In article >,
"Doug Kanter" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
> >
> >> "Goomba38" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > Doug Kanter wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Good parents, good dog owners. I suspect that the opposite would be
> >> >> dogs
> >> >> which slobber all over new visitors, even as the visitors gently (or
> >> >> harder) knee them in the face. What the hell's wrong with people like
> >> >> that, pretending not to notice that people don't want to be slobbered?
> >> > I'm a good parent and a good dog owner. My dogs do lick plates and
> >> > cookware yet never slobber on visitors.
> >> > Goomba
> >>
> >> Good for you. I once entered a relative's house, and her stupid border
> >> collie leapt onto my chest, got her claw stuck in the chest pocket of a
> >> $600
> >> suit, and tore the left panel right off the jacket. Big learning
> >> experience
> >> for the lady. Expensive, too.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > <confused look> Why would anyone spend $600.00 on a suit jacket?
> > That's just wierd.
>
> The entire suit was $600.00. This was back in the late 70s, when decent
> suits were made here, and $400 to $600 was what it took to get a suit whose
> panels were sewn, not heat-laminated. If not sewn, they begin to pucker
> after a few visits to the cleaners.
>
> Now, you can get semi-decent suits for $300.00, if you don't mind sending
> money to a dictatorship (China). If you prefer not to support the kind of
> government you complain about at cocktail parties, you'll still spend upward
> of $500.00 for a suit.
>
>

Whatever works for you. :-)
I just cannot justify spending huge amounts of money on clothing.
It wears out too fast! I can't get most good pants to last more than
maybe 5 or 6 years.

Same for watches and cars...

And even most "american" cars or parts are now made in Japan and China.
Reality is difficult to escape from...

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson