Don't be shy!

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » 28 Mar 2007, 4:05pm

Nice post, TC.

Mick F, You could say they are only as fast as the slowest person.

Bet the right team could really shift though?

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 28 Mar 2007, 4:22pm

r2

On the point of lady stokers, please note the punctilious application of etiquette: the seating arrangement boy, girl, boy is meticulously followed.

MickF

If ever these were used to ride at speed in say a long time trial, heaven help whoever was handing up bottles. The start area would have been pretty crowded as well.

reohn2 · Post by **reohn2** » 28 Mar 2007, 6:06pm

thirdcrank wrote:r2

On the point of lady stokers, please note the punctilious application of etiquette: the seating arrangement boy, girl, boy is meticulously followed

And so it should be too we can't have these stokers getting above their station.:0)

Pagan · Post by **Pagan** » 31 Mar 2007, 12:41pm

I do like the women's outfits - gloriously impractical! :lol:

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 31 Mar 2007, 1:20pm

FWIW I believe those togs* were called 'rational dress'

* That is togs in the sense of clothing - my brother-in-law used to refer to my mother-in-law as TOG - The Old Girl - to differentiate her from TOM.

Pagan · Post by **Pagan** » 31 Mar 2007, 4:19pm

thirdcrank wrote:FWIW I believe those togs* were called 'rational dress'

* That is togs in the sense of clothing - my brother-in-law used to refer to my mother-in-law as TOG - The Old Girl - to differentiate her from TOM.

I'm sure you're right. A friend and I were considering the practicalities of a rational dress ride some time.

The idea involved a Mrs Beeton style picnic at some point, too!!

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 31 Mar 2007, 4:39pm

Pagan

This is the sort of picnic they used to have in those halcyon days - was it what Charlie had in mind when he called the thread 'Don't be shy.' :?:

The chap on the right is explaining to the lady how to replace a difficult tyre following a puncture.

The lady holding her chin is saying, "Marmaduke, I don't care if you have the biggest tandem in England. After all the fuss about an al fresco picnic, your lunch box is more than a disappointment; it's a complete and utter flop.!" :shock:

simon l6 and a bit · Post by **simon l6 and a bit** » 31 Mar 2007, 7:07pm

five stars TC - now I have to go down stairs and explain the chortling

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:04pm

thirdcrank wrote:

The chap on the right is explaining to the lady how to replace a difficult tyre following a puncture.

The chap on the right is explaining to the lady the best route to take
home without getting caught by the fuzz.

reohn2 · Post by **reohn2** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:17pm

Or the distinct disavantages of irrational dress
Or perhaps as it was late autumn the unusual sight of two blue tits. :shock:

Post by **Mick F** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:24pm

Blue Tits?

We have Nuthatches here, you know!

Mick F. Cornwall

Mrs Tortoise · Post by **Mrs Tortoise** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:39pm

I am not going to dignify this with a comment, except they should rename this a the 'tuck shop' as it's seems full of schoolboys!

Terry T · Post by **Terry T** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:40pm

I think you just have.

Post by **Mick F** » 31 Mar 2007, 8:54pm

Nuthatches from last year, being fed from our box:

Nice. eh?

Mick F. Cornwall

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 31 Mar 2007, 9:01pm

Sorry, Mrs Tortoise, I did not mean to offend :oops: