March 16, 2008

On Non-Ironic Carhartts

A curmudgeon I know holds forth:

Commentary on the state of farming can be found in the Sunday Styles section of the New York Times. ‘Twas ever thus: The Egg and I, the farming stories of S. J. Perelman, and, of course, Green Acres. Young folks find their way back to the garden, learn about life, cold hard economics, early mornings in freezing rain, etc.
But it’s in the styles section, along with the wedding announcements and stories on relationships, probably for a good reason: this “trend” amounts to a few anecdotes and will only affect the finances of a few. In some ways it’s a typical fashion story, one that gets as irritating as all the ones I’ve read in the past forty years.

posted by in culture, environment, fashion, food, nature, news, nutrition, plants | * | 4 comments 

comments

  1. Sheila Ryan on March 16th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

    Does everybody know what Carhartts are? You can buy them at your local Farm & Fleet or Rural King or Thiessen’s.

  2. Deron Bauman on March 16th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    thanks, Sheila. I was going to ask.

  3. Sheila Ryan on March 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Cabela’s probably stocks them, too.

  4. Rick Neece on March 16th, 2008 at 9:05 pm

    I know a Carhartt. I have a Carhartt. It’s a long story why I have one. Have I earned it? Prolly not. But I wear it on winter mornings when the most I have to do is scrape the frost off the windows of my car parked out on the street. There are folks in the company who wear them and need them to finish out a day.

Leave a Reply


Ads via The Deck