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billyymc
05-28-12, 06:00 PM
Mine never seems to be up. My zipper, that is. I used to remember to zip up, but now, not so much. Apparently there is a disturbance in the go, zip, wash process. I skip the zip!

willmw
05-28-12, 06:28 PM
If you're getting old enough that you're forgetting to zip....my uncle used to say "Dead men don't fall out of windows"
skijor
05-28-12, 06:37 PM
Kilt, problem solved.

ahsposo
05-28-12, 06:49 PM
<cough>huge gut<cough>

I know this personally.

Plus I get a perverse kick out of 20 somethings saying "Hey, GrandDad! High Cotton!"
ahsposo
05-28-12, 06:52 PM
Did I just click into the 50+ forum?

I'm so confused...
Lamplight
05-28-12, 06:58 PM
Weird, the last few days I've been having the same problem. I'm not forgetting to zip, my zipper just gradually works its way down. These particular pants have always done this a little, but lately the zipper's been moving farther down than in the past. Instead of buying new jeans, I put a rubber band through the zipper hole and looped it around the button at the waist band. Troublesome, but free.
willmw
05-28-12, 07:31 PM
Who said American ingenuity was dead?
overthehillmedi
05-28-12, 10:41 PM
Start worrying when you start forgetting to unzip. :)
fordmanvt
05-28-12, 10:45 PM
Weird, the last few days I've been having the same problem. I'm not forgetting to zip, my zipper just gradually works its way down. These particular pants have always done this a little, but lately the zipper's been moving farther down than in the past. Instead of buying new jeans, I put a rubber band through the zipper hole and looped it around the button at the waist band. Troublesome, but free.

I keep having this problem with a pair of carhartts, I think it's because the zipper area is tighter than the waist.
StupidlyBrave
05-29-12, 08:03 AM
I have a pair of pants from TheNorthFace in which the zipper zips down to close. There was a very good reason for it. I can't recall what it was.
MangoPumpkin
05-29-12, 08:46 AM
I think you like to walk around flashing people and then pretending you didn't know.
StupidlyBrave
05-29-12, 10:13 AM
They are hiking pants. So it isn't for flashing. Just ventilation.
billyymc
05-29-12, 10:25 AM
I have a pair of pants from TheNorthFace in which the zipper zips down to close. There was a very good reason for it. I can't recall what it was.

Maybe I should have all my zippers re-installed upside down. Or replace the zippers with velcro - which at least has a chance of closing on its own.
billyymc
05-29-12, 10:26 AM
I think you like to walk around flashing people and then pretending you didn't know.

Pretending I didn't know I liked it?