The devaluation of the blue jean
Terry
taught in school that if you were not wearing Levis, you were not wearing
blue jeans). While taking off the labels I noticed that the copper rivets
now had a white metal backing. The rivets on the back pockets disappeared
years ago (when we quit keeping ore samples in our back pockets) and so did
the waist button change from brass to white metal. A check of some worn out
pants in the back of the drawer shows that the backing of the rivets only
changed in the past few years.
Levis once had a certain intrinsic value when worn out, but it is almost
gone now. But having room, I will keep the old ones in case the price of
copper goes back up. If I run out of room I will give then to Goodwill. Who
will ship them to India, where small children will carefully remove the
rivets in order to sell the copper for something to eat.
At one time, while working on the cash registers at Abercrombie and Fitch, I
noticed that worn out and ragged clothes were going for beaucoup francs,
shillings ?? De gustibus non est disputandum.
So I tried to wear out my clothes enough to sell them at a profit. But then
my children started giving me clothes for Christmases and birthdays, instead
of coins. And cute young things in bicycle helmets, hot pants and tight tee
shirts would ride up and give me lattes at the bus stop. So I had to quit
that scheme.
My latest scheme is to search dealer junk boxes for copper coins and buy
them for less than melt. And search Goodwill for original Levis.
TerryS
dsybok
"Terry" <ste...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> The other day I bought a new pair of Levi blue jeans. (As a child I was
> gone now. But having room, I will keep the old ones in case the price of
> copper goes back up. If I run out of room I will give then to Goodwill.
> Who will ship them to India, where small children will carefully remove
> the rivets in order to sell the copper for something to eat.
There was a pair of 1890s Levi's on Ebay for $45,000 recently. I would
rather have a 1921S Walker in MS64 than a worn out 50 thousand dollar pair
of jeans.
D
mazorj
> was taught in school that if you were not wearing Levis, you were
> not wearing blue jeans). While taking off the labels I noticed that
> the copper rivets now had a white metal backing. The rivets on the
> back pockets disappeared years ago (when we quit keeping ore samples
> in our back pockets) and so did the waist button change from brass
> to white metal. A check of some worn out pants in the back of the
> drawer shows that the backing of the rivets only changed in the past
> few years.
>
> Levis once had a certain intrinsic value when worn out, but it is
> almost gone now. But having room, I will keep the old ones in case
> the price of copper goes back up. If I run out of room I will give
> then to Goodwill. Who will ship them to India, where small children
> will carefully remove the rivets in order to sell the copper for
> something to eat.
>
> At one time, while working on the cash registers at Abercrombie and
> Fitch, I noticed that worn out and ragged clothes were going for
> beaucoup francs, shillings ?? De gustibus non est disputandum.
Not to mention "Caveat emptor".
> So I tried to wear out my clothes enough to sell them at a profit.
> But then my children started giving me clothes for Christmases and
> birthdays, instead of coins. And cute young things in bicycle
> helmets, hot pants and tight tee shirts would ride up and give me
> lattes at the bus stop. So I had to quit that scheme.
>
> My latest scheme is to search dealer junk boxes for copper coins and
> buy them for less than melt. And search Goodwill for original Levis.
What's wrong with cute young things in bicycle helmets, hot pants and
tight tee shirts giving you lattes at the bus stop? The only thing
better would be if it were brewskies with their phone numbers inside
the cap.
Ya think that maybe Duracell "Coppertop" batteries have any in them?
I go through a shoebox of those every year. How about Coppertone sun
lotion? There's a bottle somewhere around here.
If anything, I suppose this will make more people stop and stoop to
pick up a penny. Depending on the commodities market, a penny saved
could be 1.3 cents earned.