The thread of learning something new every day
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<p>god i love this thread. </p>
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<p>$50 a pair or 2 pair for $90 usually. </p>
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<p>As for being hot? Completely the opposite. They are very 'breathable' meaning they don't get sweaty.</p>
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<p>The wool is so fine you'd think it was silk.</p>
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<p>For breathable, nothing beats these for me - I get mine shipped from Japan as they are cheaper...</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.uniqlo.com/us/men/innerwear-and-loungewear/airism.html'>http://www.uniqlo.com/us/men/innerwear-and-loungewear/airism.html</a></p>
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+1 for uniqlo.
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Hooroo" data-cid="469579" data-time="1422313145">
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<p>Nice. Is that NZD or USD? Looks cheap as chips compared to the Merino ones above</p>
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<p>That price is USD. The Japan online store is especially cheap (it being the middle of winter there possibly). 990 yen - just over NZD $11. Domestic shipping only through (I have a forwarding service I use) <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.uniqlo.com/jp/store/feature/uq/airism/men/'>http://www.uniqlo.com/jp/store/feature/uq/airism/men/</a></p>
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<p>Their Aussie store is at $15 AUD <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.uniqlo.com/au/store/men/collections/airism.html'>http://www.uniqlo.com/au/store/men/collections/airism.html</a></p>
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<p>On a related note, their Heattech ones are fantastically warm for winter - I prefer them to merino now</p> -
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<p>That price is USD. The Japan online store is especially cheap (it being the middle of winter there possibly). 990 yen - just over NZD $11. Domestic shipping only through (I have a forwarding service I use) <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.uniqlo.com/jp/store/feature/uq/airism/men/'>http://www.uniqlo.com/jp/store/feature/uq/airism/men/</a></p>
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<p>Their Aussie store is at $15 AUD <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.uniqlo.com/au/store/men/collections/airism.html'>http://www.uniqlo.com/au/store/men/collections/airism.html</a></p>
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<p>On a related note, their Heattech ones are fantastically warm for winter - I prefer them to merino now</p>
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<p>Yep, my "functional undies" drawer is 90 Uniqlo, Airism for summer, heattech for winter. They are cheap as too.</p> -
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<p>How many days before you all start discussing manscaping? I give till the end of the weekend.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=cm_rdp_product'>http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=cm_rdp_product</a></p>
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<p>Older than jeysus, but the reviews still bear reading</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="gollum" data-cid="469874" data-time="1422553278"><p><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=cm_rdp_product">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veet-Men-Hair-Removal-Cream/dp/B000KKNQBK/ref=cm_rdp_product</a><br><br>
Older than jeysus, but the reviews still bear reading</p></blockquote>
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<p>I got some plumbing work done today and the plumber couldn't locate my water toby. No, I'd never heard of it either.</p>
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<p>The bloke who came around from the council and found it for us explained that the toby is the valve (what I would have called the stopcock) that is on the boundary by the road, and Irish tinkers used to call the road "the toby" in their secret language, so the valve took on that name. Pretty good etymological knowledge for a 20-something Maori guy from Hastings I thought, so him and his mate got a half-dozen for their troubles.</p> -
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<p>I got some plumbing work done today and the plumber couldn't locate my water toby. No, I'd never heard of it either.</p>
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<p>The bloke who came around from the council and found it for us explained that the toby is the valve (what I would have called the stopcock) that is on the boundary by the road, and Irish tinkers used to call the road "the toby" in their secret language, so the valve took on that name. Pretty good etymological knowledge for a 20-something Maori guy from Hastings I thought, so him and his mate got a half-dozen for their troubles.</p>
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<p>I've had a few run ins with leaking toby's, lots of fun working out where the council 'responsibility' ends and the householder picks up. Interesting to hear where the name came from though</p> -
<p>or adjusting your cold water pressure if it's a bit gnarly!</p>
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<p>How old are you? I'm more surprised someone doesn't know what or where the toby is.</p>
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<p>I had just never heard it called that before. Certainly never heard it in the UK when I lived there.</p>
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<p>As for where it is, the council had no idea either, it wasn't where their book said it was. It took 3 guys 3 hours to find it, a good 2 metres inside the front boundary and 4 metres from the side, and 700mm down. However they also found one just inside my property that doesn't control my supply or anybody else's they could tell.</p>
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="JC" data-cid="469958" data-time="1422611327"><p>I had just never heard it called that before. Certainly never heard it in the UK when I lived there.<br><br>
As for where it is, the council had no idea either, it wasn't where their book said it was. It took 3 guys 3 hours to find it, a good 2 metres inside the front boundary and 4 metres from the side, and 700mm down. However they also found one just inside my property that doesn't control my supply or anybody else's they could tell.</p></blockquote>
What...no Toby cover or anything? I can't say I've ever heard it mentioned over here and would assume it doesn't exist. I think I've only ever found "the mains" once or twice over here. Not where I'd expect a Toby... -
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What...no Toby cover or anything? I can't say I've ever heard it mentioned over here and would assume it doesn't exist. I think I've only ever found "the mains" once or twice over here. Not where I'd expect a Toby...</p></blockquote>
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We found the mains one day with a digger and it sprayed a fountain of mud and gravel and crap all over the clients car while she was inside the house. She was an awful old shitwitch who whined about tiny little issues real or in her crazed mind but she got in her car without saying a word and drove off with a car that looked it had been driven through a mudslide. I think the digger driver weed a little bit when she came out the door.
