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  1. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    I certainly am not an Atavist and have no skin in the name eventually picked. But watching the naming process here is interesting and exposes some people and thought processes to me that I haven't really come into contact with myself. I certainly don't feel unkindly towards those wrestling...
  2. JimWagner

    Pocket Watch Question

    Oh, I have other chains. This one was just for the discussion about not having a watch pocket and to prototype a solution. But to answer your question, I haven't had any problems with it slipping off my trousers. I attribute that to being behind my belt and I'm pretty careful to keep the clip...
  3. JimWagner

    My greatest flying experience

    My favorite flying experiences were while on aircrew sitting in the nose of a P2-V7 Neptune taking pictures of Russian submarines at 300 ft. altitude. This very one. Two turning and two burning. Engines, that is. Ex Batman from VP24 here.
  4. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Had to google that one. Never heard of her. Now Gypsy Rose Lee I've heard of.
  5. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Well, maybe the word you are looking for may be "reliver". You all aren't reenacting, you're reliving a past time.
  7. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Thanks for the clarifications, Jack and Lizzy. Being a "Lounger" and not a "whatever the word is" myself I now see that I was confused and erroneously took the original question in a much broader context than it was intended. As perhaps a number of people did.
  8. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Is "whatever the word is" a subculture of this site or the dominant (majority) one? Sometimes a question is just a question.
  9. JimWagner

    afraid to fly?

    After being on a navy flight crew for a couple of years in the 60's I chose to never fly again. Afraid? Yeah, in the same way I'm afraid to drive my car off a cliff.
  10. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Lizzie, of all the people I've seen post here you are, to me anyway, least in need of a label. A person like you cuts a swath through life and anyone who takes more than just a cursory look can clearly see you. The closest I <might> come to a label would be "eccentric". But I never use that...
  11. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    I think that anyone truly trying to live as in the 30's and 40's wouldn't be sitting in front of a computer connected to the internet participating in discussions such as this any more than the Amish would. That group might need a descriptive name. For everyone else, it's just part time play...
  13. JimWagner

    Help! - my left, your right????

    It might help to know the actual context of the information you are referring to.
  14. JimWagner

    For the discriminating golfer...

    That reminds me, I have an eye doctor appointment tomorrow.
  15. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Could have been worse. Try Milkcows :-) http://www.milkcow.co.uk/ Seems that the UK has a less serious take on this whole thing.
  16. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    I do see your point. For the record, I got the idea from this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1042702/Time-Warp-Wives-Meet-women-really-live-past.html
  17. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    How about Warpers, short for Time Warpers?
  19. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Seems to be a good summary to me. But I don't think that the majority of this group necessarily clings to the past. There are clearly those who do, maybe even the majority of those who actively post, but who knows? I suggest a poll based on the 3 categories Edward posited and let's see...
  20. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    We just used to say people dressing 40's style were old fashioned. But I guess after 70 years that doesn't even begin to cover it. Anachronistic comes closer.
  21. JimWagner

    MEN'S PAJAMAS and DRESSING GOWNS

    Never pajamas. Maybe sweats if it's really cold and the central heat has failed.
  22. JimWagner

    Where do you wear morning wear?

    I wore morning wear for my mid day wedding.... in 1972. I haven't even seen anyone wear morning wear since.
  23. JimWagner

    Pocket Watch Question

    After wearing the prototype on the right today I'd say that it works ok. But it is just a little harder to put the watch back in my pocket and catch the hook without messing around with it some. The first option (on the left) I can put back in my pocket without fumbling around. It is also...
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