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  1. Ace Fedora

    What is your favorite retro toy?

    Last week I found a copy of "Little Lulu and Tubby in Hawaii" (a Gold Key Digest from 1973) and have been reading it to my three year-old son. Classic stuff, even if it isn't the original. I started to buy the Dark Horse reprint series when it started, but quit after two volumes because the...
  2. Ace Fedora

    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    From the "Best Life" article linked above... Sigh... and he looks so darn GOOD in those suits! I wish I looked that good...
  3. Ace Fedora

    The Elegant Male

    I'm another one with the dark circles. I tried to cover them up with concealer, but because I have acne-prone skin at the best of times... well, let's just say I made a bad problem worse. I wear glasses some of the time, which helps hide the circles somewhat, but I've come to accept the...
  4. Ace Fedora

    The Fedora Lounge: The crash, The move and The Aftermath

    I only hang out on two message boards... and they both went down this week. Obviously, it's my fault. :( Nice work, MK!
  5. Ace Fedora

    Are cell phones the new pocket watch?

    I'm another of the guilty ones, although I stopped wearing a wristwatch before getting a cell phone-with-easy-time-display. I didn't like the tan lines on my wrist, plus I have some circulation problems, which occasionally cause my hands and wrists to swell up -- can get painful with a strap...
  7. Ace Fedora

    TCM 2008 DVD catallog

    I was going to skip this because I figured it was Turner's library alone... but it seems to be truly comprehensive. Might be worth the buy.
  8. Ace Fedora

    Do you have a man room/study

    I used to have a "Man Room"... but now it's my daughter's nursery. How's that for a change of focus... Had to move my hatrack to the as-yet-unfinished basement.
  9. Ace Fedora

    Hats and baldness

    Definitely genetics. My father had thinning hair at a young age. I started losing my thin hair at 13 -- long before I started wearing hats. Now my son is in the same boat -- he's only three but his hair is already looking thin. Poor kid... at least he'll grow up knowing how to look sharp in a...
  10. Ace Fedora

    What Do You Sound Like?

    "North Central" is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw "Fargo" you probably didn't think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot. Hard to argue with that... :)
  11. Ace Fedora

    Is it 2008 or 1958?? - Retro marriage, 21st century-style

    My wife is currently at home on maternity leave. We've discussed this frequently, and the only reason she's going back to work after her leave is up is because we can't afford not to. Frankly, she makes more than I do, but not so much more that we can afford to go down to only one income...
  13. Ace Fedora

    Ties!

    Thanks for the link. I'm one of those "weirdos" who wears a tie to work -- something that sets me apart because I work in IT, where even the bosses wear golf shirts -- and I've been trying to figure out what the right length is. I'm invariably tying them too short or too long. :) I also agree...
  14. Ace Fedora

    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    I can't remember if I posted the last time I was around, but since I wasn't around for very long and then went away, consider this my introduction. Hi. Real name's Chris. I used to write comics, and that's where my "handle" comes from -- a character I created a few years ago, an accountant...
  15. Ace Fedora

    Best TV Themes (music)

    I agree with almost every single suggestion already made (especially Prisoner, The Sweeney, and Barney Miller), and raise you one forgotten gem: "If You Won't Leave Me I'll Find Somebody Who Will," the Warren Zevon-penned theme to the 1993 revival of "Route 66".
  16. Ace Fedora

    What is your favorite retro toy?

    When I was six or seven, I had a Lone Ranger set -- mask, belt, holsters, two silver cap pistols. Over the years, the pieces slowly became lost, misplaced, or taken away from me (schools were sensitive about guns even then). All I have left is one holster and one pistol, minus the handle...
  17. Ace Fedora

    Curling Sweater

    Very nice. I inherited a 60s-era sweater from my uncle many moons ago -- not nearly as cool as yours, but it has my name on the back, which is cool itself. Sadly, I'm a little too robust to wear it anymore...
  19. Ace Fedora

    Golden Era Architecture Photos by Atomic Glee

    Beautiful shots. Can't wait to see more.
  20. Ace Fedora

    Curling Sweater

    This is the first winter in over 20 years that I haven't curled on a regular basis. Many years ago I curled in a vintage 1960s sweater that I inherited from my uncle. Even had my last name on the back. Unfortunately, I eventually outgrew it. It soon found its way to the back of my closet...
  21. Ace Fedora

    What's with the shoulders?

    Add my name to the non-padded list. I don't have very wide shoulders, so I look like a poorly developed football player when I wear a jacket or coat with padded shoulders. I've managed to find one or two suit jackets with no (or minimal) padding, but having a heck of a time trying to find a...
  22. Ace Fedora

    Occupations

    Sadly, my man Dashiell was not the only hard-boiled writer to suffer from a lifetime of drinking. It seems to come with the job. I wear my influences on my sleeve, I do... :)
  23. Ace Fedora

    Occupations

    I would start out as a private eye in the mid- to late-1930s, barely making my rent each month and drowning my sorrows at the bar downstairs. Eventually, I would go broke. In desperation, I would borrow someone's typewriter and write a fictionalized version of one of my cases. Amazingly...

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