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Old 11-19-15 | 12:54 PM
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So @rpenmanparker we once had a back and forth about bibs vs NOT bibs (shorts) and you talked about using suspenders when wearing a suit, which I also preferred. I most recently used some suspenders for my halloween costume and now I find myself wearing them whenever I can hide them under a sweater. I think suspenders need to come back. Belts suck.
During my banking/accounting days, all of my suit pants were rigged for suspenders. I had about a half dozen sets of suspenders. I mostly wear jeans these days which are just fine with belts.
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Old 11-19-15 | 01:23 PM
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Old 11-19-15 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
So @rpenmanparker we once had a back and forth about bibs vs NOT bibs (shorts) and you talked about using suspenders when wearing a suit, which I also preferred. I most recently used some suspenders for my halloween costume and now I find myself wearing them whenever I can hide them under a sweater. I think suspenders need to come back. Belts suck.
I always wear suspenders with a suit or sports jacket but never with a pullover sweater for the obvious reason.
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Old 11-19-15 | 01:34 PM
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So they locked the thread about locking the thread about locked threads??
Too meta.
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Old 11-19-15 | 01:40 PM
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Too meta.
Yeah, we are almost at the point of those nested Russian dolls....whaddya call them? Matryoshka.
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Oooh, one of the TV stations is saying Rain/Snow mix on Tuesday. I hope they're a little off and we get a foot of snow!

I saw a county snowplow out today, so this might be serious!!!
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Old 11-19-15 | 02:10 PM
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So they locked the thread about locking the thread about locked threads??
You should start a thread about that.
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Oooh, one of the TV stations is saying Rain/Snow mix on Tuesday. I hope they're a little off and we get a foot of snow!

I saw a county snowplow out today, so this might be serious!!!
We haven't had a snowy CX event yet. I have two more chances, before my season is over.
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Old 11-19-15 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by rpenmanparker
I always wear suspenders with a suit or sports jacket but never with a pullover sweater for the obvious reason.
For that problem, I've just been clipping them off when I need to and leaving them hanging over my shoulders while still underneath the sweater. It's easy enough to reattach afterwards.

Maybe if I had less of a gut, belts wouldn't suck as much for me. Maybe I should, oh I don't know, ride my freaking bike more and lay off the sweets.
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Old 11-19-15 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
So @rpenmanparker we once had a back and forth about bibs vs NOT bibs (shorts) and you talked about using suspenders when wearing a suit, which I also preferred. I most recently used some suspenders for my halloween costume and now I find myself wearing them whenever I can hide them under a sweater. I think suspenders need to come back. Belts suck.
Suspenders are back. Buy yourself a nice set or two and wear them with a dress shirt and a tie (don't forget the tie clip). I've been wearing suspenders for the last five years.
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My sister is flying up from Alabama for turkey day and she lined up a job interview in Minneapolis on the Friday after.
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You should start a thread about that.
I had considered it. But naaah.
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Old 11-19-15 | 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by WalksOn2Wheels
For that problem, I've just been clipping them off when I need to and leaving them hanging over my shoulders while still underneath the sweater. It's easy enough to reattach afterwards.

Maybe if I had less of a gut, belts wouldn't suck as much for me. Maybe I should, oh I don't know, ride my freaking bike more and lay off the sweets.
Alternative solution: The Mr. Rogers approach.
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Old 11-19-15 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by SpeshulEd
Suspenders are back. Buy yourself a nice set or two and wear them with a dress shirt and a tie (don't forget the tie clip). I've been wearing suspenders for the last five years.
Must color coordinate suspenders (aka braces) and tie. A tie clip never has been, is not now, and never will be fashionable. Like an engineer's pen case, calculator or slide rule.
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Old 11-19-15 | 04:47 PM
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A tie clip never has been, is not now, and never will be fashionable. Like an engineer's pen case, calculator or slide rule.
Trust me, the tie clip is and always was fashionable. What wasn't fashionable was those 5" inch dinner bibs that guys used to wear around their necks instead of ties.

For example...
https://www.google.com/search?q=tie+...HQXBBR0QsAQIKw
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This is their threadlocker page:

Threadlockers from Loctite Products | Threadlocking / Mechanical Gasketing | Loctite Adhesives

I don't see a blue tube there.
...this only adds to the evidence that there is a conspiracy afoot.
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Pretty bike. But, without Strava, did it really happen? We can't be certain.

...more evidence. Trust no one.
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...thanks to [MENTION=6062]Rowan[/MENTION]'s help here, I have now devised a strategy to foil the alien invasion of the threadlockers.

If I remember to buy all my blue threadlocker from Permatex, and all my red threadlocker from Loctite, the only place I will need my glasses is for the green stuff.

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My sister is flying up from Alabama for turkey day and she lined up a job interview in Minneapolis on the Friday after.
At least she will have an opportunity to rest hers arms from flying prior to the interview.
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