tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post6614186738968773047..comments2024-03-28T05:22:09.542-07:00Comments on Record of a Baffled Spirit: A shirt is for life, but pullovers?Mike Keytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-13852554013177082112012-11-28T02:35:06.345-08:002012-11-28T02:35:06.345-08:00Phillip, you'll have to go to New Orleans agai...Phillip, you'll have to go to New Orleans again - and charge your wife. Simples : )<br /><br />Or<br /><br />Ask her to paint it as a work of modern art and hang it up as a perpetual reminder. Hmm. Maybe I could make a photo-montage of my three pullovers. They'd like that. Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-22738361479439401732012-11-27T14:22:12.222-08:002012-11-27T14:22:12.222-08:00One should always keep well-loved and useful old c...One should always keep well-loved and useful old clothes under lock and key in our household... my wife is an artist and anything not pristine is fair game for wiping brushes and mopping up spilled paint. <br /><br />I fail to understand how a slightly worn, slightly out-of-shape, slightly off-white 24-year-old "Cafe du Monde" tee shirt from my only trip to New Orleans - which I defined as "still wearable" should have been re-categorised as "old rags" - though it certainly was by the time I found it again, cowering in a corner of the studio, hidden under a soggy mop.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08198519041525713519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-64870238433673678782012-11-25T11:46:10.261-08:002012-11-25T11:46:10.261-08:00You'd be a very poetic old pullover, Jay : )You'd be a very poetic old pullover, Jay : )Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-52647328409118401052012-11-25T08:51:12.834-08:002012-11-25T08:51:12.834-08:00Don't throw them away!
Think of all the memor...Don't throw them away! <br />Think of all the memories the are impregnated with, I bet they look baggy. Fold them carefully and give them their well-deserved rest inside some chest of oak.<br />That's where I'd like to end my days were I an old pullover. <br />Jay Paolonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647807643476130105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-23435620026139719352012-11-24T04:36:45.369-08:002012-11-24T04:36:45.369-08:00Vero, that coon is plain flirtatious - and thanks ...Vero, that coon is plain flirtatious - and thanks for the compliment. That pain came straight from the heart - but if you're ever thinking you might want one of my vintage pullovers just ask ; )Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-67532333343202051222012-11-23T07:16:13.598-08:002012-11-23T07:16:13.598-08:00I think that coon just winked at me. Brrr.I think that coon just winked at me. Brrr.Veronica Sicoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741318844378921184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-31472939697470332202012-11-23T07:15:10.282-08:002012-11-23T07:15:10.282-08:00Most entertaining depiction of the pain and disson...Most entertaining depiction of the pain and dissonance of throwing away ol' faithful clothes that I've ever read. Thank you! :DVeronica Sicoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741318844378921184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-9625369914340213002012-11-23T06:19:28.347-08:002012-11-23T06:19:28.347-08:00Calling yourself vintage would make you sound like...Calling yourself vintage would make you sound like a rare old wine. I see it. Zannini Reserve. Good point about getting rid of the unflattering. That's my downfall - Frugality Vs Vanity. It hurts either way : )Mike Keytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15116528233058221536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644036152805047632.post-2506747802101541052012-11-23T05:42:09.554-08:002012-11-23T05:42:09.554-08:00That coon skin cap cracks me up every time.
Ref:...That coon skin cap cracks me up every time. <br /><br />Ref: old shirts<br />I'm still vain enough to get rid of anything that's ill fitting, but if it's just washed out I keep it.<br /><br />I like the term 'vintage'. I'm thinking of using it for myself. ;-)Maria Zanninihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01604862636922299273noreply@blogger.com