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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I'm not a cowboy or an AZ native.  I grew up with levi's.  But, when I made 
friends out here, it didn't matter if they were 16 or 60, if they were in the 
bull riding / cowboy type group, they wear/wore wranglers.

  It might be primarily a western or an AZ thing, I don't know.  But, if you 
run into an old grizzled, tough-as-nails, beat-to the-earth ,jack-mormon 
cowboy, out here; he's wearing wranglers, boots, and a hat, usually 
....bobford


--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Jerry W. Shepperd <shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net> wrote:

> From: Jerry W. Shepperd <shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Bull riders and Wranglers question
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 2:10 PM
> According to the company's advertising materials, Blue
> Bell, who 
> owned Wrangler at the time, designed the Cowboy Wrangler in
> 
> consultation with rodeo cowboys in the 1940s, who wanted
> pants that 
> would be tough, but would not bind in the crotch and knees.
>  However, 
> my Grandfather, who was an old-time cowboy, wore nothing
> but Levis as 
> far back as I can remember.  Many of his friends, of the
> same age, 
> wore khakis.  Don't know if khaki was the pants of
> preference, or if 
> they had gotten into the habit of wearing left-over WWI
> pants, as 
> Levis didn't start making pants until the 1920s.  Some
> of the old 
> pictures show cowboys wearing what look to be duckin pants.
>  I'm 
> guessing they wore what was available and what they could
> afford.
> 
> Jerry Shepperd
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 02:18 PM 10/30/2008, you wrote:
> >I've known Tom for about seven years. We used to
> own and live in
> >condos in the same complex. He became my main mortgage
> broker guy
> >during my real estate years here. One wall of his
> dining room is
> >covered with black and white photos of his bull riding
> years. He's a
> >great guy.
> >
> >Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: <trwhiteley AT cox.net>
> > > Date: October 30, 2008 12:08:18 PM GMT-07:00
> > > To: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Bull rider question
> > >
> > > ..."kind of"....used to be that
> way...there are different "styles'
> > > of Wranglers, but for the most part, yes...that
> is they preferred
> > > "attire" of most rodeo cowboys...
> > >
> > >
> > > ---- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
> wrote:
> > >> Tom, you are the only bull rider I know. Is
> this true?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Begin forwarded message:
> > >>
> > >>> From: bob ford
> <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > >>> Date: October 30, 2008 11:00:24 AM
> GMT-07:00
> > >>> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > >>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Sarah, the
> Neiman Marxist...
> > >>> Reply-To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com,
> homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > >>>
> > >>> Depends on the area of the country. 
> 'Real" cowboys (cowgirls) wear
> > >>> 'only' wranglers.  Ask any bull
> rider.  .....bobford
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
>                          -- Confucius
> 
> He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has
> not, but 
> rejoices in what he has.
>                          -- Epictetus
> 
> Life is not a March; it is Rock and Roll.
> 
> It's never crowded along the extra mile.
>                  -- Wayne Dyer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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