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  1. Edward

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    Yeah, I think that one is a backronym - but it's got to be a sign your priest is on the right career path if he can inspire his audience to want to believe in what he's saying. I'm reminded of the hardware store I worked in as a student. We used to get all the local clergy in. Uniformly lovely...
  2. Edward

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    And they say swearing is a sign of a limited vocabulary - pah! Douglas Bader once visited a school for young ladies, were he had been invited to lecture the girls, in his mode as "war hero". So the story goes, the young ladies were rapt with attention, and eyes grew wide as he described...
  3. Edward

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    I suppose it is the equivqlrnt on some level of the kids who go on school exchange trips wanting to learn the local swears.... I have been told that many ESL folks prefer to swear in English rather than the mother tongue. Sounds less rude, maybe (equivalent of you or I muttering "merde", or...
  4. Edward

    Indiana Jones V

    Don't think much of the article tbh, but if they're ignoring Lucas, that gives me a lot more hope it'll be a great film.
  5. Edward

    Aero Universal zippers and other feasible options

    Arguments back in the day (all now outdated since Ken significantly revised the Aero A2 patterns to a greater level of accuracy after 2012) used to rage over whether Aero or ELC made a better A2. ELC were considered at a time to have an edge on specific contracts, though as a jacket, both were...
  7. Edward

    What Are You Reading

    My time for recreational reading has been greatly limited in the last couple of years, but I have recently had occasion to spend a little more time on the tube, and so have been able to enjoy a spot of reading. I'm currently well into Douglas Coupland's J-POd, which I am enjoying very much, as I...
  8. Edward

    60 Years of Bond on Film

    I liked her a lot. NTTD was an entertaining, if flawed, picture. She was one of the high points - as was them having the nerve to raise Bond to the pantheon of all the best legendary figures by giving him a death story (only partially undermind by the tedious "James Bond will return" legend at...
  9. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    Be interested to hear how you get on with those if you pull the trigger. I've been eyeing them for a long time myself in the brown, though I struggle a bit with the ugly modern grip design on the sole. I know that won't be seen much when they're worn, of course, but it would bug me I know. I...
  10. Edward

    (The Real) CiDu Leather

    These are interesting. Particularly the canvas; I don't see me in Camo, but in a khaki-tan or even maybe an olive green I could see this being a cracking alternative to leather for those May-September days that are a bit more bearable, when the beastly heat eases off a bit and I can stand to go...
  11. Edward

    (The Real) CiDu Leather

    Coming in late again, I know, but interested in this stuff. I've been seeing some nice Cidu-branded goods advertised here and there; if I could find a store in downtown Beijing where I could actually look at this stuff in person, I'd love to see them. I've long been of the opinion (based on...
  13. Edward

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    Ah! Didn't know they recycled some of those names. Thanks!
  14. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    It was indeed. Even better that it was early-mid evening on NYE, so most of the worst sort of potential audience member was otherwise engaged, and we still had time to get home and away from other people before all the nonsense at midnight.
  15. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Nobody really should ever take the Oscars seriously - it's mostly them either rewarding something for being fashionable, or correcting the previous year's perceived mistakes by giving awards to someone they think really should have won them the year before for any old rubbish they just happen to...
  16. Edward

    How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

    What's it made of? Asking because it looks like leather.... I know that Lewis did a vinyl model back in the 60s that was sold as "The Bomber", with a retail price markedly below their leathers. Never seen one, though, and would love to have the chance to handle one for comparison. A general...
  17. Edward

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I saw this in the cinema when it was released and enjoyed it very much. It also bears repeated viewings. One of the most fun was one New Year's Eve, maybe a decade ago, we went to see it in the Royal Albert Hall with the soundtrack performed by a live orchestra.
  19. Edward

    You know you are getting old when:

    I I had a fiver for every twit I've met who smugly announces how clever they consider themselves to be for believing nothing in the "mainstream media" before plainly indicating they'll believe any old rubbish they stumble over on Youtube, I'd be richer than Bezos. I always try to go somewhere...
  20. Edward

    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Blue Lights on the BBC. Drama set around the working lives of several Police Service of Northern Ireland recruits coming to the end of their probation period, dealing with organised crime in the shadow cast by the legacy of the Troubles. No idea how true to life it is for those on that job now...
  21. Edward

    Cowboy Boots

    I weirdly like these. They'd be a bit..... much.... with blue jeans, but in a black denim I could see them being great for the sort of heat where leather becomes a bit much....
  22. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    GoldTop do some of their more 70s leaning models in colours of the period, including olive: and Racing Green: While these particular jackets are a touch modern in style for my tastes, I really like that Racing Green cowhide. Something like an Aero Everyman halfbelt would look superb in...
  23. Edward

    Green Leather Jackets

    The Lewis green is pretty special in person; I don't own a green jacket, but would be very happy with one in that hue. Their sheep isn't a hide I fancy, though, and unfortunately it's the only one they do that colour in. That sort of green colour was popular in the later 70s in bike jackets in...

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