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To: franksolich

As an image-conscious SoDak redneck, I find only Carharrt, Tony Lama, and Wrangler good enough for my discerning tastes.


5 posted on 02/21/2005 2:47:00 PM PST by SoDak (hoist that rag!)
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To: SoDak

The best brand in the whole world is Channellock, when it comes to pliers, and S/K when it comes to wrenches, and Stanley when it comes to screwdrivers.

Like those names on your list, perfectly commonsensical names.

I have always been mystified, however, when non-Americans try to imitate Americans, and then slap on the most-unAmerican tag possible.

My first winter in England, when I was a teenager, for example, naturally I got hungry for.....McDonald's. There were no McDonald's in England at the time--the only American fast-food chain there being Kentucky Fried Chicken, oddly enough--but friends steered me towards the English equivalent of McDonald's--Wimpee's or Wimpie's or something like that.

It was all set up like a McDonald's--excepting that one sat down at a table, and a waiter came to take the order (rather than one ordering and paying at the counter).

That was weird enough, sir, but "Wimpee's" (or "Wimpie's")?

You got to be kidding.


6 posted on 02/21/2005 2:51:39 PM PST by franksolich (look for the "made in Norway" label on the can of fish)
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To: SoDak

Helly Hansen and Grunden's (Sweden) are more oriented towards stuff to wear if you're out commercial fishing in the Atlantic or something, not land-based workwear.

Grunden's is probably more popular in the US, I see more people wearing them.

Of course, I'll probably be seeing "Julia Robert's dress is by Grunden's" during an Oscar broadcast sometime if Helly Hansen is any indication of trends.


8 posted on 02/21/2005 2:57:52 PM PST by Strategerist
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