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The birth of the ranch house.
Whoa! That is most certainly the wrong link! I'm going to fix that right now. Weird. I wonder how it happened. - edit I have no idea how the wires got crossed, but the link in my post above is fixed now. Here it is again so you don't have to scroll up...- Tophat Dan
- Post #33
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Vintage Travesty: Beware or this could be your City:
Yep.... And if the City could manage to find a mayor that wasn't such an obviously crooked thug......Man I'm glad Kilpatrick is gone. Here's something else worth saving in Detroit. If you're into old military stuff, have a look at the save Fort Wayne home page here...- Tophat Dan
- Post #25
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Vintage Travesty: Beware or this could be your City:
Detroit I live about thirty minutes outside of Detroit and was downtown for a show not that long ago (Dropkick Murphys at the Filmore! Yeah!) and got miserably lost coming home. It is really, really creepy to drive down not a single street, but through a whole neighborhood and not see a...- Tophat Dan
- Post #15
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Typewriters
Corona flat top. Here is one of my small herd of machines. I tried (and failed) to take some semi-artsy pics of it with some other vintage knickknacks of mine on the Standard sewing machine table I've got. It's a Corona Flat top and I *think* it dates from around 1938. Only downside is that...- Tophat Dan
- Post #151
- Forum: The Golden Era
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The birth of the ranch house.
Ranch Nightmare I am caretaking a ranch-style house that is from at least 1952 (there was a sticker on the toilet with a date I found when we had to replace said toilet). It's a nice enough house now. One of the conditions of me living here though was that I had to fix er' up. That is how I...- Tophat Dan
- Post #31
- Forum: The Golden Era
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My "mission" back in time.
B-17's About two years ago, Willow Run, an old airport near my parent's house, had their usual airshow. The theme that year was bombers, as B-24's used to be built there. There were seven of the eight B-17's still flying at the time. The show was great. After it was over we were in my folks...- Tophat Dan
- Post #35
- Forum: WWII
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A tip of interest to anyone who wears boots...
Bingo! Dead on Inusuit... Any kind of shoe that fits you properly should not hurt, scrape, blister, pinch, fold, spindle or mutilate your feet in any way. Ever. However, insoles in general can help a good deal in some situations. I work in a warehouse, so I'm on bare...- Tophat Dan
- Post #7
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Project ideas
No takers? Hmm...chirp chirp...lol Well, I'll post pics when I get the prototype mailbag done and maybe fiddle around with making some patterns for wallets and such. Off to the Google to find interesting old wallets. And then off to the garage for more tinkering. There is nothing more fun...- Tophat Dan
- Post #2
- Forum: The Display Case
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Project ideas
To start off, I'd like to say that I wasn't sure weather this should go in the "display case" because I'd like to talk about my new toy, or here, as I'm going to use said toy to make accouterments...so I suppose I'll let the moderators ultimately decide. The toy in question is a Champion...- Tophat Dan
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- Forum: The Display Case
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A word to men who wear high boots
Stompers! I have a pair of big, black, shiny, knee-high boots I got from a company called Coon River Mercantile about eight years ago. At the time, I worked in a shoe repair shop, so I added an extra leather halfsole and heel to them, then installed clinch nails, hobnails and horseshoe heel...- Tophat Dan
- Post #84
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Fallschirmjager Regiment 6 - Pacific Northwest
No harm... From my point of view reenacting does no harm, and even manages to educate the odd member of the public. The fact that we, as human beings, can go in a mere 20, 30, 50 or even 150 years from slaughtering and outright hatred of one another to actually turning the violence and anger...- Tophat Dan
- Post #30
- Forum: WWII
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Typewriter Supplies
Typewriters? where?!!!! Be careful of those old machines...they are addictive. I started with one and ended up with six. Use them all the time. Believe it or not, a chain called "Staples" in the U.S. still carries universal ink ribbons for old machines! So far I've managed to find 2...- Tophat Dan
- Post #6
- Forum: The Golden Era
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How old is too old?
Unfortunately my digital camera isn't working at the moment, but I will do my best to describe the garment. Overall appearance: The garment is a fitted cloak with a fabric-covered single button at the throat for closure and full lining. There is no label or makers mark of any kind, though...- Tophat Dan
- Post #20
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How old is too old?
A few years ago, I bought my wife a wonderful vintage black cotton velvet formal cloak with a dark blue satin lining. There is no label and the style is fairly generic, so it could have been made anywhere between the late 1800's and the 1920's. In the antique store, it seemed fine, no moth...- Tophat Dan
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- Forum: The Observation Bar
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"Crisis, what Crisis?"
Crisis? What am I doing during this time of seemingly worldwide financial turmoil? Exactly what I was doing before it all happened. Trying to hang on. Poor economy is nothing new in Michigan, where I live. With the states main employers, the auto industry all slowly sliding into financial...- Tophat Dan
- Post #41
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Barber Shops
Straght razors are the best! I just started shaving with a straight razor. It takes a little longer due to the extra steps you have to take, but the shave is really worth it! Everyone told me that I'd "cut my face to ribbons" when I started using it, but oddly enough I find that I get more...- Tophat Dan
- Post #199
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Any Re-enactors in Michigan?
Thanks! Thanks for the responses guys! The situation with the economy here seems to have hit re-enactors and anyone else who uses Liquid Gold (a.k.a. gasoline) to go to and from group meetings hard. TailendCharlie: I'm about 20-30 mins from Detroit over in Ypsi. Maybe we should get...- Tophat Dan
- Post #4
- Forum: WWII
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Any Re-enactors in Michigan?
The title says it all. I used to do Civil war, but grew away from it. I'd really like to attend an event, but I don't know anyone who does WW2. There is an event every other year or so here at the Yankee air force museum, and last time I asked around, all the guys I could find were from Ohio...- Tophat Dan
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- Forum: WWII
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Why Do You "Dress Up"?
just the old man in me coming out... I've always dressed differently, but mostly because I was casting about, looking for something that I liked. "What I like" turns out what to be what most of my family and my wife term "old man clothes". I laughed it off until my grandma showed me a picture...- Tophat Dan
- Post #42
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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I got a new (to me) treadle sewing machine!
A friend of mine is moving to a smaller place and had to get rid of a few things. Knowing that I've been after a treadle machine for a long time and being the swell, awesome, super cool guy he is, he gave the machine to me! As far as collectible value goes, I don't think it has much. The...- Tophat Dan
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- Forum: The Display Case
