Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[CSL]

Am I nuts, or was 'Size down craze' initially listed as 'Sit down craze' (which was a mystery to me)...

Of course I could quite possibly be nuts either way.

Edited Wednesday at 04:46 AM by CSL

[Double 0 Soul]

Don't mess with me Carl!

Anything can happen they way my brain interprets certain words..

We have a forum member here called olmecasteve.. i know it's a nonsensical word but it sends my dyslexia wild

My brain knows him as omelette steve

[Double 0 Soul]

Oh... and for those who've only been around for a few years or are yet to do some deep thread mining.. these are 3 classic sufu threads

On 2/19/2025 at 1:41 PM, Double 0 Soul said:

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans..

 

Ie- "I've just cum on my jeans but i wasn't planning on washing for a few more months.. what's the best way of dealing with this situation? "

There are / were even photographs attached

It could only happen here!

[smoothsailor]

On 2/19/2025 at 6:27 PM, tigerstrom said:

 

[smoothsailor]

2 minutes ago, smoothsailor said:

 

My dyslexia and tech knowledge make me struggle to answer the referendum. But

 

Joined a tour.. No but @smoothsailor saw me in Tokyo and never said hi!.

 

while wearing a tour pair of freewheelers. I should have, excuses @Geeman

[smoothsailor]

Size down craze.. No

Slept in jeans.. Yes, but out off convenience at the time

Diors.. No

Fancy wallet.. yes from vintage engineer boots dude, still going strong after 10/12 yrs

Engineer boots..yes, owned 4 pairs, 3 pairs at the same time. It was a phase, like it all is

Ocean wash.. No

Resolute washing , dont know what that is

Never washing.. Never!

Coffee wash.. No thanks unless it’s from a micro roaster sun side South Pacific Ocean dryed double poor over

Slubby or streaky.. no 

Heavy oz denimz.. No

Joined a contest.. No

Joined a tour.. yes, DB freewheelers

APC.. N

Fancy washing detergent.. no

Worn denim while raw. Yes, always thought that was the whole point. Walked back in tenue denime store one time, wearing the Lee archives pair I had bought there. They freaked out that I washed it. YOU WASHED YOUR JEANS? Yes they were dirty

Paid for an expensive repair.. no, I befriended Mr handy denim, he had a shop aroundxthe corner from mine for a little while, funny geezer. He repaired a pair once, but at that point the pairvis never the same again

Wallet jewellery... no

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. yes, but what is expensive. I mostly wear vans eathentics nowadays, they are expensive for what you get

Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. no

Numerous fancy leather belts. No

Native American Japanese jewelry.. No

Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. Yes

Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. yes, many

Dressed like a sailor.. when I was a sailor, now mix and match

Dressed like a miner.. No, 

Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. no , does cowboy count?

Mil repro.. Yes,  but no camo. Gets to soldier for me and or to reanactment

Prison steez… No

Dressed like a railway worker.. had the RMC railroad coat

Stacked.. ?!

Starch.. no

Freezer.. No

Fancy socks.. no

Handmade English shoes.. trickers, probably my first expensive boots

Whites Semi Dress..yes, saw a pair from @illumin8em one time and had to have a pair.

plus it was fun “designing” a pair on their website

Discharge print.. no

Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. no

Photo of jeans in bathtub.. No 

Wore jeans wet.. only when caught raining riding my bike to work

£2000 leather jacket.. No, do like the looks on a few people. It’s better for young guys. Middle age guys like myself with leather jackets I find a bit sad

Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. no

Colored weft denim: No

Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn , no

Bought jeans nobody else owned.. No

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. that’s private

Denim meet up - ive met Me Black, Richard Okon, and dr Heech. Was good fun. Would be fun to meet members again, in a non specific denim situation 

Worn triple denim…yes

Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes

Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yes.

 

i copy and paste @Maynard Friedman his postbecause of the phat letter questions.

[Mr Black]

Ooooh you gotta love a quiz.

 

Size down craze.. No

Slept in jeans.. Yes, but more drifted off for longer than I intended

Diors.. hell No

Fancy wallet.. nope

Engineer boots.. had a pair i wore in my 20's. Still have them but theyre crumpled to fuck and probably unwearable

Ocean wash.. No

Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. No

Never washing.. No. Urrrgh. Dirty boys.

Coffee wash.. nope

Slubby or streaky.. slubby yes, but nothing too extreme. Actually, I have some Oni concrete denim, but I didn't pay for them.

Heavy oz denimz.. see above. 20oz.

Joined a contest.. nope. I'd like to, but I always seem to be skint when they come about.

Joined a tour.. Yep. Leroy Strauss tours on Denimbro

APC.. Nah

Fancy washing detergent.. Nope. Tesco's hand wash liquid.

Worn denim while raw.. Yes. But only for a week or two.

Paid for an expensive repair.. No. 

Wallet jewelry.. No

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. Not on this level, but expensive to me.

Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. according to my wife, yes. They're all identical. But what does she know eh.?

Numerous fancy leather belts.. not fancy, but made it myself.

Native American Japanese jewelry.. love the look, but no.

Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. sort of. Frizmworks Karakoram. Does that count?

Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. loads

Dressed like a sailor.. I prefer to call it sailish 🙂

Dressed like a miner.. I prefer to call it mine-adjacent.

Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. according to some old workmates, yes.

Mil repro.. Yes

Dressed like a railway worker.. hmmm. Probably guilty to a degree

Dressed like a teenage delinquent or hot rodder from the 40's/50's..Absolutely (despite being a middle aged goody goody)

Stacked.. no

Starch..No

Freezer.. No

Fancy socks.. Yes

Handmade English shoes.. Yes Trickers and some old veldtschoens.

Whites Semi Dress.. No

Discharge print.. no

Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. no. Still have way too many clothes

Photo of jeans in bathtub.. yep

Wore jeans wet.. yup

£2000 leather jacket.. No

Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. hah. Yes.

Colored weft denim: No

Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Most of it's been worn to a degree, but I doubt I ever NEED to buy another pair of jeans or jacket. Let's put need to one side though.

Bought jeans nobody else owned.. No

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. Not for many years

Denim meet up - no to 'hangs' (that idea still gives me the ick) but have met a few from here and have been to a few clutch/mens file thingymabobs.

Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…Yes. 

Worn triple denim…Triple.??my dear boy, I've sported quintruple denim. But only for amusement during lockdown. 

Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yeah, but always have a slight sense of shame when I do it.

Edited Wednesday at 05:21 PM by Mr Black

[Mr Black]

20 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Folks in the UK.. go look at the night sky people! it looks incredible..

The 7 planet alignment is on the 28th but it's so clear tonight.. i can see beehive without binoculars

Impressive wasn't it. Still struggled to work out what was what, but a beautiful sky.

[Double 0 Soul]

I'm going out for a few pints tonight with bike forum people.. in your face denim forum people!

Don't wait up...

[Geeman]

I hope you not riding home

[Double 0 Soul]

I'll be walking.. it's just at the top of my road, they will be though, they've got an airbnb above the buddhist meditation center

[Maynard Friedman]

4 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I'm going out for a few pints tonight with bike forum people.. in your face denim forum people!

I think chainstitching is the common theme.

[Geeman]

Will be expecting an update to:

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans...

I'm at a whisky festival on Saturday... may have to update mine

[Double 0 Soul]

The last time i went out with them.. i spent the following day face down on my desk with drool running out of my mouth.. i was so hungover, i had to buy a bacon and egg sarnie.. then i took one bite and couldn't manage any more..

[Mr Black]

Those bike forum people can get pretty wild.

[Maynard Friedman]

They’re complete cyclepaths!

[MJF9]

I've heard they can't handle bars!

[CSL]

16 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Oh... and for those who've only been around for a few years or are yet to do some deep thread mining.. these are 3 classic sufu threads

Ie- "I've just cum on my jeans but i wasn't planning on washing for a few more months.. what's the best way of dealing with this situation? "

There are / were even photographs attached

It could only happen here!

It's a pity I wasn't on the forum then. I would have immediately recommended this!

Edited Thursday at 12:22 AM by CSL

[julian-wolf]

Taking that approach to jeans wearing has always seemed like its own form of birth control—no need to double up

[tg76]

My typical kiwi yeah nah yeahs

Size down craze..yeah but only for APCs

Slept in jeans.. yeah but only because of too much alcohol 

Diors.. nah, but I did by some for someone

Fancy wallet.. nah

Engineer boots.. yeah, but nah. A fashion version, not very durable

Ocean wash.. yeah, because it was my birthday and I was hungover

Resolute washing / fit having previously not.. Nah

Never washing.. yeah nah, but wash infrequently unless they need it 

Coffee wash.. nah, tried it on some scrap denim to make an apron for someone but it was a bit meh

Slubby or streaky.. slubby yeah for our bedroom curtains, great light blocking.

Heavy oz denimz.. yeah my green samurai 

Joined a contest.. yeah , Roy and CircleAbrand

Joined a tour.. Yeah Dirtydozen+1 Evisu and Flathead which travelled with the e-peen t with everyone’s signatures on the back

APC.. yeah had a few cause they were comfy and yeah

Fancy detergent .. yeah 

Worn denim while raw.. yeah, but only for 48ish hours while travelling as they were too heavy to pack. (My old samurai)

Paid for an expensive repair.. Nah

Wallet jewelry.. yeah but nah I put my keys on a chunky chain from take 5 so I can find them, it must be getting close to 20 years old now

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. yeah, and I never wear them, same as my expensive sneakers

Numerous pairs of identical jeans.. yeah , I think there are 7 pairs of andewhalls in the house, but nah cause different sizes and colours but all the same cut.

Numerous fancy leather belts.. yeah

Native American Japanese jewelry.. nah

Jacket suitable for the Arctic.. nah

Unreadable Japanese language magazines.. yeah

Dressed like a sailor.. yeah nah, got the jacket but not the rest of the look (freezing in Fremantle non Sufu approved tight jeans with Urgh stretch)

Dressed like a miner.. nah

Dressed like an urban lumberjack.. yeah nah, not even when I am chainsawing etc

Mil repro.. nah maybe in part

Dressed like a railway worker.. nah except as a kid with my great grandfathers actual train driver uniform

Dressed like a teenage delinquent or hot rodder from the 40's/50's.. nah

Stacked.. yeah

Starch..yeah I think I did on my APC and they do have sick fades

Freezer.. Nah

Fancy socks.. Yeah 

Handmade English shoes.. nah

Whites Semi Dress.. Nah

Discharge print.. yeah

Own less than 10% of the clothing you bought since joining.. yeah have had a couple of good clear outs, down to 3 wardrobes full these days

Photo of jeans in bathtub.. yeah, gotta share how grubby they were

Wore jeans wet.. yeah but only after they were worn caving and had to hike out again in them (did+1)

£2000 leather jacket.. Nah

Numerous repro denim jackets all from same era.. nah

Colored weft denim: yeah nah only ecru

Has at least a decade's worth of denim in the closet, unworn? Yeah nah all worn at least once

Bought jeans nobody else owned.. yeah. Yamanes

Barf / Man stain / Shit oneself in jeans.. Nah

Denim meet up - yeah London and LA and loads of random meetups with 1 or 2 people .. here’s me and fade hanging out at a dodgy bar in Hong Kong 

Used a proxy/Google-translated email to buy something from a Japanese shop…nah

Worn triple denim…nah

Posted photos of myself wearing denim-related clothing to a bunch of strangers on a public forum… yeah, great way to make new friends but also creepy as fuck when randoms come up to you and know stuff about you, happened lots in London, only once in NZ 

[Double 0 Soul]

Impressive!.. the only coffee wash too, that was an obscure one.

Looks like tg might be queen of sufu

My god i'm hungover.. my bike buddies are doing my Mam Tor ride today, i could barely ride to work..

Edited Thursday at 07:37 AM by Double 0 Soul

[Talan]

All questions are no, except for:

Engineer boots.. One JLB pair, more to know what everyone is talking about.

Heavy oz denims.. Initially an interest, Iron Heart and Samurai, no longer.

Numerous pairs of very expensive boots.. White Kloud, etc.

Numerous fancy leather belts.. A couple. Duke's - fancy?

Mil repro.. One item.

Handmade English shoes.. Some Trickers, still relevant.

Whites Semi Dress.. Yes.

Wore jeans wet.. A couple of times, when I made a mistake with the size and wanted to stretch them a bit.

Edited Thursday at 08:14 AM by Talan

[Maynard Friedman]

4 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

My god i'm hungover.. my bike buddies are doing my Mam Tor ride today, i could barely ride to work..

A bit tyred?

I saw the stage show of Fawlty Towers last night as Mrs F got half price tickets from one of the actors (half price = £45 each). 2 regular size glasses of wine cost £25! Theatre is definitely not a cheap night out. However, if you liked the TV series, you’d definitely like this, some real laugh out loud moments. Recommended (if you can get discounted tickets).

[Double 0 Soul]

Tyred and emotional..

I only drank 3.5 pints.. before I went out my kid said he’d had half a pint of something called Bad Kitty porter at the local micro bar when it was his friends birthday so I had a pint of that before we walked up to the pub.. it was delicious but one was enough, I didn’t want to mix my drinks but the only porter they had at the pub was plum.. it was revolting! .. like Guinness and blackcurrent, ugh! so I reverted to Guinness, now I feel terrible.. my problem is I rarely go to the pub so when I do I’m like a kid in a sweet shop.. Im not short of offers but ...

Remember when I had that mini freakout when I got lost in Ikea? and couldn’t find my way out.. I’ve had a bit of social anxiety since then.. when I’m out, I’m fine/enjoying myself but the days before Im thinking of any excuse not to go.. 

[Alec Leamas]

18 minutes ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I had that mini freakout when I got lost in Ikea? and couldn’t find my way out..

No joke this has happened to me too. Horrific experience.

[Double 0 Soul]

Absolutely! .. i'm not great with large department stores at the best of times.. i haven't been in one for more than a decade.. my Ikea experience was just after lockdown..  apart from my daily hour of exercise.. i hadn't been out of the house for ages but i'd just made the boy a desk for his bedroom and he needed an office type swivel chair which looked like bedroom furniture rather than office furniture, not something i really wanted to buy online.. I'd seen one at M&S and one at Ikea so we went to try them for size when restrictions were lifted..  I was already feeling pretty apprehensive about it.. when we got there my kid was hungry because he didn't have any breakfast so he and my mrs went to the cafe in Ikea while i went to find the chairs.. "ring me when you've done" said i.

When i got into the store.. everything was taped off due to 2m covid restrictions.. i wandered around but couldn't find the chairs or (because of covid restrictions again) any staff to ask, my phone signal was zero so i couldn't call the family, i wandered around for what seemed like hours then i heard my name on the tannoy saying "Double 0.. please go to such and such department" but i had no clue where that department was? I didn't even know what department i was in .

Abandoned the trolley, and started retracing my steps back to the entrance but they force you through the store and through an unmanned till point.. when i eventually got back to the entrance the door wouldn't open.. it was one way with a sensor.. had a bit of a mini freakout and went into the loading bay area to ask for help.. a friendly driver took me into the carpark and i went to sit in the car, got a phone signal, rang my mrs and asked them to meet me outside.. they said we're in the chair department, "come back in and have a look at these chairs".. but i couldn't bear it.. we ended up ordering one from John Lewis..

[Maynard Friedman]

I’m currently out walking the dog (9pm at night) and someone just cycled past on a penny farthing!😮

I wonder if it was one of OO’s bike forum lunatics heading home from last night’s boozathon?

[Double 0 Soul]

They were out in the Peaks.. i drew them a route map on a scrap of paper in the pub, they were asking how many miles / feet of elevation.. ect, I dunno, the Mam Tor loop usually takes me 5hrs.. they sent me some photos of the hills they'd ridden up (they live on the south coast where everything is pancake flat) .. They made it to the Millstone in Hathersage stopped for a pub lunch (halfway round the loop) then decided to head back.. cycle computer said they'd traveled 19miles with a 2150ft climb, impressive for middle age folks who're not used to riding hills

In comparison.. i felt too hungover to eat my breakfast.. went to Tesco at 1pm to buy recovery food, a prepacked bacon sandwich on white bread, a tub of pasta, pesto, pine nuts and parmesan, a danish and a can of Dr Pepper

Last night i watched Atari :Game Over .. the story and fall out of the collapse of the 1980s gaming industry.. (it's really good, even for folks with zero interest in vintage gaming consoles) .. then i had an early night

[UkeNo]

On 2/26/2025 at 5:24 PM, Double 0 Soul said:

I'm going out for a few pints tonight with bike forum people.. in your face denim forum people!

Don't wait up...

Looser 😆

[Dr_Heech]

7 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

...

Last night i watched Atari :Game Over .. the story and fall out of the collapse of the 1980s gaming industry.. (it's really good, even for folks with zero interest in vintage gaming consoles) .. then i had an early night

Is that on terrestrial telly Neal? I don't do subscription based stuff so here's hoping.. 🙂