New Use for Old Kilt Hose

[Phil]

A striking resemblance there I must say. I believe Edward did have quite an eye for the ladies so there could be lookalikes all over the place!

[Panache]

Jamie - there was an Easter Egg in my original post - try clicking your antiqued picture.

Far too clever Sir!

The celebrated author Rex Tremende, whose noted book "Rex Tremende explains it all to you (and most of what you having been doing up till now has been dead wrong!)" has inspired a generation of young men to dress themselves properly. He was also a great proponent of the handlebar mustache renaissance that swept the nation in the early part of the century.

[Panache]

First, you look smashing Jamie (aside from that tartan flat cap). Please, buy a tweed cap.

First Jock Scot tells me to wear my tweed bucket hat....


.... and now Scotus tells me to go forth and buy a flat cap!

What a grand thread this has been!

Cheers

Jamie:ootd:

[Jock Scot]

First Jock Scot tells me to wear my tweed bucket hat....


.... and now Scotus tells me to go forth and buy a flat cap!

What a grand thread this has been!

Cheers

Jamie:ootd:

It must be one of those trans-Atlantic misunderstandings, must it not? But I am not at all sure that I actually told you to wear that infamous bucket hat.

[Scotus]

A striking resemblance there I must say. I believe Edward did have quite an eye for the ladies so there could be lookalikes all over the place!

Actually, it's King George V.

[Scotus]

.... and now Scotus tells me to go forth and buy a flat cap!

What a grand thread this has been!

Cheers

Jamie:ootd:

I'm just saying that if you must wear a flat cap it should be tweed and not tartan.

[Highlander31]

Sadly, there is not a bicycle shop on the Alameda anymore, and you're right, San Jose is different. I noticed a sign on Race Street today for Slough's, which may have been the shop on the Alameda in the '70's; I think they are all gone except for that poor sign.

Bob

My family owned several acres on the corner of Race Street and West San Fernando Street. The property was sold off and the neighborhood is the result. I grew up on the that corner across from Saint Leo's Church. Went in the Army in 1971. When I became a private contractor, I was lucky to be able to base out of the San Jose area. Over the years I owned houses in the Dry Creek area, South San Jose, and Los Gatos until the '89 earthquake leveled it. That caused to us move to the Blossom Valley area, where we stayed for 17 years. Then it became obvious to this son of the Golden West that it was time to leave the area my family had helped build since 1839. But, that's how it is, time moves forward and things change.

[Rex_Tremende]

Actually, it's King George V.

Well, George's father was Edward.

As for look-alikes, there's George's cousin, Nicholas. I can hardly tell them apart, but yes, they both had splendid facial hair.

Regards,
Rex.

[GMan]

I'm loving this thread.

[Phil]

Well, George's father was Edward.

As for look-alikes, there's George's cousin, Nicholas. I can hardly tell them apart, but yes, they both had splendid facial hair.

Regards,
Rex.

Indeed, not to mention Kaiser Bill. I must admit to missing the family resemblance but I should have recognised the more streamlined apearance.