Anything and Everything A-1

[bseal]

It could be heresy in a thread this venerable but I'll ask it anyway:

"A-1 ... in a sentence ... why?"



[Edit. I'll get my coat (or A-2) ... ]

Heretic. God save the King.

 

[bseal]

Lord Flashheart and CBI, one of you two former spellbinders left your hat on the way out. You may claim it at the front desk. Thanks.

 

[Chandler]

I guess we found @bseal 's Achilles heel -- I just don't understand how he can deal with that horizontal seam on the back.

 

[bseal]

A-1 = A # 1.

There’s a reason something is called a “two.”

 

[John Lever]

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Lord Flashheart and CBI, one of you two former spellbinders left your hat on the way out. You may claim it at the front desk. Thanks.

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“It’s a fair cop”.

 

[bseal]

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Sweet! Who's the maker of that 37J1?

 

[Lord Flashheart]

Before you book me for a mugshot and stack the log pile @bseal I’ll say this. I’ve been reading through this thread with interest but can’t quite yet see what I’m missing. Hence my question. Persuade me: “I wan to believe”

 

[bseal]

Before you book me for a mugshot and stack the log pile @bseal I’ll say this. I’ve been reading through this thread with interest but can’t quite yet see what I’m missing. Hence my question. Persuade me.

It's all play here. And love. No mugshot, maybe a bear hug.

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Rita Hayworth agrees. 'Nuff said.

 

[Chandler]

Hmm... Grant, McQueen? Grant? McQueen?

 

[John Lever]

Sweet! Who's the maker of that 37J1?

Gorilla Tokyo. They were one of the first shops to sell The Few jackets and now make some of their own including A2's and biker jackets.
This is their Spalding A1.

 

[bseal]

Hmm... Grant, McQueen? Grant? McQueen?

Why not both?

 

[Chandler]

Why not both?

Oh sure, use logic in a Junior High schoolyard fight.

 

[Dany McDonald]

Rita Hayworth agrees. 'Nuff said.

With that profile, she can make you wear what ever she wants...

 

[bseal]

 

[John Lever]

The drape just shows that the leather has to be very thin. I love my horsehide A1 but capeskin is way better

 

[B-Man2]

I don’t know how a thin A1 jacket made of cape could keep anyone warm when flying in an open cockpit above 10,000 feet . But yet we have numerous photos of people wearing them.

 

[Dany McDonald]

I don’t know how a thin A1 jacket made of cape could keep anyone warm when flying in an open cockpit above 10,000 feet . But yet we have numerous photos of people wearing them.

Burt, it was the tie!

 

[bseal]

Burt, it was the tie!

Or the dog.

 

[mulceber]

I don’t know how a thin A1 jacket made of cape could keep anyone warm when flying in an open cockpit above 10,000 feet . But yet we have numerous photos of people wearing them.

I don't think it really was meant to keep them warm. Like the A-2, it was basically just a windbreaker that could also keep the oil and grease off their clothes.