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This is the second column of a two-part series.Sgt. Edward Kindred was a man of honor. He enlisted in the Navy in 1936 and in 1949 he joined the U.S. Army. During his military career he received numerous honors, citations and medals for combat and outstanding service.After his retirement in 1963 he continued his devotion to the military belonging to several organizations, the Peace Officers Association, the VFW, Disabled American Veterans and sharing that patriotism to area schools.Edward Lewis Kindred was born Aug. 16, 1917, the son of Louis and Minnie Kindred. On Oct. 22, 1918, a little over one year of age, Ed's father passed away due to a fire. His childhood years, 1923 – 1931 were spend at the Odd Fellows Home here in Dell Rapids.The life long bonds to friends and Dell Rapids that developed over those years were no doubt the root of his gift to fellow comrades and the community of Dell Rapids.Ed was instrumental in the installation of the "Avenue of Flags", 16 flagpoles, flying the U.S. Flag along the entrance to the Odd Fellows' Home honoring 21 people raised in the orphanage who were military veterans.During the dedication ceremony, several of the past Odd Fellow Orphans spend time catching up, reminiscing, and rekindling old friendships. It was a moment of honor for many of them, a plaque and a U.S. Flag flying in their name for their years of service to our county. Today, only 16 names remain inscribed on the plaques attached to the flag poles; Walter Mower, Loren Dennis, Harold Kindred, Sidney Alkire, Theodore Stroup, Orville MacDonald, Russell MacDonald, Earl Hormann, Darwin Hormann, Frank Blessing, Ed Warrner, Joseph Hopkins, Marion Mower, Cyrus Hayer, Kenneth Christopher, and Carter Mower.Unfortunately, the flags fly no more; several of the plaques have been broken with only partial names visible, some of the plaques are missing completely leaving two of the 21 unidentified, and one of the flag poles is missing.Ed passed away April 13, 2004 knowing in his heart he served his family, community, and country with dignity, honesty and devotion. "Day is done, gone the sunFrom the lakes, from the hills, from the skyAll is well, safely restGod is nigh."
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A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed.
Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds. They are desperately trying to figure out how to sell a new product called Febreze, on track to be one of the biggest flops in company history. Suddenly, one of them detects a nearly imperceptible pattern - and with a slight shift in advertising, Febreze goes on to earn a billion dollars a year.
An untested CEO takes over one of the largest companies in America. His first order of business is attacking a single pattern among his employees - how they approach worker safety - and soon the firm, Alcoa, becomes the top performer in the Dow Jones.
What do all these people have in common? They achieved success by focusing on the patterns that shape every aspect of our lives. They succeeded by transforming habits.
In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for transformation.
Along the way, we learn why some people and companies struggle to change, despite years of trying, while others seem to remake themselves overnight. We visit laboratories where neuroscientists explore how habits work and where, exactly, they reside in our brains. We discover how the right habits were crucial to the success of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and civil-rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. We go inside Procter & Gamble, Target superstores, Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, NFL locker rooms, and the nation's largest hospitals, and see how implementing so-called keystone habits can earn billions and mean the difference between failure and success, life and death.
At its core, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive, building revolutionary companies and social movements, and achieving success is understanding how habits work.
Habits aren't destiny. As Charles Duhigg shows, by harnessing this new science, we can transform our businesses, our communities, and our lives.
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"Nice! A guide on how to change"
At first I was hesitant to buy this book as I have read several self help books like Today Matters, Awaken the Giant Within, etc. And I just didnt want to buy another one as after a couple of books the information in them starts getting repetitive and the truth is if you actually do what is in one book it will be more than enough. The only problem is that we read a lot and do not persist in doing what we learned form the book...or at least thats the case for me.
But I bough this book anyway as it seemed different and the reviews on it were good. It was worth it.
In the book, the author talks about habits and how to create new ones and stick to them. He doesn't tell you do this and that to be more productive, rather he tells you how to craete habits and then start doing them naturally without effort or thinking...whatever that habit is. He provides scientific evidence that when an act becomes a habit, your brain does less work to do it!
He says for a certain action to become a habit, there are three things:
1. A cue that triggers the action
2. Repetition: You have to repeat the action everytime the cue happens
3. Reward: A reward at the end
And so to change the bad habits that you have, you will not ignore the cue that drove you to that old habit but rather you will act diffrently. In other words, you will satisfy your craving in another way as ignoring it will only solve the problem temporarily and after a while you will go back to your old habits again.
And so you will keep the cue and the reward but change the routine in the middle....but first you need to see what you were really craving. Was it really that chocolate bar you were craving or were you bored at work and wanted a distraction? If it was boredom, then go and socialize instead. Like this you didn't ignore the cue (boredom) or the reward (getting out of boredom) but you simple replaced the bad habit(chocolate) with a good one (socializing).
But he then states that usually people create habits and stick to them until a crisis or pressure comes. At that moment, people usually go back to their old habits mainly because they do not believe in the new system or the new habit. And that adds the fourth element of creating a habit which is belief - belief in the habit and in something bigger - like God. Believing that there is a God or that there is a higher power that will take you through this hard times is essential to keep you going on and not falling back. This will be specially usefull in bad habits like drinking.
He then states that people usually try to change everything at once and thus do that for a little while and then get overwhelmed and return back to all their old habits.
And so to stick to a habit and change your life, you need to select a key stone habit. A key stone habit is a habit that when you change it, all other habits will automatically change. For example, if you write a daily food journal - just writing what you eat, you have not decided to eat less or anything else - just writing what you eat down will eventually make you watch what you eat and change it. Consequently, by just focusing on this one habit you encourged other habits. However, you will not be overwhelmed by a sudden lot of change.
He then talks about grit - which is to keep walking towards your goal for years inspite of challenges and obstacles, and regardless of how long it takes you to achieve it. He says that will power and self discipline are the most important factors for success - not IQ or anything else. That will power is a habit too. That it is a muscle that can be excercised, that when you have will power you start to change how you think. That you have to practice focusing on goals, writing plans and identifying simple cues and obvious rewards. For example, you should write a plan on how one would act in a specific situation. Specifically what you would do when things go wrong or get tough.
He also talks about crisis and how people are more open to change during crisis and that this will be a good opportunity to change social habits.
As for the ingredients for social habits:
1. Protest
2. Peer pressure
3. Must be self prepelling. People have to be participants and not followers
He talks a lot more about social habits but that is just a summary
To sum up he says that to create new habits and to change you have to:
1. Decide to work hard. As it a lot of hard work and will not come easily.
2. Identify cue and reward
3. One has to have self control and be self conscious
That habits are what you choose them to be. That they are the unthinking choices that we make everyday. By making them visible we can change them.
Also, he backs up all this by providing examples and scientific evidence.
"Good, but...."
Some aspects of this book are great. It is a real discussion of habit, and techniques to change it. The anecdotes get extremely annoying. The author jumps from one story, to another, and then back again. It lacks a summary of the main point of each chapter, which would really help drive things home.
In one chapter I listened to a discussion of brain surgery and a a blow by blow detail of a big surgical error. This story was then displayed as an example of negative habits.
That sounds OK in theory, but it took the author twenty minutes to get to the point. I felt like most of the meaning of the book got buried in the examples, and there was no clarification on the meat of the information.
It's narrated well.
This book is so informational, interesting and well told it makes me not want to stop listening to it! Understanding how habits are formed and called upon, and used in business has been very valuable!
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"Interesting stories, but not all linked to Habits"
Good reader, and many interesting stories about persons whose injuries allow a closer examination of those parts of the brain that control habits and other behaviors. And some of the other stories well researched (London Subway Fire, Rosa Parks boycott, etc,) and were interesting.
No. This is a collection of stories looking for a theme. In fact, it seems like he had to work hard to find a theme to fit his stories. The longer I read, the thinner the connection.
In the final section, the author sets up a comparison between two individuals (a sleep walker who killed his wife and a gambler who spent all her family's money) and set up a red herring suggesting that habits out of their control forced their actions and they should have been treated equally. The weakness in the argument was so apparent that it was just irritating when he finally came around to make the obvious case that the gambler had many opportunities for intervention and the sleepwalker who acted once. So while I learned some things about habits early in the book and then listened to some interesting stories in the middle, the longer the book went, the more it became obvious that anything in this author's world could be easily explained--and included in--a book about habits.
"Not Unabridged: "Using These Ideas" is Missing"
Why one star? This is not unabridged. The eleven page Appendix, "A Reader's Guide to Using These Ideas" is missing. The Appendix *is* the conclusion, and without it, the book's lessons do not coalesce.
The performance is strong, if a bit chipper for a morning commute, and Mike Chamberlin is a good companion after a cup of coffee.
The story is strong. A clear, simple structure, but it may trick readers into skipping parts, especially the last section, in which a pivotal moment in American history is linked to the founding of the MegaChurch (and in the hands of lesser man than Rick Warren, it is a How To for founding a cult). The last chapter stumbles into lumpy epiphanies. One paragraph (p 271) begins, "That, in some ways, the point of the book."
(And I would have appreciated the Acknowledgements being included. Some can be tedious, like listening to the Best Man after too many drinks, but Duhigg's are genuine and insightful. Further, the endnotes are smart, thorough and enlightening. His expertise as an investigative journalist shines.)
"This Book Became a Habit"
I originally bypassed this book, pre-judging it as more of the same from various mental health professionals and experts in neuroscience. Then I heard it referenced in an unrelated podcast about the game of Blackjack and my interest was piqued.
Some of the examples and case studies have frequently appeared in non-fiction and fiction alike, but this book makes use of plenty of other newer and more unusual (at least to me) examples, stories and experiences, and is quite salient on how habit works. I wasn't as interested in the dynamics of habit in groups and I almost put the book down and gave it a rest at the beginning of that section. I kept with it, though and was "hooked by habit" once again.
Can't add more to what others have said, though agreed, it would have been helpful to have had access to the user guide mentioned by another reviewer. I was not expecting a "how to" book on the methods of change in personal and professional life, so I was not disappointed, and actually I prefer a macro lens in books of this genre, and appreciated the aerial view of the dynamics of change, preferring it to a book on how habits develop and affect the individual in general and me personally. But the latter does get covered anyway and it's a bonus.
The narration is perfect and I am glad the author was not selected for this reading. That statement is not necessarily applicable to this book and this author as I have never heard his speaking voice but generally, self-narration frequently doesn't work all that well - just personal taste here - and I prefer a neutral voice, a reading by someone who is not necessarily a stakeholder in the book and whose interpretation can be more objective.
I'm sure I'll give this one another read at some point.
"Nothing Groundbreaking"
The writer expands the meaning of "habits" to cover most all of human behavior. The connections between some of his stories and how they relate to habits are weak. It's also annoying how he jumps from one story to the next without reaching a conclusion to the previous story and then comes back to it later. One story at a time please! The book was a lot longer than it had to be. It can all be summed up in a couple sentences...
Habits start with a cue and end with a reward. Identify the cue and reward and work hard to change the habit in between.
He doesn't even give methods on how to apply his ideas. Nothing helpful. Nothing groundbreaking.
"Great, real world stories that drive the point"
Really interesting biographies of actual professionals and athletes that have used habit to excel in their fields
You realize how effective habits and shaping,creating habits can be
I have begun creating routines and sticking to them. It's work at first, but the book provides inspiration and insight so that you keep at it.
Really enjoyed this book. Very different from the usual self-help books.
"Excellent book on how habits influence us"
Learn good habits. The author gave a great overview of how habits are formed, how they affect our daily lives and how we can work to change them when they are not good. He offers real life examples of good and bad habits.
Read with feeling, easy to listen to.
Well paced.
If you want to understand why you repeat behaviors you don't want to or why you fail to do what you want to do, this book can help.
"Interesting, not what I was looking for though."
I expected more self help and less stories. Although the stories are supposed to be examples, the didn't actually cover the lesson on how to change habbits which I was looking for.
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Notre Dame is doing well on the football field this season, but it turns out they have a few tricks up their sleeves off the field as well.
The team has popularized what they call "Trick Shot Monday," a game in which they attempt to bank ping pong balls off random surfaces into water cups.
With ESPN College Gameday in South Bend, Ind., this weekend, reporter Samantha Steele decided to join the Fighting Irish and try her hand at some of her own trick shots. Steele attempted to bank in shots off everything from a camera lens to a Notre Dame logo on the wall, as players crowded around.
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If you want soft with sturdiness, this is it. I mean the pillow top is like sleeping on a cloud that molds to my body in what ever position I am in. The firmness of the matress below the pillow top make it feel like you are not going to sink to the bottom. This brand has several firmness levels for the pillow top, for those who prefer a more firm feel. The sealy company is hands down the best. I have the "numbers" bed, terrible! You have to use the pump once a week, and it's as loud, and never achieved what they claimed.
The mattress came in a couple weeks, the delivery guys were quick and friendly, and I sleep better than I have in years now. I am pleased with every aspect of my new mattress and the process of ordering and receiving it. The only issue I had? I forgot to order a bed frame! It would've been nice if overstock.com suggested accessories such as this during check out lol
Unfortunately, my box spring couldn't fit up our stairs but the mattress on a platform bed is very comfortable. I wake up so happy! :)
I purchased this mattress over a month ago and have been using it since, I could not be happier! I did a lot of research as to which brand of innerspring mattresses are the best and decided to try the Sealy Posturpedic. I have slept on other pillow top mattresses and find that a lot of them are way too soft and do not feel supportive. This mattress is the perfect amount of softness with the right amount of support so you feel aligned and SO comfortable. I suffer from back and neck pain and used to toss and turn all night long and I now find myself waking up in the same position as well as my husband so you know we have an incredibly comfortable mattress! When I lay down my back will actually stop hurting and I can totally relax. It was a gamble buying a mattress online, but you can't beat the price and the free delivery and set up and I'm so happy with the quality and comfort of this mattress! I'm mainly a side and back sleeper and it's just perfect, I'm so happy with it!
Though this bed is very tall - you'll have to get deep pocket sheets - we are so glad we got it. It is not a hard, hard mattress, but more a midrange in feel. Really like to the pillow top. The delivery took a bit long. I had to call the delivery company after a week - but they were very accommodating and got it out as soon as they could. The delivery guys were SUPER nice and they had to carry the mattresses up and down our very long driveway because it is steep and gravel and they weren't sure they could get out again in the dark. I felt so badly for them and they were so sweet, I tipped them all I had in my purse - which sadly wasn't much. I was - and still am - very happy with the purchase!
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Amazingly comfortable mattress for a great price! The mattresses for this price at all the mattress stores I checked out were horrible! This feels like a high end mattress for a very reasonable price.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - Newtown's schools superintendent is urging an indefinite police presence at the district's schools to allay fears among parents and children about gun violence.
The News Times reports that a continuing police presence is necessary, with Newtown's department supplemented by officers from other departments, Schools Superintendent Janet Robinson said.
"I've told the police we need them," she said.
Children have not ventured outside school for recess because of anxiety, she said.
Robinson said a continuing police presence would help children believe it is "safe for them to go outside to play."
The Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 children and six educators were fatally shot by a gunman on Dec. 14, remains closed. Students and staff are using a school in neighboring Monroe.
Parent Amy Roman has asked the Police Commission and Board of Education to continue to provide two police officers at each of the district's six schools.
"We feel this has gone from a want to a need," Roman said.
Police Commission Chairman Paul Mangiafico advised Roman to make her opinions known to other town officials.
"Whatever this town ends up looking like in six months or two years from now will be the result of a lot of thought," he said.
School officials say they've received nearly 300 e-mails, many voicing concern about long-term security and a police presence.
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With the recent "divorce" between Legendary Pictures and Warner Brothers the Seventh Son is losing it's release date. The Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore picture has lost its January 17th, 2014 release date. A new one has not been set yet.
According to the Hollywood Reporter: "The film is moving to Universal Pictures, where Legendary set up shop in July after a long partnership with Warner Bros. Legendary fully financed the Sergei Bodrov-directed Seventh Son, so the Universal release will be a distribution-only arrangement. A Universal rep confirms the studio is taking on the film but says 'we haven't picked a release date yet'."
The Seventh Son isn't the only film affected by this separation. Legendary gave up it's right to the Man of Steel sequel in exchange for Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.
Waracraft (yes, that one) by Legendary Pictures is now being submitted to Universal as well as Hot Wheels, Mass Effect and Cyber. Cyber is the next project by Michael Mann (Last of the Mohicans, Miami Vice) featuring Chris Hemsworth.
We saw this in Hall H at Comic Con. Looks pretty good. I didn't know that Legendary was cutting ties with WB. Kind of sad to hear that, as I have always associated the Legendary logo with the DC movies. If I am going to have to get used to seeing Star Wars without the 20th Century Fox fanfare, guess I can get used to this. ;)
I have a weird feeling concerning Fox and Star Wars that won't go away... Maybe it's just indigestion, or maybe it's that I have a feeling that Fox are going to cut a deal concerning Fantastic |Four with Disney, and maybe after Days of Future Past, and Fox will distribute all these films (including Star Wars) but production will revert to Marvel Studios...
why would Disney want to lose a shit load of money by giving away the Star Wars movie distributon rights?
Does anyone else think Bridges looks just like Oliver Queen from Dark Knight Returns...
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I guess I was just hoping that they would some sort of accord and the Star Wars distribution right may get Fox to give Marvel their characters back...
They have up Man Of Steel rights? Hope that's a smart move for them. It could turn into a cash cow. Or without Legendary's help it could tank. We all know how WB does with their comic book movies when left on their own.
I really enjoyed MoS and hope they continue to do well with the sequels.
Hey I had this movie on my watch list, look like a good mid-winter flick to check out.
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A fascinating story in the New York Times about schooling in India has a few things to teach American educators; mainly, that the poor really do want a good education. (I have had extended discussions with colleagues about the question of educating the poor (see here, here, and here) and Kathleen Porter Magee's The "Poverty Matters" Trap is a must-read for anyone investigating the subject.)
As it turns out, public schools in India, like many in the U.S., are apparently lousy – "in many states," write Vikas Bajaj and Jim Yardley about India, "government education is in severe disarray, with teachers often failing to show up." But unlike the U.S., where charter schools and vouchers have begun to offer alternatives, In India the poor have turned to a network of private schools to educate their children. It is much as James Tooley described it in a 2005 story in Education Next (and his subsequent book, The Beautiful Tree), recounting amazing stories from around the world:
[T]he poor have found remarkably innovative ways of helping themselves, educationally, and in some of the most destitute places on earth have managed to nurture a large and growing industry of private schools for themselves.
Checker wrote about this phenomenon in India in 2008:
I confess: I was impressed--and slightly sheepish, too, considering I've lived and traveled in India and other "third world" countries over many years and worked in the education field...
I confess: I was impressed--and slightly sheepish, too, considering I've lived and traveled in India and other "third world" countries over many years and worked in the education field
The controversy over the recent New York Times front-page slam of K12 Inc. was ostensibly about the company's inability to deliver online education (see CEO Ron Packard's reply here), but one of the more interesting parts of the ensuing debate was not about computers and education but about delivering education for profit – which is what Packard's company does. (Full disclosure: I have done some editing work for K12.)
This morning Walt Gardner, who writes the Reality Check blog for Education Week, penned a letter to the Times editor that seems to sum up the anti-profit school of thought pretty well:
Agora Cyber Charter School [the K12 school that was the Times' whipping post] serves as an instructive case study of what happens when schools are run like businesses. The profit motive always assures that the education of students takes a back seat to the enrichment of investors.
Nevertheless, free market advocates have managed to exploit the frustration and anger felt by taxpayers over the glacial progress of traditional public schools to advance their agenda. In the end, it will become clear that it's impossible to provide a quality education and show a profit at the same time.
This is a brief but concise compilation of some of the misguided beliefs about business and education, and it reinforces a working theory of mine: that many education establishmentarians lean far to the left on governance issues other than those affecting education. (See my post...
Last year I attempted to rank the top education stories of the year using Google (e.g. 2,200,672 results in 0.18 seconds versus 1,607,000 results in 0.12 seconds). It was fun, but it was bit too nuanced (algorithmically speaking) to work. (My top ten stories of the year, according to this measure, were: 1. Race to the Top, 2. Bullying, 3. Recession and public school, 4. Common Core Standards 5. New York Wins Race to the Top, 6. Parent Trigger, 7. Waiting for Superman, 8. Character Education, 9. PISA results 2010, 10. Arne Duncan.) So, this year, I simply Googled for "Education 2011" stories and found some good summaries of the year's top education events—and Rick Hess's predictions of next year's important issues and trends. Without further ado:
This is a fascinating report from the National Center for Education Statistics that, says NCES, summarizes "important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report presents 50 indicators on the status and condition of education, in addition to a closer look at postsecondary education by institutional level and control. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education for which accurate data are available." Some of the important indicators, which you might call perennials, include:
Guest blogger Ray Pinney is member outreach coordinator for the New Jersey School Boards Association. In this post, which originally appeared on the NJSBA BoardBlog, he reflects on Fordham and CAP's Rethinking Education Governance conference and what governance reform means for the Garden State.
After I graduated from college, I took the summer off and backpacked through Europe because I figured that it might be the last time I could travel without time constraints (of course, I was right about this). Not being able to speak the native languages provided some funny and not-so-funny incidents. In any case, I am sure most of you have been in a situation where the discussion is hampered by the two people not speaking the same language. It can be frustrating at times and shows how simple things can become so complicated.
A few weeks ago, I described an education reform program I attended, Rethinking Education Governance for the Twenty-First Century, which was sponsored by the Fordham Institute. The presenters were for the most part academics with impressive credentials. For those who have been part of public education for a while, some of these concepts may just turn your world upside down. That is because they are seriously considering "rethinking" education, not just tweaking it.
Most of you know that New Jersey's commissioner and governor both want to change teacher tenure and teacher evaluations, as well...
Okay, it's not exactly what Rupert might condone, but since he and his crew are preoccupied and because our News Nuggets shop has plenty to do, I offer some education highlights from my weekend reading:
Charter Fights Move to the Suburbs Winnie Hu had a front-page story in the Sunday New York Times documenting a small trend in the charter movement to open more of the independent public schools in suburbs: about one in five of the nation's 5,000 charters are now in the ?burbs.? Not surprisingly, the story raises some existential questions about public education. ?Mike calls attention to the article in his Myth of the ?good? school post this morning, pointing out that ?One person's `good school' is another person's `bad fit.'? ?But there is also a ?financial question here, which is whether we can afford a good school, or even a good fit, for everyone. Is the computer the answer? Just as we citizens and taxpayers pool our resources to build common roads and ?provide for the common defense,? our ?public school system? has traditionally supposed that we get better education by having common schools. Traditionally, that has meant a central location. But if we don't need bricks and mortar to educate, do we still need a there there?
Rocketship Takes Off One of the newest charter success stories, Palo-Alto-based Rocketship Education may provide some answers.? According to Vauhini Vara of the Wall Street Journal, the the four-year old organization, which operates...
Terry Ryan said it well, praising The Mind Trust's Indianapolis school reform plan, Creating Opportunity Schools, as a "bold and dramatic transformation of public education akin to what has taken place in New Orleans and New York City." And it's true that "the most controversial part of the reform plan," as Terry writes, "calls for neutering the role of the current IPS [Indianapolis Public Schools] school board, while turning governance over to a new five member board appointed jointly by the mayor and the City-County Council." This is indeed a bold consolidation of power. But the plan also calls for turning Indianapolis into a district of total choice, in which all schools would compete for students — a bold diffusion of power. By combining mayoral authority and parental choice, as Paul Peterson suggests in his masterful 2010 book Saving Schools, The Mind Trust proposal would create "a marriage made in heaven":
Theoretically, the excellence movement's two central thrusts — accountability and parental choice — are complementary strategies designed to enhance school quality: information supplied by an accountability system can be made available to parents, who can then make intelligent choices among schools.
But Peterson warns that "when choice and accountability are pursued simultaneously, they operate on a...
A new round of the popular education board game, Poverty Matters, began last week with a New York Times op-ed by Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske, titled, "Class Matters: Why Won't We Admit It?" (Interestingly, the essay is really about poverty, not class, and the paper that Ladd wrote on which the essay is based is titled Education and Poverty: Confronting the Evidence. See also Kathleen Porter-Magee's The `Poverty Matters' Trap from last July's Flypaper.)
Ladd and Fiske's essay was one of those broadsides that spreads through the teacher ranks like a brush fire. I received my email copy from one of our district's veteran teachers, a hard-working, dedicated woman who rarely misses an opportunity to remind me that she and her colleagues would be doing a fine job were it not for unmotivated kids and their irresponsible parents. And Diane Ravitch weighed in, calling to mind, in tune with the season, the story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim, offering to "update this tale for today's school reformers" by calling attention to Ladd and Fiske's op-ed. (Ravitch says she uses Ladd's Education and Poverty paper in her post.)
What I don't understand in all of this is who exactly is claiming that class (or poverty or parents or kids) doesn't matter? Ladd and Fiske spend most of their essay stating the obvious: that socio-economic circumstance matters to education outcomes....
While I'm still digesting the papers and footage from the recent day-long Rethinking Education Governance for the 21st Century symposium (sponsored by Fordham and the Center for American Progress), I want to call your attention to some intriguing outlier governance events and stories.
First, on NPR recently, CNN host Fareed Zakaria said that the Founders were so "obsessed with the problem of absolute power" that they created an unworkable government. "The system in Washington is so unwieldy that in order to get everybody to agree, [it] would seem to take a miracle and would perhaps take decades." Is that good or bad? (Checker and Mike suggest that, as far as education governance goes, we've got to return more powers to the states.) On the same NPR show, former Congressman Mickey Edwards argued that the problem is not the Constitution – and the governance structure it created – but the party system. Sure, you can create an efficient government, like China, said Edwards, "the people just get in the way." He continued: "Well I think that's nonsense. We don't need to change to a system that gives more power to the top…What you want is more power in the people. You have to figure out what's denying them that power, whether it's the political primary system [or] whether it's the redistricting system; figure out what the problems are...
It wasn't considered one of the top five moments of Saturday's Republican presidential debate, according to the New York Times, but it should have been. After Romney attacked Gingrich for his Harvard proposal to put poor kids to work as school janitors (see my post last week) the new GOP front-runner, having taken some hits for his earlier comments (see my friend, Bronx teacher Mark Anderson), proves himself an able barometer of public opinion, dropping the kids-as-janitors idea but not losing his direction:
Kids ought to be allowed to work parttime in school, particularly in the poorest neighborhoods, both because they could use the money — if you take one half of the New York janitors, who are unionized and are paid more than the teachers. An entry-level janitor is paid twice as much as an entry-level teacher. You take half the janitors, you could give lots of poor kids work experience in the cafeteria, the school library, in the front office and a lot of different things. I'll stay by the idea that young people ought to learn how to work. Middle class kids do it routinely. We should give poor kids the same chance to pursue happiness.
Yes, there was applause.
In fact, Gingrich continues to be the only Republican candidate talking seriously about education. (See home pages for Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Michelle Bachman, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum,...
While the first two sessions of last Thursday's Fordham-CAP Rethinking Education Governance conference explored problems posed by the way America governs education, the afternoon panels focused on potential solutions. In the third session, Michael Minstrom, Barry Rabe, Richard Walley, and Paul Manna attempted to draw lessons for education governance from other sectors and countries.
In the final segment, Checker moderated a discussion of big-picture governance reforms that featured Paul Hill, Kenneth Meier, Jon Schnur, and Paul Pastorek.
For more, download drafts of participants' papers and stream all the video from the conference, including Chris Cerf's lunchtime keynote address, on the Education Gadfly's YouTube channel.


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Please explain what 'genuine old man smell' is?
I do not want to list peoples favorite brands here...but what note is what gives those scents the genuine old man smell?
Please explain what 'genuine old man smell' is?
I think that it's a combination of notes. Old man, like old lady, means a heavy, turgid, opaque and powdery presence. Good examples are: Oscar de la Renta pour Lui and Chanel no.5.
Sometimes old is comforting, but it's always old.
I can feel the angry posts coming in already.
Some say fragrances containing lots of oakmoss and tobacco smell old - I say those two ingredients can impart an aura of sophistication, maturity and level-headedness.
Just dont overspray and you will do fine.
This is an interesting question. For me, somehow I am able to make a distinction between "classic" vs "old man". I don't consider Tabarome an old man scent, however, Bois du Portugal...old man.
"Why not seize the pleasure at once?"
-- Jane Austen (Sun, and Mercury in Sagittarius)
For me it is any fragrance that does not belong in the "Children's Section".
In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane - Oscar Wilde
To me old man is Fendi. Every time I spray that I start coughing and thinking of the elderly.
YSL Pour Homme -nothing else smells like eau d' old man like that one!
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OLD MAN SMELLS are...
the YOUNG MEN SMELLS of today: Adidas 3; Bond 9; Amouage Gold; Musk Ravageur; Terre d'Hermes; Dior Homme. Just wait till your branch bears fruit!
Last edited by narcus; 30th March 2007 at 11:59 AM.
'Il mondo dei profumi è un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.
My old man when he was alive used Mennen Skin Bracer. What does your old man use?
I would also like to know what fragrances are worn by...
Old Man River
Gary Oldman
The Old Man and the Sea
dirty old men
Thank you
My Wardrobe
II est de forts parfums pour qui toute matière/Est poreuse. On dirait qu'ils pénètrent le verre.
The Old Man and the Sea - the old man we're trying to come to an agreement now - the sea is another aquatic scent as if there weren't enough already.
Old Mand and the Sea - He didn't have any money though, I can't see him being able to afford cologne...
As far as old man scents, I simply love 'em! If I smell something and it has an old man vibe whatsoever, I go nuts, and SA's are usually giving me weird looks by this time anyways, so I can't help but gush over something like Santos Concentree... it's so classic!
- Rich
As always, disregard most of what I say. It's not worth your heart health to actually worry about what a 23 year old guy from Kansas thinks. Even if he is really ridiculously good looking.
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For swap:
1. 90-95% full 2.5 oz bottle of Creed Orange Spice
2. 99% full 1.6 oz bottle of Kenzo pour Homme
3. 90% full 4 oz bottle of Creed Millesime Imperial
Looking for: GIT, Baie de Genièvre, Idole de Lubin, Chergui, decant of FM Carnal Flower, decant of vintage Tabarome
For me it is mostly created by my personal olfactory memory.
When I smell a scent that jogs my memory of some gentleman wearing it who was, in my perception at that time, 'old' (read: 20 years older when I was in my teens--much less as I myself aged) when I logged it into my memory, it is translated today into and 'old man' scent if I get a whiff of it or something similar. Although, it may well be that particular person wearing that particular scent might have been a much younger man than I am today.
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha
Maybe younger people fear the wisdom of their elders. Perhaps it's a threat to one of the great joys of life, the thrill of learning from one's own mistakes.
Exactly, we want to have our own fashion, we don't want to dress like our fathers, and neither did yall when you were younger. Part of being part of something new is knowing that your elders will simply hate it; Rap, baggy pants, and piercings being the most common if not slightly dated examples.
- Rich
As always, disregard most of what I say. It's not worth your heart health to actually worry about what a 23 year old guy from Kansas thinks. Even if he is really ridiculously good looking.
How come retro is so popular then? Most college students these days look like my mom in 1969. Except Patchouli isn't all that hip these days (or is it?) Anyway, that kind of outward desire for distinction has just become a subroutine of the big consumerism machine (since Woodstock at the latest).
I still think the use of the "old man" phrase is counterproductive, because it's terribly imprecise and obviously subjective. I would prefer a question that asks what makes popular scents from the 70s/80s distinctive or different from the 90s/00s.
And if one by all means needs to connect it to generational issues, "scents of our fathers" sounds a bit more respectful than "old man scents."
but I do want an answer to my question:
"What makes a scent smell like Gary Oldman?"
My Wardrobe
II est de forts parfums pour qui toute matière/Est poreuse. On dirait qu'ils pénètrent le verre.
Except for one of theirs, Etat Libre d'Orange should appeal to the young ones, then (?). Are Tauers young? I don't think so! Any designers? Those big men's wear labels seem rather traditional too. Except for someone who just mentioned today that YSL p.homme is registered as old man in his books, can citrus or acquatic smells be old as such?
For me, violets and lavender, have been old, but not in a bad way. My parents wouldn't use anything to do with those at all because they were house scents of their grandparents & parents. My parents developed preferences of their own and the industrie helped! Then there was Nivea sun tan oil and for me beach was sand plus lavender! Soaps and colognes were brought home from holidays in the Mediterranean, so, jasmin and violets came in packages never seen before with French, Italian, or Spanish text. They smelled different, fresh and exciting! It all had to do with emotional connections, and those change from time to time. The 'age' of a scent depends on impressions stored with it (my 2 c.).
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'Il mondo dei profumi è un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.
According to musicologists rap is no different than rhythmic poetry. Also when Jim Carrol of basketball diary fame was writing poetry in NYC, Africa Bambatta and others were turning the South Bronx around from being no mans land to being a cultural mecca. Late 60's doesnt seem new. Mtv broadcasting rap after school was premeditated to sell records not to make after schoolers happy.
My father and grandfather wore baggy pants but they called them pleated pants and they didn't need to be held up while walking.
We thought for awhile that not piercing or scarring our tissue was more civilized but young people being the absolute victims of peer pressure are bringing it back.
I don't think Zoot suits were ever really given a chance although Kid Creole and the Cocnuts did make an attempt during the 80's.
Gary Oldman being British and an accomplished pianist, right wing nutcase would probably wear whatever Maggie Thatcher wore.
The reason for starting this thread was Bois du Portugal... M7...
in my opinion they smelled really - old. I want to avoid this in the future. So I wanted to know if it was a specific note , technique, or blend of notes that cause this.
I dont know if lavender/violet is the cause of old because Burberry Touch has it and its far from dusty/smokey with a hint of sweetness pourt on a tweed sport jacket smelling..
I was with my 10yr old sister and she smelled White Diamonds / Shalimar table and said outloud "eeeeeeewwwwwwww that smells like grandmaaaaa" and I chuckled
Last edited by bigsink; 30th March 2007 at 02:54 PM.
I might be old, if 40 is old, dunno...
My work collegues think some of my scents are ''old man scents, particulary if I wear my Vetivers ( Lanvin or Guerlain), Eau Sauvage or, Moustache by Rochas, very soapy/powdery....
I do get positive comments on other frags I use on a daily bases as per my current favourite list below;
Are these old man frag's as well now???? Behold......they probably are ,looking at them!!??
Current Favourites: Touaregh -Il Profumo/ Le Vainqueur- Rue Rance/ Versus Uomo -Versace/ Sculpture -Nikos/ Acier Aluminium - Creed/ Santal Noble - MPG
"Old man" to me is Pinaud Clubman. Also, cumin and chilli powder. That smells like a dirty old man.
Ah, citrus is "Old Man" though, examine Eau Sauvage. If I ever wear it, someone always comments how their grandpa smelled like that, and they always loved it!
Bel Ami is definitely my favorite patchouli (which I generally don't like), but this has been verified "Old Man" by everyone I know personally (even my dad). I don't think that patchouli is in, no.
If rap is just rythmic poetry, why don't more middle aged and older people listen to it? I'm not doubting your argument, I'm just saying that we still want to have something that our parents don't like.
Now that the trend is towards boot cut and slim pants with holes already worn in them, I'm struggling to find a previous occurrence in fashion. Other than the cowboys. But I don't think parents would appreciate their daughters running of with some Desperado. A Desperado wearing pants that are almost as tight fitting as hers. Which brings up jeans. For the most part, before the 70's, women didn't wear pants, they wore skirts. Thank goodness that's changed, because it's hard to play competitive sports in skirts. just kidding, it's not that hard
As far as retro goes, we do have a very strong inclination to take fashions from past years, but usually with a twist. Our mini skirts are shorter, our baggy pants are baggier (sans pleats), and our music is louder (Lil' John remixing all those 80's classics...). Unfortunately, our cologne is weaker, our orientals are less complicated, and our perfume is waaaaaay too fucking fruity. I look forward to the day when our kids think that anything that smelled like Britney Spears Curious smells like grandma, so they don't have to suffer through an 8:05 Stat class with one skank in pink sweats and about 10lbs of makeup that decided one bottle of Curious was not enough, she'd better use two this morning.
That being said, I'm not really a fan of perfume at all. The few I like are Chanel No. 5, Burberry Brit, Burberry for Women, and mostly niche stuff after that. "Allure"? More like "No Allure".
I have been told with most of the patchouli scents I've presented to my friends and family are "Old Man", maybe we could include that as an "Old Man" note?
- Rich
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As always, disregard most of what I say. It's not worth your heart health to actually worry about what a 23 year old guy from Kansas thinks. Even if he is really ridiculously good looking.
Everyone knows old men (anyone over 35) smell of piss. They often also smell of overcooked hospital vegetables and disinfectant. Sometimes their breath smells of unbrushed, rotten teeth and digestive problems. So avoid scents with any of those notes. Until you are over 35.
"Dont try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out. - Henri Matisse.
"Wear R de Capucci" - Hirch Duckfinder
My only comment to this putrid thread is really a question: where is scentemental when we need him?
Let me be more specific. I am not a fan of perfumes mass marketed torwards women. I feel that even perfumes mass marketed towards men are more interesting to me. My heirarchy of interest.
1.) Unisex/Men's Niche
2.) Female Niche
3.) Mass Marketed Male
4.) Mass Marketed Unisex
5.) Old Spice Body Sprays
6.) Axe
7.) Mass Marketed Female
This isn't meant as a dig at women at all, just at the designer perfume industry for not catching my interest on hardly anything. All said and done, it's just personal taste.
Yeah, I think that sandalwood could be an "Old Man" scent, evidence Santos Concentree, which I am in love with right now. Has anyone mentioned Bay Rum as a note?
- Rich
As always, disregard most of what I say. It's not worth your heart health to actually worry about what a 23 year old guy from Kansas thinks. Even if he is really ridiculously good looking.
We are going in circles as often. That cannot be helped as there will always be a passing stream of active members in web communities. Members come and go. That's why it can be helpful to refer to on older thread on the same subject. Some of us may remember that a (then) newcomer raised the same questions nine months ago. Regrettably, that thread took an unfortunate turn and ended by major force. Maybe you find more answers (scentimental and others) here. What the junior professor (tgl) said belongs to the most memorable posts I read on BN.
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'Il mondo dei profumi è un universo senza limiti: una fraganza puo rievocare sensazioni, luoghi, persone o ancora condurre in uno spazio di nuove dimensioni emozionali' L. V.
I dont think it has to do with time lines.. i mean im sure "old man smell" from the 70s is similar to "old man smell" of the 90s which is smilar to old man smell of now...
Old man- - the biological and the just slightly unwashed, or if washed, then no fragrance.
Older man, mature man of considerable style and force (see some of the sartorially regal gents on the Sartorialist's blogsite) self possession, wit, aethetics; experience and sometimes power:
Givenchy Gentleman
Chevalier D'Orsay
YSL Rive Gauche
Givenchy Monsieur
Hammam Bouquet
Blenheim Blend
Van Cleef & Arpes
Various Trumpers including Violets
Floris Vetiver and Elite
What makes it smell like old(er) man?
Not obvious sexy or trying to be sexy;
Not up to date or the latest thing;
Been around a while like some of the wearers;
Words like "classic" "enduring" "classy" "historic" come to mind
Words like "dressy" or "formal" or "not-hip" come to mind as well.
Last edited by Joe_Frances; 31st March 2007 at 02:23 AM. Reason: Elaboration
Although nobody in this thread thinks old man means gross and unwashed, Joe_Frances is right, distinguished older gentlemen is a much more appropriate term. Classy, dressy, and formal are all good words.
- Rich
As always, disregard most of what I say. It's not worth your heart health to actually worry about what a 23 year old guy from Kansas thinks. Even if he is really ridiculously good looking.
media/marketing preception...perhaps
"old" being perceived as: vulnerable, very limited, needs help for the most basic tasks..that could be a description of some teenagers..
years ago..hanging out with some "old" men 60+ yrs..but they were business guru's...founders of major credit card companies..real estate moguls...music millionairs...once famous actors...for the most part they all had a mentality of being "young" .. they seems to have endless energy and worked 12+hr days in stride..they drove high priced cars, lived in dream homes and danced the LA tango with out missing a beat...they dressed the part and from what I remember...knew the meaning of "modicum"..and used its definition in the wearing of body scents..
would they be considered "old man scents" .. depends on point of view/smell..
to me they were very cool..to travel in that crowd you got to see and be places that were beyond young and old..
so perhaps its someone who pours handfuls of splash over themselves that makes breathing difficult and your eyes water if your within ten yards of them..and they might think they are wearing an appropriate amount of scent..it does not matter what they are wearing..
in a human life span... "young/old" sometime are in the same space at the same time
And we can't forget that whoever is judging a fragrance as "old man" is obviously doing so in a pejorative sense, and is insulting the product as hopelessly out of date-- dated and therefore totally uninteresting. By extension the wearer is insulted. Whatever is "in" is good; a lot of the rest is "old man" or just, well, nothing.
It's an insult as much as a description. This is totally akin to the "old lady" smell that has come up from time to time here, and has been commented upon by a mature woman as an insult.
I don't worry about it being an insult to my person when I happily wear certain things, but it is a slander upon the product; and expresses the ignorance of the critic.
It reminds me of a great statement attributed to Hugh Downs who said the term, "dirty old man" was made up by some young guy who wanted all the girls for himself" or something to that effect.
Joe, again.
Well, I think that Eau Savage by CD smells like old men. In fact it smells almost faecal to me.
Ah, at last someone who agrees with me on Eau Sauvage .
There are apparently physiological factors why older persons may smell age-specifically unpleasant:
Well, anybody who ever walked through a school building knows, 16-year-olds stink of their teenie hormones as well Seems only us middle-aged people smell good - there's a political party somewhere in this just waiting to be founded
My Wardrobe
II est de forts parfums pour qui toute matière/Est poreuse. On dirait qu'ils pénètrent le verre.
Back to the question, I would say Musk and Patchouli. See Rive Gauche, Azzaro PH, Escada PH, and Ungaro III.
"I exist for myself, and for those to whom my unquenchable thirst for freedom gives everything, but also for everyone, since insofar as I am able to love - I love everyone. Of noble hearts, I am the noblest - and the most generous of those that yearn to give love in return. - I am a human being, I love death and I love life."
Egon Schiele - Self-Potrait
My classics: Dior Homme EdT, YSL Rive Gauche PH, Helmut Lang Cuiron, L'Occitane Neroli (vintage), Davidoff Zino, L'Occitane Eau des Baux
I am here levente; I am just bitting my tongue so hard it's almost bleeding. At the same time, I am trying really hard not to have the most indiscriminate all-encompassing contempt for young people in general because of those few who ask such questions with all the deft self-consciousness of a mushroom.
I'll say it again. I find such threads, the attitudes they embody, and the obtuseness they show deeply offensive. Personally, I think they should be closed down immediately, and the moderators should refer those posting such threads to the previous threads which have dealt with how offensive such posts are. Think of it as a sort of Basenotes sensitivity training. Lord knows there are plenty who need it.
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Why would anyone get offended?
We are discussing scents and the notes that make them smell like old man.
Maybe we can note the similarities so people dont make mistakes before they buy.
Its an educational post. If your going to cry about it, do so elsewhere. Thanks
So. I think we carry away a productive conclusion here.
Scentemental suggests closing these posts from the very beginning. I'm not quite such I'd go quite that far. The posters who start these threads are new and probably don't realize the can of worms they're opening.
However, it is true that just about everything that can be said on this topic has been said. And even if some important, Basenotes-changing, life-altering observation was made, it was be lost in all of this. So, I believe that those of us who have been around here long enough to see these posts come and go on a regular basis should make a point to:
a) post a list of as many previous old man threads as possible, as soon as possible, whenever a new thread like this pops up and b) make it VERY clear where the post is likely head.
These actions might not stop the posts, but they might at least stem the flow of offensive and useless comments, and make the moderators' job easier and less depressing.
Last edited by LiveJazz; 3rd April 2007 at 12:01 AM.
"It's not what you look like when you're doing what you're doing; it's what you're doing when you're doing what you look like you're doing."
Youth has speed and endurance
Age has wisdom and patience
You can go ahead and lock this. I did not understand the severity of the post and honestly thought it was a simple question. Thanks for your input and I appreciate it.
Well, after all these posts I learnt a lesson: what makes a scent smell like "old man" is the perception of the other people...
I'm wearing YSL POUR HOMME today and I feel younger than ever! I'm 31. Am I old? If you think so, keep in mind that It is YOUR opinion!
Smelling old, like of old traditions and old perfumery is definately something else than dated. I think "dated" is the word one should be using and the one the original poster was looking for instead of that awful use of "old man/woman smell".
Guys, take it easy and becareful with your words. First get things clear; what do we mean by "Old man/woman"? Do we mean that it smells like an old person or do we mean that it is, according to you, suitable for an elderly person, but not for a young person; or do we mean a fragrance that reminds you elderly people?
Time to time I go and help people in old peopl's home. Because of the change in the body chemicals old people have an different odor than young people, and if they don't get washed for a while then you can smell this very clear and it is not that nice. I can't remember any fragrance which smells like that. But on the other hand there are some fragrances that I associate with elderly people which were used by them when they were young and soem of them are still using them and some of them don't. If I get such a fragrance around me then it reminds me that. One of them is Dunhill for men, English Leather by Dana, Tabac Original, Habit Rouge, Marbert Man... I don't mean that they are not nice fragrances; I still use some of them, but they remind me old days and elderly people like my grandfather or the other elderly people in my family and around me. But most of the times the heavy and strongs smells remind me that. There were also elderly people around me who were using lavandel cologne or lemon colognes, but I have nevet had the same associations with them because they are a bit fres fragrances and not that heavy. I have the same feeling with some fragrances for women. I can't remember the name of it but especially the ones with a certain flower scent reminds me my grandmothers and some other elderly women in the family and around. My grandmother used to use Maja by Myrurgia and she was fond of colognes made out of tabac. She had a special cologne guy who used to make colognes himself and she was fond of her tabac cologne and time to time I had to go and buy a bottle for her. Probably in the future our kids or grandchildren would have the same association with the frahrances that we are using now and also probably that the fragrances which we think are "Old man" or "Old fashined" would be very trendy and populer in the future becuse the young people would have no association with them and would find them very nice and use them with love.
I'm here to put a new spin on the old man fragrance bull. For $97.75 per hour I will carry my own bottle of Tabac Original and a notary publics vouched for, signed statement that I don't remember my last bath.
I expect travel expenses in business class and a suite of rooms with a decent view. All ground transportation will be in USA built Lincoln Towncars (The Bill Blass Edition is nice).
I will sit in the lap for photos, animal petting whatever is required that my frail body and mind can withstand.
There are a lot of other clauses so PM me right away with questions (do not expect answers)
I'm tired now if you disagree with the terms set forth go fuck yourself
it's the 21st Century thats how old folk roll nowadays
now go brush your tooth.!
Those two have very little in common, though. Both have some ginger, I think, but that doesn't seem like a likely "old man" note. Both have wood notes, but zillions of perfumes have wood notes.
I would expect "old man" scents to have a lot of patchouli, tobacco, and/or powder, but maybe that's just me...
How can I make this clearer. There are more things that "old people" have smelled than anyone your age can wrap his little mind around.
If suddenly everyone starts wearing long sideburns again will you join in? Feeling your sideburns, don't they almost seem like you were the first person to ever wear them? Well you're right, cause they're yours. And they're always going to be yours.
When you begin studying quantum mechanics and engineering and that new thing young people are studying per the current President, human and animal cloning you're gonna stink up the place. I'll hopefully be dead. But sideburns were worn long and moustaches and beards were worn long, when brother took up arms against brother in this great USA, and why not take a day off from wearing anything cosmetic and visit the sites of those battles and breathe. And smell and keep smelling as long as you're alive.
Life gave you this chance take it
no refunds!!! the restocking fee is 175%
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Easy, only that scent that makes you feel old...you can´t judge this about notes!!! Thats it...
1.English Leather
2.Old Spice
3.Bay Rum(Depends which one)
I thank you for reading and learning.
For my nose fragrances that smell like an old man are: Antaeus by Chanel, Pour Monseoir(I think I spelled it wrong) by Chanel. That it of course for my nose and IMO. Furthermore I always try to keep away from them since I am pretty young. =)
I think it's a matter of taste. I wear a lot of the scents listed in this thread and I'm 21. I don't think they smell "old" at all. But hey, that's just me.
This thread is starting to smell "old " ..


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