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  1. R.A. Stewart

    eBay: 1940's Knox Vagabond - 7 1/2

    Hmm. Bidding will probably get out of my range, but just for curiosity, do you take check/money order on these auctions?
  2. R.A. Stewart

    The official lefty's hat sales thread

    I am so tempted by that Brooks Brothers felted edge. Is it a true 7 1/2? (Because I am living refutation of the idea that a big head means lots of brains inside, and I need lots of hat to cover the echo chamber.) And do you accept checks or money orders? Thanks--Rich
  3. R.A. Stewart

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Wow, 28 pages of comments so far. I wonder if people with a vintage/retro/Golden Era turn of mind are more likely than others to love autumn. I certainly do. I've always thought, for me, it's partly that in the academic world fall starts a new year; there's a sense of fresh starts and new...
  4. R.A. Stewart

    Edumication

    Alas, if you really mean the metaphorical BYU and not the real BYU, I fear I have an advanced degree or two from there as well. Buy one from Miskatonic instead, it's cheaper and more fun. If just as useless. :D Yes, now that you remind me, I wish I'd picked up some learning in the trades...
  5. R.A. Stewart

    Edumication

    I'd second what Baron Kurtz said above about the flexibility of the American university system. I assume you are within a few miles of one of the 12,000 or so campuses of the remarkable UW system :) -- you could try taking a few liberal-arts courses and see what you feel drawn to. And of...
  7. R.A. Stewart

    Tinnitus "Fixes" ?

    Reading avidly ... I can't say I can add anything from my own experience to help, except that, like most things, the tinnitus is worse when I'm short on sleep. I've seen the tinnitus question raised on a couple of other fora--always getting a surprising number of responses. There are a lot...
  8. R.A. Stewart

    What pens are we carrying today?

    The usual on a workday: English Parker Duofold button fill (late 40s-early 50s?), Mont Blanc ballpoint. Sorry, I don't know more details on these; I just write with them and consider myself lucky to have them. :) ~Rich
  9. R.A. Stewart

    Help! - my left, your right????

    Right, I'm left befuddled as well ... I'll be watching the thread from this side of the Atlantic. (My east, your west. No, wait ...) ~Rich
  10. R.A. Stewart

    American Spirits Ciggs

    Oh, I luvs me my perique in pipe tobacco. I didn't realize American Spirit had a perique blend. ~Rich
  11. R.A. Stewart

    Smoking a cigarette like a cigar - no inhaling?

    I sometimes smoked cigarettes in college--kind of an eclectic mix; I can remember English Ovals, Players, Bogatyri papirosy (the caption on that Web page says "from good tobacco" by the way, to which I say Ha!, and again Ha!), Gauloises, Gitanes, and hand-rolled Bull Durhams. What a pretentious...
  13. R.A. Stewart

    My Adam is missing......

    Well, guys, I feel the pain, but the phrase "dumb kids" doesn't pop up so often for no reason ... they aren't born knowing how to take care of stuff, any more than we are. Which I sometimes have to remind myself, because it can seem like they are taking a long time to learn. (With me, it's...
  14. R.A. Stewart

    Buried with your hat on ?

    I like that idea. I might mention it to the family. :) A pinch of Scottish Blend should waft me nicely to my long home. ~Rich
  15. R.A. Stewart

    Buried with your hat on ?

    Or too hot. :eek:
  16. R.A. Stewart

    National Absinthe Day today

    And as far as that goes, May 5 can just be renamed Cinco de Mayo con Absintio. ~Ricardo
  17. R.A. Stewart

    National Absinthe Day today

    Well, it does make the heart grow fonder. (Actually I've yet to taste it--even reasonably good absinthe is pretty pricey. But I could never resist a bad pun. I'll go away now.) :D ~Rich P.S. Well, I see while I was typing Marc jumped in with an even worse one. I don't know whether...
  19. R.A. Stewart

    What is the history behind trouser lengths?

    Agreed on both the collars and trouser length. This is from personal recollection, as I was born in 1950. Personally I hated that length, along with the whole tight and skimpy effect of early-60s style, and still do--but that's why we have so many different styles to choose from, isn't it? :)...
  20. R.A. Stewart

    Buried with your hat on ?

    I haven't decided on the first question yet. But if it's burial, then no, let whatever nice things I might have go to my children (I hope I won't die completely alone and unloved) or to someone else who might like to have them. ~Rich
  21. R.A. Stewart

    Samuel Barber's birthday

    Thank you so much. Barber is one of my favorite composers, and the Adagio one of the most heartbreaking and sublime pieces of music ever written, in my opinion. I had the organist play it at my wedding these many years ago, and if and when I start putting together requests for my funeral, I...
  22. R.A. Stewart

    1938 Sears Silvertone radio

    Oh, this radio quasi-geek is drooling ... as soon as I figure out how to get the space-time continuum bent far enough to place Chicago next door to you, you'll hear from me. (Oh--yeah--and as soon as I figure out how to deal with the BW nailing my hide to the wall--that little detail too.) :D...
  23. R.A. Stewart

    How did you start wearing hats?

    My dad always wore a hat; and I have to say, for all that he was a farmer and workingman all his life, he wore them with style. So he really was my first influence. For a while in my teens I got out of the whole hat-and-cap thing, but some of us will recall that an eye-popping variety of hats...

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