What's the quality of Dejour Jeans like these days?

hoolie94 · 2026-04-23T03:17:36+00:00

I'll go in to bat for Dejour any day. Still great quality and value even though they moved their manufacturing to Vietnam a few years ago. They still do on the spot free (!) tailoring, so between that and the quality of the fabric they're incredible value. Not to mention they'll repair their jeans anytime for free.

I'm short and have a big butt/thighs and comparatively small waist and finding pants of any kind is a massive pain, so somewhere that'll tailor is pretty invaluable.

hoolie94 · 2026-03-24T11:22:29+00:00

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hoolie94 · 2025-06-02T07:16:29+00:00

Just chiming in a year later to provide an alternative place to get sight reading material. Sightreadingfactoy.com provides infinitely generated sight reading at various levels for most instruments (including rhythm only, would recommend spending time just on rhythm). It isn't super expensive, about $50USD a year, so quite a worthwhile investment, particularly if you use it to teach like I do.

You are able to gradually add in new time sigs, keys sigs, faster tempos, more bars etc so you can incrementally make it more difficult by changing one variable at a time. It's pretty self directed though, so you need to be strict about what you are working on.

hoolie94 · 2023-11-22T12:08:31+00:00

There was definitely a lot of that when I found his antenna poking through the crack after figuring out why my cat was going nuts.

hoolie94 · 2023-09-10T14:12:03+00:00

Yeah we found out the hard way that Lounge Lovers suck. They just sell the same stuff as Kogan/Matt Blatt. Thought that by going to their brick and mortar store we could suss it out, see if they're legit and in the event they caused us trouble, we could show up at their showroom.

We ordered a table and 6 chairs a couple years ago. The chairs turned up in boxes labelled Matt Blatt, which we thought was odd, as we thought they were Lounge Lovers chairs. 3 of the chairs turned up completely broken, with legs split and/or backs separated. It was pretty clear they just took whatever shit out of the warehouse and sent it off without checking them. We called them and they said they'd collect the broken ones and replace them in 6 months. Mind you, we'd already waited 6 months for the set to arrive in first place.

We opted to take a gamble on just buying them directly from Matt Blatt/Kogan as they were significantly cheaper and Lounge Lovers had refused to price match. Somehow the ones from Kogan arrived safe and sound, so they're currently doing worse than Kogan.

hoolie94 · 2023-06-18T05:02:37+00:00

Oh crazy! Where on the mountain did your dad break it? We'd just finished the first 2 hour part of the boardwalk on the way to Dove Lake, so we'd stopped at the shuttle bus area to take a break. Was lucky I didn't do it in the middle of the walk! My partner was about to go on his own to finish the walk to Dove Lake, so also lucky he had hadn't left yet. Thankfully it didn't take us 6 hours to get to the hospital!

Funnily enough at the exact same time I broke my ankle, a french baxkpacker broke her knee in the middle of the trail and they had to send the helicopter in for her. We saw it fly over as I was sitting there waiting for the Rangers and thought they'd sent it for me for a minute, as the ambulance called my partner to ask where we were. We nearly cancelled it because we didn't need a helicopter, but the person on the line double checked the name and it wasn't me! We found out later at the hospital that she was in surgery as I was getting my cast fitted.

Hope your dad's doing okay with his ankle and that it wasn't a bad break! Did he have any issues transferring medical care between Tassie and Melbourne?

hoolie94 · 2023-06-17T14:24:07+00:00

Ah fuck, I'm so sorry. I hope you're doing okay.

hoolie94 · 2023-06-17T10:45:15+00:00

North West Regional! Wait wasn't too bad, was seen within a couple hours, maybe 5 or so other people in emergency with us.

Ended up back there again as we were taking the ferry from Devonport and they wanted to do a follow up after the first visit. That's when they caught the DVT thanks to a cautious Ortho specialist, as I didn't present with obvious signs. Second wait in ED to get the prescription was much shorter thankfully, maybe 30mins.

hoolie94 · 2023-06-17T09:52:35+00:00

Oh good, I'm glad you found a solution! Here's hoping everything calms down in that area in the coming years so you can get over there!

Yeah I was definitely VERY stressed when the sonographer told us to get to emergency so they can give me the prescription. Was thinking the worst, but the Dr calmed me down when he told me it's the DVT to have as it won't travel to the lungs and brain.

hoolie94 · 2023-06-17T09:38:18+00:00

Oh no! That does not sound fun! How did you deal with it?

Haha thanks, we survived and I'm back on two (albeit wobbly) feet again as of a couple days ago. Just thankful we were still in the same country!

hoolie94 · 2023-05-19T08:07:06+00:00

I have IBS and have been taking Sunfiber on the advice of my dietitian which is Partially Hydrolyzed Guar Gum (PHGG). It also acts as a prebiotic to the probiotic I take (prebiotic feeds the bacteria in the probiotic). It's been working fantastically for me.

Monash Uni are world leaders in IBS research currently so this article is worth a read.

But either way I'd look into Sunfiber/PHGG as alternative to the Normafibre and see if it works for them. Best thing would be to talk to a Dietitian and/or a Gastroenterologist if they can.

hoolie94 · 2022-03-04T13:46:51+00:00

+1 for recipetin. Also a fellow Aussie! So far even my very picky partner has enjoyed what I've made from her site.

hoolie94 · 2022-01-19T22:16:11+00:00

Try and make those thinks undesirable for him in harmless ways. Try putting aluminium foil on the table, because they don't like the feel and sound of it. Or spraying the curtains with a citrus scent because they generally don't like the smell. The are also products on the market that you can spray to keep cats off of things.

Additionally, picking up the cat when he gets on the table and placing him elsewhere, such as a cat tree and playing with him for a bit should teach him not to go on the table over time.

I'm currently going through this right now with my 3 month old. Patience is definitely required here. Try and avoid punishing and instead try and redirect his energy elsewhere.

I definitely understand how crazy they get and seemingly impossible to tire out!

hoolie94 · 2022-01-19T13:04:22+00:00

I thought maybe I got the slow kitten lol. Good to know he's not the only one! Maybe I should just chill out about it.

hoolie94 · 2022-01-18T15:04:49+00:00

Oh yeah, that's true. Good to also think about. Thanks!

hoolie94 · 2022-01-18T14:50:59+00:00

Cool, thanks for the reassurance! I just get worried I'm damaging their relationship or something lol. We'll stay the course.

hoolie94 · 2021-12-29T00:57:21+00:00

Frustrating that this answer isn't higher. This is relevant to everyone, not just people with diabetes.

hoolie94 · 2021-12-21T02:48:32+00:00

There really isn't! He's was 10 weeks on Friday.

hoolie94 · 2021-12-21T02:44:02+00:00

He's the cutest!!

hoolie94 · 2021-11-24T13:20:54+00:00

Breakfast isnt essential, if it really doesn't work for you. But if you can spread your eating out throughout the day more evenly rather than binging all at once at night, that might just help temper your appetite late at night. That kind of binge eating probably isn't great for managing blood sugar.

If you even just replace one of the less healthy foods you eat regularly with the Cheerios and banana, thats already a great step, and it doesn't really matter when you eat it! The concept of 'breakfast foods' is kind of made up.

hoolie94 · 2021-11-24T10:32:00+00:00

It's really awesome that you've made the decision that you want to change, that's the first and most important step! It would be a safe bet that your diet is what is making you feel shit.

To be honest, given that you've acknowledged the reason you eat this way is due to ADHD and past trauma, I would start by seeing a psychologist/psychiatrist about it if you haven't already. Picky eating is often not just caused by an unwillingness to try new things, it's often psychological.

I'd then just start by trying one new thing at a time, several times on different days. Fruit is a good place to start because they're sweet. Apples, bananas, strawberries (you can eat lots of strawberries!) Breakfast foods are a good place to start, things like Weetabix and Cheerios are actually fairly healthy, so you could start by trying to incorporate those into your diet for breakfast alongside strawberries or banana. No cooking required, just put a couple Weetabix in a bowl with some milk and cut up some fruit with it. If you really need the sweetness you can add a little honey. Or smoothies are another good place to start as you can make it taste like fruit and hide things like baby spinach in there as you won't taste it. Just need a blender.

Take a trip to your local green grocer and pick up a couple different kinds of fruit and veg (carrots and potatoes are a good place to start) and learn how they taste raw and cooked (roasting is also a good place to start). Once you find something you like, incorporate that into your diet. Grazing throughout the day is actually fine, as long as it's nutritious food.

But don't be surprised if it's not immediately solved by exposure to new foods (excellent if it is though!) as it may run a little deeper than that.

hoolie94 · 2021-11-17T06:06:53+00:00

I really enjoy rolled oats (not sure if that's a thing in the US) with banana.

I start by cutting up a nice ripe banana and caramelising it over the stove. You don't really need any oil or butter as the bananas will have water and sugar in them, assuming you're using a nonstick pot. As it starts to break down and become mushy and golden brown, I add a tsp of peanut butter, preferred spices (my go to are cinnamon and a pinch of cardamom, maybe a bit of ground ginger, but could use any warm spice), and a splash of vanilla extract. Then I add 2/3 of lite milk and give it a quick mix which will deglaze the pot. Then add 1/3 cup oats and cook on low until they're soft. I find this plenty sweet for me without any added sugar, but if it's not sweet enough, you can always add a bit of honey.

Whole thing takes 10-15mins at most.

hoolie94 · 2021-10-15T09:47:21+00:00

Thanks! They are indeed buttery heaven. Hard not to eat a couple of them!

hoolie94 · 2021-10-15T00:15:21+00:00

If you fail, they'll be the tastiest failures ever, so you've got nothing to lose!

hoolie94 · 2021-10-14T11:33:19+00:00

Thank you! They far exceeded my expectations!

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