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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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T-shirts: How old is too old?
May 4, 2021, 11:44 AM
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I was at the IOP marina yesterday and some dude was wearing a T-shirt (a little tight, but mostly fit) that on the back said SIGMA PI EPSILON (or some such combination of greek letters) SPRING FORMAL 1990
I got to thinking about it; That shirt is 21 years old. It can buy liquor. I'm not sure how you keep a piece of clothing in rotation for 21 years, but just for appearances, is it time to retire a 21 year old fraternity shirt?
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All-In [34486]
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31 years. 31 years old.***
May 4, 2021, 11:45 AM
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CU Medallion [66079]
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GD that stubborn_tiger can math harder than anyone
May 4, 2021, 11:46 AM
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get you some mathing
I miss matho
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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CU Medallion [51535]
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I can’t maths any day***
May 4, 2021, 12:18 PM
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Oculus Spirit [79253]
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My mom bought me a shirt from the 1984 Clemson
May 4, 2021, 11:48 AM
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Vs Coot game she found somewhere. Thought it would be cool to have a shirt from the rivalry game the year I was born. My sister was born in '84 (no pigs). I was '86. Thanks mom. I still routinely wear it but only around the house now. Plenty comfy. I wore it alot in college though along with my granddad's clemson jackets from the 70's or 80's.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Was it the "Bad Cat" series?
May 4, 2021, 11:49 AM
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Those were around a lot back in that time period.
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Oculus Spirit [79253]
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I dunno but on the back it has the tiger saying
May 4, 2021, 11:51 AM
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oh no, not more pushups. My kids think that's hilarious.
Front has this logo on it.
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I just found my almost 40 year old Killer Whales t-shirt
May 4, 2021, 11:49 AM
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last week. Put it on, had a hard time getting it back off, put it back where I found it. I'd wear it proudly today, but it seems there's a little more warlord than there used to be.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Oldest shirt I remember having was a Steel Wheels Stones
May 4, 2021, 11:51 AM
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shirt, and a SpiderMonkey shirt I'm not even sure where it came from.
On one of the last 3-4 moves, they both made it to goodwill.
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Lot o points [155929]
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That stones shirt would gotten you $75+ at a vintage store.
May 4, 2021, 12:21 PM
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Daughter of wears mine proudly now.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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That thing was hot.
May 4, 2021, 1:26 PM
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Like, temp hot. I probably wore it twice. It was black, was a real think cotton, and had the full plastic iron on Stones tongue on the front and back. It was like wearing a plastic rain coat.
It went away probably during the great purge of 2015 before we moved to Clemson.
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I’ve got some old Kingfish tourney shirts that are
May 4, 2021, 11:55 AM
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About that old. They are yard shirts now
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you fish in the SKA?
May 4, 2021, 12:07 PM
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what boat?
bengaline
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Contenders, gold chains, and men’s bracelets***
May 4, 2021, 12:17 PM
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don't be hatin' bro!
May 4, 2021, 12:23 PM
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those were the days man. my mom was on a pro team (obviously not sharing) and I fished with the husbands and sons. toured the coast a good bit from 6th grade to 12th grade fishing tournaments.
guy I fished with won 2 nationals before "retiring"
but yes, lot of chains and stuff back in those days. what else do you expect from a bunch of rich rednecks?
pretty sure the dude I fished with was running drugs. Had trip 300s when they first came out, one of the first Yellowfins on tour too. Don't recall him working a lot.
but those Donzi girls.......
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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I was surprised they are still around
May 4, 2021, 1:23 PM
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I checked their website
https://www.skafishing.com/
I didn't know that was still a thing. I remember those dudes coming to town and trying to put in at Shem Creek boat landing.
Its hard to back in a 35' Contender and put it in on low tide on a ramp that drops off 6' below the water.
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No time limit EVER on a good shirt
May 4, 2021, 11:58 AM
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BTW, that's 31 years old, not 21.
You keep a good t-shirt for extreme dirtywork purposes (mowing, fishing, painting) as long as it provides happiness, no matter how it looks to others, no ragrets. Great shirts come along rarely in life - those that fit exactly right, take a beating, yet have that almost siren-song draw to you to wear again. (Remember "Golden Boy" Seinfeld episode?)
I know I have a couple that have probably endured 1000+ washings. They easily date back to the 1990s. Been through fish guts, grease, paint, mud, whatever. Good times. You almost shed a tear when you have to trash them.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Yes, my math is inoperative today
May 4, 2021, 12:19 PM
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But a frat shirt at 50+?
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I have shirts so old they are nearly as much hole as shirt.
May 4, 2021, 12:20 PM
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But I'm not wearing that thing anywhere but the yard and maybe home depot or somesuch.
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If the T-shirt fits, you must aquit!
May 4, 2021, 4:28 PM
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Age is number. Size my cucumber. We can’t afford lumber! Got booze in my tumbler! Play on playa. Play on!
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The older they are, the better quality t-shirt they probably
May 4, 2021, 12:24 PM
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are and therefore capable of lasting longer.
I believe Obed® recently posted about the sad loss of one of his long-time tshirts.
I personally have an old squadron skivvy shirt that I got in late 98/ early 99. It’s a Hanes Beefy T and still in fairly good shape...fraying a bit around the collar but functional for around the house. I don’t expect I’ll ever throw it out, but one day it will just disintegrate in the washing machine.
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Lot o points [155929]
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yessir, you are correct.
Jun 20, 2013, 4:29 PM
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Pre-NAFTA Hane's Beefy T's were the finest pieces of clothing ever woven, maybe, MAYBE second to pre-NAFTA Champion reverse weave sweatshirts.
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Oculus Spirit [78892]
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was it because it was a 31yr old fraternity shirt?
May 4, 2021, 12:30 PM
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if it was a 31 yr old Cranberries shirt would you have thought differently?
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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I dunno. Maybe?
May 4, 2021, 12:33 PM
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Seems little old to be wearing fraternity stuff tho
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