Highwaters

[Malthus]

Isn't clothing much cheaper these days?

I dunno. Has the average cost of basic blue jeans or the like fallen in relative terms against other commodities?

[Korea]

I'm sure I wore them but I haven't seen them in about 10 years until I saw this one kid with really old, faded, tight, short pants. I felt bad for him. I really wanted to buy a pair of pants for him.

[The Brain]

I try to get rid of pants I've grown out of.

[Capetan Mihali]

Isn't clothing much cheaper these days?

I dunno. Has the average cost of basic blue jeans or the like fallen in relative terms against other commodities?

With the growth of WalMart-type stores, I think it may have.  I bought a pair of men's "Rustler" (presumably the knock-off of Wrangler) blue jeans at WalMart for about $7.99.  I don't know if any place could have afforded to price jeans that low 30 years ago.

[merithyn]

They're also having fewer kids.

[garbon]

Yes, I did when I was little. My father used to make fun of me.

[Valmy]

They're also having fewer kids.

But you have so much more joy around your house!

[merithyn]

At least I don't have to worry about going into a nursing home. Surely ONE of the kids will take me in... right?

Oh, and none of my kids wear highwaters. They're almost all the exact same height, and they tend to wear their jeans low on the hips, anyway. Not low on their bums, but definitely low on their hips.

[Admiral Yi]

At least I don't have to worry about going into a nursing home. Surely ONE of the kids will take me in... right?

Oh, and none of my kids wear highwaters. They're almost all the exact same height, and they tend to wear their jeans low on the hips, anyway. Not low on their bums, but definitely low on their hips.

If they're all the same size you can't do hand me downs.

[Jacob]

Most of the pants I've ever owned haven't really fit correctly, because no one makes 32 X 31s.

???

I've purchased plenty such trousers, I'm pretty sure.

Of course, there's also the tactic of getting 32 x 32s or 32 x 34s and spending $5 to have them hemmed.

[merithyn]

If they're all the same size you can't do hand me downs.

My bank account knows this. Well. 

The good news is that they've mostly stopped growing now. Or at least, the elder two have. The youngest.. oy. The elder two would be wearing his hand-me-downs pretty soon, if he weren't so damn skinny. He wears a 28x30 right now... which is impossible to find, and are almost to short for him and too big in the waist. So, instead, he wears the same jeans as the other boys, but with a belt and lots of pleats.

Barristerboy in the making?

[merithyn]

Most of the pants I've ever owned haven't really fit correctly, because no one makes 32 X 31s.

???

I've purchased plenty such trousers, I'm pretty sure.

Of course, there's also the tactic of getting 32 x 32s or 32 x 34s and spending $5 to have them hemmed.

Can you get 28 x 32s?

[garbon]

He wears a 28x30 right now... which is impossible to find

That's all I used to wear for the longest and yeah it was hard to find pants that fit. Not a boy, not yet a man.

[Valmy]

That's weird I used to wear 28x30 also.

[Barrister]

Barristerboy in the making?

Sadly aging has put me more into the 32" waist category...