Random Rants

[rocket]

so sorry to hear Volcano,  my condolences…

[derivative666]

Very sad

[joesaintjohn]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. Such a sad day. You are in our thoughts and prayers.

[crankyfart]

thanks guys. appreciate it. i know he have gone to a better place. appreciate all your condolence.

[mvb]

My Condolences

[bagley920]

I'm with you volcano. I recently lost my uncle so am deeply sorry for your loss

[Finn666]

damn…2012 really ain't no good 

so sorry volcano...my condolences to you!

[Giles]

Many commiserations Volcano

[crankyfart]

finn- yeah i agree! 2012 isn't a good year for me. lost my paternal grandmother in february then along the way, have a couple of close family/relatives falling sick like strokes and heart attack. then now my ex-schoolmate just go all of a sudden at a tender age of 20. sigh..

G- thank you so much G. appreciate it.

Bagley- thanks buddy. i feel your pain too. losing someone isn't a easy thing to get through. but i know they (my friend and your uncle) are in a better place now.

[Jestre]

A rare case of a kid putting his hands on me happened at the end of my shift tonight.  To say I'm a little fired up would be an understatement.

[MikeC]

Breath Jestre-San…..

[Seul]

@MikeC:

Breath fire, Jestre-San…..

[Graeme]

I hate Barclays.

I transferred £150 across from the Netherlands to the UK to pay some outstanding rent, and got charged £6 for the pleasure. If it had been paid in Euros I'd have avoided the charge because of the SEPA rules.

[natehate]

sick of the constant influx of new micro denim companies poping up all doing the exact same thing
i think the lower end market is officially over filled with "options" now

[crankyfart]

just got my package from G and those bandanas are fantastic! took the green one out to use and less than a day, my mate's dog went to chew it when i left it on the table with my wallets. thank God there's no holes or tear. 

now i just need to have em' washed.  :-\

[injunjack]

Feckin' dog… ate my Chippewa boots, or the tongue of one...Dunno which fecker of the three of them it was...

Watch this space for freshly made dog-fur mittens...

[Giles]

I do not want to open a shit storm here.  But I had a discussion about this when I was in NYC.  "Made in USA" can be great but equally it can mean "made by underpaid Mexicans (substitute a few other nationalities here if you so wish)  in USA".  I promise you, if I send denim to a sweat shop in LA, I can get jeans made for USD12 per pair.  That is simply not right - I know how much time and how many processes gord into making even a shit pair of jeans…

[Megatron1505]

See "American Apparel" as an example 

In all honesty, the whole "made in….." thing is a purchasing placebo. What you should be looking for is quality materials and quality construction, regardless of what nationality put the item together. Some of the denim brands from China at the moment look very good (Red Cloud and Co etc..), equally I have had a pair Japanese made Fullcount jeans that were simply awful.

In this kind of niche wear, we pay for quality plain and simple, and after a while you get to know and appreciate that quality, and something of a lower standard simply does not cut it.

[Finn666]

@volcano:

just got my package from G and those bandanas are fantastic! took the green one out to use and less than a day, my mate's dog went to chew it when i left it on the table with my wallets. thank God there's no holes or tear. 

now i just need to have em' washed.  :-\

where's the rant mate?…looks like everything is good

[Seul]

@ Giles:

On the other hand: who says this kinda stuff doesn't happen in Japan?..

But yeah: with you on that… "Made in the US" is much less credible a tag than "MiJ"...