My current house is not old - ~35 years. We've only been in Nashville for about 6 tears. I bought most of the fixtures for my Cincinnati house, Cotswold Tudor style, that was pushing 100 years. I couldn't stand to let them go to someone that wouldn't appreciate them. I'll dig out a couple of...
This is definitely over kill, so I'll keep the collection to thumbnails... We're big fans of vintage light fixtures and other than when absolutely necessary, will always look for older fixtures. Unless our guests are of our ilk (FL), they tend to not appreciate their style, workmanship, and...
Deadly Moonshine. Back in the early 70's, I was doing patient follow-up for the North Carolina State Health Department in Western North Carolina. As I was deep in the mountains, I was given these broadsides to distribute. I still have a number of the originals and have framed some for...
I'd like to reflect on a previous post of mine from May 25, 2014 (https://www.thefedoralounge.com/threads/pyramid-hat-man.77797/). It went unanswered and uncommented on... nonetheless, seems appropriate for this thread.
There's always a story...
"According to the caption his unusual...
When the glass is good, I buy... the metal was in poor shape and it needed a new socket and wiring. That was easy, but if the glass is bad, its never worth the effort. I just need a headboard thin enough for this to clip over.
Chicago's north side (5600 Milwaukee) "Hasty Tasty" or Hastee Tastee or Tastee Hastee... I think they were always in court about the name. It was known for its "Meal in a Bun". We went there often in the 50's.
My father registered in 1940 and volunteered in 1943. He landed with the 82nd AA in Holland in a glider and was imprinted by that experience for the rest of his life.
I gave up my 2-S (student) deferment in October 1970, in the middle of the Vietnam action and took my chances in the first...
WESTERN, Boulder, CO. ~1960. Its not marked, but I think its a L 84A. The sheath is narrow going to the snap. 9" total, 5" blade
...and there's always a story.
This was a gift from a favorite uncle when I was 12-13. I was proud of it and remember taking it with me in the summer of 1965 when I...
Blowing life into an ancient thread... I was out in the Blue Ridge Mountains and came across this smoking, side table/liquor cabinet It was inexpensive and I thought I could clean it up and make a few bucks. Zero interest on any of the usual local websites. Pretty disappointing. I have no place...
Now that its in the 20's in Nashville, time to pull the old flask out of the cabinet and fill up with some single-malt. I missed out on a couple of small vintage sterling flasks, so I went in this direction... glass, faux alligator (I think), and a tin cup. My kid-in-law is still dragging me out...
I went through my fan collecting phase a few years ago. I kept to the smaller fans and had a nice collection. I really enjoyed the guys at the fan collectors site - friendly and helpful. My wife, however, couldn't understand why I needed more than one fan. So in the interest of maintaining the...
This kind of snuck up on me - collecting can be pretty insidious. Next thing you know you're hooked.
I just realized I have a copy of every episode of Max Headroom in the US (1987-88). I'll save the details for that other movie forum, but it's safe to say Max was the original 'talking head'...
Sad, very sad. I've been in HatWRKS a few times - they had a large inventory. I bought a really nice Panama from them. If they choose to alienate a large segment of their customer base, so be it. But it should be left to you and I to take our business elsewhere if we choose. I don't need...
I was hiking with friends in a back-country valley in Jeju-do (South Korea) many years ago, and we came across these stone statues lining the valley in deep brush (Dol hareubang). Being culturally ignorant at that time, we tossed rocks at them and generally disrespected and carried on. It was a...
It's been quite a while and like Tiki Tom, I ended up with Greek coffee. (Another reason to leave Newark) I liked it, just tough to come by. Ditto for real Cuban coffee. Once you've enjoyed the real thing, all else is just tolerable.
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