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  1. Rathdown

    Looking for a top hat maker.

    While I can unreservedly recommend Bates, I can also unreservedly tell you that with top hats you really need to visit your hatter so that the height of the crown, the width of the brim, and the diameter of the crown compliment the shape of your head as well as your physique.
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    How did the average couple dress for weddings?

    My parents were married in 1946; my father, then a Captain in the Army Air Corps, wore his uniform and my Mother a white dress made from my father's parachute which was damaged by flack over Austria.
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    Vienna & "The Third Man"

    My uncle lived in Vienna all of his life. At the end of the war Vienna, like Berlin, was divided between the occupying powers and he was in the Russian occupied zone-- and hated Russians with unabated passion until the day he died. It was his opinion that the best behaved troops were the...
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    Anyone Like Alternative Golden Era Music?

    Sure. What's not to like?
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    Driving golden era cars in the modern era

    I'd humbly suggest a '58 Studebaker Hawk.
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    Ghost stories please..

    Yup.
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    I just got's to know.....

    I seem to recall that most, if not all of the actual tailoring of Elvis' stage costumes was done by Nudi in North Hollywood, California.
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    Thomas Edison as a Steampunk detective

    That's actually a damn clever concept.
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    What do you do for Living?

    Previously I was a Herald of Arms in the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland. Now I'm back to producing television shows.
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    Barbour Wax Jackets

    Like dog hair on a navy suit, a bit of rub-off from a Barbour is just a fact of life. That said, in the half century I've been wearing Barbours I've never had the wax rub off on my clothes or the upholstery of my motorcar, although I've shown up more than once with dog-hair on my suit.
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    Palm Beach cloth Marine Tunic?

    My father was an officer in the Army Air Corps in WWII (previously in the Cavalry) and all of his uniforms were tailored. While stationed in Southern California prior to shipping out to North Africa he had a half-lined khaki uniform made out of tropical (PB?) cloth by the tailors at the Western...
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    FL Cult Films

    I suspect that you are confusing two Mel Brooks' films. In 1942 Ernst Lubitsch directed Jack Benny and Carole Lombard in "To Be or Not To Be" an extremely sophisticated comedy about a troupe of actors in Nazi-occupied Poland. In 1983 Mel Brooks did a remake of the film (directed by Alan...
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    Why am I having issues posting pictures from photobucket

    Don't feel bad. Every time I try to post a picture I get a message telling me I am not allowed to post on FL. [huh]
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    Szaszi-hats (Vienna). Wonderful hats!

    The prices make me think he's in Saltzburg, not Vienna. I'll stick with Bates.
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    How has your Homburg been received?

    I have two: a brown that I wear with tweeds & overcoat, and a black that is only worn to funerals, or to black tie functions in the fall/winter.
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    What ever happened to station wagons?

    Iain Flemming used to drive a 55(?) Thunderbird on the Continent... It turned heads, but I don't know how he put up with the driving position. I've always thought the Euro-American hybrids were unbeatable, whether Jensens, Facels, or Isos. When I was in high school my father bought a Dual-Ghia...
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    Show us your Guns!

    Thanks. My Model 45 probably gets the most carry (I am an inveterate plinker); I rarely hunt medium sized game these days, but when I was a bit more active I usually packed my .44spl in preference to anything else. The Model 22 (45 ACP) was my horseback gun, mostly because .45 ACP ball ammo is...
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    Show us your Guns!

    Here I find myself once again in agreement with you, especially in the field where I pack either a K-frame or N-frame Smith & Wesson: Model 45 (.22 long rifle), Model 22 (.45 ACP), Model 520 (.357), or a Model 21 (.44 Spl.). The common feature (aside from a fair amount of holster wear) is that...
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    Show us your Guns!

    Hmm... two pistols, by two makers. Did both FTF & FTE? Or did each pistol exhibit a different malfunction? Also, were you firing factory ammo, or reloads? As regards cleaning any handgun after each outing, isn't this what you are supposed to do? A well cared for handgun will rarely fail to...
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    Do you have a favorite vintage movie car?

    The red Morgan +4 used in the Disney film, "The Horse in the Grey Flannel Suit" (which the studio rented from me!).

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