Remember a while back when there were men's shorts-suits? The poor guys looked like they had a much shorter older brother and they needed to borrow a suit at the last minute, so the only choices were 1) Granddad's Old Zoot Suit, or 2) Brother's suit that made you look like Magilla Gorilla.
I feel so bad when I see a man in an ill-fitting suit. "Did they run out of material when they got to the pants, Jerrod? Couldn't afford to have them put the last finishing touches on your trousers?"
I'm sure your fashion plate partner has experienced the thrill of well-ventilated ankles in what used to be called "high waters," especially when growing up.
Just once I would love to see the Democrats have a 'we are the worl' spectacular like the GOP - we all agree, we all love our guy, there is no ammunition we're gonna give the other team so they can belittle our candidate - and just stick together for once.
Re button-fly Levi's -- during my freshman year in college (eons ago), some zip-fly guys were mocking a guy with a button fly and making the slow-access argument. So button-fly guy issued a challenge, betting he could get his fly down before they could. One zip-fly guy accepted, and we all clustered around to view the contest. Amazingly enough, it was a tie. Evidently, if you keep working those buttons day after day and refrain from washing your jeans, the process speeds up considerably.
By the way, I still own the button-fly Levi's I wore in college. I plan to bequeath them to my heirs, assuming that by the time I die, they'll be a valuable antique.
"But history proved Polk right"? Sure, let's start a war to annex part of a neighboring country! Because in 175 years it's gonna be our biggest bulwark against an Orange tide? How is starting the Mexican War different from Putin's invasion of Ukraine? And while I'm at it, how did Hawaii "choose" to become part of the US?
Manifest destiny. It was very popular back then. California was inevitable. We offered to negotiate a sale and they wouldn't talk to our diplomat, who came with full pockets.
History is an on-going web of human decisions based on imperfect knowledge and the vagaries of chance. It isn't an excuse for wrong-headed murderous land-grabbing even if later generations of Americans benefit from it. If Trump had started the Mexican War we'd be having a fit about it.
I look at it this way, thanks to Polk we now have the In-N-Out Burger. This grand achievement also gave us the first complete and subsequently ubiquitous drive-thru experience, including the two-way speaker through which a tinny, disembodied voice repeats the wrong order.
Little doubt that Joe, as the consummate pol and institutionalist, decided his legacy would be best served if he stepped down, after a final look at the numbers --- those showing moribund fundraising, in particular. My take is this had been a well-kept secret and in the works far longer than pundited (hey, I'm a fondling subscriber...); the timing (after Orange 1 formally got the nod and cemented his rep as an unrepentant asshole) was the only question.
No mention of William Henry Harrison yet? There were no scandals under his administration. He never abused the presidential pardon. What's not to like?
Don’t whine to me about men’s pant lengths. As a fast growing jr high girl (at 13 I was 5’ 7’ 104 pounds), I lived in constant fear of being ridiculed as my pants kept getting too short over night. My mom and I stretched them wet and never, ever put them in the dryer. It wasn’t until decades later that capri pants became a thing (again I guess, but I was too young to wear them when Laura Petrie did). I think it’s great the fashion industry decided to profit by making women think we need all the colors in all the lengths because I can get what I want.
Capri pants are great for tall people and short folks like me can wear them as regular length pants without having to cut six inches off the bottom. Capris are a win-win for all.
I also don’t actually think Buttigieg will be picked, for various reasons having nothing to do with the man himself. Still, he’d be my fantasy league pick.
I missed the worst food question! It was actually the most frightening food, but it tasted ... fine. Found deep-fried haggis puffs at a Chinese buffet in Scotland. Couldn't not try them. They were like a really weird chicken nugget.
There was a men's fashion in 80s through early 2000s punk (and various offshoots like emo and hardcore) for highwater Dickies and similar work pants. It was kind of cute to see all the dudes' bony ankles and bad socks.
Would have thought decreasing pants length would be the lesser of two thought-provoking developments --- the more consequential being, rising waist height. Find your belt location regularly inching up, do you?
also, the guy who thought Biden had too high an option of himself for thinking he could be president, when he was a VERY successful president, is an ass .
I’ve come to the conclusion that without exception, anybody and everybody who thinks they’re up to the job is full of themselves. All of them. It’s a sin I’ve learned to forgive in the politicians I’ve liked, but there’s no getting around it.
They may all be full of themselves--presumably that's a prerequisite, not just in a negative way--but not all of them are full of shit; this is surely the operative distinction.
even when they have proven they do the job. What a load of nonsense. Of course its; all in Plato..can anyone who think they can truly rule? (somewjere in the REpublic) But of course, they do. NO tneccesarily well, but they do. .And Biden did well. Very well. Very very well. .
I’m just saying that you can’t judge them by their hubris, because they’ve all got it. Whether they actually can do a good job is a completely separate matter (I do think Biden has been very good). As for Plato, well, that was always the dilemma he and fellow authoritarians like to skip over - how do you determine who is fit to rule.
As for who was doing the judging, that’d be “the guy who thought Biden had too high an option of himself for thinking he could be president”. (I’m assuming ‘option’ was ‘opinion’, victimized by autocorrect.)
I think you’ll find that all I said was they all have large egos. This implies that yes, Biden has an ego, and it also implies (see the ‘forgive’ part) that it’s therefore not something you can hold against them or their service. Anything else was a failure in communication.
Gene might be delighted to know the fashion-forward trend of men's cropped pants. They're usually shown without socks, but not always. Here's one random example. https://www.hockerty.com/en-us/mens-outfits/1179-gray-suit-white-sneakers/
I feel that you are proving Gene's point. This man clearly "is a hopeless weenie who will be pantsed."
Mike McDaniel? Miami football NFL coach. Wears weenie clam digger style push-ups. He looks weenieish but I like the style of Pat’s model.
In 1976 the Chicago White Sox wore short-pants uniforms. That Bill Veeck-directed uniform was retired after three games. https://www.si.com/mlb/2009/08/11/11baseball-uniforms-through-the-years
Remember a while back when there were men's shorts-suits? The poor guys looked like they had a much shorter older brother and they needed to borrow a suit at the last minute, so the only choices were 1) Granddad's Old Zoot Suit, or 2) Brother's suit that made you look like Magilla Gorilla.
I feel so bad when I see a man in an ill-fitting suit. "Did they run out of material when they got to the pants, Jerrod? Couldn't afford to have them put the last finishing touches on your trousers?"
I'm sure your fashion plate partner has experienced the thrill of well-ventilated ankles in what used to be called "high waters," especially when growing up.
The media wants a contested convention for the excitement, and because they're really desperate to find Democrats saying negative things about Harris.
Just once I would love to see the Democrats have a 'we are the worl' spectacular like the GOP - we all agree, we all love our guy, there is no ammunition we're gonna give the other team so they can belittle our candidate - and just stick together for once.
Re button-fly Levi's -- during my freshman year in college (eons ago), some zip-fly guys were mocking a guy with a button fly and making the slow-access argument. So button-fly guy issued a challenge, betting he could get his fly down before they could. One zip-fly guy accepted, and we all clustered around to view the contest. Amazingly enough, it was a tie. Evidently, if you keep working those buttons day after day and refrain from washing your jeans, the process speeds up considerably.
I had button flys, once. That jives with my memory of them; they seemed a little formidable at first but once broken in they were fine.
I love button-fly jeans because they're more forgiving on the lower abdomen. Eat too much? Hormonal? Much more comfortable with a flexible button fly.
You can't get your privates caught in the button fly.
By the way, I still own the button-fly Levi's I wore in college. I plan to bequeath them to my heirs, assuming that by the time I die, they'll be a valuable antique.
Just think of all the fun things Biden could do (but won't, because he has some integrity) for the next six months, now that he has total immunity!
"But history proved Polk right"? Sure, let's start a war to annex part of a neighboring country! Because in 175 years it's gonna be our biggest bulwark against an Orange tide? How is starting the Mexican War different from Putin's invasion of Ukraine? And while I'm at it, how did Hawaii "choose" to become part of the US?
Manifest destiny. It was very popular back then. California was inevitable. We offered to negotiate a sale and they wouldn't talk to our diplomat, who came with full pockets.
History is messy.
History is an on-going web of human decisions based on imperfect knowledge and the vagaries of chance. It isn't an excuse for wrong-headed murderous land-grabbing even if later generations of Americans benefit from it. If Trump had started the Mexican War we'd be having a fit about it.
To be fair, Trump was only in grade school during the Mexican War.
I look at it this way, thanks to Polk we now have the In-N-Out Burger. This grand achievement also gave us the first complete and subsequently ubiquitous drive-thru experience, including the two-way speaker through which a tinny, disembodied voice repeats the wrong order.
Little doubt that Joe, as the consummate pol and institutionalist, decided his legacy would be best served if he stepped down, after a final look at the numbers --- those showing moribund fundraising, in particular. My take is this had been a well-kept secret and in the works far longer than pundited (hey, I'm a fondling subscriber...); the timing (after Orange 1 formally got the nod and cemented his rep as an unrepentant asshole) was the only question.
No mention of William Henry Harrison yet? There were no scandals under his administration. He never abused the presidential pardon. What's not to like?
Don’t whine to me about men’s pant lengths. As a fast growing jr high girl (at 13 I was 5’ 7’ 104 pounds), I lived in constant fear of being ridiculed as my pants kept getting too short over night. My mom and I stretched them wet and never, ever put them in the dryer. It wasn’t until decades later that capri pants became a thing (again I guess, but I was too young to wear them when Laura Petrie did). I think it’s great the fashion industry decided to profit by making women think we need all the colors in all the lengths because I can get what I want.
Capri pants are great for tall people and short folks like me can wear them as regular length pants without having to cut six inches off the bottom. Capris are a win-win for all.
I also don’t actually think Buttigieg will be picked, for various reasons having nothing to do with the man himself. Still, he’d be my fantasy league pick.
I missed the worst food question! It was actually the most frightening food, but it tasted ... fine. Found deep-fried haggis puffs at a Chinese buffet in Scotland. Couldn't not try them. They were like a really weird chicken nugget.
A winner with a future and never a loser with a past!
Harris!!
There was a men's fashion in 80s through early 2000s punk (and various offshoots like emo and hardcore) for highwater Dickies and similar work pants. It was kind of cute to see all the dudes' bony ankles and bad socks.
Please watch HuffPost article “Trumps 4 word attack on Kamala Harris etc….” And hammer this rebuttal message repeatedly to everyone you reach”.
Would have thought decreasing pants length would be the lesser of two thought-provoking developments --- the more consequential being, rising waist height. Find your belt location regularly inching up, do you?
Max Barry! Love his books too (kinda miss his extra x though)
also, the guy who thought Biden had too high an option of himself for thinking he could be president, when he was a VERY successful president, is an ass .
I’ve come to the conclusion that without exception, anybody and everybody who thinks they’re up to the job is full of themselves. All of them. It’s a sin I’ve learned to forgive in the politicians I’ve liked, but there’s no getting around it.
They may all be full of themselves--presumably that's a prerequisite, not just in a negative way--but not all of them are full of shit; this is surely the operative distinction.
This is true.
even when they have proven they do the job. What a load of nonsense. Of course its; all in Plato..can anyone who think they can truly rule? (somewjere in the REpublic) But of course, they do. NO tneccesarily well, but they do. .And Biden did well. Very well. Very very well. .
I’m just saying that you can’t judge them by their hubris, because they’ve all got it. Whether they actually can do a good job is a completely separate matter (I do think Biden has been very good). As for Plato, well, that was always the dilemma he and fellow authoritarians like to skip over - how do you determine who is fit to rule.
That is not what you said. Who;s judging them by their hubris? I'm judging by the results.
As for who was doing the judging, that’d be “the guy who thought Biden had too high an option of himself for thinking he could be president”. (I’m assuming ‘option’ was ‘opinion’, victimized by autocorrect.)
I think you’ll find that all I said was they all have large egos. This implies that yes, Biden has an ego, and it also implies (see the ‘forgive’ part) that it’s therefore not something you can hold against them or their service. Anything else was a failure in communication.