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  1. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Rag&BoneMan that tray is just stunning. I say it's definitely worth the professional scrub-up. Did a Jeeves come along with it? I think to own a tray like that, you require a dapper English valet with an encyclopedic knowledge of absolutely everything.
  2. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    It is Winter here in Australia (yes we have winter here). My UGG boot slippers have disintegrated into dust (literally) after just one year of use. This is the second pair of ugg boots which I have worn out, in two years. Despite the fact that I only wear them for five or six months in a...
  3. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    You bought two and a half kilos of STERLING SILVER for FIVE DOLLARS? Ladies and Gentlemen of the Lounge, may I present the Thrift-Shop and Flea-Market Find winner for 2013. RagandBoneMan, please step forward for the prize of a gold top hat.
  4. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Those cheap cardboard thingies are useless. I wanted to buy one once, but it was so flimsy it nearly fell apart in my hand the moment I picked it up. I love those chrome steel sleeve-garters. They're just snappy :)
  5. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    The only chicken nuggets I eat are the ones I buy from the butcher which are made with real chicken. Not genuinely authentic simulated artificial processed chicken-flavoured purified meat-substitute.
  7. Shangas

    Anybody Else Collect Sewing Machines?

    At the back of the machine is the BALANCE WHEEL (also called the handwheel). The silver "clutch-wheel" inside is what controls the needle-bar. Loosening the clutch-wheel disengages the needle-mechanism. The handwheel will then spin freely, without driving the needle-bar. This is so that you...
  8. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    What an exquisite haul! You paid FIVE QUID for all that!? Everything looks beautiful.
  9. Shangas

    Rings

    Is it your intention to have it engraved?
  10. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    G.E.F: I like the blue vest and the glasses and collar-bar. Very snappy. G.I.J: That bicycle is really neat. What make & model, and how old is it? I love vintage bicycles. One day I'd like to own one.
  11. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    I dumped a whole jar of chili sauce into that latest batch. Me like SPICY.
  13. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    So do I. It's my favourite dish. It's easy to make, it's easy to cook, and you can put whatever you want into it. It's a great way to use up all the crap leftover in your fridge.
  14. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Homemade fried-rice. Yummylicious.
  15. Shangas

    do you ever save your old worn shoes for sentimental reasons?

    I'm in the same boat as Papaya. Mostly my shoes just get completely worn out. I don't have a car, so I walk everywhere. As a result my shoes get a lot of use and abuse. Most of them are lucky to last more than a couple of years.
  16. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Dinner last night was wonton & noodles at the local chinese restaurant.
  17. Shangas

    Golden Era Police

    We don't have that stuff here in Australia. Or at least, not that I've noticed. And I think it's a big pity.
  19. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    Is it a possibility that it isn't the correct needle to begin with? Or that the needle, while correct, isn't properly seated in the needle-bar? Those are two possible reasons for it not sewing properly, provided that everything else is hunky-dory.
  20. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    Most Singer sewing machines use needles with a D-shaped shank. The flat side goes up against the neelde-bar, and the round side faces outwards. Usually, it's flat side to the right, the round side to the left. But there are some machines which use circular, O-shanked needles. I think these are...
  21. Shangas

    History Channel Gone Wrong

    I really like the History Channel, but I agree, it has its flaws. I love its documentary series, but some of them are really...bleh. I was really looking forward to "The Men Who Built America", but after watching it...I dunno. It was just...it seemed weak? Like they rushed it, and made it...
  22. Shangas

    do you ever save your old worn shoes for sentimental reasons?

    I donate my old shoes to charity.
  23. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    I would hardly call myself an 'expert' but I will certainly try.

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