TCB: happy jeans contest

[bradl]

That scenery is to amazing, even though it's not much you don't see roads like that much in Canada.

[volvo240thebest]

That's my parking place. I live in a old and very tiny pedestrian only village in the countryside and we all park on the national road. I will try to take more pictures of the surroundings later along the contest.

Edited June 7, 2014 by volvo240thebest

[beautiful_FrEaK]

I have to say, I am really looking forward to a lot of pics.

From the gentleman above me (show us Italy!), food porn from aho and if ah_long's pair turns out just half as nice as his Eternals, the contest was already a success And we all now what Aaron can do for crazy TVShooter-shit 

[volvo240thebest]

Ahah, here you go.. A couple of photos for absolutely no friggin reason other than it's June it's a glorious day and I am happy being home on a day off from work!

Epic double espresso shot, out of my Bacchi

Coffee sipping

TCB 60's

[redragon]

This will be epic.

[fellini_esque]

Are we up to 45?

[volvo240thebest]

Not quite Fellini, I think we should be around 35.

Once the official list is nailed down it'd be nice to have a definitive list with the nationality of all contestants.

Is there any lady in the contest? That'd be rad too.

[volvo240thebest]

Edited for double post

Edited June 7, 2014 by volvo240thebest

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 9, 2015 by hoggreaser

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 9, 2015 by hoggreaser

[fre-co]

Puglia is fantastic. The food is awesome as is the countryside.

Never been to Liguria although my friend has family and a house there.

[volvo240thebest]

/\ I loves a lady in good jeans.

Volvo, I envy your life! You live in a beautiful region of your country, in what is clearly an enchanting local area, drive a superb car, and always have an excellent fit. Not only that but you have an enviable kitchen. All good things indeed.

On a side note, it never came about this year but we'd been looking at the Puglia region for a summer holiday, may need to revise that thought and consider Liguria instead thanks to your scene shots.

Ah ah thanks!

Both Puglia and Liguria are great, depending on what you're after. You should see both! They're so different, our region has been working on tourism from many many years while in Puglia the tourism is more of a recent thing, therefore down there it's still a little more wild (which I like!).

Here we have a lot of beautiful old villages, countryside is great and there are some great places for open air sports like climbing and mountain bikes. And then there's Genoa, which is amazing and very worth a visit. Beaches are nice but depending on which time of the year you're coming they might be cramped of people.

Puglia's beaches are great and if you're going to spend most of the time at the sea it's a good choice. Salento, Puglia's southernmost part, it's nice. They have some outrageously good street food traditions down there, and life it's still fairly cheap.

Edited June 8, 2014 by volvo240thebest

[bradl]

Ah ah thanks!

Both Puglia and Liguria are great, depending on what you're after. You should see both! They're so different, our region has been working on tourism from many many years while in Puglia the tourism is more of a recent thing, therefore down there it's still a little more wild (which I like!).

Here we have a lot of beautiful old villages, countryside is great and there are some great places for open air sports like climbing and mountain bikes. And then there's Genoa, which is amazing and very worth a visit. Beaches are nice but depending on which time of the year you're coming they might be cramped of people.

Puglia's beaches are great and if you're going to spend most of the time at the sea it's a good choice. Salento, Puglia's southernmost part, it's nice. They have some outrageously good street food traditions down there, and life it's still fairly cheap.

I wish I could've asked for your advice when I went to Italy, instead I only went to Venice....

[volvo240thebest]

PS also, is that a stove top Bacchi you mentioned? How would you compare against other espresso pots e.g. a Moka?

Dude, there is no comparison! Bacchi is a unique model, it uses a pressure system (similar to a pressure pan) to extract a perfect espresso coffee at the right pressure of 9.2 bar on a stove top. Mr Bacchi is the Leonardo Da Vinci of coffee making!

A moka makes a moka coffee which by any means is not an espresso. The Bacchi is a finicky machine, needs a high quality grinder to go along with it and takes time to pour two espresso's (about 4/5 mins) but once you know it the quality is on par with the best old style lever coffee machines for bars.

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 9, 2015 by hoggreaser

[fellini_esque]

All this Italy talk is making me want to have an espresso and watch a Fellini flick

[volvo240thebest]

^^ my pleasure Hoggy! Should you ever decide to come over let me know and I'll make sure you won't miss what's not to be missed!

[exaptavist]

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Edited October 9, 2015 by hoggreaser

[aho]

Alright everyone! Just waiting on one last patch entry and we should be set to order soon! I have all the details in place but want to make sure we get this right. In the meantime, here is the most up to date list, let me know if you've changed your mind, or if I missed you!

 

1 bobbo
2 aho
3 volvo240thebest
4 Projectp
5 mumbojumbo
6 KrunkyB1
7 garden gnomes in space
8 ed
9 tchengaa
10 fre-co
11 PAUL T (!)
12 rayw44
13 jyoni
14 erk
15 sugar mountain
16 Jared-Lee
17 fellini_esque
18 chazychaz
19 coldstorage
20 gratefulmelon
21 simon
22 TV SHOOTER
23 tpun (?)
24 kcobain123
25 meschan
26 @nelsonhoward
27 @slysamonte
28 @rlabrina
29 ranon
30 Unique

31 Inoue-san TCB

32 Taishing

33 ah_long

 

The Lost Found have set up a new Paypal address for the ordering process and will work directly with TCB to place our orders. They will cover all shipping, taxes, etc.; just remember that we'll need to pay $200+paypal fees. Let's aim to get all orders in in the next two weeks, I'll have the details up tonight after once last conversation with our sponsor!

[garden gnomes in space]

Can we/have we confirmed the size charts on page 1 are accurate?

[fellini_esque]

Very excited to wear some new jawnz thx for the updAte aho

Edited June 9, 2014 by fellini_esque

[ah_long]

Alright everyone! Just waiting on one last patch entry and we should be set to order soon! I have all the details in place but want to make sure we get this right. In the meantime, here is the most up to date list, let me know if you've changed your mind, or if I missed you!

 

1 bobbo

2 aho

3 volvo240thebest

4 Projectp

5 mumbojumbo

6 KrunkyB1

7 garden gnomes in space

8 ed

9 tchengaa

10 fre-co

11 PAUL T (!)

12 rayw44

13 jyoni

14 erk

15 sugar mountain

16 Jared-Lee

17 fellini_esque

18 chazychaz

19 coldstorage

20 gratefulmelon

21 simon

22 TV SHOOTER

23 tpun (?)

24 kcobain123

25 meschan

26 @nelsonhoward

27 @slysamonte

28 @rlabrina

29 ranon

30 Unique

31 Inoue-san TCB

32 Taishing

33 ah_long

 

The Lost Found have set up a new Paypal address for the ordering process and will work directly with TCB to place our orders. They will cover all shipping, taxes, etc.; just remember that we'll need to pay $200+paypal fees. Let's aim to get all orders in in the next two weeks, I'll have the details up tonight after once last conversation with our sponsor!

 

so they'll cover taxes for us as well? really?

[aho]

Sorry I mean its just the flat fee of $200+paypal fees...Any other duty, etc. that happens after purchasing cannot be covered. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding the question!

[ah_long]

ok, I was wondering about duties and taxes? any idea if Lost & Found could lower the shipment value for buyers for us to save on duties and taxes?

 

I'm also wondering why Goldyard in HK can sell them for less than $1100HKD ~ $140USD and we need to pay $200+PP fees... I don't really mind the $200 price, but there seems to be quite a big discrepancy in pricing, especially considering that these are contest jeans..

[Sugar Mountain]

Ah Long - I misreported the price of the TCB in Goldyard. They are more like HK$1600 so the price that the Lost Found are offering is actually a little cheaper using a rough exchange rate. Plus, this is a special run of course.

[aho]

Not to mention (and this was just confirmed), we'll have a leather patch with the custom design!

[garden gnomes in space]

nice!  i was wondering about that...

[volvo240thebest]

it'd be great if Ed could kindly mark down the shipment value, indeed!

Edited June 10, 2014 by volvo240thebest

[edmond]

ill mark it 5 bucks for all i care

[edmond]

Just measured the even sizes of the 50's in one wash accurately aho will post them soon. Odd sizes will be in between the even size you people do the math.

Will stretch out 1 invh depends on how tight or if you wear a belt. Again fabric is fucktardly amazing.