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#1 2020-01-01 09:08:52
- Loohan
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men's jeans in a world ruled by mutant moron Masons
Chapter 1: Belt Loops
It used to be, up to like 15 years ago, that i could walk into a K-mart or Walmart and for $10-12 buy a pair of serviceable jeans with ENOUGH BELT LOOPS so that i don't have to spend my days constantly pulling up my pants where they have slid down past the belt which is now on my skin, tucking my short back in. That is, if i could even find my size, another story.
Like Rustler's brand for instance. Then many years ago i noticed that unless you get at least a size 34 waist, you will only get 5 belt loops anymore! You will be subsidizing the belt loops of the stouter guys who pay the same even though they get more denim.
Unless you bought real pricey jeans. But now even most of the $$ jeans are also that way. Furthermore, it is no longer that easy to find larger-waist jeans with more than 5 loops.
So more than once i turned to google in vain attempts to find jeans with 7 belt loops. NOBODY advertises that they sell such things. Nobody reveals brands or models that might offer 7 loops. I could find no info of value, mainly just a bunch of concealed-carry forums where people where whining and offering work-arounds. I can imagine the problems of carrying a gun on a modern pair of jeans!
This is in America, Consumer Heaven.
So a month or so ago i had finally resolved (having worn out most of my jeans) that i would buy several pairs and pay a $eam$stre$$ to put additional loops on them. But then i got lucky.
I saw that Tractor Supply was having a fantabulous sale, and found some jeans there that were in my size, had 7 loops, and very sturdy denim for only around $21 each. I found 2 left in my size, even. They are Wrangler's Rodeo jeans, relaxed fit. They also had one Slim Fit but it cost $34 so i did not buy it.
But after i got home i found the Slim Fits on Cavender's. 3 pairs postpaid for only $56.97+Tax= $61.52. Jeez, and just last winter i had bought a pair of jeans at Costco (super discount store) for like $21 that was made of very flimsy, tearable denim, had 5 loops, and were only available in a wider waist.
It is difficult to tell the Relaxed and Slim ones apart. The material seems very heavy, best jeans i've had in decades.
Anyway, this might help other men stuck in this evil world, and free up their hands for making orgonite or something. I hate to shill for Wrangler as they are as Masonic as any corporation, even putting big W's on the rear pockets.
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#2 2020-01-01 09:32:57
- Loohan
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Re: men's jeans in a world ruled by mutant moron Masons
Chapter 2: Inseam Weirdness
I said before "It used to be... that i could walk into a K-mart or Walmart and for $10-12 buy a pair of serviceable jeans..." but that is not the whole sad story because by 15-17 years ago it had become almost impossible to find my SIZE. I take a 32 waist and 29 inseam, ideally. But if one finds 32 waist pants the inseams will be much shorter or much longer. Mostly longer even though i am skinny for my height! WHY is that?
Around 2002-3 my dad and i spent an hour or so walking around Tyson Mall looking for jeans for me. I was not checking out the $150 pre-stressed ugly-fashion jeans that looked worse than the ones i was trying to replace, just regular jeans. NONE were of a size i could wear unless the inseam was shortened. We gave up.
A few days later we went to Walmart and i bought several pairs of $10-12 jeans and my parents paid $15 a pair on top of that to have a seamstress shorten them.
Well damn, that's significantly more in numerical dollars than i paid for the much better quality Wranglers recently. And the Wranglers come in MY SIZE! Well, not exactly. Nobody seems to sell 29 inseam anymore, so i get 30s. I have not found 29s for sale in several years.
But i'm not done ranting yet. Maybe about 5-7 years ago many brands started selling jeans marked 32 waist, 30 inseam that are actually like 34-36" long! This is quite common now. As must be guys who have much longer legs with the same waist size i do. I seldom see such gangly guys though, so who is buying these?
And i have not even investigated how long the inseams are on pants marked 36... who buys these?
This is America, Consumer Heaven. When i was younger, we were told to be grateful we don't live in the USSR, where people don't have the broad and varied consumer choices and quality products available.
But as the decades roll on, it becomes more difficult to buy simple everyday necessities. We become enslaved to having to fidget with our clothes every few minutes to save some corporation a few pennies' worth of belt loops. And finding a usable product, even with google, is all-but-impossible.
So i present my research for others who may have this problem.
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