On 18/06/2013 7:18 PM, sf wrote:

> People were more formal back in the day. I have a friend whom I've
> know since college and we used to go on picnics with his family. His
> father was the only person I've ever known to wear a 3 piece suit to a
> picnic (even on a hot day).
>


Three piece? That is formal. My FiL wore two piece suits. That is what
he wore all the time. I did occasionally see him with just the pants
with a shirt and tie, no jacket.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 18/06/2013 7:18 PM, sf wrote:
>
>> People were more formal back in the day. I have a friend whom I've
>> know since college and we used to go on picnics with his family. His
>> father was the only person I've ever known to wear a 3 piece suit to a
>> picnic (even on a hot day).
>>
>
>
> Three piece? That is formal. My FiL wore two piece suits. That is what he
> wore all the time. I did occasionally see him with just the pants with a
> shirt and tie, no jacket.

Shortly before he died, my grandma wrote to me and said that they had bought
fancy walking suits. I never did find out for sure what those were but my
mom said she thought they were track or running suits. This would have been
back in the early 90's or late 80's. I just couldn't imagine either one of
them in those. In fact I don't think I ever even saw her in pants!

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> > On 18/06/2013 7:18 PM, sf wrote:
> >
> >> People were more formal back in the day. I have a friend whom I've
> >> know since college and we used to go on picnics with his family. His
> >> father was the only person I've ever known to wear a 3 piece suit to a
> >> picnic (even on a hot day).
> >>
> >
> >
> > Three piece? That is formal. My FiL wore two piece suits. That is what he
> > wore all the time. I did occasionally see him with just the pants with a
> > shirt and tie, no jacket.
>
> Shortly before he died, my grandma wrote to me and said that they had bought
> fancy walking suits. I never did find out for sure what those were but my
> mom said she thought they were track or running suits. This would have been
> back in the early 90's or late 80's. I just couldn't imagine either one of
> them in those. In fact I don't think I ever even saw her in pants!
>
I remember when jogging suits first came out and all the "old people"
seemed to take to them like ducks to water. No idea why, I just know
that people like my neighbor who wore business suits and high heels to
work suddenly was wearing jogging suits on the weekend and then I
noticed that all the old people I saw at the grocery store were
wearing them too.


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"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:01 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>> > On 18/06/2013 7:18 PM, sf wrote:
>> >
>> >> People were more formal back in the day. I have a friend whom I've
>> >> know since college and we used to go on picnics with his family. His
>> >> father was the only person I've ever known to wear a 3 piece suit to a
>> >> picnic (even on a hot day).
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > Three piece? That is formal. My FiL wore two piece suits. That is what
>> > he
>> > wore all the time. I did occasionally see him with just the pants with
>> > a
>> > shirt and tie, no jacket.
>>
>> Shortly before he died, my grandma wrote to me and said that they had
>> bought
>> fancy walking suits. I never did find out for sure what those were but
>> my
>> mom said she thought they were track or running suits. This would have
>> been
>> back in the early 90's or late 80's. I just couldn't imagine either one
>> of
>> them in those. In fact I don't think I ever even saw her in pants!
>>
> I remember when jogging suits first came out and all the "old people"
> seemed to take to them like ducks to water. No idea why, I just know
> that people like my neighbor who wore business suits and high heels to
> work suddenly was wearing jogging suits on the weekend and then I
> noticed that all the old people I saw at the grocery store were
> wearing them too.

My mom bought me a matching jogging suit and I was like...nooooooo! I did
wear the pants a couple of times but never the top. It was lavender with
some snowflake trim. Screamed of old people me!

Then when we moved to NY, everyone was wearing those Juicy Couture suits.

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:55:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> Then when we moved to NY, everyone was wearing those Juicy Couture suits.
>
No idea what that is.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:55:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> Then when we moved to NY, everyone was wearing those Juicy Couture suits.
>>
> No idea what that is.

http://www.juicycouture.com/track

It was the velour that they wore. Kinda out of my price range.

On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:00:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:55:25 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> Then when we moved to NY, everyone was wearing those Juicy Couture suits.
> >>
> > No idea what that is.
>
> http://www.juicycouture.com/track
>
> It was the velour that they wore. Kinda out of my price range.
>
OH! Okay, thanks.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:22:59 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 18/06/2013 7:18 PM, sf wrote:
>
> > People were more formal back in the day. I have a friend whom I've
> > know since college and we used to go on picnics with his family. His
> > father was the only person I've ever known to wear a 3 piece suit to a
> > picnic (even on a hot day).
> >
>
>
> Three piece? That is formal. My FiL wore two piece suits. That is what
> he wore all the time. I did occasionally see him with just the pants
> with a shirt and tie, no jacket.

Honest to god, three pieces... and of course a perfectly knotted tie
went with it. His shoes were always shined too. He may have even
worn a hat to picnics at times, I'm fuzzy on that detail. All of us
would be sitting on beach towels sunbathing in our shorts and he'd be
sitting on a chair in the shade underneath a tree. Neither one of
them spoke English very well, but they were just as pleasant as can
be.... oh, boy could Mama cook! Fortunately for everyone, their
daughter (my friend's sister) has her mother's cooking skills because
Mama and Papa passed on years ago.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.