That's great Dave, you skinny bastard! I think the old cows and big belts thing is Mad Cow related. I've run into the same issue, no more big old cows going to slaughter = no big belts. The whole herd in the US is much younger now, fed to be disease free, and slaughtered early. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:43 AM, David Savage<[email protected]> wrote: > ...and it happened only a few minutes ago. > > I apologise in advance for the off topicness of this post but I just > need to get it off my chest. > > I am 31 years old, and will be 32 in December. > > I have kept in my possession since I was 15/16 years old a particular > leather belt & eagles head belt buckle. The buckle is gaudy and ugly, > but at that time was a cool thing to have. > > At around this age the belt became too small for me. A trip to one of > the leather goods stalls at the local markets was made to enquire > about having a new belt custom made so that I could keep using my > prized buckle. This lead to a comment that has stuck with me since > then. He said he could make me a belt, but not in 1 strip of leather > as "Cows are only so big". Demoralised I gave up on the belt & buckle > & got a regular leather dress belt. > > I just tried on my old belt > > It fits again. With holes to spare > > > DS > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
