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  1. JimWagner

    What do you use to shave?

    I haven't been able to find Old Spice shaving soap in years. Where do you get it?
  2. JimWagner

    Grey trousers

    I'm partial to dark blue and deep wine as well as most of the mentioned colors. I don't think most earth tones work all that well with gray.
  3. JimWagner

    Aaron Hats Store in No. Conway is GONE!

    The Hat Lounge brick and mortar store here in Durham http://www.hatlounge.com/ is opening a new store in Raleigh just today.
  4. JimWagner

    No more USS Enterprise

    Actually it has flown <unpowered> a number of times and has never had engines installed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Enterprise
  5. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    Precisely. That I understand it doesn't mean I like it, though. And understanding it was why I didn't open a radio/tv repair shop in the 80's.
  7. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    The corollary to things used to be repairable is that they needed repair. Often. I mentioned earlier that I don't really do my own auto maintenance any more. I certainly used to. Mostly I don't because my vehicles just don't need the maintenance they used to. I used to have to tune up my...
  8. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    I bow to your expertise and really hope you are correct :-) It's a Carrier gas pack.
  9. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    Hmmm. You may be missing an important factor that several of us have been trying to point out. This isn't about philosophy. It's about economics. I'm pretty resourceful when it comes to repairing my own possessions. I can almost always find the information I need and generally either find...
  10. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    Fletch, I think what you are describing does exist, at least on some level. I also believe that those providing that repair service are either doing it to supplement retirement income, to finance a hobby (or as a hobby), or some reason not associating with main income. Avocation, not vocation...
  11. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    It is certainly popular to denigrate the throw away society; I do it myself. That said, I do know a little about repairing things. And it's more a matter of economics than anything else that there aren't more repair shops around. Years ago, when the economy was better than today, I drew up...
  13. JimWagner

    G-1's for uniform wear

    Check out http://www.popsleather.com/ I don't have direct experience with them, but this is where I'd consider for a top end tailored to me G-1. Luckily my Cooper G-1 doesn't have any of the problems yours does, so it's good enough for me :) And frankly, it's better than the one I was...
  14. JimWagner

    What happened to admiration?

    I have to admit that I at least wonder for a moment when I see someone in their 20's driving a $60K+ car how they were able to afford it. First thoughts are always 1) Daddy's money, 2) huge car payment and no other possessions or responsibilities, 3) ill gotten gains. But really I couldn't...
  15. JimWagner

    Remember common ¢ents?

    Only to impatient people who think they are more important than the person in front of them.
  16. JimWagner

    Are notch lapel dinner jackets "correct"?

    I am thinking that it would be difficult to even find an SB PL business suit these days unless it was bespoke. Not saying they don't exist. According to a few places I googled getting the lapels right on a SB PL is challenging. That seems to pretty much rule out off the rack mass produced...
  17. JimWagner

    Liner removed in anger

    If your hat is a light color, say Silverbelly, and has no liner and you are bald on top, like me, then you'll likely get a dark sweat stain on the crown of the hat. I just had a liner put in a Stetson after cleaning it to combat that very issue. Dark colors, not so much of a problem.
  19. JimWagner

    Obsolete Occupations

    It's not a 30's occupation of course, but mainframe systems programmer is pretty much obsolete. I was one before we were called such and our mainframe will be going out the door about a year before I retire in 2012. Some occupations don't even last one career, let alone one lifetime.
  20. JimWagner

    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    That may be a great term for a lot of Loungers. In fact, I think it is perfect in that context. But for the specific (very small?) subgroup of Loungers that a term is being sought for and by, and that has been explained numerous times in this thread, it doesn't really describe the affliction...
  21. JimWagner

    "Bash." Not a hatter's term?

    And apparently I disturbed the force. A woman driving without a license slammed into me as I was backing my pickup into my driveway this evening. Her excuse was that her accelerator got stuck. Wasn't even a Toyota. :rage: So now my pickup has been bashed. Lucky I wasn't injured. Badly...
  22. JimWagner

    Watch Chains

    Great pictures from that Sears catalog. I especially liked the 20 year warranty on the chains. Try to find that today. lol
  23. JimWagner

    Watch Chains

    Single Albert's can be found by googling as well. But I didn't see any with the t-bar on a separate length of chain. Doesn't mean they didn't or don't exist. Just about any configuration you can dream up probably existed at one time or another. Like all jewelry and decoration there is an...

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