What are your jeans doing today?

[Thanks_M8]

@smoothsailor sounds like something actually really fun. How long have you been welding in general? From what I gathered, a good weld-seam is kind off an art. 

Re bread & baking, I've started baking bread probably around 7/8ish years ago, killed of many starters and had my experiments here and there. Still got so many lessons to learn. Only recently learned how much the scoring angle matters in getting the ear. Knew about all that gluten-development stuff quite well, but I'm not really a scorer. Usually I bake boules so they fit in my cast iron pots and I let them rest seam down in the banneton. They'll rip up randomly like that, but still have the same structure as scored loaves. 
My process is similar to yours, but I start in the morning and stretch it out a bit more. 
Take out motherdough out of the fridge, make preferment with motherdough & feed motherdough a spoonfull of preferment to keep it going. Back to the fridge with it.
Then in the afternoon when I get home from work I mix in the rest of the ingedrients, salt, flour water, and so on, do a stretch and fold everytime I remember until I go to sleep (usually 3-4 times).
If I can manage to shape it before I go to bed, I'll do that, else it goes to the fridge unshaped and gets shaped in the morning. 
Always resting in the fridge once its shaped and then baked the day after or even after that, usually in the evening, post work.

[Geeman]

From Sunday,  waiting for my wave to start the Amsterdam Half Marathon  We had rain , we had glorious sunshine and we had gales!

 

 

[Thanks_M8]

My wife had to get up early so I was up aswell. 

Figured I go up on the next hill and watch the sun come up.

[irual]

Have to change tyres twice a year and that is pretty much all I can do to the car by myself 😄

Wearing Tender 130 while doing so.

[Flash]

Got tattood yesterday wearing my conners ww2 

Then had a few too many beers ...... I'm feeling it now 

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, Flash said:

Got tattood yesterday wearing my conners ww2 

 

 

Awesome - that’s a fantastic tattoo 

[Dr_Heech]

^agreed. And the conners are looking great too!

 

[Geeman]

Took the little one to collect conkers yesterday 

 

 

And today we got dispatched to buy Ice cream to go with pudding , just so happens Waitrose is opposite the local.... 

Banner denim and Birks 

(Can't rotate pic?) 

Edited October 22, 2023 by Geeman

[AlientoyWorkmachine]

Got out for a hike w my partner in Western Michigan at the dunes out by Lake Michigan. Absolutely one of my favorite places in the world, and people on the coasts barely think about it, which is grateful for. 
Feat Tender 900 and SC Edo Ai

[beautiful_FrEaK]

^ that looks really nice  

[AlientoyWorkmachine]

7 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

^ that looks really nice  

It is. This time of year, really no place I’d rather be on the planet. Except maybe surfing in the lake you see in the distance if the wind is right. 

[irual]

It is this girls birthday today so we did what she enjoys the most.. running free in the forest.

Found some mushrooms, yellowfoot in english I guess, suppilovahvero in finnish.. did not pick any as we have freezer full of that stuff after this fall.

I was wearing Tender 900 too, inspired by @AlientoyWorkmachine, and some Engineered garments fatigues.

[Broark]

Visited Denver and the surrounding area last weekend for some fall weather, beautiful part of the country.
Flew out of Houston super early Friday, saw a cool Maneki-neko display above a shop.

Landed, swung by the AirBnb to drop off our stuff and headed to the botanic gardens which were decorated for Halloween.





After a couple hours wondering around we headed to Cerebral Brewing which is one of my favorites in the area.


Walked over to lunch at a diner next to the brewery, had a good burger and a cocktail.


Later that evening we departed for a ghost tour which ended up being the most eventful part of our trip. We met the tour group in Cap Hill, there were about 20 of us in total. We stopped at the first historic home, and while we were there I noticed someone running that didn't look like they were exercising and I pointed out how weird it was to my wife, but didn't think much of it. Just set an alarm off in my mind. Then as we're leaving some insane guy started yelling at the group. He looked like a fairly normal guy in workout clothes, but he was looking for a fight, saying he wanted to kill all of us and a bunch of other unhinged shit...but then we realized he had a hammer that he was swinging around. He actually threw it and it grazed my wife's ankle but she's completely fine. The entire group kinda speed-walked / jogged to a nearby bar which welcomed us in while the tour guide called the police. Needless to say the tour was cancelled and we received a refund, we filled out police reports while sitting at the bar. I had to say that I was actually impressed with the cops (haven't had many experiences with them in general) as they were respectful and responded very quickly (two things that don't happen in Texas). I've been to a lot of major cities around the world and I've never had anything like that happen before.

The next day we woke up early, grabbed some breakfast nearby.

On the way up to Rocky Mountain National Park we stopped in Boulder for a coffee.

Entered the park around noon, sadly the park seasonal road closure limited our ability to see a lot of the park (we weren't prepared to hike extensively, so we had to stick to the roads, park the car and then hike for a bit). Beautiful place, I'd love to come back when the entire trail is open!






On our way back we stopped at a little coffee shop off the side of the road in Estes Park which had a nice duck pond.



Drove back to town, took a nap and watched some football, then walked to dinner nearby.





Walked home and grabbed some wine (where the guy working at the shop complemented my Freewheelers sweat!)

The next morning we grabbed a coffee and a pastry, walked to Berkley Supply (tried on a Samurai tee, wasn't crazy about the fit but the Japanese grown cotton fabric is really nice). Headed out to New Terrain brewing in Golden which has some nice light hiking trails on their property. Wearing my FW L2, Full Back tee and FW 37s.

My wife said I had to post this as she referred to it as a "model photo".

Headed back to town, grabbed lunch at The Grateful Gnome.

Headed downtown to explore a bit, checked out Union Station then went to a steakhouse.





And that wraps it up, enjoyable weekend with beautiful weather. Would love to visit again!

[Geeman]

My eldest is into JP sports cars,(he's on his 3rd now), his grail car he's wanted since his late teens is the Nissan Silvia. Last year he bought one, nearly all OM. After some TLC he's starting to slowly mod it and today I took him to pick it up from having a spoiler fitted and sprayed. 

Edited October 28, 2023 by Geeman

[tooth]

@Broark what coffee shop did you check out in Boulder? I’ve lived in town here for 15 years and am amazed by the number of shops popping up over the past few. Boxcar and Beleza are my go-tos. Boxcar was pretty much the first ‘third-wave’ roaster / cafe in Boulder and much welcomed when they opened… prior to Boxcar, Boulder coffee shops had very much a coffee-house (for lack of better reference ‘central perk’) vibe.

I was just on Tennyson yesterday picking up a new pair of sunglasses from Queen City and saw that Small Batch liquor store on my way to Berkeley Supply, but didn’t stop in.

In any case, great pics and you picked a good weekend - 20s and snowing here this weekend.

Edited October 28, 2023 by tooth

[Broark]

@tooth we stopped by Verb Coffee while in Boulder, would’ve liked to spend more time in town as it seemed quite nice overall. 

I think the most impressive thing I noticed while we were there was the lack of traffic (or just good city planning?). Coming from Austin, if you want to get across town we’re talking about a 30+ minute drive if you’re going north and south. While we were in Denver I think it never took more than ~15-20 minutes to get anywhere? Or maybe we just got lucky.

[Double 0 Soul]

I've only ever bought one JP import @Geeman  it was the most expensive car i've ever bought.. don't get too excited, it was only £5k, this was back in the late 90s, i'd just come out of a very costly decade of aircooled v-dub ownership so i bought something Japanese and reliable.. a 1990 Honda CRX V-Tec SiR

^the photo was stuck together.. it's the same as this one

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/honda-cr-x-sir-spotted/38984

I loved that car.. in those days JP imports were a new thing, you'd only see the occasional Skyline and maybe a 300ZX.. it didn't have full leathers like the UK model, only half leathers but it did have power steering, a full glass roof and air-con.. which the UK model didn't.

It would rev into next week!.. alas, i wrecked it.. Huf! that was a puddle of regret

I'm due a midlife-crisis?

Edited October 28, 2023 by Double 0 Soul

[tooth]

@Broark Awesome - I’ll have to check Verb out.

I don’t spent too much time in Denver, but it is pretty easy to get around. However, if there’s one thing we all have in common it’s complaining about the traffic, which is terrible on the Front Range and I-70 corridor of Colorado 😂.

Did you check out the newly opened Blue in Green? I stopped by a few weeks ago and psyched they opened a location here in CO. Geoffrey (BiG co-owner) actually lives here in Boulder.

Edited October 28, 2023 by tooth

[Geeman]

2 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

I've only ever bought one JP import @Geeman  it was the most expensive car i've ever bought.. don't get too excited, it was only £5k, this was back in the late 90s, i'd just come out of a very costly decade of aircooled v-dub ownership so i bought something Japanese and reliable.. a 1990 Honda CRX V-Tec SiR

^the photo was stuck together.. it's the same as this one

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-spottedykywt/honda-cr-x-sir-spotted/38984

I loved that car.. in those days JP imports were a new thing, you'd only see the occasional Skyline and maybe a 300ZX.. it didn't have full leathers like the UK model, only half leathers but it did have power steering, a full glass roof and air-con.. which the UK model didn't.

It would rev into next week!.. alas, i wrecked it.. Huf! that was a puddle of regret

I'm due a midlife-crisis?

Do it! Now you've finished the back garden you need a hobby....

However that £5k won't get you far now, prices for imports and OM parts and kits are crazy. 

[Broark]

@tooth Didn’t get a chance to stop by BiG unfortunately, we were in the area before they opened and didn’t have time to come back by before reservations. I wanted to check it out, maybe next time!

[Geeman]

From a few weeks ago. 

Every September Birmingham runs a heritage week,  opening up historic sites, guided walks etc. We participate most years.

One of the events we did this time was a guided tour while playing Birmingham Bingo (which we won!)

We started  at The Roundhouse on the Central Canal area (more canals than Venice) 

We came off the canals to look round Baskerville House , named after John Baskerville,  the famous printer and paper maker and designer of the Baskerville font.

Poor fella was never actually buried correctly and ended up having his corpse paraded round brumwith people paying to see his body.... until people started getting ill from coming into contact with it!

Then into Victoria Square to see the original Town Hall (right of the picture) the council house (rear centre) and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (rear left)

last photo'd stop was of the Hall of Memory,  after that we had to cross through Broad Street which is a mile of hen and stag do's and 80s themed discos serving ridiculous drink promotions from 6pm onwards.

No stopping for photos amongst that carnage! 

 

Edited October 30, 2023 by Geeman

[smoothsailor]

Went with my boy to a lords of the underground show. He loved it.

pretty cool night out with 90s hip hop bangers. The lords did a good job

 

[julian-wolf]

Took the dog for a jaunt by the bay this morning & threw some sticks 

 

Picked some fennel flowers & fluffy grass while we were there for a little front porch display

feat. old Bronson cap, Tender Co. shirt & socks, natty Cane’s, Moto blutchers 

[rbeck]

Museum date the other day. Cleveland's Natural History Museum is under renovation so we only got to see a couple dinosaurs in the lobby area, and then went to Crawford Auto Museum. 

[Thanks_M8]

Recently helped a buddy out brewing beer.

 

[CSL]

Mrs. CSL loves Sal's Cactus Mart. They used to have space alongside HW126, but are now tucked back in a neighborhood in Santa Paula, CA. This location must have been the mothership for want of a better term, as the owner told us some of the cacti there had been growing 40 years.

Cactus is about the only thing that will survive here due to it being too gnarly for rabbits & squirrels to eat. We have to pick varieties that can stand cold weather as it can get below freezing in Winter. 

 

[vIGGiou riou]

very nice weather. so I did some walk around with my youngest son....

featuring SC cap

Edited November 12, 2023 by vIGGiou riou

[MJF9]

@vIGGiou riou stunning scenery, looks lovely around you way

[indigoeagle]

Looks very nice.
Ticino, right?

As a kid I had been a few times to Mergoscia, many nice memories.

Edited November 12, 2023 by indigoeagle

[vIGGiou riou]

1 hour ago, MJF9 said:

@vIGGiou riou stunning scenery, looks lovely around you way

thanks, Ticino is like best beautiful corner, where you can feel as to be in mediterainian location, as to be close to Mediterranean Sea. And fauna and flora are also similar. Climate is influenced with barrier of Alps which protect that valley from bad weather. Completely different climate, than in other part of Switzerland, or Milano, which is from  here 80-100 km. Only in summer is here too hot with high humidity...

Edited November 12, 2023 by vIGGiou riou