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  1. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie Borden took an Axe, Gave her father 40 whacks, When she saw what she had done! She gave her mother 41! Lizzie Borden I had a little bird, It's name was Enza, I left the window open, And in-flu-enza! 1918 Global Spanish Flu Epidemic Albert Fish, Albert Fish, Children were, His...
  2. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Hahahaha!! I could so imagine that. *RRrrrrrreeeeeeewwwweeeerrrr....* "KIDS! LUNCH!" "Mom, it's gone off at 2:00pm, I think it's an actual raid..."
  3. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Specially for Lizzie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP61LI41mgs
  4. Shangas

    Gooseneck Lamp Refinish

    If it's surface-rust, it can be removed with fine-grit steel-wool & sandpaper, have you tried that?
  5. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    Somehow, I could never imagine typing on one of those stands. I've seen them in antiques shops and other such places. Surely the metallic base would make things very echo-y and clunky and clattery? These days, I generally type with my Underwood sitting on my lap. For the pure fact that my legs...
  7. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    I'm such an idiot! You're right, Vitanola. Those slides would never have been able to hold a typewriter (at least, not a desktop one). I have always thought those metal typewriter stands to be singularly unattractive. I leave a photograph here for the judgement of others...
  8. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    I think Lizzie's right. At any rate, I'm fairly sure dictaphones came with their own stands. That said, you could probably use those slides for almost anything. Like putting a handcrank duplicating/mimeograph machine there, and so-forth...
  9. Shangas

    What is your biggest vice?

    Good food, and chocolate. Yes. Most definitely. Chocolate. I am sure there are others on this Lounge who would agree.
  10. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    But if they're for typewriters, why do some desks have two slides? Surely you don't need to do that much typing that you need a pair of machines on one desk?
  11. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Tom you're quite right. The show is terrible. I prefer "Pawn Stars" much better. But that particular episode just stuck in my mind.
  13. Shangas

    Our own vintage town

    You remind me of the "Shadow" episode, "The Man who Murdered Time".
  14. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    1776... 2012... Ah, the unstoppable march of progress...
  15. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    Can someone answer this for me? What are those pullout slides for?? I've seen them on so many vintage desks but I could never figure it out. Some people seem to use them to put typewriters on. Is that what they're designed for? Or was that just an evolutionary use? What were they originally...
  16. Shangas

    Our own vintage town

    I can see it now. "Diggit & Plantem - Vintage Funeral Home"
  17. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    Draftsman's desk? Other than that, I don't think so. In terms of surface-area, you're looking at Partners' desks, typewriter desks, teachers desks, pedestal desks...Most of the other desk-styles of the period are rather compact, which I gather, is not what you're after. The only other thing...
  19. Shangas

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Hahahaha!! I saw that in the news last week. That's hilarious! If you showed that to me, without any prior information about what it was, i wouldn't say it was a signature at all.
  20. Shangas

    Vintage Desk Help

    have you considered a rolltop or a bureau desk? Those are certainly golden era. They're great if you're terrible at organising; they come with their own pigeon-holes! Partners' desks are MASSIVE pieces of furniture. Quite apart from affording one, you'd need to have a HUGE office to...
  21. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Eugh!!!!
  22. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    St. Louis, this has NOTHING to do with the thread, but your comments reminded me of an episode of that gawdawful TV show "Hardcore Pawn". My father and I were watching it last night (why, i have no idea). That show deals with the TRASH of Detroit, I swear. Anyway, this black guy and his...
  23. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    I've stored leftovers in glass containers for YEARS. And microwaved the contents therein. I was not aware that this was in any way abnormal...

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