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| I'm healthy as a broken down horse |
I have been on the new pills for over a week and so far there have been no urges to make a bowl of ass soup, but my glucose levels indicate maple syrup is flowing in place of blood. The
I am part way through F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tales of the Jazz Age. I am enjoying it. I have always liked his writing. I have often opined I would travel back to the turn of the 20th Century were I in possession of a time machine. Perhaps the 1920's would be a better choice. If you are a historian of fashion and culture, could there be a bigger shift in clothing, morals, and societal character than comparing the earliest years of the century to the 1920's? Compare Meet Me in St. Louis to The Great Gatsby. Only about 15 or 20 years separates the two stories.
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As an added bonus, there was not as much horse shit lining the streets of 1920's America. I find it interesting that as soon as muck-filled streets started to disappear, dresses quit dragging the ground.
If I was smart, this would have been three posts, instead of one I wrote Saturday and published Sunday. Yep, not only is the content boring, it is not even fresh!
Bad Blogger.
7 comments:
Seems like once we enter our 50s, doctors figure 'why bother?'. Don't stop making yours pay attention.
If you find that time machine, make sure it has room for two, Joe.
LTCG rules!
I'm sure you're a fan of Shorpy as much as I am, and noticed in every photo pre-1920 how absolutely full of horse crap every street, even main boulevards, was. I cannot imagine what a hassle getting a Model A or T out of muddy street with those narrow tires must've been. Women cut their hair for the first time since WW I put them in the mills and factories permanently for the first time, and the hair was due to get caught in machinery.
One thing about the 1920's, the Cubs had their best years yet to come! Another thing, everyone tried to dress well in public. Even bums had leather shoes and suits with ties and hats. No one would go to the corner store in their flip flops and sweats.
The question of the hour is, if HB went 1920, would he wear a bowler or a fedora? All men wore hats, and the bowler was still standard wear though the fedora was coming on strong. Or would he throw us a curve and wear a boater?
My natural inclination would be for a pork pie hat, but they had fallen out of fashion by the 1920's. I would be a definite bowler hat man. No new-fangled fedora for me.
I am a jeans and t-shirt guy on my time. I even gave up wearing suits on business calls about five or six years ago. I was the last guy in the lobby anywhere wearing a suit and tie. Now I wear Dockers and dress shirts (polo shirts in the summer). Sometimes I miss wearing my suit and wingtips.
Society lost something when it became acceptable to wear casual clothes in public.
And Shorpy is evil. It will suck me in for hours.
For those of you who do not know the Shorpy website there is a link over there on the right.
In response to your jeans kinda guy reponse.
Just because everybody in the lobby is doing it doesn't mean you have to Joseph, (do you hear your mom's voice). Buck fashion and wear your suit and tie like a real man, (maybe a real old man but a real man none the less).
I'm pretty sure SeanHannity will be the next Pope.
Sure teach but there is soooo much to be said for comfort! Not to mention reduced dry cleaning. But most importantly the 50 pounds I have dropped since I last wore my suits mean none fit! I do have a couple of nice sport coats I wear when needed
Joe
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