City oz Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Robbored said: Other than flip flops or crocs I can’t wear other footwear without socks - if I do the soles of my feet stick to inside of the shoe, bloody uncomfortable. Flip flops, they are called thongs down under cobber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, City oz said: Flip flops, they are called thongs down under cobber Jandles in New Zealand FFS & Safety boots in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 minutes ago, City oz said: Flip flops, they are called thongs down under cobber I know.......I’ve been to WA twice before and visited the Perth casino both times and the bouncers wouldn’t let me in wearing ‘thongs’. I ended up going in wearing ordinary shoes, shorts and a T shirt. I looked bloody ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 28, 2020 Report Share Posted December 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Robbored said: I know.......I’ve been to WA twice before and visited the Perth casino both times and the bouncers wouldn’t let me in wearing ‘thongs’. I ended up going in wearing ordinary shoes, shorts and a T shirt. I looked bloody ridiculous! no worse than people who go in Wetherspoons in a shellsuit with shoes I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Not my style...but odd thing to get annoyed about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Bong Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 I don't know what's worse, blokes in socks with sandells or in full football kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hand me down chic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: no worse than people who go in Wetherspoons in a shellsuit with shoes I suppose So you've seen Robbo out and about then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 15 hours ago, City oz said: Flip flops, they are called thongs down under cobber Thongs tend to pinch the cobbers down under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Tre Bong said: I don't know what's worse, blokes in socks with sandells or in full football kit. Worse would be in full football kit while wearing socks with sandals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted December 29, 2020 Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 22 hours ago, The dastardly red said: Incredibly tight trousers that finish above the ankles. Then no socks and shoes with tassels on them. A few hundred years ago you'd be sent to the Tower for daring to say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted December 29, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted December 29, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 21:22, phantom said: This and people wearing white socks with trousers. White socks surely only ever accepted when playing sport? You can add blokes who wear trainers with suits or trousers and shirt, that’s just not right...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said: You can add blokes who wear trainers with suits or trousers and shirt, that’s just not right...... They pretend they`re only wearing them to walk to work and change when they get there! Most men`s work shoes in my experience don`t have 6inch heels! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Maesknoll Red said: You can add blokes who wear trainers with suits or trousers and shirt, that’s just not right...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted December 30, 2020 Admin Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: They pretend they`re only wearing them to walk to work and change when they get there! Most men`s work shoes in my experience don`t have 6inch heels! But they are no more comfy than a decent leather shoe..... I don’t buy that argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 21:27, BigTone said: Safety boots in India. That is so true. Some years ago when working on the Delhi Metro design I was at the ceremony for the first borehole to be undertaken. There was some ceremonial breaking of coconuts on the drilling rig in front of the invited great and good from Delhi. As befitting the importance of the occasion the drilling crew were provided with shiny new hard hats, overalls....... and flip flops!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Reigate Red said: That is so true. Some years ago when working on the Delhi Metro design I was at the ceremony for the first borehole to be undertaken. There was some ceremonial breaking of coconuts on the drilling rig in front of the invited great and good from Delhi. As befitting the importance of the occasion the drilling crew were provided with shiny new hard hats, overalls....... and flip flops!! Of course. If they don't wear them to work then they save them for their wedding day. Have worked on a few projects in that region where the scaffolders would turn up with a truckload of bamboo to put up. Different world but works just the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, BigTone said: Of course. If they don't wear them to work then they save them for their wedding day. Have worked on a few projects in that region where the scaffolders would turn up with a truckload of bamboo to put up. Different world but works just the same. Life is cheap in India. I daresay that there’s no such organisation as the health and safety executive in the sub continent. I recently watched a documentary on the Indian railways - jeez......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, Robbored said: Life is cheap in India. I daresay that there’s no such organisation as the health and safety executive in the sub continent. I recently watched a documentary on the Indian railways - jeez......... Pretty close to the mark I'd say. Not just in India though. Morocco and Hong Kong are 2 others where I've worked that H&S is a bit iffy. Mind you so was Saudi Arabia. A guy fell from the top of a 33 storey building we worked on in Riyadh and they closed the site for 1.5 hours to clean up the mess and put an extra row of reinforcing rod around the fence on the top floor. Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 A great debut, but I couldn't get into their follow up album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 Fashion should be left to the young, I can't stand seeing these elderly football pundits trying to match the young guys with their fashions, especially wearing daps with suits, irks me something rotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, Med/MadHatter said: Fashion should be left to the young, I can't stand seeing these elderly football pundits trying to match the young guys with their fashions, especially wearing daps with suits, irks me something rotten! You see Peter Trego on Robins TV on Saturday? A smart grey wedding suit complete with glittery pink tie and handkerchief worn with ...............................trainers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: You see Peter Trego on Robins TV on Saturday? A smart grey wedding suit complete with glittery pink tie and handkerchief worn with ...............................trainers! Ooohhh, that did my eyes in! I even called the wife to come and have a look at that, dress sense-no, fashion? -could be, hideous 100%! But for me the daps thing just drives me and I've no idea why :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 3 hours ago, Lanterne Rouge said: You see Peter Trego on Robins TV on Saturday? A smart grey wedding suit complete with glittery pink tie and handkerchief worn with ...............................trainers! I'm blaming David Tennant for the trainers with suit fad on Doctor Who - I can't remember it being much of a thing before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: I'm blaming David Tennant for the trainers with suit fad on Doctor Who - I can't remember it being much of a thing before that Nah, started yonks ago with Howard Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 28/12/2020 at 22:26, City oz said: Flip flops, they are called thongs down under cobber Surely you've seen Robbo after a few spritzers at those over 85's supporters lunches he goes to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 7 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: I'm blaming David Tennant for the trainers with suit fad on Doctor Who - I can't remember it being much of a thing before that I know my son and his mates did it at their graduation ball 20 odd years ago, dinner suits, bow ties and bloody daps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Maesknoll Red Posted January 1, 2021 Admin Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 22 hours ago, Med/MadHatter said: Ooohhh, that did my eyes in! I even called the wife to come and have a look at that, dress sense-no, fashion? -could be, hideous 100%! But for me the daps thing just drives me and I've no idea why I just don’t get it, doesn’t drive me as mad as people who say “can I get”, instead of “can I have”, nor as mad as my misophonia........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Med/MadHatter Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, Maesknoll Red said: I just don’t get it, doesn’t drive me as mad as people say “can I get”, instead of “can I have”, nor as mad as my misophonia........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The dastardly red Posted January 1, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 22:54, AppyDAZE said: A great debut, but I couldn't get into their follow up album. Yeah, drainpipe dreams was effing awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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