Want to buy or sell something? Check the classifieds
  • The Fedora Lounge is supported in part by commission earning affiliate links sitewide. Please support us by using them. You may learn more here.

Search results

  1. David Conwill

    Show us your vehicles

    1941 Plymouth? Good looking car. -Dave
  2. David Conwill

    A bit strange Military Medals

    Too bad I’m not closer, I’d not only get them off the float and take them to the beer tent, I’d buy them each a couple beers. My dad and grandfather were both proud USAAF/USAF veterans, but neither belonged to a veteran’s group or wore decorations. I always had a feeling that it was because...
  3. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    But you will start one somewhere, right? :) -Dave
  4. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    I think somehow I became unsubscribed from this thread. That seems to happen occasionally, when I post a reply from my iPhone. Is it coming, or going? ;) -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Modern Products with Vintage Style Packaging

    I'd be interested if their packaging didn't include that terrifying clown! Yikes, Dave
  7. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    John makes some excellent points. A lot can change on a vehicle in two or three (or more!) decades - either out of necessity, or in the nature of attempted improvement. I make it a point to figure out the original application for all the parts on my cars, so when I need to deal with...
  8. David Conwill

    Boater faction!

    If I hadn't won the vintage boater I did, I was planning to head on over to Henry the Hatter in Detroit to try out the Tesis. I've handled them, and they compare favorably to the vintage ones. Perhaps it would be most economical for you to purchase a Tesi and have it re-ribboned? -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Sadly, it looks like Michigan uses more than Wisconsin: Glad I don't live in Massachusetts! -Dave
  10. David Conwill

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Whose vintage car sat for the winter? Mine was out and about in the salty slush. Okay, the Camaro was safely entombed in my FIL's barn and should re-emerge soon. -Dave
  11. David Conwill

    Show us your Guns!

    My grandfather (the guy in my avatar) must have thought well of the Walther P-38, as he carried one instead of his 1911 during the later stages of WWII, and it was one of only two guns he held onto past the 1950s. -Dave
  13. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    I’m reminded of a saying we had in the journalism department in college: “A burro is an ass; a burrow is a hole in the ground. As a reporter, you are expected to know the difference.” -Dave
  14. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    I have never encountered that term in Michigan. But then, we had a lot of German immigrants. -Dave
  15. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    You're very lucky, then. I know lots of adults who say it. Somehow it bothers me more than "kindeegarden" and "spurghetti"; but not as much as "boughten" instead of "bought". -Dave
  16. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    I'm surprised nobody's mentioned using "supposubly" instead of "supposedly" yet. -Dave
  17. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    I've been meaning to, I just haven't felt flush enough to make the investment in equipment and tailoring yet. -Dave
  19. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    Heh, that’s half the reason I’ve been wearing bows more frequently as of late; I find it much easier to adjust the width of the bow than the length of a long tie. This has become especially important as I’ve dropped a little weight and my pants don’t want to stay at my waist anymore, so a tie...
  20. David Conwill

    Formal Wear Primer

    That link didn't work, but I assume you're trying to link to this article on Court Uniform and Court Dress in the United Kingdom. It is interesting reading. -Dave
  21. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    I have a similar issue - I worked with a guy one summer from Houghton-Hancock in Michigan's Upper Penninsula, and now when I'm exposed to people with that kind of accent, I seem to start trying to out Fargo them. -Dave
  22. David Conwill

    Like, You know

    I agree with you on the painfulness of reading transcripts (I had to listen to a recording of a bench opinion the other day, and just hearing my own voice in that was bad enough - now I understand everything is going to be recorded and put in PACER), but I was taught that the particular phrase...
  23. David Conwill

    Bow Ties

    If length is the only thing holding them back, why not just shorten them? Get a safety pin and pin together eight inches or so in the back and see if they tie up okay. -Dave

Latest posts

Members online

... and 22 more.
Total: 4,378 (members: 72, guests: 4,306)

Forum statistics

Threads
109,266
Messages
3,077,624
Members
54,221
Latest member
magyara
Top