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Completely unrelated dream thought.... Here is a mind bender for you. Ever have a dream that has a noise in it, and you wake up to hear that actual noise going on? For example, in your dream you are sawing a board, and wake up to find that your neighbor is sawing a board. All well and good...

I like these old vans The nice thing about them is that you have an enormous amount of cargo area, all enclosed and out of the weather. Plus you can do what you want with the interior. I prefer less of a panel job and more of a utility. However, if you want to finish it inside, I have a...

Vintage 8mm Fun I did alot of filmmaking in Super 8mm format (not anything particularly good!). The best thing I have is a Super 8mm sound film that I shot of the 1981 Air Show at El Toro, with a Harrier Jump Jet flying around in hover about 50 yards away and a big cargo plane taking off with...

Other points I had the thrill of going to see "This is Cinerama" at the Hollywood Cinedome (which never had shown this film interestingly). Cinerama's image was projected by three projectors synched together--from film shot in a special camera with three lenses and three film packs. This was...

And for that matter... What is it with all the forensic programs, both fictional and drama? CSI this, Forensic Files that. They lost me on an episode where a young woman was being strangled, and the camera "went inside" her body to show you graphically how she was dying. Excuse me, but is that...

I got mine yesterday! And I am ashamed to have opened it early! But I am glad I did. 1) A very much needed, high quality electric drill 2) Various appliance tie tacks and magnets 3) An I Love Lucy book 4) Lucy Predict-a-Mints mints 5) A very interesting Japanese? card that pictures a...

This is a great oven... at a very good price. I am sick of seeing these $5000 units. I have the same model except mine has the window for the oven and an oven light. This was our EXCLUSIVE everyday stove from 1994-2004. Since we moved, it is in the guest house, where I am about 1/2 way done...

Interesting but I would not buy it at WalMart! http://www.gehousewares.com/action/browseproduct?content_id=26

Tolivac.... Like I have said before. We are a country that, rightly so, gets so up in arms over the concept of slavery or indentured servants. But it is perfectly OK to push slavery off shore to another country. And the excuse that is always given is that we are paying fair wages to them, it's...

Veg--- I have a wonderful Sears model. It's the "Kenmore Oven Baker". I wonder if GE made mine for Sears, as the dial knobs and push buttons are similar. Roasts and chicken just smell awesome cooking in those things. And the taste is amazing. I even love the sound of those old motors turning...

Starburst Fun This is one of my favorites too, and it was one of the dish sets I grew up with (my mom would rotate). My wife and I collected some, and a few years ago, my mom gave us her old set. We must have 15 dinner plates! A few are scratched pretty well (great for serving platters then)...

Excellent points all cybrvanr--I just read your piece and am in 100% agreement. You can't 100% blame just Wal-Mart, you have to blame us, the consumer. I got into a pretty ratty argument on a conservative website with a gal who was so pro-WalMart you'd think she was on their payroll. She...

Love that control panel.... and I bet those knobs have a quality feel to them that they had back then. Electronic goods are so flimsy and disposable now. I took my wife's Sony laptop apart to troubleshoot the PCIM/CIA slot and the power switch snapped off, it is nothing more than about a 1/16"...

Brent..... As unbelievable as it sounds, I DO have TCM! Unfortunately, it is channel 160, so you have to have Adelphia's digital channel box to get it, as our TVs only go up to 125 channel for cable. The upside is that the living room TV with the DVR DOES have this setup, the others don't and...

One of my favorite channels used to be AMCTV. A few years back, this channel was just an outstanding place to go to see old great movies. It still is, sometimes. However, for every "Shane" that is on, they play "Dr. Giggles" or "Harlem Nights". In fact, they play some of the most unclassic films...