Things besides shaving that you do in an "old school" manner?

[blade08]

Read a newspaper instead of watching the news on TV or online.

Use a 35mm film camera and develop/print everything myself.

Listen to classical music.

Listen to real CD's which I bought myself.

Brew tea from loose leaves.

Use my cell phone exclusively as a telephone and only call people if I have actually something to discuss. I do not call people to pass time at a bus stop.

 

[strat1117]

Listen to classical and jazz music on vinyl records played on a stereo system consisting of separate components.

Use tube electronics (guitar amp and home stereo).

Play golf with forged blades.

Play tennis with natural gut strings.

Serve and volley.

Drive a manual transmission automobile.

Play guitar and sing in a Grateful Dead cover band. (Does that count?)

Look people in the eye when I speak to them.

Wear shoes with leather soles.

Read books printed on paper.

Wear a mechanical movement watch. (I know that's popular again).

 

[danek]

I use a soda siphon and syrups to make soda "pop".

I listen to college sports and old-time radio programs on an old, wooden cabinet AM radio.

I prefer to heat my house with a fire in the wood stove instead of the forced air system.

I wave to passers by and other drivers when driving through my neighborhood.

I hold the door for and say hello to others, male or female.

 

[DaddyK]

I'm a fairly heavy smoker. Cigars, Pipes, and handmade cigarettes. When i light whatever it is I'm about to smoke, i prefer matches.

I also use some "old school" slang. For example i often say "cheers" in place of goodbye.

Speaking of "cheers" i love to give real toasts when its appropriate. like "may the wind be at your back and the sun on your face..." or "may the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past." or when if the party gets a little out of hand i'll toast "In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."

 

[p o p]

I am bespeaking my clothes
Our next house will be built with 19th century tools and technique
I am farming my own vegetables
I am cutting my own christmas tree
I am brewing my own beer and destilling my own spirits

 

[Stubblefield]

I tie my tie with a dimple.

 

[lostinperiphery]

anybody mow their lawn with a wheel drivin reel mower?

 

[D.Irving79]

everything. i have a cellphone though

 

[1OldGI]

You can now officially add suspenders to my list of codgerisms, very nice, very comfortable.

 

[Sam Harmon]

Listen to Sinatra along with older jazz

Wear a fedora with a suit

Don't own a down jacket. Wear a Barbour coat or leather jacket for casual wear and a wool overcoat or trench coat for more formal occasions

Carry a sterling silver Tiffany pen

Wear a watch that doesn't use a battery

Live in the city

Read the NYT and one of the Chicago papers (i.e. non-electronically) every morning over coffee

Indulge in the occasional 3 martini lunch

Collect original mid century airline posters (mostly David Klein's work for TWA with some Pan Am, American and United mixed in)

Live in a building that was built in 1910 filled with furniture that was built or inspired by American mid-century

Use good kitchen cutlery in place of a food processor, garlic press etc.

Buy my meat from a butcher and my seafood from a fishmonger

 

[marmotte]

Oh, here is a new one, I wash my hands after using the restroom.

That this practice is actually out of the ordinary disturbs me greatly. All the handshaking... Gee whiz. Ha! That pun was unexpected even by me. Whew.

 

[Kratos]

I say "Please" and "Thank You" when receiving services from people. Also, "Excuse Me Sir or Ma'am." Manners seem to be out of style these days. I also wear a mechanical watch, shine my boots with a horsehair brush, soft cloth, and elbow grease, and I drive a 6-speed. Which I enjoy. Greatly.

 

[MaxJ]

Fan of Frank and his vocal likes

do "old school" weightlifting (dead, squat, etc.) vice machines and Men's Health routines

use verbal affectations like "vice" and "vis a vis"

eat whole foods

Joined the Army

 

[SRock]

Joined the Army

+1 to that brother. Less than 1% of our population serves in the military. It appears it is indeed an "old school" thing to do.

 

[MaxJ]

+1 to that brother. Less than 1% of our population serves in the military. It appears it is indeed an "old school" thing to do.

Particularly if you're a college grad. I get the "what are you doing here?" a lot.

 

[JEEP]

I occationally wear vintage (30s to 50s) clothing
I collect and wear vintage leather jackets with my modern clotning
I almost always wear a hat, unless I am wearing sunglasses (never both!)
I wear ties with a properly tied knot
I collect and use cufflinks and tiebars
I collect and wear vintage mechanical watches (Omega)
I prefer to write with - and collect - fountainpens
I always carry a pocket knife
I am a 15c re-enactor (old school enough?)
I shoot black powder
I only use cash, never credit cards
I read books instead of watching TV
I use wool and leather when hiking - not nylon and Gore Tex
I prefer to cook over fire and do so most of the summer
I prefer walking instead of driving short distances
I grind my coffee by hand and brews it in a french press or an enamel pot
I use only natural bristle (boar) brushes for grooming my hair - and I prefer classic hairstyles
I try to be a gentleman and in general be well behaved


Regards.

Jakob

 

[SRock]

Particularly if you're a college grad. I get the "what are you doing here?" a lot.

I had an Operations Officer when I was a young Airman who was quite literally a Rocket Scientist. He got that allot as well.

 

[moto]

get my lazy *** off the seat and offer it to women and the elderly wherever i am.
offer the elderly a lift home if i am at the same event.
offer to carry the elderly and womens shopping or whatever.
take my mum to church. dunno if i'd go without her so it's a win win i suppose. thinking about it, church is ok.
give the elderly and women plenty of space when i'm walking in public. and no, it's not cause of me b.o.
talk to people face to face rather than on the mobile or sms.
stick me chest out and walk like i'm carrying suitcases under both arms when a good looking woman is coming my way.
get out there and play sport instead of playing playstation.
get into bar room brawls and do the 3 stooges thing like curly and moe used to do with the hand/fingers under the nose tickle and slap on the head.
have a drink in a bar instead of taking crack cocaine on a bar or in a toilet.
go to live music instead of downloading from the internet.

 

[gardai]

I wear a trench coat (And it's not made out of leather)
I help old people carry stuff it they need it
I brew tea from loose leaves
I hold doors for people
I use knives instad of a food processor
I polish my winter boots weekly with mink oil

 

[SRock]

I help old people carry stuff it they need it

I tip my hat to you Sir! There aren't enough of us left! I once drove a man over 50 miles from Arizona to Boulder City Nevada so he could purchase a new battery for his RV and then the 50+ back into Arizona. After I installed the new battery for him, he tried to pay me. I just smiled and said drive safe.