Iron Heart IH-634S - World Tour 2010 - 2013

[Giles]

Thanks El.  G

[elclintor]

The waist was right under 33" before the wash..

[Giles]

OK. Anyone want these bad boys for the next month, preferably someone who will be in New York for the SENY party?

[emceeQ]

My last leg in these was pretty recent, but I can fill in if someone new can't…

[Giles]

Perfect.  El, please can you get the jeans to emceeQ….

[llvlaglne]

oh what happened to lando?

[Seul]

Area 51'ed… 

[Finn666]

[elclintor]

Ok guys and gals…. here are my final shots before sending these back to emceeQ.. Enjoy!

[501IH]

They look greater with every leg. Hope they'll still be rocked hard before their return to Europe, give 'em loving hell, guys!

[emceeQ]

Lookin great!  Can't wait to get them back again…

[thomasnunnally]

Great pics El!

[elclintor]

Until we meet again….

[emceeQ]

They're back!

and they've been greeted with an 06 and some deerskin…

[elclintor]

Good to see em back on ya!

[emceeQ]

Thanks el!

Got some fun plans for this leg.

Heading to Grand Rapids for a few days to see my lady, then planning on going to the Converge show in Detroit on Tuesday, and the leaving for NYC on Wednesday or Thursday…

[emceeQ]

and it's time to kick this thing off…

Since these were last here I've moved out of my old place and into a housing co-op...

with a most excellent porch/deck…

and these lovely people (plus  a few others)…

This was taken just before a huge party at one of the other co-ops in the area

The previous members/ tenants treated the house poorly and ran it's finances into the ground.  After they were kicked out some friends and I took on the task of fixing it up.  After some painting, put in some hardwood flooring, and a whole lot of cleaning it's become a great place to live…

Our dining area...

Our living room…

and our kitchen…

and to give you an idea of the house before hand, this was my room before I fixed it up…

and put in some much needed work…

[Giles]

Wow, that place (now) looks great…..

[big truck]

The housing co=op idea sounds interesting. How does that work? Who owns it? Good job on fixing your room.

[emceeQ]

@big:

The housing co=op idea sounds interesting. How does that work? Who owns it? Good job on fixing your room.

The co-op is definitely interesting, and it's a great place to live.  My co-op is part of the Student Housing Co-op (SHC), which is a group of 15 housing co-ops ranging is size from 4 people up to 29 people (mine has 17).  The properties are co-owned by all the members in the system.  On a system wide level, decisions that affect the whole system, like purchase or sale of property, are voted on by the entire system.

On the house level we have a job system to make sure everything that needs done gets done, and so that the house stays clean.  We also have house dinners 5 nights a week (someone has the job of preparing each meal) and keep a stocked pantry.  Our "rent" is set up so that a portion goes to pay taxes on our properties and to pay the salaries of the few people our system employs (a handyman, someone to look after finances, etc) and the other portion goes towards house costs (food, utilities, cleaning supplies, etc).  Much like the system, the houses are run democratically as well.

Overall it's a very cost effective way to live and it tends to build a strong sense of community within the houses, and across the system as a whole.

That seems a bit long winded, but hope that it's clear and made sense.  If you have any questions feel free to ask!