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  1. klind65

    Does vintage make you look.... *older*?

    I'm with LizzieMaine. What I think when I see people dressed in today's "style" of T-shirt, dungarees, baseball caps and trainers, is how childish and immature they look - as if they were all kindergartners. Whereas today, adults simply continue to dress as they did when they were children...
  2. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I was talking with a friend over the weekend and he mentioned having read in the paper that Wal mart has begun carrying organic foods. Now, the Wal mart representative interviewed stated that that decision was not based on any thing other than customer demand! People were willing to pay more...
  3. klind65

    Best quotes - Merged thread - Keep it Clean! No dashes! No Symbols!

    The other night we were watching "My Fair Lady" and there is a scene in which Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle is attending the Ascot races - her first foray into society as a "lady"- but after a Herculean effort to maintain her facade, emotion overcomes reserve and she lets fly at top volume...
  4. klind65

    Does anyone remember Billie Dove?

    Lovely! Thanks! :) :)
  5. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    You raise good points. Having worked in shops, you have a much better idea than I about all the factors involved. For me though, courteous professional and knowledgeable service is something I will seek out. If it costs me more, so be it.
  7. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Lizzie Maine, You raise excellent points. I wonder if we as a society were to decide to make it clear to businesses that service and courtesy do matter, could we change things? Would it make a difference? And if so, what strategy might we use to convince them? I've noticed a growing...
  8. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    Much obliged Feraud! I also realize that a complication for men regarding hats involves the frequency of times a man is expected to remove his hat during the course of a day. I believe etiquette dictated that a lady need not ever remove her hat in the course of a day unless she wished to do so...
  9. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    :D :eusa_clap What a story!
  10. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    A hardy hat to be sure - and attractive. Thanks for the photo! :)
  11. klind65

    The fall of the phone

    Perspicacious comments, Forgotten Man! Perspective, perspective, perspective! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
  13. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    ....Gentlemen, this may sound like a silly question, but I assume your hats don't have any securing fasteners at all? Ladies hats, I know, can have elastic bands or hair combs or of course, hat pins....but I wonder if nothing was ever put in a man's hat?? :eusa_doh:
  14. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    Braving the thorns for one's hat - now that's devotion! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap
  15. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    Please pardon my ignorance, folks, but I am not familiar with the much esteemed Akubra style hat. Anyone care to share a photo? :)
  16. klind65

    H.L. Mencken

    Looking for information on H.L. Mencken. I was reading ...of course I don't remember in what book !.... where someone described Mencken as "embodying" the ethos of the Golden Era. Now in as much as any one person can do this, would anyone care to comment on how and in what ways Mencken was...
  17. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Absolutely. I've seen customers behave obnoxiously and the best term for them is "ill-bred"! ;) Mother always taught me to treat everyone - from the garbage collector to the Mayor with respect and dignity. It was simply, as you mention, the "golden rule" which used to be taught in grammar...
  19. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I love beautiful architecture too ( former Art History major). Thanks for the petition. I just signed. Let's hope we can make a difference. :)
  20. klind65

    I lost my hat to the summer wind....

    You didn't see the hat!! :D
  21. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Floor walkers in department stores! But this raises one of my major complaints about life today - the demise of service. Mother tells me in her day that when one entered a shop of any sort - from hardware to the most upscale boutique one was always approached by someone offering help. And...
  22. klind65

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    The public telephone box! I especially admired the attractive red ones in England. In my youth we had the blue and grey steel and plastic ones, but before my time the wonderful wooden ones which I've seen in the old motion pictures were my favorites. They even had seats. They were cozy and...
  23. klind65

    What Are Your Favorite VINTAGE Song Lyrics?

    Anything by Cole Porter. Especially, "Anything Goes". No one was clever-er than he. :)

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