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| Posted by: Annabelle 24-Feb-2004, 11:03 PM |
| Everyone has an ugly shirt, shorts, sweats, something that is so comfortable but you can't bring yourself to put it in the Goodwill or it's so bad that not even Goodwill would take it. What's yours? Mine is a grey pair of old Naval Academy sweatpants. They make me look heavy but I love them. They are about 20 years old and have worn spots all on them but they are so comfortable. Sometimes when it's really cold I like to sleep in them. One of these years I know I'm going to have a formal burial service. I've even considered a burial at sea for them. A So what's yours? |
| Posted by: 3Ravens 24-Feb-2004, 11:06 PM |
| A ratty old sweatshirt I've had since highschool. Believe me, that was a looooong time ago! |
| Posted by: tialaws 24-Feb-2004, 11:33 PM |
| the ugliest pair of keds around. used to be white now clay stained from years of working in the yard and garden, no tread ,holes at the toes and on the sides-it's awonder why i just don't go barefoot,they are the perfect yard shoes though |
| Posted by: andylucy 24-Feb-2004, 11:37 PM |
| A Murray State University "Racer's Edge" Fencing Tournament t-shirt. The bloody (literally) thing is 17 years old, but I still wear it, especially when I am sick. My wife continues to attempt to dispose of it, saying that the blood stains from an overenthusiastic saber bout aren't hygenic. I figure that after 17 years, any biohazardous remains are gone. I also have a West Point sweatshirt (Annabelle) that I steadfastly refuse to get rid of, but it is only 15 years old. Just my tuppence. Andy |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 24-Feb-2004, 11:41 PM |
I did have a Split Pea Soup Green shirt that I dearly loved  and my Wife threw it away because she did not like it.  I found it and dug it out. She threw it away again. I found it and dug it out again. She then poured a lot of Bleach on it and it ate holes in it. She said it was an accident.  I have never found another shirt like it since.  |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 24-Feb-2004, 11:55 PM |
I have a pair of jogging pants , wonderfully comfortable  ...but really OLD! My boys threaten to burn it one day because they hate them  ...I have no clue, why...  |
| Posted by: Elspeth 25-Feb-2004, 04:49 AM |
Oh poor Richard! If I ever find an ugly peagreensoup shirt in some thrift store, I'll buy the godaweful thing for you, OK? Now, stop crying.  I have a red Christmas sweatshirt, and a pink flowered sweatshirt I painted when I was pregnant eleven years ago. The pink one has been worn so much (three kids worth, plus many comfy days) that it is in tatters. It has become indecent to wear in public, so I use it when I color my hair. (just highlights of course, nothing to do with gray ) The red one I still cling to, even though it has become so thin it is almost see through in places. I've worn it year round, in the off-season I turn it inside out. |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 25-Feb-2004, 06:58 AM | ||
Oh Sis, I wasn't just because it was Split Pea Soup Green. It was a heavy short sleeve banlon shirt. It was sooooo comfortable and warm to boot. Ahhhh just the memories of it. |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 25-Feb-2004, 07:05 AM |
| I totally see your point, Richard! So sad, isn't it? How can people be so cruel? |
| Posted by: Elspeth 25-Feb-2004, 07:08 AM |
| OK, I'll ask. What's a banlon shirt? |
| Posted by: Dreamer1 25-Feb-2004, 10:38 PM |
| Many many moons ago, I had a bright yellow sleepshirt with a picture of Snoopy on top of his dog house and the caption read "I think I'm allergic to morning!". I adored that shirt!! I wore it for years until it literally fell to pieces in the wash. I was heartbroken when I pulled it out. Kept the shreds around until my hubby insisted the thing had to go. (I then hid the largest pieces wayyy back in the closet. One day I'll make a small pillow out of them, or something. Flannel shirts are heaven!) Did I mention I'm a packrat? Dreamer1 P.S. You'll still find shirts of his from our college days in his side of the closet...yellowed, faded, holed, but still there. NO! I don't let him wear them now, even if he wanted to!! |
| Posted by: CelticRose 26-Feb-2004, 01:44 AM |
| a short denim dress that I like to wear every summer. It is hotter than H**l here in Arizona and I love to wear that dress everywhere. Couldn't fit into it last year and I doubt I can fit into it this summer either. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 26-Feb-2004, 04:38 PM | ||
How 'bout a Viking funeral ?Mine is an old pair of Reeboks that were the most comfortable shoes I ever had. I still wear them, but only when I'm exercising. |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Feb-2004, 06:36 PM |
| My good buddy, George Frayne (aka Commander Cody) gave me 2 t-shirts with his art work on them. He signed both of them. I wanted one to put away forever and wear one all the time. I get more comments about that t-shirt. I promised George I would get out to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, some day and check out the paintings he was commisioned to do for the lobby for the "Grand Openening". Find out when the "Good Commander" is playing in your neighborhood here: http://www.commandercody.com/ |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Feb-2004, 06:58 PM |
| OK, OK, so it's not clothing but it's still something I have pride in and won't part with. It was a really, really close second to my Commander Cody t-shirt but my Hamilton pocket watch collection has to be right there. All of the watches, I have restored and are in good running condition. Since Hamilton went out of business in 1969 and some of the parts are not available anymore, I had to make some of the parts. It does help when you have $40,000 in watch making tooling to do that but it still gives you a sense of pride when you see one of the old time pieces come to life. |
| Posted by: maisky 26-Feb-2004, 07:35 PM |
| I have a leather and wool jacket from when I worked for Rapley Engineering in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The back has a picture of a cayote in the middle of a highway, howling (nice embrordary). The print reads "Road Kill Crew". The story: We were a small engineering office serving the local market. A large competetor's rep commented at a trade show that " we would take anything (project), even road kill. " We liked it. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 26-Feb-2004, 10:18 PM |
| Oh Maisky that's not what you told me the other day was your favorite piece of clotheing? You said it was your "Speedo Thong" Bathing Suit ha ha (see if this get's his attention!) Sweet little ole me |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 26-Feb-2004, 10:31 PM | ||
A, did you really have to do that at this time of night. I was just getting ready to go to bed. Now, I'm going to have nightmares all night long.  |
| Posted by: elly 26-Feb-2004, 10:34 PM | ||
Another few weeks he`ll go well on the beach here in Oz, with the other hunks  |
| Posted by: single speed 26-Feb-2004, 10:37 PM |
| I have a pair of olive green Gramachi pants that have seen better days. I have hiked or biked Havasupai Falls, the Grand Canyon, Banff, Hawaii, Ireland, NYC, DC and several National Parks in those pants! They have a large bite mark in the arse, where I was bitten by a fromer employeer's dog. They are very comfortable. They sit in a drawer waiting to get the leg seam restiched after a mountain bike crash last week. The pants and the bike are fine. As for me, I dont heal as fast as I used to.... |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-Feb-2004, 10:41 PM | ||||
I have to agree with A Shrule Egan.  I am gong to have to turn on the Disney Channel to get this picture out of my head. Talk about Butt Shivers.  |
| Posted by: Annabelle 26-Feb-2004, 11:02 PM |
| I'll give you one better than that! Just think about how Pasty white he'll be out there on the beach! (ha ha) Everyone will be running to get their Sunglasses on. He'll be putting out a level 9 glare. (10's the highest) Make sure your's are polarized. Tas tit tomething TI Taid? Thong? Tannabelle |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-Feb-2004, 11:04 PM | ||
Let go of your tongue and say that again. |
| Posted by: Annabelle 26-Feb-2004, 11:07 PM |
| O Thay Buckwheat! |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 26-Feb-2004, 11:23 PM | ||
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| Posted by: RobertH 01-Mar-2004, 09:49 PM |
| Had a great shirt - short sleeves, long tail, and well-worn (my wife would say threadbare). I saved it from the trash twice. Alas, though, after returning from an out-of-town trip I found it gone, and the trash had been hauled away some days prior. They just don't understand...! |
| Posted by: Irish Stepper 02-Mar-2004, 10:18 AM |
I still wear my Navy sweat pants that were issued to me in Boot Camp. That was 10 years ago. It got it's first hole in it the other day in a VERY thread bare spot (there's a lot of those). I guess it's only a matter of time before I'll have to burn them.  |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 02-Mar-2004, 10:20 AM |
| Welcome back, RobertH; the man with the terrific avatar (I LOVE Glenfiddich!)... och, we women could be a pest sometimes, couldn't we...? |
| Posted by: ChuckDenton 02-Mar-2004, 10:51 AM |
| My favorite is a ratty long-sleeved flannell shirt from Abercrombie & Fitch that Ii bought when they came to Kansas City. It wasn/t the fact that it was so good looking, but the fact that it was big and warm. Now it's got a big hole in the elbow of one sleeve and I wear it when I tole paint. I wouldn't wear it out of the house! But it's a comfort on cold mornings! That's what it's all about! Chuck |
| Posted by: MDF3530 02-Mar-2004, 04:21 PM |
I may have to throw out my old shoes (the ones I talked about earlier in this thread) . Last night, I noticed the right one was splitting right at where the leather meets the sole. I'm gonna miss those shoes  ... |
| Posted by: CelticRose 02-Mar-2004, 04:40 PM |
| Ooh! I love shoes too! I really have a hard time getting rid of shoes! |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 02-Mar-2004, 05:30 PM | ||
Celtic Rose, Now you sound like my Wife. She has so many shoes, we could dedicate one room of our house to her shoes. And that is after I convinced her to get rid of half of them. |
| Posted by: MDF3530 02-Mar-2004, 05:42 PM | ||
Richard, I didn't know you even knew Imelda Marcos ! |
| Posted by: CelticRose 02-Mar-2004, 06:04 PM |
| Yep! Love shoes! Who knew I would take after my mother! |
| Posted by: tsargent62 03-Mar-2004, 08:25 AM |
| I haven't met too many women who don't like shoes. I think it's genetic. The shoe gene sits right next to the chocolate gene. |
| Posted by: shamalama 03-Mar-2004, 08:31 AM |
High-top canvas Converse "Chuch Taylor". These lovlies can last for years, far longer than my bride likes for me to wear them. |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 03-Mar-2004, 08:32 AM | ||
Amen to that. |
| Posted by: valpal 59 06-Mar-2004, 12:24 PM | ||
I'll have to be the exception to that. I hate shoes. Only wear them cause I have to. When I am home it's barefoot all the way. Maybe I have 2 chocolate genes.  |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 03:14 PM |
| Well you know Val? I am a bit of contradictory here cause I run around barefooted all the time too. I wear mostly flip-flops in summer or winter,but I still have all these shoes that I think I need to wear when I dress up. But just for casual wear it is either flip-flops or barefoot at home...............entirely! |
| Posted by: Mailagnas maqqas Dunaidonas 06-Mar-2004, 04:15 PM | ||
Agreed. My pair is only few years old, and just getting well broken in. Don't know what I'll do if I ever have to replace them, now that they're no longer made in the USA. BTW, anyone ever see the Mr. Rogers segment on the making of All-Stars? Most interesting. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 06-Mar-2004, 04:23 PM | ||
 maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 06-Mar-2004, 05:09 PM | ||
You are not alone...again...I love running around barefooted whenever I can and only wear shoes when I have to leave...even now as it's winter and freezing outside I do not wear shoes in the house...I do not have many of them. Every rule has its exceptions, eh? (Btw...my passion are earrings.... ) |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 05:26 PM |
| Ooh, gabby! I love earrings too! In fact I love jewelry period, especially if it is Celtic jewelry! |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 06-Mar-2004, 05:33 PM |
| Come here, my kindred soul...*hug!!!* ...oh Rose, I also do...This is one thing I will go for when I'm going to do a trip to Scotland hopefully next year...Celtic jewelry! I've also got a wonderful pair of Navajo silver work... |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 05:40 PM | ||
You do?  Well we have plenty of it here in Arizona, that is for sure. We have several Indian rservations and they all make very beautiful tourquoise or silver jewelry! I have plenty of it myself! I traveled with the Indians for 3-1/2 years and between that any my early years of going to powwows, I have quite a collection. what do you have exactly, Gabby? |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 06-Mar-2004, 05:54 PM |
| I don't know if there is a special name for it. A friend of mine brought it from Arizona. He travelled around with his Cheyenne friend and as he knows I like Indian art a lot they chose the pair , a wonderful work of silver and a tourqois...as you wrote...hm...I have to ask my son to take a picture and post it... Oh my, this is interesting! You travelled to powwows...I only read as much about it I could...I'm a bit jealous, Rose!!! |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 06:08 PM |
| Gabby! I so love Indian jewelry, but I have gotten away from it since I have gotten into Celtic jewelry! whenever I go to Scottish Highland games, I stock up on it! I have more pieces than I can wear. A friend of mine from Northern Ireland gave me a silver Celtic cross from Ireland that I wear all the time. Can't get more special than that, I say! |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 06-Mar-2004, 06:15 PM |
| Hmmm...I can imagine that this Celtic cross is precious for you. Isn't it interesting that both kinds of art are fascinating? I tried to find a reason for it and I think that in both of them there are centuries of knowlegde and mysthics and beliefs and traditions which are the soul of the whole work - absolutely authentic and ancient... silly thought? |
| Posted by: valpal 59 06-Mar-2004, 08:19 PM | ||
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| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 08:49 PM |
| Yes, Gabby! I love the Celtic cross! It is a combination of my faith and the beloved Celtic artistic form. Out of all my jewelry, that piecd of silver Celtic jewelry never fades. Must me really good silver! yeah, Val! I hate to wear shoes! I run around barefiooted all the time, but when I need to wear shoes, I have plenty. don't ask me why! I am crazy!  Go figure! |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 06-Mar-2004, 08:58 PM |
| Is it a woman thing or what! I never wear shoes in the house, always barefooted. I was out one day this past week without any shoes. Last night the earthworms were out by the hundreds. We had a rain and it was warm, so that brought them out. Mating season! I was glad I had shoes on. I have never seen so many worms in my life. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: Richard Bercot 06-Mar-2004, 09:20 PM | ||
You don't like that soft sqeeshy feelings between your toes? |
| Posted by: CelticRose 06-Mar-2004, 09:23 PM |
| Maggie! It may or not be a woman's thing,but I sure do love being barefooted in my house! Don't like squishy earthworms though! |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 07-Mar-2004, 12:58 AM |
| shoes? do you wear your socks over hour shoes too? Never wear shoes in the summer but they're a must in the winter. Go figure. Never understood why my principal insists that i wear shoes in such a warm building?? Have an old shirt that is a love. My spouse insists that it go in the trash bin each time I wear it |
| Posted by: CelticRose 07-Mar-2004, 01:05 AM |
| I must admit that I wear socks in the winter |
| Posted by: JaneyMae 07-Mar-2004, 01:09 AM |
| But your winter is so warm! Used to at least visit your territory in the winter and only wore sandles at best. Ahhh, warmth |
| Posted by: gaberlunzie 07-Mar-2004, 01:20 AM |
| WARMTH... I know I heard that word before but I can't remember the meaning any more... |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 07-Mar-2004, 09:54 AM |
| My Mentor? The Barefoot Conetssa ! I love to be barefoot.. I am so happy to hear you ladies say the same thing.. I was thinking it might be that pesant Italian blood Gotta have socks here in PA in the winter tho... OMG do not let Peckery see this ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 07-Mar-2004, 12:18 PM |
| I too, wear socks in the winter. It gets cold here in the mountains. In the summer time I luv going barefoot when I'm working in the garden. maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: CelticRose 07-Mar-2004, 01:46 PM | ||
Oh yeah! Even in the winter when I go out I wear sandals or flipflops, but when it gets cold at night and I am runing around the house barefoot.......as usual......I will put on a pair of socks to make me feel warmer! |
| Posted by: valpal 59 07-Mar-2004, 02:31 PM |
| I will wear socks in the winter. I also have a pair of knee high moccasins that I like to wear. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 07-Mar-2004, 03:02 PM | ||
Ooh! I love knee hi moccasins! I always wanted a pair of those. |
| Posted by: maggiemahone1 07-Mar-2004, 04:36 PM |
CelticRose, you may as well get your bikini out now, it is supposed to get in the 90's in Phoenix later this week. Don't forget your suntan oil and ice tea!  maggiemahone1 |
| Posted by: CelticRose 07-Mar-2004, 04:45 PM | ||
Oh my! Are you serious? Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised as it was in the 80s today! I guess we will have an early summer as sure didn't have much of a winter I tell you. That means more scorpions and snakes for us this summer! Yikes! |
| Posted by: Arianrhod 07-Mar-2004, 04:57 PM |
| You know... A bikini and those knee hi moc's would really make a statement ! In Service to the Dream, Paula |