God bless Pakistan!

**CDNSushi** · 14th December 08, 05:30 PM

Not only are they great for low-cost Highland wear -- my Black Watch kilt, PC jacket and waistcoat, rabbit fur sporran, all come to mind, not to mention a lot of Jerry's SWK gear... but they're great for other nice goods too!

I just received a new pair of black, leather chaps for winter motorcycle riding (that's how I get to work every day) and a black, leather vest too. The chaps ran me $32 from a company out of New Jersey but everything is from Pakistan. There were even these really cool tags written in Arabic in the pockets. lol.

I'm soooo happy now! The ride to work this morning was COZY with my new chaps even though it was -1C (30F)! I have leather pants too, but since I am expected to look business-like, with chaps I can happily wear them over top of my dress pants and remove them at work.

**Mael Coluim** · 14th December 08, 05:39 PM

Congrats on your new chaps. When I worked in Kuwait most every tailor there that made the Arab men's dishdashas were Pakinstanis.

**JamieKerr** · 14th December 08, 06:36 PM

It wasn't leatherup was it? I love that site.

**CDNSushi** · 14th December 08, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by JamieKerr

It wasn't leatherup was it? I love that site.

It isn't, actually. It's an E-Bay merchant that goes by the handle "excelbiker" and the shop's name is "My Leather Mall" http://stores.ebay.com/My-Leather-Mall

Fantastically cheap prices. I mean.. $32 for chaps? C'mon!

**JamieKerr** · 14th December 08, 08:28 PM

I see what you mean about their prices....

I'm putting together a mad max uniform for my cafe racer, I may have to order from these guys

**BroosterB1** · 14th December 08, 08:44 PM

I have been wanting some chaps for my bike, but all the local stores the prices start in the low $220's, a custom latherer from Madrid, NM (Wild Hogs) Quoted me $375 for basic black no embellishments. Needless to say I passed.

Gotta love this forum! A great deal on Chaps from Pakistan, by wait of a Canadian teacher from Japan! whoda thunk.....Sush how dit that PC fit when you got it? Was it the size you ordered? I ask cause I am going to need one in the near future but I have time to order one from the guy you bought yours from.

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**Bugbear** · 15th December 08, 12:32 AM

This thread is starting to bring back memories of college in the nineties.
Having to balance Leon's Silverwing Honda engine on a jack while he drunkenly tride to put the nuts on the bolts to hold it to the frame.

At work, talking to Asif about transcribing math symbols to braille.
I'm not sure where either one of them ended up... I have a feeling Leon probably ended up in jail or a Mac truck radiater. Don't know if Asif went back to Pakistan or became a citizen.

That would be funny if he runs a kilt making factory now.

**CDNSushi** · 15th December 08, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

At work, talking to Asif about transcribing math symbols to braille.
I'm not sure where either one of them ended up...

Crazy stuff... One of my good friends from NM was doing his PhD in something that had to do with developing Braille-based calculus for use in 3-dimensional planar systems or some crazy thing like that. All I know is that this was at NMSU.

**Bugbear** · 15th December 08, 01:16 AM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

Crazy stuff... One of my good friends from NM was doing his PhD in something that had to do with developing Braille-based calculus for use in 3-dimensional planar systems or some crazy thing like that. All I know is that this was at NMSU.

Ya, this was at A.S.U. and I was one of the proofreaders for the braille transcriptions. We were doing text books for several colleges; a complete nightmare that involved a lot of computer code.

I did proofread calculus books, not that I could solve any of the problems, but I new the braille code for the math symbols. What's worse is that I am a very slow braille reader. On the other hand, I lasted longer than any other proofreader that had worked there; I had bills to pay!

Most of the staff were from India, and a couple were from Pakistan, China, different places.

* I must stop giving in to the temptation to post in the Off Topic forum... It all started with that cockroach thread, and now this! *

**BroosterB1** · 15th December 08, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

Crazy stuff... One of my good friends from NM was doing his PhD in something that had to do with developing Braille-based calculus for use in 3-dimensional planar systems or some crazy thing like that. All I know is that this was at NMSU.

Ah, a fine institution of higher learning NMSU! I have two degrees from there and many fine memories; for example one night on the bell tower after several droughts of a minimal Italian red...Oh wait this is a Family forum...Never mind.... Go Aggies!