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  1. JimWagner

    Goodbye Polaroid!

    I junked my dark room equipment years ago in favor of digital. I found that a prosumer or pro digital camera (not a point and shoot) was just as good, if not better than 35mm, more versatile, and a lot less expensive to use than film. No more messy (at best) or lethal (at worse) chemicals to...
  2. JimWagner

    Nerd Culture in the 1920's and 30's

    20's and 30's geeks (and I don't believe they were called that nor considered to be such back then) would have been into building their own wireless sets. They would have read things like The Radio Boys, or the Tom Swift books for their technology kicks.
  3. JimWagner

    The nicest comment I ever heard

    Really nice fur felt hats are fairly rare around here and I almost always attract good comments when I'm wearing one. Most are simply "Nice hat" or "I really like that hat". My Akubra Coolabah almost always draws positive comments when I'm out and about from perfect strangers. I get asked on...
  4. JimWagner

    Want to order a Fed IV...questions

    I've ordered a couple of Akubra hats from Hats Direct, a Coolabah and a Stylemaster, and found them to be excellent to deal with. Both hats were received in less than 10 days and in perfect condition. I won't hesitate to order from them again.
  5. JimWagner

    Seeing Red

    To a meeting of the Red Hat Society. Where else?
  7. JimWagner

    Soap for shaving

    I've been known to break a bar of Ivory soap in half and put that in my shaving mug. After it's been wet a few times it stays in place and lathers up about as well as anything. I used to use Old Spice mug soap, but they quit making it some years back and I really haven't found anything I...
  8. JimWagner

    How old is your waistline?

    I didn't have one for years, but after losing 30 lbs I seem to have acquired one at about belly button level.
  9. JimWagner

    Perforation ventilation

    Solar powered pith helmet -> Use the parts for a solar powered fedora? At least you probably won't get Indiana Jones comments ;)
  10. JimWagner

    Summer lids

    Not vintage, but imminently practical, especially in the NC heat and humidity - Tilley
  11. JimWagner

    "Hollywood killed us all."

    I do think that many people do confuse what they see in movies and tv with reality and have a set of expectations based more on fantasy than reality. But it's certainly nothing new, as has been pointed out up thread. One of the things that attracted me to my wife (of 38 years) is that she...
  13. JimWagner

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    I have a couple from Village Hat Shop. I do soak my French pith in water and wear it while cutting grass or doing other yard work in the summer. It really does work well that way to keep me cooler. The British style pith I relegate to costuming. Not as much sun protection. But it does...
  14. JimWagner

    Why did actors in the classic films always tap their Cigarettes?

    Most of the cigarettes from that era were unfiltered. Tapping and packing tightened them up so loose tobacco didn't fall out into your mouth. People doing that with filtered cigarettes are just copying the moves.
  15. JimWagner

    Fly On The Wall...

    January 16, 1938, Carnegie Hall, to hear Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Harry James, et al perform "Sing, Sing, Sing" live.
  16. JimWagner

    Spats are back - and I'm horrified!

    Now you know where to find your Rocky Horror Picture Show duds. Oh, the horror.
  17. JimWagner

    Hey, what about the feather?

    I recently bought a light gray, almost silverbelly homburg. It came with a feather and I was offered a pearl pin for it, but I didn't take the pin and removed the feather as soon as I got home. I don't have particularly strong feelings about either decoration, but I've just never worn either...
  19. JimWagner

    Valentines Day?

    Well, I feel kind of sorry for all the bitterness in this thread. I've been married for 38 years and while I don't go overboard on Valentines day I don't ignore it either. Wife says she doesn't care if I do anything or not but I know better than to actually believe that. So she'll get a...
  20. JimWagner

    Calling Cards (name cards, not phone cards)

    Let's see... I graduated high school in 1965 and received a bunch of calling cards with my graduation invitations. What didn't get sent with the invitations were traded with my class mates. The rest sat in a drawer for a couple of years and then tossed. That was the last time I used a...
  21. JimWagner

    Dress for style blog

    Fascinating. Thanks for posting this.
  22. JimWagner

    Rum Lovers - Good Quality Rums

    I have to say I'm partial to Meyers's Rum Original Dark straight up. Very smooth and tasty.
  23. JimWagner

    Hat etiquette for *today*

    And I'll add, seeing something in a movie doesn't make it reality either. Movies from the "Golden Age" no more reflect the real world then than movies today reflect today's world. They are there to entertain and take your mind off the real world.

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