it wouldn't bend and flex as the bag might require it to do. I really don't want to SEW anything in. I'm not much of a tailor, if I'm honest. In fact if I didn't have my gran's...
  22. Shangas

    Is Making (and attaching) a liner for this bag a possibility?

    Thanks for the tips, guys. I think the Velcro route seems like the most effective for the time-being, unless someone can suggest something else. I'm in the process of making the liner. So far, I've done the sides, bottom and ends, and most of the pockets. Now comes the tricky bit - attaching...
  23. Shangas

    Is Making (and attaching) a liner for this bag a possibility?

    Aah that's a good idea. I'll look into that, Bond. Thanks for the suggestion. I could certainly do that.
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