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  • 70chevyC-10
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    Originally posted by cstmwgn View Post

    I have now upgraded to Prison Orange with a matching set for Willow. Those tyvek suites were sauna like.
    I love it when couples dress alike- especially in prison orange - work release casual.

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  • Captain
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    Originally posted by Dan Barlow View Post

    I think this is the best description of grubbies . I really don't remember what I call them . I asked my wife and she said I call them that . But once they are to that state , I don't wash them anymore. I will probably put them on again till the nasty job at hand is done. Like automatic transmission replacement. Then they are known a burn pile starters .
    Yep.....
    Those and A Tire or Two..
    Will get Any Damp/ Green Tree Brush Pile to Start !!

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  • Dan Barlow
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    Originally posted by Russell View Post

    When they become too stained or threadbare to be "day job work" or going to town clothes. Then they are grubbies
    I think this is the best description of grubbies . I really don't remember what I call them . I asked my wife and she said I call them that . But once they are to that state , I don't wash them anymore. I will probably put them on again till the nasty job at hand is done. Like automatic transmission replacement. Then they are known a burn pile starters .

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  • cstmwgn
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    Originally posted by 70chevyC-10 View Post
    I've seen you more than once in white jumpers protecting your Jimmy Buffett approved Hawaiian shirts doing surgery on a Ford.
    I have now upgraded to Prison Orange with a matching set for Willow. Those tyvek suites were sauna like.

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  • 70chevyC-10
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    Originally posted by cstmwgn View Post
    going to town clothes are one quick shop visit from being grubbies
    I've seen you more than once in white jumpers protecting your Jimmy Buffett approved Hawaiian shirts doing surgery on a Ford.

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  • Russell
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    Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post

    the question isn't whether or not we have grubbies, the question is where is the line where they become grubbies....
    When they become too stained or threadbare to be "day job work" or going to town clothes. Then they are grubbies

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by Russell View Post
    Those of us forced to still have day jobs work clothes are the nice ones. Normally call my grubbies shop clothes.
    the question isn't whether or not we have grubbies, the question is where is the line where they become grubbies....

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by Captain View Post

    I have "Shop Clothes".......

    And "Going to Town Clothes" out here in AREA BFE
    of the Iron Triangle of Wisconsin......
    Depends on WHERE You are Going in Town?......

    I have been GIVEN a Dollar by the Homeless Guy out front
    Before going into the Parts Store.......
    Dude, I've seen your racing clothes and suggest that my wife wouldn't even let me work in the shop in them.....

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by Monster View Post

    We've always just called them "work" clothes.
    I call them "clothes my wife will not be seen in public with me wearing them"

    this also informs why I've never pursued a career in film - my clothes are only good for one thing but I'm not good enough at that for it to be a consideration.
    Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; September 5, 2022, 09:49 PM.

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  • Captain
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    Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
    I'm just wondering where the line is between 'grubbies' and 'goin' to town' clothes...
    I have "Shop Clothes".......

    And "Going to Town Clothes" out here in AREA BFE
    of the Iron Triangle of Wisconsin......
    Depends on WHERE You are Going in Town?......

    I have been GIVEN a Dollar by the Homeless Guy out front
    Before going into the Parts Store.......

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  • pdub
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    My takeaway from all of this is that "grubbies" must be a Yankee word. Or perhaps just a niche coined word because I spent a lot of months working in Michigan and never heard that word. Well, I've never heard it anywhere until now, right here on BS. And why do they call it a coined word anyhow? Now I'm gonna have to go look that up, the cultural history of the coined word "coined," as used to describe a word or phrase.

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  • Russell
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    Those of us forced to still have day jobs work clothes are the nice ones. Normally call my grubbies shop clothes.

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  • oletrux4evr
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    Originally posted by Monster View Post

    We've always just called them "work" clothes.
    That's what I call them. There are several categories of work clothes, too.

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  • Monster
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    Originally posted by DanStokes View Post
    Steve surprised me. I thought ALL car guys had a stash of grubbles.
    We've always just called them "work" clothes.

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  • cstmwgn
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    going to town clothes are one quick shop visit from being grubbies

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