Posts by Geezer

I think this is rubbish. There is a similar story that cuff buttons on jackets and coats were invented by Napoleon to stop his soldiers wiping their noses on their sleeves. Which is also rubbish, not least given that various...

Quote:Originally Posted by archetypal_yuppie Anyone else find this nephew/uncle stuff creepy/weird? +1. I imagine it is either (a) an interwebz thing or (b) an American thing. Or (c) both. I don't object to it, but I do not get...

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I just don't get the no socks thing at all, except with something like espadrilles or sandals. Neither of which see much time on my feet. I have spent a fair amount of time in horrendously hot places in Africa, South Asia and the...

This is maybe the best thread here in a long while. Great stuff, w.o.e.

Quote:Originally Posted by DerekS I was just being a dick....definitely not trying to make you feel unwelcome. Hope you stick around...this is the best thread on the forum. No offence taken at all. I'm a bit of a closet...

Quote:Originally Posted by DerekS  i think it was a rhetorical question. I rather suspected that, but not being a regular on this thread, and having seen the depradations perpetuated on other threads by the ilk of HermesMan, you...

A little out of your way, but some of the midtown hotels have a shoe shine guy on the ground floor. Waldorf Astoria does. Or Eddie's Shoe Repair at Grand Central Station, if he is still there.

http://www.mystore411.com/store/view/10657247/Spain/Allen-Edmonds-SEVILLA I was in Seville a few weeks ago, and if anyone is going there, this little place is worth a look. Easily missed, but the presence of a morning coat in the...

[[SPOILER]] Quote:Originally Posted by Newcomer So, I have a question. The following two watches are the same price. You can take one of these home from Bazel this year. You are in the mood for a chronograph. Which one do you choose?...