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  1. Shangas

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Out shopping yesterday, just buying groceries. It was a bit sunny so I wore my Panama. Two kids were scootering past. They looked like a brother and sister, about 5 years old. The girl stops and she says: "Cool hat, man!" and then scooters off. Awwww :)
  2. Shangas

    Stolen Historical Treasures

    Well that's just my point. Why do it if you can't tell someone that you did? Or can't share it? It seems rather pointless to me.
  3. Shangas

    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    When I grew up, it was LEGO!!! I think every boy should grow up playing with LEGO.
  4. Shangas

    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    Obviously there were lots of reasons why Germany lost the war. But that was one of them. And one of the big ones, in my opinion. Germany simply wasn't willing to make the sacrifices for the war-effort that the other countries wanted and needed to, in order to win. They believed so strongly in...
  5. Shangas

    What date is this suit?

    Is that a SUIT?? It looks more like pyjamas...really really UGLY pyjamas...
  7. Shangas

    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    Hitler very much wanted to cut a deal with the British. How hard he tried, is another matter. For example, he made it really clear to the German Navy that they weren't to target non-combatant ships. Just a few hours after war started, the R.M.S. Athenia was torpedoed by a German sub. The...
  8. Shangas

    Stolen Historical Treasures

    It does make one wonder. Once you have it...what do you do with it? It's not like you can show it off to people...
  9. Shangas

    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    The Germans lost the war in 1945 for almost the same reasons that they lost the war in 1918. Lack of resources. In 1918, the British naval blockade was starving the German homeland of imports of food and other war-essentials. In 1945, it was more or less the same thing. I forget the source...
  10. Shangas

    Anybody Else Collect Sewing Machines?

    Singer 128 model, from 1918.
  11. Shangas

    Anybody Else Collect Sewing Machines?

    You have a Singer 128 there. I have an identical one at home, complete with the crank. There's a serial-number on the machine, under the brass "SINGER MANUFACTURING CO." badge. Type it out here, and I'll be able to tell you how old it is. My Singer 128 dates to 1936. This is a guess, but...
  13. Shangas

    Dictionary of Speakeasy Slang

    Can't forget the Internet Guide to Jazz-Age Slang.
  14. Shangas

    Stolen Historical Treasures

    Not quite the same thing, but there are also people who like to forge things to make them appear more valuable. There was a case a year or two ago about a man who claimed to have a letter or telegram sent by Abe Lincoln ON the day of his assassination, and went around touting about how it was...
  15. Shangas

    Music suggestions teens and twenties?

    What kind of music are you after? Popular music? Ragtime? Early hot/sweet jazz?
  16. Shangas

    'Everyone lied to me': Hitler's rant in bunker

    I wonder if this is going to lead to a reshooting of the film "Der Untergang"?
  17. Shangas

    Creating a Vintage Desktop - Suggestions & Advice Wanted

    The show is three weeks away. At the start of November, I'll post the details about it in the EVENTS board so that any Melbournians or Victorians can come and see it if they like. I just hope that everything comes together alright for our club's display.
  19. Shangas

    MY LORD IT'S HOT (Summer attire questions)

    I could NOT wear a three-piece suit in summer. Spring, maybe, autumn, winter...not summer. I would melt! A two-piece yes, or a vest and trousers. But no way all three.
  20. Shangas

    MY LORD IT'S HOT (Summer attire questions)

    I live in Australia, where summertime temperatures regularly hover around the 30-35 degrees mark. On SUPER HOT days it goes up to 40, or even 45 (although that last one is rare). Clothes mean short-sleeve shirts, shorts, and a panama or boater hat.
  21. Shangas

    Theater Evening Attire

    You're welcome, Honda :)
  22. Shangas

    anti-hat article | The Guardian UK

    Who was it that said that fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable, we have to change it every three months?
  23. Shangas

    Creating a Vintage Desktop - Suggestions & Advice Wanted

    It's purely for the show. It's a one-day exhibit for the Melbourne Pen Show in November. Sadly, I'm not tidy enough to maintain such a desktop in every day life. I wish I was...
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