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Vintage Giggles aka What are they smoking????

Old 11-24-2013, 06:16 AM
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Horse chestnuts = buckeyes. Here in Ohio they are lucky items.

Of course, we're all a little nuts.

And osage oranges (hard green things that look like brains) are the things that keep away spiders.
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Old 11-24-2013, 07:05 AM
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I think this might come in handy...(tongue in cheek)
http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-s...AdIdZ546097900
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Old 11-24-2013, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Littlebearquiltingboard View Post
I don't know if it's true but I've been told that horse chestnuts are used to keep spiders away.
Fresh ones sure keep me away...
Some of the creepy crawlies in the basement sure make me think I might be willing to try one though.

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I bet that 66 was bought used, and that is why it was cheap. Easy to find out with the model number. It could easily have been 10-15 years old in 1925 that the original owner traded in on a new side clamp with an electric motor on it, or one of those new fangled 101's that had recently come out!
Did they stop making the 66 back clamp in 1923, or was the last set of serial numbers that would use them allocated in 1923? There are machines too that took years to leave the factory, hence why you see 1948 machines with centennial decals on them.
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Old 11-24-2013, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane View Post
Did they stop making the 66 back clamp in 1923, or was the last set of serial numbers that would use them allocated in 1923? There are machines too that took years to leave the factory, hence why you see 1948 machines with centennial decals on them.
Wasn't the centennial in 1951?
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Old 11-24-2013, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by miriam View Post
maybe they were for luck
maybe they were hiding them for roasting later - but just 1?
I thought horse chestnuts were poisonous, so I looked it up. Turns out they can be used to make soap or shampoo. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum

Originally Posted by Macybaby View Post
I bet that 66 was bought used, and that is why it was cheap. Easy to find out with the model number. It could easily have been 10-15 years old in 1925 that the original owner traded in on a new side clamp with an electric motor on it, or one of those new fangled 101's that had recently come out!
Yeah, could have been repossessed, too. I'm surprised that Singer didn't change out the presser bar, though. Or maybe that was an option available for an extra charge. Or, maybe they were of the same mind as some modern-day collectors -- Machines should be kept in their original state and should be outfitted only with the attachments available at the time of manufacture ;)

Originally Posted by ArchaicArcane View Post
Did they stop making the 66 back clamp in 1923, or was the last set of serial numbers that would use them allocated in 1923? There are machines too that took years to leave the factory, hence why you see 1948 machines with centennial decals on them.
Good point. I don't know the serial number cutoff. Maybe Cathy knows. I think the price points to Cathy's explanation, though. I think prices always went up, in absolute dollars. Adjusted for inflation they did go down. But $45 was a lot of money in 1925. Maybe the $7 allowance was for cash. The brochure I have says "Liberal discounts for cash."
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Old 11-24-2013, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mlmack View Post
Wasn't the centennial in 1951?
Yes. I think she means that some machines manufactured in 1948 would not be sold until 1951, at which time they would get the centennial badge.
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Originally Posted by Sheluma View Post
Yes. I think she means that some machines manufactured in 1948 would not be sold until 1951, at which time they would get the centennial badge.
So much for my reading comprehension.
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This one is in St. Louis,MO. They must have really good stuff to smoke there. The treadle cabinet looks like it may have been out in the rain.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/4177004734.html
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Originally Posted by purplefiend View Post
This one is in St. Louis,MO. They must have really good stuff to smoke there. The treadle cabinet looks like it may have been out in the rain.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/atq/4177004734.html
"The black enamel paint is in very good condition with no damage other than some faint wear."

Really? Doesn't look very faint to me, unless they think the areas where there is still paint are where it is worn.
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enough faint wear to make me faint... at least at the price.......
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