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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
Hahahahaha!! Y'know, I never understood the point of typists and reporters who wore those green visors. What is the reason for doing that? Is it just to cut down on glare? To keep one's hair out of the way? What's the deal with them?- Shangas
- Post #217
- Forum: The Display Case
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Creating a Vintage Desktop - Suggestions & Advice Wanted
Thanks Tom. The hunt for more stuff continues. I have just over a month to get everything together.- Shangas
- Post #32
- Forum: The Golden Era
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
Hahaha. I can be the South Pacific correspondent :P- Shangas
- Post #215
- Forum: The Display Case
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
If you ever need a columnist, me and the Underwood are ready for duty...:P- Shangas
- Post #213
- Forum: The Display Case
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Watch chain
GF watch-chains are pretty cheap. You shouldn't have any problems finding a nice one. Best of luck!! Or if you're really strapped, just buy a shiny brass one.- Shangas
- Post #5
- Forum: Classifieds
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
Heh. Sounds like my dad. The way I see it, if you have to do this to get this, but you gotta do this first before you do that, but only after doing this that and the other at the very start, and then pressing this button after five minutes and IT WORKS FINE!!! ...that means it's broken. If...- Shangas
- Post #184
- Forum: The Display Case
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Wartime Farm - reality show
I remember that show. The butler, the chef, the housekeeper, the housemaids, the hallboy, stableboy, footmen, they all lasted out the months. I think they went through something like three or four, or five scullery maids before the end of the series. Being a scullery-maid was INCREDIBLY hard...- Shangas
- Post #9
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Wartime Farm - reality show
I've never seen many American historical TV shows like this. There was "Frontier House" and "Texas Ranch House", but it's not quite the same thing. Those are more "reality" TV shows, and not so much "Educational History" TV shows.- Shangas
- Post #7
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Wartime Farm - reality show
I've seen the other two seasons: Victorian Farm & Edwardian Farm (both are also on YT, I believe). They were very good. I think I will enjoy this one as well. By the way, the people who produced those shows, also produced one called "Victorian Pharmacy" about the history of medicine. It...- Shangas
- Post #5
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Gentlemen, show us what you've made!
Hey guys, In about a month's time, I'll be attending the Melbourne Pen Show. The exhibit I'm putting on will be a 1920s-30s style desktop display. This being a pen-show, there's going to be ink...everywhere. And I tend to be a bit accident-prone. I intend to dress up in 20s-style kit for...- Shangas
- Post #639
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Typewriters
In Australia, at least, pre-war FUNCTIONAL typewriters sell for two arms, a leg and your right testicle. What I paid for mine was in the higher range of the price-scale (but still not the most expensive I've seen). If you want help with advice and such, you can message me, or you can PM...- Shangas
- Post #214
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Your Most Misunderstood Piece of Vintage
I've NEVER seen anyone wear Pince Nez. I can imagine that would draw comments. The others, I don't see why they should.- Shangas
- Post #137
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Creating a Vintage Desktop - Suggestions & Advice Wanted
A friend of mine spread the word about my desktop idea to the entire Melbourne Pen Group last night, and made the suggestion that it could become a tablewide display with items contributed by all members of the club, instead of just being my own little, humble effort. So far, members have...- Shangas
- Post #30
- Forum: The Golden Era
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1940's Men's Opera Cape (Black Wool/Red Satin + Lion Chain) For Sale
Sweet cape! But 18 inches across the shoulders is too big for me. It looks awesome, though.- Shangas
- Post #2
- Forum: Classifieds
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
Our beaters are solid steel with wooden handles. Quite fun to play with, I admit it. But a pain to clean.- Shangas
- Post #161
- Forum: The Display Case
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sick and tired of new scrap appliances.
Your talk about Sunbeam reminded me of something that's happened to me more than once. I do a fair bit of baking. Cakes, puddings, pies, and what-not. On two separate occasions, I had two cousins at one time, and at the other time, one of my aunts, staying at our house for a holiday. In...- Shangas
- Post #157
- Forum: The Display Case
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Did men stay at home longer in the Golden Era?
I can't speak for my grandmother, but my grandfather on my father's side, not only left home, but left his entire COUNTRY when he was in his 20s. Grandpa was born in southern China in 1907, when the Qing Dynasty was literally on its last legs. He left China, near as I can figure, in the...- Shangas
- Post #27
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Exercise during the GE
Not to point fingers or raise generalisations, but in the old days, it was much more common for kids to go off exploring on their own. You have things like the Famous Five and Secret Seven, which I know are just fictional portrayals, but life was very much like that in the older days. When the...- Shangas
- Post #19
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I watched the entire 1st Season of "Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries", set in 1920s Melbourne.- Shangas
- Post #2,640
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Women in Bowlers
Women wearing bowlers on a regular basis was spurred on by the sexual freedom and experimentation that existed in the 1920s. Men and women started experimenting with different clothes and such. Men tried lipstick, women wore suits and trousers, and so forth. It brings to mind that old song...
