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  1. David Conwill

    Show us your vintage home!

    Stripping Wood Trim If you wish to strip your wood trim, you should do so, but it's worth remembering that there was a period of time where wood trim was installed with the intent that it be painted, so stripping would in fact be less historically accurate. This is the case with brick on...
  2. David Conwill

    Had anyone ever been tempted to stop hat wearing?

    You know, I've looked at a lot of pictures from the '20s, '30s, and '40s, and I can't think of any examples of high schoolers in that era wearing anything other than soft caps - with the possible exception of a few beaten up hand-me-downs worn tongue in cheek. Got pics to share? -Dave
  3. David Conwill

    Had anyone ever been tempted to stop hat wearing?

    I suspect a big part of the problem is your age: it doesn't quite look right for very young men (dare I say "boys"?) to wear what's traditionally been considered the clothing of grown men. The youth complex of western culture has gone so far that even supposedly grown men don't feel comfortable...
  4. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    I don't know if the grand jury is unique to the United States, but it is required under the Constitution (though interestingly, this is one of the parts of the Bill of Rights not applied to the states via the 14th Amendment). In Michigan, indictments are handled by the District Courts. -Dave
  5. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Of interest to this group, perhaps: I’m in the process of reading a case regarding what became Henry the Hatter’s Hamtramck location: Polczynski v Nowicki, 198 NW 976 (Mich. 1924). It seems Mrs. Nowicki didn’t want to sell her building to Mr. Polczynski, and tried to clobber him with a broom...
  7. David Conwill

    Henry the Hatter closing a store

    I’m in the process of reading a case regarding what became Henry the Hatter’s Hamtramck location: Polczynski v Nowicki, 198 NW 976 (Mich. 1924). It seems Mrs. Nowicki didn’t want to sell her building to Mr. Polczynski, and tried to clobber him with a broom when he tendered his down payment (in...
  8. David Conwill

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    Yup, it isn't Mad Men that's jumped the shark, it's the whole world! -Dave
  9. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Yeah, I'm definitely no C-Dot, that's for sure. The hat is just my trusty ol' Akubra Fed IV Standard in Moonstone. I think I've mentioned her a time or two. My other hats seem to have gotten misplaced when I moved. I should have something to show off after Christmas, as Mike Moore is...
  10. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Well, I tried to make an attorney face, but ended up making a “I can’t find the photo button on this darned iPhone” face: I don’t know if this substantiates hat panache or not, as it’s sort of the sartorial equivalent to those blurry bigfoot pictures you sometimes see in the tabloids...
  11. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Congratulations, Miss Hell. It’s a great feeling, isn’t it? Welcome to the bar! What are you going to be practicing? Last night I attended a Bankruptcy Bar function at a relatively famous restaurant in Frankenmuth, Michigan called “Zehnder’s”. Zehnder’s is well known for its family style...
  13. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Welcome Magistrate Chris! So far it has been a smattering of UK and Commonwealth legal history, wine, and hats, but I was just about to ask a question of the Bar that sort of diverted things a bit. Technology aside, I would like to hear the Association’s thoughts on how the profession has...
  14. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    I do appreciate the advice, and intellectually, I know it to be true. It can be hard not to get frustrated, however, when surrounded by loads of fairly competent professionals (as well as having regular contact with a fair number of incompetent ones), if you don’t do everything perfectly the...
  15. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    One of my fondest utterances, with apologies to Thoreau, is “We do not ride upon the interstates, they ride upon us.” That and the one about the interstate highway system allowing a person to get from New York to Los Angeles without seeing any part of America. I don’t remember who said that -...
  16. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Thanks. I’m pretty easy. If we’re pouring Riesling, I can drink that. Left to my own devices, I usually order a Manhattan - it’s the standard by which I judge an establishment. I received my license May 28 of this year, though I’ve been clerking part-time through law school, so I feel...
  17. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    The pen is a Sheaffer Prelude. The desk is nowhere so clean as it would appear, I just cleared a spot. -Dave
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    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    Oh, I left out the requested photographs: Fountain pens and various office accouterments. Far better than the stuff we keep in stock here, I assure you. The hat. Swiftly becoming a trademark in the area. The guards at the bankruptcy court always comment if I show up without it...
  20. David Conwill

    Attorneys and Barristers of the Lounge

    I didn’t notice you fellows all gathered in here! I’m a creditors’ rights attorney at a small firm. We represent a few banks and two of the local bankruptcy trustees. It’s not what I aspired to when I went to law school, but the recession coincided with my entering the world of work. I...
  21. David Conwill

    Who Would You Have Liked to See in the Role?

    I don’t know if this counts, but I’ve always wondered what “American Graffiti” would be like with the automobile characters cast a bit differently - when I look at Falfa’s ‘55 or Milner’s ‘32, I always see 1972, not 1962. I’d have put Milner in something like Alex “Axle” Idzardi’s metallic...
  22. David Conwill

    favorite cars of the golden era

    By what measure was the American Austin a success? Seems to me that American Austin struggled for its whole existence, went bankrupt, reorganized, struggled some more as American Bantam, and never resumed production after World War Two. Admittedly, we have Bantam to thank for the Jeep, but...
  23. David Conwill

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    That seems to be a common misconception around here. I believe the prohibition is against sending Private Messages until a certain post count is achieved. However, I’ve never had luck posting pictures using the board’s technology, and have always used an external host like Photobucket. -Dave

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