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    Where did your user name come from??

    With apologies to Spitfire, the Beech Staggerwing is in my opinion to most beautiful airplane ever built. And even better, there are still a few available. I've owned a number of airplanes over the years, but not a Staggerwing. I hope to rectify that by the end of the year. Beyond that, the...
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    INSOMNIA!

    I seem to not need much sleep, maybe 3-4 hours a night. I can sleep for 8 hours two-to-three nights in a row, but the next night I'll lay awake and just toss and turn. I'll frequently go 2-3 days without any sleep at all, particularly if I have something interesting to do. I've never really...
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    How did you start wearing hats?

    About 20 years ago I was in a department store. For some reason, the had a couple no-name fedora-style hats. I picked one up, I put it on, I looked in the mirror, and I was hooked.
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    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    Last Friday, same suite, same shirt, same hat as about a month ago. Same co-worker. Same comment "Gee, you're wearing your gangster outfit today." Yea, lady. You already said that. Whatever. It does get tiresome.
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    Do we like sodie pop? What do you like and what do you call it?

    When I was younger, I was addicted to Coca-Cola. I didn't really like Pepsi or RC, but they'd do in a pinch. They were all "Cokes" even the Cokes made by Pepsi! When I say addicted, I'm not kidding. I would go through about a dozen a day. I'd have a Coke first thing in the morning, and I'd...
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    What are you watching?

    Not much of a TV watcher. In fact, in the 10 Unusual Things thread, I admitted that I only bought my first TV set about a year ago, and I was 49 years old. Over the weekend my wife and I did watch Flags Of Our Fathers on DVD. Last weekend we watched The Aviator. She bought the DVD about a...
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    Do You Get Easily Obsessed?

    My number one obsession is civil aircraft of the 30s and 40s (bet nobody guessed that). I've also got a fairly strong WWII obsession. On a completely unrelated topic, I've developed quite an obsession with on-line poker. Thanks to this site, I've recently acquired an obsession for fountain...
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    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    I used to have a friend I'll call "Jed" because it rhymes with his real name and because he was a little bit like Jed Clampett from TV. Jed usually dressed in overalls and work boots because he was a pig farmer. He was also from a wealthy family and had a seven figure bank account. Back in...
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    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    From a co-worker the other day - "I see you're wearing your gangster outfit today" Bear in mind, she's 50 years old. In a Starbucks a while ago, whispered by a middle-aged man to his female companion such that I wasn't supposed to hear - "Look, it's stupid hat day and nobody told me!" I...
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    Need educating on pant's SLIDE closures -Talon & HF w/ Metal Talon Zips!

    Did people ever replace buttons with zippers on pants they owned? Ever since the cheap plastic zipper on a new and expensives Brooks Brothers suit pant broke (during an out of town meeting of course) I immediately take anything with plastic zippers I buy off the rack to a tailor and have them...
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    USA Members: I Need Your Help.

    Just came from the Tyson's Corner, VA store (McLean, VA?). Don't know the store number. The magazine is in both locations. That's where I found mine, which let me ultimately to this website. I'm already looking forward to the next issue.
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    Invitation

    Antoine de Saint-Exup?©ry - One of the first, and still one of the best writer/aviators. A best friend I never met. Richard Bach - A modern Saint-Exup?©ry. For the same reason Napoleon Hill Author of "Think and Grow Rich" - Because this book changed my life. Nikola Tesla - I'd love...
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    Airports:Best and worst

    Now that's cool. Little Wing Autogyros www.littlewingautogyro.com sells kits that while of modern design and construction have a definite "Golden Age" look and feel. We're getting really off topic here so perhaps he can talk offline.
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    Who cares about the boardroom?

    I dress the way I do because I like to, and because I'm comfortable dressed the way I am. That said, as a businessman, it is important that I fit a certain image, but if that image required me to dress radically different from the way I would anyway, I'd probably change professions. My suits...
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    Airports:Best and worst

    Well, it depends...plan "A" is the sell a ready-to-fly certificated aircraft. In this case we're anticipating a price in the same range as a modern aircraft of similar capability - $350K - $500K. Plan "B" is to sell the aircraft as a kit, in which case the kit price will be considerably lower...
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    Airports:Best and worst

    Hi Scotsman, Just a pipe dream at present, although I am restoring a '59 Cessna 310 (think Skyking). Not quite Golden Era, but a cool ride just the same. Actually, my partner and I are exploring the legal issues involved in obtaining the type certificate to the D17S Staggerwing and...
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    Airports:Best and worst

    Unfortunately my two favorites are both closed. The first was Flushing Field (yep, it was really named that!) in the heart of New York City. Had to dodge the clothlines strung between the apartment buildings on takeoff and landing! I think Flushing closed in the late 70s or early 80s. The...
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    My Favorite Years.

    My avitar says it all...
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    The Paradox of the Well-Dressed Man

    Hi Everyone Just found this place, and this looked like a good thread to say hello. When I got my first real job (as an engineer in the early 1980s), my co-workers generally wore short-sleeved shirts with knit ties, and yes, the occasional plastic pocket protector. I wore 3-piece suits. I...
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