bigmanbigtruck
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If you really wanna invite trouble, make sure to put some MC club patches on
that should do the trick
that should do the trick
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Hi new here. Is wearing a leather jacket basically an invitation for trouble?
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bigmanbigtruck
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That's exactly what happened when I showed up to work with it...
There's a lady who sits a couple of desks from me that showed up with a cross-zip and leather pants (on separate occasions though)... no questions asked lol
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I like comments like that, because they identify the dumbbells and the actively boring, who I generally try to avoid.
Like the guy that yelled out 'Where's your horse' across the street to me from the bar terrace he was sitting at, no doubt convinced it was the most original and hilarious comment ever made. His friends thought it was way funnier when I yelled back that he should perhaps ask his mom.
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I‘ve gotten in more trouble wearing my non leather jackets than any of my leather jackets. Wearing a Levis corduroy trucker doesn‘t work in your favor with the „randomized“ control checks at European airports… nor does wearing a M-65 at „randomized“ police controls.
Meanwhile, I had no government officials nor other folk ever harass me when wearing leather. A black leather jacket does appear to still intimidate some folk though; I recall an encounter on the train where I startled a woman when I confronted her with a sharp remark about her unfit behaviour which I atleast partially attribute to wearing mean black leather as well as an elevator situation where I just entered and the other (female) passenger going all wide-eyed upon me stepping in.
Meanwhile, I had no government officials nor other folk ever harass me when wearing leather. A black leather jacket does appear to still intimidate some folk though; I recall an encounter on the train where I startled a woman when I confronted her with a sharp remark about her unfit behaviour which I atleast partially attribute to wearing mean black leather as well as an elevator situation where I just entered and the other (female) passenger going all wide-eyed upon me stepping in.
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So what do you say when someone asks you, "Where's your bike?"
It's at home in the garage (which is true). However, I never get asked that.
Even my 8-year-old Australian cousin told me recently that he thought I looked like a badass (he used a kid-friendly term but you get the point) because I wear a black leather crosszip all the time.
But to stay on topic—quoting from VLJ, which praises A-2 leather jackets as signaling the “good guy” look but also noting that other leather jackets signaling the “bad boy” look:
“The A-2 jacket was, and is, iconic. To the pilots who flew for the USAAF, it was a status symbol and a canvas on which they could express their identity as members of a crew or a unit and comment wryly on the life they led. For the next generation, … the A-2 came to represent the swashbuckling adventures of daredevil pilots in exotic locales. The men who wore them were often presented in the media as larger than life heroes, equipped with the pinnacle of modern technology - the airplane - right at the front lines of the greatest conflict the world had ever seen….
As the generation that fought at Normandy and flew over Europe has aged out, the attitude to those years and their service has shifted to one of reverence. Where so many leather jackets speak to a "bad boy" look, the A-2 flying jacket has come to speak to the "good guy" look, a piece of recognizable clothing that men, women and boys could instantly identify with the struggle of freedom and democracy against the threat of fascism. The A-2 has, to many, become accessible superhero clothing. Who would have thought a functional piece of military clothing could mean so many things to so many different people?”
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
But to stay on topic—quoting from VLJ, which praises A-2 leather jackets as signaling the “good guy” look but also noting that other leather jackets signaling the “bad boy” look:
“The A-2 jacket was, and is, iconic. To the pilots who flew for the USAAF, it was a status symbol and a canvas on which they could express their identity as members of a crew or a unit and comment wryly on the life they led. For the next generation, … the A-2 came to represent the swashbuckling adventures of daredevil pilots in exotic locales. The men who wore them were often presented in the media as larger than life heroes, equipped with the pinnacle of modern technology - the airplane - right at the front lines of the greatest conflict the world had ever seen….
As the generation that fought at Normandy and flew over Europe has aged out, the attitude to those years and their service has shifted to one of reverence. Where so many leather jackets speak to a "bad boy" look, the A-2 flying jacket has come to speak to the "good guy" look, a piece of recognizable clothing that men, women and boys could instantly identify with the struggle of freedom and democracy against the threat of fascism. The A-2 has, to many, become accessible superhero clothing. Who would have thought a functional piece of military clothing could mean so many things to so many different people?”
The Mighty A-2: A Guide to the Army Air Forces’ Leather Flying Jacket
David D. Doniger & Co. W535-AC-29971 42-21539-P Contract Awarded: 9 June 1942 (EA2G plate 36) Date of Completion: unknown Quantity: 5,000 jackets (EA2G plate 36) Leather type: goatskin Stitch color: medium or reddish brown (Chapman) Zipper(s): Overwhelmingly Talon M-41 nickel; the Talon M-42...
www.vintageleatherjackets.org
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Believe it or not, I've been asked this many times whil wearing my A2's or nylon flight jackets.
And your reply is ?
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That I am honorably discharged
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Which is certainly more preferable than ‘dishonourably charged’
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Well, truth to be to told I am honorably discharged as I've spent a year at the Corps of Engineers, enlisted. Although instead of flying planes I was mainly busy with scrubbing toilets, sweeping the floors, driving officers around and every now and then playing with the Bailey bridges.
I answer quickly:
I am still in service for the "Guardians of Galaxy"
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Our wallets.
Who’s asking ?
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As mentioned above, real biker "Colors" may cause "issues" if worn in the wrong place. In a similar manner, wearing jackets/uniforms with rank/decorations/unit patches attached, in such a way as intended to deceive, runs the possible risk of "Stolen Valor" accusation.
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