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  1. Shangas

    What The Heck!!! They can dream!!!

    "It's old so it's gotta be worth like...lots...like...right...dude? Yeah?"
  2. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I found two things at the shop today... A friend of mine knows that I have an old typewriter. He gave me three boxed typewriter spools. Two of them had never been used. Still sealed. The third one, which had been used (I rejuvenated it with some stamping-ink), has ribbon which is wound around...
  3. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    I wish, but no. But if it's any consolation, the shirt comes from T.M. Lewin of Jermyn St., in London.
  4. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Finally got a cool change today. Decked out in the following: Wearing one of my new, flea-market-find collar-bars. Bought four of them, so far... And dad said you couldn't find these things anymore. Pfft.
  5. Shangas

    30s or Earlier British Stroller

    Hah. Very Jeeves & Woosterish :)
  7. Shangas

    1907 dated 3 piece suit

    Any listing that is "real" or "Authentic" or "genuine" or "original", has my alarm-bells ringing. That's not how you advertise stuff unless you're an idiot.
  8. Shangas

    This Made Me Feel Guilty About Wearing Fur Felt Hats

    Rabbits in Australia are a pain in the ass to farmers, because they dig up their fields and destroy their crops. If you're feeling worried, buy a rabbit-felt hat made in Australia. We can assure you that you're doing our country a favour. Not only do you keep down a pest-population, but you...
  9. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    ESSO, huh? You should sell that to me. My dad works for ESSO.
  10. Shangas

    Stuff you learn about your ancestors

    My family has a surprising number of writers in it, on my father's side. I have an aunt who is a writer, I have a cousin who is a writer. My uncle (aged 78) was an English teacher, and my aunt (the one I previously mentioned) is also an English teacher (I think she retired recently though). And...
  11. Shangas

    Stuff you learn about your ancestors

    I can trace my family back to the turn of the last century. But we don't have any photographs that predate the 1950s. I learnt about quite a few things of my family from speaking to my uncle (at 78, the oldest surviving member since the death of my grandmother in 2011), and visiting museums...
  13. Shangas

    Stuff you learn about your ancestors

    I find family histories fascinating. I spent quite a time researching my father's family history.
  14. Shangas

    Badly listed waistcoat

    I *might* be able to wear that...but I don't think I'd want to...It doesn't look like it's got far to go before it's consigned to the rubbish-bin.
  15. Shangas

    The Great Mahjong Craze of the 1920's

    Despite Chinese superstitions, I daresay that some families would have held onto Mahjong sets through generations. It's always been a very popular game in Asia. And almost any country with a significant Chinese population will have mahjong players. I would see no reason why mahjong sets wouldn't...
  16. Shangas

    Male grooming?

    Some of the Pears Soap advertisements are hilarious. But some of them are very much 'of their time'. I still found them funny, but yeah, they probably wouldn't fly today.
  17. Shangas

    Vintage hair products

    I don't use hair-products as often as I used to. But when I do, I have a tin of Murray's Pomade on my counter. Made since the 1920s. It has a really sweet, candy-like smell that I like. It's like...toffee.
  19. Shangas

    Writer's Plea for Help; need input from the ladies of the lounge!

    777 posts. Impressive :) Whatever this story is, you better let me read it.
  20. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Today, I'm mostly using my blue, Venetian glass dip-pen. Looks like this one: It was a Christmas present from last year. It's surprisingly smooth and writes very well for a glass pen. I like it a lot!
  21. Shangas

    Another Indiana Jones question -- Dr. Belloq's panama

    David Suchet wears one of those in his "Poirot" films. I think they're really cool, but I wouldn't be able to pull that one off, I don't think. They certainly are neat, though.
  22. Shangas

    Another Indiana Jones question -- Dr. Belloq's panama

    Are there any Panamas to be found in films like "Casablanca"? Panamas in that film would obviously be more akin to what they would've had in the 1930s.
  23. Shangas

    "101 Shockingly Sexist Vintage Ads"

    Is there a counterpart degree called Men's Studies?

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