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Bow Ties
I guess it depends on what you are wearing. With black tie or with a more formal suit, I don't want my bow all over the place. With a sportcoat or blazer, I don't care as much. Part of "getting it perfect" is time. Once you worn them hundreds of times, you get a feel for getting them right.- Mid-fogey
- Post #484
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Bow Ties
Yesterday was a "full up" bow tie Friday. Guard stripe bow tie with matching braces, blue pinstripe suit, pocket square, cufflink shirt, lapel pin, and fedora. Because I've done this for years, people are used to it, but I still get lots of smiles. We've just moved into a newly renovated...- Mid-fogey
- Post #461
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Fountain pens - ostentatious?
Times change in sometimes sad ways, but people rarely use all sorts of older tools. These were not designed to be endearing, but useful. That doesn't stop me from being sad as I see things go...- Mid-fogey
- Post #79
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Military 'woolly pully' sweaters
I believe... …that you will see the US military slowly get rid of them. The US has always used the wooly pulley sweaters as a dress item worn in the office as opposed to the WWII commando field use. In the USAF they were never much respected and usually subjected the wearer to a level of...- Mid-fogey
- Post #57
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Article: Why do People Hate Hipsters
Thing of the moment. Next.- Mid-fogey
- Post #6
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Is "yanks" an offensive title
Believe... ...the history of the word and how it came be misapplied has been well laid out . Let's just leave it at the fact that some americans don't like it.- Mid-fogey
- Post #64
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Is "yanks" an offensive title
After... …the American Revolution, aggressive, seafaring merchants from New York and New England came to be known worldwide as “Yankee Traders," and the term evolved to mean a person from the northeastern US. The reason any American came to be called a Yankee was that the Yankee Traders...- Mid-fogey
- Post #42
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Color of Vintage Navy vs. Modern Navy?
True navy blue... …is so dark it looks black until you hold something that really is black next to it. At that point you can see that what looked black is really very, very dark blue. I had a true navy blue suit years ago and enjoyed it when someone would refer to it as black. I’d tell... -
Argh! DIY Advice?
As said before... …know your limits. like LizzieMaine, I’m reluctant to pay someone to do something I could do myself, but I won’t deprive my family of things because I can’t fix them. We enjoy our a/c, TVs, etc. I’m certainly not taking a plasma TV apart to fix it. Also, as a person who...- Mid-fogey
- Post #17
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Bowlers making a comback?
Bowlers do... ...seem to do well with the modern world in the sense they are pretty trim and don't get in the way as much as other types of hats, bump headrests, etc. -
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Optimo was listed as PERFECT, what's this?
Agree with... ...Crazy Legs. Perfect means flawless. Note also that Dinerman only said that the flaws could probably be cleaned up, and didn't say the pefect wording about the hat was true. -
Why Do You "Dress Up"?
Why?... ...cuz I likes it.- Mid-fogey
- Post #103
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Fly On The Wall...
Single... ...event? The US Constitutional convention. Washington, Franklin, et al., in the flesh. In English, so I'd understand them.- Mid-fogey
- Post #26
- Forum: The Golden Era
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WWII attitudes to conscription and going into the service
I'm sure... ...you'll find people who will say anything, but these are minority views that are overwhelmed by the vastly greater literature that doesn't support those views. There have been any number of books that talk about how hard basic was in the war. Remember that the Army was... -
Fountain pens - ostentatious?
You can... ...pay as little as $30 for a fountain pen and as much as thousands of dollars. I don't think people tend to view them as ostentatious as items. I think how the pen is handled, used, etc. would be more likely to cause people to think you're putting on a show. If you just take it...- Mid-fogey
- Post #47
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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are your kids bigger than you?
I doubt... ...my daughter will pass me at 6'4". At 11 she is already past her mother at 5'4" or so.- Mid-fogey
- Post #44
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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are your kids bigger than you?
Perhaps... ...If you were a nuclear family you'd all be taller, or at least have spider powers.- Mid-fogey
- Post #43
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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are your kids bigger than you?
That would... ...have made him very large compared to his Continental Army comrades. Not only were men shorter in those days, but the predominance of taller men was less. George Washington at 6' 2" or so was considered a virtual giant, and was thought by many, despite being in his 40s, to...- Mid-fogey
- Post #42
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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What do you use to shave?
It is if... ...one is only speculating. I don't know if it would work or not. It doesn't sound like it would, but why wouldn't a person try it. The "why nots" here sound like guessing more than anything else.- Mid-fogey
- Post #961
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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What do you use to shave?
Flipping... ...the blade either works or it doesn't. Not knowing why or thinking it can't work is irrelvant. Haven't tried it, but I noticed that many blades have numbers on them that appear to be there to allow the shaver to keep track of which side they've used. Give it a try and see...- Mid-fogey
- Post #957
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
