Today I am wearing a Hanes sweat suit, shirt and pants, grey; with Nike running shoes, white. If I go out to the Roadhouse, I may wear some brown corduroy pants, a red and black checkered flannel shirt, and a black leather jacket and a wooly cap, pulled down over my ears.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > People in Annapolis dress nautically, even in the winter, dockers, > windbreakers, etc. It's a watery place featuring the Chesapeake Bay, the > Severn and South Rivers, Weems Creek. It's a haven for boating people, home > of US Naval Academy. I'm not a boating person. If I'm near the water, I > want to be in it not on it! But on this blustery, rainy day I found myself > reveling in the elements, sailing on land, leaving my umbrella in the car. > The power of the group consciousness of the town. > > > > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:53 PM, Richard J. Williams < > pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Today at the mall, I saw a teenager gal wearing a pair of Converse > All-Star "lace-up" knee-high "boots", lime green tennis shoes. Do those > things have a zipper in back? Otherwise, you'd have to add at least fifteen > minutes onto your dressing time just to get your feet ready to go out. Go > figure. > > > On 11/26/2013 11:56 AM, Richard J. Williams wrote: > > Denims are durable - you can wash them hundreds of times and they just get > more and more comfy. But, you're right about wearing them in the heat and > the cold. There's nothing like soft cords for comfort and warmth! I used to > have a nice brown cord sports coat with leather on the elbows, but I wore > it out and so I left it in a Goodwill donation box back in 1995. > > Another thing that is real popular around here are Wrangler denim shirts > with snaps instead of buttons, available at Shepler's Western Store. > > Maybe I should get a new hat to wear - one of the most popular places to > get hats of all kinds is at 'Paris Hatters' in downtown San Antonio - > Stetson, Panama, and Resitol, (family owned and operated since 1917). > > http://www.yelp.com/biz/paris-hatters-san-antonio > > I'm thinking about getting a hat like Jack Hannah wears at the Columbus > Zoo and on TV - an Indy Jones type hat and some khaki cargo pants and > shirts (with the shoulder flaps for carrying a camera) at Banana Republic. > > > On 11/26/2013 11:21 AM, Share Long wrote: > > > My Mom bought me a real stretchy pair of jeans to wear during my sojourn > in the big bad city of Annapolis (-: > I tend to cords in Fairfield. IMH experience jeans are NOT at all warm in > winter. And in the summer they're too hot! How the heck are they so > popular?! Asking the important questions LOL. > > > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:44 AM, Richard J. Williams > <pundits...@gmail.com> <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: > > One of the most talked about subjects in conversation is fashion, or > lack of it. It's taken some adjustment for me to "dress down" every day, > not that I used to really "dress up", much anyway. But, compared to some > others, I'm usually "over-dressed", even at Starbucks. > > One of the geeks I worked with used to have a pocket protector in his > shirt pocket filled with assorted cheap ball-point pens he bought at the > Dollar Store or Walmart. But, I like to have just one pen in my pocket - > maybe a Cross felt-tip or a fake Mont Blanc fountain pen. > > One time the Director of my department threw a Christmas party at her > mansion up in the hills. Naturally she was dressed up in a stunning outfit, > and most of the others looked real fine too. But one geek guy showed up > dressed in cut-offs and a tank-top with rubber thongs on his feet. Go > figure. > > These days, I'm fond of wearing Levi's and T-shirts or a sweat shirt and > Nike running shoes. Some of the denims I bought were kinda baggy looking, > so I got me a pair of Levi's "skinny jeans" at Cavender's Boot City. They > look pretty good, but I can hardly get my hands in the pockets to fetch my > cell phone! So, I went to the Gap and bought some pocket T-shirts. Sweet! > > But, I passed on buying the new faded Wrangler jeans with the ragged holes > built in. LoL! > > This is really funny! Thanks for the tip. > > 'The Seven Things You're Not Supposed to Talk About' > http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/511/transcript > > On 11/25/2013 8:06 PM, emilymae...@yahoo.com wrote: > > > There was a "This American Life" episode a few weeks back that was pretty > humorous: "the 7 things you are not supposed to talk about" in > conversation. Clothes wasn't on that list, and you've got a good start > here on some good dinner conversation, for sure. > > > ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> <punditster@...>wrote: > > In the summer, people around here like to wear short pants, cargo style, > T-shirts and boots. Up around Austin, people like to wear denim pants and > black T-shirts when they go out. Some people just don't like to dress up > anymore, unless maybe they are going to church, a wedding, or a funeral. Go > figure. > > When I used to work at the community college I always wore the > unofficial tecno-geek outfit: Dockers khaki pants, white or light blue > business shirt by Van Heusen, and a nice colorful tie and some nice > comfortable shoes. One professor always used to wear a sweat-pants outfit > and running shoes; one teacher was fond of colorful suspenders and a bow > tie; the Vice President of the college always wore a three piece, > pin-stripped suit and tie. > > [image: Inline image 1] > > Last year, Rita and I drove to Dad's place on the lake up by Dallas so > we could have Thanksgiving dinner with him. Now that Mom's gone we usually > got to the VFW to eat with some other nice folks - it's free and tasty too. > > When we went over to the VFW, Rita and I wore some new Levi's, and we > each had a white shirt on. Her shirt had some nice little sequins on it and > I wore a custom-made 'bolo' string tie. We both had on new Western boots, > hers black and mine brown (not shiny, but rough looking). We each had on > nice western belts, but nothing fancy. No jacket. > > The minute we walked in, I said to Rita: "We're over-dressed!" One guy > had on a plaid flannel shirt looking like a lumber-jack; another guy had on > a pair of overalls with one flap hanging down, and no shirt underneath. > Most of the women looked real good in western outfits, but most of the men > looked like hicks just off the hay wagon. LoL! > > > > > > >
