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Re: [Shop-talk] Question about shop pants?

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Question about shop pants?
From: Scott Hall via Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:18:11 -0400
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Eric,

I use a combination of Costco jeans (I think my average is $12/pair) and HF
coveralls. The coveralls were more expensive and less comfortable. The
jeans have an elastic component making them pretty nice to wear.

On Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:59 AM eric--- via Shop-talk <
shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:

> OK, I have to ask what most of you hard working shop guy wear for pants?
>
> No, this isn't a dirty question.  It's just that I burn through shop pants
> fairly quickly.  They mostly rip in the crotch long before they are worn
> out completely.
>
> I switched to Duluth fire hose pants and they seem to be a little better,
> but still not great, and I notice their "No Bull" guarantee has changed a
> lot and isn't so 'no bullish' anymore.
>
> I was wondering what other may have found.
>
> Note, in the past I also purchased the 'pants by the pound' option.  These
> were cheap pants that were part of a uniform service company that can no
> longer be used by them.  They were cheap, but light duty only.
>
> My Army pants work and last pretty well, but they aren't really good for
> welding and such.
>
> Anyone know of any good alternatives?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
> Waldo Emerson
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<div dir=3D"auto">Eric,<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">I use =
a combination of Costco jeans (I think my average is $12/pair) and HF cover=
alls. The coveralls were more expensive and less comfortable. The jeans hav=
e an elastic component making them pretty nice to wear.=C2=A0=C2=A0</div></=
div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
 Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:59 AM eric--- via Shop-talk &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:sho=
p-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">OK, I have=
 to ask what most of you hard
working shop guy wear for pants?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">No, this isn&#39;t a dirty questio=
n.=C2=A0 It&#39;s
just that I burn through shop pants fairly quickly.=C2=A0 They mostly rip
in the crotch long before they are worn out completely.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I switched to Duluth fire hose pan=
ts
and they seem to be a little better, but still not great, and I notice
their &quot;No Bull&quot; guarantee has changed a lot and isn&#39;t so &#39=
;no
bullish&#39; anymore. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">I was wondering what other may hav=
e
found.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Note, in the past I also purchased=
 the
&#39;pants by the pound&#39; option.=C2=A0 These were cheap pants that were=
 part
of a uniform service company that can no longer be used by them.=C2=A0 They
were cheap, but light duty only.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">My Army pants work and last pretty=
 well,
but they aren&#39;t really good for welding and such.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Anyone know of any good alternativ=
es?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif">Thanks</font>
<br><font size=3D"2" face=3D"sans-serif"><br>
<br>
&quot;Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a ratio=
nal
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.&quot; Ralph
Waldo Emerson <br>
-Who is John Galt?</font>_______________________________________________<br=
>
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