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3Hotdogs

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7. Levy of Levy jeans fame went west as a miner. He began making pants out of canvas --- guaranteed.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 1, 2019, 11:07 AM

Jun 2019

One miner came back a few times with holes in the pockets. As a joke, he put rivets on the edge of the pockets. The pockets held up and other miners wanted the rivet pants.

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There was a lot of gold mining activity in that area a century ago. marble falls Jun 2019 #1

If I bring my pan, pick-ax and mule, 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #3

Thar's gold in them thar hills ... marble falls Jun 2019 #4

1849, more money was made mining the miners...... 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #5

That's just got to be true. Selling pans and such and renting out 'soiled doves' is the exact ... marble falls Jun 2019 #6

Levy of Levy jeans fame went west as a miner. He began making pants out of canvas --- guaranteed. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #7

I'd much rather be Charlie Levy than Chuck Trump. marble falls Jun 2019 #8

Did anyone bother to report that pothole to the D.O.T. ? 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #2