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    USA Mega Trip - July & August 2022

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    • AlexA
      Alex
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      Made it to the next stop of the trip…

      Andros, Bahamas - Kira was born and raised here to two American parents that had both moved here separately for work, her mother in the fashion industry, her father a marine biologist. They met down here, and eventually built the house which Kira & I are staying in at the moment. They bought the plot of land way back when for $5,000... How times have changed!

      Pics are a bit shitty because I just got back from a run and my hands were sweaty and we are also experiencing some haze which some think could be a saharan sand cloud.

      The driveway, and our lovely Nissan Cube (US imported vehicles are very expensive, and the Bahamas drives on the left, so Japan wins)

      Front garden

      Back garden

      And the little pathway to our next door neighbour and great friend, Mike, who taught me to dive when I was about 13. He left the hotel that @Giles @Madame Buttonfly and I used to holiday at, and that I interned at for a few summers as a Divemaster and build a villa rental on the plot next to ours. Luckily we get full use of it when he has no guests. Unluckily (for us) he is currently occupied  😃

      Mike's Villa

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      • AlexA
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        Mike could probably do with Kira redoing his photos and @AdamJ redoing his website, but he's a stubborn old goat…

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        • SKTS
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          @Alex what a beautiful spot. Hope you guys can enjoy some “downtime” between work destinations. Looks like an easy place to relax

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          • Madame ButtonflyM
            Madame Buttonfly
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            Loving this thread @Alex and, as already said, some great photography by Kira.

            Give our love to Andros and have an amazing time  😘

            AKA Mrs G

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            • louisboscoL
              louisbosco
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              the cube is a nifty little lovely car ❤️

              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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              • AlexA
                Alex
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                not when it has 250,000 miles on the clock it's not hahahaha

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                • NikN
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                  Wow looks amazing

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                  • jordanscollectedJ
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                    @Alex there's nothing like waking up to the breeze coming in and the sounds of birds and waves. That must be next level relaxing. If you ARE working, this is the spot you could be designing the Iron Heart Linen easy pants.

                    world tours:
                    888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                    Mad Red x2
                    Wabidashery

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                    • AlexA
                      Alex
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                      Nice idea @jordanscollected !

                      So this week I have taken off as paid leave, though I obviously can't completely switch off as you can imagine..

                      That said, I have my hands full with other work… Today I fit a new TV - the last one got blown out by a lightning strike - and did some repairs on the aircon unit I fitted last time I was down here. It wasn't holding pressure, so we had to track down a leak.

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                      • AlexA
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                        Long story short, I either fucked up the flare on the copper pipe last time, or when I joined it to the compressor it wasn't sitting quite right, either way you can kind of see where it sat wrong

                        Vacuum pumped out the system to check it could hold pressure, rather than waste refrigerator gas on the troubleshoot…

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                        • AlexA
                          Alex
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                          Loaded up with 410A after a successful vacuum test, and called in the big guns (Mike) to make sure I hadn't fucked up twice.

                          Now to wait overnight and make sure that it's solid, but at least we have AC in our bedroom tonight, unlike last night!

                          Happily the leak was not in the joined pipes under this deck, so I didn't need to get back under it to redo anything there. Nice cool place for snakes and tarantulas to hide from the summer sun  😞
                          [img alt="IMG_4348.JPG"]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ihf-images/17906/9/a4dfd336-f97e-4c47-85dc-91595b9367c0.JPG

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                          • ROmanR
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                            Those stiffener inserts can get tricky. Even with the compression nuts supplied.

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                            • louisboscoL
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                              @Alex:

                              not when it has 250,000 miles on the clock it's not hahahaha

                              well, someone's gotta put the miles on it to make sure it's reliable. heck, it's Japanese. if it hasn't got 500,000 miles on the clock, you're barely scratching the surface… ahaha

                              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                              • AlexA
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                                Today I'm checking the pump houses that pull water from wells and into the filtration house before pumping onwards into the main building. There was a large bees nest in the first one I checked.

                                No match for some IH denim, and a face mask though!

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                                • jordanscollectedJ
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                                  dare you to approach airport security wearing that

                                  world tours:
                                  888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                                  Mad Red x2
                                  Wabidashery

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                                  • popvultureP
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                                    @jordanscollected:

                                    dare you to approach airport security wearing that

                                    😃 I can't say why exactly but I feel like the jeans tucked into socks into Birks especially create a person of interest.

                                    WTB
                                    IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                    Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      As too, the cap…... 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃

                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      • J
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                                        I figured it was that Bengals cap that scared the Bees 🐝 away.

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                                        • OaktaviaO
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                                          Hahaha

                                          IG: electricindigowizard

                                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                          WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                                          • goosehdG
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                                            @Alex Has Kira just looked at you and shook her head or wondered what she got herself into?  Hopefully your adventure went uneventful and both of your are laughing at it now.

                                            "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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