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  1. Shangas

    How Did You Discover Old Time Radio?

    I discovered OTR through listening to audiobooks/talking-books/books-on-tape (at the time, books-on-CD didn't exist). I first chased after Sherlock Holmes OTR episodes. But I now have a rather impressive collection of the classics. Abbott & Costello, Jack Benny, Dragnet, Richard Diamond...
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    1930's Murder case to be investigated again

    Technically, something that happened in the year 1930, would still be considered the 1920s, since the 30s wouldn't start until 1st January, 1931. That off my chest...this is interesting stuff. It reminds me of the...Barnes Mystery, I believe it's called...where British police recently solved a...
  3. Shangas

    Item(s) You Regret Having Gotten Rid Of?

    My father and I both have incidents like that...um... My dad moreso than I. 1. My grandpa's pocket-knife. As a child, I remembered it vividly. It was rusty, broken, older than dust and it was my grandmother's constant aid. She would never let me touch it. I wish I had asked her to let me keep...
  4. Shangas

    Amazing! Fabulous! Awesome!

    I just realised how much I tend to use 'Snazzy', along with 'jazzy'.
  5. Shangas

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The latest film I watched was "The Lost Prince". Well, film/two-part miniseries. For those not familiar with it, it's the true story of His Royal Highness, the Prince John. The youngest, and most unfortunate son of King George V and Queen Mary. He died in 1919 at the age of 13, after...
  7. Shangas

    Amazing! Fabulous! Awesome!

    I use "Amazing", "Fantastic", "Grand", "Great"... I don't recall the last time I said "Awesome". Or "Rad/Radical". 'Cool' I use every now and then. Some older words which I don't think people use these days...or don't use as much... Doggy. Natty. Super. Swell. I don't recall...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I just finished watching the Chinese movie "The Flowers of War". It's a Chinese-English production (featuring both languages, and subtitles) about the Rape of Nanking in 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It focuses on a mortician (played by Christian Bale) in 1930s Republican Nanking...
  9. Shangas

    High waist Slacks

    High rise trousers just means there's more fabric between the crotch and the waistband. Got nothing to do with crushing the wedding-tackle...It's low-rise trousers that do that!
  10. Shangas

    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    You know what they say. The more that moves, the more there is to break...
  11. Shangas

    Some very Cool Cats in Prohibition

    Hahaha! That's cute! I love the drawings, they're very detailed and superbly done. The sepia-tinting is very nice.
  13. Shangas

    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    Be glad you have things that are well-loved, well-used and which are breaking down. My mother has a bazillion gizmoes at home that she's barely ever touched. The most memorable one is the pasta-machine. She used it once. NEVER touched it again. It's still in the box, somewhere downstairs in...
  14. Shangas

    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    In the local antiques center in the next suburb, one of their slogans is: "Save a tree...buy antiques!"
  15. Shangas

    sick and tired of new scrap appliances.

    I should point out that pen companies got in big trouble over "lifetime guarantees". To save its ass, Sheaffer qquickly said that the "White Dot" was a company logo, and not a mark of guarantee. Parker used to have the "Blue Diamond" lifetime guarantee. It too had to quickly change its tune, but...
  16. Shangas

    Clothes moths FAQ

    You're not the first to think of that, Gin. Back in Victorian and Georgian times, a well-appointed house would have its own cedar closet or chest. In here would be stored all the clothes that were only worn periodicially, such as formalware, hunting-attire and various seasonal articles.
  17. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    *Retype* I got the buttonholer working! Stupid idiot that I am! I had the needle in the wrong way around! I never noticed it until now. Reorientated the needle, screwed it back in and I've made my first successful buttonhole! Happy to post photos if anyone wants to see!
  19. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    Hi Lark, I've pulled the cover off it and cleaned it and dropped some oil into it. But I'm still trying to figure out how it works! The needle-thread keeps snapping, and keeps bunching up on the underside of the buttonhole. I don't know why. I've tried setting the thread-tension to every...
  20. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    Hi Lark, thanks for the reply. It's a simple, zigzag-buttonholer, without any templates. It has two screw-knobs on it that say "BIGHT" and "SPACE". It's setting these correctly that I'm trying to learn how to do...
  21. Shangas

    Restoring my Grandmother's Singer Sewing Machine

    If anyone can help me, I'd appreciate it. At the flea market today, I acquired this doohicky. Not exactly THAT doohickey, but one identical to it. I know this much about it: It is a Singer buttonholer. Part No. 86718. It came complete with the red box, the feed-dog plate, and the...
  22. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Ooh, I like Film-Noir's idea so much better...
  23. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    That's very pretty. What will you use it for?

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