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  1. "Skeet" McD

    The Pocket Phone- Cell Phones

    Beyza Cases... Cher Feraud, Not at all. The leather is very thin, with just the right amount of stiffening/padding in the front panel to give it some presence. Oddly enough, just this morning my wife (who is now waiting for a Beyza case of her own!) said "it's amazing how much SMALLER your...
  2. "Skeet" McD

    The Pocket Phone- Cell Phones

    Yes, another vote...but something else, as well... After years of avoiding cell phones, when my wife and I moved out into the sticks (with regular visits to the thick stuff with the dogs and gun)....it seemed wise to get one. I did (six years ago) and carried it while hunting, and on those rare...
  3. "Skeet" McD

    Speaking of Nick Charles, what was he always drinking?

    If, in fact, it was supposed to be something real....
  4. "Skeet" McD

    "Backwards" neckties in 1939?

    Well...maybe I think I see what you mean...but, respectfully, feel I disagree with you: the paradigm is correct (in terms of "daily wear, with no attempt to "say" something)....but I think the context was entirely different: contemporary generic fashion culture is almost built on the...
  5. "Skeet" McD

    "Backwards" neckties in 1939?

    Good thought....the gent's trousers are both "high" to us, of course....but the ties end considerably above them, as I remember... "Skeet"
  7. "Skeet" McD

    "Backwards" neckties in 1939?

    Good thought, but the ties lie perfectly flat; I would say it's pretty clear there's nothing wrong with the ties, per se. "Skeet"
  8. "Skeet" McD

    "Backwards" neckties in 1939?

    Not a bow, but a long tie... Yup, that's the one. But the ties to which I refer are long neckties, not bowties, and the gentlemen wearing them are not wearing vests, so the effect was meant to be seen. "Skeet"
  9. "Skeet" McD

    "Backwards" neckties in 1939?

    Just finished watching FIVE CAME BACK, a 1939 semi-potboiler about an airliner forced down in the Amazon...you can imagine the rest. But there's one thing you probably can't imagine (at least I couldn't): as the characters are introduced one by one, I noticed that one of the men had his necktie...
  10. "Skeet" McD

    Going to an Irish Bar

    le patois Bostonaise.... Wicked local. "Go Sawks!" "Skeet"
  11. "Skeet" McD

    Eddie Bauer

    Already gone and died IMHO, DG. I'm glad I got their oldest stuff a few years ago when it was still available: the original gunning vest and coat, the long-billed cap, the ducking cap, and the 1930 rainhat. Some are no longer available; others have been "improved and modernized;" others yet have...
  13. "Skeet" McD

    Your Signature Dish

    And they said the garden of Eden was closed forever....:) do you take lodgers? "Skeet"
  14. "Skeet" McD

    Is this Pipe Meant to be Smoked?

    And if you get hooked...well... Like it says! :D http://www.ramshornstudio.com/pipe_.htm "Skeet"
  15. "Skeet" McD

    Your Signature Dish

    Dear Wally, I know JUST what you mean about having moved. And I'll keep checking in. Of course, at root, it's a matter of taste: I don't care much for sweet in my food (whereas I adore anything salty or sour); but, to my taste, yes: what I've had, including my mother's, was cake. Now, for...
  16. "Skeet" McD

    Your Signature Dish

    Hmmmm....I love the concept of cornbread...but almost all I've tried--including my mother's, who was from Kentucky...was too sweet for my taste. I don't suppose YOUR mother's is any different? I'd sure LIKE to like cornbread.... "Skeet"
  17. "Skeet" McD

    Tie Tacs

    And that is one clever thought...Original concept? I've learned something today: thanks! "Skeet"
  19. "Skeet" McD

    Tie Tacs

    No problem, and again: welcome! For what it's worth...I've never had any difficulty with the holes...all my ties have been quite forgiving. Frankly, I've been more worried about some of my shirts...but again, a wash and a starch later...and you'd never know. I wouldn't want to say you couldn't...
  20. "Skeet" McD

    Tie Tacs

    OK...I'll bite. What, exactly, is it that you want to know? The quick answer is...you put the little pin through your tie at a height you think proportionate to both the tie and the closure of your jacket (if that's an issue) and then keep it there with the appropriately-named "keeper." If...
  21. "Skeet" McD

    Why the South?

    :offtopic: And the rest of the novel ain't bad either: make sure you read it, not watch it (after many, many years of expectation in the Civil War reenactment world--and believe me, it takes something to make serious reenactors interested in an historical novel--when the film was finally made...
  22. "Skeet" McD

    Your Signature Dish

    Dear Olive, Thanks so much....can't say I've stopped salivating: in fact, the situation is worse. I'm entirely of a mind with you: simple is better in matters such as these (as is perfection in proportions and technique!). Do you ever make it with sucre d'erable? I'll give this a whirl when...
  23. "Skeet" McD

    "Tea Pots"

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