For Valentine's Day ... just because:
We gather here today to mourn the passing of my size 34-34 Levi's Dockers Wrinkle Free Classic Fit pants.Levi Docker the 34th, or less formally ‘Slacks’, as I fondly referred to her, was as stout and conforming as any pair of pants I have owned. Born in a Bangladesh sweat shop in 1998, I first met Slacks at a two for one sale at The Gap. It was the turbulent year of ‘99. Bill Clinton had finally gotten around to putting on his own slacks, and, pants firmly in place, he commenced with the bombing of the Balkans. Y2K threatened to destroy every microwave this side of Timbuktu. Pokemon swept the globe in an attempt at world domination. Ricky Martin pushed the boundaries of high-tensile leg wear. And “The Blair Witch Project” scared the pants off of about 5 people(the rest showed emotions ranging from mild irritation to blinding fury at the stupidity of it all).
It always weighed heavily upon my heart that Slacks was the free half of the two-for-one deal on that fateful day in June. I walked out of the store carrying a pair of Cabin Creek® Double Knit 5 Pocket Stretch Cords, and Slacks was relegated to a ‘bonus’ status. I lament also the fact that I didn’t recognize Slacks wonderful simplistic beauty immediately. Instead I was mesmerized by the cheap, flashy, whorish good looks of the Stretch Cords. Sure, we had some good times together, but she never fit oh so perfectly the way Slacks did, she never loved me the way Slacks loved me.
... admit it, you've all had a pair.
well done!
Cjunk, It's always* been the 501's for me. I own about 15 pairs of pants, 12 of them are 501's in various stages of wear.
*since the mid-80's
I've had a pair. But I won't admit it.
It's always been the 501s for me, too, SDH. Every time I try something else I look like Elvis when they found him on the bathroom floor.
What's most disturbing is, I'm not even fat.
LOL ... maybe we should start each comment with: "Hello, my name is EBD, and I'm a 501er!"
Wow. Sorry, dude (*choke*).
I should probably mention, of the other three pairs of pants I own, one belongs to to a black suit, and the others are Dockers (tan and navy), because my wife insists I don't wear jeans to certain functions.
For shirts, I'm partial to LL Bean.
Brings back the memory when my Levis jean jacket, with leather trim, was failing apart at the seams. Many years of wear was recorded on its fabric. I walked into the "Jean Store" and asked the girl what they had for jackets, she showed what they had. They were all "distressed" fashion wise. I looked at them, looked at mine and asked her how much would I get for my actual "distressed" jacket. She laughed...
I recently saw a new pair of GWG on a shelf. GWG were once made in Winnipeg. Sadly, the new ones are made in China. My aunt used to work at GWG in WPG. . She came home evey night covered in blue dye. Why can't we make jeans in Canada??
I currently own 4 pairs of MEC rads which I wear almost exclusively, and one of those (which I wear under my coveralls every day at work)is nearing the end. since they don't make them anymore I am reluctant to waste one of my 3 remaining pairs for work as 40 hours a week wearing them is going to bring about their demise sooner than I would like.
Damn. Mine only died from a rat on a chain(poodle for the great unwashed),but I am happy to say my sneakers survived better then the mutt.
As to Joe's question about the blue jeans,because some socialist union ahole here would demand about 45 bucks an hour to produce 2 bucks worth of cloth,whereas in China they can make them for 2 cents,and sell them to us idiots for 45 bucks.
Call me a cowboy but I'm a Wrangler kind of guy.
Joe Citizen @ 7:03 I just checked and the last pairs of jeans that my wife and I purchased were Kirklands and made in Canada. Couldn't tell you where though, most likely Montreal.
Shame on you...with a sewing engine everything can be repaired/patched.
Any welder/metal fabricator has the talent---it's just a different kinda welder.
I have a work coat----20 years---4 zippers later....zippers can be tricky.
Years back had I had hoarded some jeans for later attention when my X descended and somehow thought she had achieved something miraculous by converting them to shorts----burning the remnants. I claim it was deliberate vandalism....grrrrr. I got a restraining order.
Did you ever notice that baring accident or doberman.....trousers--especially work pants wear on the front and the backs are usually sort of pristine.
The trick is to rip the outseam and inseam of one pair (the most worn)----harvesting the backs. Backs are always wider than the fronts. Then rip the outseam of the better pair and redo the outseam with the harvested material out on the front. Rip the inseam. Trim the recycled material to closely match the original front and redo the inseam. Don't try to get too fancy about the zipper or the pockets---it's function over form.
With a bit of practice---20 minutes.
The finished product is not sunday-go-to-meeting but most folk never notice..... functional for physical stuff----bike riding, mowing lawn--welding--grinding.
Having a robust sewing engine with zig-zag is best....zig-zag is a flexible durable stitch.
Dobermans?-----that's why ya carry a stout cane.
RESIST THE NEW WORLD ORDER
hello my name is marc, and I've been a 501 guy for +30 years, sure, there's been others, but they weren't 501's. ect.. (although the Dockers are very good "pants").
sasquatch, new Carhartt overalls for me are $100, my almost new Pfaff was $50. as they say, "do the math".
Pfaff tipmatic 1027. nothing real fancy, works excellent. Soon, we'll all be trading lentil soup recipes and a "Best of Kate" cook book... :)
marc in calgary
That Omega Denim machine I have will buzz through the inseam of those Carhartt's.....
Lentil soup??? euchhhh
I do bake biscuits----the dog watches them rise and barks when they are done.....for that ugly last one.
RESIST THE NEW WORLD ORDER
A "Best of Kate" cookbook, huh.
I'm in the test kitchen now working on a Dawg Jerky recipe. Kinda dry and leathery so far, but I'll figure out how to make it more palitable.
Canada won Gold! Valentines Day gift for all Canadians!
Great story and coincidently relevant for me today. My daughter was busy today trying to find every pair of jeans in our home to donate to a womens shelter - its a contest you see, whoever donates the most jeans wins a $175 gift certificate from the Jean Store. I caught her with a pair of my well worn old jeans, too small, but I simply can not part with them - it's like parting with a friend, besides, I just know that someday I will back into them!
I don't know why, but there is something inherently funny about pants.
I agree, but unitards are even funnier. I met a woman from the US (W. Virginia) who swore on a proverbial stack of bibles that a female friend of hers went to Ted Kennedy's house to be interviewed for a job as an intern, and when he opened the door he was wearing only dress shoes and a black unitard.
Thank you, thank you. Don't forget to tip your waitress....
thanks EBD
I was having trouble sleeping anyway , now that image is burned into my brain, I may as well make coffee at 5.15am on Don Getty Holiday.
To what kind of "pair" are you referring, cjunk?!
... and then there's NYDJs (Not Your Daughter's Jeans). 'Ever heard of them?
Sorry, the one thing I like about the Army was wearing the same cloths ( clean ) every day. But even for me, the Army started to become a little to fashionista for me.
After that it was Wal-Mart $8 jeans. I work construction so anything I buy I destroy, and official HeMan Carharts don't last any longer.
Although I have had a few boots I miss.
Mostly, I miss old dogs. I'm getting to the point were there won't be too many new ones. I'd like there to be my old dogs waiting for me in Heaven. That would be nice.
Didn't Jackson Brown once write a song that was harshly dismissive of these pants? "Docker, My Eye!" or something along those lines?