Friday (Not Quite) Style. . .

On campus for another kick-off today before classes for Fall 2024 commence in earnest on Monday morning. A reasonably good combination of items today, including a shirt and necktie from J. Press, but the navy socks don't quite work. They are simply what I dug out of the sock drawer in a a hurry after showering and shaving.

Should've trekked downstairs to the drying rack in the laundry room for a much lighter pair of cream and light tan Argyll numbers. But, ah well. Mistakes are how we learn after all,

One of you asked about my watch a day or two ago. It's a modest Seiko "slim dress" given to me by my late mother when I turned 36 early in the century. It works very well for me given my skinny wrists and slim build. The occasional trip to the jeweler for cleaning and a new strap now and again keep it looking good.

I purchased a round Bulova -- with black leather strap -- about six or seven years back using a gift certificate from my in-laws, but the face is so big, that it gets in the way of buttoning shirt cuffs comfortably. Seems kind of difficult to find understated wrist watches that aren't on steroids these days.

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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