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If you find something you like buy more than one.
« on: July 21, 2020, 05:19:57 PM »
Three or four years ago I ponied up and bought a Tilley hat. Wide brimmed "Outback" style LWC55. Last week I got a little careless and manged to screw it up enough that I decided to replace it.

Sorry mother *expletive deleted*ers have discontinued it.
^&$&*(*(  ^$@%% &*^)!!  &*^#@!&*(.
 :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Now I have to find something else I might like as much but Tilley Hats have pared down their offerings and the only broad brim hats they have now are the vented ones that I don't like.

Dammit!



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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2020, 05:26:35 PM »
May I suggest a broad-brimmed vented one that you don't like?

https://www.tilley.com/ca_en/men/hats/broad-brim.html

Same thing happened to me with dress shoes. Finally found a wingtip in a true 6E width from Drew Shoe. Fit beautifully. Now discontinued, of course.  =|

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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2020, 05:54:36 PM »
This happens to me all the time with shoes that I both like and that are comfortable. As soon as I find them, it's a guarantee they get discontinued within the next three months.  :laugh:

I currently have a pair of boots and a pair of tenner shoes sitting in boxes, duplicates to what I'm wearing now, and sure enough, they stopped making both last year.

It's especially aggravating for me with shoes. When  I was young, I could wear just about any shoe off the rack. Now something has gone on with my feet where some shoes are absolutely excruciating to walk in, but it always takes at least a few hours of walking around in them for that to start, so there's no way to try them on and find that out without putting them through stuff that voids the ability to return them.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2020, 06:09:26 PM »
Yeah the shoes get me the most. I have trouble finding something comfortable.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2020, 07:10:22 PM »
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2020, 07:17:35 PM »
I wore a Tilley until it started to disintegrate around my brow and Tilley replaced it no charge a couple years ago. It was one of their basic styles. I still love my Tilley hats.
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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2020, 07:20:50 PM »
Dunno how bad it's screwed up, but can they repair it?
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2020, 08:26:03 PM »
Quote from: bedlamite on July 21, 2020, 07:20:50 PM
Dunno how bad it's screwed up, but can they repair it?

uhhhh....No. There was fire involved.  :'(

It will still function as a hat but the big burned spots make it uglier than me. More character than I care to display.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2020, 10:51:47 PM »
That's a story for whisky night. Oh wait every night is whiskey night.
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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2020, 11:39:54 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on July 21, 2020, 08:26:03 PM
uhhhh....No. There was fire involved.  :'(

It will still function as a hat but the big burned spots make it uglier than me. More character than I care to display.


You need to put a smoke generator in it. =D
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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2020, 11:40:13 PM »
Sadly, it was a pretty lame screw up.

This all happened about 30 minutes after sundown. I had a beekeeper buddy of mine come over to help me bring a honey bee swarm trap over from my neighbors property about a 1/3 of a mile back to my bee yard. I'm still in a sling so needed some muscle and two good arms. I had worn the Tilley hat over the neighbors place while driving my lawn mower pulling my little trailer. When we got there I tossed the Tilley in the trailer and put my bee veil on. I had lit my bee smoker in case the bees got testy. I hooked the smoker on the side of an old metal milk crate I use  to haul bee tools around in and during the bumpy trip across the pasture back to the bee yard the smoker was spilling hot embers on my hat.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2020, 08:14:11 AM »
Another one self-identified.

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=61973.0

(Ok, you did it in that thread, too, but now it's relevant.)
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2020, 12:15:44 PM »
Quote from: Jim147 on July 21, 2020, 06:09:26 PM
Yeah the shoes get me the most. I have trouble finding something comfortable.
Ditto. I used to get Rockport "World Tour" walking shoes all the time - they were the ONLY shoes where I could order my size and be confident they'd be a comfortable fit.  But after a corporate reorganization or two and moving their manufacture from China to Vietnam, current Rockport production (with inferior materials, workmanship, and clearly made on different lasts) is just plain awful.   =(
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2020, 01:50:39 PM »
Was browsing around a couple of weeks ago and came across a model of Dickies made jeans that looked very durable, made out of thick canvas type cloth. So on a whim I bought the two pairs that particular store had in stock, hoping they would have the ruggedness I have been looking for. Got them the next day and decided I needed more. Found yet two more pairs from a store in Finland. Bought those as well, got them yesterday. Also shot off a mail to Dickies asking about that model. Discontinued, was in their 2018 catalogue. I might be able to score 2 more pairs even. Fingers crossed.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2020, 07:42:51 PM »
The clothing label Croft & Barrow started making something like carpenter pants, and in colors I really liked. They're comfortable, have the pockets I need, and look decent enough I can wear them to work. Don't know how long they made them, but after I bought about 3 pairs, and went back to Kohl's for a couple more, they discontinued them.  =(
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2020, 10:03:24 AM »
Well anyways, I need a cordless grinder, so as part of that, I'm finally going to listen to what some of you told me to do around a year ago, and today  I'm going to get a Dewalt 20V grinder and then start replacing my other, older 18V Dewalt stuff with the 20V stuff.

Which means that me and all of you that have Dewalt 20V tools are going to see them discontinued for something new by the end of the year.  =D
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2020, 10:47:28 AM »
I'm a firm believer in this philosophy. There are two Puma mares legs in 44-40 in the gun safe. I also have a  stainless steel Rossi R92  in 44-40 as well to augment the two Pumas.

On a slight twist to this philosophy and in accord with the above paragraph, I'm a firm believer in having pistol caliber carbines to match/pair up with pistols and revolvers.

And, I believe if you like a certain brand of ammo, stock up on it. Same for reloading. If you like a certain combo of case, primer, powder, and bullet, stock up on those components.

Anyone gone so far as to find and marry a set of identical twins that meets their fancy?  =D

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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2020, 11:37:40 AM »
One is none, two is one, three is spare parts. - Clint Smith

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Anyone gone so far as to find and marry a set of identical twins that meets their fancy?

At least with that set up you'd still only have one mother in law.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #18 on: July 24, 2020, 12:59:05 PM »
Swmbo loves root beer popsicles.  Walmart is the only store that carries them.  I went 2 days ago.  They had 6 boxes of 6 popsicles.  I bought them all.
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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #19 on: July 24, 2020, 01:05:57 PM »
And they did it to me again. ;/

For 7-8 years I've been wearing 3M safety glasses for sunglasses - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007KQUKM/?coliid=I20XEJB463WK0I&colid=2186QT8S48U9I&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
I typically get a year and half or so out of a pair and usually by 2 pair at a time.

Decided I need a couple more pair.

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« Reply #20 on: July 24, 2020, 03:50:49 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on July 24, 2020, 11:37:40 AM
One is none, two is one, three is spare parts. - Clint Smith

At least with that set up you'd still only have one mother in law.

To have only one mother-in-law would truly sweeten the deal, wouldn't it!  =D

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Re: If you find something you like buy more than one.
« Reply #21 on: July 24, 2020, 10:00:09 PM »
This is the philosophy behind me buying two or three of a particular tshirts at Dollar General every time I went in for a few months. By the time they disappeared, I had a nice little stockpile. The only issue is I bought the 3x large. They are currently still in the comfortably lose range, but I'm still losing weight...

However, once they are done, one way or the other, they make AWESOME gun rags.
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