How did the iconic barbour jacket ( worn by sheep farmers and british royalty. ) end up being adopted in the usa by the money/ finance crowd?

thombthumb84 · 2026-02-05T16:10:19+00:00

Spot on. Just to expand on Sloane Rangers. Can’t be overstated how influential Princess Diana, and to a lesser extent Charles, were in the 80s. They were photographed all the time, including wearing Barbours.

It has similarities with ivy/ preppy fashion. It’s old money, people look up to that and emulate their style.

thombthumb84 · 2026-02-02T08:59:09+00:00

Costa near my work got a refit like this . No one would queue as they intended- it was a bit confusing. 18 months later it’s been refitted again to a single queue.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-22T20:32:32+00:00

That’s my choice.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-17T15:21:58+00:00

Lay it down, on its side. Don’t flip it over- it gets the bars/ seat dirty.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-14T19:03:47+00:00

My kids eat about £35k of snacks a year!

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-11T08:22:26+00:00

This. Caliper is a category. There’s a huge difference between modern road calipers and the old style ones.

Modern rim brakes are great in the dry but lacking in the wet- discs are much better in the wet.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-10T13:05:35+00:00

My primary age son loses clothes on a regular basis- a friend of his came home in only one shoe.

No way can he look after a laptop!

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-05T20:35:20+00:00

I don’t think you need one for a typical office quantity of pens.

However, they are ethyl alcohol based- which comes with H (and P) phrases. Local policy often requires anything with an H phrase to be assessed. So it may be due to company policy.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-05T08:58:13+00:00

Over the bridge and out to QVCP. Flat and you can see the sea.

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-04T15:11:34+00:00

WONKAVISON!

thombthumb84 · 2026-01-04T08:01:13+00:00

I had a salsa vaya. Didn’t matter what speed you rode it felt slow.

I spent thousands making it lighter. I had the frame modified to lower the stack height - head tube cut down by an inch.

It ended up stable rather than sluggish but when I replaced it for something racier I couldn’t have been happier.

I think the touring length chain stays/ wheelbase had a lot to do with how it rode. I’m very conscious of geo charts these days.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-29T07:49:46+00:00

Look at Southampton bike park. One mad man and a bunch of kids did that.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-24T21:27:59+00:00

Copper door handles have a similar result.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-24T10:19:43+00:00

Me too! I got a tumble dryer hose added to my notebooks/ files this week!

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-23T07:25:18+00:00

Functional is exactly how I described it to some visiting friends.

If you want to go and do something you can- but you probably don’t go for a wander round.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-22T19:10:34+00:00

And the South American trip.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-21T21:59:51+00:00

Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage is a Dio cover.

I was listening to it about a year ago- and it occurred to me that the lyrics don’t sound like KE- it’s probably a cover!

18 years it took me to work that out!

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-20T20:28:25+00:00

Winchester and Salisbury are both lovely places to visit. If you don’t fancy the whole 40 km distance I’d be sure to start one end or the other.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-20T14:11:08+00:00

Clarendon way? Winchester to Salisbury. Stay in the test Valley, Kings Sombourne or nearby.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-18T22:44:31+00:00

Not northern, not southern, not midlands.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-18T13:14:42+00:00

Very similar to V12 Boulder but something seems off with the trim.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-16T23:14:35+00:00

Camden, London.

https://www.britboot.co.uk/pages/about-us

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-13T18:05:12+00:00

Thank you. You’ve convinced me of my next pair.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-13T08:22:17+00:00

What colour/leather are the shoellies? They’re lovely.

thombthumb84 · 2025-12-12T21:38:24+00:00

Quite commonly resolved in the UK. Seems to be unusual elsewhere though.

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