My name is bret. I am a 30something bureaucrat turkey neck wank. Northwesterner for life (born and raised in the Portland area, live up north in the Seattle area now). Raised by frugal hippy parents, I learned from my dear mother the art and fun of picking (garage sales, thrift stores garbage cans, and now eBay). During my teenage years, it was a means to subsidize my independence and keep me out of trouble (for the most part). Then I got married and this went on hold... Fast forward to my late 20s and I have my first kid and I have an early life "crisis"/epiphany where I decide I need a vintage leather jacket and pair of "nice" boots, and it all took off again. Have been obsessively rummaging through eBay listings and for sale ads for the good stuff ever since- have owned more boots and jackets than I care to count or admit. not for a profit but for learning about the different styles, fits, materials, eras, and most important to me the stories. I have no clear favorite style or muse. One day I'm geeking out over ball snaps on an a2 and the next thing I know I'm taking a nosedive straight into an engineer boot bender. I'm an equal opportunist I guess you would say.
The good folks I have met on here and elsewhere in cyberspace have been a really positive force in my life these past years and I consider many of you my dear friends, true blue.
Thx Ben for kicking this thread off. Keep on truckin folks!!
(Oh and if anyone ever wants to try to arrange a meetup in Portland or Seattle, let's talk. I think it would be pretty damn rad).
The good folks I have met on here and elsewhere in cyberspace have been a really positive force in my life these past years and I consider many of you my dear friends, true blue.
Thx Ben for kicking this thread off. Keep on truckin folks!!
(Oh and if anyone ever wants to try to arrange a meetup in Portland or Seattle, let's talk. I think it would be pretty damn rad).
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