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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
As long as the 2 major political parties in this country are havens for mutually incompatible and extreme ideologies obsessed with never agreeing on anything at all except the need to "beat the other party" at all costs as if they are sports teams things are simply not going to improve. Solving...- JimWagner
- Post #143
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Cooper G-1
Somehow I kept my A-2 when I got out. It wasn't new when issued to me and worn constantly while I worked in our planes. I still wore it for another few years after getting out until it finally just about fell apart. I haven't owned a coat since then that could take the level of abuse that one...- JimWagner
- Post #51
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Cooper G-1
True on deck jackets. And I'm assuming you meant the Navy A-2 canvas deck jack, not to be confused with the Army/Air Force A-2 leather flight jacket?- JimWagner
- Post #49
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Cooper G-1
I don't know about current issue G-1's, but when mine was issued to me in 1966 it didn't have side entry hand warmer pockets and my Cooper G-1 doesn't either. Frankly, the vertical entry pockets were/are too flat for putting much of anything into. A couple of .45 clips in each would be about it...- JimWagner
- Post #46
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
The Cultural Revolution. Now that was a true decay of education.- JimWagner
- Post #122
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your Guns!
Good find and looks to be in great shape, at least cosmeticly.- JimWagner
- Post #5,565
- Forum: The Display Case
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This or That
Watch at home where I can take a bathroom break without missing any of the movie. Costs less too. But we probably will go see the new Star Wars movie. 2D or 3D?- JimWagner
- Post #2,358
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
The Red Robin chain, at least near us, is experimenting with tablets on the tables mounted on fairly heavy stands. You can order and pay for your meal without ever seeing wait staff if you want to. Other than getting your food delivered to the table and the occasional drink top off you are on...- JimWagner
- Post #1,893
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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This site is filthy!
Most fashion, male or female, just confuses me. Take this thing where men and women are removing all body hair. Is this some weird attempt to remain prepubescent, refusing to grow up? For men, hairless bodies and stubble? Really? I guess "That'll put hair on your chest" just doesn't carry the...- JimWagner
- Post #66
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.
For some reason you've called up a memory of the movie "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" where the Russian submarine crew hijacks an old VW to get into town. I know that was supposed to be set on Gloucester Island, Mass. but the locals always seemed more like Mainers to me. One...- JimWagner
- Post #1,885
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
Well, I certainly have to agree with you about what a disaster TV and radio news has become since the FCC backed off and the news departments were reorganized as part of the entertainment division with all that implies. As far as who was really behind that (meaning any particular cohort) other...- JimWagner
- Post #88
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
The mediascape, as you put it, is NOT the real world and never was. It is no more a reflection of the real world than 1930's movies were accurate depictions of the real world of the 30's experienced by real people. Take newspapers, for example. In the heyday of newspapers each and every one...- JimWagner
- Post #85
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Decaying Evolution of Education...
OK, that's quite a statement without you providing a single example of how the boomers "made that bed". Are you one of those people who think all, or even the majority boomers were hippies? Or that we were "free spirits" who didn't have traditional careers? Or any of many media fantasies...- JimWagner
- Post #83
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
Part of the problem in repairing old cameras in particular goes beyond finding parts. The service manuals are extremely difficult to come by. In the day that knowledge was a closely guarded secret. If you weren't a factory trained repair tech then the manufacturer wouldn't sell them to you...- JimWagner
- Post #392
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
Sorry, I haven't found anyone. That's why I'm teaching myself. At this point I wouldn't touch one of my better cameras and certainly not someone else's.- JimWagner
- Post #390
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
This is my Canon VT de luxe 35mm. One of the things unique about this camera is the the film advance is a lever on the bottom of the camera body. It's similar to the old Leica rapid film advance mechanisms except it's not removable as such and there is no film advance knob. I have a number of...- JimWagner
- Post #388
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
I bought one Canon IVSb2 that I knew had shutter problems to use as a sacrificial victim to my desire to teach myself how to repair and refurbish old cameras. Here it is in pieces on the bench waiting for me to get back to it.- JimWagner
- Post #387
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
Here's my Canon IVSb2, another Leica rangefinder clone. Also a nice shooter.- JimWagner
- Post #386
- Forum: The Display Case
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The Vintage Camera Club Thread
Returning to 35mm cameras, here is my Nicca 3-S. It's a Leica IIIf clone and a very nice old camera. One of my favorites.- JimWagner
- Post #385
- Forum: The Display Case
