What's Wrong with Fingerless Gloves?

-------well you guys dress how you want--i am sorry but the fingerless gloves just arnt for me---i am just glad icant see what other clothing parts you are missing when you drive by

myself--i love calf roping gloves---nice and soft on the hands for doing work like fueling--or sweeping trailer--not crusty and crunchy like truck stop gloves---
when driving i only go bare handed--i like the callus from the splitter that grows on my thumb---but i have notices --the crappy steering wheels in some trucks have so much grime and snot on them that gloves should be required
a leather or a wood wheel is the only way to go

 

Wow, you guys are going to love me. I have been wearing fingerless work gloves for many years. In my old job (gravedigger, installing headstones, groundskeeping) your hands will get tore up. I found excellent gloves at harbor freight with padded palms (40lb digging bar will make blisters the size of pancakes) and no fingers so I can smoke a cig with them on. They were also yellow so when I was guiding the help while backing the trucks I knew they could see my hands. I wear sunglasses too, keeps the sun out of my eyes. My wallet has a leash. On the bike it tends to try to escape out of my pocket.

So go ahead and make fun of me cuz I know something you dont....my pen!s is huge

 

And like Montgomery Gentry said,
" That's something to be proud of, that's a life you can hang your hat on"!

 

wow--i must be weird--i picked rocks on road construction when i was a kid going to school---sure my hands were a bit rough--but its called work--a mashed up thumb or missing fingernail here or there is nothing----nothing compared to what would have happened if i had worn fingerless gloves

 

Here is my take on the whole issue.

Fingerless gloves, Zippo lighter in a pouch, Leatherman or similar pocket tool, flashlight, big ##### belt buckle, mirror sun glasses, black vest, "chain drive wallet," cell phone, headset, pens (in a belt hanging pouch), stetson, cowboy boots and skin tight black denims and a black western style shirt with pearly snaps. (worn open to middle of chest to show off big gold chain and pendant)

Each one of the items on the above list all have their place. Some are absolutely necessary tools of the trade. Others are ways of expressing our tastes and personalities. The Zippo lighter for example is not a necessary tool but if you are a smoker like me.....the only dang lighter that works in a windstorm.

However, put all of the above on one individual at the same time and you can form a vision like the one that greeted me at a TS a few years back. This cross between Batman and Glen Campbell was a sight to behold. Granted, just an individual expressing his personality but I could not help but burst out laughing. I literally spit coffee as I was sipping and walking when I gazed upon this vision.

I wish I would have had my camera for this one.

 

Speaking of making a "fashion statement:" My wife and I were at Golden Corral the other night. There was a young guy who was also eating there. He really did appear to be "normal." Had decent clothes on, rather clean cut looking in fact. Probably somewhere between 19 and 25. The only thing strange, was his "Superman" cape. It looked just a tad bit out of place on him.

Wonder what kind of bet he was paying off. . .

Now I've been to a few Harbor Freight stores over the years. But I have yet to see a Harbor Freight store had padded palms. . .

In fact, I used to have to go the the DC for Harbor Freight. (Not one of my favorites, but that is another story,) and as far as I could tell, even their DC did not have "padded palms."

 

some of that IS FUNNY....when the students show up for their first day of classes, i go through the 'usual" orientation of how things are done at the school what is to be expected of them, what they can expect of us, and so on, and so forth...

i always tell them, "jeans or work pants, boots (no need for steel toed, just work boots), shirts, short sleeve is ok, but not "muscle man", no shorts.....

i tell them to "leave the cowboy boots and large belt buckles, and cowboy hats at home", i go on to say, "we live in NEW ENGLAND, and WE DO NOT HAVE COWBOYS UP HERE".....and i continue to say, "You wanna get laughed at the first truck stop you go to..?? do you want the old timers to pick out YOU A NEWBIE from the time you first walk in....and do you want them to have fun with you at YOUR EXPENSE"...??

"so leave THAT CRAP AT HOME, YOU ###### YANKEES"...........


as i was giving this "usual speech" of mine during orientation, at least one of them will always put his feet under the table...!!.....


and yep......COWBOY BOOTS....!!!....

 

Rerun:

What about pants hanging to their knees and looooong shirts to cover up their skivvies?

 

What's up with the Santa smoking a spliff pic Canuck?