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Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?
Workplace culture is. You either fit in or not. If not you have the choice of adapting to that culture, not adapting - with all the possible negative consequences associated with not doing so - or finding other employment with a culture where you do fit in as you are. When all is said...- JimWagner
- Post #39
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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This generation of kids...
Not disputing that at all, but when was it ever not so? The difference today is that more parents and students are willing and able (they think) to go deep into debt for that college education. And the colleges are certainly responding to the demand. Pre WWII that wasn't true and a...- JimWagner
- Post #246
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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This generation of kids...
I know that when I was 18 I was clueless about pretty much everything and thought I knew it all. I lasted one quarter in college and dropped out of that and joined the Navy. Four years later I had a much better idea of what I didn't know and what I wanted to know. I worked for a year after...- JimWagner
- Post #241
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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This generation of kids...
You already answered that one - to make a lot of loot- JimWagner
- Post #238
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?
And maybe one part unemployed.- JimWagner
- Post #23
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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This generation of kids...
The problem with that chart is that it actually doesn't show anything useful. A median without a range only says that half of the sample is above that number and half below. The categories don't provide much useful information either. It lumps everyone together without regard for what...- JimWagner
- Post #228
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What's the Right Hat for fishing?
I usually wear a Tilley when fly fishing. I'm fishing, not making a fashion statement. -
Using vintage razor blades?
When I used them up they went down the slot in the back of the medicine cabinet on the bathroom wall. That's actually what that slot was for. When it came time to remodel one of those old bathrooms and replace the plaster and lathe with sheet rock you had to be careful as you "discovered"...- JimWagner
- Post #20
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Using vintage razor blades?
When I first started shaving about 50 years ago those vintage Gillette blue blades were current technology, usable for a single shave. Then came stainless steel blades, usable for a couple of shaves. As has been previously stated, it was a bloodbath. It was always self sacrifice in front of...- JimWagner
- Post #3
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Facebook anybody?
Had FB for about a month before I killed the account. The good: You can find people you haven't seen in a long time. The bad: People you haven't seen in a long time can find you.- JimWagner
- Post #199
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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How do the 40's and burlesque go hand in hand?
Now that's a great line. :eusa_clap- JimWagner
- Post #19
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Recommendation for Outdoors Hat
I have an Akubra Down Under that is over 20 years old now and still looks almost new. But I've kind of babied it over the years. A couple of other Akubras are in rotation and not being babied and are holding up just as well. My Tilley has been through the wringer and seems indestructible... -
LizzieMaine on TV
Very nice. I have my DVR set to record this next time it's on, but thanks for posting the link so I didn't have to wait.- JimWagner
- Post #126
- Forum: The Golden Era
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Do you own a Tux?
Oops, got to correct myself here. I was thinking morning suit or Stroller, not morning dress. -
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Do you own a Tux?
A pearl gray homburg (and gloves) are proper with morning dress (IMHO). A black homburg with morning dress approaches Oddjob from Goldfinger ;) -
Hat Stores-a list
Good? Unfortunately, no. Not here in the RTP area. -
Do you own a Tux?
I've worn a black overcoat and black fedora with my tux, especially when playing a brass quintet gig outdoors in winter. I bought a black homburg this year that I plan on wearing with the tux in the future. -
Straw Homburg??
I agree. That said, I haven't gotten used to my straw homburg w/light ribbon and I'm not really comfortable with it yet. It seems a little flashier than I usually sport. -
Born in a suit?
Can't say I care for bow ties myself. I suspect that my aversion to them comes from growing up in the 50's and seeing them associated with let's say less assertive men. A bow tie and a crew cut were the essence of bottom rung office workers, the kind with almost no chance of advancement. Weak...
