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Coffee, grind your own?
While I definitely prefer the taste of beans freshly ground at home, only indulge occasionally due to cost considerations-cost of the beans that is-since I'm a regular coffee drinker. There are almost no canned, ground coffees I've found which I like except one-Cafe Bustelo. It's an espresso...- earl
- Post #36
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?
When I was a youngin' on the farm, we still had party line telephones. earl- earl
- Post #1,671
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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The casualization of the world
"stick it to the man," haven't heard that phrase since my early adulthood in the early 70's. I think in accord with that that the casualization of dress began with the "hippie" period of the late 60's. It was an era of egalitarianism, of "classlessness" in more ways than 1. Obviously, they were...- earl
- Post #64
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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"Where there's tea, there's hope"
Wasn't til I stumbled upon a great tea shop with a wonderful array of bulk teas did I discover I liked tea. Lipton from the grocery shelves didn't do much for me.:eeek: Typically go for black teas-Assams, Darjeelings, and Keemun primarily. On a Keemun kick at the moment. But still have to have a...- earl
- Post #179
- Forum: The Connoisseur
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Are the new jacket prices changing your buying habits?
I have a rather cheap but nice leather bomber I bought some 10+ years ago that had started to "fall apart" a bit. So, thought I'd casually look around to possbily replace it, perusing various shops. Floored by the price increase-in general, now find it would take over twice what I paid for that...- earl
- Post #11
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Shuron Glasses
Just ordered a pair of reading glasses from Wal-Mart and those look pretty much like the pair I ordered. Wal-Mart just started carrying what they call the "vintage" line and the frames I got were priced almost the cheapest they had. Cool lookers. Earl- earl
- Post #156
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Baseball Caps (in moderation)?
1 of my 2 is long billed-another unique feature prompting me to get it. Earl -
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Baseball Caps (in moderation)?
Don't actually see many folks wear any sort of hat where I live, even baseball caps. I grew up a farm boy in South Dakota in the late 50's-early 60's and what you primarily saw were farmers wearing John Deere caps. I only own 4 hats-1 felt fedora, an outback, and 2 ball caps. Only wear the... -
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Asking for some suit advice
I have a charcoal jacket and always wear light blue, pale gray or slate gray shirt with it. For the light blue shirt, I go with a tie with light blue and black checks; the pale gray, go with the black and dark blue with white and red diamonds; and with the slate, either the black and maroon tie... -
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What to wear with a fedora....
While I've only worn my felt fedora to work with dressier clothes, don't see a problem with jeans/more casual clothes. Wouldn't wear felt in summer due to heat, either for work or casual. But, have to say when it comes to the shorts, (which I wear all summer), and T-shirts/aloha shirts, etc., if... -
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What are you so dressed up for?
Court appearance-I get that question from my professional colleagues when I show up in sport jacket and tie or suit, which is fairly frequent. Yet, we're not in a legal profession-it's just it's so dang common for men in my profession to only dress business casual except if they have to appear...- earl
- Post #24
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Who are you favorite generals of WWII
Had a great uncle I'd have loved to meet, but was killed by sniper on Mindanao at the close of the war. In charge of the guerilla forces there. West Point grad-in same class as Eisenhower and Bradley-have his year book with their pics in it. First commission out of the Point was a lieutenant... -
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Show us your Guns!
Not real gun fans here. Only gun in the house is an 1864 US Colt musket. Guess that qualifies as the most "vintage" thing I own. Am sure it hasn't been fired since the Civil War, if then. Earl- earl
- Post #2,137
- Forum: The Display Case
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What are you wearing today??
All my "dress" pants I wear to the office-4-5 of them-are this brand bought in the past year and am sure Wallyworld still sells them. Nice soft fabric, cuffed, (looks great), bought for a song-about $19 per. Earl- earl
- Post #14,497
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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How popular is the fedora in 2011? Are hats seeing a resurgance finally?
I've lived in 3 states since my bought my 1 and only fedora from a Goodwill store over 25 years ago and have never seen another individual wear one in all that time. Earl -
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Show us your vintage home!
There certainly are limits to my "retro-ness." When we bought our house nearly 15 years ago, it's bathroom came with pink tiled walls. If we could have afforded to re-tile, I can tell you those babies would have really been history.:D Earl- earl
- Post #1,316
- Forum: Your Vintage Home
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1959 Fedora Styles
Thanks much. It's crown is 4 inches. Am new to the subject of fedoras and have learned alot here including that my preference in them is such that, should I ever buy another, it would have to be of the wider brim sort along the lines of that 1 and a crown of similar height to that old one I own... -
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1959 Fedora Styles
I was curious about a Lee fedora I'd bought from Goodwill decades ago which had a brim close to 3 inches. So is it likely to have been made in the 40's-early 50's? thanks, Earl -
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Sunglasses that work well with a Fedora?
On the other hand, decided to pull out of the closet my outback hat I hadn't worn in some time and slapped it on my head while wearing the Wayfarers and discovered that Wayfarers do work with the outback style.:eyebrows: Earl
