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  1. JimWagner

    Top Gear

    Now that I've seen the first episode of the American version of Top Gear I can say that it lived down to all my expectations.shakeshead
  2. JimWagner

    Hat Storage?

    I took a little scrap wood and an over the door hook and made this - which I have sitting on top of the overhead on my desk at work. I use the sandbags for added security but I don't think I really need them.
  3. JimWagner

    Chrome Dome and Dryness

    Nivea For Men is what I use on my baldness. It also offers a little sun protection.
  4. JimWagner

    ...By Any Other Name

    While sitting in my pickup munching on a burger I noticed a store across the lot called "Fedora". My first thought was the obvious one, "Wonderful, a new hat store!". Sadly, it was not to be. On closer inspection "Fedora" turned out to be a lady's clothing store. Not even any lady's hats to...
  5. JimWagner

    The Black Hat Brigade

    A few years have now passed since that comment and all I can say is who is Abramoff??? I really don't remember that name. No answer to that required. Or wanted. In any case, I have a black fedora and a black homburg. I occasionally wear the black fedora if I think it fits the rest of what I...
  7. JimWagner

    French claim that Lindbergh was NOT first to fly across the Atlantic

    While flying in the navy we called our crew's navigator Wrong Way Smerzniak. But he really did get lost a lot.
  8. JimWagner

    E-Telegram Service

    From looking at the site I believe it's just something printed out to look like an old telegram and then snail mailed. In other words, it's not hand delivered (like you see old Western Union telegrams delivered) but simply mailed. If that's accurate, then anyone with a color printer could make...
  9. JimWagner

    Facial Hair.....And Hats

    A full beard most of the time, but clean shaven for the past couple of months. Next month - who knows?
  10. JimWagner

    Your favourite jazz albums?

    Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool Dave Brubeck - Time Out and Time Further Our
  11. JimWagner

    Top Gear

    The British humor and speech patterns on that show, as well as all the exotic cars are what I like. I can't see it working as well once it's Americanized.
  13. JimWagner

    How often do you wear a hat?

    If I'm outside I'm wearing a hat or cap of some kind. I'd feel naked without one. Wait a minute, my head is naked without one.
  14. JimWagner

    Vintage Cameras Still In Use

    I believe the Argus A 35mm camera manufactured in Ann Arbor Michigan in 1936 came earlier. I have one of those that belonged to my father, but I haven't used it in years.
  15. JimWagner

    Personal Hygiene during the golden era? did some people only bath once a week??

    I take a shower pretty much every day, but I haven't had a bath as such since I can remember. I'm sure that when I was a kid, before my Dad remodeled the bathroom and put in a shower I took baths, but not since.
  16. JimWagner

    Thanksgiving Day 2010

    Thanksgiving day my daughter and her family will drive up from Atlanta. We'll be doing Chinese hot pot that day. If you aren't familiar with this it's best described as Chinese fondue in a broth instead of oil. Thin sliced beef, chicken and shrimp dunked in the community pot and then dipped...
  17. JimWagner

    10 Restaruants & Retailers We Miss

    Dime store became dollar stores. And now they're becoming $5 and Under stores. Anyone remember White Tower (not White Castle)?
  19. JimWagner

    Shaving brush

    I have all three kinds of shaving brush and prefer and usually use the badger. The boar is ok, but as others have noted a little stiffer. I really don't care much for the synthetic brushes I've tried. Maybe one day they'll make a satisfactory synthetic one, but as long as my boar brush...
  20. JimWagner

    This generation of kids...

    That really only happens in boot camp (or the movies), not day to day military life for the average military specialty.
  21. JimWagner

    What is your favorite aircraft of all time?

    My favorite as I crewed on one on the 60's. Not especially a pretty aircraft, but it's been quietly doing its job hunting down nuclear submarines for nearly 50 years now. I forget which Russian admiral said it, but when he wanted to know where his subs were he'd find out where the P-3s were...
  22. JimWagner

    This generation of kids...

    While there is much to be said for a little real world experience I guess I would have to disagree on compulsory service. I can say from my direct experiences in the military that there is a world of difference between a volunteer and a draftee. Anyone who is in a service, military or...
  23. JimWagner

    Favorite type of Steak

    Weekend before last I cooked a couple of inch and a half thick, pound plus, Black Angus ribeyes medium rare on the grill. Doesn't get much better for me.

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