So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

tonyb · Feb 8, 2016

Have I mentioned the person who waits until her entire shopping cart full of groceries has been rung up and bagged up before she swipes her loyalty card and payment card, or, worse yet, even start to dig through her 10-gallon purses in search of the checkbook.

LizzieMaine · Feb 8, 2016

She's the same one who stands in the movie ticket line complaining about how slow the line is, but when she gets to the window she spends five minutes peeling off her gloves and then another five rummaging around in her pocketbook for loose change to pay for her ticket.

I wish "They'll Do It Every Time" was still around, because that's the one I'd send in.

Zombie_61 · Feb 9, 2016

HudsonHawk said:
...And what bothers me more than the packaging is the thought of buying underwear only when it wears out. I buy new every few months. I'm not a big clothes shopper, and I don't have to keep up with the latest fashion trends, but clean, fresh underwear is an absolute must for me. I'd gladly sacrifice a $2,000 perfectly correct arm-hole height leather jacket for 10 years worth of clean underwear.

Two words: washing machine.

Lean'n'mean · Feb 9, 2016

KILO NOVEMBER said:
I imagine men's underwear don't fit women any better than the ones Lizzie is describing..

Ha ! although most of the women who buy men's underwear, are doing so for their 'man', some surveys organized by certain department stores, do suggest that a small percentage of women are indeed buying gent's knickers for themselves. Boxer shorts for example, are not only comfortable, but can hide a multitude of imperfections.

Trenchfriend · Feb 9, 2016

It would be nicer, if half-sizes were available, on underwear. They would perfect fit.

GHT · Feb 9, 2016

LizzieMaine said:
She's the same one who stands in the movie ticket line complaining about how slow the line is, but when she gets to the window she spends five minutes peeling off her gloves and then another five rummaging around in her pocketbook for loose change to pay for her ticket.

She's got to be of a certain age, got to be, I recognise her. She's the one that likes to stand on the threshold of the supermarket store, the busiest place in the shop, and hold a meeting with her cronies.

Trenchfriend · Feb 9, 2016

With the movie-ticket at the box-office, I would give her a stamp on her hand, like in music-concerts. But, when she is at her turn, I would grab the other stamp with "histrionic disorder".

Lean'n'mean · Feb 9, 2016

tonyb said:
Have I mentioned the person who waits until her entire shopping cart full of groceries has been rung up and bagged up before she swipes her loyalty card and payment card, or, worse yet, even start to dig through her 10-gallon purses in search of the checkbook.

LizzieMaine said:
She's the same one who stands in the movie ticket line complaining about how slow the line is, but when she gets to the window she spends five minutes peeling off her gloves and then another five rummaging around in her pocketbook for loose change to pay for her ticket.

GHT said:
She's got to be of a certain age, got to be, I recognise her. She's the one that likes to stand on the threshold of the supermarket store, the busiest place in the shop, and hold a meeting with her cronies.

Homo unhabilis............It's a mystery how these people reach a certain age with such cognitive impairment. They certainly prove Darwin wrong.

Trenchfriend · Feb 9, 2016

I think the term "(old) boiler" is dying out. Should be resurrected.

HudsonHawk · Feb 9, 2016

Zombie_61 said:
Two words: washing machine.

Oh I wash mine. In hot water even. I'm just not one to wear a pair until there's only one underwear molecule left.

Zombie_61 · Feb 9, 2016

HudsonHawk said:
Oh I wash mine. In hot water even. I'm just not one to wear a pair until there's only one underwear molecule left.

Me either. It's time to replace them the moment I see signs that they're beginning to fall apart, but that generally takes quite a bit longer than a few months.

HudsonHawk · Feb 9, 2016

Zombie_61 said:
Me either. It's time to replace them the moment I see signs that they're beginning to fall apart, but that generally takes quite a bit longer than a few months.

I'm just not a "run to failure" kind of guy when it comes to underwear.

2jakes · Feb 9, 2016

tonyb · Feb 9, 2016

Zombie_61 said:
Me either. It's time to replace them the moment I see signs that they're beginning to fall apart, but that generally takes quite a bit longer than a few months.

My lovely missus nags me to replace my undies (boxers exclusively) well ahead of when I would call 'em done.

I would rather be thought of having a good instinct for thrift (read cheap) than profligacy, but I've learned that purchasing the low-priced version of certain things is false economy. Undies are among those things. I wash in hot water and tumble dry. If the shorts are of any quality to speak of, the colors will quite noticeably fade before the elastic gives up the ghost or the cotton starts to separate from the waistband.

LizzieMaine · Feb 10, 2016

When the elastic gives out it's time to let go. So to speak.

Stearmen · Feb 10, 2016

How does the old joke go? "I have underwear older then you!"

Zombie_61 · Feb 10, 2016

Stearmen said:
How does the old joke go? "I have underwear older then you!"

I've used that line, but I usually replace "underwear" with "tee shirts", "shoes", or "boots".

Trenchfriend · Feb 10, 2016

I'm interested.
Is there any company, which still manufactures the original version of todays "retropants"? I mean old-fashioned, thicker 100% cotton, without elasthan and just white.

That's a woman-picture, but that's, what I mean:

HudsonHawk · Feb 10, 2016

I suppose no elastic works if you're built like a swimsuit model. For the other 99.99% of us, those would be around our ankles before we got our vintage, high-waisted, button-fly trousers up.

Trenchfriend · Feb 10, 2016

Ah, ok, I see, that Schiesser still offers them:
http://www.schiesser.com/herrenbekl.../Hose-kurz-mit-Eingriff-weiss-Essentials.html

Next time, I will try one of the classics, because, if the new outcoming retroshorts will be further only made of cotton/elasthan, I can equal change to the real classic. I got one of their own stores in a near bigger city.

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