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  1. Feng_Li

    Why leather soled dress shoes?

    I'm with Tiller. Sneakers even feel unpleasantly squishy to me.
  2. Feng_Li

    Our own vintage town

    Verisimilitude demands that there be town gossip and folks who don't get along!
  3. Feng_Li

    The Family Farm

    The the city government's interest is in property that will generate the most tax revenue. If it becomes set on development it can often invoke eminent domain.
  4. Feng_Li

    Love Letters

    Put on some lipstick and seal it with a kiss. On the inside of the letter if you want it to be a surprise, or on the outside of the envelope if you want his buddies to tease him about it.
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    Song lyrics you messed up as a kid

    Don't go 'round tonite fer it's bound to take your light there's a bathroom on the right - Creedence Clearwater Revival -- the sun don't shine the moon don't move the tight twoosh piccolou - Robin Trower
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    The Elements of (not so good) Style

    Tongue slightly in cheek, I would point out that there are multiple agreed conventions in mathematics, as in language. "+ 2 2 4 =" may not work, but "+ 2 2" would be a perfectly valid example of Prefix notation. Similarly, "2 2 +" would also work, and "6 2 2 * +" can get you 10. It merely...
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    The Elements of (not so good) Style

    Orwell had the best take on the topic: From Politics and the English Language, which more students should read.
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    The dirty rotten ones !

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rot_(leather) The close-paren didn't make it into the original link.
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    A Gentleman knows when he's had enough to drink, when...

    When a button fly requires more dexterity than you possess...
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    Bad Table Manners

    I assumed that was what you meant, but one never knows. My father, for example, refuses to allow his steak to touch anything but the grill.
  11. Feng_Li

    Essential Books every Gentleman Should Have?

    At least one foreign-language dictionary. Or a work of literature in the original, which he can and has read.
  12. Feng_Li

    How often do you dry clean?

    I think "once a season" is based on the assumption that it will put into storage the rest of the year. Clean wool is less likely to attract moths.
  13. Feng_Li

    Bad Table Manners

    I have rarely observed an American who put mustard on his meat, unless it was in a sandwich. I find this odd, because it can be very tasty - just ask all those Southerners who make barbeque sauce with a mustard base. Cody Pendant is entirely correct in his other two statements. Steak should...
  14. Feng_Li

    Trains

    They are common in Switzerland.
  15. Feng_Li

    Passe' words and phrases

    "Cocked hat," as in "The Jets beat St. Louis into a cocked hat."
  16. Feng_Li

    Passe' words and phrases

    I've heard this in Berlin as well ("Es ist alles"). I'm told it's a corruption of the French "C'est aller" ("It's gone").
  17. Feng_Li

    Handkerchiefs and Pocket Squares

    If the tag is sewn in, remove it.
  18. Feng_Li

    What's Your Take on Modern Men's Fashion (Not Talkin About Tieless Busi- Casual Crap)

    Have you actually read any of my posts? I have very specifically addressed your questions. They are quoted above my responses. DerMann has done the same. Dress as flashily as you like. That doesn't necessarily make it bad or wrong, but if it doesn't adhere to the conventions of formality...
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    What's Your Take on Modern Men's Fashion (Not Talkin About Tieless Busi- Casual Crap)

    Perhaps you could give some example of what you consider "variety" and "new stuff." Several posters have given examples of variety in men's clothing, but they do not seem to meet your criteria. This discussion would be easier if we knew what you meant. Do some searching around the forum. You...

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