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I quite like the fit.

Walk a lot, eat little, and only high-quality food. Seems like a win-win option. Here, in Ukraine in wartime conditions, many people cope with stress by eating more. Maybe they’re storing fat just in case. That applies to me too. One way or another, I keep seeing lots of people who are overweight.

How did you manage it? A special diet, or…?

I was fortunate enough to order a pair from Ono-san, and they remain among my favorite jeans. Prior to that, I had been messaging him on Instagram for quite a while without receiving a response. After I received my order, we kept corresponding on Instagram for some time, about books, jazz, color theory.

Morrissey

I had a pair of Boncoura 66s, and I had mixed feelings about them. On the one hand, they had a good cut and an interesting, deep color. But at the same time, something felt off. In the end, I found a simple resolution — I sold them, and managed to get a pretty good price.

I clicked on your link. The beginning is very promising🤣

Since there isn’t a dedicated thread about downsizing the collection, I’ll share here. Over the past year, I sold a few items — among them my very first pair of Japanese jeans, from Samurai, as well as a pair from Iron Heart — both of which I’d long since outgrown. There have been no new denim purchases, as I’m moving toward optimizing the collection. While years ago I was interested in trying out a variety of brands, I’ve now settled on a focus around just a few — primarily Full Count, Ooe Yofukuten, and Freewheelers.

Parcels from Japan to Ukraine are usually shipped via EMS. However, the process is a bit more complicated than for other countries. Typically, all shipments are flown to Poland. From there, they are transported by truck to Kyiv, and this part of the delivery is handled by the Ukrainian postal company, Ukrposhta. Upon arrival in Kyiv, the parcels are sent to customs, which clears them for further delivery and applies a duty if the declared value exceeds the set threshold (150 euros). The duty is paid at the local post office upon receiving the parcel. Delivery via DHL, etc. also happens occasionally, although very rarely. The route is roughly the same, but the overall delivery time is significantly shorter.

The news about this prize is the one I like most out of the whole contest🙂

Exactly. Blow it to bits with Tomahawks…

If you can’t even know the next moment, how can you ever speak of something as final as ‘never’? 🤣

Osho said: The so-called normal man is asleep, living mechanically. War is the ultimate expression of this sleepwalking. To awaken is to transcend both war and the madness we call peace... So I am pretty much busy transcending.

I always find it a bit puzzling when war is called politics — just an observation. To me, they seem like very different things. But anyway, I guess it’s hard to understand from the outside. And, I’m doing well, thank you.

And Louisiana to France