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Chargeride said:
Ive noticed cheap jeans thesedays are really thick and strong..until the first wash and whatever they spray on them fades away and their like teacloths.
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In school, I’d scratch up the money to buy Dickies. They were durable, wrinkle-free, loose enough to be comfortable in winter and summer, and stain-resistant.

They were the kind the legendary Maytag Repairman would wear.


In the 1950s, new jeans had an odor I found heavenly. Whatever the chemical was, jeans no longer had it in 1963, when my mother bought 3 pair of white Wrangler stretch jeans and told me to wear them to school. Jeans violated the dress code, but the city’s unwritten law was that that mothers were always right, so I had to wear them.

I’d freeze in cold weather and they weren’t comfortable in any weather. Anything in a pocket made a lump. Grass stains were conspicuous and wouldn’t come out. All three pair were soon covered with conspicuous little holes because any time I tumbled across the pavement, the point of initial impact would leave a hole. I was glad when I wore my "pantyhose" out.

That’s how I learned that there are two kinds of denim. This thick, soft stuff that burst into fluffy white holes seemed to be what women demanded, for themselves and for men.

 
PCeBiker said:
I couldn't find Dickies Duck pants or Logger pants Anywhere.
They were out of stock everywhere in my size.
I needed 29" waist X 34"-36" inseam, and I will Never were floods or stovepipe jeans.
("Are you expecting a flood?" Was how you teased someone who was wearing jeans that were too short, and stovepipe jeans were the antonym of bell bottom jeans (which were also uncool by 1975)).

But I managed to find a pair of Carhartt Duck Pants for Real Cheap because NOBODY Nowadays has a 29" waist unless they are 4' tall.



I always wore my Levi's on my dirt bike, and I used to wear my quick dry nylon swimsuit underneath incase I decided to jump in the water without getting my clothes wet or swimming publicly in my gitch or naked.

I wiped out and skidded on my left hip.
My jeans were fine with just a scuff mark, but when I got home I noticed that my swim suit had a hole melted in it on the left hip bone area.
(Very similar to Stephan's incident without the 🔥)

The heat created from the friction was enough to melt the swimsuit under the jeans, but the jeans were fine.

I had that same swimsuit until just a few years ago.
More than 40 years old.

I kept it in my car in case I wanted to go swimming without getting an indecent exposure ticket.
It folded up inside out into the rear pocket and zippered up for neat and tidy storage.
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Our Nationwide trade diy stores sell Dickies, Ive got a pair of boots and a jacket.
 
PCeBiker said:
I couldn't find Dickies Duck pants or Logger pants Anywhere.
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Sitting or kneeling on a steep, abrasive roof without a pad is hard on pants. About 15 years ago I bought a pair of Open Trails jeans on impulse. That's a discount store brand. I assumed they were of poor quality, but wearing them out would save real pants. I've worn them on countless hours of roof work. Besides a hole in the right back pocket, I see no wear. (Maybe jeans have patch pockets for an extra layer of fabric.) A lot of more expensive jeans would not have fared so well.
 
I say if they really need someone to jump on a table top. Let the robots do it! I'll take the walking around tables jobs
 
Chargeride said:
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I think it was staged. Even if somehow he didn't know the ladder would slide with almost no weight on the feet, it was in his way, he had no place to hang his bucket, and he'd have no hand hold if he stood. He was crouching with his feet 6 feet off the ground, so it wasn't much of a fall. They edited crucial seconds.That may be when he painted his face and shirt.
 
Chargeride said:
I did think that, but that was a pretty risky fall for for internet likes.
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I advanced it in small increments. As he moves toward the building, the weight on it increases and the weight on the street decreases. The ladder starts to slide fairly slowly. Suddenly, the voyeurs jerk the camera up so we can't see the fall. In the last thing we see, he's crouching on the sliding ladder with his feet about waist high. All he has to do is extend his legs.

I went to their youtube place. In one video, they show a guy from behind laying bricks. Then they show the course badly out of level. He turns and smiles with a gap in his teeth.
 
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I heard someone order Mongolian Prawns today. That's like Ethiopian lobster.
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