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Steampunks mash Victorian attire with futuristic technology as they descend on a [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | November 24, 2018 | Charlie Bayliss

Posted on 11/25/2018 5:37:51 AM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan

What is up with the goggle thing?


41 posted on 11/25/2018 9:23:44 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: headstamp 2

Iron Sky is kind of Nazi steampunk


42 posted on 11/25/2018 9:55:20 AM PST by ebshumidors
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To: doorgunner69

People used to wear goggles while driving. Later on, the early fliers wore them.
It wasn’t as silly as it looks. Shatter-resistant glass didn’t come along until after WWI, if I’m not mistaken.


43 posted on 11/25/2018 10:00:16 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: headstamp 2

Time traveling is a favorite theme of steampunk aficionados.


44 posted on 11/25/2018 10:02:39 AM PST by Buttons12
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To: Buttons12

“a tight-waisted Victorian gown with a bustle and a bonnet. A slinky 1930’s dress or a tailored Edwardian or an equestrian ensemble or a 1940’s romper.”

Be still my beating heart!
That right there is downright, may I say, sexy!
I love the old fashions.
When women were women, men were men and the confused weren’t celebrated.

I really started watching the Murdock Mysteries because of the era portrayed. Still love it.


45 posted on 11/25/2018 10:21:31 AM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Lisbon1940

You mean become atheists?


46 posted on 11/25/2018 10:41:18 AM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: oldvirginian

I think the fashion in “Murdoch” is very appealing, and the lead actor has such pretty brown eyes and straight, white teeth.


47 posted on 11/25/2018 11:31:15 AM PST by Tax-chick (Ask me about my Marine!)
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To: Buttons12

Who can blame them?
Today makes me pinch my nose LOL


48 posted on 11/25/2018 11:48:12 AM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Tax-chick

They have the period down pat. Even the dialogue is pretty good.

The fella is Yannick Bisson from Montreal.
I like Helene Joy (Dr Julia Ogden). She’s an Australian.


49 posted on 11/25/2018 2:48:38 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: oldvirginian

I love her clothes, but she’s looking old these days.


50 posted on 11/25/2018 3:11:17 PM PST by Tax-chick (Ask me about my Marine!)
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To: Tax-chick

Yeah, that happens to all of us. :(


51 posted on 11/25/2018 6:13:42 PM PST by oldvirginian ( Buckle up kids, rough road ahead.)
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To: Buttons12

Rules! You know the rules!


52 posted on 11/26/2018 10:40:28 AM PST by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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Oh I know the rules, I’m just inclined to remain anonymous! But there are times I’m tempted. ;)


53 posted on 11/28/2018 4:19:45 PM PST by Buttons12
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To: doorgunner69
What is up with the goggle thing?

I don't know. I used to ride my Ducati to work while wearing a nice Italian cut suit (Armani), but with wrap arounds (Gatorz) instead of goggles. Nothing gets a girl to swooning like wrap arounds perched on your head and a smashed fly with its guts plastered on your forehead that you discover hours later.

54 posted on 11/28/2018 4:40:12 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: ebshumidors
Iron Sky is kind of Nazi steampunk

Technically, it's more toward the Dieselpunk end of the spectrum. [/nerd]

55 posted on 11/28/2018 5:02:45 PM PST by Bubba Ho-Tep ("The rat always knows when he's in with weasels."--Tom Waits)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

I didn’t know there was such a thing.


56 posted on 11/29/2018 7:30:16 AM PST by ebshumidors
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