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  1. Bugguy

    Your Most-Often-Consulted Reference Books?

    Aquatic Entomology (McCafferty, 1998) I've done a a number of Wisconsin plant and invertebrate lake surveys for the WI DNR over the years. Now I try to stay ahead of my grand-daughter in ID'ing critters under stream rocks. Since I've taken up fly-fishing, I need to up my game.
  2. Bugguy

    Who likes vintage tools?

    Yep, I still use Rigid when I need to thread pipe. Plumber tried to get by with some of that flexible gas pipe - cheap and quick. The next week I replaced it. I picked up a sniffer at a garage sale so I can check the fittings. Dad taught me well!
  3. Bugguy

    Dentist Woes!

    Just came back from the dentist today for 'deep cleaning'. I procrastinated as long as possible till my wife just made an appointment and guilted me into going. I had a choice of novocaine vs. something topical. I went with the topical - the needle hurts more than the procedure - and it was a...
  4. Bugguy

    Valuable Commodities

    For years as I traveled, hotels would have n/c copies of the USAToday or Wall Street Journal in the lobby. When the pandemic started, they stopped delivering. They've only just started up again and I must say, I missed the paper with breakfast coffee.
  5. Bugguy

    Who likes vintage tools?

    Seems like the best old tools are the ones that can't be improved upon and are still useful. My dad had this pipe cutter with a threader and tripod stand. I kept this cutter and use it more often than I would have thought. This past weekend I needed to cut down some heavy chromed pipe for closet...
  7. Bugguy

    Cast iron

    Seeing as cast iron has floated to the top of the forum... I'm finally parting with a great little pot bellied 'caboose' or 'railroad' stove. I brought this home from the Nashville antique fair in horrible condition years ago and had it blasted and repainted so it's fully restored. I replaced...
  8. Bugguy

    What is your biggest vice?

    I'll need to check out the Beverly Bakery next time I'm passing through the deep South (side). I'm usually on 294 heading from I-65 to Brookfield'ish. Good suggestion! Over the years I've spent time on the Kona side of the big island. Kona coffee in Kona is a treat.
  9. Bugguy

    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    Here are some pictures of the demolition... https://www.indystar.com/picture-gallery/money/2018/04/24/tour-of-the-now-demolished-indianapolis-international-airport-terminal/34214229/ I like your hanging lamp. It looks nice as is or could be tightened up. Definitely a keeper!
  10. Bugguy

    The Agents of F.L.A.S.K.

    Interesting coincidence if you were in Chicago at the time; but given the topic, who can say... Closer to 15+ years ago I had a professional acquaintance with a cute little brunette in Chicago who said she and her mother were both Wiccan. Very seductive; however, professional distance was...
  11. Bugguy

    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    Ahhhhh, that's the magic. Here's the deconstructed look: The ring is keyed so the socket assembly locks into place. A white shroud covers the socket assembly, so I found a fitter that would also cover it. The 1/2" hanging pipe threads into the socket where the wires are emerging. I used a...
  13. Bugguy

    What is your biggest vice?

    Architectural antiques that I can repurpose or adapt. Antique, hallmarked sterling napkin rings. I'm only allowed to fill the 24 spaces in my display case. Single malt and Kona coffee
  14. Bugguy

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    When I was a kid and made a wishful comment preceded by"If", my father would say, "If stands stiff on fifty-fifth". I think another version is: "If stands stiff in a poor man's pocket". I think the latter more directly refers to "if I had money...". However, my favorite that I still use is...
  15. Bugguy

    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    My latest vintage light acquisition to adapt for my kitchen... two 1970s mid-century holophane pendant lights from the demolished Weir-Cook Terminal (2013) at the Indianapolis Municipal Airport. A friend picked 2 dozen of these and they were inexpensive to me. You can see they were pendant...
  16. Bugguy

    Families of the Lounge

    I've moved from Wisconsin to Chicago to Cincinnati to Nashville to escape the snow and cold... This was my 4 year old grand daughter yesterday:
  17. Bugguy

    Vintage lamps/light fixtures

    Here's a mate to the fixture in my first series: Here are the offspring: This is one of my favorites. Cleaned and re-wired:
  19. Bugguy

    Letter-locking

    I missed this when first posted. I've never heard of it. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
  20. Bugguy

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    No way a big box store medicine cabinet would ever work in my house... I picked up this sad gem at Building Value - Cincinnati (Eastertseal Enterprises). Rusted out, ragged wires, tarnished chrome, bad silvering; in other words, "CHEAP". Heavy wire brushing with my angle grinder, re-wire with...
  21. Bugguy

    What's your favorite, most psychologial-impressive movie scene??

    The USO tour segment in Apocalypse Now. Something about the silent arrival, the pyrotechnics, the crashed helicopter, and the truncated show hit me at a visceral level.
  22. Bugguy

    Show us your photography

    Pictures I took in 1971. Not up to Nat. Geo. standards, but two of my favorites. Too bad the emulsion is starting to change. First picture is off Hong Kong harbor. The next picture is Macau after riding down from HK on the hydrofoil.
  23. Bugguy

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    I thought I'd take a personal trip way-back... ~1960 and share a pre-FL experience. In the first pic, I'm the kid looking down holding the second net 3 kids back. This was a Chicago Boys Club field trip to a Cook County (Chicago, IL) forest preserve. The naturalist was Charlie M. The second...

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