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  1. Fletch

    The general decline in standards today

    Unfortunately we are rapidly becoming Buttercup Nation. Managers long ago realized that good will is just a fudge factor on a balance sheet. They just can't afford to pretend otherwise any longer.
  2. Fletch

    When does the "Golden Era" start and end for you?

    I begin in 1925, with the introduction of electric sound recording, the Charleston, and the "monkey trial." I end in 1955, when Elvis broke big, the last major metros got TV, and chrome started to go over the top.
  3. Fletch

    My latest designs I thought you guys might be interested

    And when that changed, it killed the beltback, boxback, action back, what have you. Leather or not.
  4. Fletch

    What a suit shouldn't do.

    What isn't fashionable is good tailoring. Betcha anything this is a name-label, high-end, ready-made. And he's wearing it for what it is (to him): a costume. So true.
  5. Fletch

    Leather helmets as winter headwear

    I recall them being worn only by children, and of course motorcyclists, in old photos from the US. They might have been worn more often in Canada. They had more of a habit of wearing fur-or-wool-lined leather coats in the cold, where Americans generally preferred woolen coats. Farmers and...
  7. Fletch

    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    Going the occasional car meet here in central Iowa is a depressing reminder of the passage of time. The Stock category now extends no further back than 1950. You just do not see a car any older than that unless it is heavily customized. And the men bringing the cars are often fairly up in years...
  8. Fletch

    Golden Era stars who died way before their time

    He sure didn't sound like Adam Sandler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ray-FNXH7vw
  9. Fletch

    Do you think you're drawn here because of past life memories....

    I've often felt I had some karma to work out from a past life - as if I had it too easy. Perhaps I did not feel the pain during the depression and shirked somehow in WW2.
  10. Fletch

    Write Your Own Epitaph! Otherwise, Someone Less Able Might Beat You To It.

    Hereunder reposes one Fletcher DeShays. With wine, song and women he filled up his days. But the one greatest love that e'er captured his heart Is the reason he lies here - her husband got smart.
  11. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    Fuzzy kitten! And big. She looks dang near full grown.
  13. Fletch

    One vintage men's shoe you've NEVER seen !

    One pair of shoes where the country folks would never say, "don't step in cow flop." lol
  14. Fletch

    Golden Era stars who died way before their time

    You sure that's Bix? He had bigger ears than this guy. A few more great musickers you may not know - because they checked out early: Frank (Tesch) Teschemacher, clarinetist of the Chicago School died 1932, age 25 - auto accident Buddy Clark (né Goldberg), hit singer died 1949, age 38 -...
  15. Fletch

    1943: US Aircrew wearing interesting Jackets

    Speaking of interestingly attired airmen, Bix, isn't that Major Elissen in your avatar?
  16. Fletch

    1930s belted back suit - light gray flannel - excellent condition!

    You wouldn't be the only one. In our bracket we've got to go custom and lay out at least a G-note for a setup like this. [huh] (heavy sigh, emphasis on heavy)
  17. Fletch

    The general decline in standards today

    In other news, just yesterday I met an 87yo gal from my town who had been an aerialist-performer with Ringling Bros. in the 1940s. She told us about what a clean-living place the circus was in that era - even the smaller "mudshows" (truck/trailer circuses), let alone Ringling's. Circus people...
  19. Fletch

    The general decline in standards today

    Those were early-stage computer folk of course...a fair number had been hip...peez once.
  20. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    Our kitty likes to scratch heck out of a footstool cushion embroidered with...dogs. We don't know if she's ever lived with an actual dog. (The ones on the cushion are foxhounds.)
  21. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    One of the better sounding YouTubes of "thru-the-air" 78 play. Check out the memorabilia too. The guy is hardcore. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf3xzwgRiN4 What all the fuss was about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrXOv92kxuQ
  22. Fletch

    What are you listening to?

    on wings of song, as it were, to 1933 On A Steamer Coming Over - Meyer Davis & Orch., November. Charlie Palloy played guitar and sang with the house ork at Crown Records. After that outfit folded, he made just this one vocal chorus and disappeared forever. He coulda been a contenduh! It Was...
  23. Fletch

    Loungers' Pets

    oooo.....kiiiitteeeeh.

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