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  1. JimWagner

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

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    Mother-in-Law's Scathing E-mail Goes Viral

    Maybe they'll get a shot now at a reality tv series.
  3. JimWagner

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Today's hat is a Bailey Monroe, a braided polypropylene that is actually quite soft and comfortable. Especially in hot weather. It breathes well.
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    Military Fakes- sometimes you just have to share the joke...

    Don't think I ever saw anyone when I was in the Navy wear a G-1 jacket or other flight gear who wasn't or hadn't been a pilot or flight crew member. Probably because you couldn't just go buy that stuff at the base exchange in those days.
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    The general decline in standards today

    I finally came to grips with the fact that my house was collapsing under the weight of all the books I've bought and kept over the years and tossed about half of them so far. It hurt to do it, but realistically I wasn't rereading anything, just buying more. Now, for the most part, I still read...
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    The general decline in standards today

    In the summer of 1965 I was working on a railroad yard as a carman apprentice rebuilding and repairing boxcars. That's where I met the first adult who couldn't read I'd ever seen. Dave, not his real name, had grown up in the depression and hadn't learned how to read in the 6 years of education...
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    Military Fakes- sometimes you just have to share the joke...

    Around here the best place to spot those phony chicken hawks is at busy street intersections with their hands out, claiming to be laid off homeless combat veteran ex-POWs suffering from PTSD. It never ceases to amaze me how many people I see fork over their money to these phony professional...
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    Sears might be going belly up

    You're probably right. That said, 30-40 years ago Craftsman tools were among the best available and cost less than some of the brands aimed at professionals. They were also readily available. Over time they have gained some stiff competition in that area from other manufacturers. DeWalt...
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    Worst Golden-era inventions

    Sorry to hear about your foot. Hard to say if the fluoroscope was responsible or not but for sure it didn't help anything.
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    Worst Golden-era inventions

    The Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscope gets my vote. http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/shoefittingfluor/shoe.htm Just stick your feet in, hit the switch and get your minimum daily requirement of radiation. I remember seeing these things in department stores.
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    The general decline in standards today

    Just being interested in doing those tasks and willing to roll up your sleeves and learn by doing is the truly important thing. A tip of the hat to you. :)
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    The general decline in standards today

    That sounds like a great plan. Keep your mind open to the idea that you just might be able to combine those new skills with some business acumen down the road and make the ultimate break away from a big company into your own business. The time is coming that with so many people going the...
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    The general decline in standards today

    Please don't take this personal because statements like that are pretty common on the FL and I'm responding to that particular phenomenon and not really to you. Movies are NOT documentaries. Not then. Not now. In particular, movies from the depression era were escape fantasies designed to...
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    My almost 17yo dd wants this post-war VINTAGE CAR!

    Googling around on this Dodge I see that with that transmission its theoretical top speed was 78 mph and 0-60 was around 23.8 seconds. It will likely be quite a bit slower than that after all these years. See earlier comment about it should really be driven around 45-50 mph. Does it have...
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    Attention Texans, don't spank your kids

    Everything you really need to know about getting children to mind can be found Good Dog, Bad Dog by Mordecai Seigal and Mathew Margolis. Just ignore the parts about using a choke collar and doggie biscuits. :p Seriously, positive reinforcement works a lot better than negative and the...
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    Attention Texans, don't spank your kids

    I wonder where the boy got that idea?
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    Richard Chamberlain's "Allan Quatermain" hat

    Richard Chamberlain's hat looks a lot like my Akubra Coolabah to me. http://www.akubra.com.au/images/products/country/country-hats/Country-Coolibah-Bran-preview.jpg Doesn't come with a leopard band though. You'd have to replace the croc band it comes with.
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    What do you want out of life?

    The (unrealistic) expectation I see a lot of younger people have is that they expect to start where their parents are, not start where their parents did at their age and then achieve over time their own success. The younger people seem to believe that they can somehow leap over all the years of...
  22. JimWagner

    What is your passion?

    What am I passionate about? Whatever I'm doing.
  23. JimWagner

    Why are original G-1 jackets so cheap compared to A-2s?

    As has been mentioned several times in this thread, G-1's have been in almost continuous production, both under contract and for the civilian market. I wore a USN issue G-1 in the 60's while on flight crew and bought a Cooper G-1 in the 90's. The Cooper was identical in every way to the Navy...

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