Denime 66xx World Tour

[chicote]

Woow you really put in some work on those blake! It was cool following along your leg of the tour. I'm looking forward to seeing mandel's soon!

[louisbosco]

damnnnnnn!! these are coming along nicely!!

[mandel9000]

Yes, they are looking good, well done Hendsch! I'm very excited about my turn now. 

[louisbosco]

any news guys?

[Hendsch]

They are currently in transit sitting in the Netherlands on their way to Norway. Should be there in a day or two!

[Maynard Friedman]

Did you go Dutch on the shipping?

[Hendsch]

Ha! that's a good one.

[louisbosco]

Did you go Dutch on the shipping?

 

deserves a quote.. oh well stoked to see the nordic leg of this tour..

[mandel9000]

Just got a notification from the tracking app, the jeans are in town and headed my way, so I'll probably get them tomorrow morning. Yay! Full update/documentation then. 

[mandel9000]

A little while ago I took delivery as they say ( = passed by the local post office to collect). I had to run out again to work a little more, but I mananged to take two photos on my way home. 

 

The jeans safely attached for the two minute bike ride home. 

 

I passed this mural portrait of Edvard Munch, the artist famous for The Scream, made by a Norwegian cartoonist who published a comic book about Munch's life a few years ago. I don't think the graffiti on the lower part is supposed to be there though. 

 

More to come later! 

Edited August 3, 2016 by mandel9000

[Hendsch]

Glad they made it!

[mandel9000]

Oh my, Nordic leg of tour in danger on account of ass being too fat. Hmmm. I will try to wear today, see how much they stretch and then decide. Photos to come when I look a little less like a stuffed sausage. 

 

I would hate to disappoint you + I had so much fun coming up with the festival, so this just has to work out. Thighs and waist fit fine, so it might. I'll keep you posted. 

[chicote]

I found that a good hour of biking loosened them up in the seat for me! Good luck, hoping they work out.

[mandel9000]

Ouffff! I'm afraid it's a no go. I can barely wear the jeans, uncomfortably, and with the fear that I'll rip them if I sit down too fast or make any sudden movements. No use in prolonging this, I'll send the jeans right off to the next guy. To make up for the two weeks or so in transit I can document my life and surroundings until @SLAB (up next, right?) receives them, if only to keep the thread alive. Thoughts?

So sorry, guys!!   And sorry about the expensive postage too @Hendsch, although I guess it would've been the same to any European country. 

[mandel9000]

I guess this proves that there are some cuts that are just not made for us gals.... Usually if the thighs fit I'm good, I think maybe the relatively low back rise is the reason why this didn't work. 

[Maynard Friedman]

We'll be the judge there mandel, we demand photos! 😉

[garden gnomes in space]

We'll be the judge there mandel, we demand photos!

[chicote]

Please don't claim to speak for anyone but yourself, Maynard...

[Hendsch]

That's a bummer they won't work out and no worries on the postage, just glad I got to be a part of all this!

[mandel9000]

Haha, @Maynard! In your dreams. 

 

Yeah, it's a real bummer. But fun to be a part of for me too, although not the way I imagined, and fun to follow and get to know a little bit about you.

[mandel9000]

Sorry about the lack of updates the past couple of days. It has been raining so much here that I've been wearing rain gear all the time, plus it makes for a much more stressful production at the festival. The jeans were just dropped off at the post office, on the way to SLAB soon, and I will get on the promised documentation when I get back to my computer later.

[mandel9000]

Dropping off the jeans (yesterday): 

 

Big buses have arrived!

 

I want to swim, but ain't no stopping this rain...

 

Non-tour jeans of the day: Warehouse.

[SLAB]

hi guys

something arrived in the mail today

 

 

and here they are

 

 

first thing that came to mind when handling them is that the denim feels quite heavy and rough compared to my current to go pair, the Real Mccoy's Lot 004. Some nice different hues of blue starting to show.

 

and here are the obligatory fit pictures; I will save you the sight of my love handles bungling overneath the jeans. They are actually a bit tight but nothing I can't handle for a month.

 

 

 

 

tomorrow I'll try to snap some pictures of my little city

[Maynard Friedman]

They don't look tight slab, fit seems spot on to me.

[FeloniousMonk]

Damn, those are getting to look beautiful, and it's only been about 7 months! They're gonna be Springsteen-level faded by the end of this year.

[Hendsch]

Slab they fit tight on me for about 3 days and then they were golden! But as they are now they look great, excited to see what you get into with them!

[louisbosco]

nice.... where is slab located??

[greathoudini]

Belgium

[SLAB]

that's right Belgium aka absurdistan

 

the Denime's have settled in nicely, they still feel tight but not in a choking tight of way.

 

I took a few (boring) pictures of some nearby places until I have the opportunity to do a tour around the city

 

Our city hall (1878); nothing special but we do claim the biggest market place of Belgium and even until a decade ago the biggest of Europe.

 

 

 

The patron saint of our city 'Sinterklaas'. He gives goodies, toys and sweets on his birthday 6 December to all the good kids. He has controversial helpers ('zwarte pieten') that cause every year a discussion about whether or not they are actually racist.

Also my two oldest kids helping out and showing off their best poses.

 

 

 

Behind the city hall is the most recognizable landmark of our city, the Our-Dear-Mother-Marie church (1840) with a 6 meters gilded statue of Marie and baby Jezus on top.

 

[mandel9000]

Great to see that they arrived and that they fit so well, SLAB!

 

I zoned out for a minute, my computer broke down last Friday, about the same time as I dropped my phone in a portable toilet (!), and then I came down with the flu right after the festival. All good now, new phone and computer + good health, and looking forward to following the rest of the tour. Jeans look great.