Replacing the trousers

[Hamish]

Good idea, but decided to go and get rid of all my trousers. My wife thought it was extreme.
I just kept overalls for really dirty work.

Congratulations, Gray. For some reason I really never thought you would reach this stage. My boy, I am proud of you!!

[GlassMan]

It's a well-known fact that one of the (myriad) advantages of kilts over pants is that they lack an inseam. Usually this is cited because there's no inseam to chafe and constrict, but there's another advantage.

Kilts can't blow their inseam.

I now have two pair of pants that are ripped in an unfortunate area. I normally get relaxed fit pants, too, so I'm guessing it's partially due to the age of the trousers in question.

The other pair also got a large rip on the backside while working in the forge, do I darned them to use in the shop. But how many shop pants do I really need?

My solution is simple! Every time I loose a pair of pants, I get a kilt to replace it.

Occam's Razor is a wonderful thing :mrgreen:

My Nopadon just blew out the inseam on yet another pair of pants. I'm getting really tired ot trying to sew those things up. I'm not good at sewing and they look horrible when I'm done. Anyway, I've never regreted getting rid of all my trousers.

[UmAnOnion]

My Nopadon just blew out the inseam on yet another pair of pants. I'm getting really tired ot trying to sew those things up. I'm not good at sewing and they look horrible when I'm done. Anyway, I've never regreted getting rid of all my trousers.

I have the same problem in that i have large thighs that rub together which wears holes in the inside of the pant leg. have had to resort to patching the crotch of several pairs of suit pants in order to continue to wear the suit. and adding fabric there just makes matters worse...

if only i could get away with wearing kilts to work but alas no can do here

[GlassMan]

I have the same problem in that i have large thighs that rub together which wears holes in the inside of the pant leg. have had to resort to patching the crotch of several pairs of suit pants in order to continue to wear the suit. and adding fabric there just makes matters worse...

if only i could get away with wearing kilts to work but alas no can do here

I had the same problem when I was a child. The friction of my thighs ate holes in my pant legs and also in my boxer shorts.

My mother used to claim that I had teeth down there.

[Angus MacSpey]

FWIW I was talking to a 20 something about how much he spends for his jeans. He told me that he feels he gets a bargain if they are between $175-$200. Needless to say he does not shop around and only goes for what is the latest "fashion inequity".

Those $200 jeans are made in the very same Third World sweatshop by the very same Third World seamstresses making the same 75 cents per day as the $25 jeans you can get at Wal-Mart. The only difference is the label they sew on at the end of the process.

No one ever lost a nickel underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Or, rather, mis-underestimating it....

[auld argonian]

$25 jeans at Walmart? You've got the upscale Walmarts near you....anything more than 15 bucks is too much...and they last as long as the $40 Levis (and Levis quit making jeans that fit my skinny **** about ten years ago...relaxed fit? sorry, I can't relax that much.) I believe, incidentally, that Levis moved its operations completely off shore about two years ago.

Best

AA

[mbhandy]

$25 jeans at Walmart? You've got the upscale Walmarts near you....anything more than 15 bucks is too much...and they last as long as the $40 Levis (and Levis quit making jeans that fit my skinny **** about ten years ago...relaxed fit? sorry, I can't relax that much.) I believe, incidentally, that Levis moved its operations completely off shore about two years ago.

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AA

I use to get the Rusler jean for $9.95 at Wally World. I was told they are the same as Wranglers. :confused:

MrBill

[Angus MacSpey]

$25 jeans at Walmart? You've got the upscale Walmarts near you....anything more than 15 bucks is too much...

Sorry - I was taking a wild guess, since I don't buy my jeans there. As long as there is still one brand made in the USA, I'll buy those.

[UmAnOnion]

I had the same problem when I was a child. The friction of my thighs ate holes in my pant legs and also in my boxer shorts.

My mother used to claim that I had teeth down there.

[longshadows]

Yes, I know well what you're talking about. As a boy who didn't wear jeans, because they were cut too tight for my build, I had to wear "slacks" which wore out right below the crotch. (My mother used to have to patch them--ugh!). Later, as I slimmed down, I wore jeans and had no further problem with "crotch rot!"

Now, however, as I begin to wear kilts, I find that my thighs do indeed still rub together and it's compounded by the fact that my scrotum, which used to be kept in check by a pair of cotton briefs is now caught between them! Not that my jewels are getting crushed, but I'm wondering how this will play out come summer, when things get warmer! Is there potential for "crotch rot" in the form of a rash?

(Ah, the topics we get into on this forum!!!)