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    Clean Jokes

    A bear walks into a bar, and says: "I'd like a beer... "... "... "...and some peanuts." The bartender asks, "Why the big pause?"
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    Clean Jokes

    A guy walks into a bar, sits down and orders a beer. He hears a quiet voice say, "Hey, I like your jacket." He looks around and doesn't see anyone else near him in the place. He hears the voice again: "I like the tie, too." He calls the bartender over and asks, "Hey, do you hear someone...
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    Authentic or knockoff?

    Did you find the cake I left there?
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    US Bomber Jackets

    Just shows that there are several ways to approach the purchase. I shy away from second-hand purchasing, because I prefer dealing with a seller that can be held accountable more than an individual selling a second-hand item. And my knowledge of the product category is too limited to be confident...
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    US Bomber Jackets

    I quite like the idea of a jacket with a letterman's jacket fit but A-2 styling. But I expect the jacket itself isn't like that. The listing says goatskin in the description, and has the usual description of the features of an A-2. It's true you get what you pay for...but it's also true that...
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    Clean Jokes

    So this is my favorite joke. But I should say it involves the Pope. I don't think it's INSULTING to the Pope, but it involves him, so please skip this if you feel it will rankle. A representative from the Tyson Chicken Corporation has an audience with the Pope. "OK, Pope," he says, "I've been...
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    Ebay...price gouging fees.

    Sad to hear it's come to that. Back in the day I sold items on eBay, but not as a moneymaking effort, just a means of recouping some value from items I intended to get rid of anyway. Back then the fees were not nearly so onerous. On the one hand, it's just supply and demand. There is just one...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Update: After looking at the various suggestions, and comparing them to my own (admittedly inexperienced and therefore functionally arbitrary) desires for materials, color, and features, I settled first on the $199 "Imported A-2" by Cockpit...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Cockpit has a sale on their "imported A-2" (https://www.cockpitusa.com/review/product/list/id/2705/category/108/) for $199. Details are slim on the site, but it does indicate on the size chart that it is "slim fit," which I interpret to mean the traditional cut?
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Hey, all, thanks for helping me out. I've checked the measurements I had done a couple of months ago, and it seems with the leads you guys have provided my strategy should be to order a 38 and a 40 and return the one that fits least well (hopefully at least one of them does!). What strikes me...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    USW told me in December that they expected to have new stock in in the new year; when I reached out to them last week they said, yes, they have new jackets in now! But it was their more expensive Signature Series. I followed up by asking them directly if they were going to get another Modern A-2...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    The budget: I would like to keep it under $300. $250 is my sweet spot. The size is a tougher question. I got measured at a men's store and later realized that the common things I see on eBay were not included in those measurements. A challenge is: I don't have any jackets that fit me well any...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    True dat.
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Spec doesn't matter to me specifically. There are some details I am looking for (after the basic A-2 "look")...but some I'm not. I guess I just will know it when I see it. That Taylors Leatherwear link was very fruitful!
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Oops, misspoke. It was on Legendary USA. https://www.legendaryusa.com/Cockpit-Mens-USAF-Goatskin-A-2-Flight-Jacket.html
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    All good leads! At the upper end there, What Price Glory has the CockpitUSA version but marked down.
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    Thanks, Doctor, that's the sort of thing I'm looking for, though I don't want the velcro. But low-end, with the right detailing, goatskin. I wonder if he has access to a version without the patches? Probably not (at that price, it's likely he doesn't monkey around with custom orders). But thanks...
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    A-2 at lower price point?

    After not getting myself an A-2 a couple of years ago (the cut was not a good fit on my body shape at the time), I've lost a lot of weight and wanted to try again. I was going to just go to US Wings and get a Modern A-2--not the Signature Series, but the less expensive one. It had still been...
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    Scandalous!: Nylon Better than Leather for Wearing?

    I thought I'd read that goatskin leather is virtually waterproof. Does that make a difference?
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    Scandalous!: Nylon Better than Leather for Wearing?

    As I patiently await US Wings' restocking of its Modern A-2, to try one more time to see if the A-2 will fit my newly-trimmed down frame, I am also looking at the nylon options like MA-1's on Cockpit in case the A-2 still just doesn't fit me well. Also considering the cotton A-2 I see there...

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