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  1. Shangas

    Poirot Accessories?

    That is the most awesome post about Poirot I have ever seen. Hehehehe. Papa Poirot. I never knew that before! If anyone's chasing the Telescope stick, you can purchase it from these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pD7dHL7OMk
  2. Shangas

    Poirot Accessories?

    The swan cane as carried by Poirot is probably his most well-known accessory. Not sure where you can buy one, but I'm sure if you looked on the internet and typed in "Poirot Swan Walking Stick", you'd find one eventually. Personally, I reckon the telescope cane is more awesome.
  3. Shangas

    My grandfather's car...

    ...what picture?
  4. Shangas

    70th Anniversary of the Fall of Singaore (1942). Aussie veterans look back.

    Related Article: "The End of Empire" http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-end-of-empire-20120214-1t43c.html
  5. Shangas

    70th Anniversary of the Fall of Singaore (1942). Aussie veterans look back.

    http://www.theage.com.au/national/malaya-veterans-recall-dark-and-difficult-days-20120214-1t4a4.html AUSTRALIAN survivors of the fall of Singapore 70 years ago have defended the behaviour of more than 20,000 Australian troops on the island, many of whom deserted. ''Morale was very bad …...
  7. Shangas

    Question about spats

    I don't wear spats, but I was of the belief that most of them were made of wool?
  8. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Bought a pair of neat, chain-bar vintage cufflinks on Sunday for just $15. Marked on the back: "9ct FRONT". I expect that means that the main part of the cufflink is 9ct gold while the rest of it is just standard brass. That's fine by me. They still look grand. They're square, with neat...
  9. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvtKc3gROV4 Sing along, folks. "From Here to Shanghai" (1917). Irving Berlin. I've often wandered down, Through dreamy Chinatown, The home of ching-a-ling, It's fine, I must declare, But now I'm going where, I can see the real, real thing! I'll soon be there...
  10. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Buy a pen-case or a pen-cabinet/chest. And just put them in there, lying down in neat little rows. But then, you need to buy MORE pens to fill in the gaps... But you'll buy too many pens. So that means you have some leftover. So you need another box. But then you need MORE pens to fill in...
  11. Shangas

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Yesterday I was told by a construction worker that my hat was cool. I was wearing my straw boater.
  13. Shangas

    This is just painful to watch

    Don't be so shocked. These videos are all edited. If it's still on Youtube, I can show you an excellent one displaying American stupidity.
  14. Shangas

    Vintage Desecration - Things Altered/Repurposed, and a Vintage Treasure Lost Forever.

    It's this throwaway society that we live in these days. Nothing is deliberately manufactured to last, so as a result, when it breaks, there's nobody to fix it, because they're not meant to be fixed. As the Old Man on Pawnstars once said: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If it is broke, it...
  15. Shangas

    My New Refrigerator

    It sounds like a larder. There's a difference between the two. The pantry is where you store drygoods. Bread, flour and so forth (from the Latin 'Pannus' - Bread). The larder is where you stored stuff that had to be kept cool. Meat. Butter. Cream. Milk. Leftover food from last night's...
  16. Shangas

    Burgundy suit, what colour shoes

    I think dark brown would look better with a dark red suit. Black is too much of a colour-jump.
  17. Shangas

    London

    I went to the Camden Market when last I was in London. It's an interesting place, although for clothes...I'm not sure. Not that there isn't lots of stuff to see there.
  19. Shangas

    Shaving, blood and white dress shirts

    If you're shaving with a D.E. safety-razor, I strongly suggest watching Mantic59's YouTube videos. He doesn't know much about straight-razors (he doesn't use them), but he is an indispensable source of advice and information for shaving successfully with a double-edge razor.
  20. Shangas

    Shaving, blood and white dress shirts

    There's also www.straightrazorplace.com They're the two most respected shaving forums that you can find. On YouTube, look for Mantic59 and GeoFatBoy. I learnt everything I know about shaving (apart from how to use a straight razor), from Mantic. I learnt how to use a straight-razor purely...
  21. Shangas

    What pens are we carrying today?

    Today's pen will be my antique solid gold Waterman eyedropper.
  22. Shangas

    My New Refrigerator

    It seems to me, at least, that "Frigidaire", in the United States, at least, has attained a sort of genericised trademark level. For example - Esky (coldbox), Band-Aid (pre-prepared bandage), Jello (gelatine) and so-forth. To the same way of thinking, it's now a frigidaire, not a 'fridge' or a...
  23. Shangas

    Shaving, blood and white dress shirts

    I shave the night before, if I know I'm gonna be in a hurry the next day. Of course, my beard doesn't grow that fast (on average, I only shave about three times a week, probably). If your beard is a slow-grower, perhaps you should shave in the evenings before bed (provided you're not so dozey...

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