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  1. filfoster

    The Martini

    After tracking down a bottle of Pernod, I suppose a lifetime supply, I did try it with some neighbors. It was OK but a little Pernod goes a long way. It's hard to improve on just Gin and Vermouth and an olive, twist or onion (yes, I know that's a Gibson).
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    Proper Barber Shop

    Cincinnati testimonial here. I found a guy, Frank Whitson, near the Courthouse on Main who has a 'regular' barbershop and can give good shave (0nly did that once as a bucket list thing). The barbershops of my youth have all gone-places where old men spent hours smoking and b-s'ing, reading old...
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    The Martini

    I like Martinis shaken or stirred. The '30's recipe above sounds too heavy on the Vermouth. I prefer a one to six or one to seven ratio, Vermouth to Gin, although in fairness, it's hardly science. I'm not using a beaker. A local New York native, a restauranteur, told me something interesting...
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    Patton

    I have read similar opinions about Krueger. I have often tried to imagine what a Patton would be like to work around in a business setting and conclude I'd rather not. Still, if results measure the man, he got them. Whatever his faults of technical knowledge, he seemed to have the ability to...
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    The Congressional Medal of Honor

    I was lucky to enjoy the friendship of a retired Army bird colonel, a WW2 vet, who chafed at the mention of the word 'Congressional' applied to our nation's highest valor award. For what it's worth, the example above of calling the room to attention with reference to 'the button's on deck'...
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    Bourbon

    The couples who live on either side of us are joining us Friday for a two day soujourn along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Friday will be the Woodford Reserve distillery (if we can get in), overnight at the Beaumont Inn in Harrodsburg, KY and then a Saturday trip to Buffalo Trace and the...
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    Help!: Zeppelins, Dirigibles, Airships, etc.

    The (online) history of our own US Navy airships is not one of happy landings.
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    50s Fleck Jacket with Atomic Lining

    That is so Cosmo Kramer! If only the arms were 2" longer or mine were shorter. I love it.
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    Men: Would it bother you if your wife were the main "bread winner" in the family?

    One cannot help but be sympathetic to your situation. This is of course, quite different from the 'fortune hunter' who seeks to be supported by his wealthy paramour. It is called something quite different in the underclass and usually a shared arrangement without benefit of marriage and the...
  11. filfoster

    Men: Would it bother you if your wife were the main "bread winner" in the family?

    Well said. Finding the right woman is probably not so easy, however.
  13. filfoster

    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    Of course, that's the fun of using it. The receiver is usually not sure what has just been said but the context implies it's not a compliment, but something rebarbative. It would be interesting to receive a 'thanks!' for that one, and not a little scary.
  14. filfoster

    Chuck Taylor color question.

    Black low cuts. (are these the 'Jack Purcells'?)
  15. filfoster

    The Dumbing Down of America - Here's Why

    I have found 'catamite' a useful pejorative. I seldom have cause to use any but this one is fun. It also perplexes folks to be complimented on their mastication skills.
  16. filfoster

    The Age of Entitlement

    To return to the OP, despite this interesting tangent, see today's WSJ on the statistics of literal entitlement cost/dimensions.
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    Men: Would it bother you if your wife were the main "bread winner" in the family?

    My dream was to marry a wealthy hieress and help her spend her money. Instead, I work for a concern that facilitates others living this same dream. Oh well, so near...and yet....so far. It has given me a useful perspective that it often does not work out as planned. I am quite happy with the...
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    The Age of Entitlement

    I would add the un-original thought that it is usually easier to incorporate vintage style for the things you wear away from the workplace, particularly large corporations with their own cultural 'folkways' and expectations. How I envy sole proprietors or free lancers in the creative industries...
  20. filfoster

    Farmers Restore a Lancaster.

    Thanks to you, DJH, for sharing this. Who doesn't love this kind of story?
  21. filfoster

    are we becoming too self-centered?

    And so, voices in the chorus of the death knell of shame and other useful social conventions that are now passe. Too bad. Perhaps some more visionary Loungers can provide a candle of hope with some watershed event or trend not visible to the rest of us that will reverse this slough.
  22. filfoster

    are we becoming too self-centered?

    Yes, yes. And please tell me how, in a society hyper sensitive to the self esteem and feelings of everyone, that this concept will EVER re-assert itself? This baby has been tossed with the bathwater.
  23. filfoster

    are we becoming too self-centered?

    To the original post: Yes, yes and yes. The material and technological advantages we enjoy are catalysts. We can't go back, but I hope quite a few of us are aware of this and try to overcome it as best we can.

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