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The Vest

Deep in your closet, back beyond the lethargic chiming of abandoned coat hangers, you go rooting through your vests. You want your Christmas vest - brass buttons and red wool that feels like pool table baize, except thicker. Your first wife bought it for you and your new wife wants to throw it

Publication: The Washington Post

End of the line for the string vest.

IT'S the end of a great British institution - the string vest has finally been declared extinct. For decades it was the ultimate symbol of raw, unreconstructed masculinity, beloved by builders, miners and the likes of Ricky Tomlinson in The Royle Family. However, sales have plummeted to zero

Publication: Northumberland Gazette (Alnwick, England)

Photographer's vest more than a garment

Earlier this year, I attended a formal wedding. Naturally, I noticed the official wedding photographer. From a distance, he looked like he was wearing a tuxedo. But upon closer examination, I saw that he was wearing a photographer's vest designed to look like a tuxedo. His vest was stuffed with

Publication: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)

Can you invent a better life vest?(Local)

Byline: JACK DORSEY BY JACK DORSEY THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT Got an idea for a better life jacket? Could earn you $5,000. Go ahead. Think crazy and out of the box. How about a device worn over the shoulder that, when it gets wet, becomes a floating log to support your weight? Maybe a pair of buoyant

Publication: The Virginian Pilot

Illinois to celebrate Free Fishing Days

Illinoisans will celebrate one of our grandest outdoors traditions during Illinois Free Fishing Days from June 6-9. "Free Fishing Days allows anyone to fish without the need for a fishing license, inland trout stamp or salmon stamp during the four-day event," Illinois Department of Natural

Publication: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)

Smoking my grandfather's pipe while fishing (as I wish he had done).(Poem)

There's a zippered pocket inside my fishing vest, where I keep my grandpa's pipe. Tonight, on a sandbar just below the snag, the time is finally right to pack the bowl with fresh tobacco--the way I saw him do it when I was just a kid-- and burn it into life. At last light, when fish can't even see

Publication: Phi Kappa Phi Forum

Getting 'hooked' on fishing Expert offers tips to turn your grandchildren into lifelong anglers.(SunBurst)

Byline: Garry Winter Daily Herald Correspondent Grandparents and grandchildren may well find their common bond at the end of a fishing rod, believes Ron Zabadal, chairman of the new Sun City Anglers Club. Zabadal speaks with some 30 years experience in teaching young people how to fish. It includes

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)