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  1. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    @Seb Lucas, What annoys me most about Rolex is that if I want some diamond encrusted gold Liberace looking thing, I can get it straight away, but if I want (and I do) a simple steel Submariner, no date-just, the bottom of the range, then it's not in stock and they want me to join a three year...
  2. Big J

    Irregularities in leather - what's acceptable and what's not?

    I'm looking at the three holes in a straight line at the notch in the lapel, that run straight off from the line of stitching? Looks like a stitching era/sloppy sewing machine work to me, with the thread removed. I'd be livid and send it back. At this price point, slipping machining is not...
  3. Big J

    Crazy !

    @ProteinNerd, ton312, Yeah, that's real poverty. Just because these people grow up without running water doesn't mean they're stupid. Can't blame them for being angry when they see how others live. Can't blame them for wanting 'our' lifestyles that they see on TV, and then worry about how...
  4. Big J

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    @Superfluous, Those are all very stylish rides for sure! I do love the look of Cobras. GT40 is about the car most likely to embarrass me when I try to drag myself out of it! It's so low! There wouldn't be anything cool about that. Hands and knees stuff. I guess if you're a fit young fighter...
  5. Big J

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    @AbbaDatDeHat, yes! All vintage Jags are insanely cool! This I why I couldn't resist the red V12 convertible XJS! I dream (fantasize?) of cruising around on Sundays with my shades on and a foot wide grin. However, reality tells me that after my kids graduate college, get married, THEN I might be...
  7. Big J

    Crazy !

    That IS an interesting question @Jejupe. I'm rich compared to the millions of kids around the world who can't go to school because they're too busy scavenging to feed themselves. I'm poor in that I actually have to plan how I spend my money, I can't just go out and buy a Rolex.
  8. Big J

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    All MG convertibles make me think of dashing RAF pilots (or Austin Powers style 'fashion' photographers). Great cars. No aircon is the only reason I could never buy one. The Fiat is a great little car! Inside is very stylish too. I saw a 2005(?) red mustang with white bonnet stripes, power...
  9. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    @zebedee, Great quote, and quite true. Reminds me of something Baudrillard said about things becoming merely symbols of what we want people to think we are (or something like that). I'm as guilty as the next because I express it with flight jackets (even reproductions!). Dick is great for...
  10. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    True. But people don't go to Starbucks for the coffee surely? They go for the deserts in a cup pretending to be coffee. Starbucks drinks are hyper sweet pretentious deserts in cups for people who can't drink real coffee. And to hog tables whilst they use the free wifi. I only go to Starbucks...
  11. Big J

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    Holy cr*p! I'm loving that!
  13. Big J

    What car to go with your flight jackets?

    I'm posting this because I can't buy anymore jackets until November and I'm bored (mods may decide to move or delete, I understand). What car do you think a fighter pilot should drive? Not what they actually drive, coz we know they mostly drive normal cars like normal people. But in my reading...
  14. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    @ShadowBoxer, Actually, not talking about perceived value was kind of what I was aiming for, because once you do it starts never ending debates about 'how much something is worth' and that's way too subjective a discussion. I'm really just interested in what things people are fussy about; what...
  15. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    Some guys posted about sports cars. HD posted his awesome Charger (?). I would love a classic muscle car. A Mach 1 Mustang or a Chavelle convertible, or a Cutless convertible, but I couldn't live with LHD in a country where everyone drives on the wrong side of the road. It's why I went for...
  16. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    @Edward, Yeah, I just find that flying is a big stress; airports, and lines, and waiting, and the whole place looks like a mall, and then everybody is kind of stressed and it just feels pretty negative to me. It's all just so...'MacDonalds'. When I fly business class the whole experience is...
  17. Big J

    What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option

    Great idea for a thread! Kudos to the genius behind this one... Things I will pay for; Business class flights. I find the behavior of other passengers to be often rude and obnoxious. I want to limit my exposure to them. Also, I don't want to spend the beginning and end of my holiday lining up...
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    Crazy !

    @red devil, I agree with that. That's a good idea for a thread in fact! 'What other things do jacket junkies feel it's not ok to go for the cheapest option?' For me, after I've met all my financial responsibilities, and put a little into the kids college fund, I'll happily pay for business...
  20. Big J

    Crazy !

    @Seb Lucas, very good point about people's sense of 'consumer entitlement'. There's not actually a lot of that in Japan these days. There used to be, but people today seem to have accepted that 'nice things' are for the 'elite', and that aspiring to become 'elite' is kind of vulgar. @Mich486...
  21. Big J

    Crazy !

    I'll say this though, the jacket in the OP looks really nice. My Aero russet/seal B-3 is a size 50, and I'd never sell it because of the emotional attachment (I've had it about 10 years), but having slimmed down a bit, I could use the excuse to get another one in a size 48 with seal brown...
  22. Big J

    Crazy !

    @bobm, The fool and his money post wasn't a problem at all. I'm kind of interested in where that maxim comes from, and what purpose it really serves, just for the intellectual exercise. I think the thing that has surprised me the most is how people who spend thousands on jackets and shocked at a...
  23. Big J

    Crazy !

    Many interesting comments. I guess it doesn't really matter what the cause/reason for high prices is. We've had this discussion a couple of times over the last few years. It's just the direction the market is headed in. These Japanese jackets do seem expensive, but they don't have trouble...
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