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  1. Shangas

    Home decor

    DHermann raises a valid point. "Vintage" can mean anything from Edwardian all the way to the 1950s. You may have to be more specific in what style you're after.
  2. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Oooh, very glamorous! Very sharp and snappy.
  3. Shangas

    Most inconvenient places to be a hat wearer

    Theaters/cinemas, airplanes, restaurants SOMETIMES.
  4. Shangas

    Home decor

    Search thrift-shops, craigslist, Gumtree, etc. for cheap vintage furniture.
  5. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Yours Truly on CNY. In the end, I changed to my ivory weskit. But I kept everything else.
  7. Shangas

    Anyone Else Have & Use a Clothes Valet / Valet Stand?

    Would you mind telling us how and where it was that you procured this interesting individual? I can't help but think that there's quite a story behind this thing.
  8. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Dinner tonight: Chicken soup and breasts. Dinner tomorrow night? These songs explain it best... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEQDllvuy1I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aeQ3DmKU7A
  9. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    Who's the little fellah? :)
  10. Shangas

    Show Us Your...Inkwells

    Yes I do. I keep my supply of ink in there for my fountain pens and dip-pens.
  11. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    As they say in the Old Country, tomorrow, Sunday, the 10th of February, is Zhongguo Xinnian. Chinese New Year. The family has been invited out for dinner and I intend to wear red. So we have my dark red waistcoat with red silk backing... ...and two red ties (I haven't figured out which...
  13. Shangas

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    In "Hound", Sherlock Holmes deduced the hotel pen and ink from the writing. Because it was so splotchy and scratchy, he figured it had to be a hotel pen. Only a nib that was constantly abused by everyone who touched it, would produce such terrible writing.
  14. Shangas

    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    Canadiana and Australia are both in the Commonwealth. Yes. But we don't use lorry (at least, not down here. Not sure about up north). And FYI: A large grain of salt is known as a 'corn'.
  15. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    Listening to my radio... Current station: Melbourne, 95.7FM., "Golden Days Radio". Current Track: "I Only Have Eyes For You"
  16. Shangas

    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    "Fanny pack", or "bumbag". Either is equally unappealing. Then we have "Diaper" and "nappy". According to the program "The Worst Jobs in History" (presented by Tony Robinson), the word 'diaper' originated in England, and actually refers to the pattern of the weave in the cloth used to make...
  17. Shangas

    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    I use dodgy all the time. The important thing is not to buy anything labelled as 'dodgy'.
  19. Shangas

    "Thirty Things that Need to Stage a Comeback"

    Hahahahaha!! In all seriousness though. In those times, women had to be tougher and stronger than what they might be today. Doing laundry by hand. Don't think it's easy. I don't mean carrying it to the washing-machine, dumping it in and pressing "GO". I mean literally doing every single...
  20. Shangas

    Male grooming?

    There is a rumor going around that it was this advertisement... ...from the Victorian era (I think) which sparked a change in bathing regularity. How much that's true, I don't know. But it's what I've read.
  21. Shangas

    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    It's my experience that the British are very fond of the word 'kit'. Your army-equipment is your "kit". You stored it in your "kitbag". If you were going out camping, or for some special occasion, you made sure that you were "kitted up" for the activities ahead. Before you left the house at...
  22. Shangas

    Skills For "Living The Era"

    BP pens came under a lot of fire when they came out. They were leaky, expensive, and unreliable. Just like fountain pens were. In fact, I think it was Grahame Greene who once said that the ballpoint pen was only good for filling out immigration forms on the airplane ('cause the pen didn't...
  23. Shangas

    "Thirty Things that Need to Stage a Comeback"

    Sir, I beg to differ. GREATLY. My mother is horrible at organisation. One LOOK at our kitchen will tell you that. We have a bazillion jars, boxes, packets and containers of all the spices and herbs of Far Arabia in our kitchen. And not a SINGLE one of them is labelled or categorised in any...

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