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

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...

Did you find the cake I left there?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

True dat.

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!

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