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That's spectacular. We have several shelf units I slapped together out of necessity and boredom, but nothing as nice as that. You did a great job.
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The thing with tailored jeans that is not necessarily the same for all types of pants is the hem. Since they are sewn and then "aged" (stone washed etc), a pair of jeans that have had their length shortened does not have the worn, slightly discolored, rumply 1/2 or so at the hem. Their leg openings look like those of any other pair of pants. At one time, many of the seconds sold at outlets were long, less commonly purchased lengths that had been cut/sewn to 30 or 32 inch length, and nearly everyone (employees and customers alike) noticed the difference immediately.
Now if you (or someone on your behalf) transplanted the original hem, it may look better; I've never seen a pair of jeans altered in such a way, so I can't really say, but the straight forward "cut, fold, sew" applied to jeans makes the hem look...let's call it "different."
I've never heard of 507s, though I'm surprised to hear that they are slimmer cut than 517s. I thought the 51x designation was for slim-cut jeans. 512s are slim and tapered. Many an employee bet was made with the loser having to wear a pair for an entire shift.
Still, glad you were able to find some.
Also: Thanks for the converse link. I've looked there before (last 2 months or so), and it seems one stars are discontinued. You can get leather ones for something like a million dollars :\ Gonna check it out again right now, though. Well, no one stars, but I can custom make a pair that are similar (no rubber toe cap like one stars had) for $70, which is a bit spendy for converse. However, I can make them black and orange: the greatest color combo ever. -
I've seen dozens if not hundreds of pairs of tailor-altered jeans, and they never, ever, ever look right. Granted most of the pairs I've seen had been altered only in length, and you'd be going for width.
As someone who has had to make similar size concessions, I'll say that one extra inch in the waist is virtually unnoticeable. If you wear a belt, the extra inch won't even fold or bunch up beneath it.
One more option might be to visit the nearest Levi's Outlet, if such things still exist, and be very, very, very nice to the stock clerk or someone who knows what lurks in the back room. During my time in that position, I found many, many pairs of discontinued jeans and other items, including a crotch-bottom-rivit pair of 501s that was worth $200-$300 to collectors.
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Quote:Levi's makes 28x32s. In fact, all major jeans companies do. Now whether retailers carry them is another story. I worked for Levi's for a few years, and I wore (past tense) 28x30s or 28x32s during that time.Ok internet... where can I find mens low rise skinny fit boot cut jeans size 28W 32L...
Seriously, I don't even know what brands to seek out.. Levis comes close with a 30W 32L. But close just doesn't work...
The Gap Brands also make those sizes, though the cut might be a little more tricky.
The Levi's series number you're after is 517, though I see from a quick Internet search that 29x32 is as skinny as they go. (Check www.levi.com for that; Penny's also sells that size)
I'd check western wear stores and possibly well-stocked used clothing retailers. If you have anything like Buffalo Exchange near you, they tend to keep good quality used jeans on hand. Another option is Ebay. There is one other possible solution that I hesitate to offer because I have received the same "advice" in stores and always got pretty pissed off about it: Kids size 16 or 18 *should* be about right in the waist, though kids' cuts tend to be high waisted.
Good luck; I feel your pain.
On a related note, if anyone knows where to get suede Converse One Stars, preferably in black/black I'd be eternally grateful. Mine are pushing 5 years old and are "starting" to smell a "little." -
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Quote:I'm gonna go ahead and make this my "good bye" thread. I'll be playing WoW and trying to figure out wtf cyclone is.Sometimes I think I've chosen the wrong game [naughty words ahead].
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i keeed...i keed because i luv...
My PvP advice: go into zones with and against people you know and (at least kinda) like. Go into zones with the understanding that you will be getting killed and may or may not be doing any killing. Go in with a buffer for a good taste of zone life without too much new gameplay responsibility. Go into zones understanding that there will be some d-bags in there either bragging or whining in broadcast. ignore it if you can. disable enemy chat if you cannot. You can tweak your build then, but being able to PvP is 99% attitude (I don;t mean 'tude, I mean that you can tolerate the good- and not-so-good-natured harrasment and the sheer tardery that happens in zones and often in the arena. Settle for "enjoying" rather than "being good at" PvP, and you'll be fine. -
Quote:doom.
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Quote:That's worth at least a dime and two and a half pennies, but not the whole quarter. The only thing different in the quote I left was "elmos" instead of "wizards." It's reasonably obscure--reasonably--but I'd not be surprised if some friend of bob(s) got it. Also: I ran it through yahoo in a few ways and got two hits.That depends.
It could be Tolkien's quote from The Lord of the Rings trilogy: Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.
Or, it could be a more recent Scott Adams (Dilbert) version of it: Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
EDIT: Oddly, I've seen the Tolkien quote listed as being from The Two Towers as well as being from The Fellowship of the Ring. -
what about self abuse. I've been griefing myself for years and I demand I be punished for it!
Also: you could probably leave the MOTD up permanently and just call it the "M"
(I am elegant and efficient. ask anyone...just don't ask everyone.) >.> -
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Oh, yeah. after *actually* reading the posts, I see we're talking about general site security for sharing login info for the PL services. On that topic, Uber seemed to sum it up pretty well.
The one or two sites I've seen did use PayPal for payment purposes, which is actually a pretty safe way to manage things, so long as you don't get your PayPal info swiped. (and no, I didn't *buy* anything, but after months of tells back in i9, I had to at least look at the sites.) -
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Quote:you win teh forumz. (i tried to get the whole thing in here, but failed)Too true. The only thing that might annoy her more is if we decided to find some images of that Star we Texans are so proud of and feel we have to display on everything.
or my favorite, by far:
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Sorry MissInformed, once I got started I couldn't seem to stop.
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it's as big as ... well, Texas. (also, quoting the sprawling post is probably far, far more annoying.)
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