Re: [Paddlewise] Fashion Sense

On 30/03/2010 1:20 PM, Craig Jungers wrote:
> Have you, like me, noticed how many people are wearing clothes by North
> Face? Is this some fad I missed out on completely? Even the shoppers in
> Wal-Mart (uh... I never shop there... my wife made me go in.... I shop at
> Goodwill and Salvation Army) wear North Face clothes. It must drive the
> Wal-Mart folks nuts.
>
> To my daughter's everlasting shame, I have no fashion sense at all and am
> happiest wearing an old sweater with holes in the sleeves that I got for
> Christmas in 1972. And I swear that I saw a teenage girl prancing around the
> mall in my old ripped and torn jeans. My wife went for the innocent look but
> when I got back home I couldn't find them anywhere. So there went the only
> possible fashion sense garment that I had.
>
> For some reason I am on the email list of www.backcountry.com and they seem
> to be having some sort of sale where they are offering tons of discontinued
> bits of clothing by North Face. Since my 1972 sweater is still perfectly
> good I have no need of this information but thought that there might be some
> on Paddlewise who could benefit by giving it a look. North Face does,
> apparently, make some stuff that is suitable for paddling and/or as a layer
> under your drysuit.
>
> I dunno if the prices are good and I have absolutely no link with
> backcountry.com. They, on the other hand, seem to feel that they have a link
> with me and are sending me friendly emails. It must have been the Kokatat
> SeaO2 PFD I finally broke down and bought last month. I hope that's not on
> sale... I'm afraid to look.
>
> Luckily 1972 sweaters with holes in the sleeves have not as yet caught on
> with the teenage girls.
>
> Caveat Paddler.
>
>
> Craig Jungers
> Moses Lake, WA
> www.nwkayaking.net

I have a sweater I bought in Ireland in 1963. It is, I must confess, a 
bit the worse for wear, but I continue to haul it out and wear it.

The sleeves now sport leather patches, and where I roll up the cuff 
one turn, that fold also now has leather patches. I have yet to figure 
out how to make leather patches for the various holes that are 
appearing in the chest and back however. Or, to be more precise, how 
to get leather patches that will cover these holes and avoid my wife's 
wrath. (She's already on the edge whenever I put it on.)

I do not, however, wear this sweater while paddling. Not even under my 
drysuit. (Obligatory paddling content.)

Fashion sense? I've gotten along very nicely, thank you very much, 
without it for over six decades. Why worry about it now?

-- 
   Darryl
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