09-08-2025, 08:40 AM
|
#25641
|
|
First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
|
I remember not wearing jeans for years after a girl made fun of my Toughskins in grade 7.
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 08:50 AM
|
#25642
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
|
My dad was so cheap we did all our back to school shopping at Kmart. The crap shoes they sold would fall apart in a matter of months.
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 08:56 AM
|
#25643
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
Not doing it for me, but if you can describe your sister a little more...
|
#### off
__________________
Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to undercoverbrother For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 08:56 AM
|
#25644
|
|
Franchise Player
|
"Style" as a kid was whatever our mom found on sale at K-Mart, Zellers, Woolco, Army & Navy, etc.
I agree with the poster who laments the return of baggy jeans on women. Like come on.
Fitted tight jeans are so sexy on women.
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 09:00 AM
|
#25645
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
|
You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Now with 3x more gears...
Worst was having those taking those crappy, off-brand “Converts” from Saan taken to a shoe repair place, to have a misshaped piece of “leather” patched on to fix a tear.
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 09:01 AM
|
#25646
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Wow that takes me back in time. Do they still sell or market that?
|
Quite the rabbit hole...
http://gwgpiecebypiece.ca/en/products/gwgbrands.html
In 1961, GWG was acquired by Levi's, who closed GWG's last manufacturing plant in Canada in 2004. GWG garments continue to be prized by vintage denim enthusiasts
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to puffnstuff For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 09:10 AM
|
#25647
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Imagine having a school uniform that consisted of brown pants, a yellow shirt and a green vest...
(Catholic Elementary school in Rural NL in the 70's...yeah the ones run by Nuns...)
On top of that your mom decided that brown corduroy pants are more durable and you are the only one wearing them for years...
Jeans of any style would have been an upgrade...
__________________
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 09:34 AM
|
#25648
|
|
Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nufy
Imagine having a school uniform that consisted of brown pants, a yellow shirt and a green vest...
(Catholic Elementary school in Rural NL in the 70's...yeah the ones run by Nuns...)
On top of that your mom decided that brown corduroy pants are more durable and you are the only one wearing them for years...
Jeans of any style would have been an upgrade...
|
Was it St Patrick’s School?
__________________
Shameless self promotion
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to surferguy For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 09:53 AM
|
#25649
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
I got hand me downs.
Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Same
from me sister
|
|
I read this too quickly and my first thought was "Pretty sure you only get that from your parents".
__________________
-James
GO FLAMES GO.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
|
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:01 AM
|
#25650
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DownInFlames
Be thankful your mom didn't shop at Saan store.
|
Saan store had all the coolest No Fear t shirts
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by puckhog
Everyone who disagrees with you is stupid
|
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:02 AM
|
#25652
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Saan store had all the coolest No Fear t shirts
|
Between No Fear and Bum Equipment... which was the more common thing for kids to wear?
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:29 AM
|
#25653
|
|
Powerplay Quarterback
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nufy
Imagine having a school uniform that consisted of brown pants, a yellow shirt and a green vest...
(Catholic Elementary school in Rural NL in the 70's...yeah the ones run by Nuns...)
On top of that your mom decided that brown corduroy pants are more durable and you are the only one wearing them for years...
Jeans of any style would have been an upgrade...
|
My Mom bought one pair of brown corduroy pants, it took me 4 years to out grow those suckers.
Then she discovered GWG plant in Edmonton sometimes sold misfits out the back door.
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:52 AM
|
#25654
|
|
Franchise Player
|
We were poor as crap as kids but we still wouldn't shop at Army and Navy.
Was all their products left over from WW2 or the Korean war?
Like the first time I went in and went to the Toy dept... it was like stuff you would find in North Korea.
__________________
Peter12 "I'm no Trump fan but he is smarter than most if not everyone in this thread. ”
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:53 AM
|
#25655
|
|
Franchise Player
|
oh do you guys remember the toy guns where you use rocks and pebbles as ammo?
They were great as you had unlimited ammo from the ground. I'm sure many kids lost an eye from them though.
__________________
Peter12 "I'm no Trump fan but he is smarter than most if not everyone in this thread. ”
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:54 AM
|
#25656
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Cowtown
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleF
Between No Fear and Bum Equipment... which was the more common thing for kids to wear?
|
Easily No Fear in the back woods small Alberta city I grew up in. I’d unironically wear one again if I could find them.
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by puckhog
Everyone who disagrees with you is stupid
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to PaperBagger'14 For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 10:58 AM
|
#25657
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by DoubleF
Between No Fear and Bum Equipment... which was the more common thing for kids to wear?
|
Sounds like you missed the OP craze
__________________
Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
|
|
|
|
|
The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to undercoverbrother For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 11:05 AM
|
#25658
|
|
Franchise Player
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov
oh do you guys remember the toy guns where you use rocks and pebbles as ammo?
They were great as you had unlimited ammo from the ground. I'm sure many kids lost an eye from them though.
|
I remember those dollar store ones that just had a spring and a release with no safety. I quickly realized that rocks and pebbles were terrible options because they could jam. The best things to use for those were literally pencils and pencil crayons. While there was complete agreement that you never pointed those things loaded with a pencil at anyone, the fact you could shoot pencils 20-30 feet easily was the final reason that got those things permabanned. We moved on to paper wedges after that.
Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sounds like you missed the OP craze
|
It's possible I missed it by a few years or was just around for the last year or two of it. No Fear was still worn by many, but basically a lot of other stuff was taking over as the majority.
|
|
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 11:08 AM
|
#25659
|
|
Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sounds like you missed the OP craze
|
Had to survive OP and Vuarnet craze.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to Wormius For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
09-08-2025, 11:12 AM
|
#25660
|
|
Lifetime In Suspension
|
Weird I never had any of these brands as a craze. But Starter jackets? Now we're talking fashion baby
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 06:07 PM.
|
|
