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  1. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Photos from Cunard at The Holidays.

    Precisely. A quick look at YouTube and what some of the bargain basement cruise lines refer to as, "elegant night," proves your point. There's nothing "elegant" about a grown man prancing around in a shirt, tie, and vest sans jacket. To dress well for a special occasion isn't being snobby...
  2. ChiTownScion

    New Aero ANJ-4 (pic heavy)

    Bravo, Brother Sloan! May you enjoy yours as I enjoy mine. I was up in northern Wisconsin last weekend. Night temperature was well below zero (Fahrenheit) and we have 3 small dogs that needed walking. The jacket kept me quite warm. Latest word is that my brother in law wants one as well.
  3. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    It gets employed between my wife and myself when one states to the other, "Curse like you're in a Walt Disney movie!" Standard replies include: "Golly gee!" "Oh, fiddlesticks!" "Aw, shucks!" "Hot dog!" You get the picture.
  4. ChiTownScion

    What Do They All Think Of Your Vintage?

    The look you see in my avatar pic is pretty much my courtroom look. My clients tend to be people of modest means, and they usually compliment me on my look.
  5. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Big Short, dealing with the mortgage investment meltdown of 2008. If this plays at Lizzie's theatre, I'd love to hear her review. There are some in this world who make those Boys From Marketing look like choirboys.
  7. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Heck, I'm old enough to remember men becoming teachers because they wanted to avoid being drafted and serving in Vietnam. They stayed in it until the war wound down and Selective Service was no longer a reality, then went on to get their MBA's or to law school. I'm not judging: by the time I...
  8. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    That folded into "children's literature" for me as well. My dad tried to get me to read the Hardy Boys books, but I could never wrap my mind around the fact that they didn't live in a "real" city in a "real" state. I was about nine at the time, and it more or less set a tone for life. There had...
  9. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski did it for me.
  10. ChiTownScion

    What Do They All Think Of Your Vintage?

    I almost slapped a professional colleague I've known for over 30 years when she referred to my Homburg as a "derby," but other than that, I've had no adverse reactions.
  11. ChiTownScion

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I had wondered about that. Shep had a show on PBS in the 70's long before the movie came out, and he related stories of him serving in the Army during the Second World War. You got the impression that he was drafted- and it clearly would have been unlikely that Ralphie would be sleeping with his...
  13. ChiTownScion

    Terms Which Have Disappeared

    I wasn't deadly serious about it, but at age 12-13, I really did wish that I had Barbara Eden living in a bottle on my bedroom dresser ("I Dream of Jeannie"). Healthy 60's American boy fantasy, I'm sure.
  14. ChiTownScion

    Vintage Photos from Cunard at The Holidays.

    Definitely on my to-do list to experience a transatlantic crossing on the QM2. Not interested in a "cruise," but a crossing on the last liner would be a real experience. As far as the rest of the lines: I'd rather book passage on one of the freighters that takes a handful of passengers...
  15. ChiTownScion

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Had a lot of Nam vets around me as both an undergrad and a law student. More than any other factor, they were a great force in motivating me to really apply myself and knuckle down. They were my elder brothers and often my closest friends who taught me a lot by example. The message, both...
  16. ChiTownScion

    Name your favorite films based on true stories.

    Der Untergang (Downfall) and Das Boot, to note two more films regarding the Second World War.
  17. ChiTownScion

    Name your favorite films based on true stories.

    There were some inaccuracies, but it was a fun film- and it boasted a terrific score ("Aces High March").
  19. ChiTownScion

    Old smells, that immeditately transport you back in time?

    Perfumes that were once employed by former girlfriends or female associates. I can be on a subway train, take a whiff.. and the image of a particular face is immediately on my mind. Decades after the fact.
  20. ChiTownScion

    Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

    You have to stop to consider that the folks who were making these jackets back in the day were doing separate piecework in an assembly line manner. I'm under the impression that Aero currently takes years to train a skilled jacket maker. In contrast, quality took a second seat to "cranking 'em...
  21. ChiTownScion

    Your Most Disturbing Realizations

    In our grandmother's house it was referred to as, "The Irish Scratch Sheet."
  22. ChiTownScion

    Thurston Italian Vicenza Horsehide Full Grain Veg.-Tanned Horsehide for Aero Jackets

    Some might say that it's almost too perfect. We're having this discussion in another thread, authenticity vs. pure fashion aesthetics. The Vicenza leather is definitely NOT what a jacket thrown by a quartermaster sergeant to an aviation candidate in 1942 would have boasted. There was a war on...
  23. ChiTownScion

    Lost Worlds jackets.

    Another point: the "Be American, buy American" pitch. Whether subtle or not- quite- so. It works with me, but only up to a very short point, mainly because I dread the idea of paying duties and such, but there is also a desire to help one's own economy. But like everything else, the pitch has...

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