Denim Blunders, Reflections and General Nonsense.

[Double 0 Soul]

Chinese Brakeman?

£200 shipped from Beijing

or

£230 for this shiny one

[mlwdp]

1 hour ago, shredwin_206 said:

Yes I did. I’ve known Evan from HH for a while. He’s one of the nicest and most knowledgeable people I’ve met on the denim world 

Yeah when I lived in NC before the Navy I had him hem a few pairs I no longer have.  I remember when they were Gate City Goods in the little shop.  Evan loves denim.  Man I miss Greensboro sometimes.  A real gem of a city.

[quaranteneuf]

100000% annoyed that I sent a pair of Warehouse in to a shop for a hem/chainstitch and they came back wrong (one leg half an inch longer than the other). Twice. Just brought them to my local alterations place and no longer even care about the Union Special used on the original mess ups.

[Double 0 Soul]

Have you considered a couple of insoles in one of your shoes? that would level up the hems..

[Talan]

Cutting off one of the heels can work too.

[Duke Mantee]

12 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Chinese Brakeman?

£200 shipped from Beijing

or

£230 for this shiny one

That’s a Journeyman (with an extra flap for even more value) … not a Brakeman 🙄

[Double 0 Soul]

One can never have too many flaps

It's got press studs too for that rattly je ne sais quoi..

[LazyS]

next garden project for @Double 0 Soul ??

 

[Double 0 Soul]

3 years.. lazy bastard! i'd have that done in a couple of weeks

 

[Double 0 Soul]

It's happened @Dr_Heech.. just as you predicted

On the last day of school.. unbeknown to me, my kid said  "Mum, can you get me some baggy ass jeans for tomorrow, i'm going to a party" what?.. tomorrow??.. erm.. i can probably get you a pair from H&M.. which she did and he wore them with his AJ1s and Eastlogue hoodie.. He looked pretty dope! .. they were a good cut for him, albeit shoddy af!

I said what the hell, i sat you down only a couple of months ago to refresh your wardrobe and suggested jeans, you said "i hate jeans, they're uncomfortable"  he said "well, i can change my mind".. fair enough, i'm not complaing.. then last night after tea he said the magic words.. "Dad, you know a thing or two about clothing don't you".. i certainly do, what do you want to know?.. tell me what you know about Stussy.. i'll not bore you with the deets but this went on for f'kin ages, i think he lost interest after i started quoting White Men Can't Jump .. 40mins of streetwear history later he said "cool, tell me about Gucci?" sorry i know fk'all about Gucci... but y'know, it's a start.

[Double 0 Soul]

On 12/30/2023 at 1:25 PM, LazyS said:

^ I think he got his info wrong on the first toad ep and had to redo it in season 3

That redone toad episode was one of my favourites, it was great!..  the ultra lsd was brilliant too, i read about Amanda Feilding years ago.. also liked the guy in the devil costume from the meth episode, really charismatic

Edited January 6 by Double 0 Soul

[LazyS]

That toad one was the first I saw and it had me go back and watch all the others I could find. That scene with the guy in firefighter gear in the meth episode was far out too.

[Double 0 Soul]

I found them all, early series on Dailymotion and later series on Vimeo.. it certaily beats the garbage you find on tv in the UK... I also watched Beats, Rhymes & Life last week, the ATCQ docu, it starts off great but i had to turn it off 3/4 thru because the bickering between q-tip and phife was just beyond annoying.

[LazyS]

My friend just got me to watch the newest season of Fargo, it's excellent.

[mlwdp]

Lol JNCO is back!?!

https://jnco.com/collections/mens

[reallypeacedoff]

Because I love indigo so much, I had to talk myself out of monotone colors for the new BMX. So blue it is.

[Double 0 Soul]

Has anyone ever done a clinical drug trial?

 

As an adult, i've been to the doctors less than 5x in 30yrs and this was for minor ailments, i've never even had a day off sick (apart from that day at work when i ate homemade space cakes ) ..

 

..i've been contacted by my local surgery on behalf of Oxford University who're looking for 14 volunteers for our age group 40-50 who're fit and healthy with no history of medical conditions to conduct a study into developing a vaccine against Salmonella Paratyphi A. basically Typhoid.. i don't get paid as such but they will reimburse me for 'inconvenience' and my travel expenses to and from Oxford up to the sum of £3600.. it could be quite interesting if i'm not busy at work.

Edited January 8 by Double 0 Soul

[StuartM]

14 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Has anyone ever done a clinical drug trial?

 

As an adult, i've been to the doctors less than 5x in 30yrs and this was for minor ailments, i've never even had a day off sick (apart from that day at work when i ate homemade space cakes ) ..

 

..i've been contacted by my local surgery on behalf of Oxford University who're looking for 14 volunteers for our age group 40-50 who're fit and healthy with no history of medical conditions to conduct a study into developing a vaccine against Salmonella Paratyphi A. basically Typhoid.. i don't get paid as such but they will reimburse me for 'inconvenience' and my travel expenses to and from Oxford up to the sum of £3600.. it could be quite interesting if i'm not busy at work.

I've worked as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry for almost 30 years. Taking part in a clinical trial is really important and I always encourage people to take part.

The big thing is the amount of time it takes. Not just the travelling to and from assessments, but also potentially lots of time spent waiting in a clinic or trial facility and lots of, frankly, interminable forms to be completed. I'd ask questions about the protocol (the process and method by which the trial is being run) and what is expected, time-wise, of participants. Often when trials are set up now, people time how long every stage will take.

You might also want to know the stage the medicine is at. Phase 1 tends to mean early stage with small groups of participants. Phase 3 are the really large studies that are needed before drugs get regulatory approval. 

Vaccine trials can be wonderfully chill. You give informed consent, you get the jab or a placebo version, and get followed up over a long period because they have to wait until enough people in the trial have come down with the disease to see if the vaccine worked. 

Scrolling down here there's a list of good questions to ask. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/clinical-trials

[Alec Leamas]

On 1/4/2024 at 12:50 AM, quaranteneuf said:

100000% annoyed that I sent a pair of Warehouse in to a shop for a hem/chainstitch and they came back wrong (one leg half an inch longer than the other). Twice. Just brought them to my local alterations place and no longer even care about the Union Special used on the original mess ups.

That's painful! 

I'm still very much a novice, but when I was even more of a novice a couple of years ago I sent a pair of At Last & Co jeans to an alterations company (that will remain anonymous) and they came back looking, well, shite. Neglected the jeans since and barely worn them. Finally sent them out again to Clutch Cafe for a proper seeing to and looking forward to wearing them again. I've learnt my lesson.

It's a shame you had a bad experience at a place that was willing enough to invest in the best tools but then use terrible workmanship!

[Double 0 Soul]

7 hours ago, StuartM said:

I've worked as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry for almost 30 years. Taking part in a clinical trial is really important and I always encourage people to take part.

The big thing is the amount of time it takes. Not just the travelling to and from assessments, but also potentially lots of time spent waiting in a clinic or trial facility and lots of, frankly, interminable forms to be completed. I'd ask questions about the protocol (the process and method by which the trial is being run) and what is expected, time-wise, of participants. Often when trials are set up now, people time how long every stage will take.

You might also want to know the stage the medicine is at. Phase 1 tends to mean early stage with small groups of participants. Phase 3 are the really large studies that are needed before drugs get regulatory approval. 

Vaccine trials can be wonderfully chill. You give informed consent, you get the jab or a placebo version, and get followed up over a long period because they have to wait until enough people in the trial have come down with the disease to see if the vaccine worked. 

Scrolling down here there's a list of good questions to ask. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/clinical-trials

Thanks Stu.. yep, it sounds like a positive thing to be part of.. trialing a vaccine against typhoid would be even more beneficial (or at least comparable) to my work trialing the Gillette Mach3

It's a 14mth trial but i only have to visit Oxford twice.. maybe three times, everything else is conducted at my local NHS trust which is a short walk from my work. I was given this link to read https://trials.ovg.ox.ac.uk/trials/vasp-sheffield along with an email from my GP ..

My only doubts.. my wife is immunocompromised, would i be contagious?

Edited January 9 by Double 0 Soul

[StuartM]

17 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Thanks Stu.. yep, it sounds like a positive thing to be part of.. trialing a vaccine against typhoid would be even more beneficial (or at least comparable) to my work trialing the Gillette Mach3

It's a 14mth trial but i only have to visit Oxford twice.. maybe three times, everything else is conducted at my local NHS trust which is a short walk from my work. I was given this link to read https://trials.ovg.ox.ac.uk/trials/vasp-sheffield along with an email from my GP ..

My only doubts.. my wife is immunocompromised, would i be contagious?

IANAD...

Digging into the full protocol, I think you would not be able to take part. A stated exclusion criteria is: 

• Close household contact with young children or individuals who are immunocompromised (including pregnancy).

https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5/e068966.long

Edited January 10 by StuartM

[Double 0 Soul]

5Yrs ago when i became a full time cycle-commuter, i bought a Gorewear Shakedry (incredible material) .. one of my friends was nagging me because of how environmentally damaging it was.. unbeknows to me.. 'Shakedry' was due to be discontinued because of it's use of flurinated polymers which also exist in phone screens.. cosmetics and whatev's else

I tread this today https://heatmap.news/lifestyle/raincoats-pfas-gore-tex-patagonia-rei?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

It looks like the entire outdoor industry are finally distancing themselves from waterproof materials

^^ "It is also because of this bond that PFAS are so stubbornly persistent — in the environment, certainly, but also in us. An estimated 98% to 99% of people have traces of PFAS in their bodies. Researchers have found the molecules in breast milk, rainwater, and Antarctica’s snow. We inhale them in dust and drink them in our tap water, and because they look a little like a fatty acid to our bodies, they can cause health problems that we’re only beginning to grasp. So far, PFAS have been linked to kidney and testicular cancer, decreased fertility, elevated cholesterol, weight gain, thyroid disease, the pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia, increased risk of preterm birth and low birth weight, hormone interference, and reduced vaccine response in children"

All good healthy stuff!

Edited January 11 by Double 0 Soul

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Teflon as well

[Double 0 Soul]

They'll never get the allegations to stick!

[Double 0 Soul]

More MiC repros..  it looks like one helluva jacket for £239 shipped

V.Holts A2  looking at the other photos, they don't have the Holts insignia.. so chances are, this^ is probably not the jacket you would receive

A2 also looks remarkable for £189 shipped from China

[AlientoyWorkmachine]

This has been an ancillary part of my study this year. It's terrifying shit, honestly. We're never going to recover from it, and we're too young to know the effects from it. If you need another argument for both buying less shit, and only buying natural materials, here we go. https://www.veronicabateskassatly.com/read/was-it-polyester-all-along 

And try as I might I cannot keep this stuff out of my own house. 

Convenience is the biggest drug. 

[Double 0 Soul]

When you first signed up here.. i was 5 or 6yrs into me no buy phase.. i still didn't have a smart phone back then, you told me doing this was like standing up in a hurricane

I have a cracked i-phone 4 now.. given to me by my elderly aunt who has since died.

[Double 0 Soul]

A bit more on Paramo's ethics page.. and a little video

https://www.paramo-clothing.com/en-gb/ourethics/pfc-free.php#

Their definition of PFC free.. even washing the garment in the tap water we all drink.. also has background PFC pollution

Edited January 11 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

Neal, as a potential willing guinea pig to increase big pharma’s profits via drug trials, I thought you’d have been well up for having all sorts of damaging crap put into your body 🤣

[Double 0 Soul]

The NHS saved Sarah's life.. if i can give something back.. i will!