I know I'm cheap, but DANG! $125 for two pair of work pants?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

I know, but I'd rather pay $60/pair for pants that will last for 5+ years than $20/pair for pants that will only last <12 months.

Buy once, cry once.

It's like Terry Pratchett said in his "boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness":

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The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

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"Good stuff ain't cheap, cheap stuff ain't good".
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You guys wear pants?

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Yeah, I know, but I hate to see that much go out in one whack when I could be spending it on important stuff...like ammo...

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
You guys wear pants?

I hear that's damn near required most places, unless you've got special consideration like Kevin.

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quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
You guys wear pants?

Only when my unitard is at the cleaners.

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quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
You guys wear pants?

I hear that's damn near required most places, unless you've got special consideration like Kevin.

It do help keep the neighbors from complaining. Or laughing, which is worse...

Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

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Buy some big fuzzy slippers and you are dressed for Walmart!

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Tried to save a little and bought a pair at Tractor Supply, but I've worn PJ's that were made of heavier stuff.

Which ones? The Ridgecut pant I have is made of exceptionally heavy material, with extra reinforcement in the knees and pockets. Price was in the mid-40s.

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Originally posted by BigSwede:
You guys wear pants?

Not at the table. There’s a cloth.

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12131

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$125 for two pair of work pants?

I have no idea what your work pants are like, but considering a pair of jeans at almost 60 bucks, I don't see a problem.

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rizzle

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Reduce your workload 50% and buy one pair.

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Chowser

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Our uniform pants are $70 now. Shirts are $65.
They have a monopoly.
We get $600 a year for uniforms and can only buy from certain places.

Not minority enough!

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Originally posted by egregore:
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Tried to save a little and bought a pair at Tractor Supply, but I've worn PJ's that were made of heavier stuff.

Which ones? The Ridgecut pant I have is made of exceptionally heavy material, with extra reinforcement in the knees and pockets. Price was in the mid-40s.

That's what I got last time, and they've been MAH-velous. Still wearing them but they're stained beyond my "I don't give a shit" threshold and I need to change before I run into town.

For some reason my local TSC doesn't carry them any more or is out of them.

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quote:
Originally posted by SigJacket:
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
You guys wear pants?

Not at the table. There’s a cloth.

FWIW, since Covid, I've been to court many times wearing shorts.

-Rob

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
FWIW, since Covid, I've been to court many times wearing shorts.

-Rob

I stopped by a Judge's house for a signature during the pandemic to find them wearing their judge's robe over pajamas and fuzzy slippers.

They stated they were in the midst of "AMJ": Alternative Method of [judicial something] (I don't recall the exact acronym), which was apparently the fancy term that had been assigned to describe holding court hearings via videoconference during lockdown.

My response was that sounded a lot more impressive than "JIP": Judging In Pajamas.

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I have been less than impressed with the several last pair of Carhartt pants I’ve bought lately. I’ve literally bought thousands of dollars worth or Carhartt gear over the years, doing piling, barge work, welding etc. I’ve been wearing the logger style jeans lately with the extra material on the thighs as they seem to hold up best with all the welding I did. Fortunately im just driving semi now moving equip and hauling stone so it’s a lot less wear and tear on the clothes. I’ll have to stop in at TSC and check out the ridge brand. Once Carhartt started catering to the millennials crowd and the cool factor, I think the quality declined, that and overseas production

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egregore

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For some reason my local TSC doesn't carry them any more or is out of them.

I bought mine only last June. https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/7800048294 They are still shown on the website. https://www.tractorsupply.com/...rk-pant?cm_vc=-10011 They didn't have my size (32x30) in my local store either. Everything was for ~~fat~~ really big guys (40+ waist) or "tall drinks of water" guys. I had them shipped to the store. It did take a week, an unusually long time, I thought.

I don't use them for work, just casual/CCW on weekends. Work provides me with uniforms.

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I have a $40 pair of Dickies canvas duck carpenter pants that ought to last 20 years if I can ever get them “broken in” enough to be comfortable. I probably should have bought the “stonewashed” ones.

https://www.dickies.com/carpen...nter-pants/1939.html

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