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| Thread ID: 67595 | 2006-04-01 01:29:00 | The fairydown website has just disappeared! | netchicken (4843) | PC World Chat |
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| 442696 | 2006-04-12 00:04:00 | I wager this: I'll be more comfortable and happy to tramp through a Tararua snow/rain storm on the tops in my woolies than most in their fancy fashion polyprops.Particually if your destination wears a Swanndri mini skirt and a hand bag :p | personthingy (1670) | ||
| 442697 | 2006-04-12 03:58:00 | I heard on tv a while ago that the "fairydown" name was being changed, apparently, because Australians thought it was too feminine!!! Don't quote me though, but it stuck in my mind as being rather funny. Cheers, Marnie |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 442698 | 2006-04-12 10:39:00 | I was really having a bit of a dig at the way things are going, more for fashion than for practicality. Parkas have turned into 'jackets' that are specially designed so that you get wet from the waist down. Oringi make a good long parka, but even they call it a jacket. I believe Backhouse still make real oily parkas, but probably not the long 'fishermans' version anymore. I'm sad to see Arthur Ellis and Fairydown go. Names synonymous with quality. I go into Katmandhu every 3 months and buy nothing. Nice stuff but can't find anything quite right - except a merino top on sale recently. Went to Deep Cove in Fiordland where it knows how to rain. Interestingly the outdoor instructors joked about all the $300-500 gear they see on people - and how wet they get. To keep dry they reckoned the Warehouse PVC coats were the most simple and the best. In fact the hostel at Deep Cove has these as standard equipment. The Drizabone oilskins are very good too but heavyish and fairly pricey. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 442699 | 2006-04-12 11:36:00 | Went to Deep Cove in Fiordland where it knows how to rain. Interestingly the outdoor instructors joked about all the $300-500 gear they see on people - and how wet they get. To keep dry they reckoned the Warehouse PVC coats were the most simple and the best. In fact the hostel at Deep Cove has these as standard equipment. Maybe if you're just standing around. I tried some Council issue PVC gear and the rain never touched me but I was drenched in sweat before long. Whatever it is, it has to breathe. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 442700 | 2006-04-12 19:58:00 | In chch is a mall called "Dressmart" which sells out of season and left over stock from other businesses . Sort of like an discount outlet mall, with small companies selling stock . (btw its brilliant) Anyway they have/had an Arthur Ellis outlet there . I got a Gortex Zone raincoat cheap from them . Went tramping in Arthurs Pass with it, on a route where it rained solidly for the 5 hours or so it took to get to Edwards hut . Not only was I totally dry when I got to the hut, but when I hung the coat up next to other trampers coats, the hut was full, it barely shed any water on the floor while the others make puddles large enough to need mopping up . Thumbs up from me for goretex . |
netchicken (4843) | ||
| 442701 | 2006-04-20 01:28:00 | The news this morning, Kathmandu sold to Goldman Sachs JBWere and Quadrant Private Equity. Jan Cameron will buy back a 49% holding. www.stuff.co.nz There is still no word as to what is happening with Fairydown :( |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 442702 | 2006-04-20 01:58:00 | There's a fairy down at the bottom of my garden. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 442703 | 2006-04-20 02:44:00 | LOL @ Graham L :D | stu161204 (123) | ||
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