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    How did you start wearing hats?

    I had had a cursory interest in hats for a long time. The "last straw," as it were, that got me off my butt to go get a hat was the game LA Noire. That game is pure atmosphere and style. The first hat was a panama (Bigalli Unique) that I got on sale because autumn was upon us. It's always been...
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    The Underappreciated

    Agree with several I've seen written here already, especially -Print newspapers (there's just something about sitting down with the morning paper and a cup of coffee on a weekend morning) -Letters (when my friend goes back to Ireland, we've decided letters will be our main form of...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    I think I can remember asking a question here last summer about where to buy a hat in Boston. People had ideas but nobody was really certain. Well, I can answer my own question with absolute certainty now: Salmagundi in Jamaica Plain is the best place to get a high-quality hat. Their store is...
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    Theaters NATIONWIDE/ Casablanca 70th anniversery /Wed, Mar 21st at 7:00PM (local time

    I'm glad I saw this topic. I know just the lady to ask to go with me, not that either of us have ever seen this film before!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Javier! I just watched it (It's a Wonderful Life) last night with my family. Yes it's a Christmas classic but it would also happen to be one of my all-time favorites of any genre! What a film.
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    Show Us Your Pedigree! The Heritage Thread.

    That's usually how it goes if you have a "ksenos" coming into the family, haha. My dad is also a convert to Orthodoxy. I just like the term Greek-American because obviously I'm Greek but I also have a love of the country of my birth, what it stands for, and I'm grateful for how well it has...
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    Show Us Your Pedigree! The Heritage Thread.

    Half French/Canadian (my dad's side) Half Greek (my mom's side) Generally consider myself Greek-American because I'm in touch with my Greek roots and the traditions and culture, it's how I was raised. My mom's side is relatively new to America, and the great majority of the family remains in...
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    Besides English, What Languages Do You Speak?

    Yeia sou re... Thessaloniki is the city where my grandparents grew up! And of course I am a big fan of PAOK just like papou taught me, haha. I've never been to Thessaloniki myself, but supposedly that visit is being saved for when I graduate. Yiayia will be going with me and we will stay with...
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    Adjusting to small town life.

    I've lived in this town all my life, besides that I've started going to school now and so spend about 8 months of the year in Boston. My town is probably too big for many to consider small. Its population is around 17,000 now and if I didn't have access to a car I'd be stuck (not really within...
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    The Good News Thread

    Good stuff, hey. You've no doubt heard it a million times, but the way the economy is today, finding a job isn't easy. Congrats to your mom and good luck to you. I just finished my EMT-B training course this past weekend and will take the state test in October, with the goal of becoming a...
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    Besides English, What Languages Do You Speak?

    I speak Greek pretty fluently as a result of my family. My mom's side is all Greek. I can do Spanish as well as a result of having taken five years of it in school, but I'm rusty and not very confident in it. It's good enough that I can communicate using it when I have to. Would like to learn...
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    Going to the doctor in the "Golden Era"?

    Well, battlefield medicine is very valuable to an army. The first "ambulances" were set up by Napoleon to remove his wounded from the battlefield. Of course on a battlefield you have different considerations than you do in the civillian world (you're less worried about tweaking a wounded...
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    Pancakes, Waffles, Crepes or French Toast...?

    Agreed. I'm usually not hungry enough for a big, protein-packed breakfast, despite the fact that breakfast should theoretically be your biggest meal. It's the first meal of the day so it's unlikely you won't later spend whatever energy you put in by eating it; that is, your body could make good...
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    i need a date!!! :(

    Raider, if no one you know stands out as someone you want to take to the dance, I say either try to find other guys who will also dress RAF (or even better, USAAF, you could stand out in your company better that way) and go in their group, or just go stag. If you go in a group you've got...
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    The grand style & traveling heavy

    It doesn't sound to me like you "travelled heavy" on your recent trip to LA, Rathdown. If I was packing suits for a trip I would naturally want a suitcase myself. If I'm going away for two to four days and I don't need a suit, I can usually fit everything into my backpack. However, I would never...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Sound and the Fury, which was on TCM last night. I've never read the book, but I heard the movie doesn't resemble it much. The movie was alright. I'm more excited about what they're playing today/tonight. Because I can't be watching now and later in the evening, I've set The Big Sleep...
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    Pancakes, Waffles, Crepes or French Toast...?

    Doughnuts are probably my favorite, but I like everything listed in the title. I had Eggos for breakfast and will probably be doing that a lot this coming year. With class every morning at 9, quick breakfasts will become a necessity. Come to think of it, there's a decent creperie near school...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    My family says I have a long and perhaps thin face but I don't know how truthful that is. For the record, this is my picture (though I don't have the facial hair anymore). http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208253_1726539443458_1237560334_31602528_4372189_n.jpg I've looked at...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    So when I ship off to Boston in September--I will be going to Bobby's, I've read nothing but good about him online--I need to get a hat. This would be my first fedora, so I'm asking if there are any special considerations I should make. I'd like the hat that I get to be versatile and something I...
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    Ask a question, get an answer

    Thanks for the input, I had actually forgotten about the existence of that shop! I think Salmagundi might be the better choice. Have anything to add, Lefty? I'm open to any suggestions for hat shops in Boston, really.

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