tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post4285304042886221276..comments2024-03-29T12:14:57.086+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: I love a bargain.Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-79976866246784183912016-09-01T08:50:41.089+01:002016-09-01T08:50:41.089+01:00Indeed! What fun!Indeed! What fun!Sue Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33190630472612108032016-09-01T04:39:20.470+01:002016-09-01T04:39:20.470+01:00I don't many many clothes either, in fact I ha...I don't many many clothes either, in fact I have no intention to buy any more ever! However, I do need a new beret.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-89926146105680522122016-09-01T04:35:50.835+01:002016-09-01T04:35:50.835+01:00Yes, I'm regretting it now.Yes, I'm regretting it now.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-46290728659516607172016-09-01T00:44:46.009+01:002016-09-01T00:44:46.009+01:00Prior to my retirement, last spring, a great perk ...Prior to my retirement, last spring, a great perk from my employment in the retail fashion environment was having a monthly clothing allowance, a sizable dollar amount allocated so that we employees could always be dressed in current, hopefully tempting to the customers, styles. At the end of each month, for tax purposes, we paid a fee of $5 per each item we'd chosen. The items then became ours forever!<br />This spoiled me. After a few years of wardrobe accumulation, I began to try to donate many paid-for items to the neighborhood thrift shop. <br /><br />I only kept the gems. As an example, acquiring a beautiful black cashmere tunic for $5 is a joy. On the other side of this perk, the company's jeans did not suit me, so even $5 was no bargain. (I do have a pair of such jeans in my closet, just in case I might change my mind sometime in the future.)<br /><br />I don't think I will be buying any more clothes for a long, long time. <br /><br />Hoping some of this personal history meant sense.Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-13720405714138511892016-08-31T20:46:16.503+01:002016-08-31T20:46:16.503+01:00You got to strike while the iron is hot and when y...You got to strike while the iron is hot and when you see a fabulous bargain, you always buy two. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-83187252673355732322016-08-31T15:32:57.618+01:002016-08-31T15:32:57.618+01:00I washed mine, and no shrinkage. I was expecting t...I washed mine, and no shrinkage. I was expecting them to become children's size.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-9851054488599233442016-08-31T15:32:10.072+01:002016-08-31T15:32:10.072+01:00I live in the 'real world'. Do some resear...I live in the 'real world'. Do some research.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-65625962110954637552016-08-31T15:00:53.817+01:002016-08-31T15:00:53.817+01:00Paul bought some cheap jeans last year and they sh...Paul bought some cheap jeans last year and they shrunk after the first wash. I just turned them into gardening shorts for him, and very fetching they look too!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787732343048847565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11911262177507408032016-08-31T13:30:20.713+01:002016-08-31T13:30:20.713+01:00Our industries create this 'slave labour'....Our industries create this 'slave labour'. On which planet do you live , I just wonder how a man of your age has so poor arguments.mia morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359938905760782687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-81551811518505247852016-08-31T12:40:18.322+01:002016-08-31T12:40:18.322+01:00I've never really been a jeans person, but I i...I've never really been a jeans person, but I intend to become one. This is the start.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63202216217785849312016-08-31T12:39:02.091+01:002016-08-31T12:39:02.091+01:00I do understand her point which has some popular f...I do understand her point which has some popular following, but when asked, the people themselves in those 'sweat shops' always want the do-gooders to leave well alone. It may seem like slave labour to us in the western world, but to them it's essential money in the coffers, even if it seems very little to us.<br /><br />The people who pick your coffee, grow your pepper, or supply your spices, all probably earn very small sums but it keeps them alive. If you try to cut them off from that income you could inadvertently destroy whole communities. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-33516714544751831842016-08-31T12:29:25.578+01:002016-08-31T12:29:25.578+01:00FOURTEEN? I think I have two pairs that are now to...FOURTEEN? I think I have two pairs that are now too small, that's all.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-51467990148694351592016-08-31T11:41:13.766+01:002016-08-31T11:41:13.766+01:00I bought my first pair of jeans about six or seven...I bought my first pair of jeans about six or seven years ago - when I was in my middle 50's. Haven't a clue why I waited so long. I don't have as many pairs at Weaver, but I do tend to buy several pairs at a time.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-14617233417201915262016-08-31T11:31:51.182+01:002016-08-31T11:31:51.182+01:00I saw Ms Moore's first comment this morning - ...I saw Ms Moore's first comment this morning - the one you deleted. You have got to be fair, Cro. She does have a point. One I'd expect Rachel (and possibly Tom Stephenson) to make too. Social conscience and all that.<br /><br />Of course, one may argue that those jeans were loss leaders to get the customer into the store.<br /><br />Other than that, my dear Cro, "old couger" (your words not mine) or not, unless you are just lurching around Haddocks and Lady Magnon doesn't mind bad shape, you should spend on quality, not save the pennies. Spending on quality, incidentally, usually cheaper in the long run. Which is why it's false economy to buy cheap, and why it's more expensive to be poor.<br /><br />Remember ZZ Top's "Sharp Dressed Man"? Billy Gibbons too is an "old couger" now but, by golly and wow and his beard not withstanding, he knows how to dress. With style.<br /><br />UAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17419168960798581552016-08-31T10:51:03.182+01:002016-08-31T10:51:03.182+01:00Oh Cro, are you trying to make me feel guilty abou...Oh Cro, are you trying to make me feel guilty about my fourteen pairs of jeans (and counting).The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-32717971340799638322016-08-31T10:10:27.328+01:002016-08-31T10:10:27.328+01:00See what I mean!See what I mean!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-24634104538336134872016-08-31T09:50:16.483+01:002016-08-31T09:50:16.483+01:00Haha your followers are somehow a bit stupid.Haha your followers are somehow a bit stupid.mia morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359938905760782687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-91272284279362297712016-08-31T09:43:59.739+01:002016-08-31T09:43:59.739+01:00Ms More is one of those very negative trolls who l...Ms More is one of those very negative trolls who like to see everything (and everyone) as evil. Just ignore her. Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44297329672917239972016-08-31T09:14:45.192+01:002016-08-31T09:14:45.192+01:00Gosh, what was THAT all about?...Gosh, what was THAT all about?...Sue Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463317651625459406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-35985550932862832522016-08-31T09:04:35.904+01:002016-08-31T09:04:35.904+01:00You too.You too.mia morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359938905760782687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80352600927838005372016-08-31T08:45:18.174+01:002016-08-31T08:45:18.174+01:00I have several old pairs that must have shrunk dra...I have several old pairs that must have shrunk dramatically, as they no longer fit.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-39288874725134244132016-08-31T08:44:01.341+01:002016-08-31T08:44:01.341+01:00I'm kicking myself for not having bought two p...I'm kicking myself for not having bought two pairs, but if I had they probably wouldn't have fitted.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-68402724789703305052016-08-31T08:43:06.261+01:002016-08-31T08:43:06.261+01:00Nor here, normally.Nor here, normally.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-71713106270756309882016-08-31T08:42:47.439+01:002016-08-31T08:42:47.439+01:00Have a nice day!Have a nice day!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-34319625635668905632016-08-31T08:39:07.814+01:002016-08-31T08:39:07.814+01:00My fingers are crossed.My fingers are crossed.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com