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  1. Shangas

    Typewriters

    These are the two hooks that hold on the base when the lid is locked over the top of the typewriter. This first one is the intact one: This is the broken one. We drilled a hole through it, and then screwed it down: The catch on the front: "Underwood Typewriter Co.". A bit hard to...
  2. Shangas

    Typewriters

    It occurred to me that I never showed off any photographs of my typewriter's carry-case. So here's a few shots. A bit of a backstory here. The typewriter case works in the following way: The typewriter hooks onto the base, and then the lid closes over the top. The lid is held onto the base...
  3. Shangas

    RIP, the movie theater?

    I go to the cinema rather infrequently, but that said, I don't see cinemas dying off anytime soon. It's fun to go out with friends and family to have dinner and watch a movie at the cinema (or vice-versa). You don't have to worry about the mess and the tidying up and it's just relaxing. I...
  4. Shangas

    Vintage suit with weird inside "strap"?????

    This certainly sounds interesting. Can you provide photographs?
  5. Shangas

    Bow Ties

    I wish I had a red bowtie, but I don't. I keep hoping that one day, I'll find one.
  7. Shangas

    Show Us Your...Inkwells

    That's quite interesting. Is it Edwardian or something?
  8. Shangas

    Glasses Opinion Needed

    I think they work. They have a slight rectangular look to them. I generally dislike round frames. On some people they look good. On others, they look like bug-eyes. I think your face is more suited to the square/rectangular shaped frames.
  9. Shangas

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

    I would say it wasn't so much a LACK of materials and/or mobilisation. It was a lack of commitment. Arrogance. And just misappropriation. The Germans didn't put in the effort where it was needed.
  10. Shangas

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

    I read in a book of odd facts, that upon hearing that Hess had landed (and been arrested) on British soil, Churchill paid him no mind at all. "Hess or no Hess, I'm off to see the Marx Brothers!", he was supposed to have said.
  11. Shangas

    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    Something like that, yes. Although that particular one is a bit long for me.
  13. Shangas

    Role of Brown Suits in the Golden Age

    I think a brown suit with light pinstriping is very nice. I wish I owned such a suit.
  14. Shangas

    What happened to the Shadow?

    If I'm honest, I didn't much care for the 1990s movie. I mean it wasn't BAD...but I felt it didn't get the mystery and suspense. Perhaps I thought that the Shadow should be more Film-Noir-ish? I dunno. There were nice elements there, but I don't think it was as good as it might have been.
  15. Shangas

    Old men's club, now home

    When I clicked on this, I wasn't sure whether to expect a British or American style "Mens' Club".
  16. Shangas

    Good riddance to vintage things that have disappeared in your lifetime

    This may or may not be applicable, but how about the Red Menace? The communist scourge that so terrified the world from the 1940s to the 1980s? The Cold War? One could argue that it died out with the Soviets, but one might also argue that it lingers with North Korea.
  17. Shangas

    Spooky music for Halloween!

    I find some of the music used in old radio-dramas to be quite spooky. I'm thinking specifically of shows such as "The Shadow", "Mercury Theater on the Air", "The Whistler", and so-forth. The Mercury Theater on the Air used Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, as its opening theme...
  19. Shangas

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

    Attacking Russia was probably the single biggest mistake that the Germans made during the war. I'm sure they must've known that they couldn't win against the Reds. Russia is a GIGANTIC country. All its menfolk have to do is reverse back into their homeland and sit and wait while the Germans...
  20. Shangas

    Good riddance to vintage things that have disappeared in your lifetime

    I've seen plenty of schoolyard incidents where the application of five feet of bamboo would've been an excellent remedy. When I was a lad, when they said the mercury was high, they meant it literally. We don't have that anymore, thank goodness...at least, I hope not!...Do we still have...
  21. Shangas

    Your favorite toys as a kid?

    When I was a kid, I also played a LOT with trains. I still think trains are fascinating. Old choo-choo trains. Hehehe. Oh gosh, I'm going all kiddy again. I had an electric train-set with carriages and locomotives, and even one engine which lit up when you set it on the tracks and the TEENSY...
  22. Shangas

    Finally! My new shop!

    A beautiful house! And I think the sheds go very well with the colour-scheme and style of the house. How old is your house?
  23. Shangas

    Creating a Vintage Desktop - Suggestions & Advice Wanted

    Sadly, white-out/liquid paper didn't show up until the 1950s, so that won't be included in my exhibit. Typewriter erasers surely existed, but I don't think I'll be able to find one. I have heard of correcting tape/paper such as you describe, but I'm not sure if it dates back as far as the...

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