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  1. JimWagner

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    When I learned electronics tubes were in general use and transisters were just starting to become common. Printed circuits were leading edge. Now there are hardly any relaceable components in most devices and you need a microscope to see what is there. So I became a mainframe systems...
  2. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    Ultimately it really doesn't matter whether the patches are sewn through the lining or not as far as authenticity goes. It was done both ways. But keep in mind that this particular jacket reflects post WWII service and patches as I understand the original post. Not WWII theater patches. How they...
  3. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    This isn't going to save you any money, but when I was on flight crew in the 60's the squadron parachute riggers would hand sew on patches for us. That way they didn't sew through the lining. The going rate was $5/patch - enough for a case of beer back then. I believe they used hooked needles.
  4. JimWagner

    This or That

    Yes. Apologies for not properly providing a this/that earlier. Hand tools or power tools?
  5. JimWagner

    This or That

    Neither. My wife is Chinese and we have hot pot (actual Chinese home cooking) - think Chinese fondue using broth instead of oil to cook in. For the record, I like both General Tso and Kung Pao, just not for Christmas dinner.
  7. JimWagner

    This or That

    Colored. White belongs on shiney silver aluminum trees. Snow or no snow?
  8. JimWagner

    What Does It Mean To Dress CASUAL In The 1910s And The 1920s And The 1930s And The 1940s?

    In the U.S. I'm thinking the change occurred mostly after WWII and the growth of suburbia and this new thing called leisure time. Prior to that the more formal dress was more of a city thing and less of a country thing. In the country it was a Sunday thing mostly. Suburbia is located somewhere...
  9. JimWagner

    This or That

    Judy Garland. Fruitcake or cookies?
  10. JimWagner

    Experience of service in the Armed Forces

    US Navy, 1965-1969. I partied my way through 3 months of college and all my savings and joined up. Yes, there was a draft at the time and I would have been drafted anyway, but in my family most of the men since WWII either had served or would serve and there was never any doubt in my mind that...
  11. JimWagner

    What was your first car...???

    1961 Thunderbird that I bought in 1968 for the princely sum of $300. I thought I had a picture of it around here somewhere, but can't find it now. Edit: Ran across a picture of that Tbird this morning. Home on leave in 1968 with my new (to me) 1961 Tbird. $300 went a long way in 1968.
  13. JimWagner

    Top gun movie jacket

    I was aircrew in VP-24 on Neptunes and then Orions in the late 60's. I have a patched up G-1 and a plain G-1. I have to admit that I'm uncomfortable wearing the patched up jacket in public, even though each and every patch is from somewhere I was stationed or deployed. Don't know why but I am...
  14. JimWagner

    Is style stuck in a 2 decade rut?

    I blame the economy. Not so much because people aren't buying clothes, because they are. I think many, if not most, people are pessimistic and depressed by the economy and lack of growth over the past 20 years. It takes a certain amount of optimism and confidence in the future before people...
  15. JimWagner

    Growing a beard just to wear a fedora

    Andy - with or without looks fine to me. You do look older with it, but as long as that's ok with you then stick with it. It certainly takes longer to grow a beard than to cut it off ;-) For myself, I prefer a beard, my wife prefers me with one, and I've had one most of my adult life with brief...
  16. JimWagner

    The casualization of the world

    While the dot com boom and technology was certainly a factor there were other factors at work as well. As one example, in the 70's during the Jimmy Carter years we had the first big energy crisis since WWII. That's the first time we had the government and mostly the media pushing turning up...
  17. JimWagner

    Men who can cook.

    My wife and I both love to cook, separately and together. And we both clean up afterwards. That's the way it's been for the past 40 years now.
  19. JimWagner

    What do you NOT Want for Christmas?

    I don't want anything other than being with my family over Christmas. I have enough stuff.
  20. JimWagner

    New Years Eve

    Stay at home and watch the ball drop. Avoid the drunk drivers.
  21. JimWagner

    Christmas without Christ? Huh?

    Those demanding respect don't understand or really care about the difference between respect and fear.
  22. JimWagner

    fur felt in hot weather?

    A liner with plastic on the crown can be very hot in warm weather, an instant sweat generator. I cut the plastic out of any liner that comes that way. After that I don't usually see a lot of difference between lined and unlined. A liner will reduce the sweat staining on the rest of the hat...
  23. JimWagner

    Help me indentify this hat

    It's difficult to tell from the pictures, but if the brim edge is unbound then it would be a lord's hat.

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