The Off Topic Topic

[Grey Fox]

Josq, have you visited Oshkosh?

When my kids where babies it was the destination for their cool clothes.

[Josquius]

Josq, have you visited Oshkosh?

When my kids where babies it was the destination for their cool clothes.

Never heard of it. Not sure it's a thing here.


Just come to mind. Frugi is the expensive as hell but colourful and good brand my gf buys second hand whenever she can.

[Sheilbh]

Yeah organic baby clothes

Do the big clothes shops do kids clothes too? Uniqlo, H&M etc? God, are there Cos kids?

[HVC]

Baby Gap still a thing?

[Sheilbh]

The Twitter menswear guy has ruined me.

Buying a jumper and just spent about an hour down a rabbit hole about different wool blends

[Habbaku]

Derek Guy is a national treasure.

[Barrister]

The Twitter menswear guy has ruined me.

Buying a jumper and just spent about an hour down a rabbit hole about different wool blends

Like I am 100% a bargain suit guy.  I'm sure meanswear guy would weep at the sight of me.  But I find his posts endlessly fascinating.

He can also be a downright savage at times.

[Sheilbh]

Oh he'd wipe me out. But I think he's great.

And I absolutely love the stuff about history and craft - which is why I'm now researching knitwear

[Admiral Yi]

Like I am 100% a bargain suit guy.

Polyester? 

One thing that turned me off the civil service was the amount of polyester I saw during my internship at Commerce.

[Tamas]

Good job generating income for Elon Musk you guys and him. 

[HVC]

Looked him up. Derek Guy's Canadian. Sheilbh's maple leaf fascination continues

You should find a nice Canadian expat out there and settle down

[Syt]

Only the finest breakfasts at Valencia airport:



(No timbits, having English muffin and a focaccia )

[Syt]

P.S.: Coffee was ok. Not special, but definitely not as bad as Canadian colleagues used to warn me about.

[Barrister]

Like I am 100% a bargain suit guy.

Polyester? 

One thing that turned me off the civil service was the amount of polyester I saw during my internship at Commerce.

So the thing about the public service is you don't want to seem to well-dressed, because you'll inevitably get the "my taxes are paying for your fancy suit!".

Not poly suits, just cheap mass-made off-the-rack suits.  I tend to buy from Moore's, which is a Canadian subsidiary of Men's Warehouse.

[Barrister]

P.S.: Coffee was ok. Not special, but definitely not as bad as Canadian colleagues used to warn me about.

So I tend to get a Tim's coffee every morning on my way to work.

It's not great coffee to be sure.  I think even McDonald's has better coffee.

It is, however A: available everywhere,
B: gives me rewards points for more free coffee, and most importantly
C: is very flexible in terms of customizing.  My go to order is decaf, black, but 1/4 regular (I can't take the full blast caffeine).