Scott's response is probably the best of all. Just a few days ago I realized I rarely, if ever, wore my Cooper G-1 and gave it to a 96 y/o WW II veteran who is a volunteer greeter at the Dallas VA Medical Center. He survived day one when he stormed Omaha Beach at the Normandy invasion. I felt far better looking at the expression on his face when I handed it to him than I did the day I bought it at the Army Navy store.
Just so it's clear, I wasn't intending on bringing down this fun thread or standing on some sort of soap box. But we've had similar threads before, and this time, given all that's happened to and around me this year, I wanted to put a different spin on it. Maybe even some of you guys will do like @Fanch and dump a few in a good way. It's fun to get a jacket, and I would never begrudge anyone for having as many as they like - I hope you know that. Maybe just a little more somber this season and I'm at the stage where I wonder if I've done anything "good" with my life. I still have a closet that by any standard is embarrassing in it's contents. But if I don't use something, there's someone who can, and I just think I'd prefer to pass it on to someone who will never have the means nor a computer to come in here and talk about them.
It's been a while since I got a new piece myself, and most likely, I'm going to give the Thedi folks a shot at a padded racer. I don't have two years to wait, and I'm up for something a little less seen. But in doing so, something else goes to a new home
I know that I have exceeded my acceptable "quota" of jackets when the number of cattle and horses I see on the way to work is less than the number of jackets I currently own. This is one benefit to living in Iowa for certain!
I also hear the sentiments on the additional closets. If indeed a wife ever is in my future, I'll have a little explaining, and thinning of the herd to do so she will have adequate storage space.
I also Like Butte's throughts here. I've been on the look out lately for older Wison's and other mall type jackets for low prices in resale shops, with the intent of being able to pass them along to folks in need. However taking a brand new jacket to a donation would be even better. What a great idea & challange.
And you HAVE done that, @nick123. The jacket you gave my son is his favorite, and I am still grateful for the kind gesture on your part. He could have been one of those kids in Oakland that passed in the fire. The music/art communities are filled with good kids, trying to make a go of it in a creative world. To get something like that was an amazing gesture. Your karma is intact and likely running a surplus...
You might want to use Halon instead...don't want any shrinkage
