Men and their clothes!

I don't have a hubby like that Rose...but I have an old fleece that I use in the garden. Covered in paint stains, holes in the pockets and the zip is just about done. It's comfy so it stays!! Don't get on at him - mine practically walks to the washing machine itself sometimes :))

If husbands wore brand new clothes for gardening in, they would get told off. We just can't win!

Mine won't part with any old clothes either,Rose..and I'm almost as bad..always thinking,they will do for the garden,painting..or round the house..and usually they do at some point,years later !.WishI had as many to go out in..:o)

Why do women think they know anything at all about men's clothes ? .... they don't .
I only wear old things in the garden. I can't afford to ruin good clothes.
And don't tell me about men. Beryl wears the same things all the time. She will buy something new, and then never put it on ... pointless :o(

On dear started something here - lol. Isn't that what chimmeas are for? - not burning our OH just the old baggy jumpers etc. If I try to get rid of one of my Oh's old jumpers my whole family gang up on me and they get rescued.

Oops, I sure started something here, didn't I! I must admit, I do have my favourite old clothes that I wear for gardening like you Scottish and Bloomer. No, Andrewr, you can't win! Lol. Thankyou Snoopdog, what a lovely thing to say , or is your better half stood right behind you as you are writing this! Hywel, well what can I say! We don't!
Thanks Kfunsters , I'm glad I'm not on my own here!

lol...my OH is funny with clothes. If he gets anything new, he keeps it about 2 years before wearing it! And he wears this pair if joggies that he's had for about 20 years. The other day he said "I think I may have to get some new jogging bottoms" so I answered in my best sarcastic tone.."?really? I reckon there's another 5 years at least in them (you should see them ladies, my oh my!) and needless to say, he hasn't put them in the bin yet! lol.

I have far worse gardening clothes than my OH - jeans and t-shirts covered in paint, creosote, grass stains, mud, full of holes and incredibly baggy and comfy. OH has the infuriating habit of coming home in his relatively clean, intact, newish and very-nearly-smart outfit, and starting the gardening without changing into one of the gloriously disreputable outfits set aside for that very purpose. Shouting matches are useless - he was born that way.

She has had them a long time,Snoop ! ..or maybe not..a lot of grass where she lives :o))

I love scruffing around in the garden! I've got an old black fleece that belonged to my son - it's got holes in both pockets which I always tell myself I'm going to sew up, but it is sooo comfortable and cosy (and I'm still wearing it even though it's June!) And I wear an old pair of jodhpur boots that were my daughter's in a previous life! I'm sure they both help me garden better!

Hey, Snoopdog - fun and grass stains aren't just the prerogative of the young, you know!
Actually, I lost my balance trying to get up from weeding the border with a numb leg and fell over backwards onto my bum! But don't tell anyone! You're right, Bloomer - LOADS of grass :-)

What's with all the new avatars, folks?

Perhaps you should "accidently" lose them Karen, or is that a fate worse than death! Lol.
Too much information Gattina!
Its a good job you don't put anything in your pockets all the time Mel! My hubby laughs at me as my work pockets are usually full of nails ,wire or string, not exactly feminine , is it!

Blame it on LilCrawford, Mel - she's been bullying us and telling us to get our real selves out there as avatar pictures. Huh! Have you seen her latest?

Ooh , is there a cat lurking out there Gattina! Lol.

No, I haven't, Gattina, but I'm very impressed by you!! Not your gardening clothes, then!!!

Unfortunately, Rose, I DO put things in my pockets! (That's why I keep telling myself I'm going to sew them up!)

No, I haven't seen Lils new avatar, Gattina, but I don't understand ( sorry if I'm offending anyone) why, how we look makes a difference and why more people don't show their true selves. After all its whats inside thats important , not how they look! Well , perhaps you could go and sew them up , right now Mel!

Oh right Gattina, I have just looked at her avatar, I know what you mean now!

What I don't understand is why some women spend half an hour putting on their make-up just to go out to put something in the dustbin

It'll be that Orlando Bloom lookalike dustman, Andrew.. Had you not noticed?

Oh rose, you are naughty I've just come in from the garden and realised I was wearing my beloved crocs - how awful they actually are - I'll have to buy some new ones now - your fault!! lol.

Do you remember how Penelope Keith looked when she was gardening in 'The Good Life'......just like me in fact.......only kidding, I always wear the same old clothes and look a bit of a sight but then nobody can see me - I hope!

I too have a fleece, unwashed, except by the RAIN lol zip will not fasten, think it is the podge though not the zip. lol. sleeves are rolled up to stop them getting in the soil and I would not leave it off or swap it for another at all.

Mmmm - just another thing to mull over....One of these days I'll do it, I guess. (And to think, when my children were little I made most of their clothes!)

Sorry Kfunsters. What are crocs, by the way?
I think I'm the same Chris. We have some friends who remind me so much of the Good Life. We, hubby and I dress in our old clothes for working in. The friends are always dressed up to the nines, especially the woman.When they come to visit. My hair (its now curly) always looks a sight, especially if its wind blown. Hubby in his usual jumper. My friend, apart from looks is exactly like Margo and talks to her husband just like Margo does to Jerry. It is so funny to watch them , because here we are , not a care in the world and there she is , picking on him and all he does ( like Jerry) is raise his eyes to heaven and say "yes dear!"
I had a similar fleece barbara , the zip broken , but in the end I did throw it out as it was all the time blowing open.
Come on , Mel now, it will only take a few minutes!

Mmmmm..........

Crocs are plastic clog type shoes, quite chunky and come in lots of different colours and they have holes in the top for ventilation. The holes in mine are Mickey mouse shaped :-)) they are very comfy.

I've got a 30 year old cardie that's going nowhere Rose, it's lop-sided stretched in every direction (pockets like rucksacks) pulled threads the lot. My it's comfy.. :)

I meant to say, thanks Kfunsters , but don't the insects ( ants etc. ) get into your feet!
Oh well, Pimpernel, it looks like we are all as bad as the men!

Lol...I am a Bloke Rose :)

ha ha ha....you have just damaged his street cred,Rose ! Lolol...

Street cred ? I didn't even have that 30 years ago when I got the cardie Bloomer....Haha lol

Why does that not surprise me,Pimms ? :o)

Oops! Sorry Pimpernel!

Good morning Rose.

I will get over it...well, I will if that Bloomer stops tormenting me about it. ;))

Nice to meet you too, officially! I'm glad I didn't shorten your name Pimpernel, Lol! Couldn't resist that!

Lol..I get called so many names her on GoY I get confused Rose. :))

well at least I won't be calling you a woman anymore Pimpernel! Lol.

Good job bloomer has no WIFI in her caravan.. LOL

Are you sure..........?

WIFI,Pimms..we didn't even have a wardrobe !!!...good job we were only there two days..no problem..we shared with Grandson's..no,not his clothes,although he was better dressed than me :o)) Showed me up when we were strutting our stuff on the dance floor ..what a little mover ! again,him ,not me :o)))

Sounds like you had fun Bloomer.

Great fun,Rose..not easy trying to keep up with a two year old ! Lol.

Hi Rose, I'm saying nothing about my sartorial elegance, but will spill the beans on my Dad. He has TWO new 'gardening' jackets in his wardrobe and my Mum reckons it's because he's left 'em to me in his will!
(Now I get the Pimp 'Girlie' 30 year old jumper quips!)
A really good blog Rose, I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it ;-))

My FIL had a second-best cementing hat (he had a "best" cementing hat as well!)

LOL! ;-))

Thanks Muddy, glad you enjoyed it. Mel, what on earth is a cementing hat!

Do you remember that John Smith's beer advert, where Arkwright's missus could tell where he was by which hat was missing off the pegs. 'He's gone fishing - his fishing hat's not here' and he'd be in the pub wearing his fishing hat! . . lol :-))

Oh,Lol..Muddy..I loved those ads..old ones were the best :o))

Oh I`ve had a giggle here, I`m afraid both of us are the same, we both have scruffs, donkeys years old for working in, neither of us like to part with things, its a case of it`ll do for dirty jobs, the airing cupboard is full of raggedy clothes, lol, as for the new clothes then we are also guilty of buying new and then popping them in the wardrobe for a special occasion or they have been worn only once, trouble is I`ve lost that much weight I`m now having to buy new as the others are all too big now, I do however like my working shoes and use them all the time until they go in the bin, hubby waits until he burns his feet when standing on his cigarette ends, then allows me to dump them....

Hi there Rose! Well now, a cementing hat is one you wear to do your cementing in!!! (He wasn't a gardener - he repaired walls, and fixed the back yard, and etc. etc. etc.....!)

Maybe that's what I need to encourage me to get on with the pointing...A cementing hat !

Nothing like it! Lololol!!!

Pimpernel - I reckon you need an old pair of winkle pickers for doing the pointing

Well, I would never have thought of that Mel!!! Hehee!
I don't know why I can't remember this advert, Muddy, must be old age creeping up , after all I will be 63 this month!
I'm just the same Lincs. I have just had to throw my poor old gardening shoes out after , ooer , old age again, probably 12 years! Hubby will often say to me when we're out, why don't you buy yourself some new shoes. Whats my answer.." Why would I need new shoes when I've got my old faithfuls" Looks like I'm going to have to get some now! New clothes are bought and put away for hols. or special occasions , which are few and far between, so I reckon all of us gardeners are the same!

Hi Rose, there's no excuse for not remembering these days when we have . . . da da da dah! . . YouTube. 'Arkwrights Caps' is the 5th one into this collection. Enjoy ;-))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuVY6p6zdkI&feature=related

I have just watched it,Muddy...all of it,and Peter Kay as well ! LOl..just great..we never got those first ones in Yorkshire,would you believe,and it was our beer too !..so a first for me..loved the dog doing tricks at the bar :o) thanks..just what I needed,a good chuckle :o)

I will have to watch this as well Muddy.

Just remembered , ( without watching it) Its Open all hours, isn't it. I used to like that.

No Rose, it's a beer advert. But you've just mentioned the only other Arkwright that I've ever heard of . . . and I used to like that programme too ;-))

It's worth watching, Rose! ( And "Arkwright" meant "Open All Hours" to me, too!)