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It snowed gently all day, and we have some residue from the other night that has frozen and made walking a bit treacherous. Otherwise it's been disappointingly quiet and work-ful.
As the bike is staying at home, I though I'd be catching the 9.30 bus home from outside the school with an ETA home about 10.30. But I got a lift off one of our learners. Excellent! In by 9.30!
Due more snow tonight apparently. We'll see.
Are wellies the last Trustworthy class indicator?
For the knobs there are Le Chameau in muted green, about £200 a pair with optional hob nails and choice of lining.
For the arriviste and upper middle class, the classic Green Hunter. Or lilac ones for their daughters.
For the professional we have a relative newcomer The Dickies Landmaster, made of soft neoprene, ideal for putting in the boot of your BMW when driving the Setters to the park.
The above would have once donned Noras, but they are SO last year!
For the traditionalist there are the black rubber Argyle- goes with a donkey jacket as opposed to the Hunter's Barbour coat.
My own choice is the Dunlop Dee, slightly shorter in length than the above, but light and robust and not expensive. Definetely a working welly, lasts for 6 months of continuous use.
Finally there are those unbranded shiney plastic Wellies in garish colours and designs, found in pound shops and supermarkets. They are for the city dweller who needs something suitable for both Starbucks and wet pavements when the weather turns nasty.
I've definately been at the lower welly end, refusing to pay much for them, but then I don't wear them much.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Do you turn your tops down Mick like the old days?
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Mine never looked that clean though. Also we would write our names in blue biro across the white bit.
Turndowns are a summer thing, the farmers version of those young girls who tie their blouses up on hot days.
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Superb
I'll remember that and accredit you with it Mick when I explain this practice to my middle class, expensive welly wearing colleagues.
I prefer the short, steel-capped version, but I can see the attraction in the turn down.
Who'd have thought a turn down would be a turn on?
So it's like those ugly baby pictures in the abdomen everyone is raving over lately...my friends had one; the baby looked totally different in the light of day.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
Horray for the Alpha Ram; I guess pink tup will have to learn the advantages of doing things on his back...Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Did someone say 8 inches, Soundo thought she saw it for a minute; but it was gone before she got the grin off her face:willy_nilly:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Atheist
That's a pretty good analogy!Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic
Ugly and you can tell what sex it is, but not much else.
Phew!
The weekend draws to a close. Last week of school, to be followed by seven weeks of two brats at home all day.
If I go mad in the meantime, please understand why!
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Tip for punters: don't buy NZ lamb just yet - there is about to be a glut of it on the market - some farmland is aready drier than it is in the height of a dry summer, and we've only just started.
where does all the NZ lamb go to these days? Is it China? It used to arrive by the ship load at Liverpool, while ours ws leaving for France, but you hardly see it nowadays. There used to be high profile ad campaigns with Katie Boyle grinning in a 70's kitchen, showing us how to cook and carve a shoulder to feed a family of four for less than 10 shillings.
The bulk of it now goes to the Middle East countries. China takes the wool but not the meat.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Killing the animals is one of those things that amuse me. We have animal rights idiots crying about battery hens and sow stalls while ignoring the completly inhumane means of killing animals by halal. The farmers are aware of it and a freezing works that has banned halal has animals queued up for miles and is struggling to cope with the numbers.
The trouble is, for the "animal-loving" groups is that crying about halal would mean that they have to say that islam is cruel, and you can't go around upsetting people of other cultures.
Horror conundrum for them, so they just turn the blind eye on it.
I've been getting traumatized on the fashion front. For years they have been telling us how wicked it was to wear animals; now everything from crocodiles to tigers are the rage. :hand:
I know I'm off topic. ( been that way all my life) ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw6Fj...eature=related
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Originally Posted by The Atheist
Aye, its tough being a bleeding heart liberal at the moment. My heart bleeds for them.:hand:
Worse still are those, Nuclear Power?- No thanks! Activists from the 70s and 80s, all that extra CO2 they've caused, to the ruination of the enviroment.
GG: Off topic? on this thread. Impossible.
What an incredible piece of history...I'm trying to remember what sort of panties we wore back then; I remember showing alot of leg, but never the panties:sosp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle