Funny. I was just telling my friend Erik about the International Male catalog last night. When I was in high school back in the late 80s, IM was a hot source for kids like me (ie: in the boonies of East Tennessee) to get some seriously queer fashion.
That’s queer as in different, y’all. I never even thought about buying a mesh tank top. 
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In much more butch news, Erik made some crazy progress on the CL350 while I was on vacation. Last night he showed me how the thing will start with the slightest press of the electric starter button. It definitely needs some tuning (timing, fuel mixture, etc.) and there are some … uh … idiosyncracies — like when you rev it above 7000 RPM and the tachometer just goes BERSERK!!!
Then we worked on the clutch a little bit and got that working, so Erik took that little 35 year-old motorcycle for a spin around his neighborhood.
It’s a runner!
OMG, head-to-toe pink linen.
I think I remember their line of clothing being a bit different back in the 80s.
Yeah, quite a bit different.
I don’t think I would admit to [there was supposed to be a link to something here -- jcs], but that’s me. Holy god WTF is that!??!!?
We used to have one of those people in our town that would order from the Sears and JC Penny catalog for you (I never understood that.. I think it was for people who only had cash?), the Variety Store (you could buy clothes or school supplies there), the Farm Store where you could buy Levi’s or cattle supplies, and a “fashion” store called R & B which also had the old timey soda fountain. None of those exist any more…
ack.. broken link.