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[UnTucked]

@Steffen:

@Dion:

Roy can also ask the winner to agree to a transaction cancellation and he won't be charged with the commission. I'm sure the winner will accept his offer :).

The Ebay thing aside, there are nicer Ways to give away a Free Pair of Jeans in General.

+1

[Giles]

It got a shit load of attention though…..

[UnTucked]

[Steffen]

Yes but what kind of Attention, puked on the Table at a Party or saved a Kitten from a Tree, I tend to think in this case it is more the First Option.

[BloodnThunder]

No press is bad press I suppose.

[Matty123]

Yeah but Roy denim sells out in minutes. As soon as he posts them for sale they’re gone. It’s not like he can increase sales. Not with his current business model and production “line” anyway. And this pants aren’t easy on the eyes…

[madmonday]

don't know the guy, but from everything he does, I think he was just having a good time with no alterior or is that ulterior (english majors fight it out) motive.

[steelworker]

Mill town where I work, this photo is about 1931 so workers are lucky to have jobs.
The smoky buildings in the center are open hearth furnaces.
The countryside beyond the town is beautiful, even today there's a lot of open land outside city limits thanks to the rich, I believe the Campbell Soup heirs for instance, have extensive holdings. The creek running next to the road on the left is the Brandywine River. A few miles from here our British overlords gave the Colonials a brisk drubbing at the Battle of Brandywine. I believe the "highway" running along the river is Route 30,the Lincoln Highway, the first coast to coast highway in the States. This steel mill has been here since 1810, that's old for the States. The last of the open hearths closed in the late 60's replaced by EAFs.

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[neph93]

That's a lot of geopolitical and social history in one picture. Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[steelworker]

you're welcome @neph93  I'm glad you like it.

[steelworker]

Another view of the city with a better look at the countryside beyond. There are a few hunt clubs in the county, imagine my surprise when as a new hire I crested a hill to see a pack of horses topped by red coat wearing fancies wearing funny hats and tootling on a horrible sounding horn. The hounds caught the scent and they were off jumping fences and disappearing over the ridge like we were back in 1890 with forelock tugging and all that crap.

[neph93]

I grew up in South Wales where coal mining marked the landscape in a similar way. Where I live now there's a lot of heavy industry (hydrochemical works, hydroelectricity etc.) in amongst the natural beauty.

[neph93]

When your two year old looks better in your $100 watch cap than you do, it's time to re-evaluate your life… [emoji23]

[Appfaff]

Sharp looking young man!

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[Chris]

Let's be honest, that kid's gonna look better in anything than you.  He had the natural advantage of being cute.  You're, well…

[Giles]

Let me finish that off for you…

.....a bit like me.

[Chris]

Jealousy is not your best character trait, Giles.

[Matty123]

@neph93:

When your two year old looks better in your $100 watch cap than you do, it's time to re-evaluate your life… [emoji23]

He’s awesome! Great photo.

[Giles]

But it is not my worst by far, either…...

[mikebarhoot]

That reference for you G or toward Chris?  Just wanting to clarify to  whom the slam is aimed.