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Post by musik on Mar 21, 2019 13:01:48 GMT
String vest
My dad (r.i.p) used to wear a white one made of cotton
Question is:
Q: Why do some men wear string vests?
What are they good for?
I don't expect to keep me warm if I had one.
😀
p.s Don't trust google translate. I wrote "brynja", the swedish word for it, and up came chain shirt, cellular shirt, hauberk. I think TrickyDicky73 was right: String vest.
Tack!
d.s
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 21, 2019 13:18:12 GMT
Help me out here ... I don't know the word for it, but ... my dad (r.i.p) used to wear a white one made of cotton. Chainshirt? You know what I mean, I suppose. I believe Onslow in Keeping up Appearances (tv sitcom) used to wear one occasionally. Anyway, question is: Q: Why do some men wear these? What are they good for? I don't expect to keep me warm if I had one. 😀 String vest? |
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Post by felonious on Mar 21, 2019 13:24:03 GMT
Help me out here ... I don't know the word for it, but ... my dad (r.i.p) used to wear a white one made of cotton. Chainshirt? You know what I mean, I suppose. I believe Onslow in Keeping up Appearances (tv sitcom) used to wear one occasionally. Anyway, question is: Q: Why do some men wear these? What are they good for? I don't expect to keep me warm if I had one. 😀 Sackcloth?  |
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Post by musik on Mar 21, 2019 13:36:53 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? |
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 21, 2019 14:07:56 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? Mountaineers used wear string vests before we got modern fibres. The holes in the vest trap air & so insulate the body 🏔 |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Mar 21, 2019 15:21:07 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? absolutely nothing, Say it again, |
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Post by harryburrows on Mar 21, 2019 15:52:53 GMT
They were all the rage 50 years ago , my dad wore his on the beach at skeggy
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Post by bathstoke on Mar 21, 2019 16:02:04 GMT
They were all the rage 50 years ago , my dad wore his on the beach at skeggy They has been something of a renaissance in the Afro-Caribbean community wearing string vests. Is you dad black Harry... |
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Post by musik on Mar 21, 2019 19:22:55 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? absolutely nothing, Say it again, I wonder if Edwin Starr had one ... |
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Post by liathroid on Mar 21, 2019 19:32:54 GMT
 suit you in the summer Musik |
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Post by liathroid on Mar 21, 2019 19:34:34 GMT
and one for the winter Musik   |
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 21, 2019 19:45:52 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? absolutely nothing, Say it again, War what is it good for. Frankie goes to Hollywood ? |
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 21, 2019 19:47:10 GMT
Good for running in stops nipple rash, more female runners should adopt them |
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Post by crapslinger on Mar 21, 2019 19:49:16 GMT
String vest My dad (r.i.p) used to wear a white one made of cotton Question is: Q: Why do some men wear string vests? What are they good for? I don't expect to keep me warm if I had one. 😀 p.s Don't trust google translate. I wrote "brynja", the swedish word for it, and up came chain shirt, cellular shirt, hauberk. I think TrickyDicky73 was right: String vest. Tack! d.s Handy if you lose your colander for straining the veg. if you don't mind a bit of sweat in your boiled carrots. |
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Post by Goonie on Mar 21, 2019 20:20:25 GMT
Didn't they also do matching pants? 🤔
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Post by musik on Mar 21, 2019 20:22:47 GMT
Good for running in stops nipple rash, more female runners should adopt them Definitely!😝 |
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Post by liathroid on Mar 21, 2019 20:58:22 GMT
 Get yourself a nice pair of braces |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2019 22:35:43 GMT
You just beat me to it mate !  |
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Post by supersimonstainrod on Mar 22, 2019 7:37:26 GMT
absolutely nothing, Say it again, I wonder if Edwin Starr had one ... I don't know,but the lead singer of Mungo Jerry wore a string t-shirt/vest in the video for 'In The Summertime..' So perhaps it was a wardrobe staple of the more sartorially avant-garde popster? |
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Post by lordb on Mar 22, 2019 10:25:06 GMT
Yeah! What are they good for? absolutely nothing, Say it again, Woore? |
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