I don’t think anyone can beat Boeing on this old-timer concept... ☕
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363122/boeing-747s-floppy-disc-updates-critical-software
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I love this thread - I get told I'm from the wrong era all the time (I turn 34 next month)...
Random stuff I not only use but rely on:
Hair - Brylcream and a tortoise comb.
Hat - 1940s pattern ten-year-old Stetson fedora in beaver.
Butterfly safety razor with of course featherlite blades and my usual soap and brush/mug for shaving.
Analog manual or automatic watch.
Leather shoes usually by Johnston & Murphy.
S&W .38 Special circa 1940s in the nightstand.
Prefer a fountain pen, use a Waldmann ballpoint at work due to necessity - honestly have no idea how to use a tablet...they can't make calls, do the?
Mostly Brooks Bros. clothing
Manual transmission in the car.
My Snap-It wrenches from the early 70s my dad left me, to work on said car.
I legitimately seek out and regularly chew Wrigley's.
And most of the above is paid for in cash. Which bewilder cashiers until the scanner does the math for them...by which point I'm usually frowning.
And...still the funniest thing in the world to me after all these years:
R M WIlliams is now owned by LVMH .................................
Another vote for RM boots, but I prefer the Baxters, better quality leather and better fit.
Not any more. RM is now totally Aussie owned and operated and only about 2% of their stuff is made offshore.
Bewdy Cobber!
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I have fond memories of flying in 747’s and sitting with my father in the first class lounge with low tables, couches and ashtrays on every table- and a bar tender!. They killed the last domestic 747 run in the US about 2 years ago- made me horribly sad. I had the pleasure of doing the Chicago to Hawaii run on United about a decade ago- over 8 hours and you could walk laps in the double isles and the gracious rear galley was a revolving party.
There is no civility for the masses in flying anymore.
Remember the first time I flew on a 747 was after navy boot camp in 1980 flew from the USA to Guam I guess the 747 and the airline not around no more the airline was Pan Am .
Was great to hear that news a few months ago. Not that I buy much from them as I have enough belts and shoes to last me. ( clothing lost the plot years ago once the city slickers wanted pretty colours and full front buttons )
lucky others still make a proper shirt like RM used to...
Smoking or non smoking 😁
Most youngsters wouldn’t have enjoyed the hazy planes of old where a row with people sitting in it stopped the zone of smoking and non smoking.....
1938 Big Ben Style 4 "Loud Alarm" with hanger and nickel trim.
Dad got it from his dad at some point, I remember hearing the alarm every morning growing up, ticking very loud, too. Can hear it across the room.
During Pandemic this past year, I sent it to the Clock Doc in Georgia for refurbishing.
Original factory parts used along with servicing.
Still wind it, very accurate.... just no alarm!!... MUCH too annoyingly loud, now.
