Author Topic: Dirty Jeans (Read 2453 times)

Ben · « **on:** April 25, 2017, 10:08:04 AM »

When I worked in the oil patch in my youth, I got paid to make my jeans look like this.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/04/25/nordstrom-charging-425-fake-mud-jeans-mike-rowe-social-media-reacts

Jocassee · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2017, 10:52:09 AM »

Stop the world. I wanna get off.

KD5NRH · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2017, 11:11:38 AM »

Heck, when we were moving the office, I was the only one with enough knowledge of points ignition to keep the 1976 forklift running, so I ended up outside in the blowing dust running it back and forth for two weeks. For a while there, I'd shower in my jeans as a pre-rinse, rubbing them down with Dawn Ultra before taking them off and wringing as much mud and grease out as possible so the rest of the clothes wouldn't come out of the wash looking like that.

For that matter, my bike commute sometimes results in the first rinse of my hair being brown-gray mud. Sweating in a dust storm is messy, but it sure makes getting clean afterward feel nice. I've had jobs dirty enough that the first thing I did when I got home was shower, scrub and put on nice clothes, even just to sit around the house being clean for a while before bed. I guess it's a matter of earning the dirt, which earns the long hot shower.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2017, 11:35:19 AM »

Need a plague

dogmush · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2017, 12:38:18 PM »

I'm not mad, I'm just bummed out that I didn't realize I could sell my work pants for $400 years ago....

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2017, 12:45:18 PM »

All that money, and you don't even get real mud.

There is a manufacturer's rep that comes to visit us in the shop, here. He's so fashion-forward that the last time he showed up, his jeans were ripped all down the front. I guess he'll be wearing fake mud next time we see him.

Let's look at the bright side. The next time you spill coffee on your pants, you'll be a fashion icon.

KD5NRH · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2017, 01:10:49 PM »

Quote from: fistful on April 25, 2017, 12:45:18 PM

There is a manufacturer's rep that comes to visit us in the shop, here. He's so fashion-forward that the last time he showed up, his jeans were ripped all down the front.

Last time I was at work looking like that, the incident report took the rest of the shift, (in an air conditioned office rather than the 110 degree production area) and they bought me a new pair of 501s to keep me from beating the crap out of the guy who didn't follow procedures before removing a LO/TO tag.

230RN · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2017, 01:18:09 PM »

Even before I read fistful's "Let's look at the bright side. The next time you spill coffee on your pants, you'll be a fashion icon," I was thinking it would be more appropriate for our modern youth to have a permanent artificial pee stain on their jeans.

But fistul stole my thunder.

Drat. Foiled again.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2017, 01:38:23 PM »

There's always been money in clothing the rest of us laugh at. Jeans are one of the best examples.

Back in 1970 a hurricane destroyed millions of yards of blue denim at Kohn Mills, one of the primary suppliers to Levi Strauss. A genius in marketing looked the blotched fabric and had an idea. They made jeans from the damaged fabric and called it tie-dyed. And they charged more.

It's stuff like this that persuaded me to get into advertising.

Nick1911 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:29:27 PM »

Reminds me of the people at my office. College educated white collar IT folks.

A great many of them pay for things like lawn mowing, while at the same time paying for gym memberships.
Hard work to accomplish a task is beneath them. But hard work for vanity is noble and worthy.

It's very odd if you really think about it.

KD5NRH · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:41:34 PM »

Quote from: Nick1911 on April 25, 2017, 02:29:27 PM

A great many of them pay for things like lawn mowing, while at the same time paying for gym memberships.
Hard work to accomplish a task is beneath them. But hard work for vanity is noble and worthy.

Exactly. Meanwhile, I laugh as I pedal past the gym without needing to pay for a membership to get a workout, then go home and mow my lawn.

Hauling a weedeater home on the bike after I found a good deal on one was a bit of a hassle, though. That's almost got me convinced to spring the $100 for a small trailer...which, of course, would then lead to me regularly hitting yard sales on the bike, and that can get dangerous. There's only so much yard sale crap I can fit in my place.

(Even with a car, cycling past yard sales can be frustrating, because you know darn well whatever you want will be gone by the time you can come back to get it. Thus, it's currently safer to just sleep in on Saturdays.)

TechMan · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:44:11 PM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on April 25, 2017, 11:35:19 AM

Need a plague

I am noticing a theme in your postings lately.

gunsmith · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:49:36 PM »

there is serious money to be made, in the seventies in NYC I was friends with a bunch of graffiti artist - they called themselves "Zoo York"
They were all really good artist and had great art work all over NYC, which resulted in some executive seeing their art, and starting a clothing label worth billions with a stolen idea

gunsmith · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:51:48 PM »

i have some excellent ideas but lack the knowledge on how to pull it off, some of you may recall that M.H.I role playing game was my idea ( didn't make a dime either *shrugs* )

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2017, 03:16:05 PM »

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/leevis-3-legged-jeans/n10132?snl=1

230RN · « **Reply #15 on:** April 25, 2017, 04:09:24 PM »

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A great many of them pay for things like lawn mowing, while at the same time paying for gym memberships.
Hard work to accomplish a task is beneath them. But hard work for vanity is noble and worthy.

It's very odd if you really think about it.

That and some other comments made me remember the time I was sitting outside a large supermarket for a while and I observed a shiny new car cruising back and forth and around the parking aisles three or four times looking for a close-in spot.

She finally found one right near the entrance, and I observed with a grin that she was dressed in gym-type clothes and trotted into the store in a big hurry.

Maybe you have to think about that one for a while. Two amuseys for the price of one.

At least she didn't pull into a handicapped spot "just for a minute."

When you say "plague," do you mean bubonic, or will any old pandemic do?

Scout26 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 25, 2017, 04:24:45 PM »

Quote from: Nick1911 on April 25, 2017, 02:29:27 PM

Reminds me of the people at my office. College educated white collar IT folks.

A great many of them pay for things like lawn mowing, while at the same time paying for gym memberships.
Hard work to accomplish a task is beneath them. But hard work for vanity is noble and worthy.

It's very odd if you really think about it.

Do they also complain about trying to find a parking space there ??

KD5NRH · « **Reply #17 on:** April 25, 2017, 04:42:16 PM »

Quote from: 230RN on April 25, 2017, 04:09:24 PM

That and some other comments made me remember the time I was sitting outside a large supermarket for a while and I observed a shiny new car cruising back and forth and around the parking aisles three or four times looking for a close-in spot.

She finally found one right near the entrance, and I observed with a grin that she was dressed in gym-type clothes and trotted into the store in a big hurry.

Yeah, instead of close in parking for fat people trying to pass it off as a handicap, maybe they should have parking that radiates outward from the doors by BMI. Morbidly obese folks get to park way out there by the street, and the underweight are up there with the actual handicapped.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** April 25, 2017, 05:10:54 PM »

Quote from: Nick1911 on April 25, 2017, 02:29:27 PM

Reminds me of the people at my office. College educated white collar IT folks.

A great many of them pay for things like lawn mowing, while at the same time paying for gym memberships.
Hard work to accomplish a task is beneath them. But hard work for vanity is noble and worthy.

It's very odd if you really think about it.

Is it? Is pushing a mower or dragging around a weed-eater really that good of a work-out, compared to what you can get at a gym, or from running, etc? And I know, back when I could run w/o my hamstrings acting up, it was definitely more enjoyable than mowing the lawn.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #19 on:** April 25, 2017, 07:46:26 PM »

Quote from: adively on April 25, 2017, 02:44:11 PM

I am noticing a theme in your postings lately.

An asteroid strike would work about as well.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #20 on:** April 25, 2017, 10:21:19 PM »

Quote from: fistful on April 25, 2017, 05:10:54 PM

Is it? Is pushing a mower or dragging around a weed-eater really that good of a work-out, compared to what you can get at a gym, or from running, etc? And I know, back when I could run w/o my hamstrings acting up, it was definitely more enjoyable than mowing the lawn.

Technically, it's probably a better work out since you are moving and doing stuff that requires a bigger range and rates of motion. A gym workout will have specifics focused exercises for specific muscle groups, which is good, but isn't always as efficient as a general all over workout and running (or cycling or whatever) would be even more focused.

French G. · « **Reply #21 on:** April 25, 2017, 10:32:27 PM »

Well, if mud is fashion maybe I can get paid for my old amusement, being ever vigilant to the opportunity of the alignment of college student, mud puddle, and the immediate future path of my car.

grampster · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2017, 10:37:39 PM »

At my age exercise is walking to the refrigerator for a beer, or the cupboard for a cookie, (I only get the new Chips Ahoy Thins...diet ya know) or to the bathroom to pee. I feel great.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2017, 11:07:34 PM »

I wonder if they'd pay more for fragrant farm mud? Because I could hook some hipsters up for the right price.

OH! OH! OH! I could even do specialty scents! Goat Pasture! Horse Stall! Alpaca in Spring!

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2017, 11:11:23 PM »

Quote from: bluestarlizzard on April 25, 2017, 11:07:34 PM

I wonder if they'd pay more for fragrant farm mud? Because I could hook some hipsters up for the right price.

OH! OH! OH! I could even do specialty scents! Goat Pasture! Horse Stall! Alpaca in Spring!

I hear Unicorn is really popular right now.

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Author Topic: Dirty Jeans (Read 2453 times)