How many ladies/women/non-men come on here?

[Wheeledweenie]

Well unlike a lot of you I like pink (not that baby woosy pink) and I have just discovered that this year the Altura Night Vision is going to be produced in pink ... and my previous one seems to be loosing its waterproofness a bit ... here it is in all its pinkness:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/altura-w-nv-evo-jkt-zoom.jpg

Looks as if they have moved the pocket down and made 2 instead - hopefully still zipped. Though I note not available till November.

I like it, and agree it's nice that it's better visibility than black but less 'stands out in the pub' than the yellow!

 

[Cathryn]

Thanks girls. I've also spotted this. The sleeves come off and it turns into a gillet. Decisions.

Helen, that's really cute, I love it.

I ADORE my gilet. It is quite bright but not obscenely so, I never feel lurid.

 

[trio25]

I love pink, I have loads of pink bits on two of my bikes as well.

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Hello again everyone!

We're having to postpone our lady/woman chat until Wednesday 12 August in the evening so if anyone can join in I'd be grateful! Thanks!

 

[summerdays]

I'd forgotten all about it... couldn't make it tonight - have to return a child to camp ... came home at 12.30 (last night/this morning) apparently ill - in fact I think just suffering sleep deprivation judging by her long lie in and apparent wellness this morning!!!

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I'd forgotten all about it... couldn't make it tonight - have to return a child to camp ... came home at 12.30 (last night/this morning) apparently ill - in fact I think just suffering sleep deprivation judging by her long lie in and apparent wellness this morning!!!

We've all been there! I used to look dreadful after cadet camp but I'd just been having too much fun!

 

[summerdays]

What sort of cadet camp?

 

[Wheeledweenie]

What sort of cadet camp?

I was in the ATC, an air cadet. Bit twee but I loved it.

 

[montage]

I was in the ATC, an air cadet. Bit twee but I loved it.

I'm in that.....

dont care for flying much though..



..and why am I nosing around on this thread....

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I spent four years in the ATC and I had some fantastic fun. I loved flying, I loved the camps and I made some good friends. I won best cadet at Camp 2000

 

[summerdays]

Oh she is supposed to be at St John's Ambulance cadet camp, although any camp is probably the same recipe of mad freedom from parental supervision!!!

 

[montage]

I spent four years in the ATC and I had some fantastic fun. I loved flying, I loved the camps and I made some good friends. I won best cadet at Camp 2000

I would never get best cadet on camp - and I have been demoted in the past. .... you see .... when you get a bet with the officers to stick obscene images onto the back of the camp CO's back ... I hate to turn those bets down .... and on excersize, I have far too much fun stalking the "less experienced" with a roll of gafa tape at the ready. Had some great times with the atc ... from begining at the age of 13 and idolising the instructors teaching you basic fieldcraft, to becoming an instructor - teaching weapons training, drill, fieldcraft and playing more or less a staff roll at the age of 18. Some of the girls in atc aren't that bad either..

 

[Wheeledweenie]

I got to Sergeant before leaving at 17. Life was just getting too hectic with my A-Levels etc. Still got my stripes somewhere.

 

[Chuffy]

Just an aside (picking up from something that was said in an earlier post) don't assume that you're being patronised in a bike shop simply because you're a lady. It happens to blokes too on a not infrequent basis. It's got something to do with 'expert' staff having to deal with know-nothing numpties on a regular basis. It can take quite a while (and a number of visits) to convince them that you actually do know what you're talking about. Same goes for garages, hi-fi shops etc etc...

 

[SavageHoutkop]

Well made point there.

Bloody annoying though if you don't know what you're talking about. How do they ever expect someone to learn if they're not interested unless you already know?