Duluth Firehose pants

Jan 3, 2005
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It can be only partially buttoned and tucked in, with the sleeves rolled up or down. Likewise, one can leave it entirely open, or use only two buttons in a rather jaunty manner with the sleeves rolled up (my personal favorite).

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garrett

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Holy hell. Three pages on pants. Dweb really is gay.

Ya don't say. Now Daniel is talking about tailored suits from England. Where are the days when he only drank Bud Light, had a beat up D1, couldn't use proper grammar to save his life and wore $99 suits. Next he'll be talking about IPAs, criticizing other peoples grammar, taking foodie pics, playing vinyl records and owning backyard chickens - oh wait. What's next - Whole Foods, skinny jeans, scarves, rejecting consumerism, going to college, reading Jack Kerouac, watching indie films, starting a blog and buying a fixed gear bike?

We want our old Daniel back.
 
Jan 3, 2005
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Ya don't say. Now Daniel is talking about tailored suits from England. Where are the days when he only drank Bud Light, had a beat up D1, couldn't use proper grammar to save his life and wore $99 suits.

I've got some $99 suits. Those are great for this time of year and in the early spring when the ground has not quite frozen and cemeteries are a mud pit. Same with $59 shoes. They have their place.
 

kennith

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It does not matter if it's a regulation to wear PPE's or not, Kennith. It's just a simple fact that wearing shorts or jeans while using a chainsaw is not a great idea. Do people do it? Sure! Have I done it? Sure! But does that make it a great idea? In your world, perhaps. Like I said, I've met people like you before.

I don't recall suggesting that avoiding protective clothing was a bad idea, or that wearing common clothing for dangerous jobs is a great idea. It simply can be done, and it can be done routinely and in a reasonably safe manner.

I'm very careful around chainsaws. I've been lucky a few times, actually. I ran across an unmarked spiked tree once. The whole area ground to a halt, and quite a few more were found at cutting height; with no notifications.

If you're going to do that, common courtesy dictates a fucking warning. One way or another, you've slowed down or stopped the operation for a while.

Oh, I thought you said "No pants are meant to replace proper safety equipment." Go back and look because that's exactly what you said. But they do make protective pants. In fact I would bet the pants work better, and are moer comfortable than, chaps.

I know what I said. Approved protective clothing is safety equipment. I would consider such clothing to include items that are task-specific, rather than simply a bit tougher than other options. An example would be comparing jeans designed with motorcycling in mind, with armored leather suits.

Oh, that's a cop out if I've ever seen one. But you're right, if I ever saw a person wearing a muted long-sleeve shirt, fire hose pants, and boots coming at me, I probably would get nervous, too.

That might indeed be a bit of a cop out, but it's a natural progression.

You definitely have your own twist on these types of folks, that's for sure. You certainly take it to a whole new level. That's okay, that's what makes this world go around. It would be pretty boring if we did not have weirdo's dressed like pedophiles.

Actually, you guys pretty much dress up like me when you head out to camel camp. What does that make you? You go out to play rough and dirty, and before doing so you put on your damned Kennith costume.

I'll admit to being a wierdo. I'm certainly not normal, but neither are you.

Me? A yuppie? Haha. I've been called a lot of things. Never a yuppie.

Perhaps I should have said you play one on the internet. Nobody will ever squeeze the red out of your neck. You like to think you know where it's at, man, but deep down there is still a hick with mud on his roof for a week and a pile of product stickers.

A polo shirt won't cure that. You'll just look like the guy who rented a shirt so the club would let him on the course. You'd feel much better about yourself if you just left the beer closet and dug into a case of Coors Light.

Yeah, I've seen your type before.

I contend that you have not. Very few who haven't seen me have seen my type.

Cheers,

Kennith
 

kennith

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Apr 22, 2004
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North Carolina is the fashion capitol of the world!

Pastel polo shirts, cargo shorts, leather sandals, and Costa Del Mar sunglasses on lanyards...

That's the Eastern NC uniform, right there. You walk into the shirt section in Belk any time during the spring or summer, and it's like an Easter bomb went off in the place.

Let's not forget the ENC side part, either. Got to have that comb over, or you just aren't cool.:rofl:

Cheers,

Kennith
 

jymmiejamz

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Pastel polo shirts, cargo shorts, leather sandals, and Costa Del Mar sunglasses on lanyards...

Haha, that's the truth. Sounds like every frat bro in Virginia as well...

BTW, I put two thick coats of wax on a pair of old jeans and wore them out to dinner last night which was a six or seven block walk in the rain. They were pretty wet when I got to dinner. My Fjällräven jacket with one light coat of wax on it stayed totally dry.