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monster 09-29-2015 08:59 PM

Blue Jeans
 
Do you wear them?
Do your Kids? Parents? Grandkids? grandparents?.......

I remember reading a while back they were doomed because Reagan wore them and he was old, so younger generations wouldn't touch them with a fossilized whale penis.

Beest and I wear jeans, but black. we're mid 40s. The kids (13-17)...2/3 won't touch them, the other wears dark blue jeans only if the risk of frostbite is serious enough that his shorts hide from him.

And yet... whenever there is a "dress thing" at school where groups of students who don't have team uniform/spiritwear thing in common are asked to dress the same, it's always Blue Jeans.

PoloGirl had a pair of Jeggings someone gave her that she kept for just this purpose (and no other). She won't wear jeans of any color. PoloboyII would have been up shit creek without a pa.......ir of blue jeans, were it not for the cartoon ripped pants incident last Sunday during a family outing that forced us to stop at a thrift store and buy the only pants in the store that fit... he only wears Camo.

BigV 09-29-2015 09:56 PM

Yep, I wear them. So do my sons. BelovedDaughter is a girly girl, and I'm sure she *has* some, but I can't remember the last time I saw her wearing a pair of blue jeans.

Clodfobble 09-29-2015 10:23 PM

When I was a teen, I wore men's jeans every single day.

My clothes are more feminine now, so my jeans are, I guess you could say classier? They're very dark blue (but never black,) and fitted in the hips and thigh. But I only own maybe 2-3 of them, and only wear them November-February. The rest of the time it's too fuckin' hot.

Clodfobble 09-29-2015 10:27 PM

Forgot to mention the kids: Minifobette wore them when she was too young to have an opinion on that type of thing, but since the age of 4 or so, she absolutely won't touch them. Minifob doesn't care, he'll wear whatever is at the top of his drawer, except they're not allowed to wear jeans to school, only khaki or navy, so that's the majority of what's in his drawer.

DanaC 09-30-2015 01:44 AM

I pretty much live in jeans or cargo pants.

limey 09-30-2015 01:57 AM

I live in jeans. I prefer black but also have blue and middle-aged-lady other colour, currently teal. Also I was thrilled to buy my first ever denim jacket recently.

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footfootfoot 09-30-2015 02:54 AM


glatt 09-30-2015 07:09 AM

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I used to wear blue jeans exclusively when not at work or formal occasions, and then one day it occurred to me that they just aren't as comfortable as other pants. So now I wear sort of docker-ish pants that are a bit like cargo pants with extra pockets and stuff. Baggier and more comfortable.

At this rate, I'll be wearing sweatpants exclusively in a few years.

My favorite pants are my Scout leader uniform pants. Dressy cargo pants with zip off legs for when it gets hot. My wife hates them, so I only wear them to Scouts and camping. They are so comfortable and the big pockets are on the sides, so when you sit down, your phone and reading glasses case don't jamb into you.
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Clodfobble 09-30-2015 09:12 AM

That's Mr. Clod's excuse as well--he genuinely uses the cargo pockets on both sides of his pants, and things have to get very formal before he moves into real dress pants and not just tucking his button-down shirt into his cargo pants. Even if he's doing gross yard work or whatever, he wears old cargo pants, not jeans.

xoxoxoBruce 09-30-2015 09:21 AM

If jeans aren't allowed, I don't go. Of course there's a huge gray area between not allowed and just socially unacceptable. Unacceptable means they can cluck and whisper and peer down their noses with distain. Not allowed means they must have the ability to physically stop me which is pretty rare.

chrisinhouston 09-30-2015 10:35 AM

I've pretty much worn jeans as my pant of choice since high school in the early 70's. But now that I seem to mostly work from home and live in hot and humid Houston I wear nylon type running shorts most of the time. Jeans are only for winter months. I only own one navy blazer and a pair of tan and a pair of grey slacks that I only wear to weddings, funerals and my wife's annual company Christmas party.

classicman 09-30-2015 01:31 PM

Used to wear them all time, but I've evolved into cargo shorts in the spring, summer, fall and into these the rest of the time.
They are the awsum

Gravdigr 09-30-2015 02:01 PM

Jeans rule. Black, blue, (ladies in white jeans:jig:) whatever. During summer I wear cotton shorts almost exclusively. When I go to the bar with the $5 buckets, I wear jeans (and sometimes a long sleeved shirt), even in summer, cuz it be cold in there.

Gravdigr 09-30-2015 02:05 PM

:devil::devil::devil::devil::devil:


lumberjim 09-30-2015 03:32 PM

I'm in jeans from October to May, cargo shorts May-Oct. I like jeans that have the painter pockets and hammer loop... but they're hard to find anymore.

xoxoxoBruce 09-30-2015 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 940507)
:devil::devil::devil::devil::devil:

I appreciate a woman that's thrifty, and wears jeans until they are tatters. Yum, tatters. :haha:

Aliantha 09-30-2015 04:13 PM

Everyone here wears jeans. I mean everyone in the country. There are very few who don't.

DanaC 09-30-2015 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 940518)
I'm in jeans from October to May, cargo shorts May-Oct. I like jeans that have the painter pockets and hammer loop... but they're hard to find anymore.

I can't imagine having whole seasons of similar weather like that. I tend not to have to wear winter woolies much during the summer - and I tend to have fewer opportunities for wandering around in a tshirt during the winter - other than that, all clothes are in play all year round.

Griff 09-30-2015 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 940518)
I'm in jeans from October to May, cargo shorts May-Oct. I like jeans that have the painter pockets and hammer loop... but they're hard to find anymore.

I get the wicked cheap duck version of this at tractor supply, sometimes the Dickies version or the Carhart version.

fargon 09-30-2015 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff (Post 940531)
I get the wicked cheap duck version of this at tractor supply, sometimes the Dickies version or the Carhart version.

What?

monster 09-30-2015 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC (Post 940527)
I can't imagine having whole seasons of similar weather like that. I tend not to have to wear winter woolies much during the summer - and I tend to have fewer opportunities for wandering around in a tshirt during the winter - other than that, all clothes are in play all year round.

yeah, my legs don't see long pants/trousers for at least three months of the year. It's really bizarre when you're forced to put them on for the first time in the fall/autumn

monster 09-30-2015 09:23 PM

....and in the winter, we pack away a huge box of shorts between us. We still keep a couple pairs out for poolside/workouts etc but we have so many pairs, it frees up closet space to pack them away in one of the winter coats/snowpants boxes

monster 09-30-2015 09:25 PM

... this evening was the first time I've been chilly in a t-shirt for probably 4 months

BigV 09-30-2015 10:08 PM

shorts vs blue jeans? two great tastes that taste great together.



the button fly, "seen in all the wrong places".

Griff 10-01-2015 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by fargon (Post 940549)
What?

Heavy cotton canvas work pants with hammer loop and side pockets. The material is called duck. Carhart makes the highest quality.

BigV 10-01-2015 11:00 AM

I have several pairs of nylon hiking pants from REI, I love them. I'd wear them every day if I could. Super comfortable, easy to keep clean(ish), cool, lots of storage. My biggest complaint is that because the model I have comes with a captive nylon web belt, I can't easily attach my Leatherman holster to the belt and I have to carry it in a pocket. It's not very comfortable that way, the fabric's so supple and loose that the heavy tool swings around more than I'd like. But it's a minor quibble and the pants overall are easily my favorites.

glatt 10-01-2015 11:06 AM

I have a few pair of pants with the captive belt and I don't care for that feature at all.

footfootfoot 10-01-2015 11:20 AM

If I had a tool that swung when I walked I wouldn't quibble about it either...

BigV 10-01-2015 11:31 AM

again with the sex bruises...

Gravdigr 10-01-2015 04:56 PM

:lol2:

busterb 10-02-2015 06:35 PM

I bought Wranglers other day. 1st in years.I have maybe 8 pair, but too small. IF I can lose 2 more inches, I'll have plenty of jeans. HA.

xoxoxoBruce 10-05-2015 03:53 AM

Don't throw away the old ones, they might be valuable some day.
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The first time I dug up some vintage denim, I had no idea what it was worth. It just looked like some old rags, so instead of carefully uncovering it, I pulled on it and tore it to pieces. I’d actually been digging for antique whisky bottles, and what I didn’t know then was that those “rags” were likely worth thousands.

put a few of the denim items I’d dug up on eBay. A Japanese collector contacted me and came all the way out here to look at my collection in person. I sold him a jacket for $1,000. At the time, it seemed a good deal, but he told me not to talk to other people or tell them what I was doing; I realise now that he didn’t want me to find out how much these things were worth. I talked to other dealers and collectors, and found out he was selling the pieces back to Levi’s for its archives – he’d sell them a pair of jeans for upwards of $100,000.
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Gravdigr 10-05-2015 04:23 PM

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Don't throw away the old ones, cut out the back pockets, and make a jean pocket quilt.

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I've wanted one of these for a long time.

lumberjim 10-05-2015 05:08 PM

you've got free time, and I bet there's a goodwill close enough to scooter to..... get crackin, honkey!

Gravdigr 10-05-2015 05:10 PM

But, I gots no skillz.

Nor inclination.

monster 10-05-2015 05:32 PM

Cellar Fundraiser: how many jean pocket quilts will secret santa send grav? pay a fee, take guess, winner gets 50% of the pot..... ??

Sundae 10-06-2015 09:49 AM

Someone seems to be volunteering to be Secret Santa :lol:

(I SO can't - it freaked me out when I was relatively stable... it would pretty much kill me off these days)

Gravdigr 10-06-2015 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by monster (Post 940977)
Cellar Fundraiser: how many jean pocket quilts will secret santa send grav? pay a fee, take guess, winner gets 50% of the pot..... ??

Ima pre-guess 'zero':lol2:...And I ain't giving nobody half m'weed.

:p:


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