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99available t1_iupjmab wrote

Reply to comment by wellriddleme-this in Anyone having issues with new dickies stuff? On the right is their old 834 shorts I've worn for years and on the left their new "everyday" shorts after barely two months of use! by SuperDidier

It was bottom of the value line workwear. When Walmart got them, the quality really went down.

I remember the days when JCPenney sold high quality workwear at a price a worker could afford.

We don't even have a nation BITL anymore.

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99available t1_iu2a8d4 wrote

Reply to comment by Faeglantina in Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid. by wrong_kiddo

Ok so? The thing about the French is they are not wound too tight.

I have an Opinel knife I have carried for over fifty years. Bought it in a small town in the Massif Central so I could feed chunks of apple to a friendly French mule.

The French soldiers I know usually start their day with a swig of Calvados.

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99available t1_itssui3 wrote

Reply to comment by Faeglantina in Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid. by wrong_kiddo

You are being polite. My point was lots of people, yes lots of people, believe they are getting real military surplus when they get something from MilTec or Rothco in a "military surplus" store.

As I said if he's happy I am happy for him. I just know the extra work and expense that goes into real milspec grade equipment. Never cheap out when your life is at risk. If not, pay for pretty colors and reward workers in China.

And I know some countries like GB and France do get stuff from China, it's a free world for some.

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99available t1_itsrrnp wrote

Reply to comment by jankyj in Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid. by wrong_kiddo

Oh sorry master, did not know you knew everything. I apologize as a US and NATO logistician for over 30 years that I should defer to smart asses. You learn something new on reddit every day.

I guess I just slept through those years supplying equipment to 40 plus NATO and other allied militaries. Oh Oh So sorry.

Is everyone on reddit an asshole, seems that way.

I support Ukraine what the fuck do you do?

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99available t1_itofqbt wrote

Reply to comment by jankyj in Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid. by wrong_kiddo

>Ok I really don't understand. I worked 35 years with the military, I know mil spec and that is not. Gee I wasn't wishing eternal damnation on the guy. A comment is a comment and I commented, is that ok?
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99available t1_itofbyy wrote

Reply to comment by appleburger17 in Just realized old friend and I have been together for about 30 years... No brand just remember getting it in a military surplus store when I was still a kid. by wrong_kiddo

Ok I really don't understand. I worked 35 years with the military, I know mil spec and that is not. Gee I wasn't wishing eternal damnation on the guy. A comment is a comment and I commented, is that ok?

I know people who think anything you buy in a "military surplus" store is really military surplus or buy "genuine" USAF A-2s made in China.

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