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Thanks for playing along with me Phil. $10 to 15 would be a low end retail store price around here.About 10 to 15 bucks a bottle.
Maybe he meant to rub it in that the kid had no class.
Propeller cap?
My hat comment was not really about 21st century fashion or how modern society might view early 20th century women's place in society or old time rituals.Back when women were forbidden to wear pants and vote, amongst other non-sense rules/traditions/rituals/.
I had my lovely bride take the pic on my phone. That way I could eat the "Concrete Mixer" that we were sharing! I ain't no fool. I told her it wasn't because I was bein' greedy. I was helping here with the New Year's Diet!View attachment 1400412
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I suppose I do not expect to remove a cap when riding on an airplane, even if I take my jacket off and store it in a bin. I think keeping a fedora on would look a bit weird, but there isn't really a safe place to stow a fedora on a plane.
There is an acceptable etiquette related to hats and caps. For the most part, you take them off indoors, unless they are a part of the uniform. You keep it on if the hat can become damaged or even taken, meaning there isn't a good place to put it securely. Outdated or not, it is still your choice to go with the flow, swim against the current, or set an example. In the end, common sense and having a decent EQ and situational awareness is important in life.Take your hat off indoors. Hats are acceptable inside transit areas where you’re not stopping like a train station or airport but not in say an office, restaurant etc. I’m not really a hat wearer but I will wear a sun hat if I need to and if dining outdoors, I leave the hat on if needed.
People can complain that it’s outdated and they don’t like it. Fine. All that proves is you don’t know how to behave. In addition, if the rest of the office behaves that way, they don’t know better either.
Hat etiquette (which is not hard to follow) is, like many other things, a holdover from old times which now just shows respect. Like a handshake or opening a door for someone else.
And, I guess, I have no problem with folks wearing a tee shirt, shorts, and flip flops to the average Florida restaurant. When in Rome.
Well put.Good example of how "local custom" and attitudes can colour one's response to this (and other sartorial) questions.
Let's face it, we answer the question "are cowboy boots and a suit appropriate wear for a bank office?" differently for Dallas or for Manhattan.
I keep thinking about this Sopranos scene and what it was supposed to mean. I just got a delivery of wines from winespies.com, a supposed discount outfit, that included a $94 Valpolicella, which in my mind's eye seems close to a Montepulciano, or even a lesser wine. But this Valpolicella seems to really be a full on Amarone. A different animal than your basic Montepulciano.About 10 to 15 bucks a bottle.
Maybe he meant to rub it in that the kid had no class.
Ben Hogan would approve!I wear one of these in the winter but I always take it off indoors. It's a paperboy cap I've a few in different colours and materials but it may suit wearing at the office View attachment 1399176
Dumb question who's Ben Hogan ?Ben Hogan would approve!
I suspect it's possible the gifted wine was a demonstration of how a gentleman should behave, teaching by example. Perhaps a gesture to make up for having to do the job the young man's father should have done years before.I keep thinking about this Sopranos scene and what it was supposed to mean. I just got a delivery of wines from winespies.com, a supposed discount outfit, that included a $94 Valpolicella, which in my mind's eye seems close to a Montepulciano, or even a lesser wine. But this Valpolicella seems to really be a full on Amarone. A different animal than your basic Montepulciano.
What I do not know about Italian wines would fill volumes!
I do like the way the Sopranos has nuance and complication. Maybe even intentional ambiguity. Seems to me the Godfather is similar in that way. What human beings do is often ambiguous!I suspect it's possible the gifted wine was a demonstration of how a gentleman should behave, teaching by example. Perhaps a gesture to make up for having to do the job the young man's father should have done years before.
The Gordie Howe of golf.Dumb question who's Ben Hogan ?
Nope still none the wiserThe Gordie Howe of golf.
There's a bit more to it than that.My hat comment was not really about 21st century fashion or how modern society might view early 20th century women's place in society or old time rituals.
It was to speculate that the hats off inside and at the dinner table was a development as a result of living in a world which was more dirty and sweaty (no air conditioning). A hat would not get cleaned as often, and people would politely not wear a soiled or sweaty item to the table. Whether a hat (outerwear in general) was dirty or not, parents would teach their children about the social norm of not wearing them indoors who would then teach next generation. Some things become a bit ritualistic over time. And an item meant for sun or weather protection is out of place at an inside dinner table.