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I can’t speak to the particulars, but whatever the additional draw is I can say we haven’t really noticed it on our electric bill. That might not be helpful as I’m not sure what sort of rationing you’d have to do. There was already a 220 line next to the gas line that was installed before we bought our house, that was lucky. We did notice our bill change a little when switched to EV and a plug in hybrid (our mileage is generally fairly low, most miles total are electric) - maybe 12-13k a year for spread across two cars.

Yea I totally understand not switching due to cost. I’m speaking more about all the waxing poetic about it that I’ve seen here in the US - advertising and lobbying really and then people buying into it. There has been a lot of money spent trying to make people think gas is the best, and to actively invest in it - and it’s been done largely by utilities who just want to sell gas - the fossil fuel industry. @julian-wolf You're right though. We had to ditch our wok (which was also our only pan that lacked the magnetic properties needed). I do miss that a bit, but only when I’m reminded of it! There is a bit of an adjustment.

We all have our weird tradeoffs. I had a sinus injury when I was young, so I’m not sure I can taste/smell as well as the average person, but the romance over gas is something I truly cannot comprehend. Induction is faster, more precise, cleaner (air and surface). My brother who is an intrepid cook who does understand the difference in more subtle ways changed about two years ago, motivated at least in part by having a young child with asthma - and wonders why he was hesitant. For our part, we’re just slowly trying to electrify our home over time as we can afford, and this was just one step in that.

Heresy perhaps but what my jeans are doing is honestly cooking with magnets for the last few years. We replaced our gas range with an induction and I’ve not missed it for a second. No room here for waxing nostalgic about much! Our outside grill is gas, but gets little use!

no key ring for me. would have liked that! maybe I'll ask for one with my black pair...

I’m a firm believer in agitation’s role in the shrinking process.

Oh of course - I do that. They didn’t just stay there the whole time like this. They were just in here like while I did shit around the house - come back, agitate, fold them differently (small tub) and then they go in the wash afterwards.

Felt like fall a little bit here today which got me excited. I don’t currently have a crispy pair available so it was time to break one out and get it wet. We’ll see how voluminous they remain soon. Don’t expect fades on these any time in the near future though.

I was eyeing that a bit, alas it seemed a little small for me. Nice pickup.

My jeans have a similar repair, but in this case (and almost always) I get darning without any patch. I also have overstitched the middle seam to reinforce but in my case the darning was done because some fabric itself was starting to fray. It's been holding quite well as a repair now with another two month of bicycling on it.

hey neighbor, you can always email the man himself for specific sizing info but generally https://www.tenderstores.com/sizing/ is a good start. you know Today is supposed to start stocking Tender as well yea?

Sheesh! ^ ha, I’ve probably worn mine about 85% of days since this started, probably biked about 700 miles in mine, washed them close to 10 times and I don’t have close to that level of wear. Except I do have a big crotch darning job - waiting for that accounts for about 10% of the days I haven’t worn them. Same seam issues as you but it happens on pretty much every pair when I’m bike commuting.

It’s about the journey not the destination

I hate to say it, but it seems you’re wanting to control denim more than it can be controlled. Wash it now, you may get shrink, things might bleed a little, which is unavoidable whenever you wash, and your jacket will be ever so slightly lighter to begin the fading. And eventually, when you wash it again at some point, it will probably shrink just a little bit more. It might not, but it might. And you just have to live with it. It may stretch out again some too. Or you could wash it again a second time right now on a hot cycle to try to avoid this, but you’d lose more indigo, and you still might not avoid it completely. Denim is best thought of as a little bit of a living entity. If you like the fit now I would just get on with wearing it. That’s the best way to sort out the stiffness.

$20 is worth it unless you love hand stitching and don’t mind some first time sloppiness.