This or That

[2jakes]

Belts, to much fussing with suspenders and, today, it can look on some (like me) affected. I do like side tabs on dress trousers as I think the no-belt look is cleaner for that type of pants.

SeaVeas vs. Vans?

I’ll pass.

These are the closest to the ones
you mentioned.

 

[vitanola]

Belts, to much fussing with suspenders and, today, it can look on some (like me) affected. I do like side tabs on dress trousers as I think the no-belt look is cleaner for that type of pants.

SeaVeas vs. Vans?

I gather that you are not a 'stylish stout' then. Suspenders keep a rotund man from looking like a sack of potatoes tied with a rope.

Don't generally wear sneakers, but I still have a pair of Keds which fit.

cuffs or no?

 

[2jakes]

^^^^^^
I once wore cuffs to attend a wedding.
The other time was for a funeral.

Had a grand time at the latter.


Beard, mustache, goatee,
shadow of a beard
or
clean shaven as a baby's
behind ?

 

[Fading Fast]

I gather that you are not a 'stylish stout' then. Suspenders keep a rotund man from looking like a sack of potatoes tied with a rope.

Don't generally wear sneakers, but I still have a pair of Keds which fit.

cuffs or no?

6'1" 150lbs. I like suspenders as a one-off fun thing - I have a pair of braided leather ones that look good with pleated linen trousers in the summer, but day to day, there's just too much fussing.

Cuffs with pleated pants and all dress trousers. No cuffs if no pleats (again, assuming not a dress trouser).

Lined or un-lined summer sport coat?

 

[Trenchfriend]

^^^^^^

Beard, mustache, goatee,
shadow of a beard
or
clean shaven as a baby's
behind ?

First.

Coralie Clement or Fredda?

 

[2jakes]

^^^^^
Unlined summer sport coat to hear Coralie sing.


Double header...

Hot or iced tea?
Sweet or unsweetened?

 

[Trenchfriend]

^^^^^
Unlined summer sport coat to hear Coralie sing.


Double header...

Hot or iced tea?
Sweet or unsweetened?

HOT!!

Choco-cream tart with nice black coffee OR tea with fine shortbread?

 

[LizzieMaine]

I have a package of fine German shortbread sitting on my desk right now. Butter-Spekulatius!

Macaroni and cheese as the side dish or macaroni and cheese as the main dish?

 

[2jakes]

^^^^
Depends.
When I’m too tired to fix something & there is leftover, I eat it as a main dish.

Otherwise probably with some meat.


Plain white steamed rice or fried first adding tomato sauce &
other ingredients for a spicy flavor?

 

[Trenchfriend]

^^^^
Plain white steamed rice or fried first adding tomato sauce &
other ingredients for a spicy flavor?

Hm, second.

Sitting in a train, looking out of the window, the classic meditative way of travelling OR soaking your smartphone-accu empty with stupid Pokemon-crap?

 

[2jakes]

^^^^
On a long train trip...both.
But not Pokemon “poop".

Watching a movie at home or in theaters?

 

[Fading Fast]

At home - I'm sorry if I've become my father, but too many people are rude - talk to each other or on the cellphone during the movie, kick the back of your seat, lay their coat on the back of their seat so that half of it winds up on your knees, get up several times during the movie, sticky floors, unkept bathrooms (blaming the customers not the theatre), etc. - that I'll sacrifice the big screen / sound system experience so that I can enjoy the movie in a simple, calm atmosphere.

B&W or color movies. No caveats - your choice is high-quality B&W (think "Sabrina" or "Asphalt Jungle" quality) or modern-day color. That's it - those are your choices for making movies going forward.

 

[2jakes]

^^^^
Don’t be sorry. You are among friends at the Fedora.
Let it all hang out. You’ll feel better afterwards.

B&W....always.


Fiction or non-fiction books?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Non.

Tiles-table or classic wooden table?

 

[Fading Fast]

^^^^
Don’t be sorry. You are among friends at the Fedora.
Let it all hang out. You’ll feel better afterwards.

B&W....always.


Fiction or non-fiction books?

I have a feeling many of us would be good friends if we met. B&W was my choice as well. It makes no sense why a less-realistic representation is more effective, but it is IMHO.

To Trenchfriend: wooden table (too hard to clean the grout lines on the tile ones, plus they are a bit too precious for my taste).

Old-fashion push-button, standard toggles or the rocker for turning on / off lights?

 

[Trenchfriend]

Second.

Nappa-leather jacket made of MEEEH! or made of OINK OINK!

 

[vitanola]

Shearling. At least for collars, and perhaps, a hat.

Kitchens: which would you prefer (in an ideal world)? A genuine, perfectly functional original kitchen in pristine shape, or a really good modern reconstruction (which would have more elaborate cabinetwork, stone, and modern "vintage style" appliances.)

 

[Trenchfriend]

New, modernized kitchen.

Simple cotton-flannelshirt or thicker, plushier "thermo"-(cotton)flannelshirt?

 

[Fading Fast]

Simple cotton-flannel as if the "thermo" is what I'm thinking it is, it feels almost like a jacket to me which isn't what I want out of a flannel shirt.

Thinsulate or old-fashion cotton flannel for the lining of your "flannel" lined chinos?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Kitchens: which would you prefer (in an ideal world)? A genuine, perfectly functional original kitchen in pristine shape, or a really good modern reconstruction (which would have more elaborate cabinetwork, stone, and modern "vintage style" appliances.)

Original. It's all I've ever known, and I don't see any reason to change.

Glass-front kitchen cabinet doors or tongue-in-groove kitchen cabinet doors?