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  1. JimWagner

    Do You "Like" the Indiana Jones Comment?

    I might get a "nice hat" every once in a while, but I don't think I've ever gotten an Indy comment. Probably because I'm old enough to be Indy's father. Mostly I get "where can I find a hat like that?"
  2. JimWagner

    Hats in restaurants

    I think this varies quite a bit with what part of a country we are talking about. It also varies with whether you are in a large city or a small town. What may be normal or even common in NYC probably won't be all that common elsewhere. For that matter, what may be common outside of NYC may...
  3. JimWagner

    Hats in restaurants

    When I played in a German-style oom-pah band we dressed in traditional German tracht (costumes). I was told that there was a period of time after the last German king that German men pretty much never took their hats off, inside or out, as a sign of being free men. Before that they were forced...
  4. JimWagner

    Hats in restaurants

    Seems to me that the people most concerned about hat etiquette today belong to the FD and are firmly rooted in the past. While there are certainly places I'd not wear a hat inside, (church, court, a funeral home, someone's home for example), most modern business establishments are just not...
  5. JimWagner

    department stores...

    Wow, I learned a new word today. Can't wait to spring that one on someome :eusa_clap
  7. JimWagner

    $500 for a pair of khakis? Here's why.

    I was only commenting on why we don't seem to be able to make the goods here any more. Nothing else really. Probably shouldn't have quoted the whole post. Sorry.
  8. JimWagner

    $500 for a pair of khakis? Here's why.

    My opinion is that the educational system in this country is and has been for some time intent on turning out little socially well adjusted politically correct anti-capitalist pliable consumers who think that earning a buck is somehow distasteful or evil unless it's by taking it out of tax...
  9. JimWagner

    $500 for a pair of khakis? Here's why.

    The article pretty well spelled out why the designer items cost what they do. If the machine made pants can be made for $44 then what process would be in between? Seems that particular void is more likely to be filled by the same cheap machine made items with a higher price tag and better...
  10. JimWagner

    Barbershops - do you tip the owner

    I might tip if I still went to barbershops, but I'd have to get a better haircut than the last time I shelled out $15 for one. I've been bald on top for quite a few years and keep the sides short, so basically all I ever need is the clippers run over what's left and then the neck shaved...
  11. JimWagner

    What are you listening to?

    Been listening to Fibber McGee and Molly episodes on the way to and from work.
  13. JimWagner

    james cameron's AVATAR in 3-D

    You mean like "Apache Rifles"? [huh] EDIT to add plot synopsis to save everyone some googling: As a Captain in the Union Calvary, Jeff Stanton (Audie) is charged with trying to force the Indians back to their reservation. Miners also have tried to dig for gold and torture and kill the Indians...
  14. JimWagner

    Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow

    I believe they had those goggles because if they had to bail out they had to manually open the canopy and jump. No ejector seats yet. It's also eye protection if the canopy shatters, like from taking gun fire or getting hit by pieces of the plane you just shot down. Modern jet fighter...
  15. JimWagner

    james cameron's AVATAR in 3-D

    I bought it and watched it this weekend in Blu-ray. Frankly I liked it better in 2D on my big screen tv than I did in the theater in 3D. More brilliant picture without the distraction of the 3D, which didn't work all that well for me because of the way focus and depth of field work. In true...
  16. JimWagner

    old time radio online

    OTRcat Well, I'm late to the party, as usual. I discovered OTRcat today while googling for Fibber McGee and Molly collections and ordered it from there, along with a sampler and the Goon Show. My pickup truck has an MP3 cd player in it and the episodes are just about the right length so that...
  17. JimWagner

    Do you have a man room/study

    No, no. I am the master of my house. And I have permission to say so. Truthfully, after 33 years in the same house it would be very difficult to pick out any distinctly his or hers areas. It's all one big clutter. Our house was always for living in and never for display. And has it ever...
  19. JimWagner

    Amateur Radio - Golden Era

    I have to admit that some fun went out of the hobby for me when I sold my Tempo-One for a solid state rig. Pushing buttons just isn't the same as adjusting the plate tanks.
  20. JimWagner

    Neither a lender nor a borrower be..

    What I have observed over the years is that if someone wants to borrow something it is because they don't place enough value on that item to actually buy one for themself. That automatically means that they value the item less than you do and will act accordingly. That also implies that they...
  21. JimWagner

    Autos of Never-were

    Oops, quoted the wrong message. Meant to say that Lizzy's dream car sounds like a Checker Marathon. :)
  22. JimWagner

    Lizzie (et al) talk to us about digital radio!

    Around my local area there are only HD stations in FM/HD2/HD3. There are only a couple of AM HD stations in the whole state. That said, I've found that the local HD stations are playing exactly the same programmed crap as on their original FM channels, it doesn't sound any better to my ears...
  23. JimWagner

    Guns and shooting advice?

    :arated: I have the GP100 and a SP101, both Rugers in .357. They were originally bought as "his and hers" but the SP101 ended up as my concealed carry choice in a Milt Sparks IWB.

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