Gosh - what have I started. I do remember when I as a smoker, In the early 70's, asking on my first assignment to New York whether anyone could give me a fag...
I suffered a mildly embarrassing situation on a business trip to Boston involving a female colleague and her fanny sack.
There was a post some years back from an American gentleman describing how he'd had to work on his engine wearing a vest and suspenders (having broken down on the way to a formal function).
