Jeans were America’s first working clothes, then symbols of disobedience only to become fashion items. Their history is long and colorful.
The surest way to riches during the California Gold Rush was not to work your tail off diggin’ in the dirt; it was “mining the miners.”
Find something they couldn’t do without. Whiskey and women are usually the first things that come to mind
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