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  1. Stanley Doble

    Which funny videos are you watching?

    This funny video featuring Bob Dylan and Jenna Elfman. It is the last scene from a Dharma and Greg episode. She played Dharma. The joke is that Dharma told husband Greg that she was trying out for a band and invited him along. Thinking it was some of her hippie friends he begged off, and...
  2. Stanley Doble

    Vintage toasters

    I remember the old 50s streamlined chrome toasters. They were way better than anything you can buy today. Heavy, well built, and toasts the bread a lot faster than today's cheapies. But as others have pointed out they do wear out after 20 or 30 years of daily service. I know how to repair or...
  3. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    War bonds weren't needed to finance the war. They were to soak up excess buying power and control inflation.
  4. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Broccoli and cheese stuffed breaded chicken breast, steamed broccoli, stove top stuffing. With a glass of cranberry juice.
  5. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    French onion soup with a marrow bone and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. Whole wheat toast grilled with Mozzarella on top.
  7. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Have paper matches gone to join the dodo birds and dinosaurs? It seems not so long ago you saw a box of paper matches or penny matches beside the cash register in every store and restaurant. They vanished when smoking in public places was banned. Now I can't even find them on the shelf at the...
  8. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The Toronto Transit Commission experimented with cheap street cars from eastern Europe. They cost half what a Canadian made car cost but lasted less than half as long. After 10 years they were shot to blazes! The chassis completely rusted through in some cases. They were used to cars that lasted...
  9. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    There was a time when trolley cars and street railways were a profitable business. The profits began to fade away under competition from cars and buses in the 1920s. In a lot of areas the trolley system was owned by real estate developers as a way to get customers to buy houses in their outlying...
  10. Stanley Doble

    Stars And Their Cars

    Hal Roach and his stars in a Kissel Gold Bug sports car. Notice the rumble seat that slides out of the side of the car like a drawer, with footrest on the running board. What a place to sit at 80 miles an hour!
  11. Stanley Doble

    Stars And Their Cars

    Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns' 1935 Stutz Bearcat. Unknown gas station attendant checks the oil. Just kidding, that's Clark Gable and his 1935 Duesenberg.
  13. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Not to be confused with Utes, or Australian utility vehicles
  14. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Yute = youth as pronounced with a New York accent. Popularized by the movie My Cousin Vinnie.
  15. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    I must admit I have almost $10 worth of cheese etc left over so the cost is not as much as I said. I plan on making an extra pan and freezing it. Home cooking and baking might or might not save money but even if it doesn't it is a cheap hobby with many delicious and healthful benefits.
  16. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    For no apparent reason today I remembered this anecdote.... I think it was the Arthur Godfrey radio program at least it was an interview program, that was sponsored by Sta Puf fabric softener. The host kept trying to work the sponsor's product into the conversation but his guest seemed to be...
  17. Stanley Doble

    You know you are getting old when:

    Being old is like being high and going through withdrawal at the same time.
  19. Stanley Doble

    What's for Dinner?

    Made a pan of home made lasagna tonight. It was really good but for meat, cheese, spinach and sauce I must have spent $20. I don't usually think in those terms but the lasagna came about because the store had lasagna noodles on sale. So I saved 50 cents on a box of noodles and it cost me $20 ha ha.
  20. Stanley Doble

    Vintage Car Thread - Discussion and Parts Requests

    You might check the bushing on the transmission. It may be worn too. It is surprising how light and precise the old column shifts are, if worn parts are renewed and they are lubricated and working correctly.
  21. Stanley Doble

    Retro gym equipment?

    Crazy fitness equipment of the forties
  22. Stanley Doble

    "Reader's Copy" or "Advanced Copy" of books

    I have found a few in used book stores so they are not that rare. But some are quite valuable. There are collectors who specialize in them.
  23. Stanley Doble

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    Mountebank! Huckster!

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