tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post914302859857203964..comments2023-12-07T02:42:50.522-06:00Comments on Grit in the Gears: In Which I Realise I've Thrown Away a Fortune in Clothingsoubriquethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-17694456036048169612011-02-20T09:36:05.554-06:002011-02-20T09:36:05.554-06:00Jim: The Babboon shit is probably a bit fanciful a...Jim: The Babboon shit is probably a bit fanciful and overcostly, baboons not being everyday items around here, so I was thinking of just shutting a couple of pitbulls in, with burger-meat laced with laxatives.<br />I never understood the furniture distressing thing myself, having grown up with furniture that was not exactly new, and my parents, as was the norm in those days, trying to disguise the knocks with filler and wax.<br />We had old dressers and chests that had been passed down forever. And I can recall breaking old cabinets up, and throwing them on the bonfire. A few years later, every street-corner seemed to have a stripped-pine emporium.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-49460228768215532122011-02-20T09:27:44.835-06:002011-02-20T09:27:44.835-06:00Adullamite: I'm sure you undervalue your ensem...Adullamite: I'm sure you undervalue your ensemble. Don't forget to factor in the shoes. I have some boots just reaching the $5000 mark. But next week I'll be digging postholes in a muddy field and mixing concrete. That should add a couple of grand to the value.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-74910314854666850842011-02-20T09:06:27.192-06:002011-02-20T09:06:27.192-06:00i'm not surprised by fashion being bereft of n...i'm not surprised by fashion being bereft of new ideas but the price!... maybe the steepness of the cost is supposed to blind the target audience to the absurdity. i liked your distressed vehicle idea, especially the part about baboon shit. it reminded me of when i was a kid the big thing was getting unfinished pine furniture and bringing it home and pounding on it with hammers and chains and scratching it with nails, etc. my mom did it for my dresser once. of course, with all things faux... never really looks as good as an authentic patinajimhttp://jimgottuso.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555664269648250473.post-73200192598654850192011-02-15T10:52:14.753-06:002011-02-15T10:52:14.753-06:00$1642!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What I am wearing ,must b...$1642!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />What I am wearing ,must be worth $10,000 at least!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.com