Last edited by Popeye Doyle (2011-10-07 19:18:10)

That guy pictured above does have a penchant for hats that sit improbablyhigh, are too tall, and have oddly vertical lines.

Andyland newbie from Manhattan, Kansas has recieved his used topcoat from eBay (seller that picked it up at the Salvation Army) and, despite "looking like it's never been worn", wonders if it could withstand the rigors of... a dry cleaning.  Why much easier top stick it in the freezer, then hang it out in the sun for birds to poop on, then cook it in a dryer for a while.  Jovan shills for some mail order dry-cleaning service, which I fail to believe is any different than the cleaners on every other block across the nation.  Except for the absurd wait, cost, and inconvenience of shipping each way.
http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114050-Should-I-Dry-Clean-A-Vintage-Topcoat

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Last edited by Popeye Doyle (2011-10-12 10:35:43)

It's also arguable that Europeans don't work hard enough, get paid too much, and receive too much vacation time - I wonder how much of Eurohappyland's current economic FAIL is due to too many getting too much?

Again, a generality, but probably not too far off the mark.

My mother's Good Gentle Friend Abner, who was formerly employed as a Technical Undershipman Third Class by the United States Coast Guard Reserve (Civilian Contracting Corps), often lamented that the positions taken by many of his contemporaries, such as the young men from the remedial woodworking program taught by a graduate of Colombia University (Medellin), have vanished, and been sent to quaint foreign lands inhabited by dusky youths, of whose charms he spoke most knowledgeably, since one "gets around" in the USCGRCCC :-). How he would marvel to see his stepson able to pay another Good Gentle American Type to "break-in" a pair of fine footwear in size 6AAAA!

In inanity news:

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114058-Wedding-ring-or-not
One of the most extremely British members of Axe Andy has gotten into a jolly rumpot of a sticky wicket, and is afraid of an utter balls-up in which everything goes pear shaped: he's agreed to marry a whinging tart ("a young lady from continental Europe") and wouldn't you know but the daft wee hing-oot wants him to wear a motherfucking WEDDING RING! Our intrepid OP detects the soiled fingers of American meddlers in his blushing bride's tiny brain, since decent English men NEVER wear wedding rings. Accordingly, he asks a message board filled with American men of the most retarded stripe for advice. Truly, the sun never sets over the affected pretend internet British. No one seems to notice that the bride, the ring, the matrimonious nuptualification, and the poster himself are probably made up.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114061-Can-should-I-tailor-a-trench-coat-(taking-in-the-sides)
"Bought a Burberry trench on double sale at a Burberry outlet. It is a few sizes too big (couldn't resist the sales price)..."

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114022-Brooks-Brothers-Recalls-Golden-Fleece-Suiting
An inept corporate agent-provocateur attempts to bring down Brooks Brothers with one carefully-placed news item about them issuing a recall of their Golden Fleece suiting (faulty airbags I suppose). Internet mega-bigtimer The Great Twizz responds "We do need sources, as I have a GF suit that I'm quite unhappy with......" If the number of periods at the end of that sentence correspond to Twizz's discontent, then, yowza!

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114036-Should-I-re-proof-my-Barbour-on-my-own-or-send-it-in-to-Barbour
Andyites convince themselves that waxing your own Barbour when it gets worn out (Protip: Barbours do not get worn out) is gentlemanly and traditional and ritzy and the "done thing" and so on. I can certainly picture all those fabulously wealthy British royals sitting in front of the telly, heating wax with a hairdryer and rubbing it into the coat that the man who manages their farm wears when he is birthing foals.

Here is my iGent claim to fame - I have actually SEEN THE WAXING TABLE AT BARBOUR USA! Please reserve your jealous comments for PMs. They had two or three guys from Costa Rica who re-waxed the jackets all day long, and I suspect that they did a better job than, say, Trip would while re-watching Mad Men DVDs. I still have no idea what a person would do to rub all the wax off of his Barbour. They must be taking some extremely long walks with their dogs, probably on gravel areas, and then I would imagine that they are heating their jackets on a stove and rolling around in these very same gravel areas. Anyway.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?113986-NIGEL-KNOX-%96-Nifty-Socks-!!
Andy unsuccessfully shills some socks. Sad.

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