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  1. JimWagner

    Sport coat and jeans??

    Firstly, I think the look is fine. That said, sport coat and jeans look like the wearer should be standing in front of a brick wall telling jokes.
  2. JimWagner

    gunboats and jeans...can't do it

    Interesting. I've never heard the term "gunboats" refer to a particular style shoe. I've always heard it used to refer to any shoe that made your feet look big, as in "that's quite a set of gunboats you've got there."
  3. JimWagner

    Trolley Strings -- When did they stop

    My new Akubra Campdraft has a wind trolley, as others have noted. I also have a Biltmore Panama about 15 years old that came with one. So, they never really went away but I agree that on less expensive hats it's probably less common to see them.
  4. JimWagner

    The sad case of the pipe smoker and the pot heads.

    As long as it was a cheap cigar. :p
  5. JimWagner

    The sad case of the pipe smoker and the pot heads.

    I can honestly say that I've never had anyone mistake my pipe tobacco for pot - not even in the 60's. Let alone a cigar. :eusa_doh:
  7. JimWagner

    Your signature cocktail.

    An Old Fashioned. What else?
  8. JimWagner

    Old TV Show episodes you think everyone should watch

    Danger, UXB. The whole series.
  9. JimWagner

    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    H. Upmann Signature Super Corona. Pretty good.
  10. JimWagner

    High Road to China coat, where can I get one?

    These things aren't exactly cheap, but here's another candidate: http://www.historypreservation.com/hpassociates/eastmanlanding4_2.php
  11. JimWagner

    Would you, if you could?

    Just keep in mind that it's always "now".
  13. JimWagner

    Very Very Short Stories

    After the engines cut out the only sound in the cabin was the wind screaming by. Then the plane hit the
  14. JimWagner

    Very Very Short Stories

    It was a dark and stormy night. I knew I'd have to buy a new hat in the morning. But that's another story.
  15. JimWagner

    Would you, if you could?

    I think most people who want to live in the past want to live in a movie set in an idealized past, not the actual past.
  16. JimWagner

    What Are You Reading

    Boneshaker by Cherie Priest. Will read the sequel, Dreadnought, when it's released next week. Boneshaker
  17. JimWagner

    Crushable Stetsons at Dillards

    Picked up a brown one at the Dillard's in Chapel Hill this morning. $58. They only had 4 brown ones in large and medium. Looks just ok I'd say. Not the worst hat I have. I'll reserve it for cold bad weather when I really don't want to wear a much better fur felt out.
  19. JimWagner

    What's a wind trolley?

    A couple of hats I bought recently have come with functioning wind trolleys. My Akubra Campdraft has one. At first I thought it was just decorative, but after messing around with it a little I figured out it was functional. Haven't actually used it though. I guess I only ever saw them in...
  20. JimWagner

    Fountain pens - ostentatious?

    I'm not sure that the perceptions about fountain pens would be the same here as in Australia. Or outside of a boardroom here. In any case, where I work (a university) I doubt anyone would pay any attention to what you're writing with, let alone recognize an expensive pen over an inexpensive one.
  21. JimWagner

    Spelling

    Simple, English and American are diverging into two different languages. Just as there are several Romance languages based on Latin there will be a number of languages based on English. And even English as spoken in England will be like Italian is to Latin.
  22. JimWagner

    Favorite Tenor Sax Player?

    Stan Getz is my all time favorite.
  23. JimWagner

    How was music "mixed" back then?

    As someone who has both played in bands being recorded and done some recording I much prefer the minimalist approach to miking and mixing a band. A properly placed stereo pair in a good hall recording a single take gives a much more natural recording (to me) than close miking each instrument...
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