"Put your jacket on"

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 12:47:34 +0000, Not Responding
<[email hidden]> said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

On Thursday one of the grandees reminded me to put my jacket on for the
mayor's arrival. So I did. Shame it was hi viz.

Cloff!

You should get the council logo on the back :-)

Guy
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Not Responding said:

Since my place of work moved, the distances involved have been too great
for me to cycle around wearing a suit. This is not a problem for work;
it means I get a proper ride twice a day.

But it does mean I go to council meetings in modified cycling gear. I
/do/ manage to wear a shirt and tie but with Karrimor trousers and
Shimano shoes.

On Thursday one of the grandees reminded me to put my jacket on for the
mayor's arrival. So I did. Shame it was hi viz.

What's wrong with full cycling gear if you are there as a cycling rep?
I have always thought that it helped get the message across. Of course
if you are staff it may be a different matter.

I once showed up (in my working not cycling role) at a stakeholder's
office in complete lycra and dripping water in the reception. Well it
was their fault, they wanted the emergency meeting and I told them okay
but I would be in cycling gear. The torrential downpour on the way
there was not planned.
John Kane, Kingston ON Canada

John_Kane said:

Not Responding said:

Since my place of work moved, the distances involved have been too great
for me to cycle around wearing a suit. This is not a problem for work;
it means I get a proper ride twice a day.

But it does mean I go to council meetings in modified cycling gear. I
/do/ manage to wear a shirt and tie but with Karrimor trousers and
Shimano shoes.

On Thursday one of the grandees reminded me to put my jacket on for the
mayor's arrival. So I did. Shame it was hi viz.

What's wrong with full cycling gear if you are there as a cycling rep?
I have always thought that it helped get the message across. Of course
if you are staff it may be a different matter.

I once showed up (in my working not cycling role) at a stakeholder's
office in complete lycra and dripping water in the reception. Well it
was their fault, they wanted the emergency meeting and I told them okay
but I would be in cycling gear. The torrential downpour on the way
there was not planned.

I've just seen a nice high-visibility jacket with "Security" on the
back, worn by a motorcyclist. All the modification needed for me would
be an "In" added.

Quoted message said:

John_Kane said:

Not Responding said:

Since my place of work moved, the distances involved have been too
great for me to cycle around wearing a suit. This is not a problem
for work; it means I get a proper ride twice a day.

But it does mean I go to council meetings in modified cycling gear.
I /do/ manage to wear a shirt and tie but with Karrimor trousers and
Shimano shoes.

On Thursday one of the grandees reminded me to put my jacket on for
the mayor's arrival. So I did. Shame it was hi viz.

What's wrong with full cycling gear if you are there as a cycling
rep? I have always thought that it helped get the message across. Of
course if you are staff it may be a different matter.

I once showed up (in my working not cycling role) at a stakeholder's
office in complete lycra and dripping water in the reception. Well
it was their fault, they wanted the emergency meeting and I told
them okay but I would be in cycling gear. The torrential downpour
on the way there was not planned.

I've just seen a nice high-visibility jacket with "Security" on the
back, worn by a motorcyclist. All the modification needed for me would
be an "In" added.

You want a jacket with "Sinecurity" on it? Everyone will think you're a
sponger.
--
Ray.
UK.

Not Responding said:

Since my place of work moved, the distances involved have been too great
for me to cycle around wearing a suit. This is not a problem for work;
it means I get a proper ride twice a day.

But it does mean I go to council meetings in modified cycling gear. I
/do/ manage to wear a shirt and tie but with Karrimor trousers and
Shimano shoes.

On Thursday one of the grandees reminded me to put my jacket on for the
mayor's arrival. So I did. Shame it was hi viz.

Nice!
Having spent the last 7 weeks in one (following a *small* fire at work
and being on call to the demolition team
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/fire2005/pictures/large/pan20051118.jpg) I've
found I'm roundly ignored by almost everyone, not much chamge there then.
However when I took my folded Brompton into the senate room no one
batted an eyelid, into another building and a dept manager started to
loose it demanding I lock it up outside as it was a safety hazard! Thats
why I bought it, so the "Flowers" yoofs couldn't get at it!!!!

[email hidden] wrote:
| I've just seen a nice high-visibility jacket with "Security" on the
| back, worn by a motorcyclist. All the modification needed for me would
| be an "In" added.

Ever since I saw someone in a high-visibility jacket with "Observer" on
the back, I have had a yearning for one that just says "Innocent Bystander".

badger said:

Thats
why I bought it, so the "Flowers" yoofs couldn't get at it!!!!

Hehe. We narrowly avoided buying a house on a 'flower' road. Only, six
years later, we moved to the Isle of Thanet -- a huge 'flower estate'
hanging onto the [censored] end of England.

in message <[email hidden]>, badger

(') said:

Having spent the last 7 weeks in one (following a *small* fire at work
and being on call to the demolition team
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/fire2005/pictures/large/pan20051118.jpg)

H'mmm. You weren't by any chance passing through Hemel Hemstead last
Sunday morning, were you?

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Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, badger

(') said:

Having spent the last 7 weeks in one (following a *small* fire at work
and being on call to the demolition team
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/fire2005/pictures/large/pan20051118.jpg)

H'mmm. You weren't by any chance passing through Hemel Hemstead last
Sunday morning, were you?

Er, no. Though we did note it was 6 weeks almost to the minute!