From: Gud-dam@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <20030814171708.06868.00000596@mb-m03.aol.com>, drsmith666@aol.com   
   says...   
      
      
   >So.... the "OLD WEST", as we think about it was nothing more than a "temporary   
   >situation" where trailblazers settled and waited until the civilization of the   
   >east caught up with them? I wonder if they realized it?   
      
   Here's my own example of 'growing up in the west' -   
   that being in El Paso, TX. Speaking strictly of   
   boys here - girls all wore dresses to school in   
   my youth - no boy would dare come to school in   
   knickers or corduroy pants for more than a few   
   days. The first thing parents of 'immigrants'   
   from the east were required to do was provide   
   "blue jeans" - usually Levi or Lee brands in those   
   days - for their boys to wear to school. Other   
   than my "Sunday" clothes, I never owned anything   
   other than jeans as a boy, and certainly wouldn't   
   have been caught out on the school playground in   
   anything else. And I wore my first pair of shorts   
   ONLY for playing tennis. Shorts on men were   
   unheard of in public until sometime in the 1960s-70s.   
      
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