One quicky about the zipper side
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One quicky about the zipper side
One quick question and pls pardon me if it has been discussed before
Since the prototype used for the making of CS jacket was one of the jackets Lee Keppler was making back then, then why the TN CS jacket has the zipper on the left size since the below has it on the right side.
I searched a little but couldn't find the "model" jacket.
Help out please.
Since the prototype used for the making of CS jacket was one of the jackets Lee Keppler was making back then, then why the TN CS jacket has the zipper on the left size since the below has it on the right side.
I searched a little but couldn't find the "model" jacket.
Help out please.
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They were made both ways, as I recall.
The 'American' method was the original, but folks wanted them to mirror the Raiders British made jacket (Peter ALSO contracted to Lee to make him jackets for his Adventure Supply co.), so they installed the European style zip as well. The one in the ad was the American zipper offering....but as I said, they were available either way. As time passed, the American zip was phased out.
Personally, I never saw one of Lee's jackets with the American zipper 'in the flesh', as shown above. They've all been the European style.
Keep in mind, in the U. S., the so called 'American' zip is one that is considered made for males, and the European stype zip for females, so a lot of men refused to purchase the jackets WITHOUT the American syle zipper.
Regards! Michaelson
The 'American' method was the original, but folks wanted them to mirror the Raiders British made jacket (Peter ALSO contracted to Lee to make him jackets for his Adventure Supply co.), so they installed the European style zip as well. The one in the ad was the American zipper offering....but as I said, they were available either way. As time passed, the American zip was phased out.
Personally, I never saw one of Lee's jackets with the American zipper 'in the flesh', as shown above. They've all been the European style.
Keep in mind, in the U. S., the so called 'American' zip is one that is considered made for males, and the European stype zip for females, so a lot of men refused to purchase the jackets WITHOUT the American syle zipper.
Regards! Michaelson
What about driving on the other side? That female too?Keep in mind, in the U. S., the so called 'American' zip is one that is considered made for males, and the European stype zip for females, so a lot of men refused to purchase the jackets WITHOUT the American syle zipper.
I though Europe was there first....
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We still use pints for beer and milk. So not all is lost. (And have I mentioned our pints are bigger than yours )Michaelson wrote:LOL!!! NEVER!!!!!!!
Funniest line I've heard regarding that very thing was on an old British show 'Are you Being Served?'. The British were changing to metric in the 70's, and one of the ladies on the program said: "I'll never ever figure out how you measure in centipedes!"
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But HEY give me a litre of beer, I won't complain!
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True, and US quarts are more like a Litre sizeKt Templar wrote:We still use pints for beer and milk. So not all is lost. (And have I mentioned our pints are bigger than yours )Michaelson wrote:LOL!!! NEVER!!!!!!!
Funniest line I've heard regarding that very thing was on an old British show 'Are you Being Served?'. The British were changing to metric in the 70's, and one of the ladies on the program said: "I'll never ever figure out how you measure in centipedes!"
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You have to wait till the Federation takes over. Starfleet is metric all the way.RaiderZee wrote:The main reason the U.S. will never switch to metric: sports stats.
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Count the legs?Michaelson wrote:The British were changing to metric in the 70's, and one of the ladies on the program said: "I'll never ever figure out how you measure in centipedes!"
Rumor has it the United States, Canadian, and Mexican governments are already working to do away with each nation's current currency and replace them with the "Amero" as part of an effort to expand the North American Free Trade Agreement into a North American Union (similar to the European Union), though officials from all three nations have said no such plans exist.PLATON wrote:Switching to metric is not a bad thing.
Switching to EURO is.
I hope it doesn't happen to you.
We'll see.
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