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GiqueCee

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4. Legend has it...

Reply to True Dough (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 25, 2025, 06:35 AM

13 hrs ago

... that, according the the Wayback Machine, the original Levis had rivets in the top corners of the back pockets. But cowboys complained that the rivets damaged the cantles of their saddles, which were considerably higher than today's western saddles with their Cheyenne rolls and such. So the good Mr. Levi did away with the back-pocket rivets.

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Great to Hear! ScoutHikerDad 13 hrs ago #1

This story is True Dough 13 hrs ago #2

Legend has it... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #4

Great piece of trivia, GiqueCee True Dough 13 hrs ago #7

Da nada... GiqueCee 13 hrs ago #8

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They're not made in America anymore. everybody everybody 12 hrs ago #10

Your point? This thread is about DEI. Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #13

Good morning! everybody everybody 12 hrs ago #14

And again, this thread is about DEI. Do you have anything to say about that? Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #15

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I sometimes read profiles. Scrivener7 11 hrs ago #17

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She's gone now, so I can say: that was Library Girl. Risen from wherever she goes between DU trolling visits. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #19

Thanks, I think, for some additional info. I don't know anything about "Library Girl" and erronis 7 hrs ago #21

This was her third or fourth post in this visit. Her signature was pretty clear in the ones before this, Scrivener7 6 hrs ago #22

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Big shoutout to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). Paladin 13 hrs ago #6

Great! Pinback 12 hrs ago #9

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They've never fit me very well, but I guess now I'll fork out the money to get them tailored. Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #12

Keep sinking, Target Blue Owl 2 hrs ago #23