This is great news.

Uncle Jack well isn`t that just bloody charming - Tom ring my fucking bell Drier invited for drinks , but I -cheeky Monkey the broker of peace,
not even- a how are you today?

I couldn`t bloody well make it anyway- wedensdays- er er um Hair washing night.

yes thats right I`m washing my hair.

well granted Yorkshires - a bit of a journey from Cumbria - but a chance to refuse an invitation would have been nice.

anyway it`s too late for platitudes now- I`ve allready told you I`m washing my hare tonight- ( caught it in the top pasture whilst out with the dogs)

The cool thing is that I'm seeing Tom tonight for a bevvy.

Uncle Jack- in all seriousness - hope you and Tom have an enjoyable evening tonight.

send him my best wishes - I enjoyed chatting with him via PM- he does have some fascinating ideas.

wish I could join you - but alas.

CM

You've broken in over there, Jack.

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Archie

This is from Andyland:

"Well here I am reporting back on my meeting with Jack Sparrow as promised.

If anyone has ever seen the Sharpe series starring Sean Bean ( Napoleonic wars series,Sharpe been a soldier promoted through the ranks- the very last program being about the battle of Waterloo where Sharpe finally catches sight of Napoleon Bonaparte)
well it felt a bit like that here I was in a Hotel in Harrogate laying eyes on the notorious Jack sparrow or Terry Lean or Miles away or Russell Street ( take your pick)

Jack ( bizarelly he wouldn`t reveal his real name, so we spent the evening calling each other Jack and Tom).

Anyway Jack was at the bar with 2 of his friends who were introduced as Paddy and Jim
( bloody big chaps - dressed in nearly matching clothes Paddy had on a pink OCBD, navy G9 barracuta, and khakis rounded off with some burgundy penny loafers .
Jim had on a white OCBD with a red G9 khakis and what appeared to be identical shoes)

Jack made some obviously "in joke" about them being the biggest jew boy trad poofters in the country which drew guffaws of laughter from the three of them.

What can I say about the notorious Jack Sparrow , well he practices what he preaches.
white OCBD shirt , black square ended knit tie, a mid grey suit ,narrow lapels, 3 roll 2 button stance and a natural shoulder trousers were cut on the skinny side and he had on some highly shined black penny loafers.

Jacks a very animated man , and quite clearly talks with passion about clothing and what he believes in.

to be honest much of what he had to say made a lot of sense and I found we agreed on more things than we disagreed on at heart I suspect that we are both traditional in our approach to clothing it`s just a diffrent form of tradition , he really is very passionate about what he regards as Ivy league and the correct wearing of.

although he does have some odd tastes in drink, he and his friends drank dubbonet and lemonade for most of the evening.

His friends left after an hour or so into the meeting saying they were going upstairs to finnish what they had started?and Jack and myself were left to chat.

He invited me to see his uncles armchair that he had just had recovered and was in paddys van saying that I would really like the cordouroy but I declined.

one of the topics of conversation that I wasn`t really comfortable with was his dislike of some of the posters here , it`s allmost as if he is on a personal crusade against them ,even when I tried to explain that everyones tastes are diffrent and each is entitled to their opinion and viewpoint.

I don`t really know what more to say. If someone has a specific question that I can answer I would be happy to do so just post the question and I will reply.

by the way he is about my age 40, thinnish build, dark hair and quite tanned his most striking feature however is his nose which is very Roman ( he is actually quite self depricating and does laugh at his own expense cracking jokes about this particullar feature)

I supose one of the questions to be asked is did I like him?

on the whole yes he`s certainly entertaining company and laughs a lot, his hummour is very dry and he is quick witted , very generous as well, he wouldn`t allow me to pay for any of the drinks , He said he owed me for the disparaging remarks at FNB.

He invited me to go with him and his friends to a vodka bar called reveloution , but time was running on and I had to be home.
we did exchange phone numbers so I expect to hear from him again.

sorry if all the above is a little rambling I`m trying to remember as much as possible , I know quite a few here will be intrested.

Jack if you are reading this , thankyou for an enjoyable evening, having met you , your`e not such a bad chap. best regards to you and pass on my regards to Jim and Paddy."


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I have to say that TBD is the real McCoy. A real old school English Traditionalist. In another life I could have grown up to be him (maybe).
And I'm very glad he enjoyed our meeting too.

Do I hate my "Trad" brothers at Andyland? ... No, not really. I just get frustrated when they act dumb. We all love the same kit - I'd just like them to be savvy about the way they present it to the world & not play 'What-Ho'.

Nothing 'What Ho' about Tom tho'.

And it takes some bottle to walk right in on me on my 'home' turf with my crew round me. Respect to the man for that.

So what can I say? - I liked him. My mates liked him. His views & clothes aren't ours, but he's no muppet.

I'd love him to post here to add to the mix and to take 'Fogey' and 'Real Classic English Style' and really rock the MBs with his knowledge.

Small side point: He shares a window cleaner with my Aunt!

Small world.

Jack.

Nice to see you over here Tom-Glad you could make the party.

Dubonet and Lemonade?-you told me you were a best bitter drinker- ah the uncle Jack effect.

are you going to change that user name from Tom Bell-Drier-( tumble drier- indeed)

non the less good to see you over here.

Do you enjoy masturbation by the way - I do and I think uncle Jack does.

I can send you some whizzer links to some excellent porn- Uncle jack has even better links ask him nicely and he will send you some beauties-I`m sure.