Denim World Championship - SuFu Division

[Broark]

Another wash and dry for my pair.

Wish I had some better photo taking abilities, but I've only got an iPhone 6 and the lighting always seems to come out wonky...

[nizzel55]

I am on parental leave atm and I am out with my son alot. Visiting playgrounds or just walking around in the parks of Malmö.

I often carry my camera around. This has resulted in me taking quite alot of pictures. Most of my son but also quite alot of my jeans.

So here comes some photos from this morning.

2015-09-08

Edited September 9, 2015 by nizzel55

[DhaDha]

123 days now. giving them a soak today before going off to get the fly and back pocket stitched up. the threads are starting to break in places, although nothing that affect them structurally yet. 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2015 by DhaDha

[Blue Nemo]

Broark, your pair starts to come along. Really like the texture on these and over time you will yield awesome vintage fades

[Maynard Friedman]

@ nizzel - I hear paternal leave in Sweden is pretty good, it starts as soon as you find out your partner is pregnant and you return to work once the child is 21 - is this true?!

It's only 2 weeks in the UK so the simple solution to make it worthwhile is to have as many kids as possible.

[nizzel55]

Haha.. It is pretty much true.

You get 480 days together with your partner. You can spend it pretty much how you want it.

If you only take out 5 days a week you can be home with your kid for 2 years.

My wife was home 1,5 year with both my daughter and my son. I will be home for 5 months with my son. Will be back at work the first of November.

I was home 4 months with my daughter. (she is now 4,5 years)

The good part is that I got more days left to spend on both my daughter and my son.

I can save those days until the kids are 7 or something. I can not really remember.

The good thing about that, is that I can take out two or three weeks extra each summer the coming years.

Making the summer vacation longer

And the best thing is that your employer can not deny you parental leave if applied two months ahead.

The parental system in Sweden is great.

It is such a privilege that you get the time to bond and get closer to your kids.

I am enjoying it immensely.

It is quite stressful at times as well. Being at work is easier.

Edited September 9, 2015 by nizzel55

[Cucoo]

Damn, the German system is pretty good already (especially compared to anything anglo-saxon it seems ) but you make me wish I was Swedish!

 

My wife and me are both back to work just now after paternity leave, my wife had been at home for over a year and I did two months. Good times. 

[Blue Nemo]

Yeah, and I already regret it a bit having not spend as much time as possible with our kid, instead sending her to kindergarten and spending our time at the university way too long...

[overdRAWn]

... when I took my 12 months with my first son 13 years ago I had to save money for a living for that time (as there was no payment during paternity leave). In my job I was the "outlaw" back then, I was the strange guy ... only some colleagues had sympathy for my step.

 

Well, lost my job during that time (although not allowed, but the managers and I made an agreement and I never returned to that job).

 

A time, 12 months, 1 year, 52 weeks of learning, stunning efforts and of course me, my son and 300 mothers enjoying summertime at the local "beach club" .... I was the king amongst queens :-)

 

overdRAWn / GERMANY

[holio cornolio]

@ nizzel - I hear paternal leave in Sweden is pretty good, it starts as soon as you find out your partner is pregnant and you return to work once the child is 21 - is this true?!

It's only 2 weeks in the UK so the simple solution to make it worthwhile is to have as many kids as possible.

It was 2 weeks on statutory minimum when my kids were born, so my employer was only obliged to pay something like £120 per week which would have left me a little shy on the old mortgage payment. So in the end paternity leave is still pretty worthless in the UK. It may have changed more recently. My youngest is 9. I took 2 weeks holiday to bond. No wonder he thinks I'm a c@@t.

[Maynard Friedman]

I'm sure that's not the only reason HC

There, you can feel much better about yourself now.

Edited September 10, 2015 by Maynard Friedman

[holio cornolio]

^ thanks. I do feel better.... wait what?

[bradl]

Front picture is quite atrocious, so you get my better side anyways. Will do some better pictures tomorrow.

 

 

Also since my 2001 is apart of this now

 

[pudaspriest]

An entry from the "I was bored waiting for shit to carbonate at work" series of fine photographs. 

[Max Power]

Now I know where those stacks and combs come from that you sometimes see in asian forums.

[Megatron1505]

Mini update....

 

 

 

 

 

[KrisB]

I was just thinking "I wonder how mega is doing", cool update dude they're lookin good.

 

Update: I'll be posting again soon, my jeans are said to arrive next week; repaired and ready to go

Edited September 12, 2015 by KrisB

[pudaspriest]

 

you can almost see my jeans here!

[Max Power]

As my WH have somewhat disappeared, here's just my jacket.

[spitfiredealer]

Still no news on them max?

[nizzel55]

I have not been wearing my UHR much since I noticed a small wound on the back of my knee.

I was afraid it was psoriasis. But I do not know. They could not tell at the skin clique. Anyhow. I am only wearing them once in a while now. My main focus will be on the 666SII.

These do have potential though

2015-09-13 - 65 days (02 soak, 00 hand washes, 01 machine wash)

Edited September 13, 2015 by nizzel55

[Slowitchu]

 

you can almost see my jeans here!

Homebrew? Tell me more!

Edited September 14, 2015 by Slowitchu

[pudaspriest]

It was a festival in Boston featuring ciders from all over the place. My company was pouring there and the owner of the company was hosting a seminar on cider making. First time I had done one of these festivals since I am usually stuck in the cellar making the stuff! Fun time for sure but boy was I tired of describing my cider by the end of it. 

[KrisB]

 

 

The buckle and rivets are really nice, but is it comfortable when sitting down?

[cmboland]

5 months. FHxNFxTY they look unusually distorted. I'm hand holding a 24mm lens

Edited September 14, 2015 by cmboland

[pudaspriest]

Ran across the cut offs from hemming my jeans so snapped a couple pics comparing the color from then till now. 

[mandel9000]

Quick question: Is it possible to enter with two pairs in the same division? I haven't been able to fit comfortably into my TCB superslims for a few months now, but I don't want to abandon them completely either if I switch to another pair. I'd like the opportunity to go back if I can. 

[mandel9000]

In the meantime, I finally got around to documenting the jeans' current status with a better camera, in better lighting. A day or two of wear since June.

 

 

 

[nizzel55]

My son wanted to join my photo session

[Slowitchu]

It was a festival in Boston featuring ciders from all over the place. My company was pouring there and the owner of the company was hosting a seminar on cider making. First time I had done one of these festivals since I am usually stuck in the cellar making the stuff! Fun time for sure but boy was I tired of describing my cider by the end of it. 

Cool, interesting to hear about cider, it's not so common here but the beer scene is just getting bigger and bigger. 

I know the feeling, you get exhausted after a whole day of just talking to so many people!

Me and a friend have been making beer for a few years now, I know that Mega brews some too? We just got us a new 50L brewer.