New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

[Small Town Girl]

Welcome, Ladies! We're so glad to have you aboard!

 

[ScarlettTurner]

Cornwall

Oh, I'm so envious of you ladies who live in England. I've never been there!
I imagine Cornwall is magnificent...

 

[5thprofession47]

I suppose I should say hello. I joined a while back but just have not made time to visit here too often. I really enjoy the FL and look forward to learning and contributing some too!

 

[hargist]

It's funny when one sees Ikea furniture one immediately recognizes it. I mean, they sell some OK stuff but the majority of it is ...
In houses, you can tell right away. And when the furniture is sitting discarded on the sidewalk after the apartment dwellers have moved out, and you see the back and all the pressboard innards, swaying in the breeze, behind that glowing laminated exterior, it just looks sad ... I feel for the trees that gave up their lives for that complete garbage.

Douglas Coupland in his book "Generation X" called that type of furniture "semi-disposable furniture from Sweden."

 

[Kishtu]

Cornwall this morning, Scarlett, is COLD!!!

Autumn is truly here I think. How is it where you are?

 

[Ada Veen]

I'd love a night out, and I've been wanting to go to Rakehells!

 

[Kishtu]

Weeeeelllll..... have you checked Lady D's *ay-may-zing* dress pattern in the thread about what we've been making?

THAT's what I want to wear!!!

So I should be easy to find, I'll be the one with the arms folded under my, um, assets trying to keep 'em from escape!

I wonder who else we can co-opt into this.... we need a UK event.Oh yes.

 

[dashiell]

Good afternoon!

I'm very happy to join this forum, and hope to learn many things. More importantly, I hope to make many new friends who enjoy similar interests.

Pleased to meet you!

 

[OldSkoolFrat]

Was

New, then vanished.

guess that makes me new again. After all, everything that is old is new again!

 

[dostacos]

Hi all,

my name is Dan, I am 56 years old three grown boys, oldest married. I found this place through Club Obi Wan. When I found out this group and that group meet together at the Queen Mary I wandered over.

I was told Fri and Sat morning was more Indy time BUT the Saturday night dinner is a dressy affair.
Currently I spend my time in a power chair [bad hip and knees] since coats don't set well in the chair, I need to get better Ideas [having a vest is mandatory for me now, I always prefer suits with vests anyway, and like the idea of hats!] for the evening. I kinda got hooked to vintage here.

the people are extremely friendly here. One of the people working on The QM summit went WAY out of her way to confirm how I was going to fair in the chair on the Queen Mary.

I will be bothering the ladies to help me with my lady [when she gets home she watches HOUSE PORN until bed time...[HGTV remodeling programs]so she won't be doing her own research. She also is NOT a size 2 so.......

 

[Smithy]

Hi Dan, we've talked over in the WWII section, just wanted to say welcome!

 

[dostacos]

Hi Dan, we've talked over in the WWII section, just wanted to say welcome!

thank you

Dan

 

[Thin Man]

I'm 6'3" and thin, hence the handle, though in real life I go by Stephen Clark. I'm an electrical engineer in the semiconductor industry working in San Jose, CA. I've always enjoyed dressing well and I'm positively nuts about hats. These days I wear a grey Optimo panama to work during the winter and an Optimo panama during the summer. Since the mid-80's I've typically dressed in slacks & coat or suit, and tie when most of my colleagues were content with levis or khakis. Recently I've discovered braces which I love since they add another design element to the ensemble and I find them more comfortable then belts. Because of my high aspect ratio, shall we say, I've always had my clothing custom tailored.

In addition to dressing well and collecting hats, my hobbies include nature photography, reading, music, theatre and Corvettes. The latter I prefer to think makes me eclectic, though some in the forum might find it strange.

Lest people think I'm a snob, I do own and wear levis and polo shirts when the occasion dictates, i.e. driving my Corvette.

I should also add that the wife and I love the American Arts & Crafts movement and in 2000 we remodeled our home and did our best to turn our 1970s ranch home into a c. 1910 bungalow. If I can find a picture of myself fully accoutred I'll add it as my avatar so everone can see my mug.

 

[Edward]

Douglas Coupland in his book "Generation X" called that type of furniture "semi-disposable furniture from Sweden."

lol I love Ikea - 90% of my furniture is from there. When I was fitting out my flat, there's no way I could afford antique pieces, plus I needed to stick with light wood or it'd close in the space too much (antiques IME tend to be all darks - mahogany mostly). Mine's the all solid wood stuff, though, built to last - I'm not best keen on laminate finishes either. They can do just fine if they're treated right (we had some as bedroom furniture at my folks' place that lasted for years), but they have limitations - real wood is always gonig to be classier, plus if ever you need / want to, it can be sanded down and restained or painted a different colour. If ever I had a huge bedroom space, I'd love to do my wardrobes in a rich, deep mahogany.

 

[Bertie Wooster]

Greetings from Sunny Cornwall

Hello, this is my first post to this Forum, which I was introduced to by kishtu, my OH and coturier of fine outfits to me and also others through our business. I am 30 and now live in Cornwall where I work for a leading College, having lived all my life in Kent, and worked in the Metropolis for a number of years.

My main period of interest is the 17th century, and I've been a member of the Sealed Knot Society since 2000. This group has been re-creating battles of the English Civil war, since its foundation by Brigadier Peter Young in the 1960s.

Being of the generation where 99% of their grandparents fought in WWII, either in the Forces or on the Home Front, I have an interest mainly in the military history of the period 1935 - 1989. However I also love the gents fashions, when one still doffed one's hat to the ladies, and general caddishness was frowned upon. My grandfather served in the Royal Navy and after the war, set up a tailors shop in Sidcup (John W Mills) which ceased trading around 1970 or so. Following his death in 2005, I began to acquire some of his tailoring things and my grandmother is forever digging out material, patterns etc for kishtu to try out. I still have a tweed sports coat made by my grandfather, a leather waistcoat he made, and also a Tuxedo which served many a student ball. Grandmother also has his uniform, medals and photographs from his war service.

Anyway, hope to chat to more of you about gentlemanly manners, Blackadder, P G Wodehouse, single malt whisky, pipe smoking, and other chappish activities. I doff my hat, and withdraw.

http://www.myspace.com/wascallywoyalist - my Myspace page

samuelpepys1666 - my Livejournal account

 

[Smithy]

Brilliant user name Bertie

Welcome!

 

[Spitfire]

Welcome Bertie - I am sure you will have a great time here.

 

[Bertie Wooster]

I say thanks awfully Smithy. Piece of Cake - great book by the way, one of my favourite films is Battle of Britain which I believe Derek Robinson wrote some of the script for, or it was in any rate based on one of his books. I also enjoy modelling WWII aircraft, coincidentally. It gives me a break from the Drones

 

[Smithy]

I say thanks awfully Smithy. Piece of Cake - great book by the way, one of my favourite films is Battle of Britain which I believe Derek Robinson wrote some of the script for, or it was in any rate based on one of his books. I also enjoy modelling WWII aircraft, coincidentally. It gives me a break from the Drones

Well there's a few of us Battle of Britain nuts here, Spitfire and I being two.

By the way I whack together the odd WWII aircraft kit (got a Hawker Fury and a Hurri on the go at the mo), you'll have to post some of your builds in the WWII section, love to see them old chap

You're definitely amongst friends here Bertie!

 

[Bertie Wooster]

Well there's a few of us Battle of Britain nuts here, Spitfire and I being two.

By the way I whack together the odd WWII aircraft kit (got a Hawker Fury and a Hurri on the go at the mo), you'll have to post some of your builds in the WWII section, love to see them old chap

You're definitely amongst friends here Bertie!

Spiffing notion - will certainly post up some completed builds when done!

I have just acqiured 2 Airfix 1:24 aircraft via Ebay - the Spitfire Mark 1a and a P-51 Mustang. Are you members of IPMS - the International Plastic Modellers Society btw? I also post on the Unofficial Airfix Forum. I also like fast jets and I've been to the Biggin Hill airshow a few times. I have also been to the Detling multi-period event in Kent as a member of the Sealed Knot.

Always fancied joining the RAF - fluffy uniforms, ladies in uniform, and the chance to get inside your kite five times a day and take her to Heaven and back! Sadly a dicky ticker keeps me earth-bound.