Pakamac

Hi Jeff were in Blackpool will you be

Hi plenty of people wearing plastic macs at last weeks Japanese Grand Prix

I'll be in Blackpool next week and will be wearing my see-through plastic mac when it rains.

Hi mac wearing men are thin on the ground these days but have seen one or two about town.

HI Ainslie I do not know were you live but I see a few pac a mac wearing men if you would like a date with one then I am free.

Hi Frank I have not seen one mac wearing any kind of mac for years let alone a plastic one.

Hi Gareth,
If you're not already familiar with Rainwear Central I recommend it to you.
If you ignore spitfire 617 (and you'll see why I say that) who seems to be trying to take the whole site over, there's a lot of photos you'll like, including some recent ones of the woman who you asked me about a month or so ago.
I think her name is Hannah.

Hi young people do not care what you are wearing some old men give odd looks who cares wear your macs with pride.

Hi Anna k I think I should have gone to Sweden being a big Abba fan and Volvo cars do you have many plastic macs now can you tell us about your walks in the rain Robin is a very lucky man many would like to be in his shoes myself included

There was lots of rainwear in Sweden when I was young. I cannot remember details because this had no special meaning for me. I used to have a couple of plastic macs that I wore for Robin.

Hi Ken,
You're right there, and I think a certain amount of smearing has been done by flashers, the mainly Sunday press and by comedians who used men wearing plastic macs as good for a cheap laugh.

Hi Ainslie men do not wear pac a macs because they are afraid of looking like a big girls blouse but I do wear mine now and nobody bats a eyelid expect people who are intrested in macs

It was really nice to read about your holiday in Ireland Robin, it reminded me of our holidays there. We have been quite a few times and always had some rain. It sounds like you were both well prepared though, did you have a lot of wet weather?

Hi my husband was a big Pacamac fan yet he would never wear one himself in fact I have not seen very men wear them why not.

Hi there is a old saying if something sounds to good to be true then its because it is.

Hello Anna k did you have plastic macs in Sweden and how many have you now we would all love to hear more off you I am sure.

Hi Anna k welcome hope we will hear more from you.

Robin asked me to look in here and write some words. Well, after so many years I am not so surprised that this place exists. From our beginning, I did not have psychological attachment to rainwear but Robin wanted to wear a plastic mac in the rain. I found it easy to join in and enjoyed the effects. It was fun for both us. He loved the Pakamac brand, but I had not heard it as I grew up in Sweden.

No comments off wife maybe no wife

Hello Robin sorry just thought it was someone I knew once.

Hi Robin good to hear your wife is alive and well does she read this page maybe you could ask her to comment on her side of things ladies are a bit thin on the ground here.

My second wife, whose name is something other than Brenda, is thankfully still with us on the planet - and still with me. As we both approach our seventies (and over 60 years after the original advert that sparked this discussion thread was in circulation), it's perhaps more nostalgic and sentimental that we are still able to enjoy wearing plastic Pakamacs in the rain.

Hi Margaret you have gone very quite or is it Mel Constance could be Chris very strange.

Hi Robin I am green with envy what luck is your second wife stil with you a bit of heaven on earth lucky lucky man

Hi Robin is your second wife named Brenda by any chance

Hi Colin I can not remember that much detail they were from Woolworths they had plastic buttons it was well over Forty years ago the good old days

My second wife was initially less enthusiastic about wearing plastic macs in public but, as our relationship developed, she became increasingly supportive of my desire to wear a plastic mackintosh in the rain. She helped me to overcome a lot of my legacy inhibitions. In the mid 1980's, as plastic rainwear for men became less popular, my wife accompanied me to Millets to buy one of the long, grey "made in Taiwan" plastic macs that they sold in little plastic pouches. It rustled noisily and gave off a strong, almost noxious smell of vinyl. With my wife's encouragement, I wore it in public many times.

In 1988, whilst ladies see-through plastic macs were undergoing a bit of a revival, my wife surprised me during a holiday trip to Ireland. We were walking along in Limerick and it started to rain. She opened her bag, took out a brand new C & A blue see-through plastic mac, and proceeded to put it on in front of me. That turned out to be a pretty good holiday.

Hi Ken,
Are you referring to the stitched plastic macs with stitched hood strings that Woolworths used to sell?
Bought two of those together one time. It was raining outside and the assistant said it looked as if I'd need them both.

Hi Robin the Winfield plastic mac was wonderful my wife had a few of them its a crime they are not about today

Hi Frank I will second that BJ get a life.