What are your jeans doing today?

[ThinFinn]

cont. ...

sry for big ass pics!

[Paul T]

beautiful shots, thinfinn...

[joelz]

caught the tail end of the new years parade in chinatown yesterday

[aak]

what is in that crepe? my tummy just grumbled

[ThinFinn]

^it's NUTELLA mate...

[big truck]

thinfinn - how old is your dog?

megatron - the UK cant be all that bad if it provides you with a standard of living where you can buy £200 plus pairs of jeans on a weekly/monthly basis?

[Megatron1505]

Oh yeh, thats the country doing that. Nothing at all to do with individual effort or application. Apart from which, the company I work for is American based and owned.

I live well in spite of this country, not because of it.

Again, if you wish to discuss further please PM me, this is not what this thread is for.

[ThinFinn]

thinfinn - how old is your dog?

megatron - the UK cant be all that bad if it provides you with a standard of living where you can buy £200 plus pairs of jeans on a weekly/monthly basis?

hey mate...the dog is 2 years old now!

[fre-co]

Oh yeh, thats the country doing that. Nothing at all to do with individual effort or application. Apart from which, the company I work for is American based and owned.

I live well in spite of this country, not because of it.

Again, if you wish to discuss further please PM me, this is not what this thread is for.

If you really believe that shit you spout then you are a spoilt idiot.

[Megatron1505]

I'm the idiot? Twice I asked for people to PM me instead of shitting up the thread and still you respond in here.

Make an effort to discuss your point of view in person (as both LFC and Big Truck have, to their credit) or keep playing to the crowd, choice is yours.

I am not responding to any further posts about my personal views in this thread, and apologies for those who have been distracted by it.

Back to business.

[Paul T]

....anyway.

Xpost from Roy X Cone thread.

Sunday I posted pics of posh buildings around Greenwich. Lunchtime today I wandered down to our neighbours, Deptford, a vital part of the vibe of our area, for an errand.

This bit of town is a bit rougher around the edges. Around here was even more heavily bombed, and anywhere that survived tended to get built as council flats - projects to you yanks.

It ain't West Side chicago, but it's a bit grizzly, plenty of gangs in the projects and burnt out bits.

You're truly in Deptford once you cross the Creek - good to see there's still working stretches, like this family firm that ships rubble and aggregate via the river.

Overlooking the Thames, one old section of what used to be docks - where Henry VIII built his ships - is now all council blocks, but for one church, St NIcks Deptford, which dates from Norman times. It has an old tower, but was rebuilt in the 1600s, boasts some historic varied woodwork and - on the entry posts - a matched pair of skulls:

One time, London was full of these pie and mash shops. We lost our greenwich one a few years ago - now this looks worryingly quiet. The Goddard family used to own a chain of these shops, selling stewed eels, or beef and pasrty pie with a green 'liquor' - a kind of sauce made with parsley and the juice in which they prepare the eels. I'll try and make sure I visit one of these places in the lifetime of our RXC contest.

The high street is full of shops catering for people from West africa and the Caribbean.

Scotch bonnet: these are fiendish beasties…

Smoked and dried fish…

Plaits, Kinky Twists and Ghana Corn Row:

One run-down little shops had memorabilia from the South London family who presumably have run it for the last 40 or 50 years in the window:

I specially liked the egg shop, with a kind of Enlgih version of the Can't Bust Em rooster. They were very pleased it had found an admirer.

Lunch. A cheap little greasy spoon, used by workers and little old ladies who linger over a cup of weak tea, that leaves your mouth feeling all chalky.

[Paul T]

Squished beans on toast and tea: £3.

I noticed a bit of discussion on the waywt recently about some over-the-top cuffs. Is that me? I care not.

The leather on my William Lennons is waxy, very attractive, seems to fills up with tiny dings and marks that I like, lots of character.

My main destination. Used to be these old repair shops were full of odd laces and stuff, sadly no more. But the keycutting was cheap and I liked this huge plastic key.

The street, like many poorer areas, is full of odd independent evangelist churches. And some brightly colored religious supplies…

While the official religion is just around the corner. This is one of the lesser-known London 'NEw" churches - but you've probably seen it in Four Weddings and a Funeral or Pride and Prejudice. It's set in a pretty, old-fashioned church yard.

Round the corner is one of the oldest terrace of houses in London. THey each have finely-carved door cases, quite possibly made by the carpenters responsible for ship figureheads. These houses probably date from the 1720s and would have been owned by ships captains, or well-off ship-builders.

I walked back home along the river. On the way, a huge new housing development was started. But since the recession the builders seem to have run out of cash, and work has stopped. It's left this old pub, right on the edge of the development, stranded. If the development finally takes off, maybe this place will find a new clientele - it's a lovely building, with direct views of The Thames.

Popped in on a fave, old musty bookshop on the way home. The stock rarely changes… but I try to always buy something. I liked the pulp illustration on the front of this one. The guy who owns it is sitting on thousands of books, but never gets around to pricing them. A couple years ago I feet I had to come out with a book, and saw an Ian Rankin hardback - of Knots and Crosses, his first Rebus novel. Turned out to be a first edition - one of only 200 and worth a packet. So I'm obliged to keep buying from this dude.

On the way back… yet another churchyard… one of those spooky London ones, full of lost lonely, people, drunks and junkies, who wander around, arguing, fighting, or slumped semi senseless while life bustles on outside. A couple of years ago I saw flowers signalling someone had died in this park, a fight or an overdose I guess. Only the dead seem at peace here.

[ThinFinn]

me and my jeans soaked up some sun today...

...and took some shots with my nikon!

[fre-co]

I'm the idiot? Twice I asked for people to PM me instead of shitting up the thread and still you respond in here.

Make an effort to discuss your point of view in person (as both LFC and Big Truck have, to their credit) or keep playing to the crowd, choice is yours.

I am not responding to any further posts about my personal views in this thread, and apologies for those who have been distracted by it.

Back to business.

And yet you insist on replying here yourself?

You are really not that clever eh?

[big truck]

fresco - slightly disingenuous there, its a public forum (sort of) and it was right to reply to your post in the interests of balance.

[riff]

ThinFinn - awesome pics! You're making great use of that DSLR!! Can't wait to see more from you!! Paul - lovely!

Roy xpost...

So the week was a mishmash of all sorta stuff - mostly work, with the "snow what" day in the middle… Everyone freaked, all schools were cancelled, and we all played hooky!

Some snaps of the fun.. Snowball fights…

The pups were wild - winter is their face season for sure!

And of course - sledding!

Next day was gorgeous - blue skies, fresh powder everywhere

We went out with friends to celebrate the new year..

And did lots of photography (more later when I can sort thru all the shots!)

[fre-co]

I was responding to his comments (that were posted here). Anyway We've all exchanged essays via PM now.

[Big Eyed Fish]

Went hiking with my IH 634s.

Finally have a sunny day here.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

What the S500JX-LR did today

Getting in the 'Bulli'

Our destination

The planned purchase

Waiting for it

S500JX-LR

Some other customers

The announced numbers

Checking our number...

...it was 901...

[beatle]

Riff - gorgeous..for me - straight back to working in the bedroom...can't wait to finish, wallpaper picked out and this monster of a wooden board installed..weighs about 90 lbs - so here's to it still being where it is in the morning..

[-Z-]

Hell yea Beats. Paul, Rafa, Riff, great stuff!

tonight was not as productive as last Friday, but at least I got out while the sun was still up. unfortunately, when the sun is out this time of year it means its friggin' cold, and it dropped from 32 degrees down to -14 tonight in the last 2 days. Saint Paul this time. Walked from Lowertown up 4th ave. to the ice sculpture exhibit in the park. really cool stuff this year. froze my butt off all the way back to the car, that wind kills. was under dressed as well.

began about here...

up the road a bit. the one thing I love about St. Paul as I'm sure i've mentioned before is the absence (well sort of) of really modern glass and steel buildings. we have some, but most of the time businesses come in and repurpose old brick high rises like these. really cool to see all the different colors and textures, not to mentions architectural styles present downtown.

here's an example of that old / new (not really new but compared to the others) contrast. still brick / stone / masonry, not steel and all glass.

old parking structure.

and finally arrive at the park, full of ice sculptures, they even have a Summit Ice Bar that serves beer during the festivities!

Ice wall that runs the whole block.

a little bit of detail...

then I looped back around and walked back to the car, a few shots from the trip back as the sun was setting on me.

and this was my last shot, and probably my favorite from the entire day.

cheers guys and gals. have a good week.

[beatle]

you too....

[beatle]

[lefty]

We thought we'd go for a walk, but didn't get too far before going home seemed like a better idea.

[joelz]

in the morning i caught a raindrop:

at night i was in union square

[BAerts]

Nice looking pics, everyone! This forum reminds me, daily, that I'm in desperate need of a nice camera.

Posting these late, but whatever. I went to a vinyl party at an all analog retro studio, here in Nashville, called 1979. Really cool place if you're into vintage gear and stuff (www.welcometo1979.com). A photographer friend of mine showed up late in the evening as the night was winding down and almost everyone had left, and snapped these shots. Soooo I figured I'd post 'em. Wore my old APCs for the hell of it.

Picking out a late night re'ckud.

I took some pics with my wife's pink phone.

And tweeted about it.

Aaand the real troopers danced a little.

[beatle]

[laxlife1234]

Not a pic heavy post... But my jeans--Went to school and learned! And I was bored in math so I took a picture.

And when I got home?? STUDYING!

[cheapmuthafukr]

went to the skatepark

[chubby]

dudes got some steez.