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alfaspecial said:
theplayingmantis said:
alfaspecial said:
Firstly, there were 5 non-dryrobe-aphobes, not 4
This is what they look like
Must be 4 -41/2 feet high, 2 1/2 feet wide. And a total thickness, uncompressed, of a shade over an inch & 1/2
Dryrobe sell compression stuffsacks (which, presumably the family didn't have) for £35 a go,
https://dryrobe.com/collections/bags-and-storage/p...
The uncompressed size of a stuffasck , ie a Dryrobe packed but not compressed is (according to website) 60cm by 30cm, ie an uncompressed volume of about 1&1/2 cubic feet, or about 42 litres - the size of an airline cabin bag, each. And 5 of them.
When you go on holiday, with 5 people in, I think it was a BMW 3 series, space is at a premium. A BMW boot is about 400 odd litres, so the 5 Dryrobes would half fill the boot capacity, on their own. What about all their clothes & beach stuff etc. Going on a seaside holiday is not like going on a booze cruise, where you travel light to return heavy - the car would have been full when they departed.
If they were to say, spread them out over the rear seat, from door to door, in layers, the apparent seat squab to roof height would have been cut by 6", uncompressed.
But then again, I didn't actually get to see whether or not they managed to get themselves, their suitcases and 200L extra in the car.
If I'd been the one to offer a suggestion, I'd have bought the oldest kid a train ticket home, rather than buy a roof-rack
Still - expensive things, these Dryrobes
I know exactly what they are I have an equivalent for the beach.This is what they look like
Must be 4 -41/2 feet high, 2 1/2 feet wide. And a total thickness, uncompressed, of a shade over an inch & 1/2
Dryrobe sell compression stuffsacks (which, presumably the family didn't have) for £35 a go,
https://dryrobe.com/collections/bags-and-storage/p...
The uncompressed size of a stuffasck , ie a Dryrobe packed but not compressed is (according to website) 60cm by 30cm, ie an uncompressed volume of about 1&1/2 cubic feet, or about 42 litres - the size of an airline cabin bag, each. And 5 of them.
When you go on holiday, with 5 people in, I think it was a BMW 3 series, space is at a premium. A BMW boot is about 400 odd litres, so the 5 Dryrobes would half fill the boot capacity, on their own. What about all their clothes & beach stuff etc. Going on a seaside holiday is not like going on a booze cruise, where you travel light to return heavy - the car would have been full when they departed.
If they were to say, spread them out over the rear seat, from door to door, in layers, the apparent seat squab to roof height would have been cut by 6", uncompressed.
But then again, I didn't actually get to see whether or not they managed to get themselves, their suitcases and 200L extra in the car.
If I'd been the one to offer a suggestion, I'd have bought the oldest kid a train ticket home, rather than buy a roof-rack
Still - expensive things, these Dryrobes
Regardless of the 3 series and 5 people it would have to be so full as to stuff loaded up to the top of the windows to not be able to fit them in which cade driving would be dangerous. Yes maybe not in the boot but as of anyone would consider discarding 5 dry robes. They could have sat on them, worn them etc of space was at such a dangerous premium.
File this one in the 50 quid rick stein fish and chip takeaway in a country he's never had a restaurant and the 40 quid crab sandwich bracket.
This thread, "Dryrobe" had started to get a bit personal, what with posts about people photographing one another, or not. And posting said photos, or not.
Pistonhead's NP&E is the section for bile & venom: The Lounge is just a bit of a 'larf'
My posts - on the subject - have been I hope, just a bit of light relief. A kernel of truth, told with a little 'artistic licence'
Please don't spend the rest of your afternoon piling 5 Dryrobes on your car's rear seat, sitting on them in order to compress them so that you can measure the height to prove that 5 people plus a weeks holiday packaging, plus said Dryrobes can fit in a 3 Series..... .
I'm just stirring you.
And, RizoTheRat @ 10.09: Ditto
Quote "And then as soon as someone sat on them they would compress to about half an inch."End Quote
Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
I was completely oblivious to this garment until this thread popped up. Had never seen one out in the wild (I don't get out much), met up with an old friend and his wife yesterday that I hadn't seen for a few months and his wife rolls out of the car in one of these, inwardly I was 
not for how she looked but just because of this thread. £165 though
'kinell!
), met up with an old friend and his wife yesterday that I hadn't seen for a few months and his wife rolls out of the car in one of these, inwardly I was not for how she looked but just because of this thread. £165 though 'kinell!theplayingmantis said:
Apologies, no personal intended here just don't see the point in people posting things that never happened/are made up! Doesn't help any thread/section.
Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
Even if it wasn’t true it was still funny. And that’s what matters. It matters not one jot even if it were a complete fabrication, being amusing on a funny thread about councillors in inappropriate, logo emblazoned clothing trumps all. There are serious threads available, about Covid perhaps where one can argue facts and post graphs at each other all day. This thread is about poking fun at roasters in dryrobes.Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
nuyorican said:
theplayingmantis said:
Apologies, no personal intended here just don't see the point in people posting things that never happened/are made up! Doesn't help any thread/section.
Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
Even if it wasn’t true it was still funny. And that’s what matters. It matters not one jot even if it were a complete fabrication, being amusing on a funny thread about councillors in inappropriate, logo emblazoned clothing trumps all. There are serious threads available, about Covid perhaps where one can argue facts and post graphs at each other all day. This thread is about poking fun at roasters in dryrobes.Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
So made up tales about people in dry robes are what we should be contributing?! Sorry didnt realise my bad.
I thought it was a discussion about them with both sides contributing with some getting a bit feisty.
I just get annoyed with made up stuff like we see on some of the food threads which besmirch decent businesses names.
I clearly missed the tone of this thread. Apols.
theplayingmantis said:
nuyorican said:
theplayingmantis said:
Apologies, no personal intended here just don't see the point in people posting things that never happened/are made up! Doesn't help any thread/section.
Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
Even if it wasn’t true it was still funny. And that’s what matters. It matters not one jot even if it were a complete fabrication, being amusing on a funny thread about councillors in inappropriate, logo emblazoned clothing trumps all. There are serious threads available, about Covid perhaps where one can argue facts and post graphs at each other all day. This thread is about poking fun at roasters in dryrobes.Some i guess do. But as you were. I shall bow out.
So made up tales about people in dry robes are what we should be contributing?! Sorry didnt realise my bad.
I thought it was a discussion about them with both sides contributing with some getting a bit feisty.
I just get annoyed with made up stuff like we see on some of the food threads which besmirch decent businesses names.
I clearly missed the tone of this thread. Apols.
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"We go to Cornwall at least twice a year, renting a cottage.
I first saw a Dryrobe a fair few years ago, surfers/swimmers used them as a changing robe.
I smiled because back in the 70's, when we went to the beach, we used my Dad's old cycling cape to change under. Ridiculous thing, black oilskin - it stank. You couldn't even really use it to sit on, being black it absorbed the heat from the sun and you 'burnt yer bum' if you tried.
There must of been an item on how to do it on Blue Peter or something because, a couple of years later my Mum, and just about everybody else's Mum, made a changing robe from old towels - when I saw the Dryrobe I realised there is nothing new under the sun - I figure someone the same age as me, a "Mr Dryrobe" had looked in an old photo album and had a Eureka Moment.
A few years back we started to see them being used more often.... and then the "Dryrobe Snide" Reggatta & Two Left Feet versions appeared (Thanks GLC)
A couple of years ago we were staying a a cottage, our neighbours were a family of 5 - Mum & Dad & three teenage kids. One day, they came back from shopping, each wearing a Dryrobe - they lived in these until the last day of the holiday. I observed them packing their car.
There was lots of bad language because they couldn't get themselves, their suitcases and these Dryrobes in the car.
I overheard their conversation
We can't leave 'em behind - they cost 120 notes each. £600 nicker..........I'm going to have to buy a f
king roof rack!"For this memory alone, I enjoyed the Goldie Lookin Chain 'Dryrobe Rap', particularly the line "Too big to fit in my fooking wardrobe"
End Quote
And later, theplayingmantis called me out for "shenanigans"; drawing attention to the fact that he didn't believe that a family of (4) 5 plus a weeks holiday packing plus(4) 5 new Dryrobes couldn't fit in a 3 Series.
On 5 March @ 07.21 I tried to explain, mathematically, the impossibility of their doing so. And offered an alternative suggestion as to how they could have got their purchases home.
Yesterday, theplayingmantis again drew attention to the fact that he still did not believe that 5 Dryrobes plus 5 people plus their luggage wouldn't fit in a car
In order to clear the air, I said @ 15.27, that my earlier post, edited for brevity, had contained: "A kernel of truth, told with a little 'artistic licence'"
I would like to take the opportunity of correcting the two untruths in my original post on Monday.
I had stated that the incident had occurred in Cornwall but, in truth, the events in question actually occurred in Devon & not Cornwall. Specifically in Salcombe. And we were not staying in a cottage.
Like most of us on PH, I am a Powerfully Built, Company Director -Who Dominates the Stairs.
One morning, my Superyacht was moored in the channel running parallel to Fore Street and I heard a commotion as a family of five attempted to get their holiday packing plus their 5 Dryrobes into their car.
This, and the resulting language, was rather disturbing the peace and tranquillity of a beautiful, early summers morning.
So I got my butler, to get his butler, to follow the family home and; "Hammer Some (FROZEN) Sausages Into Their Lawn"
Footnote. powerfully built tick, company director tick, dominates stairs tick, superyacht tick, my butler having a butler tick, and sausages tick.
I call PH Bingo!
ETA forgot the word FROZEN!
Edited by alfaspecial on Wednesday 6th March 08:26
I imagine if you just spent ~£170 on what in your head is the latest tech in coating niche, you'd understandably get a bit salty when you suddenly realise everyone else had the same idea and you're now a council thread contender.
I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Wednesday 6th March 08:29
Timothy Bucktu said:
I imagine if you just spent ~£170 on what in your head is the latest tech in coating niche, you'd understandably get a bit salty when you suddenly realise everyone else had the same idea and you're now a council thread contender.
Or maybe they just find the bhing slightly pathetic.Timothy Bucktu said:
I imagine if you just spent ~£170 on what in your head is the latest tech in coating niche, you'd understandably get a bit salty when you suddenly realise everyone else had the same idea and you're now a council thread contender.
I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Care less about what other people think.I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Wednesday 6th March 08:29
It’s the one up shot of getting older imo. I couldn’t give the slightest f
k what strangers think about me 
ZedLeg said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
I imagine if you just spent ~£170 on what in your head is the latest tech in coating niche, you'd understandably get a bit salty when you suddenly realise everyone else had the same idea and you're now a council thread contender.
I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Care less about what other people think.I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Wednesday 6th March 08:29
It’s the one up shot of getting older imo. I couldn’t give the slightest f
k what strangers think about me No, of course not...FFS. Silly. Duh...God.
ZedLeg said:
As I said earlier in the thread, my main winter coat is a big fred perry parka. I don’t really see the difference between the two.
I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
The intended use is being able to remove wet weather gear using arms.I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
It’s a dignity thing for ladies in the fire or hart teams
ZedLeg said:
As I said earlier in the thread, my main winter coat is a big fred perry parka. I don’t really see the difference between the two.
I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
Well, there you go. One is a sensible item of clothing for inclement weather, the other probably had a sensible niche purpose but has become a fashion accessory to wear whilst shopping in Aldi. Big difference, thus the ridicule.I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
Like a lot of niche stuff, it goes mainstream, then high fashion, with an according price ramp up.
I have various climbing and alpine jackets and tops from manufacturers who 15 years ago nobody had heard of but are now supposed to be the big trendy thing.
An example is my Patagonia stuff. Bought when it was just decent climbing kit, but it's now up there with Arcteryx (which has always been over priced stuff for BBC Regional presenters).
Back in the day they were good but not the eye watering prices they are now.
My Patagucci down jacket is black with orange shoulder patches, mostly covered in gaffer tape from thrutching up Scottish winter gullies. My wife reckons it looks like something Michael Foot would wear. Given it was lent to an arierro on a climbing trip, it does actually smell of donkey. People think I am some sort of eccentric millionaire to own one, given the price now, but I bought it ages ago, when it was the same price as a Berghaus or Mountain Hardwear jacket.
Point being, fashion types are always looking for the next thing, and if they can nick it from climbing, surfing, scuba, motor racing (Suixtil anyone?) or pigeon fancying, then they will.
I have various climbing and alpine jackets and tops from manufacturers who 15 years ago nobody had heard of but are now supposed to be the big trendy thing.
An example is my Patagonia stuff. Bought when it was just decent climbing kit, but it's now up there with Arcteryx (which has always been over priced stuff for BBC Regional presenters).
Back in the day they were good but not the eye watering prices they are now.
My Patagucci down jacket is black with orange shoulder patches, mostly covered in gaffer tape from thrutching up Scottish winter gullies. My wife reckons it looks like something Michael Foot would wear. Given it was lent to an arierro on a climbing trip, it does actually smell of donkey. People think I am some sort of eccentric millionaire to own one, given the price now, but I bought it ages ago, when it was the same price as a Berghaus or Mountain Hardwear jacket.
Point being, fashion types are always looking for the next thing, and if they can nick it from climbing, surfing, scuba, motor racing (Suixtil anyone?) or pigeon fancying, then they will.
Timothy Bucktu said:
I imagine if you just spent ~£170 on what in your head is the latest tech in coating niche, you'd understandably get a bit salty when you suddenly realise everyone else had the same idea and you're now a council thread contender.
I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Mmm most of the people getting worked up are the one that don’t own a dry robe, just can’t imagine getting riled by someone’s coat lol, tell me why would someone be embarrassed by being a bit council?I remember that miffed feeling when I bought this cool new brand called Super Dry. I think that was the last time I tried being cool. Luckily there were no dedicated FB or PH groups to expedite the embarrassment back then!
Edited by Timothy Bucktu on Wednesday 6th March 08:29
Edited by mcelliott on Wednesday 6th March 10:10
Timothy Bucktu said:
ZedLeg said:
As I said earlier in the thread, my main winter coat is a big fred perry parka. I don’t really see the difference between the two.
I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
Well, there you go. One is a sensible item of clothing for inclement weather, the other probably had a sensible niche purpose but has become a fashion accessory to wear whilst shopping in Aldi. Big difference, thus the ridicule.I hadn’t heard of the dryrobe until this thread tbh.
mcelliott said:
Mmm most of the people getting worked up are the one that don’t own a dry robe, just can’t imagine getting riled by someone’s coat lol, tell me why would someone be embarrassed by being a bit council?
Not a coat. And who's getting riled up? Apart from the Dryrobe apologists.Edited by mcelliott on Wednesday 6th March 10:10
I fear the lady doth protest too much. Are you typing from within your Dryrobe?..
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