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    Alex and Giles do (what was supposed to be) a brief trip to Osaka and Kojima

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    • gaseousclayG
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      This experience is always amusing to me while in Japan  😃

      WTB:
      IHSH-129 size L (blue)
      IHSH-19

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      • GilesG
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        We are in a local bar and are officially the only gay-jans in the village

        "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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        • UnTuckedU
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          There's an American owned rock bar in Namba called Cherry Bomb that I recommend if you guys get the time.

          They stock some nice craft beers.

          https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g298566-d3670657-Reviews-Rock_Bar_Cherry_Bomb-Osaka_Osaka_Prefecture_Kinki.html

          In search of:
          IHV-04, med.
          IHSH-185, large
          IHSH-186, large (khaki, and green)

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          • GilesG
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            One of the things that I love about Japan is the contradictions you encounter.

            Yesterday we stopped at a convenience store to grabs some bits and pieces.  When we left there was a large white car parked casually across the entrance in complete disregard to the neatly laid out parking lots.

            G "Who does he think he is, bloody Yakuza?"
            S "Yes"
            G "How do you know?"
            S "The licence plate is 4455, the number of the Kojima Yakuza Branch"

            "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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            • GilesG
              Giles
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              UHF's ready to be sewn….

              A previous seasons grey Ombre and patterns

              "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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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                FW18 Type II pocket flaps…

                "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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                • GilesG
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                  The Inland Sea…

                  "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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                  • GilesG
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                    Korean BBQ, I think H has his own table here…

                    "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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                    • DionD
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                      @Giles:

                      S "The licence plate is 4455, the number of the Kojima Yakuza Branch"

                      Sounds like they're not far away from a decent clothes branch to snag some nice pieces ;).

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                      • GilesG
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                        "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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                        • Matty123M
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                          Great thread and great photos. Thanks @Giles and @Alex

                          Maybe so. Maybe not

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                          • AlexA
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                            • gaseousclayG
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                              Great pics. Love the food shots [emoji496]

                              Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                              WTB:
                              IHSH-129 size L (blue)
                              IHSH-19

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                              • Signal11S
                                Signal11
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                                Those factory shots are great! Thanks.

                                Having no destination, I’m never lost.

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                                • bryaneidins70B
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                                  Love these pics and a great Father and Son photo.

                                  'Fail we may…Sail we must'

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                                  • steelworkerS
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                                    @bryaneidins70:

                                    Love these pics and a great Father and Son photo.

                                    They must get along well, they're Brits and damn near smiling!  😉 At the same time!

                                    Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                    Well, I have others.

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      I think someone had just said "you know what, that Steelworker aint so bad after all"  🙂 🙂 🙂

                                      "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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                                      • GilesG
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                                        It is a common misperception that jeans are starched post construction.  The denim warp is made stiff and slippery with the application of a sizing agent (typically starch) before the weaving process.  This gives the warp less friction, so the weaving process is more efficient and warp breakages (which cost a load in loom down-time) are reduced…

                                        Warps being beamed

                                        Beams of warp entering the sizing machine

                                        A warm bubbly bath of sizing agent

                                        "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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                                        • steelworkerS
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                                          @Signal11:

                                          Those factory shots are great! Thanks.

                                          What he said.

                                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                          Well, I have others.

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Obviously before the warps get sized, they need to be prepared and dyed…

                                            Beams of warp in position.  Each yarn in a beam is 2,000M long and there are dozens and dozens of warps on each beam

                                            "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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