Dear Forum Members,

My name is Bernadette and I am Mike (aka “Filthy”) Ogurchak’s mom. I wanted to let you know how much it means to me that you thought so much about Mike. Thank you not only for your thoughts about him but also for the things you donated and/or purchased for the auction. Mike was almost obsessed with Iron Heart clothing and he only wore Iron Heart jeans and usually shirts every day. Every time someone would visit, he would go into his production about Iron Heart clothes and about the Forum. You brought so much joy to his life. I received the medical examiner’s report on Mike’s autopsy this week and as expected, he died from heart disease. The official cause was “coronary dilated myopathy” which means the muscles of his heart were so thick, it obscured the blood flow. Since many of my relatives had similar problems, it was definitely hereditary. Your donation to the American Heart Association will help in the research to find a cause and cure for this. Please know that I think about and pray for all of you daily and hope that you will carry on Mike’s great love of Iron Heart. Your comradery is so touching.

Affectionately,

Bernadette

Improv is the way. I need to get strength back in my legs post-op. Could not get to the gym, so using a 6kg 19th century bell-metal mortar....

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Mojitos

Here we go....

Masunaga (ex @endo )
Double Helix (ex @endo)
GOOD ART HLYWD
IHT
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Wesco

A week ago today, I had a total (Japanese Ceramic apparently) replacement of my lefty (sic) hip.

Well, a week down the road and, I am already significantly better than I was before the op. I am not in any pain (I forgot to take the drugs yesterday, and I was fine.

My range of movement is better than prior to the op, and I can positively jog up and downstairs.

Frankly, it is amazing and I am in awe of the medical team who fixed me.

I'm at the heaviest I have ever been (about 12lb above where I feel good about myself), probably because I could not do much before the op, and Paula has been rewarding me with loads of chocolate biscuits since

Physio starts in a week, so I am keen to get 100% fit again and lose those excess pounds.

For sale, one set of crutches, as new

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Scarpa's

Buying fishing tackle for Morocco in September. One of my mates is a Wabby convert.....

So, I have a new jacket.

Double Helix Indigo Dyed Horsehide.

@endo was selling it in Hamburg, I tried it on and loved it. A few hours later I told him I wanted to buy it. He said, too late, already sold.

Thank you @Madame-Buttonfly and @AdamC for the assist

Ex-Endo Double Helix
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Tail end of Storm Babet

Sizing varies from model to model. We'd rather it did not, but fabrics behave differently when stitched up. That is why we post sizing for every item, not just have a general shirt sizing table. Any manufacturer/retailer who does do that is basically posting a "this is what we would like it to be" size chart......

I bought a couple of shirts (both the same tag size) from another brand recently, I had to go by their general shirt size table. One was way to small, the other marginally too large.

When comparing sizing measurements, make sure you do it in one place, IHUK, SE, RandH etc etc. Because there is variance how different retailers measure, so you need to be comparing apples with apples

Japanese Milk Bread....

@goosehd said in WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS):

Would this one be better

Probably a tad less fuel efficient than SAKURA

Not sure even the cool kids queued up to by them....

@MSav32323 said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

this is a 12 oz classic UHF with Aspero cotton

@Tago-Mago said in Random questions to which you seek an answer:

also for letting me see that gloriously awkward photo of @AdamJ

That'll take some searching....Will research

Looks like good Bass territory. I saw a beaut of a sea trout jump about 5 meters from my rod tip whilst fishing for Bass last week....

That looks my kind of fishing....Target species?

Yeah, all 3 of them who bought it