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  1. Shangas

    Bow Ties

    Using some scrap fabric, a Singer, and one of my other bowties as a guide, I made myself a homemade article. It's sky blue in colour and fits perfectly. It's not adjustable (I cut it to length), but it fits me wonderfully...
  2. Shangas

    Need help on flat caps and fisherman's hats

    Flat caps? You mean these things? They've been around for CENTURIES.
  3. Shangas

    I Wish The Lounge Had A Chat Channel.. Does Anyone Else??

    I suggested something similar to that already. It was shot down like a 109.
  4. Shangas

    The jazz thread

    I get bored with music after the 1950s. My "sweet spot" is ca. 1900-1959.
  5. Shangas

    Facial Hair

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his last batch of Sherlock Holmes stories during the 1920s, and died smack-bang in 1930. Here's a photograph:
  7. Shangas

    V-E Day 2012

    Oh please, you only joined the wars because you got attacked... And what about the Empire, eh? Don't we get a mention?
  8. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Aaah. Fish and chips. A classic. With tartare sauce as well, I should sorely hope.
  9. Shangas

    Golden Era Facial Hair Questions

    Ooooh dear. And I was so looking forward to a discussion of facial hair...
  10. Shangas

    I Wish The Lounge Had A Chat Channel.. Does Anyone Else??

    We seem to be going around in circles here. You want a chatroom, but you don't want instant messenger. When it comes down to it, they're almost the same thing.
  11. Shangas

    I Wish The Lounge Had A Chat Channel.. Does Anyone Else??

    Perhaps, in-lieu of a chatroom, we have a "Contact Page" thread? This would be a thread placed in an appropriate board where members can post their instant-messenger (Yaho, MSN, Skype etc) contact-details, and the subjects that they like talking about. Then, other members who want to chat...
  13. Shangas

    I Wish The Lounge Had A Chat Channel.. Does Anyone Else??

    I remember that thread, and my stance on the issue hasn't changed. I would still support such an idea. It would be no harder to moderate a chatroom than a forum. And I would strongly suspect that the chatroom would be largely self-moderating anyway. I seem to recall that someone said that to...
  14. Shangas

    Show us your Vintage Office Supplies.

    Thank you! After additional research I found out that it was from ca. 1862. The company that made it (Toulmin & Gale) went under in 1876 and had the dubious honour of showing up in the London Gazette (famous for printing bankruptcy notices).
  15. Shangas

    Customer Service in the old days versus now.

    You know, that reminds me of that university in England (Liverpool?) which was offering a...and yes, you can look this up if you wish...a degree in "Beatleology". "So, what qualifications do you have?" "I hold a Bachelor of Beatleology from the University of Liverpool..." "I...see..." God...
  16. Shangas

    Customer Service in the old days versus now.

    It's often assumed, as I'm sure everyone knows, that if something costs more, it's automatically of better quality. This, as I'm also sure everyone knows (or at least, everyone on this forum) isn't true. It's how they trap the stupid and gullible into throwing away their money.
  17. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    An uncle of mine is an amateur chef. We keep telling him to open a restaurant. But he refuses to do so, because he says he couldn't stand all the work and the stress. Tonight's dinner was vegetable pasties. Peas, carrots, potatoes, leeks, spices, all packaged into a neat pastry bag.
  19. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    It never gets cold enough to snow around here. But it *is* starting to get nippier. I've been after a hat like that, not so much for *summer*, per se, but rather for tropical wear. I find myself going to Singapore and Malaysia fairly often. And none of my current hats are suitable for humid...
  20. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Jack: "Wow, that was a great game *pant* Huh Groucho?" Groucho: "Yeah. R-ready for a-another round?" Jack: "Okay! But this time, you set up the chess-pieces! S-say, do you wa-want a drink?" Groucho: "Yes, alright!" Jack: "Oh Rochester! Rochester, I'll have a lemonade and uh...what do you...
  21. Shangas

    Customer Service in the old days versus now.

    I hate that, Lizzie. I'm looking for work right now. I hold a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. But I haven't managed to find anything. Right now, I'm looking at whatever I can find. Retail, professional, writing, editing, copywriting...damn everything I can find. But these days every...
  22. Shangas

    The Gangster (Hat) Squad.

    Not to make light of anything here, but what ScottyRocks says is true. Hip-hop music in movie-trailers such as this cheapens the whole experience. A gangster, a REAL gangster was a very dangerous person. And they led extremely dangerous lives. This cheap hip-hop music with their tryhard...
  23. Shangas

    The Olympic torch relay it was all Adolf Hitler's flaming idea

    It's one of the more interesting stories that I like about history. The Nazis invented the ancient Greek tradition of the torch-relay. Crazy, but true.

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