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    hello

    Hello Richelle. I'm quite new here too so welcome from me at least.
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    are there any trim aero jackets besides the 30s halfbelt?

    Don't you just love those Google maps time estimates? It just divides distance by an average speed plucked out of thin air and makes no allowance for the kind of roads or traffic. Where I live now I'm deep in the country with windy mountain roads between me and most places. But Google maps...
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    are there any trim aero jackets besides the 30s halfbelt?

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    Shipping Back to Aero from the U.S.

    As I understand the history of all this Frank was never an Aero customer to begin with. So there was no relationship. He was a customer of Aero USA, and MM was less than careful with measurements and communication, among other things, with his supplier Aero Scotland it has since transpired...
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    Customs inspection damage?

    That's what customs do I'm afraid. It does seem like a rip off to be charged on shipping but they all do it. I used to buy a fair bit of stuff from the US and other parts of the world wherever it was cheaper than the UK but the duty and tax makes it not worth while anymore.
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    The other way around actually. It started because surgeons used to be barber surgeons who also let blood and took out teeth while physicians began as apothecaries. When things became more organised physicians and surgeons established colleges to regulate their affairs and the distinction...
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    = Blackpool, 1963 Morecambe & Wise cycling past a turf accountant's shop No difference in any of those. Tea for dinner is Northern English working class and dinner is much more common now even there. It was and still is eaten earlier when people got back from work, and they would have a...
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    Best Aero linings.

    Thanks to all who posted with their experiences. I'm going to have the alpaca. It's what I should have chosen a few years ago with the HWM, although perhaps it was thinner then. The main drawback seems to be itchiness. But I don't have any problems with wool and happily wear lanolin rich...
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    Best Aero linings.

    Getting to be an old fart now. I feel the cold more.
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    Best Aero linings.

    Holly told me that they don't like making a double liner because it can twist up. New/old management, different ideas...
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    Best Aero linings.

    Thanks, but as I said that didn't work for me at all. It's the comparison between alpaca and tartan I'm interested in.
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    Best Aero linings.

    I'm deciding which lining to choose for my new Aero. I want a warm one having made a mistake a few years ago by opting for cotton drill to make it a three season jacket and finding it too cold in the winter. I have a sheepskin so don't want that and it's a toss up between alpaca and tartan...
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    What is it about horsehide?

    I got a sample of Aero's Horween 4oz steer the other day and it is a nice looking leather. It would make a really good pair of boots....
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    It would more likely be called a wagon by those in the business. A good few decades ago now my father was involved in that trade and what we now call a loading bay was known as the wagon hauling way. Or just the hauling way.
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    What is it about horsehide?

    There was a bucher who sold really good horse meat where I lived in the sixties. I bought steaks a few times and they were really good. A bit like a cross between beef and venison. It's just misplaced sentimentality. I like horses but they are slaughtered for pet food in thousands. There is...
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    Finally able to order an Aero

    What was that one like? I saw it and thought about it, but I have one in a 42 and they're a slim fit, fine over a shirt in the summer; and it's not a winter jacket really. I didn't think much of his description which probably put buyers off.
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    The older usage which people still said when I was young was courting. Are you courting then, and when will you tie the knot? Pity it's not used anymore it was a lovely old word.
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    All of those American terms would be well understood in the UK and many are taking over from the British usage anyway. With US films and TV shows having been shown for so long it's hardly surprising. There is movement in the other direction too, with many British and Australian terms in...
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    Most people in the UK wear hooded waterproof jackets nowadays for everyday wear. Formal raincoats and macs are much less common; and I don't hear the word mac used much anymore. Although I do own a riding mac, and it's still used there. Cue a children's joke. Have you got a light mac? No but...
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    Terminology: US vs. UK - 1942

    Bertie Wooster on Sir Rodrick Spode the leader of the British Black Shorts party. "Look at that frightful ass Spode swanking about in footer bags."

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