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Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In doing some closet decluttering I've run across some 'vintage' clothes. Men's Leisure Suits, some men's double-knit polyester slacks, a tweed jacket, some polyester shirts, a woman's leather jacket, etc. Everything is 25 - 40 years old!

Now I have several Questions: Should I try to sell them on Ebay or on consignment? If so, how would I find out what is a reasonable price? If not, should I just trash them? Yep, I'm clueless.


Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Monday, September 20, 2004 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Urgrace: I would suggest that you search E-bay for similar items, see what they're selling for, how they're marketed, etc. and see if it's worth the effort required versus consignment. That should give you a good idea what to expect and what it will take to get them listed.

Shashakaye
Member

05-19-2003

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 5:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't know if I should post this in Movies or not, but since it's not really about the movie, I posted here. If anyone saw Friday Night Lights and remembers the trailer at the beginning that looked like a really scarey movie about voices coming through the static on your tv, could you please let me know the name of it?

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 6:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Shash, I didn't see the trailer you are talking about. I'm guessing it might be "white noise"?

Shashakaye
Member

05-19-2003

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 7:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's it Abby. I just watched the trailer....scares the crap outta me.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, for years I have been trying to find out the name of a movie I watched many many years ago, to no avail. It was horror movie and best I can remember about some folks on an island where the water was contaminated with mercury. All the animals had had very little fur on them. I can't quite remember the ending but it was something about the people being trapped in a hole and a bear-like animal was above the hole trying to get them. I know it sounds disgusting but it has driven my a little nutty trying to remember the name. The movie scared the shadisky out of me, that I do recall! Anyone out there know the title?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 8:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy: Can you be more specific about the time frame, what year was it that you saw the movie, was it a new movie at that time, etc.? Any other very unique scenes, any character names you can remember?

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Monday, October 11, 2004 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kristy, you might be thinking of the movie "Prophecy" 1979.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - 5:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, I have no idea if it was a new movie. I think it was but not sure. Sad to say I remember nothing except what the movie was about. That's why I have never been able to figure out the name. My memory is terrible anyway.

Abby7 I will look into "Prophecy" and see if that is it and let you know.

Thanks guys

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - 5:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just looked it up Abby7, and woohoo that is it!!! Thank you so much Abby7 you're a dear! Now I am going to try to locate it for Halloween.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 11:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok guys, Darren came home today and told me he has an interview later this month with the BIG BOSSES. He has to dress business casual and that I had to help him pick something out to wear. I'm guessing this doesn't mean a nice pair of black jeans, a decent shirt, and giving his sneakers a good cleaning, though I'm clothing challenged so I could be wrong. This is a bit outside of my jeans and tshirt comfort zone.

I'm not sure how business his clothes should be or how casual. Would a short sleeved button up shirt with an almost unnoticable pattern be appropriate? Or a long sleeved, plain shirt be better? Tie or no tie? I am thinking black slacks instead of the tan dickies he wears for weddings might fit business casual better, and that his black suede, only wear for specail occassion shoes will be ok, but I'm not sure! I'm so confused, lol.

I may sound crazy but honestly I don't really pay attention to clothes so long as they are clean, in good condition, and comfortable!

Freckledgrl
Member

08-27-2003

Thursday, October 14, 2004 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The easiest way is to ask him what do others wear there. Those shoes that you described should be fine no matter what. Also, the tan dickies would still be good too. Polo shirts w/slacks or dress pants and any button up dress shirt.

I always imagine business casual as what male teachers wore to work. No jeans, tshirts, or sneakers are the only stick to rules I can think of.

Best of luck!

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I tried that, lol. Most of his company wears uniforms and heavy duty work boots. The managers at his plant are pretty casual (jeans, tshirts, boots.) The ones he will be interviewing with are from a different plant.

LOL, I'm so hopeless. I'm trying to picture some of my male teachers and coming up blank. I did see one of the male teachers at the kids school today and he was wearing shorts and a school tshirt! Course he's also the track coach and they had a meet today.

Melfie1222
Member

07-29-2002

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would agree with Freckledgrl on the jeans... a no no, even if they are black. Denim below the waist is not a good idea for a guy in a business casual setting. But if he is wearing a nice pair of khakis or whatever you want to call them, then a denim shirt or darker colored shirt, long or short sleeved, would be fine. I would say no tie.

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wargod. IMO, he should not wear any type of short- sleeved shirt (and forget a tie with any type of short- sleeved shirt). (that's shirt, also not a golf course type short-sleeved shirt).

Also, you live in CA, right? I'm wondering about the "suede" shoes if it is sunny out.

I'm not sure. I think I would start with a 100% white heavy cotton, long-sleeved, button-up shirt. Nice casual jacket and pants (dark). No tie.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, one bit of advice I have always believed in: You dress for the job you aspire to, not the one you have. So, if his plans are to move up in the organization, etc, he should dress 'up' just a bit without ignoring the business casual rule. He doesn't want to feel or look out of place for the meeting. (Have you thought of checking with a secretary there?)

My hubby wears business casual every Friday. He wears nice pants--that vary between tan dockies and good slacks, but he almost always wears a long-sleeved shirt--unless the weather would make that just plain stupid. He skips the tie, but I think your hubby might make a good impression with a tie for this particular occasion. (That could be off base; I guess you just have to go by your gut feeling there. He won't want to overdress.) Definitely no jacket. I would want nice leather loafers (rather than the black suede shoes) and a good quality, matching leather belt--just makes the outfit spiffier. That shows that he cares enough about the folks he is meeting to step it up just a notch. It's a sign of respect, I think.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL, is it wrong to wear suede shoes when it's sunny out? Clothing do's and don'ts are a bit over my head I'm afraid.

Glad to hear about the tie! Last one he wore was at our wedding almost 8 years ago and it has Bugs Bunny on it. We rarely go anywhere we have to dress up for, and for those occassions we do have to dress up it's usually the fairly casual type of event.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ack HP you were posting as I was, lol. Yeah thats the thing, these are management people he's never met or worked with, they're coming from another plant out of town, because the company wants them to be objective about who they chose. They are also the ones who will help to decide how far up he goes in the company. At least 3 of them have to reccomend him for him to go any further in the process, so making a good first impression is very important.

Abby7
Member

07-17-2002

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wargod, where are these people coming from? What town? East coast? That makes a big difference.

The post I responded to was a response to your post....about how casual the company was (that's what I got from it).

If that's not the case, definitely a tie. However, IMO, if you are going with a tie, definitely a jacket. (i already stated a jacket, but not necessarily a tie....i know that doesn't sound right).

Personally, if it's sunny out (as is often the case in CA), I would not wear suede shoes.



Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 1:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Agreed: No suede shoes!

And Abby7 makes an excellent point in asking about the big bosses' home base. Expectations and all that.

However, I would disagree with her about the jacket and tie. I would not call that business casual.

But I believe that a jacket without a tie is good. For this meeting, where he is being scrutinized for a higher position, it shows he understands the nuances of playing with the big boys.

So I guess so far, I am thinking:

#1 Plan
• jacket
• nice quality long-sleeved shirt
• nice pants (slacks or nice dockers)
• no tie
• leather shoes
• good quality leather belt

#2 Plan
NO jacket
• nice quality long-sleeved shirt
• nice pants (slacks or nice dockers)
Yes, a tie
• leather shoes
• good quality leather belt


Hope you aren't tearing your hair out now!!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 8:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree w/HP.
Dark nice pants.
Long sleeve, ironed button up shirt. White.
tie OR jacket
leather shoes-nice, dress
leather belt that matches the shoes

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'll give my thoughts by what I see worn around our building at work by the upper management. Now there is a difference between when they are going to be in the office and when they are going to be in the office with meetings with their superiors.

I would definitly wear a long sleeve, white or light colored buttoned up shirt. A Black casual/sports jacket. I would not wear a tie, although I would monitor what other higher ups are wearing around the building. I would go with black slacks along with black shoes, or at least a darker colored shoe.

Smrtass
Member

07-07-2004

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 10:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wargod, here are links to two Business Casual articles I found:

http://www.ehow.com/how_41_dress-business-casual.html

http://wlb.monster.com/articles/newcode/

Both offer good tips and one thing they both recommend is checking with Human Resources if you want to clarify things. Perhaps a call to the HR dept. where the bosses are coming from?

It seems pretty clear that he couldn't go wrong with nice slacks, and freshly pressed, long sleeved white shirt.

Good luck!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dockers-type pants, long sleeve cotton dress shirt.

If he owns a jacket in somewhat up to date style, throw it on. Otherwise, no jacket is okay. I even think no tie and no jacket is okay if it means he would have to go out and buy a tie. But maybe he needs a new tie anyway if he only has the Tweety Bird. Okay, or borrow a tie. Either tie and no jacket or jacket and no tie.

I tend to think the the black suede shoes could pass if they look reasonably like dress shoes, i.e. not looking like sneakers.

I always have this problem when I have to make Bigdog presentable, which isn't very often.

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Slacks,belt and dress shirt, no tie no jacket is considered business casual. Shoes that are not sneakers or sandals. Please no white socks with dark pants!

Our dress code at work is professional M-Th and Fri is business casual, I work with 8 men and this is how they all dress.