Pedersen and Becker

[davidhuh]

Had you seen her, you would forgive me. If I happen to see her again, I want to be wearing a DB, and will be.

[hectorm]

Sorry hectorm.... Had you seen her, you would forgive me. If I happen to see her again, I want to be wearing a DB, and will be.

Totally forgiven, my friend.
But I won´t forgive you again if you haven´t followed up on a lady with such great looks, good taste and outreaching personality.

[cathach]

Moreover, it will likely be the last suit that I commission.

Dear Rodes,

does one need to work for wearing a suit? - I like the story Flusser is telling in one of his books, about Basil Zaharoff ordering calling Lobb from his deathbed to order a pair of new shoes on a new last.

My advice would be a DB, and don't let it be your last one

Cheers, David

Rodes, I'm with David here and will even engage a proverb "fiche blian ag fás, fiche blian faoi bláth agus fiche blian ag meath", twenty years a-growing, twenty years a-flower, and twenty years decline. This may sound a bit grim, but I see it as this, there is little so ridiculous as a man in what appears to be his fathers suit, and little so pathetic as a man who appears to have shrunk in a suit that no longer fits him. To keep our end up we must keep buying suits into our 70s at the least!!

[Frederic Leighton]

[...] there is little so ridiculous as a man in what appears to be his fathers suit, and little so pathetic as a man who appears to have shrunk in a suit that no longer fits him. To keep our end up we must keep buying suits into our 70s at the least!!

Hey, chill out mate! I know people who find me 'pathetic' because I don't own a car - I don't see any fun in having one and don't need it either. Last time I thought someone was looking a bit 'pathetic' I was looking at the photo of a well-known 70-years-old bespeaker with massive turn-back cuffs on the sleeves of his new suit jacket, hawaiian tan and sunglasses. It made me realise that I was assuming people detach from appearance and devote themselves to less impermanent matters as they become old and wise. At least that's what I think every time I sit on a bus and in front of me is a 75 years old "man in what appears to be his fathers suit".

[hectorm]

there is little so pathetic as a man who appears to have shrunk in a suit that no longer fits him. To keep our end up we must keep buying suits into our 70s at the least!!

I believe that instead of trying to keep our end by commissioning suits that fit us well into our 70s, it would be wiser to do it by working out with resistance so our muscle mass and our bone density don´t go away and we can keep on wearing our extensive collection of well fitting suits for ever (ok, granted, with minor alterations by our tailors).

[rodes]

Cathach, David,
I'm very pleased to concede that you are right. No need to work in order to wear a suit. Have already taken your council on the DB and will be all the more happy to commission another suit.

[davidhuh]

I'm very pleased (...) to commission another suit.

Dear Rodes,

so am I, very pleased indeed

Cheers, David