Relax - you can enjoy being middle aged...

[buddha]

Would Debenham's perhaps be run by a bunch of very insecure middle-aged men?

  I believe that you, sir, have hit the nail on the head. Either that or they are very savvy and greedy predators.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Debenham's doesn't look to be of the Savile Row tradition !  Long ago, my first trip ever to London, I had a suit made at Hawkes & Co. Ltd., Savile Row.  I've still got the suit--my shape got away though .  That was a great experience, picking the cloth, the style issues, a fitting--with "refreshments" if you please, and a final try on.  Fantastic suit.  Unfortunately that was before the "Imperial Dollar" collapsed and the Yanks no longer were the top of the ladder money-wise.  I guess when I'm totally old, wasted with age, I'll again be able to fit into my "London suiting!"  That will happen surely before I can afford the prices these days.  Ou sont les neiges d'antan?

[Chavster]

Debenham's doesn't look to be of the Savile Row tradition !  Long ago, my first trip ever to London, I had a suit made at Hawkes & Co. Ltd., Savile Row.  I've still got the suit--my shape got away though .  That was a great experience, picking the cloth, the style issues, a fitting--with "refreshments" if you please, and a final try on.  Fantastic suit.  Unfortunately that was before the "Imperial Dollar" collapsed and the Yanks no longer were the top of the ladder money-wise.  I guess when I'm totally old, wasted with age, I'll again be able to fit into my "London suiting!"  That will happen surely before I can afford the prices these days.  Ou sont les neiges d'antan?

Well, its now Gieves & Hawkes, and they have a factory outlet store (still grotesquely overpriced, but slightly less grotesquely overpriced than they are in Saville Row) around a 3 minute walk from my house (literally), so next time you need a pair of britches for $700, I'm your man. And you can send me some corn chips

[D.A.L.U.I.]

Well, its now Gieves & Hawkes, and they have a factory outlet store (still grotesquely overpriced, but slightly less grotesquely overpriced than they are in Saville Row)

OMG, factory outlet?  Does everything have to get so common?  If it's like Brooks Bros. here, they sell a lesser quality and just add a label--rare is the chance to get the "real" stuff at the outlet.  Oh well, the Dark Ages didn't happen over night either.  The rabble is at the gates .

[buddha]

Wait, so if I buy a fake Books Brothers' suit at the outlet I'm common rabble? WTF? I can't get my bald head around where this conversation has gone. 

[Chavster]

Wait, so if I buy a fake Books Brothers' suit at the outlet I'm common rabble? WTF? I can't get my blad head around where this conversation has gone.

Why would you buy a fake anything though? Always a false economy.

And I dont think he was accusing you (the wider you, rather than you you) of being common rabble. He was commenting on the shop rather than the shopper (IMO)

[buddha]

Whatever.
My point was that this started out as a thread about middle age.
In any case I think I'm done with this thread.

[Slynito]

I think most Usonians believe that if'n ya can't git it at Wally-World ya don't be need it.

 

[Chavster]

Whatever.
My point was that this started out as a thread about middle age.
In any case I think I'm done with this thread.

Conversations go in one of three ways.

If the topic itself is enthralling, the topic lives forever (almost)

If the topic itself has a medium level of interest, the topic usually goes in the other direction, ie off topic

If the topic itself was as exciting as the latest fitness video released by Richard Simmons, then the topic dies a painful death.

This is the only forum I use, but I'm betting that when we sign up for forums, we generally know and accept that not every topic is going to stay on topic forever. I dont think I'd be overly interested in discussing just ONE subject until I'm blue in the face, even if that one subject enthralls me (just as the subject of this forum enthralls me), but I guess we're all different.

[Slynito]

Someone grab your bugle and play taps for this thread, please.

 

[mrzed]

Get your custom tailored suite in Chiang Mai Thailand.  Much cheaper there. Same fun fitting experience.  Bought my suit there four years ago. Had to have it 'downsized' as I have lost weight since then.  (In a good way).

[Razor X]

If there's one term that should be banned from the lexicon, it's "middle-aged",  something on which nobody seems to be able to agree to a definition.  We keep redefining it to a number higher than our own ages because nobody wants to admit that they're in that category, except those who are already past it.   Most of us tend to think of people in their 50s and 60s as middle-aged, and while those age categories are by no means ancient, they're not middle-aged in the literal sense of the term since most people don't live to be 100-120.  And most 35-year-olds would balk at the notion of being considered middle-aged.

[Chavster]

Well, whichever the definition we use, I'm guessing that I'm definitely middle aged, and I'm very happy about that. I had a crappy time in my 20s, a crappy time in my 30s, and I'm enjoying the process of growing older disgracefully. For me, growing a little older feels like emerging from a very long tunnel. I'm a lot more confident about myself now than I ever was, I think I look better now, and overall I'm much happier.

But I do agree, the actual term 'middle aged' should be put to sleep. The whole thing is a state of mind. I know guys in their 20s who act like they're 63, and 50 year olds who REALLY should know better...

[buddha]

With regard to my last emotional outburst I hope that I may ask for, and be granted, forgiveness. That's what happens when I don't work out for a couple of days. 

[Chavster]

With regard to my last emotional outburst I hope that I may ask for, and be granted, forgiveness. That's what happens when I don't work out for a couple of days.