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Sport coat and jeans??
Firstly, I think the look is fine. That said, sport coat and jeans look like the wearer should be standing in front of a brick wall telling jokes. -
gunboats and jeans...can't do it
Interesting. I've never heard the term "gunboats" refer to a particular style shoe. I've always heard it used to refer to any shoe that made your feet look big, as in "that's quite a set of gunboats you've got there."- JimWagner
- Post #27
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Trolley Strings -- When did they stop
My new Akubra Campdraft has a wind trolley, as others have noted. I also have a Biltmore Panama about 15 years old that came with one. So, they never really went away but I agree that on less expensive hats it's probably less common to see them. -
The sad case of the pipe smoker and the pot heads.
As long as it was a cheap cigar. :p- JimWagner
- Post #31
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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The sad case of the pipe smoker and the pot heads.
I can honestly say that I've never had anyone mistake my pipe tobacco for pot - not even in the 60's. Let alone a cigar. :eusa_doh:- JimWagner
- Post #27
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Old TV Show episodes you think everyone should watch
Danger, UXB. The whole series.- JimWagner
- Post #57
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?
H. Upmann Signature Super Corona. Pretty good.- JimWagner
- Post #5,531
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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High Road to China coat, where can I get one?
These things aren't exactly cheap, but here's another candidate: http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/eastmanlanding4_2.php- JimWagner
- Post #6
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Would you, if you could?
Just keep in mind that it's always "now".- JimWagner
- Post #41
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Very Very Short Stories
After the engines cut out the only sound in the cabin was the wind screaming by. Then the plane hit the- JimWagner
- Post #19
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Very Very Short Stories
It was a dark and stormy night. I knew I'd have to buy a new hat in the morning. But that's another story.- JimWagner
- Post #11
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Would you, if you could?
I think most people who want to live in the past want to live in a movie set in an idealized past, not the actual past.- JimWagner
- Post #35
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What Are You Reading
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Will read the sequel, Dreadnought, when it's released next week. Boneshaker- JimWagner
- Post #3,709
- Forum: The Reading Room
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Crushable Stetsons at Dillards
Picked up a brown one at the Dillard's in Chapel Hill this morning. $58. They only had 4 brown ones in large and medium. Looks just ok I'd say. Not the worst hat I have. I'll reserve it for cold bad weather when I really don't want to wear a much better fur felt out. -
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What's a wind trolley?
A couple of hats I bought recently have come with functioning wind trolleys. My Akubra Campdraft has one. At first I thought it was just decorative, but after messing around with it a little I figured out it was functional. Haven't actually used it though. I guess I only ever saw them in... -
Fountain pens - ostentatious?
I'm not sure that the perceptions about fountain pens would be the same here as in Australia. Or outside of a boardroom here. In any case, where I work (a university) I doubt anyone would pay any attention to what you're writing with, let alone recognize an expensive pen over an inexpensive one.- JimWagner
- Post #8
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Spelling
Simple, English and American are diverging into two different languages. Just as there are several Romance languages based on Latin there will be a number of languages based on English. And even English as spoken in England will be like Italian is to Latin.- JimWagner
- Post #26
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How was music "mixed" back then?
As someone who has both played in bands being recorded and done some recording I much prefer the minimalist approach to miking and mixing a band. A properly placed stereo pair in a good hall recording a single take gives a much more natural recording (to me) than close miking each instrument...
