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  1. Matt Crunk

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I've mentioned this before in other parts of the Lounge, but one of the things I miss, which I experienced in my youth, is restaurants with dress codes. I remember fondly going out to dinner with my parents to places where coat and tie were required. Everyone there would be dressed up and it...
  2. Matt Crunk

    Proper Barber Shop

    A couple years ago I found out that that my grandfather's barber, who'd cut my own hair as a child (since about age 5) was amazingly still in business some 40 years later. The place held such fond memories for me, going there almost weekly with my granddad, that on my 45th birthday, as a present...
  3. Matt Crunk

    Museum-grade replica Apollo-era NASA flight jacket

    I think wearing such a jacket is quite obviously a nice tribute to those fellows since, let's face it, unless you are really getting along in years there'd never be any allusion that you were ever in those programs. I was gonna post a link to the Adam Savage video but I see someone already...
  4. Matt Crunk

    Musician's hats

    There is absolutely NOTHING wrong with Nudie suits for stage wear. I only wish more musicians would return to that look today. I like entertainers to look like the entertainment instead of the help.
  5. Matt Crunk

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    This ship has sailed people. It would seem to me that the very overbearing attitude that won't let this issue rest is probably the same attitude that prompted the rule change in the first place. Enough said. Now let's move on, shall we?
  7. Matt Crunk

    movie hats that inspired you...

    Need I say more?
  8. Matt Crunk

    Wearing suits casually

    Sounds like an excellent and worthy plan. I'd imagine that being in England you'd some great resources for vintage jackets and suits over there. By the way, as a side note, I notice you hail from Merseyside. My family comes from that area as well, specifically the village of Crank, which also...
  9. Matt Crunk

    Wearing suits casually

    Cosmicvagrant, you don't state how old you are but I'm guessing from your post that you are quite young. Wearing a suit with any sort of authority can be a challenge for a young person, because many will see you as simply playing dress up. But don't be discouraged. Do you work, go to school...
  10. Matt Crunk

    Giant Pith Helmet Thread of Doom

    Seeing Renault's vintage hunting attire brings a question to my mind: Are there any such thing as vintage hunting clubs where participants go out into the bush with all period hunting /camping gear and recreate the experience of a golden era hunt? If there's not, there should be. I'm not a...
  11. Matt Crunk

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Finally watched GRAVITY this weekend. Entertaining story and fantastic SFX, as was expected. But kinda like watching OPEN WATER set in space.
  13. Matt Crunk

    The Powder Room is Now Ladies Only. But I LIKE Talking To Ladies!

    My biggest question is why men would want to venture into the Powder Room in the first place? What, besides the ladies themselves, is in there that would hold a man's interest? Frankly, I'm truly shocked and dismayed that there has been a harassment problem here in The Lounge. I honestly had...
  14. Matt Crunk

    OTHER THAN eBAY Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

    I've always called these "sailing hats" because they are what myself and many other sailors I know wear when we're out sailing our boats. I've never known the actual name for them or the history. Mine has a tag that says it was made in Tampa, FL, but I can't make out the manufacturer's name...
  15. Matt Crunk

    Digital watches/clocks

    Time is the same to me regardless if the clock is analog or digital. Of course I prefer the charm of analog clock faces. I've never owned a digital watch and doubt I ever will. But when I read the time, I see it as the hour and minute whether I'm looking at a digital clock or analog. 4:45 is...
  16. Matt Crunk

    MASONIC rings...

    I have a couple of my father's masonic rings. He was a Mason, as was his father. My mother was Eastern Star. I personally have never had an interest in fraternal orders or any kind. It always seemed to me like paying for friends.
  17. Matt Crunk

    What's the meaning behind your Avatar ?

    . . . or I should say my former avatar. The above post doesn't make much since since I changed mu avatar photo. My former avatar, the one I was referring to: My current avatar is just me in my cheap detective look (think William Conrad), complete with dyed moustache and eyebrows. It's also...
  19. Matt Crunk

    Oldest person you ever knew?

    The oldest person I ever knew, or at least that I was close to, was my maternal step-grandfather. He'd married my grandmother long before I was born so I was much closer to him than to my mother's biological father, whom my grandmother had divorced when my mother was a teenager. So for all...
  20. Matt Crunk

    Hatless

  21. Matt Crunk

    The Wifely Duties

    What can I say about my wife beyond that she has put up with me for almost 14 years? For that alone she should be put on a pedestal.
  22. Matt Crunk

    What type of umbrella do you favor?

    Anything that keeps the rain off, as long as it's not fancy or frilly. Basic black will do, or any solid color as long as it isn't too loud. Absolutely no logos, prints, or advertisements.
  23. Matt Crunk

    What's For Breakfast...

    Tis a brisk, sunny, lovely spring Sunday morning. I think I'll take my breakfast on the porch.

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