# My sartorial frustration

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 18, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856 "2024-08-18T06:54:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856/21 "2024-08-20T18:13:05Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> > [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> > I’m also what would be described in height/weight charts as obese. When I appear in public, my usual outfit is my Postal Service uniform (bought on USPS’s nickel).
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> I’m a bit surprised that your username isn’t “Newman”. 😃

Heh.

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> Hey, do you know a now-retired mail carrier by the name of Rocky? He delivered in Sellwood for about 20 years or so. He’s also paddles for the dragon boat bunch. Really good guy who looked out for the neighborhood and reported malfeasance to the cops. We had a farewell party for him when he retired.

Nah, I’ve only been in Portland for two years. And since my job basically involves responding to problems with the sorting machinery, I’m unlikely to form social connections with letter carriers (I _DO_ hold the carriers in high esteem. They perform a necessary task that I could never do).

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856/22 "2024-08-20T18:54:10Z")

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You got there just when we left.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856/23 "2024-08-20T19:41:04Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> I’m a bit surprised that your username isn’t “Newman”. 😃

I had to google it.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sartorial-frustration/1005856/24 "2024-08-20T20:03:34Z")

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> [@Jumpbass](#):
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> Seconding the thrift store suggestion. Sure, it’s a bit hit and miss, but I’ve had plenty of good luck.

My luck is proportional to the number of stores I hit. Whenever I have to drive to another city, I map out a route that takes me past as many small town thrift stores as possible. And plan in plenty of extra time, of course!

I was SO happy when my kids were home this summer. We decided to go visit Grandma, an hour away, and had to take two cars. “Hey, Dad, is _your_ car going past a good Saint Vinnie’s by any chance?”

“Kid, if we leave right now, it can go past three Saint Vinnie’ses, two Goodwills, _and_ a Salvation Army where rich people donate last year’s fashions.”

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