You Know you have been on Fedora Lounge too long when:

[Mycroft]

You Know you have been on Fedora Lounge too long when:

• Your latest loan’s collateral was you hat collection
• Wool is only good for covering body parts from the neck down
• You think of cell phones first as a nuisance and then a convenience
• You know how to write you hat size three different ways
• You know the only bartenders in town who don’t serve drinks regularly and work without tips (though they deserve them)
• When you look in the mirror you say to yourself, “He’s looking at you kid.”
• Every piano player you know has the name Sam, and can always “play it”
• You get called Indy or Al Capone at least once a week by random people
• You know Wild Root is a source of knowledge, not the newest narcotic (sorry about that one)
• Some of your best friends have the names Dobbs, Miller, or Biltmore
• The only TV you watch is TCM
• You here yourself saying, “beavers are cute…on my head”
• You know an Open Road is not an address, but a headdress
• You and friends argue who is prettier: Ingrid Bergman or Jean Harlow
• Swing Dancing is a preferred form of cardiovascular exercise
• “In the Mood” is your ringtone
• A suit and tie is more comfortable then shorts and a t-shirt
• All your suits have high arm holes

Remeber: Be nice and keep 'em coming

 

[Rosie]

In your dreams (the one I had last night anyway) you're sitting in front of the computer hitting the "new posts" button on FL.

 

[jamespowers]

When your cars, clothes and hats are all older than you.
You don't even need to question what Pomade is.
You are look forward to a magazine you have not seen yet.
You understand that a sandbag is a hatters tool not something to keep the water out.
You go out to the mall and nothing there is of interest to you.
Dumpsters become like a box of chocolates---you never know what you are going to find.
Brim is not a kind of instant coffee.
You know what an arm scye is.

Regards,

J

 

[scotrace]

Before even having morning coffee, you've made yourself run late catching up on what friends you've never seen are doing in California, New York, London and Tokyo, but haven't said good morning to the guy next door in eight months...

You contemplate purchaes in part by visualizing the "look what I found!" thread you can start...

 

[FedoraGent]

Oh Boy

You Know you have been on Fedora Lounge too long when:

• Your latest loan‚Äôs collateral was you hat collection
• Wool is only good for covering body parts from the neck down
• You think of cell phones first as a nuisance and then a convenience
• You know how to write you hat size three different
• You know the only bartenders in town who don‚Äôt serve drinks regularly and work without tips (though they deserve them)
• When you look in the mirror you say to yourself, ‚ÄúHe‚Äôs looking at you kid.‚Äù
• Every piano player you know has the name Sam, and can always ‚Äúplay it‚Äù
• You get called Indy or Al Capone at least once a week by random people
• You know Wild Root is a source of knowledge, not the newest narcotic (sorry about that one)
• Some of your best friends have the names Dobbs, Miller, or Biltmore
• The only TV you watch is TCM
• You here yourself saying, ‚Äúbeavers are cute‚Ķon my head‚Äù
• You know an Open Road is not an address, but a headdress
• You and friends argue who is prettier: Ingrid Bergman or Jean Harlow
• Swing Dancing is a preferred form of cardiovascular exercise
• ‚ÄúIn the Mood‚Äù is your ringtone
• A suit and tie is more comfortable then shorts and a t-shirt
• All your suits have high arm holes

Remeber: Be nice and keep 'em coming

Scary but...90% of that is right for me.

Jon

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

You start looking in your Grandparents/Parents closets to find a "new" outfit.

You start introducing yourself by your screen name instead of your birth name. Everyone in the neighborhood now calls me either Spiely or Daisy.

 

[LizzieMaine]

It really begins to annoy you that your computer is so modern-looking. Would it kill them to build one in a nice wooden deco-influenced cabinet?

 

[FedoraGent]

It really begins to annoy you that your computer is so modern-looking. Would it kill them to build one in a nice wooden deco-influenced cabinet?

Wow, now there's a heck of an idea. I could totally market it.

Jon

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Wow, now there's a heck of an idea. I could totally market it.

Jon

There's a thread from the first of the year about just that thing, just have to find it.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

Can't seem to find it, I don't think that's what the thread topic was.

 

[FedoraGent]

You can convert your hat size in Metric and Standard on the fly.

Your medicine cabinet contains labels straight out of the Golden Era.

You wash your hands with powdered Boraxo because it's better than the "modern stuff"

As a man you walk by women still and tip your hat to a lady that catches your fancy.

You can't leave the house without feeling "just right".

Your neighbors complain of hearing strange bells when you know that it's just your telephones.

Your phonograph is used more than your iPod.

You have spare fuses and tubes in the house.

Upstairs and downstairs, there is a fresh ink well with a finely positioned fountain pen next your WE 302.

You prefer the sound of the needle in recordings.

You remember your telephone number exchange and are a card carrying member of the Anti Digit Dialing League.

You prefer soda in bottles as it tastes better that way.

The printer to your computer is out of ink but somehow your Remington portable typewriter is well oiled, inked and ready to go.

 

[Sefton]

You know what "Ligne"means...
You have to get a new PDA because you've written on all of the pages of the old one...
you wear braces but they're not inside your mouth...
you're waiting to buy an Ipod...just as soon as they make one that plays 78s...
you're overly concerned about the height of your crown and your name isn't Charles...
you think that it's been all down hill for modern music since the invention of electric amplification...
you think that Humphrey would be a great name if you have a son...
you think that 4X4s are vulgar but plus fours aren't...

 

[Lauren]

For the girls:

It doesn't bother you that the sweater you're making will be finished in ten years because it's already out of fashion anyway.

You know the difference between a perforated and printed pattern.

Wearing a garter belt is not something done for erotisicm, but comfort and convienience.

You can go to a beauty store and are not surprised at the blank look given back by the saleperson when you ask for wave clips or setting lotion.

You can have a conversation in slang with your 80 year old grandmother that your 17 year old cousin can not understand

You can go through the top 20 songs of the 30's with your grandparent and sing them together without being prompted or hearing a stanza first (done that one)

 

[LaMedicine]

It really begins to annoy you that your computer is so modern-looking. Would it kill them to build one in a nice wooden deco-influenced cabinet?

Didn't Apple make one a while ago? I remember seeing some photos of PCs with wood framework.

 

[Phil]

A lot of companies make wood cabinets for your computers, but as far as cases go, they don't. Mainly because of the fact that it'd be a major fire hazard,

 

[CharlieH.]

- You insist on having your pictures taken in black and white
- You are still shocked to hear that Jean Harlow is dead
- You're the only one who laughs when watching a classic comedy with "modern" friends (at least the dated ones)
- The only plastic items are your home is that brand-new bakelite radio and some of your gal's jewelry
- You listen to music that not even your grandfather heard
- Your home videos are all in 16mm film
- You can't wait to get home to listen to Fibber McGee and Molly after work
- The guy at the antique store thanks you for putting his son in college
- Instead of dialing, you say "give me HAmilton 6-6653"
- People think your house is another branch of the Smithsonian
- You can recite the dialog from at least the first 3 Thin Man movies by heart
- Technicolor movies still have an air of futuristic technology to you
- You walk into a room and you're amazed that they don't have a hat rack
- You can't stand watching movies like "The Untouchables" because you cringe at all the slugs and blood taken by those beautiful suits and the abuse taken by those great cars
- Hollywood's attempts at recreating the golden era are met with your derisive snort.
- Antique means something from at least the 1880's

 

[FedoraGent]

- You walk into a room and you're amazed that they don't have a hat rack

I laughed at this one and put my arms in the air because this is ALWAYS happening to me.

FG.

 

[FedoraGent]

You can have a conversation in slang with your 80 year old grandmother that your 17 year old cousin can not understand

You can go through the top 20 songs of the 30's with your grandparent and sing them together without being prompted or hearing a stanza first (done that one)

Lauren,

Amazingly, I've done both of these and recently. When my mom's best friend and I are in public and we don't want others to understand we have a conversation in slang and the other people don't understand it.

She was also shocked that I had the exact album converted to CD that she had as a 78. Ironically, I recorded it off of a 78.



FG.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Didn't Apple make one a while ago? I remember seeing some photos of PCs with wood framework.

Actually, they weren't Apple. They were standard PC with wooden screens, keyboard and CPU in mahogany & oak, and they were VERY expensive. I remember seeing them a few times on LA Law and similar.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

- Your nieces and nephews laugh about the "funny" CD's you have that come in two sizes - smaller with a big hole and bigger with a small hole.
- When you enter things on your preferred keyboard, it requires a ribbon to be visible.
- Your calculator weighs no less than 20 lbs. and doesn't light up.
- Your Remington is neither a shaver nor a firearm.
And my personal fave...
- You used to worry about having dead stock in your retirement portfolio...now you worry about how to get more dead stock in your fashion portfolio.