Aero Leather Clothing trial update

ButteMT61 · Jun 24, 2015

Big J said:
Jan Solo, where are you~?

Used to be all you had to do was ask for an opinion on an Aero pocket, lining, or hide and he'd post up just about any hour of the day. Took great pics too, including the iconic tree. Sorta like Dav's stone entry and a certain red barn...

Swoosed · Jun 24, 2015

ButteMT61 said:
Yeah I had one. Excellent if not altogether exciting nor trim fitting.
I like my 50's HBD better, but that got the JanSolo treatment with lots of custom stuff. A-2-esque buttoned collar, leather hem inside, corduroy pockets, and a nice heavy sheepie removable collar.

I still have that HG-5, wear it in the winter.

ButteMT61 · Jun 24, 2015

Swoosed said:
I still have that HG-5, wear it in the winter.

I'm glad to hear it! The hide is spectacular. Nice to see someone keep a jacket around here

hpalapdog · Aug 3, 2015

Sloan1874 said:
Also, there is a video and report comparing an AL jacket on Highwayman pattern and it's pretty damning.

Have you seen this video comparing a Roadster with Highwayman, are they identical ?

ProteinNerd · Aug 3, 2015

Anyone got a link?

hpalapdog · Aug 3, 2015

Big J said:
Surely with such timeless vintage classics, no new models are needed?
Or maybe thier design genius has used up all thier inspiration, and is now a burnt out wreck?
Or maybe thier design genius, having come up with so many 'original' styles and sized patterns, has already moved on to bigger and better things?
Or maybe #convicted_criminal_Will_Lauder_of_Alexander_Leathers has given them everything he had already? Maybe he can get some 'work wear' inspiration at HMP?

A kind of 'Norman Stanley Fletcher' chic?

Are you sure you have a PhD ? You accuse others of poor spelling but spell their wrong 3 times...

Sloan1874 · Aug 3, 2015

hpalapdog said:
Have you seen this video comparing a Roadster with Highwayman, are they identical ?

I've seen the written report of the inspection carried out by the independent expert, which is what was videoed. As I said, the conclusions are damning.

Superfluous · Aug 3, 2015

Sloan1874 said:
I've seen the written report of the inspection carried out by the independent expert, which is what was videoed. As I said, the conclusions are damning.

+1

Peacoat · Aug 4, 2015

hpalapdog said:
Are you sure you have a PhD ? You accuse others of poor spelling but spell their wrong 3 times...

A friend of mine from Maryland, with a college degree, spells "their" as "there." I'll take Big J's spelling over my friend's spelling as there is only a letter transposition in Big J's version. Maybe it is a colloquial thing?

Sloan1874 · Aug 4, 2015

I think it's just typing on the hoof. I have words that make me grit my teeth when I type them, 'silhouette' being the cardinal one, 'bureaucrat' another. It's those extraneous letter 'u's that do it.
And, really, Big J's solecism is hardly a bar to understanding - the Lounge is by all accounts an oasis of good spelling compared to the 'come again?' standards that you run up against on others. Not sure if it's down to the age of members or the nature of it.

Peacoat · Aug 4, 2015

Sloan1874 said:
I think it's just typing on the hoof. I have words that make me grit my teeth when I type them, 'silhouette' being the cardinal one, 'bureaucrat' another. It's those extraneous letter 'u's that do it.

Glad you Scots have problem with those words as well. I get in a hurry and screw them up every time. Another for me is Thoroughbred. When I am in a hurry, I misspell more than I get it right. If not in a hurry, such as now, it just pops out correctly.

Sloan1874 · Aug 4, 2015

I sometimes wonder if web forums are making people worse at spelling: either through laziness, rushing to post, or reinforcement from other people's solecisms.

Peacoat · Aug 4, 2015

Big J said:
Jan Solo, where are you~?

I have been wondering the same thing. Just sent him an email, but he is probably in bed as it is around 2:00 AM in Germany. Hopefully, I will hear back from him tomorrow.

Jägernaut · Aug 4, 2015

My favorite mispelling from others is "lose" spelled as "loose". Im gonna loose my mind. Very common.

Peacoat · Aug 4, 2015

Jägernaut said:
My favorite mispelling from others is "lose" spelled as "loose". Im gonna loose my mind. Very common.

Thank goodness for another grammarian in the Lounge. Although this is basic, it is often misused. Sloan will love it.

Big J · Aug 4, 2015

Hi guys!
I want to thank you all for being so kind about my spelling errors! I have to admit, it's quite embarrassing (funnily enough, I can spell 'embarrassing' correctly the first time I type it, but 'embarrassed' often takes two or three attempts!:eeek: ).

I think that there's a couple of things happening, firstly that I carelessly tap stuff out with my sausage fingers on my phone on the go, and make lots of stupid errors. The second thing is that stupid errors then get included in the predictive typing and repeated; 'theirs/thiers' is one, most common on my phone is that 'I'm' always corrects to 'Im', and I have to go back and delete it, type it again, and over-ride the predictive 'correction' (which is guaranteed to get my blood-pressure instantly to jump whilst muttering the 'F' word to myself).

I have a friend who suffers from dyslexia, and I can't imagine how she manages. It must be so aggravating for her.

Anyway, if you think my spelling is bad, you should see my math!

Oh, and Sloan, I don't know if web forums are making anglophones worse at spelling, but a friend of mine did some research that showed that in China and Japan, young people are so used to tapping out their own language phonetically that they now often can't choose the correct ideogram (when several have the same pronunciation), and the vast majority can't write ideograms with a pen, since they have been reduced to choosing the correct one from a selection when typing on devices. I think that globally, 'youth' today are suffering from slipping standards.

Peacoat · Aug 4, 2015

Big J said:
Oh, and Sloan, I don't know if web forums are making anglophones worse at spelling, but a friend of mine did some research that showed that in China and Japan, young people are so used to tapping out their own language phonetically that they now often can't choose the correct ideogram (when several have the same pronunciation), and the vast majority can't write ideograms with a pen, since they have been reduced to choosing the correct one from a selection when typing on devices. I think that globally, 'youth' today are suffering from slipping standards.

As a writer, this saddens me. As a grammarian, this really saddens me. I guess I will have to go back into my protective shell of peacoats and leather jackets and not worry so much about the ways others are butchering the Queen's English. PC.

Seb Lucas · Aug 4, 2015

I'm a writer who can't spell, like many other much better writers - F Scott Fitzgerald springs to mind. It doesn't matter much. Worse than this are ugly ideas and inadequate scholarship written in beautifully correct grammar and spelling.

hpalapdog · Aug 4, 2015

Seb Lucas said:
I'm a writer who can't spell, like many other much better writers - F Scott Fitzgerald springs to mind. It doesn't matter much. Worse than this are ugly ideas and inadequate scholarship written in beautifully correct grammar and spelling.

I mentioned it because Big J wrote in the Simmons Bilt thread

" why is it that every one involved with AL/defending AL on the lounge, seems to have exactly the same problems with spelling, sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation? "

Seb Lucas · Aug 4, 2015

I know why you mentioned it hp-dog. My response was not to you. There's a separate discussion here.

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