Did you know tool belts shrink?

swampgator · Post by **swampgator** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:22 pm

Well, I find that my post regarding John Wayne had an error about where he lived. I must have remembered wrong as I thought I had read it in the Cleveland newspaper (Sunday edition) in 1967. Either I remembered it wrong as I remember having the discussion with my dad and step-mother then. Here is a good link of all the information and Herb and others are right about his birthplace and where he moved to.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/bio

Now on Bob Hope, here is a link with his picture at the firehouse in Cleveland, OH in 1909.

http://www.bobhope.com/BobBio.htm

Thanks for correcting me.

With other things shrinking with age, how come my legs grew so long that I can't reach my shoes to tie them anymore, or did my arms shrink?

garys · Post by **garys** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:22 pm

Gene Howe wrote:Tool belts, jeans, shirts, and worse....car/truck seats.

Car and truck seats are really shrinking. Jump into a 70s car or truck sometime and you will see the difference.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:52 pm

garys wrote:Car and truck seats are really shrinking. Jump into a 70s car or truck sometime and you will see the difference.

Man I'm glad you said that. I have been looking at a Chevy Equinox but the front seat is so tight. My loving wife pointed out that she fit implying it was my butt that was at fault. I just showed her you comments and said see everyone is saying they are making the seats smaller.

lerbi · Post by **lerbi** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:03 pm

garys wrote:Car and truck seats are really shrinking. Jump into a 70s car or truck sometime and you will see the difference.

Not always true. I've found that the seats in my '77 MGB have also shrunk - not to mention that nowadays getting in and out seems to involve loud grunting and groaning.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 5:36 pm

Neither the seats nor the belts in my '93 F250 have shrunk at all. The seat on the drivers side has sunk a bit but other than that they are almost the same as new. (Ignore the torn fabric)

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:40 pm

I used to wear my tool belt without suspenders...

nuhobby · Post by **nuhobby** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:06 pm

Look at this wood-chest video at about 1:55:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI0kAuCqsdc

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:24 pm

nuhobby wrote:Look at this wood-chest video at about 1:55:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI0kAuCqsdc

I didn't see no tool belt!:D

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