Blue collar muddy at work 90s country on the radio

Good morning ladies and gentlemen: One thing I had to deal with and learn in life is the difficulty in making choices. If you are like many people choices can become so daunting that it sends you into a panic attack ( not really, figuratively speaking). One day I was reading this story and it really changed my approach on things. Many of you might not have this dilemma in life and that’s is awesome; but if you do, this might help you as well or maybe someone you know. So there’s a story about a shoe salesman in Los Angeles in 1950s I can’t remember his name, but he was a very successful and owned a whole bunch of women’s shoe stores. A journalist asked him what’s your secret and he said “two not three” and the journalist was like what do you mean? He said If woman comes into my store I’ll bring a pair of shoes. She’ll try them on and she’ll say can I see that pair please, and I’ll bring her a second pair of shoes, and she’ll say can I also see that pair please? He’ll say which one would you like me to take away? The reason is, because what he found if they had a choice of three they bought none, and when they had a choice of two they bought one. Why? Because that’s too much choices. So what I started doing this in my life. I’ve added constraint; which is like, I’ve got all these options on the table that don’t matter. So what I’ll start doing is; I’ll start pairing them, off between these two. Get rid of that and between these two get rid of that one, and the choices become really easy and then I get to the final two. This little exercise in decision making will help make rational decisions in a timely manner without the unnecessary stress.

I am not referring to country and western here. On a side note-when I bought my 2017 f-150 back in ‘20 it was on kvoo, the 100 year old Big Country station and Ive never changed it. Love the music-So clearly this isn’t a dig on western wear. Rather, I have posted several times on my affinity toward British country attire: tweeds, woolens and wearing a Barbour jacket in lieu of a sports coat. Barbour is the quintessential country attire in the UK and abroad. But what about the US equivalent: Filson. Barbour was founded in 1894. Filson was founded in 1897. Filson grew its fame from providing the go-to gear for loggers and hunters battling the brutal NorthWest US environments of Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Today it is a well made garment that demands a hefty ( many would agree too hefty) premium. I try to pick them up on sale when possible. SO……if a Barbour coat works as a sportcoat why not an Americanized country version. My son accidentally left the chocolate tin cloth short lined cruiser jacket by Filson in my truck as he performed with the band yesterday. Muhaaaaa-revenge for all the garments pilfered out of my closet by him. OOTD Filson waxed jacket Basket weave CT oxford shirt Rl tartan fringe edge tie Orvis mole skin Brittish tan trouser Lucessee smooth ostrich ropers Orvis green faced field watch Wool fedora picked up in Verona Italy