What retro delights do you enjoy?

I have two old floor lamps (one from the mid 1930s the other one from 1940) that use the big mogul bulb and three 6o watt bulbs. Can't be beat for a reading lamp. When I'm feeling vintage I turn a lamp on low and use my Grandparents 30s Zenith floor model radio to listen to old time radio programs. Many years ago I built a low power am transmitter which I use to send these recordings to my radio.
 

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Lilac said:
@GoneFishin, I'm using an antenna like the one in your post. I also have a box of rotary & push button phone that work fine that will replace the one I'm using if it breaks. I'm trying to repair the old candlestick I have to put in the living room.

I was given one similar to for a Christmas present about five years ago that we use everyday. I still have some vinal that we play. I kept my small portable radio I used in my office when I worked. I also found my very old portable that my Dad kept when I moved out. I have it on a shelf with the other one. Those portables were very hand when Hurricane Ike went through & we didn't have power for the TV. It's the only way we had news of what was going on.
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I'll play with cards during the day. The board games are stored in the basement & will get pulled out when we are bored when the power goes off.

I rescued my old bike from my brother & now I need to get it fixed back up which I think I'll do that this winter so it will look like this again. It still has the original seat which I'll stash away & put a more comfortable one on.
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Flashlights & batteries along with oil lamps. Oh & the wood burning stove.

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Those bikes were so much better than speed bikes.
 

I miss the old jazzy music from the 40's....Lady Ga Ga and Tony Bennett are so good together. I miss the good stuff we had, not all the junk in stores and on media now.

 

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