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  1. "Skeet" McD

    Hat for Upland Hunting

    Dear Tony, Yes, I'm ALL too familiar with the decline of N-E pa'tridges :( Enjoy 'em while you have 'em, and pray for a resurgence here! My wife is from Michigan, and her dad (in his mid-80s) is still a heavy-duty registered bird Skeet shooter and grouse hunter. Sadly, when my wife was growing...
  2. "Skeet" McD

    What Are You Reading

    Good for you, Lillemor! I happen to be a believer, myself...but whether you are reading it for inspiration, or "just" as history/social history....the bible is a foundation stone of Western culture, and every literate person will be the better for a familiarity with it. What edition are you...
  3. "Skeet" McD

    Hat for Upland Hunting

    Dear Tony, Welcome to the FL! I'm sure you'll be glad you found your way in here. There are a few upland hunters around--I'm one, as you can probably guess--and we kicked this one around not too long ago. Here's where you can find the evidence...
  4. "Skeet" McD

    What Are You Reading

    Honestly, you can't go wrong. Any that come your way, read; you won't be disappointed. Like one: like 'em all. "Skeet" Late Lt., Co. "A", 5th N-H Vols.
  5. "Skeet" McD

    The Great Beer Thread

    Hmmmm....interesting. And, as you say: not exactly good news. I share your taste for ales--IPAs being my faves--and haven't had the chance to try Creemore (yet), so I'm very interested in your take on them. Friends of ours have a sheep dairy in Honeywood, near the Bay...and we have gotten to...
  7. "Skeet" McD

    The Great Beer Thread

    Dear MC, Although from the barnacle hanging on the bottom of your country ;) my wife and I have had occasion to head your way with some frequency...our dogs were whelped in Mitchell...so I have had some experience of your brews. Have you been up to/tried the products from Neustadt? Worth a...
  8. "Skeet" McD

    The Great Beer Thread

    Well, Tom...it brings back some very happy memories of evenings in camp doing American Civil War reenacting...there were a pair of fellows from Pennsy, very good historians, who (in first-person interpretation) would go into ecstasies about how they wished they had a tumbler of "yingling" in...
  9. "Skeet" McD

    "Tapping for Health & Fitness"

    Good one yez, Binkie! Make sure, when you get a bit along, you post some video of one of your routines...and until then, let us know how you get along. "Skeet"
  10. "Skeet" McD

    "Tapping for Health & Fitness"

    It's never too late! Dear Binkie, More of an anecdote than an answer...but I hope it will encourage you. I was...always a strange lad, with strange interests: like--well, all THIS stuff--and, as a young teenager had more friends above 60 than under 20. One of them, Jim Boyle (God rest his...
  11. "Skeet" McD

    Interest check: Antique radio MP3 players/iPod docks

    Well, Johnny, that's quite a story, and thanks for sharing it with us. I doubt I'm the only one here who likes your approach to this project very much. Like they say: "they ain't making 'em any more"...and many folks would just look at this as so much trash; that seems to have been the take of...
  13. "Skeet" McD

    What kind of jacket is this?

    The jacket mavens will be all over this....and I offer this merely as "folk history," an anecdote: when I was growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, in Westchester County NY, this was referred to as an "Eisenhower jacket" or an "Ike jacket." I realize it is NOT the issue item...but that's the...
  14. "Skeet" McD

    Straw Hat Day

    Speaking for myself: when the straws come out, the felts go in. Should rain be predicted, I'm more likely to wear a linen cap, or (in more country circumstances, which is where I live) a waxed cotton hat or cap. But that's just me. I would certainly not cut someone for wearing a felt! "Skeet"
  15. "Skeet" McD

    The Great Beer Thread

    Dear Geesie, Good for you: I'm partial to Yuengling (under certain cirumstances :rolleyes: ) myself. But, by and large, American lagers are not my thing...although I have great respect for, and pleasure in, European Pilsners. IPAs are my faves. All that is just preamble, however...to give you...
  16. "Skeet" McD

    1957-1965 (or 1963)

    Dear Fedora Fan, Well: I WAS alive then, although quite young (born 1953)....but have many memories of this period. You've already shown that you aren't looking at it through (particularly) rosy glasses: believe me, there was PLENTY to be worried about (and unhappy about) in that time: I...
  17. "Skeet" McD

    Interest check: Antique radio MP3 players/iPod docks

    Yes: I'm still interested at that price range, still only interested in mid-1930s radios...looking forward to seeing the results, as I'm sure we all are! "Skeet"
  19. "Skeet" McD

    Show us what you've made!

    Just another jump-in from the other side of the house :rolleyes: : while not a knitter...and probably never will be!...I'm SO glad to hear someone else say this! I am fairly handy with my hands, and don't HATE making stuff; but I can't say I enjoy the process, either: I just want the finished...
  20. "Skeet" McD

    Panama Hats

    Well, I'm new to the FL...say, 3 months. It's just one man's opinion...but I guess it's at least TWO men's opinion, because I support 100% what AndyKev says. I don't mind hearing different opinions....that's how we learn and gain knowledge to make our own judgements....but it is so much more...
  21. "Skeet" McD

    Panama Hats

    No, that's surely a "D" in Blackletter; Fratz had a sense of humor! Is there a college nearby? On the other hand, with New Jersey's Dutch heritage and low-Germans just across the way in Pennsy, it may be a real last name... "Skeet"
  22. "Skeet" McD

    Interest check: Antique radio MP3 players/iPod docks

    For me, as already stated: 30s wood tabletop. Not interested at all in the other items. Your mileage may vary.... "Skeet"
  23. "Skeet" McD

    Bad Table Manners

    Yes, eminent sense and a well-thought out defense of your original statement. You witnessed to your own experience, and acknowledged that circumstances (and parental choices, as well as laws) will differ. Well done, IMHO "Skeet"

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