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    do your view on clothes change after covid?

    We say that we are in the "post covid" world. We're not. Covid is still infecting and killing people. The lockdown in various parts of the world, has changed our activities of daily living. For better or worse, it is change. Some of us now buy Clorox, hand sanitizer, rubber gloves, and...
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    do your view on clothes change after covid?

    The rich got richer. The poor got poorer. The price gap widened. Allen Edmonds shoes sell for $400 to $500 dollars. Retail shoes are now commonly found for $50 or less. Do I buy 1 pair of $500 shoes, and recraft them for $200? Or get a dozen pairs of cheap shoes? I stopped getting shoe...
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    Self Rediscovery

    It felt good. I'm relaxing in my chair with a can of beer. . She was sitting in my lap. Not like I didn't have other furniture. Her habit was to sit in my lap. Every wiggle of her hips, made me hot and turned her on. Leather jacket, moustache, and sideburns. I had the look...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    I grew up poor. Maybe I didn't notice, because everyone around me was poor. The kind of poor, where we scavenged, and nothing was wasted. We bought bones from the local butcher. A good butcher is able to take out the bones around the tail and hip area. I'm still poor. The local...
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    Self Rediscovery

    It was a generic interview room. Like you would find in most facilities. Steel table and chair bolted to the floor. There was a camera mounted to the ceiling in one corner. A reciprocal mirror on one wall, which didn't fool anyone. The first thing that they told us to remove was our shoes...
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    Self Rediscovery

    I grew up poor. I'm still poor. There are different levels of poor. For whatever reason, my local vendor sells the brown boots for less than the black boots. I get the brown boots, and color them black. It's cheaper that way. I'm poor. "Why do you embarrass me with those shoes?"...
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    A2 sizing

    It all depends on your budget. You can buy the most expensive jacket off the rack, and it still won't be made for your body. Or you just wait until you can afford it, and have the jacket tailored for your body. I can't speak for specific pricing, and what each jacket maker would charge you...
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    A2 sizing

    I got my 1st "A-2" decades before there was a Fedora Lounge, or even the internet. I was in high school. I went to a place where they made leather jackets. I told the lady that I wanted a jacket for motorcycle riding. She showed me the "Brando-style" jackets that looked like double breasted...
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    Self Rediscovery

    I can't confirm or deny if I was there as a witness to facts. That's not what people pay me for. They pay me to be there, and then after the fact, I was never there. I forget it ever happened. I never saw a thing. And I never talk about it again. People don't hire me for what I do...
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    Self Rediscovery

    It was 1970-something. I was crossing off the days on my wall calendar. I couldn't wait for the decade to end. Wishing and Hoping that the new decade would bring a new POTUS. But mostly, I was wondering when I could stop wearing polyester clothes and cheap cologne. "What are you doing...
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    Vintage? Reebok High Top

    J W Foster & Sons (Athletic Shoes) Limited was an athletic shoe manufacturing company located in Bolton, England. Established by Joseph W. Foster in 1895, the company was a pioneer in the use of track spikes for runners and athletes, producing most of the highly-regarded running shoes in the...
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    What's For Breakfast...

    I make the Panda Express version. 6 tomatoes. 6 eggs. Onion. Garlic.
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    Johnson Leather Jacket

    Coincidentally, Tommy's Joynt is a quick 4 minutes from Johnson Leather. So if you fly into San Francisco, to have Johnson make you a custom pair of leather trousers........ you will need a place to eat, drink, and chill between fittings. By the way, it's perfectly normal for the tailor to touch...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    Coincidentally, Tommy's Joynt is a quick 4 minutes from Johnson Leather. So if you fly into San Francisco, to have Johnson make you a custom pair of leather trousers........ you will need a place to eat, drink, and chill between fittings. By the way, it's perfectly normal for the tailor to...
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    What's For Breakfast...

    I like special purpose tools. Certain tools are designed to do just 1 thing. My ex used to say, "that's just crazy!" Guys who work on their cars know what I'm talking about. One of my favorite special purpose tools is a gallon size plastic milk container, which I cut open. It's the best...
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    Experimenting on foods.

    They put your food on a tray. It's just a cafeteria with Tiffany lamps. The "menu" is disorganized, chaotic, and you really shouldn't even try to read it or order off of it. Just look behind the counter. Eat what you see. Don't ask for a menu item that you don't see in the service line. They're...
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    Leather Police Jackets

    Call Golden Bear and Johnson in San Francisco. Both shops supply motorcycle officers from Northern California. Tell them that you want a police motorcycle jacket.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    For example, this company makes police jackets.
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    Leather Police Jackets

    California is a big state. The Highway Patrol has several different vendors. Johnson does not have the entire contract. Many vendors have parts of the contract. They all fill their orders to CHP specifications. Maybe some of the vendors are better. I don't know. What I do know, is if a...
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    MA-1 Flight jacket

    As you can see by Mayor Adams wearing an MA-1, that the uniform shops stock them and sell them, by requests. If NYC is anything like my local agency, then different department bosses make the decision for using the MA-1. Maybe a small team or special duty assignment. The boss tells the...

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