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  1. Ticklishchap

    Scotch tape

    Was it called the Scotsman because of the cheapskate image? (I have Scottish and Scots-Irish heritage and so I’m allowed to say that!) It looks curiously like a Soviet era model.
  2. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    You’re absolutely right: luckily I’m self-employed rather than a wage slave and so I can organise my time as I like! However I’m not going to spend a vast amount of time on this but I’d like to see if I can learn more about the alternative spelling. Being British I know well the Naval history of...
  3. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    Going back to Doctor Damage’s point: I found that wearing a Duffel Coat kept me warm , indeed enveloped me, but the toggles and hood enabled the Coat to ‘breathe’. I most often wore Duffel Coats as a student to watch matches that for whatever reason I wasn’t playing in. I would wear the Duffel...
  4. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    ... And yet it is those features that give the Duffel Coat it’s distinctive style - and which I particularly liked when I wore Duffel Coats as a younger man. The toggles really did it for me for some reason. Must start wearing Duffel Coats again!
  5. Ticklishchap

    British Light Music

    It’s nice to find someone else who refers to Radio 2 as The Light Programme - which we listen to, of course, on the Wireless (interesting how technology has given that term a new relevance and resonance). I used to be a habitué of Malcolm Laycock’s Dance Band Days and Sunday Night at Ten. He was...
  7. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    I agree with the idea of ensuring that nobody is deprived of knowledge by economic deprivation- which is why I referred to working class self-education which used to be a great force for good in the UK (and US). A certain type of approach to education does a disservice to people from poorer...
  8. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Staying with this tangent: despite what Edward says in his post above, I fear that the cult of drab egalitarianism has affected Oxbridge. One college (Bartender Edit - minor snip of political content) has even taken octopus off its menu because it was ‘unfamiliar’ to ‘working class’ students...
  9. Ticklishchap

    Best Manly Sweater

    They look very good and I’ve got myself on their mailing list. (I’m wearing a nice manly Guernsey sweater today - again a bit like ‘wool chain mail’ and with timeless nautical style.)
  10. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    I shall certainly look up Grinnell. I shall also find time to research the Duffel/Duffle alternate spellings.
  11. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    Those are very beautiful photographs. Thank you. Baseball looks a difficult game - it’s got some things in common with Cricket but seems much faster-moving. I had several American friends at university (doing their Junior Year Abroad) who were keen on it and it has strong roots in American...
  13. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    It does sound as if your grandfather, although he unfortunately died when you were but a lad of 11, was a great role model for you and a true gentleman. Thank you for your very inspiring post. Did you follow in his footsteps and play baseball?
  14. Ticklishchap

    Best Manly Sweater

    It is a classic style that you can’t go wrong with: gentlemanly yet rugged, with a strong old-fashioned (yet paradoxically timeless) military influence.
  15. Ticklishchap

    Best Manly Sweater

    I like it very much. It’s comfortable, durable, warm without being too hot (it ‘breathes’ nicely) and I like the style. I also enjoy the historical associations with the US Engineers in WW2 and the immediate post-War era. I don’t wear it as often as it deserves; it gets pushed out of the way by...
  16. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    I meant also to add my condolences on this anniversary of your grandfather's death.
  17. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    I must see if I can find out more about the Duffel/Duffle spelling. Maybe your grandfather could also have told us about the term Benchwarmer (or Bench Warmer). I never came across it in school and university sports but I like the ‘reserve player’ definition. Certainly watching matches could be...
  19. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I think last winter you or I (can’t remember which) invented the word ‘farticles’
  20. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    I remember your Thomas Tutko reference last year (?) and I commented on it at the time expressing interest and agreement. The problem with school and college sport was when it was taken too seriously- by the team itself and by the coach or games master. One of the advantages of the Rugger teams...
  21. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Yes, many of mine come from surplus shops - which often sell new WPs. I have in the past had a number of ‘second hand’ ones worn by Army, Navy or RAF men.
  22. Ticklishchap

    The GREAT BRITISH DUFFEL COAT thread

    Further complications: I have just come across a US definition of Bench Warmer or Benchwarmer as a reserve player. This makes sense and certainly sound collegiate: presumably the poor man would wear a Duffel Coat as he sat forlornly hoping to be called. ...
  23. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I enjoy lowering the tone occasionally!

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