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    What Are You Reading

    Daniel Boone Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America by Meredith Mason Brown My wife bought me this for Christmas - I'll start reading on a plane trip this Friday. Old Dan'l was a hero of mine as a child (from books not the TV show -though I did enjoy that, too).
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    What Are You Reading

    Great book and story!
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    Essential Books every Gentleman Should Have?

    Recommendations out of my Library (far from complete!) *U. S. Constitution -you have to know the rules *The Art of War - Sun Tzu -applies to life, war, philosophy, business, etc. *Vietnam, A History - Karnow *General Lee's Army - Glatthar -many books more complete on WBtS, but this...
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    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    Canones Canones are my absolute favorite. Used to be able to buy a box of 10 for $30!!! I'd always buy a couple of boxes and share them at Marine Corp Birthday Balls. Then they got scarce and EXPENSIVE! Still I'll get one now and then and enjoy a couple of hours of solitude, reflection...
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    What cigar (or pipe) did you smoke today?

    Up in smoke Fuma torpedo and Maker's Mark. Heaven on my back porch!
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    Early War Birds or Late War Birds?

    Sheesh, that should be P-39. Also like the Hawk 75. Look at the Japanese planes, too. Claude, 'Zero', Betty, Rafe... Great planes! And who doesn't love the Stuka, Storch, ME109 or FW190?
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    Early War Birds or Late War Birds?

    Great thread (and finally a couple of guys talking about Pacific planes - of course, I'm a jarhead, too!). Really love the P-40, the F4F & F6F, the Catalina, and the C-47, but also the looks of the Buffalo and the P-30/P-400. The guy I bought my first house from was an A-20 Havoc pilot in...
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    A List of Quality Haberdashers

    in Houston In Houston, there is Miller Hats - www.millerhats.com Just got a nice Stetson snap brim there, but I usually shop at Meyer in New Orleans.
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    What does one wear with a leather jacket?

    Cross casual I'm in the market for a black leather jacket in a suit cut. Buttons, no zipper! Something to wear with jeans, khakis, and tie w/ slacks if necessary. Tough to find something without a zipper.
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    Do we like sodie pop? What do you like and what do you call it?

    Coke In South Louisiana we always called it 'coke'. Still do. That is, everytime you wanted a soft drink, you said you were going to get a 'coke' - no matter what you told sales clerk or pulled from the machine (remember pulling those ice cold bottles from the machines? Or, sliding them from...
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    What size brim do you prefer

    1 7/8" to 2" My face is to thin and nose to long to go over 2 1/4". Usually use a center crease (cause of my classic roman nose), but I'm starting like how I look in a diamond crease. Couv
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    All You Need to Know About Hat Etiquette

    Hats at Church Boudreaux lost his hat on Saturday night and it bothered him powerful. But he got up on Sunday and went to church. At church he noticed there were a lot of fine hats hanging on the wall and he decided that he'd leave church a little early and take him one of them hats... But...
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    NNNNOOOOOOO!!!

    reblock Where, oh where, can I get a reblock of felt hat? captcouv

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