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  1. Shangas

    Let's See Your Vintage Inspired Office!

    Here it is. I was going for a sort of 1920s/30s style; Interwar Period.
  2. Shangas

    Show us your radios!

    In my ongoing quest to clean up my room and turn it into a sort of vintage timewarp, I'm currently hunting down a vintage-style radio. Buying an original from the 30s and 40s is FAAAAAAR outside my budget. But I am hoping to purchase a vintage replica/reproduction radio. I have my eyes on...
  3. Shangas

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

    I used to do that. But I was sick of having to move my clothes everytime I wanted to sit down. And I was too lazy to hang things up when I was only going to wear them again in a few minutes, anyway. That's why I wanted a valet. A stylish solution to temporary storage. Having a valet was on my...
  4. Shangas

    Show Us Your...Inkwells

    I recently spruced up my inkwell with a dash of Brasso. Here's what it looks like now:
  5. Shangas

    Video games based in the golden era

    I should be more precise. I own a copy of L.A. Noire. But despite DOZENS of REPEATED ATTEMPTS trying EVERYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE... ...I can't get it to run. Any LAN-players here willing to spare the time to help me, contact me, and I'll explain the situation in its fullest details.
  7. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I created a separate thread about this somewhere. My father had his eyes on a white SECA doctor's scale. He finally bought it... It cost him $90.00.
  8. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Thanks James, DNO. I've wanted one of these ever since I saw one on a TV show once. I think it was Antiques Roadshow or some such program. Years and years ago. And that Sunday, I struck gold! I'm very happy with it. The antiques fair was very interesting. Most of it was junkish stuff, but...
  9. Shangas

    As time goes by ...

    Don't feel bad, Sky. My second-cousin, Timothy (I think he's about 12 now?), was taken to visit my grandmother a few years back, when she was still up and kicking. She was 95 or thereabouts. Gran ADORES children (first-hand experience, here :) ), but Timothy was terrified of her! He wouldn't...
  10. Shangas

    1930s Mens Pleat Back Palm Beach Linen Suit

    The trousers would almost certainly fit me. I'm less convinced about the jacket.
  11. Shangas

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

    Anyone who's read the "Thrift Store Finds" thread lately, will know that I scavenged that beauty up there, for $5.00., and in doing-so, fulfilled a dream I had for many years, to own my own clothes valet. Finally, a dedicated piece of equipment for looking after my clothes and keeping my room...
  13. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Certainly not! I'm very happy with it :D
  14. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    If this ain't not a vintage SCORE. Nothing ever will be. Dad and I woke up today at 6:00am, and drove for two hours, through this... ...to attend the annual Fryerstown Antiques Fair. Somebody man the air-raid sirens. We're entering Silent Hill. At the end of this long and foggy...
  15. Shangas

    Gold lamp light

    We used to have hanging-fixtures like those pendants, in our house, which was built in the 60s. I can only say that they were a pain in the ass. Whenever you had to change a lightbulb, you had to take the glass bowls off them, and they took forever to remove, then dust, then reattach (our...
  16. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    This is my current pen, on my desk. The "Big Red" Parker Duofold flattop two-bander from 1928.
  17. Shangas

    Why doesn't the Golden Era extend to the 50s or early 60s?

    I'm pretty sure, doing that today would be considered illegal, or racist, or politically incorrect. Or some bogus, ridiculous idea.
  19. Shangas

    Why doesn't the Golden Era extend to the 50s or early 60s?

    The mid-end of the 60s was when a lot of those old trades began to die off. More and more people were buying off-the-peg. So bespoke tailors suffered. Before long, quartz watches were coming on the market. So watchmakers were suddenly out of a job. By the 70s, electronic typewriters...
  20. Shangas

    What are you wearing today??

    I think it's very sharp. I think it looks better with the dark shirt, to be honest. It gives a good contrast to the tie.
  21. Shangas

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    In a bout of extreme boredom, and, I admit, frustration at the state of my bedroom, I rearranged the furniture in my little domicile. This is what my "vintage desktop" looks like now: I have an identical desk (if you can call it a 'desk') against another wall, with all my computing stuff on it.
  22. Shangas

    Why doesn't the Golden Era extend to the 50s or early 60s?

    That's a good question, Baron. What is "golden" about this 'era' that we value so highly? Let us consider that terminology for a minute. The style and the design. The Art Deco. The Moderne. The curves, the chrome, the glass, metal and wood. The quality. Few things made of plastic. Not...
  23. Shangas

    Why doesn't the Golden Era extend to the 50s or early 60s?

    The "extent" of the Golden Era varies dramatically depending on who you talk to. It's all based on personal opinion. For example, I personally would run it from about 1890 to about 1965-ish. During that time, a lot of the things that we now take for granted, were considered new. By the 1890s...

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