Re: Uncomfortable in public

Posted by Indiana James (Lambert) from Port26.westworld.ca on January 29, 2000 at 20:12:51:

In Reply to: Re: Uncomfortable in public posted by Steve on January 29, 2000 at 10:04:23:

: : I wear my fedora occassionally (it's great in the rain and snow) and I've had a leather jacket (not a Wested, but close enough for me) for years now. But I find that I feel really uncomfortable wearing both together in public. It makes me feel like I'm a hero-worshipping teenager again. Now I know it's just me. I'm old enough to handle any taunts and smirks, but still I can't bring myself to wear both items at the same time.

: : For those of you brave enough to do so, what reaction do you get from the unenlightened public?

: : Maybe I should start carrying the Webley?

: I have worn leather jackets and fedoras together for years, and while I am sure some people may have made some comments, I have seldom heard them. If the comment is meant in good fun, I can laugh as easily as the next fellow, but if rudeness is involved, I can be very confrontational. Call it my old southern upbringing, but rudeness is nothing more than a challenge, and I am up to the challenge. I come from the era that if you called another fellow a name you had better be ready for a fist fight, because that is what you are gonna get. And as far as the comment concerning that french fellow, well , I feel the french are the most ungrateful people God has ever created. We saved their asses during WW2, but you wouldn't think it because of their attitude. With the exception of the French resistance, by and large they were a bunch of cowards, too willing to bend over for the Nazis. Steve

Just to let you know, I find that comment rather offensive. My family has a deep French background and we're not sissies. My Great Uncle, who was French, served in WW2 as a commando on many daring operations and probably did kick some major Nazi ass. I wouldn't label the majority of French as cowards. There's cowards in every nation of the world.

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Re: Uncomfortable in public Steve 21:03:02 1/29/2000 (3)
- Re: Uncomfortable in public Indiana James (Lambert) 23:34:05 1/29/2000 (2)
  - You are right...and I agree with you Steve 00:05:13 1/30/2000 (1)
    - We americans could have done better around the start of the war ourselves... Shannon 18:31:37 1/31/2000 (0)

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: : : I wear my fedora occassionally (it's great in the rain and snow) and I've had a leather jacket (not a Wested, but close enough for me) for years now. But I find that I feel really uncomfortable wearing both together in public. It makes me feel like I'm a hero-worshipping teenager again. Now I know it's just me. I'm old enough to handle any taunts and smirks, but still I can't bring myself to wear both items at the same time.

: : : For those of you brave enough to do so, what reaction do you get from the unenlightened public?

: : : Maybe I should start carrying the Webley?

: : I have worn leather jackets and fedoras together for years, and while I am sure some people may have made some comments, I have seldom heard them. If the comment is meant in good fun, I can laugh as easily as the next fellow, but if rudeness is involved, I can be very confrontational. Call it my old southern upbringing, but rudeness is nothing more than a challenge, and I am up to the challenge. I come from the era that if you called another fellow a name you had better be ready for a fist fight, because that is what you are gonna get. And as far as the comment concerning that french fellow, well , I feel the french are the most ungrateful people God has ever created. We saved their asses during WW2, but you wouldn't think it because of their attitude. With the exception of the French resistance, by and large they were a bunch of cowards, too willing to bend over for the Nazis.    Steve

: Just to let you know, I find that comment rather offensive.  My family has a deep French background and we're not sissies.  My Great Uncle, who was French, served in WW2 as a commando on many daring operations and probably did kick some major Nazi ass.  I wouldn't label the majority of French as cowards.  There's cowards in every nation of the world.

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