Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[GwenOnBass]

The dress code rules of more than one employer were stricter than the dress code rules of some of our clients. A new rule was instituted. Employees on a client site were to dress according to the client's dress code. Helped some of us "blend in". Corporate work clothes are expensive.

 

[Charlie Tango]

Publications such as the Gentleman’s Gazette speak of attire.

Business Attire Dress Code Explained — Gentleman's Gazette

And the difference between a unicycle and a bicycle is a tire.

 

[Polish Thunder]

There's a place I know where the hipsters go called Bedrock

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Not to be confused with the other older and more well know Bedrock....

 

[beans-on-toast]

The dress code rules of more than one employer were stricter than the dress code rules of some of our clients. A new rule was instituted. Employees on a client site were to dress according to the client's dress code. Helped some of us "blend in". Corporate work clothes are expensive.

Partaking in local customs can be part of business. Goat eyes are considered a delicacy and may be served to a guest of honor. You smile and swallow so as to not offend.

 

[Jeff Scott]

What I wanted to wear and what I was allowed to wear at 14 are chasms apart

Share some examples.

They eased up the dress code before I started boarding school in 72. All weekday dinners were semi-formal attire, with casual attire for classes.

Did you go up and ask for more, please?

 

[GwenOnBass]

Share some examples.

This is scary close to the look, the vibe, if not correctly pinpointed in time.

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This is more the vibe I had in mind for myself. Oh and really wanted orange fishnet stockings.

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Did you go up and ask for more, please?

None in my memory every asked for a second helping of beef stroganoff. Except that's not what we called it.

 

[beans-on-toast]

A different type of vibe.

 

[beans-on-toast]

This is scary close to the look, the vibe, if not correctly pinpointed in time.

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This is more the vibe I had in mind for myself. Oh and really wanted orange fishnet stockings.

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Schools with tartans keep the Scottish mills very happy. A nice tradition.

 

[GwenOnBass]

A different type of vibe.

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The break-your-back for the Sunday service vibe (hopefully with a smoke machine and some flashing stage lighting)

 

[beans-on-toast]

I leave schlepping heavy equipment to others.

Some churches do have incense burners. Maybe that’s where bands got the idea for smoke machines.

 

[GonePlaid]

This is scary close to the look, the vibe, if not correctly pinpointed in time.

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This is more the vibe I had in mind for myself. Oh and really wanted orange fishnet stockings.

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None in my memory every asked for a second helping of beef stroganoff. Except that's not what we called it.

First day at boot camp, going to breakfast: they have "creamed chipped beef on toast points" or SOS. I happen to really like that [stuff]. I ask if I can have more. Guy serving looked at me like I was nuts(possibly). "You want more of this [stuff]?" "Yup", says I. Other guys in the company immediately decide I'm weird(documented).

 

[SoulReflection]

A different type of vibe.

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Wow, an actual Leslie inside shot? The only part I ever saw before was the revolving horn, thought there would be more to the insides considering what comes out of that thing!

 

[GonePlaid]

Wow, an actual Leslie inside shot? The only part I ever saw before was the revolving horn, thought there would be more to the insides considering what comes out of that thing!

I used to own one that got moved at least twice a day, sometimes 4x. With things getting jarred out of adjustment fairly often, I became far more familiar with the 'guts' than I ever wanted to. PITA.

 

[ahc]

I leave schlepping heavy equipment to others.

Some churches do have incense burners. Maybe that’s where bands got the idea for smoke machines.

Why does that remind me of the "Holy Hand Grenade"?

 

[SoulReflection]

Why does that remind me of the "Holy Hand Grenade"?

Where can I get one of those? I have a present day use for one...

 

[GwenOnBass]

I leave schlepping heavy equipment to others.

Some churches do have incense burners. Maybe that’s where bands got the idea for smoke machines.

Those are the services I knew as "smells and bells". When some churches ended Latin services, you'd have thought someone put a McDonald's in the Taj Mahal.

 

[GonePlaid]

Where can I get one of those? I have a present day use for one...

Or a case?

 

[ahc]

Where can I get one of those? I have a present day use for one...

Well, it is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

 

[SoulReflection]

Well, it is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Thanks for the tip. Antioch, CA is not far from me.

 

[ahc]

Thanks for the tip. Antioch, CA is not far from me.