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  1. JimWagner

    Ralph Lauren's idiotic PRE-DISTRESSED fedora

    In the 50's I remember a tv episode of "Spin and Marty" on the Mickey Mouse Club, a serial about a rich kid named Marty from New York spending a summer at a dude ranch, showing up in a suit with his first pair of blue jeans ever in his suitcase. Spin, the local cool kid, decided that what Marty...
  2. JimWagner

    The general decline in standards today

    And just who could actually afford the radios in 1939? The more affluent middle class. The point I've been trying to make is that today the percentage of ill educated frankly lower class people having access to the media is much higher than back then. There is more money to be made from them...
  3. JimWagner

    The general decline in standards today

    Oops, thought you were asking something different. To answer what you asked, I think it's the internet and tv mostly. It's in your face 7/24. And aimed at the masses but like a shotgun, hitting everyone.
  4. JimWagner

    The general decline in standards today

    Right. And there are more of them. Take a little from many and it adds up.
  5. JimWagner

    The general decline in standards today

    I believe the demand has always been there. It's just that the combination of technology, population size, economics, and people willing to supply that demand have come together today in a way never possible before. The refined portion of society was never all that large a percentage. Until...
  7. JimWagner

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    Or what, eh what?
  8. JimWagner

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    lol
  9. JimWagner

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

  10. JimWagner

    Excessive posting? ... Interesting.....

    What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
  11. JimWagner

    The general decline in standards today

    That's really more the consequence of nearly instantaneous tv coverage and an illusion of immediacy. When the news of some crime in some little town halfway across the country is presented to you as if it happened right outside your door it's natural to react to it. Hear that sort of thing...
  13. JimWagner

    Ralph Lauren's idiotic PRE-DISTRESSED fedora

    There sure seem to be any number of sucke.... er phone... er people who want to give the appearance that they are rough tough real men.
  14. JimWagner

    What Kind of Hats Can't You Stand?

    I don't mind baseball caps in general, but I really don't care for the mesh back, adjustable, logo printed ones. If there's a practical reason I need to wear one, like wearing hearing protection, earphones, or participating in an activity where a fedora type hat would either be in the way or...
  15. JimWagner

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

    Thanks. So it would be safe to say then that the process of coming up with this hat involves a fair amount of work researching the actual dimensions of the original Stratoliner from existing vintage samples, getting the weight, stiffness, hand and color as close as possible to the original in...
  16. JimWagner

    Rockin' that Cold War STASI look!

    Consider that they might have actually blended in wearing those outfits. :spy:
  17. JimWagner

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

    Just out of curiosity, did Hatco/Stetson still have the original blocks for the original Stratoliner?
  19. JimWagner

    this is a question for the men

    I'm playing trombone in a speakeasy jazz orchestra, barely making ends meet, waiting for prohibition to be repealed next year.
  20. JimWagner

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Modern cars are one thing that I'd have to say have improved over time. I used to work on all my cars all the time. They needed to be worked on all the time. Tuneups every 10-12,000 miles. Brakes, front and rear, every 20,000 or so. Ball joints. Electrics. You name it, it broke down or wore...
  21. JimWagner

    Gentleman - Storing laundry while traveling

    In the dresser drawer inside the plastic bag, I hope. Now that I have the picture in my mind of people putting their dirty clothes directly into the dresser drawers I may never put my clean clothes in a hotel drawer again.shakeshead
  22. JimWagner

    Who Did You Just See Live?

    Allison Krauss and Union Station last Thursday night. Great show.
  23. JimWagner

    Vintage Sunglasses

    Been wearing Ray-Bans for 45 years, in and out of the military, had a few broken frames, never a broken or even chipped lens. I wouldn't consider the risk of a shattered lens particularly high and anything likely to actually shatter one of those lenses would probably shatter my head as well...

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