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My kinda gal.Not enough.
Actually shots of tequila and cheap beer.
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My kinda gal.Not enough.
Actually shots of tequila and cheap beer.
Greg walks into a bar and the voluptuous barmaid asks for ID. “You’ve got to be kidding,” he said. “I’m almost 60 years old.” The barmaid apologised, but said that she had to see the license. Greg showed his ID, then paid, and told the barmaid to keep the change. The barmaid put the change in the tip cup. “Thanks,” she said. “Works every time.”Went into my favorite watering hole yesterday wearing my Dorer bar 50. A young woman sitting at the bar looked over and said, "I really like you hat, you wear it well and you look good in it." I thanked her for the compliment and she replied, "I'm not hitting on you but I really like that hat."
Fabulous!In The New Forest, where I live, there are wide clearings known as fire runs. The idea being that if a forest fire took hold, the flames would, hopefully, not be able to cross the fire run. These fire runs lend themselves to walkers and also cyclists, so many out on their megabucks bicycle, in skimpy lycra, pedalling furiously along.
Since my hip replacement I too have been cycling to exercise the muscles around the new hip. Only my trusty bike is a bit more sedate than those of the lycra set. A young fellow on his bike said to me: "When I saw you I looked around for the film crew, I thought that you were being filmed for an advert or something." I smiled and said: "Flatterer," he smiled back, took a picture on his phone and cycled off.
Can't think what all the fuss was about.
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GHT...you give me hope in this strange modern world of skinny jeans, oversized t-shirts and drooping pants with underwear showing.
NOTHING says class like a well dressed man.
*salute*
it is very much a shame that somehow being well dressed fell out of fashion.
Thanks for the compliments, you are as flattering as my fellow cyclist, but I love it.The United States has been operating on the principle of "Lowest Common Denominator" and letting it set the direction American society takes for far too long...
Like most who have posted on this thread, I can't remember ever hearing a negative comment, on the contrary, the remarks that I have heard are most complimentary. There was one that has to be my favourite. I posted it on the vintage car thread but I must share it again.
Last summer, my missus and I were on our way to a classic car meeting. There were two lanes of slow moving cars, as a car drew level I heard a child's voice shout: "Mister!" Looking round a young lady about ten years old was leaning out of her Dad's car, treating us to a toothy smile: "Mister," she repeated, "your car is so cool." There was just enough time to wave a thank you as her Dad drove off, with her cheeky grin still beaming from the car window.
A second compliment whilst out with the car came from a guy whilst I was putting fuel in, at the garage. He had just paid, and instead of walking back to his car, he approached me. It happens a lot, I was expecting the "nice car" remark, but instead he surprised me. He said: "I noticed the car, but I couldn't help noticing what you're wearing. On you it looks good, but if I wore something like that, I would look like a banana." "No you wouldn't," I argued, "if you like something and wear it proudly, it will look just as good on you, or anyone else." "OK," he answered, adding, "but the jury is still out." Then as he was leaving he said: "Nice car, by the way." Thanks for the compliments," I said, smiling inwardly. Funny old world, I'm not sure if I've just been called a banana or what?
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It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me!
Two women commented on my dress/hat today. One said, don't you look dapper! The other just oggled me from her 4WD SUV and smiled really BIG. I smiled back and nodded and I swear she smiled even more.
it is very much a shame that somehow being well dressed fell out of fashion.
A second compliment whilst out with the car came from a guy whilst I was putting fuel in, at the garage. He had just paid, and instead of walking back to his car, he approached me. It happens a lot, I was expecting the "nice car" remark, but instead he surprised me. He said: "I noticed the car, but I couldn't help noticing what you're wearing. On you it looks good, but if I wore something like that, I would look like a banana." "No you wouldn't," I argued, "if you like something and wear it proudly, it will look just as good on you, or anyone else." "OK," he answered, adding, "but the jury is still out." Then as he was leaving he said: "Nice car, by the way." Thanks for the compliments," I said, smiling inwardly. Funny old world, I'm not sure if I've just been called a banana or what?
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To an extent 'well-dressed' can be highly subjective.... That said, the trend towards ever-increasing casualisation on a day to day basis does seem to proceed unabated. I often think that surely, fashion relying on the novelty, there must be change sooner or later - wider legs, higher waist, more formal - simply because it has gone so far to the other extreme. I see something of a thing in fashion at the minute for 'jumpsuits' which amuses me (not so long ago I was considering a pair of the cotton Goodwood Racetrack coveralls as easy 'around the house' wear, especially in Summer). I think it all goes back to the fact that the world is still largely run by a generation that saw the ultimate success as being able to go casual and not being told what to wear like the squares, "the suits".... suits being perceived the way a uniform might once have been.
My instinct is that dressing 'better' might, paradoxically, arise out of the increasing casualisation of the workspace. When even major law firms no have their staff in jeans, the ground is fertile for a suit to become a mark of rebellion, of being different; when a suit is no longer the enforced office dresscode, just maybe more people will see it as something they might like to wear, for themselves, casually. Who knows?
It probably wasn't the hat. It was likely the dress.Two women commented on my dress/hat today. One said, don't you look dapper! The other just oggled me from her 4WD SUV and smiled really BIG. I smiled back and nodded and I swear she smiled even more.
Interesting thoughts.
Who knows, someday we might see a US president wearing jeans and Hawaii shirt for his/her inauguration.
Interesting that British lawyers and judges still wear wigs in court