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  1. Shangas

    Any writers?

    I haven't worked on my latest story in weeks. I probably should...
  2. Shangas

    Customer Service in the old days versus now.

    The guy who I have service my pocketwatches remembers me by name and by sight, as do I. But I think that's very rare these days for such things to happen.
  3. Shangas

    The Gangster (Hat) Squad.

    What he said. The hiphop thing just totally destroyed it.
  4. Shangas

    I need glasses really bad!!! what do 1920's womens glasses look like???????????

    Whatever frames you get, make sure that they're light. I've got shortsightedness and I learnt from a young age that heavy frames are incredibly uncomfortable. So don't pick anything that's really thick and chunky.
  5. Shangas

    I need glasses really bad!!! what do 1920's womens glasses look like???????????

    Glasses were typically the round type that you see there. And as Lizzie says, mostly unisex. I remember my grandmother had a handsome pair of spectacles. They were oval-shaped bifocals with gold frames. She wore them for special occasions when she was going out with friends or to dinner with...
  7. Shangas

    How to find a good tailor

    You really should try and clarify what you mean by 'tailor' here. Some 'tailors' just do alterations and reductions. Taking in waistlines, shortening hems, cuffs, etc. Then you have REAL tailors. By that I mean, bespoke tailors, seamstresses and dressmakers who can literally make you...
  8. Shangas

    Electro-Swing or: How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love Modernity

    I've heard a lot of these "jazz-fusion" thingies. Like 'jazz-rap' (what the HELL is that anyway?). To me, nothing will beat the sound of the real thing. The sound of music that was written, performed and recorded back in the 20s, 30s and 40s, before an age of synthisizers, electronics and...
  9. Shangas

    What's for Dinner?

    Tonight's dinner is Assam Laksa. A spicy and sour fish soup-curry with noodles. A staple of the Malay Peninsula.
  10. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    I'm actually very familiar with that blog. I contacted its owner several times during my restoration project, to ask advice and such. It's chock-full of information!
  11. Shangas

    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    If it's any consolation to Lizzie, in the next suburb from where I live, there's a shoe-repair shop. Outside is a sign that says: "Shoes Repaired - While You Wait". "While you Wait". I've not seen that sign in front of any repairshop in ages. I remember when I was a child, there was a...
  13. Shangas

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I'm currently watching a 1938 film called "Shadows over Shanghai". It's about three friends stuck in Shanghai during the Japanese Invasion of '37. They're possession of a valuable amulet which they have to get out of the city before their rival, a Russian agent, tries to steal it from them.
  14. Shangas

    fountain pens

    Quink, Quink, Quink, Quink, Quink. It was designed to be quick-drying. And it's been doing that since the 1930s.
  15. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    Nothing fancy, but I made myself a pair of white cotton braces. 1.1/4-inch width. I had another pair of braces. The cloth was getting all old and ripped (they were like that when I bought them). So I ripped off all the old cloth and the stitches. I saved the hardware (the leather, the...
  16. Shangas

    Customer Service in the old days versus now.

    ...why the hell's he got a bagel shoved halfway down his daks?
  17. Shangas

    Panama Hat Thread

    I wish I could show you closer photos, but right now, Photobucket is not being very co-operative, and it's not allowing me to upload photos. If you would really want extra (close-up) photos to determine the quality, I'm happy to provide them Do you guys think this is something I was better...
  19. Shangas

    Pocketwatches

    The loop is the 'bow'. Yes, if there is a lot of wear, then it would indicate that the watch and chain were paired together for a significant length of time. The wearing is of course, caused by the nonstop scraping of the chain against the top of the watch. It's a beautiful watch, even if it's...
  20. Shangas

    Pocketwatches

    There's no such thing as an "original chain". Watches and chains were sold separately, not as sets.
  21. Shangas

    Panama Hat Thread

    I see. But did I at least buy something of quality? And no, I don't think he knew.
  22. Shangas

    Panama Hat Thread

    What exactly do you mean, Bob? You think I made a bad deal?
  23. Shangas

    Top Hat with Business Attire?

    It was a men's hat, but like most hats, they were worn by women too (top-hats as well).

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