Originally Posted by Happy Pappy:
Originally Posted by GCRailways:
Originally Posted by RAL:
When people dress like slobs, it has a subtle and degrading impact on society. To illustrate this decline in our culture, and because this is a train-related forum, check for photos of how people dressed during the postwar period (I think some of our old NY forum photos are a good example) to how they dress today.
Believe it or not, I actually wish early/mid 20th Century attire was more common. I try to look relatively decent (is this the word of the month?) regardless of where I go, because not only is it respectful to myself and those around me, I also feel better.
In my younger days my grandma and grandpa put me through the same routine, that was as follows. Take a bath with Tide laundry soap. Always a ironed crisply starched white shirt with ironed blue jeans. Lastly, freshly polished black leather shoes. This was in an era when your clothing reflected your manners and upbringing. Thank you, grandma and grandpa.
"Pappy"
You are 100% correct.
Today, even the US Army is having to put up with complaints that soldiers cannot have fancy hairdo's.
Unreal...we have become a nation of people who want and want and want without working for it.
Hire me even though, my hair looks like a monster from a Sci Fi movie and my clothes styled and purchased from HoBo's.
