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  1. JimWagner

    Fedorafest III Stratoliner from Stetson

    How does this new hat compare to an Akubra Campdraft? Is it smaller or about the same dimensions?
  2. JimWagner

    What style is this sport coat from LA Noire?

    Thanks. The one Matt Deckard showed in that thread is spot on to what I was trying to figure out. It's a lot heavier and more structured than anything else in that thread. All the rest look more like PJs.
  3. JimWagner

    What style is this sport coat from LA Noire?

    Hmm. All the loafer or leisure jackets I've been able to find online are really light weight, unstructured jackets. More like shirt jackets. The type I'm trying to find is more like a sport coat in construction, but with contrasting sleeves and/or panels. Of course, it's not easy to tell...
  4. JimWagner

    What style is this sport coat from LA Noire?

    Is there a name for the type of sport coat that the detective on the right below is wearing? There are a number of similar multi-colored and paneled sport coats that show up in this game. Some look like multi-colored half Norfolks to me but I haven't been able to google any examples...
  5. JimWagner

    50 Unexplainable Photos

    Just looked at that pic on my Xoom and resolved it into 3D bare eyed there. Cool picture.
  7. JimWagner

    50 Unexplainable Photos

    Looks like it's a stereopticon picture. Can't resolve the 3D with my bare eyes, though.
  8. JimWagner

    Hats continue their comeback

    That one I've never really understood. In a crowded elevator, if there were a number of gentlemen taking their hats off then they would then have to hold them. That actually takes up more space since their hats are now on the level of their bodies instead of on top of their heads. That makes...
  9. JimWagner

    This generation of kids...

    Not too sure how I really feel about kids not really being taught cursive these days. I do know that it's still taught in schools around here. As a practical matter I haven't used cursive myself much in the last 40 years. Not because I don't know how or can't do it, but as a computer...
  10. JimWagner

    Will we ever see a return to more formal clothes?

    Not really a standard as such. The closest thing we had to that in the store was that bag boys wore white aprons supplied by the store. You have to remember that in those days most kids didn't have that much in the way of clothing. You had what you wore to school and to church. You probably...
  11. JimWagner

    Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

    I'd also say that Individual Responsibility is underrated (if even existent) today.
  13. JimWagner

    Will we ever see a return to more formal clothes?

    In that particular example, maybe it's because bagging groceries is a minimum wage job and even getting someone to take that job is tough enough without expecting them to buy a new wardrobe. A kid that looks presentable by your (and probably my) standards is either smart enough to find a higher...
  14. JimWagner

    Will we ever see a return to more formal clothes?

    That incident actually raises an interesting question. How can you know in advance what is the best way to dress for an interview for an office job? It used to be a given that you'd wear a fairly conservative business suit. Now wearing a suit can actually negatively affect your chances of...
  15. JimWagner

    Which decade is the worst in terms of style?

    Or maybe a tv news guy on the way to/from work who sits at a desk and is only seen from the waist up?
  16. JimWagner

    Britain building new steam locomotives

    When I was a kid back in South Norfolk, Va. the J's were still in regular service. Tracks ran behind the houses across the street from us and they'd come through a couple of times a day at speed. Beautiful site to see and hear. I loved seeing them even as a kid. I've been to see 611 in...
  17. JimWagner

    What Do You Sound Like?

    I was born in Norfolk, Va. and it isn't pronounced with the "L" by people from there. More like Norfuk. My current home, Durham, is pronounced without the "h". More like Durum. There are quite a few towns here in NC that aren't pronounced like they are spelled. I'm sure that's nothing...
  19. JimWagner

    What Do You Sound Like?

    No, about and house rhyming with doubt. (howse like in how).
  20. JimWagner

    What Do You Sound Like?

    It said I have a midlands no accent accent and that's about right. It's actually a Tidewater accent, but unless you were born in that part of Virginia you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference. Last Saturday I was accused of having a New Jersey accent. First time that ever happened.
  21. JimWagner

    This generation of kids...

    Well, ewww. :tongue:
  22. JimWagner

    On giving your opinions of photographs showing fellow Loungers wearing their new hats

    When people use their cell phones to take their own pictures they are actually getting a distorted image because of the wide angle lens at arm's length. It throws off the actual proportions and isn't truly representative of what someone actually looking at you would see. Take that into account.
  23. JimWagner

    if a person graduates from Army basic or USMC boot camp but gets discharged?

    I would consider that to be someone who trained to be a soldier / Marine but didn't quite get there.

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