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  1. J

    Tailored shirts

    Not long ago, I had a red and white striped shirt with a white club collar made by a local vendor. It was a kick when I saw the same shirt in one of those great illustrations from AA from 1934 that Marc posted. I do think I made an error in not having eyelets for a collar bar as I do with...
  2. J

    Los Angeles or San Francisco: Which city is more vintage, more Golden Era, more noir?

    Oh, you are right of course, it is wonderful. It has been so long since I have been downtown I forgot about it. I think I won't make any more absolute statements as there are probably a few other treasures that I have forgotton about. As someone said above, they are scattered about. It is...
  3. J

    Passe' words and phrases

    Someone mentioned 'dialing the phone', a perfect description of the way we used to do it. I have been wondering when someone will come up with a better description for the way we have placed calls for a couple of generations now. I can't think of one, and it seems no one else has either...
  4. J

    Passe' words and phrases

    Some time over the years, the 'Oleo' portion of the name was dropped. When this product was first intoduced, during WW ll, as I recall, it was white and not very appealing and the yellow coloring came in a seperate packet that had to be mixed in. A bit of a bother. I remember doing that...
  5. J

    Motion Pictures that should NEVER be remade?

    It has already been mentioned, but here is another vote for Casablanca. Not only is the cast great, but the black and white photography is lovely - sure glad Ted Turner did not colorize it. Hmm... Maybe any movie with Bogart would suffer as a remake. Any W.C. Fields movies. Of course...
  7. J

    Prohibition

    It would be interesting to know the level of organized crime we would have in this country if we had not had Prohibition - something we can only guess at. Of course, J. Edgar Hoover, the head of our FBI for too long, claimed we had no organized crime. Cheers, Jim.
  8. J

    Show us your suits

    I started to read it, saw how long it was, and gave up. I suggest it is a good idea to have more paragraphs for text displayed on a computer screen than might be appropriate in other writing. Cheers, Jim.
  9. J

    Long Way from 1957 Chevy

    At one time I thought that I would never be old enough to want a four door instead of a two door. I changed my feeling on that issue at least 30 years ago. I think expecting friends to crawl into the back of a modern two door is like having guests and asking them to enter the spare bedroom...
  10. J

    Los Angeles or San Francisco: Which city is more vintage, more Golden Era, more noir?

    San Francisco by far. That city has a great deal of charm and history. Los Angeles is such a sprawl that the name applies to a lot of different areas and I don't think there is anything charming about downtown L.A. except for the Bradbury Building...
  11. J

    The Return of The Three Piece Suit

    Thanks Doran. I would be most happy to post a photo, but, alas, neither I nor my friends have a camera. Cheers, Jim.
  13. J

    1932 Pic

    Wow, there is are some beautiful images at that site - it is new to me. It sounds like there are more pictures of that '32 Ford, if so, I don't see them. In 1932 and maybe up through 1934, Ford made about every body syle that has ever been used on a car. Someone, probably here, and probably...
  14. J

    Mr.Rover is on the Today Show!

    I think we should demand a recount. Ray was clearly the best dressed. I wish I had half his talent for dressing and I have doing it a whole lot longer. Cheers, Jim.
  15. J

    Formal dress khaki button shirt/s question.

    As you say, it seems that Generals could invent their own uniforms within reason - Hmm, not sure Patton's were even within reason. I really can't speak to WW ll, but during the Korean War most of the stuff we were using was from WW ll or not changed much. When I got out in 1956, we were...
  16. J

    The Return of The Three Piece Suit

    When I was young, I was an easy fit - the only tailoring I needed other than the sleeves, cuffs, and sometimes waist, was to have the collar fixed so it would not stand away from my neck. I see a lot of men on TV who need to have that fixed. So I bought RTW and never had a three piece suit...
  17. J

    Paratrooper Boots

    DutchIndo - thanks - I recall that I heard the same reason - it slipped my mind, along with a lot of other things :) Cheers, Jim.
  19. J

    Looking for an Inexpensive Belt Back Suit

    It is hard to imagine that they would be happy with a belted suit when their dress code is so strict as to require only black suits. Cheers, Jim.
  20. J

    Paratrooper Boots

    The Army still had one pair of double buckles in 1953 and they were issued to me - argh! Back then it was very important to the Army that boots be polished to a high gloss. My understanding is that now the boots are rough outs and are not allowed to be polished. Most of us had our fatigues...
  21. J

    Golden-Era Hot-Rodding

    I believe the drags in Santa Ana near the old blimp hangers were the first organized drags in the country. I went in the early 50's and for most of the day the top time was 109 mph. Late in the day there was a run by the Pierson (sp) Brothers chopped 1934 Ford that normally ran at the dry...
  22. J

    WW 2 online discussion - recommendations?

    There might be better ones, but The History Channel does have forums for WW ll and a number of other wars. Cheers, Jim.
  23. J

    Long Way from 1957 Chevy

    I did not remember the name of that model, in fact, I may not have ever known. In 1956 a friend's mother had one. I think that was the only one I ever saw, so you are probably right about the concept being insulting to most women. Cheers, Jim.

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