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39" inseam?  You must be pushing 6'6" - 6'7"  ...............


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

> From: Shepperd <shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Bull riders and Wranglers question
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 3:35 PM
> I grew up wearing Wrangler, and still wear Wrangler or Lee. 
> I wanted 
> to wear Levis, but couldn't get the shrink to fit 501s
> long enough to 
> fit after shrinkage.  We could order 38" or 39"
> Levis, but they were 
> several dollars higher than what one paid in the stores,
> which did 
> not make any sense to a kid reared in a dirt-poor family.
> 
> 
> At 04:19 PM 10/30/2008, Marie McHarry wrote:
> >On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Jerry W. Shepperd
> ><shepperd AT mail2.pvco.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >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.
> >
> >Levi 501s say "America's original jeans --
> since 1873." I used to wear
> >501 when I was young and had a body of a different
> shape from what I
> >have at present, but now I much prefer Wranglers (the
> ladies version
> >with the elastic piece on each side). In the winter I
> often wear
> >sweats because they are most comfortable under the
> Carhart bibs.
> >
> >Marie
> 
> 
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