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I have to use my brain at work which doesn’t work too well after only a few hours sleep.. the body is still pretty good at dealing with tiredness tho..

The kids were doing some 'Escape Room' thing this morning so we had an attic full of teenagers last night.. I was too tired to go to work. Got up and yawned.. then yawned again. Then i Pepsi Challenged some nut butter ..and headed out to the Peaks ..tried to find a route from Padley Gorge through the woods.. ..to Nether Padley ..but it was more of a push and carry over rocks than a rideable trail so i bagged it off and rode up to White Edge ..all the way to the trig point ..nailing it through the Devils Elbow on the way home ..i got barged out of the way by a herd of cows... cows eh? 4hrs later... I stuck the headphones on and walked to Abbeydale road, it's Pakistani mango season.. i nearly hooked up with @MJF9 here once upon a time Tagging is a middle class affair in S11 through the park Feeding the ducks ..along Sharrow Vale Road ..restored garden furniture at Gilberts junk emporium ..kept walking ..past Kenwood Road ..and down to London Road wearing Supreme work shorts, Blue Lug t-shirt and Odd Future Vans. If you were going on Springer in the 90s you'd need a couple of hair pieces "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry" Drooooool! ..and home

I say a friendly hello or good morning to folks i pass in the street but i would never strike up a conversation about jeans.. or anything for that matter My bike and/or car draws a lot of attention from nerds (especially the bike) but if i noticed someone riding the same bike.. i would never initiate a conversation with them .. but if they did with me, i'd happily chat. If i see folks i know in the wild, if they haven't spotted me, i'll do my best to avoid them.. .. my old school friend owns a coffee shop around the corner from my work.. when it opened i called in for a chat having not seen him for more than a decade.. since then i take a longer route around because i can't be arsed to stop and chat

@CSL .. i've just been down to the local opticians to book an eye test and get my prescription lenses put into these Hakusan frames, they were telling me about a company they use called https://www.speccareservices.co.uk/ who can retrofit wired nose cushions to their existing acetate frames, you might be able to find a similar service on your side of the pond.

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Here’s a good reflection of what folks wear in SA.. This was favela Rocinha Brazil (so non of these folks are tourists) mid-day in the height of the summer. The guy who we was with (Ramirez) said “don’t point your camera at teenagers carrying automatic weapons” We did Sao Paulo, Ipanema, Copacabana, Botofogo, Salvador and Buzios.. the clothing didn’t change much (apart from Salvador with its Afro-brazilian influence) even though it’s hot af! It also pissed it down with hot rain on the regular so cheap, lightweight and fast drying with flip flops for the locals.

Vintage (ish) Hakusan Megane T-Jerry's .. .. i think these were made for a period up to 2014? .. the version i wanted have this shaped hinge rivet ..the rivet was changed to (or from) a horizontal shaped rivet at some point after release.. There are far fewer examples with this^ shape so i'm inclined to think this was the first edition.. the person who i bought them from certainly thinks so and he has lots of At Last / Tenderloin goodies.. that said, there is conflicting infos online. Hakusan are one of the few who actually make their glasses by hand from start to finish at their shop in Shinjuku, they've been doing so since 1883. My pair had recently been returned to Hakusan for a polish and service. The difference between these and factory produced acetate frames is just night and day tiny Hakusan logo cast into the resin nose cushions, see what i mean about the level of craftsmanship ..beautifully made things @CSL .. sizes are below A- 142mm B- 120mm C- 12.5mm Frame Height- 46mm Lens Height- 39mm Lens Width- 49mm D- 140mm At Temples- 157mm E- 140mm

I'm not that familiar with what Brits do abroad.. sorry British people but i'm on holiday.. i'm trying my best to get away from you fuckers! ..but from my experience folks in hot climates don't cover up.. the elderly do but the elderly cover up here as well, for most folks, it's lighweight shorts, sleeveless or regular t-shirt and flip flops.. most young women, it's hotpants over a bikini.. flip-flops, floppy hat and sunglasses..

edit- sorry, i meant hotter in the US

Factor 50 for me always.. but if jeans can stop me getting skin cancer then maybe I need to reconsider.. or maybe get a denim gimp mask because my face has a lot more exposure to UV than my legs.. Lucky you! Charlie, I’m back at work today having taken yesterday off but I’m currently sat outside my kids drama workshop in a boiling hot car while he does a read through. He’s part of the same acting workshop that supplied some of the actors for Netflix drama Adolescent.. alas, with less than 4% of working class folks employed in the arts sector .. it’ll just be him and William the Conqueror’s grandson Danny Dyer.. ‘Sadly’ no family slave trading monies to support his acting career like Benedict Cumberbatch.

With age comes wisdom Charlie.. You've just got to draw a line at some point and for me that point is around 22° .. our weather is glorious and i want to appreciate it as much as possible (our summers used to be awful, we were lucky to get a week without rain) i will appreciate the sunshine more if im wearing a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.. i will appreciate it a lot less if i'm uncomfortably hot, sweating my ass off in a pair of jeans.. I've done it before.. i used to hike the Peaks wearing jeans, vintage repro work boots and mil-repro jacket.. looks cool (from a certain perspective) but in reality i was wearing entirely the wrong clothing for my environment.. i'd be dry and comfortable if i was wearing gore.. so why are you not wearing gore?.. oh yeah, because you're a fkin idiot who cares more about his jeans than his own comfort.. would you wear jeans on the beach while all other folks are in shorts and bikinis? .. well no because it's 30°+ .. well, it's 30°+ everywhere at the moment I appreciate that wearing denim 24/7 gets you nice fades but if the flip is making yourself uncomfortably hot while others are enjoying the sunshine, there is nothing cool about that..

Wow! .. jeans in this weather, I haven’t worn a pair of jeans since around May My kid has a very similar shirt, it was only £8 from the vintage joint.. he said to me “dad, can you get me a grass hula skirt, I’m going to a Hawaiian party” .. yeah ok when is it? “Erm, Thursday” .. this was a Tuesday night He wore my vintage floral Stussy shorts instead with a Hawaiian shirt from the vintage joint and a string of flowers around his neck Its a great shirt though.. he’s incorporated it into his summer wardrobe..

This^ totally tracks.. we went to play tennis this morning at 11.30am.. it was so flipping hot my brain wouldn't function properly.. first set got to 5-5 and i couldn't even keep the score, we only played for an hour and had to keep sitting in the shade.. i've been for a 4hr bike ride this aftrnoon and felt fine.. When we were on the tennis court, the offspring told me that there are a lot of American tourists on Tik Tok complaining about the crazy stifling heat in the UK.. even though, the temps are lower than in the US.

Yep I'd guess on those instances where the rust shows in spots it's due to the warm water dissolving the sweaty fingers salt deposits on the button.. concentrating them within the last drop of water to evapourate.. leaving a spot which is more prone to rust.

Guys.. it's less to do with the water and more to do with the salt content in your sweat, the spices in the foods you eat and where your fingers and body have left sweat / salt deposits on the ferrous. A chap i used to work with.. all of his carbon steel carving tools were black.. mine are all silver.. one day, i was struggling to develop a shape i couldn't visualise.. he said pass me your gouge.. i handed it to him and he took it by the blade, he started to carve out the shape and handed it back.. the next day, his fingerprints were rusted into the steel.. i was pissed but 30yrs after his death, i still have his fingerprints rusted into my carving tool which i find quite poignant.

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That would be £800 with border charges applied, between £500 and £600 without. If president man-baby gets his way, you too could experience these import joys.. I do think they're worth it though @CSL ... the finish and level of craftsmanship is superb, they still feel brand new. The difference between these and factory produced acetate frames is like night and day.. the only thing i have which comes anywhere close is my c1960 MiA Rayban Caribbean but even those are not in the same ballpark.. not even close! i'll post up some photos and dimensions over the weekend.

Did emailing them work out?

Hi Carl, I have the exact same issue and i had the same conversation with b_F only a few weeks ago.. i might be able to help, the reason i persuaded him to try Japan Rabbit was.. around a year ago, i found these frames by Hakusan Megane. They're the T-Jerry's (or Jerry's) ..but they're not cheap at around £5-600 on the auction sites (they haven't been in production for many years so it's worth waiting for a good pair) .. meaning they would hit the UK border at £800, i'd struggle to get my money back should i not be entirely happy with them.. I'm in a health scheme so i get my cost of optical back.. therefore i can buy a pair of fancy frames and my health scheme covers the cost of an eye test and replacement lenses every 12mths... i've been wearing the same frames for the last 7yrs so over that time.. it spreads the cost. They have the wired cushions at the nose.. ..which i need for all frames, for one it stops them constantly slipping down my face but for me.. i have a slightly wonky nose therefore, to enable me to sit the glasses symmetrically on my face, i have to move one cushion slightly in and one cushion out.. i can't do this with most acetate frames so i don't but them for reading glasses. I found a similar looking pair at our local opticians without the wired nose cushions.. and took all the sizes.. measuring them up accordingly to see if they would suit me.. but if you want to wait for actual dimensions.. the glasses should land here at some point next week.

Come on Emma!

My kid and 5 or 6 of his mates walked to Hathersage last night, played some pool, got burgers at the pub then got the last bus home.. while walking through Burbage, he said "Ooh! the bilberries are out' and his mates were like.. what the fuck! .. what the hell are you doing?! don't eat random berries! I asked him if they ate some after they'd seen you do it.. "no they wouldn't touch them" Kids today eh?

It looks like the weather is going to turn to shit this weekend so i took today off.. God damn neighbours put this Furby under their tree before they moved back to Holland.. it's been out through the winter yet, 2yrs later and it still speaks, it scares the shit out of me! ..early game of tennis.. my kid has been working on the allotments this week, doing all the jobs the old folks don't want to do.. digging, strimming, removing brambles and such, he starts at 12.30.. one of the neighbours kids used to do it but he's on a gap year in Bali. I rode through Burbage Through Longshaw ..and past White Edge Lodge, you can rent this joint as a holiday let, It was in the TV adaptation of Jane Eyre White Edge Blacka Moor It's a great year for bilberries.. When i was a kid, my folks would take me, my friends and cousins out bilberry picking, we'd all have a bucket or a Wall's Icecream tub.. there would be a gang of kids on th hillside, our hands stained purple for the week.. they'd make bilberry jam, bilberry cheesecake, bilberry wine.. we'd live off them through the autumn, yet cost of living crisis and the bilberries are going to waste.. ? ..stopped for a pint of Absolution at the Norfolk Arms ..and home

Are you taking early retirement @mlwdp ?

A t-shirt can be made on a loopwheel machine.. tubular knit without side seams It can also be loopwheel material with side seams if they've cut the tube before cutting the pattern. It can be non loopwheeled material without side seams, made on a tubular knitting machine It can also be tubular knit with side seams..

Through the browser. It's pretty much the same as Zen.. only difference i could see, you have to use card because they don't accept PP.. the fees are a lot higher than either Zen or fJ so the saving you make has to offset the increased fees to make it worthwhile.