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Help me pick another hat for my huge, round head ...
I know modern Stetsons have their fans here, but you can't beat Akubras on quality for the price. I currently have a Campdraft, Stylemaster, Stockman, and Cattleman (and I had a Federation III for many years). None of them cost over $100 shipped, and the ones I've worn for almost a decade look...- Doctor Strange
- Post #19
- Forum: Hats
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Opinions on US Authentic A2
My experience with US A was a long time ago - 2002 - so I don't know how useful this is... I had a seal HH A-2. I thought it was well made of good materials for the price, and as a "generic WWII A-2" it was pretty good. I especially liked that it felt rough-hewn and hand-made, as opposed to the...- Doctor Strange
- Post #20
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Ugetsu - interesting 1953 Japanese ghost story set in the 1600s, DVR'd from TCM.- Doctor Strange
- Post #22,489
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Leather Jacket
Many of us began here! http://www.acmedepot.com/a2jacket/index.shtml It's a bit out of date now, but still a fantastic resource.- Doctor Strange
- Post #27
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What was the last TV show you watched?
That movie's WAY overrated. It's a strictly average Disney animated musical, not nearly as good as some of their other recent ones. It's alleged advances - the prince is a bad guy! it's got sister protagonists! (Guess nobody remembers Lilo & Stitch.) it's got Idina Menzel giving commanding...- Doctor Strange
- Post #13,713
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Snug or loose fit on WW2 flight jackets? Whats more "authentic"?
Stick with the photos. You CANNOT trust to elderly vets' memories. My dad had been in the Air Corps, but not a flier. When I got interested in A-2s around 15 years ago, he said, "Boy, I always envied those beautiful leather jackets my flyboy buddies had." To honor his service, we got him a...- Doctor Strange
- Post #11
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Lost art of proper relaxation
I live directly adjacent to a 500-acre hunt club property which abuts the Appalachian Trail and huge Fahnestock State Park, so hiking just means walking out the front door. Though we have to stay out of the hunt club property during hunting season... like now. Eh, it's getting too cold to hike...- Doctor Strange
- Post #102
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Yup. As Scrooge, Scott speaks more precisely and formally than he did in contemporary roles, but he only rarely tries for the accent. And it's the right choice: an obviously fake accent would have weakened the performance. In Noah, I found Jennifer Connelly (Mrs. Noah) bouncing distractingly...- Doctor Strange
- Post #22,437
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
The cast of the Scott version is awesome from top to bottom. Roger Rees, Edward Woodward, Frank Finlay... and I particularly enjoy David Warner as Bob Cratchet, since he so rarely plays good guys. And Scott is so darn good that you don't even notice he's the only one without a British accent!- Doctor Strange
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Lost art of proper relaxation
Count me as another who doesn't own a smartphone, and the cell I do have is turned off 95% of the time. With landlines and email addresses both at home and at work, I already feel too encumbered with connections. I'm not on Facebook either, and my (mostly turned off) phone is set to not accept...- Doctor Strange
- Post #100
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
Darren Aronofsky's Noah. I kinda liked it, though some of the melodramatic aspects introduced to fill out the slight Biblical tale were annoyingly overdone. It's certainly a well-intentioned, serious take on the story that avoids the Sunday school storybook approach and strives to show the...- Doctor Strange
- Post #22,430
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Wested's Goatskin
The other-side zipper pull is a European thing, and the original Indy film jackets zipped that way... so Westeds are more screen-accurate than other versions. The Wested blouson I recently got my son also has it, which threw him a bit at first.- Doctor Strange
- Post #22
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Astronaut John Glenn! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/john-glenn-dies.html- Doctor Strange
- Post #3,513
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
I much prefer the Alastair Sim version to the 1938 film. The more recent one I really like (much more than Patrick Stewart's) is the George C. Scott TV version from around 1984.- Doctor Strange
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Mid-season finales of The Flash and Agents of SHIELD. Both were good. But the superhero series that keeps surprising and impressing me even more is Supergirl.- Doctor Strange
- Post #13,684
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Veteran character actor Peter Vaughn: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/peter-vaughan-dies-game-of-thones-maester-aemon_us_5846dc40e4b0c264c9dfeb4e He's most familiar nowadays as Maester Aemon on Game Of Thrones, but to me, he'll always be Anthony Hopkins' father, "the elder Mr. Stevens", in...- Doctor Strange
- Post #3,508
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects
Uh, the Black Beauty was a Chrysler Imperial, not a Chevy Impala.- Doctor Strange
- Post #3,506
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Looking for some brand advice on a new hat.
Akubra. Great fur-felt hats for less than Stetson or Biltmore. Don't be put off by ordering from Australia, lots of us have had great results doing it. Note that if you're unsure of your size, it's better to be a half-size over than under. (You can easily put something under the sweatband to...- Doctor Strange
- Post #18
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What was the last TV show you watched?
The Westworld season finale. Like the rest of the season, it found it overlong and redundant, punctuated with occasional interesting moments and fine performances. I came away not very enthused about where it looks like the second season will be going. SPOILER ALERT! And come on, was there...- Doctor Strange
- Post #13,657
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What Was The Last Movie You Watched?
It was. I was very lucky to have a couple of Broadway theater connections in the seventies and eighties who regularly got us tickets for lots of great musicals and plays. Many great New York Shakespeare Festival productions (The Threepenny Opera with Raul Julia and Blair Brown, Romeo and...- Doctor Strange
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