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[Chris]

Houston is a large, diverse city.  I'm pretty sure I can find just such a neighborhood to make you feel at home, Gav.

[steelworker]

@TrickHell:

My move to Ireland got moved up by 1-2 months.

you'll get lots of use for your IH gear!

[Max Power]

@JCMx800:

Gonna visit my good friend @Max Power this Saturday. That´s gonna be awesome!

Hell yeah! Looking forward to that!

[steelworker]

@Seul  they're made for ya

[Seul]

That's brilliant… But how do we know a pig's nose is an item of comfort?.. 

In other news: changed energy supplier... My province does an annual auction where they let suppliers make their best (cheapest) offer for families, whom can then subscribe... Second year I'm doing this... But now I'm apparently also eligible for a free boiler maintenance... Nice: my certificate expires may 2015 and it costs around 100 € to have it done.

Happy pig (perhaps in spite of the nose)...

[arrow]

Whre does your old clothes go?

Not sure if this belongs here, but a fascinating article I found via the Put This On blog.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30227025

[Giles]

Patiently waiting in the basement passage at home, waiting for us to get more office space.

[Graeme]

My sister's boyfriend said, "My memory of Barrow is whisky, hangover, A&E."

Sounds like Mansfield, just with a better grade of alcohol!

[Megatron1505]

It's why I brew my own and "import" via the Belgian 

[Seul]

Would you say I'm import-ant to you?..

[derivative666]

Shane will be posting a sales thread for me over the weekend.  Items for sale as followed:
IH-666S size 34 unhemmed $125
IH-555-01 size 36 unhemmed $125
IH-6634 Black size 36 hemmed to 32 $75
IHB-01 Navy Blue XL $125
IHB-03 Tan XL Extinct $300
IHJ-14 Beige XXL $250
IH-534 XXL Extinct $300
IHE-10 Extinct $200

Check the sales thread over the weekend for photos

[Giles]

I have been thinking for some time how to illustrate the fabrics (new website will have a tab for "Fabric Details").

How's this?  Images will always be cropped to the same scale and displayed at the same size…

[hajduk]

great to read at will be more fabric details! cool!

[trail and arrow]

great idea,
but would use a thinner ruler (could be a virtual one).

[Giles]

I have not been able to find a thinner white on black set square.  I want a heavy set square so that it holds the fabric flat and also a set square gives me right angles to ensure my perspective is correct when I edit it (which thus, I think, means a virtual one does not help with that).
I'm open to a better way of doing this, but it needs to be easy to do with minimum post shot processing else it becomes a chore…

[Chris]

For us pathetic Americans, a scale in inches would be nice.  And I don't know how large your sample swatches are, but it might be helpful to see a bit more of the fabric in the shot.

[mclaincausey]

If the pictures are all sized the same you could just embed a reusable component like this http://jsfiddle.net/thirdender/kwcug/

Or this may be better http://ruler.hilliuse.com

[Giles]

@mclaincausey Whoa, I just want to take a pic, that scares the crap out of me…..

[Giles]

@Chris:

For us pathetic Americans, a scale in inches would be nice.  And I don't know how large your sample swatches are, but it might be helpful to see a bit more of the fabric in the shot.

Yes, can do.  And yes will take a shot from further away too….

[Aetas]

Great idea Giles. Perhaps cut out the outer scale.