STATE OF THE UNION(SUIT)
OPEN THREADSAn off-the-wall opener today. Anybody else out there actually own (and wear) a union suit? Ya know, the one piece cotton undies with the poop-flap in back? IMHO, this is one case where they got the design right! I never wooda thought such an old design was better, but it is! Yer drawers don't slide down cause ya got two sets of britches on. They're lighter, less bulkey, and wick away moisture.
Don't be a movie Cowboy though, take the damn things off when ya wash yer ass!
Stay warm and have a great day, ~Tracy
lindainks55 said:
Underalls aren't one piece construction but feel wonderful next to the skin, are loose enough and snug enough at the same time. Besides they have a tiny hint of lace in places that sometimes peek out. I have several colors and styles and like them under my clothes and as my sleepwear in the cold months. Much less expensive and easier care than the silk longies.
Wayne will probably kill me for telling but he wears silk long johns for golfing in winter. He doesn't seem to care about the color and isn't at all interested in a little lace (at least NOT on the ones he wears!).
Wayne will probably kill me for telling but he wears silk long johns for golfing in winter. He doesn't seem to care about the color and isn't at all interested in a little lace (at least NOT on the ones he wears!).
Wendy said:
Linda,
My dad SWEARS by his silk long johns for his winter "stuff" (he's not a hunter, so I honestly have no idea what he does do in the winter, but he does something :) ) - he says they are three times as warm as regular long johns, much more comfortable, and much easier to fit underneath regular clothing.
Tracy,
Can't say as I have ever had the pleasure of a union suit. The closest we have come is the blanket sleepers that my son sleeps in during the winter (and he looks so darn cute in them too!) I'm afraid I am one of those crazy people who just suffer through the cold - the only time I ever layer is if I am going to a football game - and you don't want to layer too much, because freezing your butt off is part of the point of a winter game! :) That and the hot chocolate spiked with peppermint schnapps...
My dad SWEARS by his silk long johns for his winter "stuff" (he's not a hunter, so I honestly have no idea what he does do in the winter, but he does something :) ) - he says they are three times as warm as regular long johns, much more comfortable, and much easier to fit underneath regular clothing.
Tracy,
Can't say as I have ever had the pleasure of a union suit. The closest we have come is the blanket sleepers that my son sleeps in during the winter (and he looks so darn cute in them too!) I'm afraid I am one of those crazy people who just suffer through the cold - the only time I ever layer is if I am going to a football game - and you don't want to layer too much, because freezing your butt off is part of the point of a winter game! :) That and the hot chocolate spiked with peppermint schnapps...
Vaughn Tolle said:
Linda, I suspect Wayne isn't the only one. Based upon the L.L. Bean catalogs we receive, it would appear that "silk long johns" are a big seller, and I cannot think that is because they are only used for sleepwear.
Vaughn Tolle said:
...and they seemingly sell a lot of union suits, too.
May have posted this before; if any of you ever have a chance, going through the "main" L.L. Bean store in Freeport, ME, is an experience not to be missed. Huge; and the "outdoor" store across the street (tents, canoes, etc.) is equally large and impressive.
For those wanting something more than L.L. Bean, the village of Freeport has ~160 retail stores, of which >60 are outlets. Something for everyone; just bring your money, credit cards with high limits, etc., and you will find darn near anything you want (notice I didn't say "need"). It's my guess that a thorough "shopping spree" there would take a minimum of three days.
May have posted this before; if any of you ever have a chance, going through the "main" L.L. Bean store in Freeport, ME, is an experience not to be missed. Huge; and the "outdoor" store across the street (tents, canoes, etc.) is equally large and impressive.
For those wanting something more than L.L. Bean, the village of Freeport has ~160 retail stores, of which >60 are outlets. Something for everyone; just bring your money, credit cards with high limits, etc., and you will find darn near anything you want (notice I didn't say "need"). It's my guess that a thorough "shopping spree" there would take a minimum of three days.
Tracy Phillips said:
Hooo dawgies!
Silk undies for Uncle Jed?
I'm goana hafta strike earl foer I get them.
HA!
Silk undies for Uncle Jed?
I'm goana hafta strike earl foer I get them.
HA!
lindainks55 said:
I am NOT a shopper! At least not at home but have joined in enthusiastically when traveling. No explanation for why shopping away from home (often at the same stores I don't go to at home) isn't a chore. Is it because I have the time being relived of the everyday responsibilities? Sometimes I fear IF I let myself visit those stores here at home I might learn to be a shopper so I just don't tempt myself. My youngest sister also isn't a shopper. We have other sisters who have earned black belts in credit cards so we're unusual. But this youngest sister and I have traveled together and happily shopped together. You should have seen us together in Ireland! Our husbands thought we'd turned into shopping monsters.
Vaughn Tolle said:
http://www.freeportusa.com/FreeportShop.html
For all you shoppers out there (not Linda, per her own description), the above link is to the "shopping" page of the Freeport Merchants Association web site. By "clicking" on the links, one may ascertain if the ~1750 mile (one way) trip would be worth it....
For all you shoppers out there (not Linda, per her own description), the above link is to the "shopping" page of the Freeport Merchants Association web site. By "clicking" on the links, one may ascertain if the ~1750 mile (one way) trip would be worth it....
Hank Price said:
The good news in my house is Joyce is not a shopper. The bad news is Joyce is not a shopper.
On occasion I'll go to Kohls or Dillards and get two or three outfits for her and tell her I'm only going to take one back.
The neighbor ladies address all their 'shopping talk' about bargains, etc., to me.
Hank
On occasion I'll go to Kohls or Dillards and get two or three outfits for her and tell her I'm only going to take one back.
The neighbor ladies address all their 'shopping talk' about bargains, etc., to me.
Hank
Julie said:
Good Morning All!
I was expecting a nice productive day at work but that ain't happening. I got a call from MM to cancel his 2 doctors appointments as well has his physical therapy because he's recreating a particular scene from the Exorcist.
So I get to go home and play nurse.
ugh.
If anyone sees a nurses outfit/costume cheap let me know.
I was expecting a nice productive day at work but that ain't happening. I got a call from MM to cancel his 2 doctors appointments as well has his physical therapy because he's recreating a particular scene from the Exorcist.
So I get to go home and play nurse.
ugh.
If anyone sees a nurses outfit/costume cheap let me know.
Tracy Phillips said:
Hank...my sympathies.
My better half likes to send me to the store, but even with a list I always get sumpin' wrong.
Julie, if his head starts spinning, GET OUT!
My better half likes to send me to the store, but even with a list I always get sumpin' wrong.
Julie, if his head starts spinning, GET OUT!
lindainks55 said:
Oh Julie! I'm so sorry MM has to have more discomfort. And sorry you are pulled in so many directions too. Hope it all is short lived and you're both back on the road to recovery quickly!
Vaughn, how's the Mrs.? Did the joy of being back at her work overcome the negatives? Doctor's appointment today, right?
Bargains, smargians. I only buy what I am prety much forced to buy and looking around after you've found what you need just doesn't make sense to me. My sisters seem to buy things for NO better reason than bragging rights on how much they saved. What!? Was this something you needed? If not, well then I figure whatever you spent for it was an unnecessary expense and the word savings doesn't come into play! They've tried to explain the nuances, but I'm just too dense I guess.
Vaughn, how's the Mrs.? Did the joy of being back at her work overcome the negatives? Doctor's appointment today, right?
Bargains, smargians. I only buy what I am prety much forced to buy and looking around after you've found what you need just doesn't make sense to me. My sisters seem to buy things for NO better reason than bragging rights on how much they saved. What!? Was this something you needed? If not, well then I figure whatever you spent for it was an unnecessary expense and the word savings doesn't come into play! They've tried to explain the nuances, but I'm just too dense I guess.
Hank said:
I love bargains! We have a pantry that I keeped stocked up pretty good. I have a freezer and another refrigerator in it.
The secret to bargain shopping for groceries is to only buy things you normally use.
I buy rice at one of the Vietnamese markets in 25# bags. I check the meat bargain bin at White's IGA three or four times a week.
About every six months we go to the Air Force Base and stock up on canned goods, but a lot of the canned goods we use can be found cheaper on sale a lot of the time.
I actually like to shop, except for a few things that Joyce should be buying herself.
She sent me to Dillards once to buy her som bras. I was looking at one her size when the clerk, an elderly lady asked if she could help me. I held the bra up and told her I was looking for a woman that could fit it.
A few weeks later Joyce and I were in Dillards to buy a weding gift and as we passed the lingerie section the old lady saw us and said with a grin, "I see you found one!"
The secret to bargain shopping for groceries is to only buy things you normally use.
I buy rice at one of the Vietnamese markets in 25# bags. I check the meat bargain bin at White's IGA three or four times a week.
About every six months we go to the Air Force Base and stock up on canned goods, but a lot of the canned goods we use can be found cheaper on sale a lot of the time.
I actually like to shop, except for a few things that Joyce should be buying herself.
She sent me to Dillards once to buy her som bras. I was looking at one her size when the clerk, an elderly lady asked if she could help me. I held the bra up and told her I was looking for a woman that could fit it.
A few weeks later Joyce and I were in Dillards to buy a weding gift and as we passed the lingerie section the old lady saw us and said with a grin, "I see you found one!"
Wendy said:
LOL.
I have a love/hate relationship with shopping. I love shopping, I just hate not having enough money to do it! Speaking of which, grocery shopping tonight, after we get home from the hospital (my cousin has numerous ailments that have landed him there - and since he has spina bifida, they tend to watch him more closely anyways. I told him he always had to be the drama queen :) )
I have a love/hate relationship with shopping. I love shopping, I just hate not having enough money to do it! Speaking of which, grocery shopping tonight, after we get home from the hospital (my cousin has numerous ailments that have landed him there - and since he has spina bifida, they tend to watch him more closely anyways. I told him he always had to be the drama queen :) )
Rox said:
Julie, my oldest was "Sweet Smurf" for Halloween and wore a candy striper type outfit. Would that work?
Hugs to both you and MM on an obviously lousy day. They WILL get better.
Hugs to both you and MM on an obviously lousy day. They WILL get better.
Rox said:
No union suits here, but I used to wear two-piece thermals. If memory serves me, Eddie Bauer has carried one-piece longjohns, but we all know how bad my memory is.
On shopping, when it comes to clothes, I can never find anything when I'm shopping for them. When I'm broke, I can find tons. C'est la vie!
Does anybody watch Channel 12's news? My daughter and her hubby's house (and the hubby, too) was on last night. Their insurance agent was standing in front of the house when talking about renter's insurance, although the house isn't a rental, because of so many apartment fires this past month.
On shopping, when it comes to clothes, I can never find anything when I'm shopping for them. When I'm broke, I can find tons. C'est la vie!
Does anybody watch Channel 12's news? My daughter and her hubby's house (and the hubby, too) was on last night. Their insurance agent was standing in front of the house when talking about renter's insurance, although the house isn't a rental, because of so many apartment fires this past month.
gster said:
For some strange reason, all this talk about long johns makes me think of "Blazing Saddles". Go figure!
Vaughn Tolle said:
Hank, I echo Linda's comment; that is ONE funny story.
The wife's doctor's appointment resulted in a referral to yet another doctor, and another prescription. Yesterday at work was apparently a "love fest" all day, with ALL the teachers stopping by and showering her with good wishes and relief upon her return, together with a big stir among the 8th graders when she went down to the commons and picked her lunch up. I am led to believe that there were many parents stopping in to chat as well, so I think she didn't get too much of her "catch up" done.
Julie, I'm sending all the good thoughts I can your way. Things will get better.
Rox, saw the interview.
gster, I don't know about you sometimes, but the thought is apt, as I had a fleeting reference in my mind to the same. :-)
The wife's doctor's appointment resulted in a referral to yet another doctor, and another prescription. Yesterday at work was apparently a "love fest" all day, with ALL the teachers stopping by and showering her with good wishes and relief upon her return, together with a big stir among the 8th graders when she went down to the commons and picked her lunch up. I am led to believe that there were many parents stopping in to chat as well, so I think she didn't get too much of her "catch up" done.
Julie, I'm sending all the good thoughts I can your way. Things will get better.
Rox, saw the interview.
gster, I don't know about you sometimes, but the thought is apt, as I had a fleeting reference in my mind to the same. :-)
Tracy Phillips said:
gster, yep.
Images of Slim Pickens wearing "red handles" comes to mind.
Slim is one of my favorites.
He's great in "1941" as Hollis T. Wood!
Images of Slim Pickens wearing "red handles" comes to mind.
Slim is one of my favorites.
He's great in "1941" as Hollis T. Wood!
Hank said:
Samson got hit by a skunk a few years ago and after several shampoos he still carried around an unmistakable odor. His hair is really long and it was hard to get the odor out.
One of the ladies in the kennel club told Joyce to mix our shampoo with Massingale.
The next day Joyce came to my office and asked me to go to Walgreens and pick up some. I told her no way!
Later in the day, while at Walgreens a girl that didn't much older than 16 asked me if she could help me find something. "No," I said, "I'm just looking around."
A little later she asked me if she could help again. "No, I'm OK." I couldn't even find the feminine hygene section, let alone the item I so desperately searched for.
She approached me again, anxious to help. "Sir, you're obvilusly looking for something, let me help you." "Massingale" I blurted out. "Right this way sir" she said, in a very professional manner that was very inconsistant with her youth.
She went right to the feminine hygene section and handed me a very small single use container of the product in question. Without thinking I said, "Oh no child, I've got a much bigger problem than this!"
Now there was two of us that wanted out of Walgreen's feminine hygene section really bad!
One of the ladies in the kennel club told Joyce to mix our shampoo with Massingale.
The next day Joyce came to my office and asked me to go to Walgreens and pick up some. I told her no way!
Later in the day, while at Walgreens a girl that didn't much older than 16 asked me if she could help me find something. "No," I said, "I'm just looking around."
A little later she asked me if she could help again. "No, I'm OK." I couldn't even find the feminine hygene section, let alone the item I so desperately searched for.
She approached me again, anxious to help. "Sir, you're obvilusly looking for something, let me help you." "Massingale" I blurted out. "Right this way sir" she said, in a very professional manner that was very inconsistant with her youth.
She went right to the feminine hygene section and handed me a very small single use container of the product in question. Without thinking I said, "Oh no child, I've got a much bigger problem than this!"
Now there was two of us that wanted out of Walgreen's feminine hygene section really bad!
Vaughn Tolle said:
Hank, you may have just bested yourself there.
When I was a tender lad of 16 and working for Dillons, a gentleman came in obviously looking for something but by gum, he wasn't asking. As it was getting close to closing time, and he was wandering the store, it became necessary to inquire. After a few questions, he finally blurted out, "Damn it, son, I'm looking for the man hole covers". Blinking my eyes, I requested clarification, and once offered, I directed him to the sanitary napkin section, where he made his selection and then, coming to the front of the store, demanded I check him out. Out the door he went, never been seen again (by me).
When I was a tender lad of 16 and working for Dillons, a gentleman came in obviously looking for something but by gum, he wasn't asking. As it was getting close to closing time, and he was wandering the store, it became necessary to inquire. After a few questions, he finally blurted out, "Damn it, son, I'm looking for the man hole covers". Blinking my eyes, I requested clarification, and once offered, I directed him to the sanitary napkin section, where he made his selection and then, coming to the front of the store, demanded I check him out. Out the door he went, never been seen again (by me).
Hank said:
I have another story about a shopping trip in Bejing at midnight. It's the best story I have, but I have to know you really well and be very drunk before I tell it.
It will never be put in writing.
It will never be put in writing.
Wendy said:
Okay, I have to tell you that I laughed out loud at both of those stories, and I am at work. That was a little hard to explain away.
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