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Old 10-30-2002, 10:22 PM   #1
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Pimpin' Coat

It's been 9 years...

The last time I bought a coat was in late 1993. When you're little, you go through a new coat just about every year. But by '93, I had grown as much as I was gonna grow, and bought a nice coat to get me through the oddball winters in St. Louis.

That whole time, I've had a burning desire for an overcoat. You know, one of those nice long wool coats that's part business, part pimp, part John Gotti. It is simply a bad-ass coat, and I wanted to own one.

Whenever I wanted to buy one, I never seemed to have the money. I would look in thrift shops, but could never find one in my size. Then, I'd forget about the whole thing for a while...well, forget no more.

My mom offered to give me $100 towards a new coat. Well, since I'm relatively poor and not below taking money, I gladly took her up on her offer.

After perusing a couple of stores, I strolled out of Burlington Coat Factory at Franklin Mills with a snazzy black overcoat. It's nice and warm and has plenty of pocket space. And of course, it fits like a glove. $149.98--well worth me chipping in the extra $50...it'll last me 10 years.

And the compliments thus far?

--That looks like a nice warm coat. (It is.)
--You look like a mafia guy in that coat. (I do, though unlike the mafia, I have no money.)

This is the greatest coat I have ever had. It gives me that "professional" look when strolling along Market Street.

And what better way to end this thread but with a picture of a coat similar to my own?
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Old 10-30-2002, 11:37 PM   #2
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Sweet.
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Old 11-01-2002, 01:26 AM   #3
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Hey Syc,

You dropped your coat on Blogview.

There, I picked it up for ya.
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Old 11-02-2002, 02:07 AM   #4
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UT, why doesn't blogview pick up attached photos?
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Old 11-02-2002, 10:06 AM   #5
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I dunno! Why you peeple gotta ask me all the hard questions!
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Old 11-02-2002, 11:15 AM   #6
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UT, Why don't reference link [img] tags work for images hosted on the Cellar server as they do for images hosted elsewhere?
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Old 11-02-2002, 12:41 PM   #7
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He doesn't like my attached images...he found the coat off-putting.
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Old 11-02-2002, 12:54 PM   #8
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What! They work exactly the same way! What is this nonsense?
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Old 11-02-2002, 12:56 PM   #9
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That phrase "off-putting" - I thought I was the only one who would ever use such a thing.
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Old 11-02-2002, 01:08 PM   #10
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That phrase "off-putting" - I thought I was the only one who would ever use such a thing.
It just seemed...appropriate.

For whatever reason, whenever I attach an image, it doesn't show up on the blogview. This happened with "the man" thread too.

Won't be a problem for too much longer though, thanks to Mr. Ham.
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Old 11-02-2002, 03:11 PM   #11
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This is what I get when I put the URL between the bracket [] img tags.

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Old 11-24-2002, 03:26 PM   #12
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Talking Re: Pimpin' Coat

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After perusing a couple of stores, I strolled out of Burlington Coat Factory at Franklin Mills with a snazzy black overcoat. It's nice and warm and has plenty of pocket space. And of course, it fits like a glove. $149.98--well worth me chipping in the extra $50...it'll last me 10 years.
And wouldn't you know it...it's too big for me to "borrow"...

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And the compliments thus far?

--That looks like a nice warm coat. (It is.)
--You look like a mafia guy in that coat. (I do, though unlike the mafia, I have no money.)

This is the greatest coat I have ever had. It gives me that "professional" look when strolling along Market Street.
Now all you need to do is to don your baseball cap backwards and your sneakers while wearing the coat, and voila...you're "Silent Bob".
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Old 11-24-2002, 09:15 PM   #13
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I'd have to grow my hair longer though...I don't know about that.
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