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On Fri, 07 Aug 2020 12:43:03 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
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>On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 16:39:56 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>>In article >, says...
>>>
>>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, 06 Aug 2020 17:37:45 -0400, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Got a notice in the mail today that says I get 20% off and free
>>> > > shipping on anything over $75. I've been wanting this for about a
>>> > > year now, my 30 year old one has gotten kind of shabby:
>>> > >
https://www.duluthtrading.com/leathe...fault&start=13
>>> >
>>> > Why? You never go anyplace. Not to visit your wife in the nearby
>>> > hospital, nor to see your kids or grandkids who also live pretty
>>> > close by.
>>>
>>> Does Sheldon have any kids of his own (biological)?

>>
>> Yes he does, pay attention. Daughter and grandkids.
>>
>> I used to make recycled stuff for a charity to sell; I had a
>>brilliant idea for a manbag made out of a beautiful old tweed jacket.
>>It was lined with the original silk and had various pockets (inside and
>>out). Plus a shoulder strap made from a sleeve. The sale label said
>>"Mangag , for the man who has everything buy nowhere to put it. It never
>>sold so eventually I took it home and gave it to John, who very rarely
>>uses it, don't know why as his pockets are always laden with essential
>>manstuff. I've used the manbag more often than he has. I still think
>>it's a great idea and a great bag but it must be ahead of its time.
>>
>> Janet UK

>
>I've already posted many times that I have one biological daughter who
>has two daughters so I suppose they qualify as my grands... I've
>already posted their pictures
>My present wife has two sons from her first husband who have three
>children, two boys and one girl.
>I visit when I feel like it and it's convenient for all, and they
>visit here when they feel like it and it's conenient. They are all a
>lot older now and have their own lives.
>
>I've carried a man bag all my adult life only back then it was called
>a seabag/douchekit. I carry lots of necessities in it that would
>otherwise bulge my pockets like cancerous growths.... I've seen many
>guys shopping with lumpy pockets, my wife thinks they look diseased. A
>lot of guys have their wives carry their stuff in a cheapo plastic
>tote. I prefer carrying my own stuff, all neatly organized in a well
>made leather bag... many years ago real men carried their stuff in
>saddlebags on their horse. I used to ride a Hawg and it had
>saddlebags... yoose shit for brains wanna tell a gang of Hells Angels
>with saddlebags that they're all faggots.
>
>Tonight's dinner will be a 3 1/2 lb roast beef, with a large yellow
>crookneck, roasted, and fresh garden green beans sauted with slivered
>onions in butter. I'm sure there will be plenty of left over roast


Meant to type sauted in slivered garlic.

>beef but it won't be heated... haven't any of yoose been to a deli and
>bought cold sliced roast beef for sammiches.