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[mclaincausey]

TBF adult Scots cursing are pretty adorable too

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia this 100%. If it weren't so trashed, the city would also be beautiful, but it's pretty junky. We can call it "character" lol. I work right next to Bmore, but prefer to commute to get out of the central-MD "twin-city" rat-race. A lot of people I work with hate MD, but have only ever seen central MD. The rest of the state is great.

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich yeah if they "hate Maryland" they simply haven't seen the beauty it has to offer. Western Appalachian mountains, Frederick City and county is historic and beautiful, Assateague Island state park and it's wild horses. Southern Maryland certainly has charm as well, but unlike Charm City. I could go on...it's like only seeing a butthole on a human and thinking that's the entire body.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Oaktavia ROFL true dat. I find that MD is full of transplants too, many from the military, but also for other reasons, came to MD from out of state, maybe for that city money, who knows. But it's kind of a melting pot in the middle. The ones who complain mostly aren't from here. And its funny because one of the biggest complaints is "MD Drivers". I have a theory that "MD Drivers" are actually transplanted drivers who bring a whole mess of driving styles from all over the country and clash with each other.

[Oaktavia]

@WhiskeySandwich "MD Drivers"

From VA

[EdH]

@Tobi said in Random conversations:

Interesting also to google "purple burglar alarms" and see Scottish people pronounce it on youtube

And just like magic, now my YT is suggesting these videos.

Frigging Google with it's tendrils in everything... I'm not even using the Chrome browser...

[Mizmazzle]

@WhiskeySandwich We have that same transplant=shit drivers phenomenon here in Denver too...there is a constant wave of newbies flooding into Colorado, and has been for decades...One month every person you meet is newly arrived from Texas...the next month every new person you meet is from Illinois.....so odd how it seems they come in clusters like that.

[T4920]

@Oaktavia I'll 100% grab a pair someday, probably IB!

Might have to opt for another brand if want a truly masochistic experience though... I was so tempted by the Strike Gold 25oz 'Extra Hard' jeans that were released last year, but didn't wanna distract from my IH rotation.

Asides from the extremely limited Mega Heavyweight N&F releases, reckon they would be the most beautifully painful experience in the denim world.

[T4920]

@T4920 said in Random conversations:

reckon they would be the most beautiful painful experience in the denim world

[mikebarhoot]

found out i have to start going into the office full time.

[mclaincausey]

@T4920 Strike Gold makes great jeans (I’ve two pair of their LHT I love them so much) but they definitely fall apart if you look at them wrong. Albeit by design, I wonder how that kind of heritage ethos plays with a very heavy denim.

One thing I like about IH is they use heavy gauge polycotton constructional yarns. I feel like IH places a lot of thought into designing jeans that will wear well, and some other brands just try to see how heavy they can go without balancing out other elements.

[popvulture]

Man I love that IH uses the polycotton — I get the vintage appeal of cotton thread on a charm level, but given the choice, I’ll always go with tougher stuff.

[Giles]

@mikebarhoot said in Random conversations:

found out i have to start going into the office full time.

Is that a rant?

[mikebarhoot]

more of a 2 year old whine i guess.

[goosehd]

@mikebarhoot 58 year old neighbour recently had the same discussion with the company he works for and he told them to pound sand…they offered him a severance package and rehired him as a consultant (who works from home and only goes into the office once per week). Same as he was doing before.

There are always options…

[T4920]

@mclaincausey said in Random conversations:

Albeit by design

Are you saying they deliberately make bad quality jeans to pay homage to the good ol' days of jeans being bad quality, and falling apart?

I mean, I kinda respect it.. but am dubious as to how big the market is for clothes made with such reckless dedication to authenticity...

[Giles]

A lot of the Amekaji jeans companies do just that. You use cotton constructional stitching, you're going to bust it quick. I can break the stitching around the front pockets on a pair of The Flat Heads within a week....

[mclaincausey]

Yeah man @T4920 they absolutely do use heritage methods that are destined to wear out sooner and that actual wearing out itself is prized (see wabi sabi). At the end of the day that isn’t that different from how we all appreciate fades, it’s just a different evolution.

Even Iron Heart is using chain stitching in places where it has no practical benefit over a lock stitch and only disadvantages relative to more modern techniques, and using felled seams perhaps in part to mitigate some of those disadvantages.

I think IH does the best job of balancing modern and heritage techniques.

[T4920]

@Giles all the more reason to stick with Iron Heart then

[EdH]

@mikebarhoot said in Random conversations:

found out i have to start going into the office full time.

Look at it as an excuse to buy some more office-appropriate stuff from IH. There's chinos, the herringbone trousers, maybe even a pair of ducks...