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2010-04-14T17:36:00.000+01:00

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2010-01-17T17:56:00.001+01:00

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON...TO YOU ALL
I'M actually lost on what i want this particular blog to be all about...you have all seen my past posts...n that is actually the kind of articles/stories i can get stories that i can get or write...so i won't mind if you all can help me to find a direction on this blog....thanks a bunch.....

Nigerians in Heaven

2010-01-17T17:43:00.002+01:00

Gabriel came to the Lord and said, "I have to talk to you. I have some Nigerians up here in Heaven who are causing some problems. They are swinging on the Pearly Gates, my horn is missing, and they've got Maggi sauce and Ogbono soup all over their robes; hamhocks, Isi-ewu, Cow-feet and Bokoto bones are all over the streets of Gold.

Some folk are walking around with one wing, they have been late taking their turn in keeping the stairway to heaven clean. There are soda bottles all over the clouds, some aren't even wearing their halos, saying it doesn't fit with their hairstyles."

The Lord said, "I made them special, as I did you, my angel. Heaven is home to all my children. If you really want to know about problems, let's call the Devil."

The Devil answered the phone, "Hello? What the...!, hold on one minute." The Devil returned to the phone and said, "Hello Lord, what can I do for you?"

The Lord replied, "Tell me what kind of problems you are having down there."

The Devil said, "Wait one minute," and put the Lord on hold.

After 5 minutes he returned to the phone, and said "Okay, I'm back. What was the question?"

The Lord said, "What kind of problems are you having down there?"

The Devil said, "Man, I don't belieee.....hold on, Lord". This time the Devil was gone for 15 minutes.

The Devil returned and said, "I'm sorry Lord, I can't talk right now. These Nigerians put the fire out, and now they are trying to install air conditioning! They even bribed my guys!!"

BRO'S CODE...

2009-11-03T16:06:00.004+01:00

BRO'S CODE

THE CODE FOR THE BRO'S AND THE BRO'S ONLY...SO LADIES PLEASE BACK OFF.....I MEAN BACK OFF NOW.

SORRY GUYS I WAS JUST MAKING SURE THIS SACRED DOCUMENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO GIVE YOU ALL DOESN'T GET TO THEM...SO ENJOY

AND MAKE SURE ALL THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED DILIGENTLY......

I. Bros before hoes.. Breaking this rule is to commit the cardinal sin against Team Testosterone.

II. Never drink the last beer, unless you've been granted specific permission that it's OK.

III. If a girl falls into the following criteria, she is off limits forever until the end of time:

A. Was an ex-girlfriend.

B. Your friend specifically told you he wanted her.

C. Is you're buddy's sister.

However, if it's your buddy's cousin, well she's up for grabs, and you're welcome to rub it in his face for years to come.

IV. Never diss a guy if his team just lost a crushing game. I lost approximately nine friends last October who felt the need to bust my balls when the Red Sox lost to the Devil's Bitches. Just leave it alone, it's kinder to pick on them for a dead relative.

V. You must never own a cat.

VI. If you get 2 tickets to the big game, the priority list for granting the second ticket is as follows:

1. Your best friends (in order of how long you've known them).

2. Your acquaintances.

3. Your co-workers.

4. The mailman.

5. The UPS guy.

6. NASA.

7. John Kerry.

....1,485,726. Your girlfriend.

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I was able to pull the following from the CBS site:

ARTICLE 26:

"A bro will, in a timely manner, alert his bro to the existence of a girl fight." A Bro must never hesitate before communicating the possibility of fisticuffs between two humans of the female variety [[HENCEFORTH "GIRL FIGHT"]], in an effort to make possible and probable that another Bro or Bros can partake in observation. A timely manner is open to interpretation based on the initial Bro's viewing and processing of the potential feminine conflagration. Said Bro must use any and all methods of media distribution at his disposal, including but not limited to: telecommunications, elbow nudging, fiber optics, the Broney express, and postcards. If an informed Bro is unable to witness the girl fight firsthand, the spotter Bro is responsible for documenting and relating details of the girl fight via pictures, video*, or barring any other reasonable method, interpretive dance and/or pantomime. Tabling Bro obligations to witness a XX chromosomal scuffle is not only condoned, but encouraged, and in some cases, required. Please refer to the Brobligation rubric as elucidated in AMENDMENT 83: "The REALLY hot sister and other hump trumps." * SEE ZaBroder film

ARTICLE 77:

"A Bro never cries."

ARTICLE 89:

"A Bro may never pursue the mom of another Bro." Be it here resolved that at no point is it permissible for one Bro to engage in carnal delicacies with another Bro's mother. It is, however, allowed and encouraged for one Bro to graphically suggest to a Bro the athletic feats, animalia, and/or machinery utilized during a fictional encounter with his mom. [[NOTA BENE: It is customary for a Bro to avoid such Brocularity if his Bro's mom is a 9 or better, for fear of Oedipal inducement.]] Should a Bro discover his Bro is in fact adopted, he is free to pursue his Bro's adoptive mother, but only after first corroborating non-biological parentage through notarized birth certificates, hospital records, or comparative dioxyribonucleic acid gel electrophoresis, whichever is easiest. Since the adopted Bro cannot legitimately claim to have shared a canal with his Bro, ARTICLE 89 expressly prohibits the adopted Bro from invoking the Sloppy Second clause in any related filings with the International Court of Bros. Though the mom of a Bro is always off limits, the step-mom of a Bro is allowed if she initiates it and/or is wearing at least one article of leopard print clothing. If she looks good in it.

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Think Aboout This..

2009-10-29T08:08:00.002+01:00

Why is it so hard to tell the truth...yet so easy to tell a lie, why dowe sleep in the church. but when the sermon is over we suddenly wakeup?, why is it so hard to talk about God...but so easy to talk aboutsex?, why are we so bored to look at a Christian magazine...but so easyto read a playboy magazine?, why is it so easy to delete a Godlyoffline messages ...yet we forward the nasty ones? why are churchesgetting smaller...but yet bars and clubs are growing??.....think aboutit.

Marriage Software

2009-10-14T02:05:00.001+01:00

This is what a guy wrote to a systems analyst
(Marriage Software Division):

Dear Systems Analyst,

I am desperate for some help! I recently upgraded my program from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and found that the new program began unexpected Child Processing and also took up a lot of space and valuable resources.

This wasn't mentioned in the product brochure. In addition Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and launches during systems initialization and then it monitors all other system activities.

Applications such as 'Boys' Night out 2.5' and 'Shayo 5.3' no longer run, and crashes the system whenever selected. Attempting to operate selected ' Saturday Premiership Viewing Center 6.3' always fails and 'Saturday Shopping 7.1' runs instead.

I cannot seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background whilst attempting to run any of my favorite IT applications. Be it online or offline.

I am thinking of going back to 'Girlfriend 7.0', but uninstall doesn't work on this program. Can you please help?

... AND THIS IS WHAT OUR ANALYST SAID:

Dear Customer,

This is a very common problem resulting from a basic misunderstanding of the functions of the Wife 1.0 program. Many customers upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 thinking that Wife 1.0 is merely a UTILITY AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM. Actually, Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM designed by its Creator to run everything on your current platform.

You are unlikely to be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 7.0, as Wife 1.0 was not designed to do this and it is impossible to uninstall, delete or purge the program files from the System once it is installed.

Some people have tried to install Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but have ended up with even more problems. (See manual under Alimony/Child Support and Solicitors' Fees).

Having Wife 1.0 installed, I recommend you keep it Installed and deal with the difficulties as best as you can. When any faults or problems occur, whatever you think has caused them, you must run the.........

C:\ APOLOGIZE\ FORGIVE ME.EXE Program and avoid attempting to use the *Esc-Key for it will freeze the entire system

. It may be necessary to run C:\ APOLOGIZE\ FORGIVE ME.EXE a number of times, and eventually hope that the operating system will return to normal.

Wife 1.0, although a very high maintenance programmed can be very rewarding.

To get the most out of it, consider buying additional Software such as 'Gifts 2..0' and 'Chocolates 5.0' or 'HUGS\ KISSES 600.0' or 'TENDERNESS\ UNDERSTANDING 1000.0' or even Eating Out Without the Kids 7.2.1' (if Child processing has already started)

. DO NOT under any circumstances install 'Secretary 2.1' (Short Skirt Version) or 'One Nightstand 3.2' (Any Mood Version), as this is not a supported Application for Wife 1.0 and the system will almost certainly CRASH.

BEST WISHES!

Yours, Systems Analyst

KOKO MANSION

2009-09-24T19:59:00.003+01:00

Koko mansion a reality show that was on satellite tv in Africa.It was a reality show by the famous Nigerian artist 'D-BANJ',who is also an ambassador of youths to Africa..The show was meant to help look for an intelligent and beautiful wife...i bet this goal wasn't achieved with ladies like this there.This is a proper example of a lady with so much confidence,even though her confidence has made her to slack at other aspect of her life...like her communication with English language.....Please ladies guys need you all to be confidence and also learn to communicate with proper English,enjoy the video

Lookin for blog sites to read....

2009-09-23T15:29:00.000+01:00

I Need Blogs to read and follow so pleasle drop your blog site as a comment here....

Flirting Tips

2008-11-24T18:08:00.001+01:00

Make eye contact

The first step is to make eye contact with the other person to see if they are potentially attracted to you. If the person meets your gaze for a period of time then they are most likely interested. The same can usually be said if the person meets your gaze, looks away, and then looks back at you.

Smile

A smile is a universal language of approval and/ or appreciation. Think about it - if somebody smiles at you then you are very likely to smile back. A smile coupled with good eye contact is a great sign that the other person would like to talk to you.

Ask questions

Find common ground. Then ask more questions which show you have been taking an active interest in what the other person has said. This shows respect and interest, and will also help the conversation to flow naturally, avoiding those horrible pauses and unnecessary silences as you desperately try to ‘find something to talk about’. Good examples would be asking about the other person’s interests, job, pets, family etc. The more interested you are in your potential new partner's life, the better. But remember not to pry. No intimate personal questions – think about the sorts of questions you’d be comfortable to answer yourself.

Use the person's name

When people use your name directly usually you feel valued and special. This is especially important if you have just met lots people at one time. We all know how great it feels to stand out from the crowd!

Read body language

Watch the other person’s reactions to both what you are saying and what you are doing. You can tell a lot from people's eyes, mouth and skin tone. It is a proven fact that humans mimic, or copy, movements when there is a mutual attraction.

Tell the truth!

There is absolutely no point in trying to be something that you're not. If you lie to try to make yourself sound more attractive to the opposite sex there is no doubt that you will get caught out down the line. Remember, with a bit of luck you are trying to begin a potential romance here, with all of the benefits of a loving and trusting relationship. Just think... how would you feel if you found out that your new partner had lied to you on your third date?! Ah, dating ...

And in conclusion...

As a general rule don’t rush to judge the other person. And remember not to be too pushy or seem too keen, especially if you really like the other person. You don’t want them running a mile before you even get to know them!

Be playful, polite and confident.

And always, always, be yourself and have fun!!

How to Be Romantic With Food

2008-11-24T18:03:00.001+01:00

Have a plate engraved with a message for the one you love without them knowing about it. When you take them out to dinner, ask the waiter to serve their meal on that plate.

Wrap up a small gift for your sweetheart and put it in his/her favorite box of cereal.

Call a restaurant where your love lives and have them deliver a nice meal to him/her.

Surprise your sweetheart one day when he/she expects you to be at work with a picnic lunch at a local park.

Make your love breakfast in bed and serve it with a rose, a love poem and a sweet kiss.
You can make it extra special by feeding it to him/her.

Cook dinner in your fireplace. Eat and enjoy the evening in front of it with no distractions other than a sweet romantic music playing in the background.

Make some heart shaped sugar cookies and decorate them. Then leave them on your sweethart�s passenger seat in their car, so they go to work knowing how much they are loved.

Go to the beach and bring a blanket and a radio. Sit on the blanket while feeding each other chocolates or fruits, with some soft music playing. Then tell your mate how you feel about them, while holding hands and walking in the sand.

Make love dishes which are designed to romantically inspire your partner. They symbolize love and have an aphrodisiac effect.

Romantic Tips

2008-11-24T17:48:00.001+01:00

Call to see if you can pick up anything on the way home from work.

Send a dozen roses: 11 red roses and 1 white one. The note: "In every bunch there's one who stands out - and you are that one."

Float a love note in a bottle in the bathtub.

Call her at work and say: "Hello Beauty! Are you free tonight?"

"The art of love ... is largely the art of persistence" Dr Albert Ellis

Write her a check for one million kisses

Something for the anniversary.... a lottery ticket and a note: "I hit the jackpot when I married you."

Hire a masseuse to give your partner a professional massage at home.

On cold mornings warm up her car.

Bring flowers home for no reason (well, the reason is love).

Send a beautiful romantic greeting card

Upgrading Shirts

2008-09-02T00:22:00.000+01:00

Upgrading Shirts

Chris (Westie): I want to move on from wearing M&S/Next shirts that don’t fit me properly. Would my next step be to go straight to a tailor? How much can I expect to spend and do I need to know what kind of material and colour or pattern I want?

Going straight to a tailor is always going to be the preferred option if you can find one that is easily accessible and not too expensive. I couldn’t afford the majority of tailor-made shirts in London. The cheapest I have found are at SuitSupply for individual shirts (around £80) and at Brooks Brothers for bulk orders (around £70). Both are too expensive for me to use as my regular shirt suppliers.

I was fortunate enough to go to Hong Kong a few times on business, and having now had my measurements taken by a reliable tailor there, and had them adjusted a few times, I have a reliable source of new shirts that fit well and cost around £25, which is much more reasonable. This is the option to go for if you can find a comparable service – but I’m aware that may not be possible.

There are options to have shirts made to measure over the internet. Manning & Manning over at www.shirts-custom.com is one example. However, I have never tried any of these services and so cannot vouch for them. What’s more, I wouldn’t trust myself to measure myself. Something is bound to be altered in the very act of measuring, rather like quantum mechanics. And getting someone else to do it might be even worse. Better to have a proper tailor involved.

So, Chris, your next best option is to spend a lot of time trying on shirts in slightly more upmarket shops. This will take a while but is worth it. Think about the experience as all the shopping you’ll ever have to do, rolled into one weekend.

Essentially, every brand will cut their shirts in a slightly different shape, with the width of the neck being the only constant. Try each of them on and you will eventually find one that fits you pretty well. Here is a rundown of my experience of mid-range shirts in London:

Massimo Dutti – Some of the best shirts for value for money. Two lines around either £40 or £60. There are more tailored options, as well. Rather too short in the tails, but that is inevitable these days as manufacturers want to save money by using less material, and men often want to wear their shirts untucked and therefore do not want dress-length tails.

Reiss – Some nice shirts but a very slim fit. Many fit me well around the waist but are too tight across the chest. Collars also a little too large for my taste. Also rather expensive – usually £60 to £80. You might as well order a bunch of made-to-measure shirts for that price.

Hackett – Probably my favourite off-the-peg shirts that I still own. Good quality. Could be a little narrower in the waist but not bad considering. Also a little short in the tails. £50 to £70.

TM Lewin – Again, good value. In the sales often reduced to £25. And there’s always a sale. Good long tails but far too large in the waist for me. They now have a semi-fitted line but I haven’t tried them. £25 to £50.

I hope this is useful, Chris. Another option would be to go to a department store and try on a lot of different brands. Stand in front of three mirrors, to show you every angle. And bring a girlfriend with you, or a man with at least as much interest in clothes as you. Looking at the folds across your back will be key (see my posts on the fit of a suit).

Introducing the Lazy Fold

2008-08-24T22:57:00.000+01:00

Introducing the Lazy Fold

By Simon Crompton

Sometimes, just occasionally, I change my mind. While the didactic style of some of these postings might suggest a singleness of purpose, an almost obstinate point of view, I am open to the possibility of evolution. The stuffing of a handkerchief is one such occasion.

In one of my earliest posts on this blog, Tips on Stuffing, I outlined the three most popular ways to arrange a silk handkerchief: pulling the centre to the bottom of the pocket, thus exposing the points; vice versa, exposing the puff; and combining the two by folding the handkerchief in half, displaying both the centre and points.

I used to be a puff person. Exposing the points seemed a little affected except on a special occasion (my wedding, for example, though that was a linen handkerchief). And the folded, combination option does not leave anything at the bottom of the pocket and therefore tends to slip down during the day.

The puff was practical by comparison and a little more understated. However, it had a number of weaknesses, chief amongst which was that differently sized hankies would puff at different heights out of the pocket. The tips could be folded down inside the pocket in order to adjust the height, but that rather defeats the simplicity of the technique and could take a few attempts to get just right.

Instead I revert to what I have christened the Lazy Fold. Stuff one corner of the handkerchief into the pocket until you feel it touch the bottom. Then fold over the rest and stuff it behind, leaving as much silk exposed as you desire.

It’s easy but surprisingly effective. Height is easier to adjust, it’s quick and it never has to be done more than once. What’s more, the fold you create above the pocket is slightly different every time, creasing in a different place. This creates a more casual, less studied look. (Something you want to strive to do with a handkerchief as it will look, to most, rather studied already.)

As a footnote, I also find that if I want to highlight the border pattern of the handkerchief a fold is better than a stuff. This is in direct contrast with my previous posting, which advocated exposing the tips to achieve this effect, and relegated folding to cotton or woollen handkerchiefs.

That is the traditional approach. But in this case I believe I was (whisper it) wrong. It is very hard to display the points of a silk handkerchief without it appearing affected, at least in a business setting – which is where I would be wearing mine almost exclusively.

Try a normal TV Fold instead, with the edges uppermost; it is more subtle. I consider myself evolved.

Top 10 ways to kiss and make up after a fight or breakup

2008-08-06T22:19:00.000+01:00

So, has your romantic relationship recently experienced a bad fight or breakup that has you looking for the best way to kiss and make up? Not to worry! Remember, great relationships aren’t always perfect from the beginning, and fights or temporary breakups can actually help your relationship in the long run, as long as you approach ”making up” the right way.

When you’re formulating a plan to kiss and make up with your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband or wife following a breakup or fight, it’s important to keep in mind that you can use the experience to learn how to be a better sweetheart in the future. Look for lessons that you both can learn from the experience, approach it with patience and understanding, and always try to be empathetic to your lover when trying to make up.

1. Show them you love them in new and exciting ways.

There are tons of different ways to show someone you love them, and declaring your affection in new ways is a great way to make up after a fight.

2. Try writing them a romantic poem, even if it’s really sappy.

Sure, it may be a very bad and sappy poem, but your lover will be much more likely to kiss and make up with you after a breakup if you’re willing to make a bit of a fool of yourself first!

3. Make your sweetheart a romantic dinner, even if you’re a lousy cook.

Just like writing a romantic poem, making a romantic dinner doesn’t involve the end result as much as the effort. Putting your all into preparing a nice meal will help your make up session go much smoother and put your fight in the past.

4. Try sending them a fun, romantic greeting card.

This one is easier to do than writing a poem or cooking a meal, but it still goes a long way when it comes to making up with your sweetheart. Putting a card into the mail after a breakup is easy and inexpensive.

5. Add some romantic flowers to the mix, whether you’re a guy or a girl.

No matter who they are or whether they are a guy or girl, your sweety will love a gift of romantic flowers from you after a fight. Just take care to send them to a location that won’t embarrass them, like at work, if you want to your “kiss and make up” session to go smoothly.

6. Try taking them out for a special romantic date to mend things.

If you’ve progressed far enough to see each other again after a fight or breakup, try taking them out on a special date to mend the fences. Be creative and look at it as a chance to re-discover each other and make up.

7. Look at your relationship problems as an opportunity to grow together.

As we said before, every romantic relationship experiences problems, fights, and even occasional breakups. But if you look at it as an opportunity to learn from your mistakes and grow together, you will be much more likely to kiss and make up.

8. Try to learn to laugh at yourself and not take things too seriously.

This one is key. Taking things too seriously doesn’t make anything easier, especially a breakup of fight. And if you want to make up, then you need to learn to lighten up and laugh at yourself a little.

9. Don’t be afraid to let them have time to themselves to heal.

Time alone is very important in a relationship, especially so after a bad fight or a breakup. Give them and yourself time to heal before rushing back to make up right away.

10. Take another look at becoming better friends.

If you can work at becoming better friends, your relationship will be much better able to handle fights and breakups. And when it comes time to kiss and make up, you’ll be able to do it easier if you are friends.

Reader Question: Tips on the Go

2008-07-30T23:24:00.000+01:00

Reader Question: Tips on the Go

Nick, London: Do you have any practical tips for dealing with stains on clothing and other practical tips?

Sure. First, some practical tips to deal with problems if you are on the road and not within reach of a good haberdasher.

Situation: Unshined shoes.
What to do: First, try rubbing them lightly with a cloth or towel. Much of what appears to be a dullness in the leather is often accumulated dust. In fact, this should generally be done every morning before putting on your shoes. The old rubbing-the-toes-on-the-back-of-your-trouser-leg trick also works, though it doesn’t deal with much other than the toes.

If you’re desperate, eat a banana. Then use the banana peel to give a temporary shine to your shoes. It’s not ideal, but it won’t damage the leather, being natural. Avoid any “quick shine” products as they normally contain silicone, which is effectively giving your shoes a plastic coating.

Situation: Popped a shirt button
What to do: Use a safety pin. What do you mean you don’t carry a safety pin? Well find one and use it to fasten the shirt, making sure that both ends of the pin lie flat against the shirt.

Situation: Spilled wine on yourself
What to do: Using a dry white napkin, soak up as much liquid as possible from the surface before it’s absorbed, then dab on cold water so the stain stays damp and doesn’t set. Never rub. If the stain is on a suit or tie, ask someone to recommend a good dry cleaner and go immediately. If it is on a shirt, put straight in the wash.

Situation: Your zipper is stuck
What to do: Check to make sure no fabric is caught; if it is, try pulling the zipper up and then down again. Finally, rub the tip of a graphite pencil along the zipper. Graphite powder is a great dry lubricant.

Situation: Static cling
What to do: Find a wire hanger in a nearby coat closet and rub it along the clingy area; the metal will remove the charge.

And one more non-clothing tip…

Situation: Bad breath in the middle of a party
What to do: Find a glass of water and a lemon. Squeeze as much of the lemon into the water as you can. Either drink it or, if you’re hidden away in a corner somewhere, gargle it.
Next week, some general maintenance tips for your suits…

How to Salvage Your Clothes

2008-07-30T23:15:00.001+01:00

How to Salvage Your Clothes

By Simon Crompton

This is advice that was given to me on when you can save clothes that are ripped, stained or holed, and what to do about it.

The situation: A sweater with a hole in it
Can it be salvaged? The more unravelled the fabric and the finer the knit, the more difficult it is to mend without being too obvious.
What to do: Find a seamstress who can reattach the loose knitted ends. Whatever you do, don’t wear a sweater with a hole in it if you plan on saving it.
The situation: A sock with a hole in it
Can it be salvaged? No point. The same goes for t-shirts.
What to do: Buy a new one and move on.
The situation: A small, clean cut through a suit
Can it be salvaged? Yes, provided it’s a cut rather than a rip and that the weave does not have a complicated pattern.
What to do: The services of a good reweaver, also known as an invisible mender. Trouble is, invisible menders are very hard to spot. Alice Zotta at 2 West 45th St (Room 1701) is recommended in New York.
The situation: A suit jacket with bubbly lapels
Can it be saved? No. The bubbles happen when a cheap suit – the kind that has a fused construction, made with glue rather than stitched – is caught in the rain. The glue dissolves. To tell if your jacket is fused or canvassed, pinch the material around a buttonhole with both hands, one on the inside and one on the outside. See if there is any material floating between the outside and inside when you separate them.
What to do: Buy a more expensive suit.
The situation: Salt-stained shoes
Can they be saved? Yes, provided they aren’t also dried out (see below).
What to do: Take a 50-50 solution of water and vinegar and wipe it sparingly over the shoes. Wipe off the excess. Once the salt stains have disappeared, treat your shoes to a loving, liberal repolish at the cobblers.
The situation: Shoes whose leather has become cracked by too-rapid drying after a downpour. Or, indeed, a lack of shoe cream for a good few years.
Can they be saved? Sorry. Consider this a cautionary tale. Leather is organic, and if you dry it out too quickly, it’ll go stiff and the fibers will break at the stress points.
What to do: Next time, wipe down your wet shoes and then dry them slowly, away from direct heat. Put newspaper inside to absorb the moisture.

How to Look After Your Suits

2008-07-30T23:10:00.001+01:00

How to Look After Your Suits
by Simon Crompton
Many people look after their suits badly. This may seem obvious. After all men hang their suits on pegs, leave them on the floor after a day’s wear and occasionally bundle them into bags. For the most expensive piece of clothing a man owns, it is generally not treated well. But the biggest mistake he makes is dry cleaning his suits too often.
The chemicals in the dry cleaning process damage natural fibres of wool or cotton, thinning and weakening them. Over time the material at stress points such as the crotch and elbows will wear down. Dry cleaning is still the most effective, indeed really the only effective way to get dirt out of these materials. But often the suits simply aren’t dirty.
Any dirt that does accumulate during a day’s wear can easily be brushed off in the evening. Simply hang up your jacket and trousers and brush them a few times with a soft-bristled brush. This removes the specks of dirt before they can get ground into the material through wearing or pressing.
Suits brushed this way after use should only need to be dry-cleaned twice a year. Some enthusiasts recommend only dry cleaning your suit before it is stored away for the season – so once a year – but this rather suggests that they own more suits than the average man, meaning few uses of the suit each week, and only wear a suit for six months of the year, again suggesting less use.
Dry cleaning twice a year should be sufficient for a suit worn once or twice a week. If you wear a suit more often than that, its lifetime is going to be considerably shortened anyway.
Hang your suit up every night and always leave it for a day before wearing again, to let it recover and drape out its wrinkles naturally. Heavier materials and linen should be left for at least two days.
Many recommend steaming your suit in the morning to remove any last wrinkles. This is often impractical, but it is worth doing occasionally. Buy a portable steamer, or use the steam setting on your iron to puff steam into the material while it is hanging up (make sure it is on a low heat as well). You will sometimes see staff in shops doing this to suits on display, to make them appear crisp and fresh.
If the crease on your trousers also softens over a few weeks, this can be steamed back in with an iron, but again make sure it is on a low heat.
That’s pretty much all you need to do. Store the suits with plenty of space between them in a closet, preferably in cloth suit bags to keep moths away (the brushing out of dirt should also make the material less attractive to the little bleeders). And if you are the kind of man that stores seasonal suits away for six months, make sure they are clean and wrinkle-free before you do so
Simon Crompton is a journalist who blogs at permanentstyle.blogspot.com.

suede shoes

2008-07-29T01:03:00.002+01:00

When I was a young lad my parents, ever practically minded, used to consider that the tricky problem of buying clothes could be mitigated by purchasing garments that were rather too large for me but that could be temporarily altered. The sad fact of the matter was mine was an adolescent body not capable of achieving the ideals of growth that my parents had envisaged. However, I am grateful to my parents for their input. Such practical thinking is admirable, and as they were intent on buying me items of very high quality, it was also rather necessary; I would soon have outgrown a perfectly fitted trouser at the age of 15.

Thinking practically about your wardrobe can save you money. I think a good number of people prefer to devote their time to other activities and expect their clothing results to be as instantaneous as their Starbucks coffee; walk in to shop, find needed black shoes, pay, walk out. The devil is that the product that has been made so readily available to our purchaser, like the Starbucks coffee, is probably overpriced. To get the right results from clothes shopping a good deal of research is needed. It’s preposterous to expect that the average retailer on the high street can be trusted to provide a product that offers, as well as style, long term value for money.

It’s perhaps ironic then that the more practically minded purchaser is apt to make impractical purchases. One such purchase might be a pair of suede shoes.
In the proper hands, suede shoes can be an excellent addition to a gentleman’s footwear collection. However, unlike full grain leather, which possesses the protective ‘skin layer’, suede is only from the soft underside of the animal’s skin; making it softer but also far less durable. Suede also has a tendency to absorb liquid very quickly, making suede products unsuitable for wear in wet periods. And no matter how cautious I have been with it in the past, it has always ended up looking tired, worn and dirty far too soon after the purchase.

“This” I was told by a charming and multi-lingual cobbler in Rome “does not always have to be so.” He informed me of protective sprays, brushing techniques and new suedes, all of which I was previously aware, that had been created for what he termed “the lazy people.” I surmised that lazy people are unlikely to purchase suede shoes because they are more decorative than practical. When new, they look gorgeous; the subtle matte finish is the footwear equivalent of a chocolate truffle. However, taking the decision to buy a pair is momentous. Suede shoes are the difficult child, the young offender and the family puppy; they require a great deal of care and attention. They should really be worn infrequently and never when it is raining. There are shoe care guides aplenty that offer ‘solutions’ for worn, wet or dirty suede but the unhappy fact of the matter is, your suede will never quite be the same again once it has shown the ugly evidence of use.

Lifting the napp on worn areas with a brush will not restore your shoes to their former glory, and dirt marks on light suede are unlikely to be completely lifted even after hours of attempt with a putty rubber. This is not to dissuade (please, excuse the pun) the reader from considering shoes in such a material. I myself have longed for a pair of black suede Stemar lace-ups that slipped through my fingers several seasons ago and despite my consideration that, though splendid, they would soon be irretrievably damaged by the persistent dirt and wet of London’s streets, I would still fall to my knees, irrationally and theatrically, and beg them to be mine.

Want ladies really want

2008-07-23T13:42:00.001+01:00

The women have been regarded as very ‘complex’ being by most of the male. The truth is that the complex being (i.e. female) are quite understandable if only you have the password to breaking their complexity. What password you may ask? The password is love and it can really crack every complexity in a lady. Many times a lady wants to know if she is treated with adoration and respect merely because she is attractive or for who is inside. The answers to most of this question are very important to her because most women have a phobia for the terms ‘ageing’ and ‘change’. Here are hints on some things you may do to capture the heart of that special lady.
1. A simple phone call: Most women are thrilled when you call them up to let them know you care even with your busy schedule they are till top priority, even if it may just be a two minutes phone call, it really means a lot.
2. Look out for her: By this I don’t mean you should start stalking her, but asking simple questions like, ‘my love did anyone upset you?’ Even if you don’t have a remedy for the situation, the mere fact that you asked is a sign of your concern toward anything that involves her.
3. Be well-mannered and presentable: There is a saying ‘That the way you dress is the way you are addressed’. So a woman definitely will want her man to be addressed with respect. She will proudly say ‘That is my man’.
4. Be responsible and dependable: Responsibility to the women is one of the most important character quality in a man. A who doesn’t need to be reminded of his duties as a man before carrying them is often considered ‘A correct catch’ by the women folk
5. Dates: Make sure you remember special dates like her birthday, your anniversary, valentine and other special dates that are important to her.
6. Be Trustworthy: If a woman knows her man is trustworthy she feels very comfortable in putting all her hopes and dreams in his hands। She is also not afraid in starting a future with him.
7.Sexual Compatibility: For the married man,he should learn to study his wife,s sexual cycle and have a deep understanding of her appetite.There should be an unspoken agreement between the two of them concerning the pace and trend they take in order to have a beautiful consumption

Choice of perfumes

2008-07-17T21:29:00.001+01:00

Most guys believe that perfumes are not needed but they are very wrong,
Because most guys need to smell nice(in other to attract ladies) and also to prevent body odour.
Below are lists of good perfumes:
Lacoste essential
Hugo Boss Soul man
XS BLACK
Dior Homme
Ralph Lauren Polo Black
Blurberry Brit