Gentlemen's essential possessions

Pawwed Rig

keane2097 wrote: »

Does thread count affect how warm they are or soft they are or...?

Both I suppose. Imagine the really thiick sheets you get in a hotel compared to the cheapest Penny's set. They wear alot better than the cheaper sets too and don't bauble (is that a word?).

OU812

OU812 wrote: »

1200 thread count on a set I got in NYC ($60 in Macy's sale for 4 pillowcases, King duvet, flat sheet & fitted sheet), should have bought two sets, but they were so heavy !

Amazing comfort, like really really good hotel sheets.

Oh lord I didn't even think about getting sheets when I was there
I have good thread count ones from debenhams, amazing

Pawwed Rig

OU812 wrote: »

1200 thread count on a set I got in NYC

Pawwed Rig wrote: »

We stocked up on bed linen while in Florida. Egyptian cotton 680 thread, like heaven:D

Show off :mad:




:P

brinty

baby and crumble wrote: »

Haven't seen a vinyl player mentioned yet...

You sir are a classy gent..

Jimmy Iovine

baby and crumble wrote: »

Haven't seen a vinyl player mentioned yet...

I want one.

Tabnabs

boobar wrote: »

Good quality wallet
Nice pen
Filofax
Weekend bag
Gadgets e.g tablet, smart phone
Quality camera

Look at you, Mr 80s gentleman

Barna77

D'Agger wrote: »

I'd imagine quite a few gents on here would appreciate a comfortable bed

And rightly so. One spends lots of time there, so make it comfortable.

Skam

Haven't seen this one yet, but it's something I like to have.. a nice silk tie. Several, in different colors so your tie will never clash!
Edit: A nice, dressy pair of Oxfords too

Loire

A half dozen bottles of good red. Middleton Rare, cigars and of course, some Champagne for les dammes

EdenHazard

A fedora.....


Srs.









Not Srs

cantdecide

Loire wrote: »

A half dozen bottles of good red. Middleton Rare, cigars and of course, some Champagne for les dammes

I live in Midleton:cool:

I don't have anything to add to that. I just wanted to talk about myself for a bit!

cade

• The ability to tie a variety of knots in ones neck tie. Certain suits, ties, and occasions will require different knots so as to look their best.
• A knowledge of etiquette of different nationalitites, so as to not show disrespect. i.e. the wearing of a white shirt in a cyprian funeral is highly disrespectful.
• A selection of dress shirts of various colours.
• A selection of well cut suits of various colours. The suits need not be brand name, once they are cut to fit and of high quality material.
• A selection of greatcoats in matching colours to some of the suits.
• A high quality umbrella.
• Some scarfs of complimenting colours to the greatcoats.
• The ability to hand write notes free from mispellings and grammatical errors.
• And most importantly in my opinion, the good character to honour all of ones gentlemens agreements.

awec

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HeadPig

awec wrote: »

What is this nonsense? Post in a way that others can actually understand.

Is the bold text really necessary?

The Black Oil

awec's posting as a moderator there.

HeadPig

The Black Oil wrote: »

awec's posting as a moderator there.

Since when does that mean you have to post in bold?

source

HeadPig wrote: »

Since when does that mean you have to post in bold?

Mods post in bold when acting as a mod and not in bold when joining in on a conversation.

Red Crow

HeadPig wrote: »

Since when does that mean you have to post in bold?

Since when did it start bothering you so much?

source

1, A good pen and notebook, I carry a Fisher Bullet pen and Moleskine notebook with me every place I go.
2, A good pen knife
3, A handkerchief
4, A small umbrella
5, Leather gloves
6, At least 1 good suit
7, A range of dress shirts
8, A good scarf
9, A small leather wallet

After having a gift I put a lot of thought into and went to a lot of effort to get for someone, go both unthanked and unacknowledged, I would add good manners to a gentleman's essentials. Manners really do maketh the man.

Bad manners are very hard to overlook but free and easy to rectify.

cantdecide

Candie wrote: »

After having a gift I put a lot of thought into and went to a lot of effort to get for someone, go both unthanked and unacknowledged, I would add good manners to a gentleman's essentials. Manners really do maketh the man.

Bad manners are very hard to overlook but free and easy to rectify.

That's pretty crummy. Get the undeserving oaf something completely pointless next time like a loo brush or a box of blank video tapes.

cantdecide

cantdecide wrote: »

That's pretty crummy. Get the undeserving oaf something completely pointless next time like a loo brush or a box of blank video tapes.

He's a new colleague and I thought he was having trouble settling in and that it might help him feel appreciated and welcome. I won't bother again!

cantdecide

Candie wrote: »

He's a new colleague and I thought he was having trouble settling in and that it might help him feel appreciated and welcome. I won't bother again!

It was a lovely gesture. I hope it wouldn't put you off doing such a thing in the future.

Is there any way he was just taken aback? Some people are just weird, of course!!

cantdecide

cantdecide wrote: »

It was a lovely gesture. I hope it wouldn't put you off doing such a thing in the future.

Is there any way he was just taken aback? Some people are just weird, of course!!

No, I think he's just boorish. It's the general opinion, but I thought he might just be a bit aloof. Definitely just a bit weird!

Balaclava1991

Knowledge of the following:

Massaging a woman's g-spot.
The rear naked choke hold.
Heimlich maneuver.
Field strip an AK-47.

sheesh

awec wrote: »

What is this nonsense? Post in a way that others can actually understand.

to be honest I assumed that he was tipping his hat to people (not questioning the mod btw).

back on thread:

A gentleman should look after his physical health these day too. so some sort of sports equipment should be in order.

A good a pair of runners and some fashionable but not garishly coloured training clothes.

cabledude

Candie wrote: »

After having a gift I put a lot of thought into and went to a lot of effort to get for someone, go both unthanked and unacknowledged, I would add good manners to a gentleman's essentials. Manners really do maketh the man.

Bad manners are very hard to overlook but free and easy to rectify.

Not exclusively a one way street, this one.

cabledude

cabledude wrote: »

Not exclusively a one way street, this one.

I didn't suggest it was.

kieranfitz

the drifter wrote: »

A large bank account if he is to meet the requirements of this thread!

A true gentleman considers such things as keeping track of his bank balance as below him.

kieranfitz

How has the thread gotten this far without the mention of dueling pistols or swords?

D'Agger

kieranfitz wrote: »

A true gentleman considers such things as keeping track of his bank balance as below him.

Hmmmm...I'm going to go with a 'false' on that one

TroutMask

D'Agger wrote: »

I would tend to agree with the pen, I can't use fountain pens properly due to left handedness unfortunately, but there are nice pens out there.

You can get fountain pens w/ left-handed nibs, e.g., LAMY pens

TroutMask

A brave and gallant codpiece - the chief piece of any gentleman's chattels