Lunchtime Entertainment

So, being unable to make darsy's birthday bash[1], I wandered across to
TM Lewin's in Cheapside for some emergency shirts.

On the way back I saw a scooter-boi rounding a traffic island on the
wrong side. Which would have worked well, had there not been a
DozyPedestrian(tm) yapping into a mobile, crossing the road and looking
the 'right' way.

There was a mild coming-together.

Then it got all growly and "COME ON THEN, D'YOU WANT SOME?".

Hugely amusing from the audience perspective.

London does have its plus points.


[1] There was a slight case of "Why is that process grabbing 300Mb of
cache when it accesses the first file?" to deal with...
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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Oh, hell yes.

But riding into a clueless pedestrian looking the other way was a little
unobservant. And getting ranty afterwards was really silly. Getting
ranty with an equally ranty bloke-with-an-attitude-problem was *really*
daft.

In fairness, the scootah-boi seemed to realise this. Looking for the bus
*before* making his escape would have been better. But the bus driver
was awake, so all was well. But not as funny as it could have been.

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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Cheapside, eh? Which would suggest that you're working pretty much
around the corner from guys I'm working for atm.

Lunch sometime?

 

Oddly enough I wandered to TM Lewin at Leadenhall. For a similar
reason.

Where are you based, then?

 

Are they any good? I need some new shirts since I appear to have ingrown
my current crop.

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V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
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IMHO they're pretty good, yes. I still prefer eterna shirts but I do
have a few TM Lewin.

That said, I quite like Charles Thyrwitt - I'd say the quality is
better than TM Lewin and you can pick up some bargains if they have a
sale on. Plus you can order them online...

 

I hope not. *I* do it 2 or 3 times a week.

 

Oooh ta.

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Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
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.... and they do them in grown-up sizes.
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You City boys earn *far* too much.

Primark or M&S for *emergency* shirts. Lewins for 'proper' ones.

 

Just need to figure out my sleeve length....

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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
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V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

I do it from time to time, but only if the traffic is *really*
stalled, and only after a careful scope for Plod and/or cameras.

 

I'm not sure it's about how much they earn. Clearly, I've never even
heard of Lewin but I can't imagine why anyone would need to look
further afield than M&S, John Lewis, or any other decent High St.
shop. What's so much better that makes it worth paying, presumably,
extortionate prices for?

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Don't find that M+S fit well these days. Nearest Lewis to me is bloody
miles. I won't be paying the £55 list price for shirts, but it's pretty
obvious that they can be got for £27.00



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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 156 TS 166 V6 2.5 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156
V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Timo Geusch

Oh yes. I'm in Moorgate four days a week at present.

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WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AW

Moorgate.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace

They're hardly extortionate. They're nice shirts, available in decent
sizes (i.e. differing sleeve lengths), and they were four for a hundred
quid.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

I really don't know. I'm sure SWAO[1] will come along and say
'quality' or 'they fit better'[2] in a moment.

When I worked in Jermyn St., I bought my dad a Lewin's shirt for
Christmas one year. He loved it and started ordering them mail order.

For me, the cotton is too heavy and a bastard to iron, so most of mine
are M&S, Debenhams types, etc. These days, I wear 'business casual'
so don't need to bother.

[1] Someone With An Opinion
[2] I find nearly all shirts ill fitting as I'm only about 5'8" but on
the 'non-slim' side with a fat neck. A 17" collar which I need to be
able to do up the top button means that the body of the shirt usually
has room for Demis Roussous in it as well as me.