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    Wearing a tie in a company that does NOT embrace ties?

    I'm with Feraud... ...on this one. I'm a division manager with 30 years work experience. I wear a tie because I’m management. Workers are given an choice, and no one does it. Doing it your way is for the self employed, business owners, top managers who set the rules, etc. If you...
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    Have any other men noticed this?

    I'm not saying... …that there isn’t vanity sizing going on. But I do think there are other forces at work. Nearly all US clothing manufacturers used the military specification or MIL-SPEC for sizing. For any given size, say a 44 Long, there were an extensive series of measurements that...
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    Hurricane Earl

    Having lived... ...through several, and having a dad who lived through several -- including the great hurricane of 1933, and the Ash Wednesday storm, no amount of false alarms will dull me to the threat. We saw only moderate winds here on the peninsula, and only light rain.
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    Finances in the Golden Era and today

    Many... ...older houses put water heaters wherever they could carve out or find room. These things were often retrofits. In my grandfather's house it sat in the corner of the kitchen. Everything was a retrofit in that house -- plumbing, electrical, everything. What a happy, snug little...
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    fountain pens

    One thing... ...on repairs. Last year I sent in my Pelikan that I broke and they fixed it for free. Not sure how one's pen would qualify though.
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    LizzieMaine on TV

    Wow... ...great job! They really called in the expert.
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    Traveltalks - 1940 Modern New Orleans

    Thanks... ...my 11 year old daughter thought it was great -- and so did I.
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    Hurricane Earl

    Well... ...we'll see. I've seen a few here and you never know.
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    Using vintage razor blades?

    Not sure... ...I'd bother sharpening an old blade. I pay $1.80 for 10 down the street. I change them out every 3 to 4 days, so the cost isn't a big deal.
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    Using vintage razor blades?

    Amazing... ... thing. My dad (81) says his dad used to put a double edged blade between his fingers and hone it on the inside of a coffee cup. Interestingly, my grandfather was the person who introduced my dad to Track II razors.
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    This generation of kids...

    There... ...has been other research that show that all teens actually need more sleep. One perverse thing in many US schools is a bus routing schedule that picks up high school students first, middle school students second, and elementary school students third. The idea is that high school...
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    This generation of kids...

    I hope I don't... …disturb the harrumph-fest. The school year and day in the United States, with some variation, has been 180 days for a very long time. Some districts start and end earlier and this makes the opportunity to have more days off for Thanksgiving, Easter, etc. As far as the...
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    fountain pens

    Indeed... [… QUOTE=John in Covina]...Fountain pens are still considered the best for note taking. A fountain pen with a smooth nib doesn’t take any hand pressure to write... ...I'm often in all day meetings and come out with 15 to 20 8 1/2 x 11 pages of notes. My hand would be dead if I...
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    fountain pens

    Ah... ...fountain pens. I almost think they could have their own forum section in the FL. Few things are so emblematic of the change from the golden era to today as the fountain pen moving from serious everyday tool to something we now go out of our way to use. Probably only watches...
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    I remember when.....

    Interesting... ...the same thing happend here. The street leading to it is still called "theater road."
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    Born in a suit?

    Ha! ...you said "reckon". You must be from southern Spain. I wear bow ties every Friday. Tomorrow I'll do a"full up", which is a suit, bow tie, pocket watch, and pocket square.
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    The Retronym Game

    Okay... ...I'm in. Word: pen. New word: fountain pen. Retronym: quill pen (or dip pen) BTW it may be that "ink pen" comes from confusion over mispronunciation. Some people pronounce the words “pen” and “pin” the same way. Adding “ink” clarifies what you are talking about. I’ve...
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    Does anyone else have difficulty sharing a bed?

    Would you like... ...one man's perspective? You ladies are not alone. I lament the fact that sleeping in the same bed has acquired a false association with relationship closeness. How many couples breakup, divorce, etc. after having always slept together? How many lasted a long time in...
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    Born in a suit?

    These rules... …come and go. I too was raised to think that you wore black shoes with blue and grey suits, although you could fudge with cordovan. I began to wonder when a New York lawyer friend of mine showed me a picture of JFK wearing a blue suit and brown shoes. Since then, looking...
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    Back to School

    Back to school... ...means more traffic (bad). The end of Summer (sad). Cooler fedora weather (good), crisp suit temperatures (glad).

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