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Screen printing is the way to do it

You’re allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself or your property I only remember one case here in the UK which brought the law into question.. there was a guy called Tony Martin, he lived in a remote and rather dilapidated farm house, he was having issues with folks breaking in and steeling his furniture (theft is always a crime, even if you find someone on the street, it doesn’t make it your property) the police had no record of these crimes but if you’ve ever reported theft to the cops, they do fuck all so there is very little point reporting it.. Some dudes broke into his house, I’m pretty sure their intention was to steal his stuff rather than photograph his decay.. he was waiting in the dark with an illegally held shotgun, opened fire shooting at random in the dark and killed one of them.. it went to court, his supporters believed he had every right to defend his property but we have a ‘reasonable force’ law over here.. ie- a burglar breaks into your house.. is it considered reasonable to (let’s say) hit them in the face with a baseball bat, killing them in the process if they are (to quote South Park) coming right for you.. yes indeed it is, is it considered reasonable to stab them in the back if they’re running out your door with your laptop under their arm.. then no, because you’re not under threat.

I was looking at a new photography book last week (Abandoned by Angus McKay) of properties around the highlands.. Some lovely photos https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8900zp534o

A lot of that^^ Wende Cragg docu is taken from Klunkers the Billy Savage film from 15yrs previous.. It's focuses less on Wende but it's the same crew / story.. almost word for word You can buy the DVD for £40.. or watch it for nowt here.. https://vk.com/video-64941521_167503531 It's a much deeper dive into the culture

I'm glad we're not a nation of crazy gun nuts.. i'd have more holes than a colander Over here.. tresspass is a civil case, if you find an abandoned building, it's up to the owner to keep you out, if you break in / damage someone's property, that's a crime, if you climb in through an open door or window, you've done nothing wrong, if the owner doesn't want you in there, it's up to them to keep you out.. If you are taken to court, they're trying to reclaim costs for the damage you caused while breaking in.. no sign of a break in, no case.

That's right.. Is there no tag in the pocket Martin?

I sold my M65 around a year ago.. it was from the early days before the supply of deadstock zippers ran out.. the amount of questions was exhausting, i got the feeling it was blogers, just using me for infos.. i replied 16 times to one guy's questions then he just cut me dead withot an offer.. great jacket but a hard sale.

If you put this place behind closed doors it would be the final nail in the coffin..

Remember that Chinese mill-repro forum i found?.. they'd copy/pasted photos of us wearing N1s, M65s, A2s.. and so on.. they were discussing each of our waywt pics and that one was always a favourite.. the muscle-man forum, they were all fkin massive with testosterone and HGH.. one of them had stumbled on this place.. they were all laughing at our denim-absurdities, with avatars akin to grindr profiles

They asked me to submit some of my jeans years ago so they could do a feature.. why would i want to do that? I've often seen the M-Series archive quoted in Yahoo sales which i take as a compliment

Not exactly a Type 1.. but if you're looking for somthing similar with a short body and wide shoulders, the LVC 1880s triple pleat is as short as they come.. if i remember rightly @Maynard Friedman has a size 40 for sale which should fit the bill, it was recommended you size up.

Did anyone win those M41001s?

You def get more shrinkage with a hot wash than you do with a cold wash and not just jeans, cotton t-shirts too.. i've worn the same jeans and Gildan tees for years in both home and workshop environment, in order to get my work clothing even close to clean, it needs washing at 40°C, the white tees at 60°C.. the tees are tight when i put them on but stretch back with wear.. whereas my clothing worn at home washed at 30°C doesn't shrink as much, the tees hardly shrink at all.. my clothing doesn't dry at room temp, it dries outdoors on the washing line.

Outside work, i hardly ever wear a denim jacket nowadays.. (hence the sale) i'm usually just running around in jeans and a sweatshirt, if it's cold, i'll stick a down jacket / vest over the top.. if it's raining i'll stick a waterproof over the top.. In work, i'm still wearing my trusty, yet very threadbare WH 2001 every day. Beside the WH and the Junky i'v just got a LVC (555) 506xx which i only wear with very worn jeans.. i'm not keen on crispy new dark jeans worn with a well worn, faded denim jacket look..

Sold.. Thx for the interest Here you go lads.. Length is taken at the back from beneath collar to hem Seen here, it's perfectly in proportion for a 506xx It's in o/w condition with the tiniest amount of rub to the cinch strap.. i can photograph it of course but we get very little daylight at this time of year so you'll either have to take my word for it or wait till the weekend.

Ok, give me a few hours, I’ll measure it up when I get home. I can’t do much about the price I’m afraid, they were released at an exhibition for rarely seen 1946 goodies from the Toyo vaults, I managed to buy the jeans but all the jackets sold out on opening night so I had to pay a small fortune for one, a few weeks later from Yahoo in o/w condition...

It’s tagged 40, do you want me to measure it up?

That's right B Can we move all this to the blunders thread where we can have a good bitch about it without derail?

There was a guy years ago who checked out for 1000s.. he posted here (superfashion) I think, there was a thread dedicated to hunting him down over on SF.. sorry, can’t be more specific, I’m out on a bike ride.

Nice.. There was a time that folks would have queued around the block for this^ shirt

With the ongoing gentrification of workwear, i think that sounds like a superb idea

Spotted some more penis bacony jeans today.. it hasn't taken long for the craze to catch on These'uns are only £50 from H&M

Yep.. that and being financially privileged enough to consider a £150 mark-up on a pair of £150 jeans a perfectly acceptable price to pay.. it’s just not a retail model which could work in many of the cities across the UK..

I should’ve mentioned.. you have to buy Uniqlo’s 30% elastane, slim fit, distressed selvedge to qualify ..

That sounds horrible.. Any good? .. i dunno, good at what? they're just selling overpriced jeans to clueless Londeners with too much money, it's like shooting fish in a barrel I've used their hemming service numerous times and it's acceptable for £20 .. (i think R&H charge £30) our options are fairly limited over here. I don't shop at these kind of places.. i walked right past R&H a few weeks ago.. i just don't see the point in going in to look at jeans which cost 50% less in Japan.