General Apathy Posted July 1, 2012 Share #5051 Posted July 1, 2012 Michael Jackson would be jealous!! On the other hand.......he would have nothing!! Ho Ho Ho I have to hand that one to you JS, very witty ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 30 June 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_pickrall Posted July 1, 2012 Share #5052 Posted July 1, 2012 Great looking gloves, Ken. Are there any labels or other markings in them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 1, 2012 Share #5053 Posted July 1, 2012 Great looking gloves, Ken. Are there any labels or other markings in them? Hi Craig, the images of the gloves were from my photo files, stupidly I didn't photograph the printed details in the cuffs of the gloves, you know sometimes your running short of time and don't manage to do it all. Sadly all the details in all three were like the day they were stamped. too many things too little time. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 1 July 2012, summer arrived this week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyCanteen Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5054 Posted July 2, 2012 Ken, nice gloves! Myself and others would like to see the details of the markings should you ever pull your shoe box out again. RC This is my second attempt to post an answer, for some reason it kicked me out and made me log in all over again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5055 Posted July 2, 2012 Ken, nice gloves! Myself and others would like to see the details of the markings should you ever pull your shoe box out again. RC This is my second attempt to post an answer, for some reason it kicked me out and made me log in all over again. Hi RC, well no resonable offer would be refused for the ' shoebox ' , the house, garden, vehicles, wine cav'e, Jeep in the barn and the address in Normandy, I need the cash I hear that there could be a large house in Washington that might become vacant in November. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 2 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5056 Posted July 2, 2012 Hi RC, well no resonable offer would be refused for the ' shoebox ' , the house, garden, vehicles, wine cav'e, Jeep in the barn and the address in Normandy, I need the cash I hear that there could be a large house in Washington that might become vacant in November. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 2 July 2012 Now, now Kenneth...you know this forum is apolitical!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5057 Posted July 2, 2012 Now, now Kenneth...you know this forum is apolitical!! Hi Ian, knowing how few people read this topic or even add comment then I thought I might have slipped that one through unnoticed. :laughing1: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 2 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5058 Posted July 2, 2012 Hi Ian, knowing how few people read this topic or even add comment then I thought I might have slipped that one through unnoticed. :laughing1: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 2 July 2012 Ooooo...you are awwful!! :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5059 Posted July 2, 2012 Now, now Kenneth...you know this forum is apolitical!! Correct Ian.......A political Forum.....right?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5060 Posted July 2, 2012 Correct Ian.......A political Forum.....right?? Errrr....no, not really JS...unless you want to get us shut down!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5061 Posted July 2, 2012 Ken, Only you would have 3 pairs of mint gloves ID'd with the same laundry mark! Your shoebox is AMAZING! ....Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5062 Posted July 2, 2012 Ken, Only you would have 3 pairs of mint gloves ID'd with the same laundry mark! Your shoebox is AMAZING! ....Kat Hi Kat, thanks for your complimentary thoughts on the gloves, it is fun now and then to share items with the forum. Also I think I see many things on this forum posted by other members that I certainly don't have a copy of, and there are many things I confess that I have never even seen before. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 2 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutiger83 Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5063 Posted July 2, 2012 and there are many things I confess that I have never even seen before. I did not think this was possible! :think: You are one of my friends on here that I call my walking dictionary on militaria! You are the one that provides visual aid along with your tutorial! ...Kat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LtRGFRANK Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5064 Posted July 2, 2012 Lewis and others are the reason I log into this Forum daily. And I can call him a gentleman and close friend. (you too Ian) Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack's Son Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5065 Posted July 2, 2012 Lewis and others are the reason I log into this Forum daily. And I can call him a gentleman and close friend. (you too Ian) Robert All the rest of you are nameless chopped liver!! :w00t: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5066 Posted July 2, 2012 Hi Erick, would be nice if you could get a shot of your ' mail-disc ' records and show them here, could be something not seen before for some forum members. :thumbsup: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 30 June 2012 Your wish is my command sahib! These "VOICE-O-GRAPHS" provided soldiers with a way to send a recorded message back to their loved ones. As I mentioned before, the records feel like coated cardboard and are played on a 78. Here is part of an entry from Wikipedia: "In the past (approximately from the 1940s through the 1970s), there were booths called Voice-O-Graphs, that let the user record their own voice onto a record when money was inserted. These were often found at arcades and tourist attractions alongside other vending and game machines. The Empire State Building's 86th floor observatory in New York City, Coney Island, NY and Conneaut Lake Park, PA are some of the locations which had such machines. Gem Razors also created thousands of free Voice-O-Graph records during wartime for the troops to send home to their families." This "VOICE-O-GRAPH" came from a veteran's grouping that I own. I was able to copy the record onto my hard drive using the turn table that I mentioned earlier. I have copies of many of this same vet's letters home, but these records really pick up his sense of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5067 Posted July 2, 2012 Here are a couple of shots where you can see more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted July 2, 2012 Share #5068 Posted July 2, 2012 A view of the front and back of the disc: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 3, 2012 Share #5069 Posted July 3, 2012 Lewis and others are the reason I log into this Forum daily. And I can call him a gentleman and close friend. (you too Ian) Robert Thank you Robert...that's very nice of you to include me in that...much appreciated! This thread is a kind of communal "watering hole". Those of us who frequent it daily can indulge in a bit of light-hearted banter whilst at the same time not losing sight of its true historical focus, under Ken's capable stewardship! Long may it continue to be so! Ian :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5070 Posted July 4, 2012 I did not think this was possible! :think: You are one of my friends on here that I call my walking dictionary on militaria! You are the one that provides visual aid along with your tutorial! ...Kat Hi Kat, really don't know how to answer this, only to say that it's not the over-riding passion in my life that it was thirty years ago. These days I just toot along with my interest in the hobby and it's been a long time since I added items to my collection. This ' Normandy reports ' topic is probably best described as Ian describes it a ' water-hole ' where forum members can dip in and out without it being too hard core in detail, and it twists and turns around the edges of militaria collecting. And flipping your comment seen above, it's the friends like you and others posting and adding comment that encourages me to continue running these Normandy reports. :thumbsup: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 4 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5071 Posted July 4, 2012 Lewis and others are the reason I log into this Forum daily. And I can call him a gentleman and close friend. (you too Ian) Robert Hi Robert, well I have to say many thanks for the description of me that you have added above, hopefully there can be no better desire in life than to be considered a gentleman and a friend by a fellow friend. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 4 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5072 Posted July 4, 2012 All the rest of you are nameless chopped liver!! :w00t: Hi JS, I think you need a little more love in your life :hug: :bye1: Enjoy your fishing trip :thumbsup: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 4 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5073 Posted July 4, 2012 Your wish is my command sahib! These "VOICE-O-GRAPHS" provided soldiers with a way to send a recorded message back to their loved ones. As I mentioned before, the records feel like coated cardboard and are played on a 78. Hi Erick, thanks for adding some great photographs of the self recorded disc's that servicemen could use. love the Gem ones with all the imagery on them, I have a few other discs that are the disc with a plain central label for writing on. ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 4 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5074 Posted July 4, 2012 Ken...next time you trawl the brocantes you need to look out for a vintage phonograph so's you can listen to these discs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted July 4, 2012 Share #5075 Posted July 4, 2012 Thank you Robert...that's very nice of you to include me in that...much appreciated! This thread is a kind of communal "watering hole". Those of us who frequent it daily can indulge in a bit of light-hearted banter whilst at the same time not losing sight of its true historical focus, under Ken's capable stewardship! Long may it continue to be so! Ian :thumbsup: thanks Ian. :thumbsup: ken Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 4 July 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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