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  1. zebedee

    Why a Leather Jacket?

    Practicality, initially. I used to travel a lot, and durability, rain-resistance and lack of need to washing-machine it meant that a leather jacket was ideal. My first leather jacket was easy to clean, warm and a bit like a wearable collection of pockets for most of my necessary items. An...
  2. zebedee

    how to dull Aero Goat

    I would not try to dull it. A mistake will make you sadder than success will make you happy.
  3. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    The travel pass is authorised by the whole community/representative thereof (a hospital visit will usually sort it)... we think things may open up soon- when they do, I think that expats are going to be heading directly to the airports. I managed to book flights to HK in late July, which is...
  4. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    No, we're still locked down. I can walk around the compound, but nobody can leave its grounds. I did get a travel pass for a booster shot. It was an arse-pain getting that travel pass. A colleague and I got the jabs and were taken to the hospital and back by a 'private car' - it was a bus...
  5. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    Good to know. I don't think I'd put any others in the machine, though - I have too much time on my hands for worry as it is! I would have thought that some of the oils or waxes might have been affected, but maybe not.
  7. zebedee

    Washing machine question

    After realising that the anti-covid liquid that had saturated my delivered-to-Shanghai Mariner had not all been washed off by a quick shower, I put the jacket into a pillowcase and cold washed it for 15 mins without any detergent and then air-dried it. The Vicenza feels much as it did before...
  8. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    We think maybe a week or two. I very much doubt that faith in the overall structure has been reinforced much.
  9. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    T The wha...?
  10. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Insanity was so week 5. It is like living in a JG Ballard or Philip K. Dick novel. The costs to the city are truly eye-watering.
  11. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I am not entirely sure that I was all that sane when I started working in Asia at 23. I like to cook and read and I still work online. The situation is surreal, though. I live opposite a guy in the wine trade. He charges an un-inflated price, I pick up the wine late at night :)
  13. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    It's the Maxwell and the Bordeaux against the lockdown. Two months and a total of 3 hours outside my apartment in that time!
  14. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Week 9 of home lockdown. Aero Cafe Racer, glass of Aussie Shiraz.
  15. zebedee

    Things you want but cannot justify buying...

    A Himel Canuck. I've wanted one for ages, but I can't justify the price because I know that I would feel disappointed to have spent that much money on a piece of clothing.
  16. zebedee

    Notions about fit

    They're all perfect fits.
  17. zebedee

    Notions about fit

    Unless a jacket is a couple of sizes too big or too small (and maybe not even then), fit is a personal preference. While it's true that a US physique in the US during the 30s was smaller and clothing was worn differently, it's also unlikely that people felt as caught up on fit then. I found...
  19. zebedee

    Himel: An Existential Review

    I really like Himel's Canuck, but I don't want to pay those prices - I don't know what effect tighter stitching has (beyond the aesthetic), and I doubt that the advantages of the manufacturing process in whatever dimension, be it fit, durability, etc. (if I could tell) would - or could - be...
  20. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Yes - I do a lot of cooking and it is much cheaper to buy in bulk, so I have non-perishable food in large quantities. Chinese people often want - and insist on - things being entirely fresh, but it is hard to store green vegetables without blanching them (and even then they take up space). I...
  21. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    I was about to ask: 'Just one fridge?'
  22. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    It helps. It really does. I think end of May before things are back to normal. There must have been some movement from the apartment complex: 'Give that laowai beer!' It isn't enough beer, but times are hard, etc. :)
  23. zebedee

    What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

    Friendly neighbour gave me some beer. First beer (or drink) in about 5 weeks :) This lockdown is getting surreal.
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