Random conversations
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It’s not Japanese but I enrolled Jacob into an after school Chinese class that was running and they have been doing the three R’s and holy heck has he picked it up well with the writing side of it and reading
Speaking not as much due to pronunciation for a 7 year old with only Ozzie English as a first language I’ve been impressed -
Alien - Yes or no… and why
I enjoy contemplating the existent of life beyond our planet. This NPR article got me thinking it might be a fun conversation to start here.
A monolith appeared near Las Vegas. Who is behind these mysterious objects?
https://www.npr.org/2024/06/26/nx-s1-5017575/monolith-las-vegas-mystery-objects
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I’m a philosophical pessimist generally speaking so I’m not really on board. I tend to think of the universe in terms of time, not size. The amount of time it took for this planet to develop life and the time it took for that life to evolve makes me pretty dubious that the conditions on other planets would have lined up in such a way as to support life. As a pessimist, I place a pretty low value on the significance of life, specifically intelligent life.
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I just discovered that the new movie, The Bikeriders, is based on director Jeff Nichols' brother, Ben's, song of the same name, by an old favorite band of mine, Lucero. I now have a major need to see this movie. I wonder if he used the song in there? I believe the song was based on an old picture book of biker culture or something, as seen in the music video.
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@WhiskeySandwich yes exactly my friend, the film is based on Danny Lyon '68 photography book on the Outlaws MC... I can't wait to see it
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@Luijim78 this is so super cool, i'm nerding out! I remember thinking when the song came out like 20 years ago that it'd make a killer movie. i didn't even realize Ben had a movie-director brother. This blew my mind today. Decent motorcycles movies are extremely few and far between. Very psyched.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@WhiskeySandwich Some amazing shots from the book in @steelworker 's post here:
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum//post/817701I went to see the movie last week, loved it! Great soundtrack all the way through!
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@WhiskeySandwich yes it's very true, I didn't know the song thanks for letting me know it mate. I was already checking which cinemas it's showing in this weekend... p.s. the costume designers used Schott jackets, a line of jackets from the film is in production, I have to take a look at this on the Schott site too
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Didn’t want to say it on the product thread, but two of my favorite features of frog skin camo are the herringbone twill and that the reverse of the beach pattern (tan colorway) is the jungle pattern (green colorway). The latter makes them look super cool cuffed where I’m normally an hemmer.
Understanding this would impact the cost, I wish those features made it into the FW24 pants.
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@mclaincausey said in Random conversations:
Didn’t want to say it on the product thread, but two of my favorite features of frog skin camo are the herringbone twill and that the reverse of the beach pattern (tan colorway) is the jungle pattern (green colorway). The latter makes them look super cool cuffed where I’m normally an hemmer.
Understanding this would impact the cost, I wish those features made it into the FW24 pants.
You're saying that you would prefer the pattern to be on both sides of the pants, not just printed on the face? If so, I agree, and suggested as such when I first saw them, but Haraki did not agree, for some reason.
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@Alex that’s right; with the interior pattern being a green versus a tan colorway, and maybe even a design that’s reversible. Still tempted but this brings the tiger stripe in play.
One interesting thing about a fabric like that is the contrast you can get if you have a design that reverses the fabric. Or a simple cuff.
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I visited the doctor today for an annual check-in which includes measuring my weight. We stopped by the scale first before getting to the exam room, but as we got to the exam room and she was entering the weight, she realized we forgot to get my height. She then noted I needed to take off my shoes before doing that. Since I was already going have my shoes off, I asked if I could step on the scale again without my button-up shirt. For anyone keeping track, a pair of wescos and a IHSH-293 is about 9lbs.
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@pechelman 9lbs?! Holy shit!
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