The Iron Heart Forum Triangle of Terror Type III Trucker Tour 2018 - Updates thread
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Wow, the Norwegians have perfected a special form of cruelty. A holiday involving booze, hot dogs, and wearing a suit? That's just all sorts of wrong.
There’s flag-waving, parades and patriotism. You lot would love it.
I may not have been clear, there is very little beer. You’re never offered it and if you ask there will be frowning.
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So the big day came and went… flags, funny clothes parades the lot. I missed out on the parades as I was running a cafe at my 11 year olds school this morning. My oldest boys came along to make sure I was working hard... Sebastian is 11 and Noah is 16. Noah is eating the first hot dog of the day. I’d served about 200 buy the time my shift was up.
After that it was off to meet the wife and small kids for a buffet with the in-laws. Most women recieve a «bunad» or national costume when they are confirmed at age 15. It is entirely hand made and constructed in such away that it is easy to let in and out. The idea is it will last a lifetime. Here is my wife on the right, her sister in the left and my mother-in-law in the middle. Her costume is older than me.
The costumes vary in style, colour and embroidery depending on which county your mother was born in. This one is from Sunnmøre. Hot Ingrid/Mrs Neph:
This is a mini version of the bunad of coastal Nordland worn by my nieces. The inland version swaps the blue for green.
There was good food:
I had to wear a suit [emoji849]
But the careful observer might notice a familiar item or two peaking through…
I got some beer in the end. Appropriately, a Norwegian NEIPA.
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Very smart indeed, @neph93, and such lovely national dress. I always liked that when I worked there, seeing the locals put on a great display.
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Awesome @neph93 how on earth did you end up in Tring? Should I be on the look out for teenagers who have Scouse tendencies around my way then? lol
Also am I the only one who thinks Hot Ingrid should do all the fit pics for this leg?
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Great suit pics @neph93 !
But there was plenty of space in the background to place the Tour Jacket
I promise the jacket will be featured tomorrow. 17th May is the worst day of the year for denim in Norway.
I publish this view far too often on the forum, but this is taken from my front door at 2330…. kick ass full moon and all.
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Awesome @neph93 how on earth did you end up in Tring? Should I be on the look out for teenagers who have Scouse tendencies around my way then? lol
Also am I the only one who thinks Hot Ingrid should do all the fit pics for this leg?
Me and a mate had driven from Bristol to Hackney for a party. The party went badly wrong (like burning tyres being thrown off tenth floor balconies wrong) and we had no fun at all. He was from Tring (lives in Oz now), and suggested we go there to regroup. It got messy. But not so messy that I left my genes behind (I hope).
I will endeavour to get Ingrid to put the jacket on as much as possible. You've all seen enough of my grim mug the last four years
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The fine weather from yesterday carried over into today. Our big lads were out enjoying it so we took the little ones to a beach about 30mins car drive north. There’s some good fishing the other side of this bay (cod, haddock, pollock and mackerel) but I didn’t get the opportunity to indulge as the equipment wasn’t up to scratch…
It’s a pretty spot…
Cold in the water though.
Tour jacket came along..
But had to come off after a while…
Some people feel the cold more than others though. Either that or she wanted an excuse to show off again.
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Great closeup pic of the tshirt and GAH thingies @neph93 !
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@neph93 That denim/olive combo is spot on! Great tour & family photos!
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Beautiful, @neph93 !
Love the Constitution Day photos, the costumes are lovely and you look either gangster or Mennonite in your suit
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Really great photos,enjoying all of it. Starting to think Hot Ingrid might not let you send the jacket on to the next person. Maybe she can sign up for a leg of the tour.
you look either gangster or Mennonite in your suit
Can I be both? [emoji1]
Hot Ingrid is enjoying jacket (and the attention of strangers on the internet) more than expected [emoji23]
Thank you both…
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Actually, I think you can be both. You could make it even weirder and throw Canadian in the mix.
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And biker gangs.
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Any-hooo….
Quiet few days here, at least out of work. Lots of playground duty as Hot Ingrid is writing her Bachelor thesis (she’s a qualified journalist but is re-training to be a teacher). She took a break to join the smalls and I. Low and behold, she put the tour jacket on when she left the house. It was 20C so she didn’t even need it [emoji849]
I’m getting to try out some lightweight IH denim (and the 777 cut) for the first time as a result of a cool trade with @bryaneidins70 (cheers buddy). These are the IH-777-14S-od. I’m impressed with the denim and even more impressed with the 777 cut (note the long untucked IH polo though, need to hide that plumbers crack).
Alfred is a big fan of the Papa. He’s always stealing my PN headwear regardless of the season.
Alternative ways of getting jacket evo… let a two year sociopath called Edward beat the crap out of it (and you).
Right, off to watch the last episode of GoT.
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The Sons of Anarchy meets The Followers of Amman… I like it. Also there are some strong denim looks amongst both those «tribes» ...
Biker or Amish?
Ok, I'm done
