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08-06-2016, 03:05 PM
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Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
Being the invisible age I am, I could wear big old baggy overalls and no one would notice or care.
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Move to Florida ! If you are under 80 and not hideous you will get hit on !
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08-06-2016, 03:41 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Cargo shorts / pants remind me of what we used to wear in the army, jungle fatigues and later BDU. Pockets on your thighs are great for carrying life-centric essentials, but most people (adults) who I see wearing them today look rather dorkish.
The guys with the 55in waistlines, wearing shorts with an elastic waistband big enough to stretch around a trashcan, looks like their wearing a drogue chute around each leg. I won't say "People of Walmart" but thats my impression.
Of course, here in the desert we wear shorts year-round, but cargo shorts are too highschoolish / ghetto for me.
Now those plaid pants a few posts ago, hmmm.... 
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08-06-2016, 03:43 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: DFW
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I like cargo style shorts, provided they aren't too long or too baggy. My best asset are my legs, so why not show them off 
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08-06-2016, 03:58 PM
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#44
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,350
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I wear cargo shorts any time the temp is over 60 degrees. I don't care about fashion, I wear them for utility and comfort. However, I think they look better than denim shorts so that's an added bonus.
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08-06-2016, 04:21 PM
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#45
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Les Bois
Posts: 5,761
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Originally Posted by Beldar
Now those plaid pants a few posts ago, hmmm....
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hey now, I'm stylin
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08-06-2016, 04:49 PM
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#46
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Cargo shorts are quite in-fashion for men's summer/warm casual wear. I'm even wearing a pair right now! That said, they are not something I'd wear if I wanted to dress up or for w*rk - though I do see a lot of younger software engineers wearing them at work in the summer.
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08-06-2016, 04:54 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Location: Spending the Kids Inheritance and living in Chicago
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Originally Posted by Chuckanut
I don't do poles. Just a forum for your well thought out, educated opinions.
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[X] Yes
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08-06-2016, 05:03 PM
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#48
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Originally Posted by aggie76
EVERY day ! Including winter. ( all 4 days of it). Along with t-shirts and ,for dress up, nice fishing shirts.
Need room for my carry Ruger LCP .380 and a spare mag.
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I'm wearing my cargo shorts right now, because I need pockets for all my stuff like wallet, keys, and cell phone, sometimes pen and notes.
You see lots of folks with cracked cell phone glass, because they stick in the rear pocket of jeans and then sit on it. Cargo pants/shorts solve that problem.
On top of that when we go out for walks I like to carry either pepper spray or a knife just in case somebody's dog come running at us.
I've been bit a few times in life and want to be able to bite back.
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08-06-2016, 05:18 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2009
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I wear cargo shorts everyday except when I wear pants to go to church. But hardly ever have anything in the pockets except my wallet and keys.
BTW I don't wear shorts unless they are a few inches above my knees. I don't get it why anyone would wear shorts that are at or below someones knees. Just wear long pants if they're that long!
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08-06-2016, 05:20 PM
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#51
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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My cargo shorts, as worn often. Waist 34. I have three of them. Do hate the baggy stuff. Flip clellphone in right cargo pocket.
For some reason the upload rotated the picture. In fact I am standing up. Maybe an expert moderator can rotate the photo 
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08-06-2016, 05:20 PM
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#52
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
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Originally Posted by DFW_M5
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Well, you definitely would want to be mocho-whatever that might be.
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08-06-2016, 05:22 PM
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#53
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Quote:
Originally Posted by folivier
I wear cargo shorts everyday except when I wear pants to go to church. But hardly ever have anything in the pockets except my wallet and keys.
BTW I don't wear shorts unless they are a few inches above my knees. I don't get it why anyone would wear shorts that are at or below someones knees. Just wear long pants if they're that long!
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Wear them short, and you'll open up a whole new world of dating opportunities.
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08-06-2016, 05:29 PM
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#54
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08-06-2016, 05:37 PM
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#55
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Originally Posted by Big_Hitter
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08-06-2016, 06:33 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2013
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To paraphrase Mae West:
Is that a flip phone in your pocket, or are you glad to see me?
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08-06-2016, 11:01 PM
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#57
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Originally Posted by ls99
My cargo shorts, as worn often. Waist 34. I have three of them. Do hate the baggy stuff. Flip clellphone in right cargo pocket.
For some reason the upload rotated the picture. In fact I am standing up. Maybe an expert moderator can rotate the photo |
I prefer the cargo pants that have the pockets that expand when you put stuff in them, otherwise it's like having a pocket on top of a pocket and everything gets pressed together.
Which makes me think my cell phone screen with be pressed by the keys in the other pocket.
So I call the cargo shorts that do not have the expandable pockets "fake cargo shorts" as they cannot hold much cargo.
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08-06-2016, 11:04 PM
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#58
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DFW_M5
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I like mine at $15 from Kohls or $8 (sale) from Menard's.
https://www.menards.com/main/home-de...4424002015.htm
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08-07-2016, 12:15 AM
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#59
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Many years ago, when I needed new shorts for summer, DW was the one who suggested I buy cargo shorts, so it's her fault if she wakes up one day and takes a sudden disliking to them. I haven't heard a peep from her about them. And yes, I do take suggestions for changing what I wear every few decades.
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08-07-2016, 12:28 AM
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#60
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Also, this from article - “Men want to be like James Bond,” Mr. Haglin said. “Bond never wears cargo shorts.”
No, evidently just cargo pants, cargo vest, and is that a cargo shirt?
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