Favourite clobber

[Black Ned]

Hi fellas,

Do you have some favourite clothes that you love to wear, feel comfortable in, probably wearing a bit thin, would keep forever if you could, BUT your wife has decided that they have to go and makes every effort to lose them somehow?

[Daddles]

Come on. You don't escape that lightly. There's a story here. Tell us the story ... please

Richard

[journeyman Mick]

My work clobber tends to be like that, some of it is lterally falling apart on me There have been occasions when I've needed a rag, and not having one handy use my shirt. My work clothes get washed seperately to the rest of the laundry so after a few initial hiccups there haven't been any problems. Although there's still the occasional nag about wearing rags

Mick

[bsrlee]

Bond's 'Old 55' t-shirts. They are/were about twice the thickness of other t-shirts, v-neck option, very comfy. K-mart was my main source & now they are no-where to be seen.

[Grunt]

I always like it when Al's in his foilie. My pink tu-tu is rather fetching.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

My work clobber tends to be like that, some of it is lterally falling apart on me There have been occasions when I've needed a rag, and not having one handy use my shirt. My work clothes get washed seperately to the rest of the laundry so after a few initial hiccups there haven't been any problems. Although there's still the occasional nag about wearing rags

Geeze, that sounds awfully familiar. Nearly every weekend I have to field strip the washing machine to remove the accumulated soggy sawdust from the drain lines and tub bottom. Also discovered that apparently PVA is not considered to washing machine friendly.

I am so sick of saying "But I did empty my pockets!" (So, I forgot about my trouser cuffs and to unroll my shirt-sleeves and there just may have been a pound or two in my underwear...)

[havenoideaatall]

Geeze, that sounds awfully familiar. Every weekend I have to field strip the washing machine to remove the accumulated soggy sawdust from the drain lines and tub bottom. Also discovered that apparently PVA is not considered to washing machine friendly.

I am so sick of saying "But I did empty my pockets!" (So, I forgot about my trouser cuffs and to unroll my shirt-sleeves and there just may have been a pound or two in my underwear...)

I have a few pounds in my underwear.

Shed attire : Serious answer, old footie shorts, I think old Manly shorts in summer, t-shirts, old moleskins/ Hard yakka shirt (yes I know) in winter.

[Pat]

Basic shed clobber: King Gee Closed Front Long Sleeve Shirt Drill or Chambray. Cotton Cargo shorts or in winter Cargo Trousers. Various T shirts which are in an advanced stage of decomposition. On my feet, I try to remember to wear steel cap boots as I have a very bad habit of dropping heavy steel tools on my toes!

[AlexS]

King Gee shorts, tee shirt with a pocket, towelling soled cotton socks, leather sneakers, all season every season.

[Schtoo]

Basic shed clobber: King Gee Closed Front Long Sleeve Shirt Drill or Chambray. Cotton Cargo shorts or in winter Cargo Trousers. Various etc, etc... toes!

Driver!? Do we have a code violation here, sir?

Anything that has a 'ch' with a parlez voos frog pronunciation must be pushing the codes of the shed just a tad now, doesn't it?

And if the chambray has chatoyance, well, even I can see that the code has been broken.

Throw in, and I quote "cargo shorts or trousers" and I seriously think that the boundaries have been pushed so far beyond the line, you would need a map, compass and maybe one of them dinky little yellow GPS doohickeys to find it again.


I'm sorry Pat, but I am just worried that if this kind of attire is mentioned too often, we may wind up with someone (no names) wearing Lederhosen and maybe a Fedora looking hat with a pheasant's plumage stuck in it.


Me, I wear a wasitcoat, bow tie and top hat. We must look our best in the shed.

(If you believe that, have I got a bridge for you! )

[fred.n]

What sorta bridge we talking about??

[bumnut]

Alex, Sounds like you have the same gripe that I do. Everyone needs a breast pocket to store those eyecrutches, pencils, lotto coupons and scraps of paper with those VERY IMPORTANT dimensions. Manufacturers who don't put pockets on their t shirts are potentially cutting out 75% of their market. I won't buy without a pocket.
For those whose spouses won't touch their shed gear to repair them, some hints-
Fuse wire takes care of buttons and staples fixes hems and tears.

[Andy Mac]

"Favourite" and "shed" clobber are only the same thing when good jeans have had their day, and are relegated to the work clothing department!
I refuse to buy King Gee pants etc new, when they'll just be torn, burned, painted or whatever else happens in the shed! Nearly all my work clothes are from St. Vinnies or Lifeline, and I don't care what happens to them...they'll appear in the rag bin sooner or later.... whereas if I bought new ones I'd tiptoe around work avoiding dirt, sharp bits or even the welding bay!

maybe a Fedora looking hat with a pheasant's plumage stuck in it. )

Well Schtoo you got me there... I have 2 Fedoras, one for work, one for steppin' out and at least one will have a feather on any given day, usually crow or currawong!! Do I hand in my blokely standing, or is that only for pheasant!?

Cheers,

[Schtoo]

I said fedora looking, not an actual fedora. Plus the lederhosen is required before one must hand in their 'certificate of blokliness' under threat having their legs shaved with a blunt chisel or having their reflexes checked with a 4lb ball pein hammer.

P.S. If the pheasant plumage is from a bird you killed and then ate, then the above does not apply, or may apply doubly so, whichever the case may be.

[Doughboy]

Leather jacket, Tommy Hilfiger white t-shirt, Denim jeans, Boxers, Oakley sunnies, Dri-rider Gloves, Shoei helmet. Just the tick for hitting the flat black stuff and chewing up some many miles. Is there a better place? I think not.

Pete