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  • vinteuil
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 12798

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    ... another solution to walking in icy conditions :

    Walking on icy streets need not be a downhill experience if you put your socks over your shoes



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    • Serial_Apologist
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 37625

      Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
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      ... another solution to walking in icy conditions :

      Walking on icy streets need not be a downhill experience if you put your socks over your shoes



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      That sounds a good idea if you don't mind wearing out socks rather quickly! I knew there was something one could rub into leather to soften it, just couldn't remember what. I'll try the try the olive oil idea and let people know. Thanks for these suggestions, vints.

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      • vinteuil
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 12798

        Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
        That sounds a good idea if you don't mind wearing out socks rather quickly! I knew there was something one could rub into leather to soften it, just couldn't remember what. I'll try the try the olive oil idea and let people know. Thanks for these suggestions, vints.
        ... perhaps dubbin might be a more practical idea than all that olive oil -



        for example :



        Tho' (sudden Proustian memory... ) my father always used neatsfoot oil -



        for example :

        : http://amzn.eu/14ZUdjV

        And of course there is also saddle-soap...

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        Last edited by vinteuil; 23-02-18, 16:04.

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        • Serial_Apologist
          Full Member
          • Dec 2010
          • 37625

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          ... perhaps dubbin might be a more practical idea than all that olive oil -



          for example :



          Tho' (sudden Proustian memory... ) my father always used neat's foot oil -



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          Ah yes - Dubbin! Most people around today probably associate the word with layering successive recordings on top of one-another!

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          • BBMmk2
            Late Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 20908

            Going to be another cold day today. Thanks SA for that. Air too dry? Interesting.
            Don’t cry for me
            I go where music was born

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            • DracoM
              Host
              • Mar 2007
              • 12962

              Brilliant sun, very dry, powerful, incisive easterly, knife to the bone.

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              • Petrushka
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12242

                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                I was reading somewhere recently that the best foot wear for icy conditions, surprisingly, is your old gumboots. I shall see if I can find the reference...


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                I've been following this practice for many years and it's not failed me yet. The only slight downside is that of the feet going cold very quickly.
                "The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink

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                • BBMmk2
                  Late Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 20908

                  I do hope that Forumistas will be safe during the coming Polar Vortex this week. Don't do unnecessary journeys etc. I've been telling my elderly mother this everyday. She's nearly 92 and still drives! Which I do worry about!

                  Apart from that, lovely sunny day here today. Going to an indian in a nearby village called Lindfield, wioth a couple of friends, where they do a lovely buffet!
                  Don’t cry for me
                  I go where music was born

                  J S Bach 1685-1750

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                  • Joseph K
                    Banned
                    • Oct 2017
                    • 7765

                    Very sunny yesterday and today; not a cloud in the sky. Cold breeze, but it's all about the sun.

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                    • teamsaint
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 25200

                      Originally posted by Joseph K View Post
                      Very sunny yesterday and today; not a cloud in the sky. Cold breeze, but it's all about the sun.
                      Indeed it is. Cool but very sunny day here with perfect blue sky .

                      and we had three of these circling around earlier, just above the house.



                      Unfortunately my camera battery had run out so had to use phone, which wasn't easy, especially with low sun.

                      Can anybody identify from this blurry image?
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                      I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                      • Joseph K
                        Banned
                        • Oct 2017
                        • 7765

                        I can't but - nice!

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                        • DracoM
                          Host
                          • Mar 2007
                          • 12962

                          Kestrels?
                          Sparrow Hawks?

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                          • vinteuil
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 12798

                            Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                            Indeed it is. Cool but very sunny day here with perfect blue sky .

                            and we had three of these circling around earlier, just above the house.


                            Can anybody identify from this blurry image?
                            ...looks like a red kite.



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                            • teamsaint
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 25200

                              Originally posted by DracoM View Post
                              Kestrels?
                              Sparrow Hawks?
                              They were big. Wingspan at least 4ft, I would say. I think they might have been Red Kites , which we have round here. There is quite a clear white marking on the underside of the wing. I have to move my laptop screen to see it.
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                              • teamsaint
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 25200

                                Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                                I think they probably were. A magnificent sight, they were circling around for at least 10 minutes.

                                Is three together usual? There was a report in the local paper of three together at Old Sarum a couple of years ago.
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