Thread: Are you retro?

I would have to say no to going retro. But I do enjoy retro depending on what it is. Old musical stuff and music, pictures, artifacs. Old style camping. A restored bicycle. That sort of stuff.

i prefer to think "classical" although most of my friends tell me I'm an old man. I'm 23 now, and drive a Cadillac (made in 2005, but there's something inherantly "classic
about choosing to drive a Caddy to me.), but in general I prefer older cars. I have a 1973 Porsche that is great. In high school my dad and I restored a 1955 Jaguar XK140 (will be mine someday).
I wear a Fedora in the cooler months, often wear a suit to church. To me a "dress shirt" requires double-cuffs, and I even have gold-plated collar stiffeners (dad got me some almost as a joke because of the rediculousness of them).
Fountain pens rock, although I almost always have a Space Pen on my person (ALWAYS works, and small size). I'm still in the market for a good mechanical pocket watch, though I have 2 mechanical wrist watches, and despise quartz movements (I'm a mechanical engineer so "mechanical" movements are fascinating, plus no dead batteries!)

Most of the furniture in my house is older than I am, Queen Anne, or some sort of Victorian style (though my dining room set is the only that's probably ACTUAL Victorian era).

In college I could be found sitting on our front porch smoking a pipe, drinking single malt scotch, listening to classical, baroque, blues, jazz, classic rock, and country depending on my mood.

Then again, I'd be "lost" without GPS, cell phones are nice but can be annoying, and the internet is great!

Originally Posted by Bruno

No to all of your questions

Same... I'm pretty much all modern convenience/technology.

let's see, I'm sitting here listening to "Indian Love Call" by Chet Atkins, I wearing my "Chuck Taylor All Stars". My car is a 1988 SAAB not because I can't afford a newer one but because I like it, I own a 1959 Les Paul, that I made, WITH HAND TOOLS. My "sunday best" is a suit that I found that was probably made in the late sixties while my jacket is a 1960 cafe racer style jacket. and my hairstyle, well, it was, but I just shaved off my mutton chops because I found out that that's the #1 reason that I couldn't get a date on saturday night later I might go work on our old '49ish Massey Harris which we still use for ALL of our pulling and farming needs. Oh, and later I fully intend to watch the A-Team, followed by reruns of "it takes a thief" and I I don't fall asleep by then I'll finish it up with my favourite TV show: Simon & Simon. May not seem too retro compared to some of you but hey, I'm only eighteen, what else can I do?

Count me in as Modern-Retro. I shave with a straight, wear a handlebar mustache, have animal skins, antiques and kerosene lamps throughout my domain. The lamps are for use, not everyday, but when the power is out, and I sleep in a antique cast-iron bed.Forgot to add, fountain pens lol. It doesn't matter whether it's a shopping list, a letter or simply addressing an envelop (those who bought decals probably realized this) I use a fountain pen.

I like straight razors, but if you think its because I am old fashioned your totally wrong. But one thing I miss are cuneiform tablets. You remember, reed pen, clay tablet, bake em in the sun, carry them around your neck along with your scarab amulet? Man those were cool, the first PDA or PSA (personal scribe assistant) if you will. What ever happened to those things? Anyway, nowadays, I find myself more and more using papyrus and a quill, in order to look more 'modern'.

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