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  1. 1961MJS

    Can Anyone Pull Off a Wide-brim Fedora?

    Hi KC You look good in the stingy I left in (In my opinion), but I think the wider brims fit you better. I just saw your location, bad timing, I just moved from Wichita to Oklahoma City, so now I drive through Tulsa to go back to Illinois, not KC. Have you been by the Saint Joseph...
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    Retro-extremists? What are we called?

    Hi I was in Long Beach the second week in June, and toured the QM. I had a great time. I took the haunted tour and the pre-WW2 tour, the pre-WW2 tour was fantastic, the haunted tour was just a hair gimmicky. The tall aristocratic looking black gentleman dressed as our Captain (James?) was...
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    Has Anyone Attempted A Group Discount?

    Hi The one I heard about worked, but that was also say 3 years ago. Their order was from Metalform (probably) or Mec-gar (not the majority favorite. I don't post there anymore because there are enough old farts around to answer newbie questions, they don't need me. I just go shoot now for...
  4. 1961MJS

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    Hi The same thing has been happening in the hat section. When I joined in 2010, most of the posts were in the Akubra section, now there are few hat posts in anything but new hats and which hat am I wearing today. No clue why, it's in part the economy I guess, but collecting vintage hats is...
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    weight gain options, yes you read it right

    Hi Check out some of the body building sights. The thin skin and every vein showing will only work if you limit your water VERY strictly. Muscle looks good, and unless you start up on steriods, you won't look like a guy, just a girl with biceps and a great legs. Muscle weighs more (it's more...
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    weight gain options, yes you read it right

    Hi Back in the 1980's I worked out a lot to gain weight. I suggest that you do a lot of leg, chest and back weight lifting. Eat Protein and do at least 8 repetitions of each exercise, move up in weight when you can do three sets of 12 at a given weight. I'm sure I'll get corrected if my...
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    Has Anyone Attempted A Group Discount?

    Hi FL isn't the best place to do a group buy, unless you all want the exact same hat. In short, we COULD all buy a specially dyed Sky blue Stetson Temple IF we ordered at least 5 (or so) in each size we wanted. I don't see it. I ordered an A-2 from Wings and it wasn't heavy enough for me so...
  9. 1961MJS

    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Hi Chief. The suspenders look 1890's as does the shirt. I like the shirt, where did you pick it up? Thanks
  10. 1961MJS

    tonyb.....hatter and a gentleman

    Hi I just joined Tony's forum on his page. http://tumwaterhat.com/smf/ He and others have a few new and vintage hats for sale there also. I hope to be wearing a new Tumwater hat in about 2 weeks. I'm getting a new apartment on July 6, 2012 so I have to wait until then. :o Later
  11. 1961MJS

    Never forget - how can I?

    Hi VC will have a more complete answer, but the RAF provided Country tabs similar in placement, shape and size to the US Army Rangr and Special Forces Tab with the country of the pilot on it. USA, South Africa, and others were used. Americans made up the Eagle Squadron, but that probably...
  13. 1961MJS

    Big Ben to be Renamed in Honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

    Hi I don't always agree, I do miss attending the Poulon Weed-eater Independence Bowl. That's just funny right there. Later
  14. 1961MJS

    pimp hat?

    Hi If you wife is actually old enough to remember Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch, its probably o.k. for you to wear a purple homburg and carry the cane. People will just think you an eccentric really old guy. I can say that, I'm 51. Cognac is probably pretty sedate now. Later
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    Measuring the Brim and the Crown?

    Hi Rusty, so what are these sticky's you speak of? Feel free to put in a new thread if you want. I looked in the FAQ and it seems to be a bartender function. How would a sticky help with posting the same pictures over and over and over and ... Just tryin' to get along. I usually delete the...
  16. 1961MJS

    Big Ben to be Renamed in Honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

    That's it, off with his head!!! :eusa_clap O.K. good pun...
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    Do you think there could be a second Great Depression?

    Hi Several of my high school classmates work at Walmart in Illinois and have for 20 plus years. Best benefits that they ever had. it's not 1970's era Ford or GM, but then these weren't available in downstate Illinois anyway. Later
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    HI Bowlerman I used a little Elmer's glue on my Sun Body, but it was in the crown so I also backed it with a cotton gun cleaning patch. it won't repair the damage, but it will help avoid more. Later
  20. 1961MJS

    Vintage reusable lunch pail

    Hi, Lunch Pails used to actually be pails or buckets. Everyone had a bucket around the house anyway. I guess really big guys had coal buckets... Later
  21. 1961MJS

    My Grave Consequence of Buying a Scala Fedora

    Hi I had to get a new hiking hat because my wool British Bush hat (WW2 type) shrunk in the rain. It went from being my favorite hat, to being blehhhh. Wool is realistic for the WW2 hats, and they did look like crap after a month in the bush. Later
  22. 1961MJS

    Big Ben to be Renamed in Honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee

    Hi I think that the Queen (especially this one) is great. If I was the POTUS, I'd probably bow, heck she served in WW2 just like my Dad did. I think that they should be naming something new for her, that way it will stick. Big Ben will always be Big Ben, and I'm sure she knows it. later
  23. 1961MJS

    Arctic Convoys, World War II

    Hi, VERY, VERY late in my opinion. My Dad died at 92 in mid-2011 and he was young enough to be in the Regular USAAF. Many of the Merchies were older than the regular Navy, which is why there were on Merchant ships in the first place. Merchant ships were supposed to be less of a strain for the...

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