Pluggers by Rick McKee for March 12, 2022

Note: This does not apply if the initials are CK.

Now we know where a certain bear here gets the inspiration for his “eh’s”, eh?

Pshaw! A seam ripper makes short work of the initials.

Just a bit weird that “I am wearing a dead man’s shirt.”

One of my prized possessions is one of my dad’s mechanic shirts with his name on it.

EH, Me not has no initials on me clothes.

Because of luck we did not go to a Thrift Store for we had plenty of “Hand Me Downs” :-)

I bought a polo shirt at a church rummage sale not realizing it was monogrammed… CRAP! I’m a Plugger.

Thrift stores rarely have any clothes in my size. I guess most guys are like me and wear clothes out. My wife, on the other hand, does very well at the Goodwill bins.

Applies to name tags sewn on the shirt over the pocket as well.

I’d be trying for a P P

Also applies if your jacket has a company name other then where you work.

There was a radio station engineer (retired) in Chicago that had a collection of work shirts with name tags with everything but his name.

Reminds me of the day a native fellow came into our store. The all white staff wouldn’t have anything to do with him. I was shop technician so I made a good sale on stuff the guy wanted. After all was said and done I pointed out the chap’s monogrammed shirt and above average appearance. He was an entrepreneur who supplied most of the fence posts for the region.

And then there is car shopper.

Well I was combing my hair down in the chrome, when up steps a man in a herringbone, Said good morning son, may I help you, I said yes sir I’d like to test drive this new Silver Cloud Two, Well he jumped back a pace or so and looked me over from my head to my toe, His face it formed into a sneer, he said sorry kid the car stays here, Don’t you kick those tires, don’t open the doors, don’t touch the chrome, You’re getting dandruff on the radiator

Well I got put on for an hour or more, they ushered me in the bossman’s door, It wasn’t long til I come out, the bossman followed up with a shout, Open the door there, look alive and take this boy for a test drive, In the silver gray, Silver Cloud, the little cat’s loaded got lumps in his clothes, You gotta look for those, how do you think I got where I am today, hmm?

How Ronnie Hawkins bought a Rolls Royce

https://www.lightfoot.ca/talksilv.htm

Just bought two new pairs of REI zip off hiking pants in my exact size at Good Will. Saved over $100 !!

I had a friend who worked as a waitress in a 50s-style burger joint in Van Nuys. It had never occurred to me that the name badges they wore probably were not their own. I knew, for a fact, her name wasn’t “Cherry”. :)

From time to time vintage bowling shirts get popular, with a random name on the shirt. But I am sure they are only cool when a youngster is wearing it. We pluggers look like the shirt is vintage because we’ve owned it that long.

Thrift stores? Way too expensive for a true plugger (expressly Goodwill) Yard sales are the way to go.

BINGO!