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Offline tedh

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My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« on: November 30, 2014, 09:20:05 am »
Has anyone else noticed that their winter (insulated) coveralls has shrunk?  I wonder if it's from hanging on the peg in the garage all summer?  Maybe something more sinister?  Like a new material developed by Carhart that shrinks?  That would keep you buying new coveralls each year?  Heck, I've only had them 15 years and I can barely get them zipped up!  Ted

That's two!  I didn't even see it when I originally posted.  I've changed the title to eliminate any further confusion.  Ted
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2014, 09:45:00 am »
OH!!  Your clothes!  I was a bit worried, and was busy PRAYING that whatever was shrinking your stuff was not contagious!!

   Usually I have that issue with clothing a the END of winter, but this year it came early..  Strange it hasnt affected my boots, hats or gloves....
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2014, 11:17:53 am »
Boy, the title kinda threw me for a second there, thought I was gonna have to do some quick editing or something! :o ;D
I believe it has something to do with the onset of cold weather, when your clothes, like everything else, shrink and expand with the temperatures. As things warm up in the spring the clothes warm up and expand! Around Christmas time it's cold and they shrink.  ;)
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2014, 02:45:41 pm »
"I believe it has something to do with the onset of cold weather, when your clothes, like everything else, shrink and expand with the temperatures. As things warm up in the spring the clothes warm up and expand! Around Christmas time it's cold and they shrink.  ;)"


lol!...........okay, works for me perry!................ :D





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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2014, 05:58:15 pm »
My problem is the opposite I bought new carharts last winter lost all the weight and now I got to go buy a smaller pair.  But I will gladly do that. ;D
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2014, 12:22:04 pm »
Shrinking clothes, huh?  You got it all wrong. During the summer, those little gremlins that hide in closets stitched your buttons further away from the edges of the clothing.  All you have to do is move them back, closer to the edges. 

They do it so that you'll have something to keep you busy while you're away from the hives.  :D
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2014, 12:38:07 pm »
Don't have that problem!  ;D  yoga pants and leggings! They move with or without girth  :D
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2014, 03:25:30 pm »
Yoga pants!!!! Ok Iddee if you will wear them I will buy them for you for Christmas. But you got to make that your avatar :o
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2014, 03:35:45 pm »
RRat- When the first batch of tshirts were being designed I requested a black pair of yoga pants with the www.worldwidebeeking.com logo across the fanny of the pants....  that would be cute! Still haven't seen them for sale yet....  ;)
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2014, 03:39:36 pm »
I hasten to think of what I would look like in yoga pants.  I'm trying to keep the image from my mind as I think it would cause me to be nauseous. 
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2014, 04:00:41 pm »
LOL Lazy! They also work well under jeans when you have to shovel the white stuff  ;)
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2014, 05:45:22 pm »
Rat, you can promise to buy the whole factory the day I wear them. Don't worry, you won't have to spend any money.
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2014, 06:29:51 pm »
Quote from: Riverrat on December 01, 2014, 03:25:30 pm
Yoga pants!!!! Ok Iddee if you will wear them I will buy them for you for Christmas. But you got to make that your avatar :o

  Folks.. please remember.. that once something is SEEN, it can NEVER be unseen!!   :laugh:
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2014, 08:51:29 pm »
Quote from: LazyBkpr on December 01, 2014, 06:29:51 pm
Quote from: Riverrat on December 01, 2014, 03:25:30 pm
Yoga pants!!!! Ok Iddee if you will wear them I will buy them for you for Christmas. But you got to make that your avatar :o

  Folks.. please remember.. that once something is SEEN, it can NEVER be unseen!!   :laugh:

Images can be hard to get rid of too. :o
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2014, 12:02:40 am »
Quote from: Perry on December 01, 2014, 08:51:29 pm
Quote from: LazyBkpr on December 01, 2014, 06:29:51 pm
Quote from: Riverrat on December 01, 2014, 03:25:30 pm
Yoga pants!!!! Ok Iddee if you will wear them I will buy them for you for Christmas. But you got to make that your avatar :o

  Folks.. please remember.. that once something is SEEN, it can NEVER be unseen!!   :laugh:

Images can be hard to get rid of too. :o

   hehe, I am working really hard at smashing those before they become images!
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2014, 12:15:48 am »
This is a True Story.I was in the hospital for a back problem (i was 21yrs. old) my room mate was an elderly pudgy man ( his clothes were a little to tight ;D), i never knew what was wrong with him. Anyway two nurses came in and said Mr.? (don't remember his name) were going to give you an enema, have you ever had one? he said no i quess i never have ;D, well i kind of giggled and the nurse pulled the curtain and pointed her finger at me. :D Well the next thing i heard was Whooo, Whooo, Wheeee, :o pull it out, pull it out, well they did and told him he could go to the bathroom now :D, he jump out of bed run by my bed to the bathroom leaving a rooster tail behind him :laugh: :laugh: I was cracking up rolling in my bed till the nurses told me if i didn't settle down they were going to use it on me :o. He went home before me and when he was getting dressed he held his pants out away from his belly showing his wife how much weight he'd lost. I lost it again.Jack  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
PS. everytime i think about it i still crack up. I know i need help.
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2014, 12:58:08 am »
LOL

   Last time I was in to have some ofmy Gizzard removed, the fellow I shared the room with was handcuffed to the bed..  He was a scrawny colored guy named Tony, and TOny had a Police officer with him at all times..
   I had staples from my crotch to my chin, with tubes sticking out of mne everywhere..  TOny just had surgery as well and was trussed up like a christmas goose..  As they wheeled him in, I asked how he was doing.. he opened his eyes groggily, and pointed a thumb at the police officer.  "I feel like Goliath there just fell on me.."
   Goliath the police officer was six foot fourteen inches and weighed in around four hundred pounds, he looked to be about twenty years old... 
   "I'm ready if you are Tony, I think if we work together we can take him!"
   Goliath promptly ejected chocolate milk from both nostrils just to show us how tuff he was...    I have to admit, that was a really stupid thing to say after having my guts cut open.. Laughing REALLY hurts when your filled with metal staples....
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Re: My winter clothes seem to be shrinking
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2014, 08:05:20 am »
brooksbeefarm and Lazy:

Those are funny stories.  As a sidebar, one of my old pals had open heart surgery many years ago.  The surgery was fine and he is doing well some 20 years later.  He said the good drugs worked fine until he sneezed.  He said the sneeze felt like someone split him open with an axe.  I was reminded of that when Lazy made a similar comment.

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