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  1. Creeping Past

    Who needs four-wheel drive? Offroading in the Golden Era.

    Here's Bagnold And here are some Long Range Desert Group vehicles
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    Donegal Tweed Cloth?

    Couple of good sources from this start-off search, including John Molloy. Also, Kevin & Howlin. Visit Ardara and see for yourself... ;)
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    Eastman Roughwear 27752 sizing concern

    Yes, if you're a bit fuller in the stomach, jeans will tend to ease down at the front, leading to the impression of the jacket 'rising'. It's not the jacket. ;) Also, the pattern for these jackets was developed at a time when trousers had a higher rise, sitting on the natural waist (belly...
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    British white mug question

    The correct markings are as follows: multiple chips and dings (exterior) and tea staining/patina (interior).
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    Lost tweed exploration

    I'm planning on being old one day. But by then, of course, subsidised travel will be a thing of the past.
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    Lost tweed exploration

    The Welsh trip would be nice, but my work schedule being uncertain and being a non-driver means that last-minute train tickets would work out too dear at the moment. I should like to see some pictures of the day out, though!
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    Chaplin Mustache in Modern Day Society?

    Speak for yourself, mate! Also heard regularly is, 'a widely used symbol, of undetermined meaning, from pre-antiquity'. ;)
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    Chaplin Mustache in Modern Day Society?

    Silly, really, to imbue facial hair with symbolic force. Many men still wear their hair like Hitler wore it, and that's not considered an odd, authoritarian or anti-Jewish statment - and it's not called the 'Hitler fringe'. And strange that the wearing of a Stalin moustache never attracts...
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    Lost tweed exploration

    I was in Adara last autumn and hoped to visit a couple of really good looking Donegal tweed suppliers. I left the visit till my last day there. But Dublin bus left half an hour before the stores opened. :(
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    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    In a busy bar a good bartender spots the general 'order of service'. The law of the jungle kicks in at busy times. Generally, if you're a local you're most likely to get served first. A good barmaid is never nice to drunks. On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to be hot.* ;) * No personal...
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    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    Good point. Helped along in no small measure by the erudite working class Englishman Thomas Paine, who came to the aid of the nascent republic and put into words the political context of the yearning for independence prior to the declaration. Ironically, after being dumped out of his post by the...
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    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    Glad to hear it! I've noticed Americans offering tips to English pub staff, who look by turns flattered, amused, sheepish and occasionally even a little bit worried by the prospect of free money. ;) In some places it's considered ostentatious to tip. Strange, but true.
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    Question: Tipping in Restaurants, for Services, ??

    US rules seem to rule the entire world of tipping... in this thread. USA ce n'est pas le monde. Here in the UK, sometimes we tip and other times we don't. There's no accepted rule. Tipping is most often practiced, among those in my (low-ish) income bracket, in restaurants. Mostly never in...
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    What do you think of this watch?

    It's definitely a piece of spam
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    Where to find the smaller Swiss Salt and Pepper rucksack?

    Man, just buy it! In my mind, a vintage rucksack conjures a certain spirit of adventure. Why not follow the adventurous spirit and quit worrying about straps and whatnot? :rolleyes: ;)
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    Reproduction classic workwear

    I can recommend River Junction's shirts, but not their wool pants. The pair I ordered from them a couple of years ago were made in a fabric that was unsuitable for pants; the cut was very poor; and the finishing was bad. Maybe they were going through a rough patch back then, but based on this...
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    Reproduction classic workwear

    Thanks for the info. The tent canvas idea is a good one. I've not got the storage space to accumulate much 'interesting' stuff at the moment, otherwise the odd canvas tent, etc., is exactly the kind of usable thing I'd be cluttering my place with. Six hours into sewing, from scratch, and the...
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    Reproduction classic workwear

    Good work. Are you using a pattern taken from an existing pair of trousers? I'm having sewing lessons at the moment, after a couple of years of false-starting on my own. My first effort, a waistcoat, is almost finished and I'm planning a rejigged waistcoat pattern and then a pair of jeans. I...
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    Linen suit experiment

    At £60 plus travel costs, it's a bloody miracle!
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    Linen suit experiment

    Maybe I'm just too used to the sheer expense of buying clothing here in the UK, but I reckon that, for the equivalent of a little over GBP100, this is far from a failure. This is a first effort at a cheap suit that fits. If you can get the armholes, back pleat and seat of the trousers right on...

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