What are your jeans doing today?

[81611]

Fishing the mouth of The Big Two Hearted River last week. Caught zero trout but had fun.
Roy RT1002, FH 3009, TCB 50’s jacket.

[lance]

Beautiful scenery, great denim, 81611!

[unders]

This is the geekiest thing in the thread, but f*ck it. 

I spotted somebody on Instagram saying they found their old Hero Quest in their mum’s attic. Piqued my interest as mine is in the very same place. I noticed somebody commented on his post they go for at least £100 on eBay. The Del Boy in me thought I could make a quick buck for the denim savings. I was over the old dear’s this weekend and sent her scurrying up the loft whilst I sat in the garden drinking cider (well I can’t go indoors and risk spreading the ‘rona all over the house can I?!)  

The eldest lad saw it and thought it looked like the best thing since sliced bread. I told him it’d be on eBay in about ten minutes and his face crumbled. Needless to say it’s not on eBay and I’ve spent the entire day learning the rules (never really played it when I was a kid). We fitted two quests () in this evening and he’s watching videos of grown men playing it on YouTube right now. The worst bit is it’s missing the bloody gargoyle so now I’ve got to spend £15 on a piece of tatty old plastic  

Does playing this kind of thing become cool and/or ironic if it’s 30 years old?           Thought not. 

[81611]

@unders that’s awesome! I had that game as a kid...it’s long gone now though. I’m sure my two boys would love it if I could somehow find it. Enjoy!

[81611]

FYI, I never really knew how to play it either haha. The cards and pieces were really cool though.

[Toegun]

@unders I recommend watching “why hero quest is so great” on YouTube. Loved this game and was always swinging my “broadsword”!!!

[unders]

@81611 Yup, was all about smashing the figures into each other when I played it. 

@Toegun Will check it out. I know who to DM if I need some tips to defeat Morcar!

[Foxy2]

Not today, but a couple of weeks ago I had to move my mechanical tweed loom and my pirn winder from the dock to a shed closer to our house...

moving the crate over by forklift, unpacking, stowing the empty crate into a corner and tidily packing things up again.

if things go according to plan I might have a Shed of my own and can think about reassembling the loom later this year.

Edited August 11, 2020 by Foxy2

[Double 0 Soul]

Put my name down for the first pair of Isle of Eigg jeans! unintentionally wonky of course.. once you've honed your craft i'll lose interest

[Foxy2]

Noted.

it'll be tweed and maybe linen/flax only for a couple of years, though.

[Thanks_M8]

^One for summer, one for winter?

[unders]

On 8/9/2020 at 9:59 PM, Toegun said:

@unders I recommend watching “why hero quest is so great” on YouTube. Loved this game and was always swinging my “broadsword”!!!

Just watched the YouTube video - hilarious. Best thing I’ve seen on the internet for a while. 

[Toegun]

@unders now we know the correct way to pronounce “broadsword!” I love it when the fella starts adding extra copies of hero quest to create mega dungeons. 

[JDelage]

Lovely hike yesterday with the new Roy’s to Kane lake, not very far from Sun Valley, Idaho.

 

[kenko]

 

 

Warehouse 1001XX, been wearing for a year. This is my summer favourite pair since it is loose & light weight( compare to other heavy japanese )

Took these photo in the office lol

[djungelorm]

The jeans were in southern Washington State along the Columbia River the other day. The jeans picture (not taken by me) was at a Stonehenge replica monument for the locals who died during WWI. It was very hot but the 32oz NDBNs were still comfortable. For me at least. Stopped by the nearby Maryhill Winery for a tasting and some snacks. Then went up Dog Mountain which was nice but had a 3000' elevation change in like 2.5 miles. I did put on hiking boots for that. Per some recent discussion in the General Nonsense thread, a fire had just broken out across the Columbia in Oregon, but it had just started so I did not see any smoke and had learned about it after getting back from the hike.

[julian-wolf]

Took the old Leroy's for an impromptu solo hike this past weekend to get away from the smoke (a bit of a gamble, since half of the Sierra seem to be on fire too…)

Set off from Clark Fork, a bit North of Sonora Pass, and camped near Boulder Lake

This was the trailhead on Friday afternoon, with the skies still lightly smoky—luckily, that cleared up by Saturday morning:

 

Didn't take many photos—usually, I rely on my hiking partners for that aspect—but couldn't resist shooting a phone-pano from the top of Disaster Peak

 

…also as seen from below, from the left-most canyon of the above pano, for reference:

 

Interestingly, there was a USGS marker at the peak, and the compass arrow was pointed dead West…does anyone know who to contact about this? (I'm not sure whether or not I mean that to be facetious)

[unders]

Took a bit of a trip to the wife’s and my old stomping grounds. 

Our very first flat in Kings Heath, Birmingham. We had the first floor (just a house I know but nice to see it after so many years)

Spotted this beauty

Demolished these. I had no idea dipping cheesecake in chocolate is a thing. What a time to be alive.

Went to one of Birmingham’s major parks, Canon Hill right opposite Edgbaston Cricket ground (I really should have got a a shot of the latter for you guys) 

On the way home swung by this place to get dinner to take home. Nothing flash, but a whole chip shop menu of veggie food - everything.  

Pretty much the antithesis of trendy, instagramable food, but amazing  

 

Edited August 29, 2020 by unders

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, unders said:

On the way home swung by this place to get dinner to take home. Nothing flash, but a whole chip shop menu of veggie food - everything.  

Fried potatoes?!! Wow 

[unders]

 

1 minute ago, Duke Mantee said:

Fried potatoes?!! Wow 

They’re going to be the next big thing. Trust me. 

[Duke Mantee]

10 hours ago, unders said:

 

They’re going to be the next big thing. Trust me. 

Pity Mars Bars aren’t vegan - they’ve been deep fried up in Stonehaven (Aberdeen) for nigh on 25 years

Edited August 29, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Geeman]

Glad to see you back on the manor Mate

[Dan_F]

Walking around Ft Funson in San Francisco with the family.

[bartlebyyphonics]

the great british seaside (socially distanced version)

little coves of the southern tip of the isle of wight (binnel and reeth bays)

& some phlegm sighted in ventnor for @Double 0 Soul

and waiting in the car ferry car park...

Edited September 1, 2020 by bartlebyyphonics

[heyson]

eek

[djungelorm]

I was going to put these in the TCB contest thread, but they are more appropriate here. My first wearing of the contest jeans! The progeny took more pictures of the jeans from various angles but they didn't really come out great.

 

Downtown Seattle skyline over Lake Washington. The floating bridge to the right is the western terminus of Interstate 90 and leads to Bellevue.

 

 

Mount Tacoma (Rainier) rawring over the landscape.

 

A friendly heron. Maybe not friendly to the fishes.

 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by djungelorm

[julian-wolf]

Traded for a few dozen oysters at the market and had a little party…

Nothing like 'em

[shredwin_206]

had to stain our fence today. Turned out great. 

[lance]

The fence looks great, so do your jeans, shredwin_206, nice work!

[shredwin_206]

@lance the jeans really are close to needing to be retired. 
but I can’t help throwing them on. They fit great and are so soft now.