Recent content by Richard

hey; i wanted to try some buzz rickson chambray shirts witha tie. they say the medium is a 15 1/2 inch neck. is it really that, after washing? I hate a too tight collar. im a 15 1/2 - 16, and would e ok witha true 15 1/2, but not a 15 1/2 slightly shrunk thanks in advance for your help to...

a suggestion the story panamabob is telling here is a good story and I think if it were stated upfront in the ad, that people would be more patient. the idea is to lower expectations right from the start. there are 90 days to give feedback, so as long as they get it within say 60-75 days...

there's something to be said for justa plain watch cap. my dad recently died and my mom says he used to wear a bere in nyc in the 50s and 60's, but evidnetly going through hsi things all he wore were wacth caps, he had a dozen of them, all different colors. i have one of his perched on my...

the beret i recently bought and wear a new beret from village hats vilhat.com in san diego. I can tell you this; it's high quality. it looks totally foreign. My friends and co-workers burst out laughing when they see it. I like th way it feels, ventilation, warmth, very eccentric looking...

the last few months ive been sleeping in a hat ( a wool ski cap I got for free celebrating the 2002 olympics from cheerios by sending in box tops). Primarily because we are not using any heat and it's cold). didn't people used to wear nightcaps? i think i remember from cartoons, long elf like...

i think im going to try one i've been giving the fedora thing a real earnest try, but I just don't think it's me. I feel goofy and my wife just can't take me seriously. don't get me wrong. i'm willing to push it and try. But it just doesn't jit. I thinkmaybe because i look kind of liek a...

mangled your words? Bellytank wrote: Just imagine if he was Joe Blo from down the road and had a public defender... The outcome may have been quite different. I assumed what you meant there is that the publci defender would not have walked joe blow out the door at best, or he would he been...

"just" a public defender?????????? i'd note for the record that around my area, the publcid efenders ROUTINELY whup the d.a.'s ass. Out of the last 20 trials in my office, about 15 were defense verdicts. the DA is SUPPOSED to win their cases. it's supposed to be WEIRD when the defense wins a...

obviously health care is going to save some people. for those people, yeah, it's necessary. that's not the issue. the issue is whether on the whole most people would be better off if they followed a few simple health tips (don't eat so much, get some exercise, don't smoke, drink in...

im not oposed to discretionary income! I also like indoor plumbing. But I think most modern conveniences and working like a dog to get them are overrated. For example; I'd rather have just a few articles of clothing in my closet than have it stuffed full of junk. It looks betetr and feels...

we are the problem Here's a recent book review from the Journal of the Amercian Medical Association that essentially argues that money will not make us healtheir, chnaging our lifestyle and social envirnoment will. At no cost. Kinda makes you think. Of course, this won't help you if your...

I think once you get past subsistence levels, discretionary income gives you less and less pleasure as it increases. So, once you get room and board covered, you get a lot of pleasure relatively from the first chunk of discretionary income, and less and less until eventually it becomes...

i am serious 1. I don't use gasoline. I ride a bicycle. I don't think we as a country are wealthier for having all these cars. I think a society that is bicycle based would be wealthier. I'm not impressed that gas is 2.00 a gallon. Similarly, I think coca cola is disgusting, as are all...

what is poverty? is this guy really "poorer" than relatively middle class americans like myself, in debt up to our ears, with relatively steady cash flow but all available time taken away, yeah, we have health care, the right to go to an hmo for 8 minute intervals after an hour wait, sure some...

humphrey in felt probably he's in felt while the rest of the cast is in straw to differentiate him from everyone else. he operates in a different mental climate, a cooler higher zone, and therefore needs a heavier hat. it's good for the scene in Paris where he gets soaked at the railway...