"Tories may face extinction"
Sir David Attenborough: "This one is fine".
Sir David Attenborough: "This one is fine".
Brexit, for once some facts.
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..It was called whitening!!!!. And was basically a white clay!.
The oldest one was called Blanco, also used by those forces who wore white canvas belts, military police, RN sailors etc.
Later commercial companies made whitener for plimsoles, the most popular one made by Meltonian.
Whitener is still available, now for trainers, the shoe polish brand Kiwi makes one in tubes. Some supermarkets stock it.
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Ah I have vague memories of Blanco from being in the Army. Sure we used to use it on webbing belts, but seem to think we had a sort of beige colour. Maybe I am wrong . A long time ago
Yes that was also Blanco, but khaki coloured.
The word comes from Urdu, khaki means dust coloured.
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Handy if you trod in some before buying Meltonian.
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Genuine question - does an arch support do anything useful, positive, good for those of us with high arches which have no hint of flattening at all? Or do they just cause discomfort?
Yes it matters. I had to spend a fortune for custom arch supports for my son. They transfer from shoe to shoe
It apparently works for Islamic divorces.
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Some people don’t think so. My running shoes have quite lot of arch support because I experience over pronation when running (I land on the outer portion of my heal and then the foot rolls inward). I once mistakenly bought a pair of expensive running shoes which were flat. I thought they were compensated for my style of running and with 50 miles I’d got Achilles injuries and off running for 6 months.
Some in my running club use shoes which are completely flat with no cushioning, which causes them to run on the balls of their feet. This can be good for keeping injury free. Plimsolls have a similar effect and can be good for running.
This is interesting
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article196240997/EU-Parlament-Die-Brexiteers-entlarven-sich-als-Clowns.html?wtmc=socialmedia.twitter.shared.web
Not impressed it seems
Plus there was a poll
Glauben Sie, dass der Brexit am 31.10.2019 stattfinden wird?
I voted Nein
70% didn't think the UK would leave on 31 Oct either!
What does everyone think of that?
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article196240997/EU-Parlament-Die-Brexiteers-entlarven-sich-als-Clowns.html?wtmc=socialmedia.twitter.shared.web
Not impressed it seems
Plus there was a poll
Glauben Sie, dass der Brexit am 31.10.2019 stattfinden wird?
I voted Nein
70% didn't think the UK would leave on 31 Oct either!
What does everyone think of that?
Who funds brexit and NF?
David Barclay loses libel case against obscure French playwright
Billionaire sued over play about two wealthy Britons who live in a castle in the Channel Islands
The reclusive billionaire owner of the Daily Telegraph and the Ritz hotel has been ordered to pay damages to an obscure French playwright who wrote a play that satirised the lives of him and his twin brother.
Sir David Barclay unsuccessfully sued Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonnerre for defamation and invasion of privacy after the French author wrote a work entitled Two Brothers and the Lions, about the lives of two Britons “who become cold, selfish monsters in the heart of our democratic societies”.
At an earlier hearing, the prominent French lawyer Olivier Morice, who represented the playwright before a civil court in the French city of Caen, described the work as a “satirical fable on capitalism” and told Barclay’s lawyer: “You don’t have the courage to plead censorship but you are asking for the play to be banned.”
Barclay and his twin brother have owned the Daily Telegraph since 2004. Their media outlets have backed Brexit and they held a party at the Ritz in honour of Nigel Farage to celebrate the 2016 EU referendum result.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/03/david-barclay-loses-libel-case-against-obscure-french-playwright
David Barclay loses libel case against obscure French playwright
Billionaire sued over play about two wealthy Britons who live in a castle in the Channel Islands
The reclusive billionaire owner of the Daily Telegraph and the Ritz hotel has been ordered to pay damages to an obscure French playwright who wrote a play that satirised the lives of him and his twin brother.
Sir David Barclay unsuccessfully sued Hédi Tillette de Clermont-Tonnerre for defamation and invasion of privacy after the French author wrote a work entitled Two Brothers and the Lions, about the lives of two Britons “who become cold, selfish monsters in the heart of our democratic societies”.
At an earlier hearing, the prominent French lawyer Olivier Morice, who represented the playwright before a civil court in the French city of Caen, described the work as a “satirical fable on capitalism” and told Barclay’s lawyer: “You don’t have the courage to plead censorship but you are asking for the play to be banned.”
Barclay and his twin brother have owned the Daily Telegraph since 2004. Their media outlets have backed Brexit and they held a party at the Ritz in honour of Nigel Farage to celebrate the 2016 EU referendum result.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jul/03/david-barclay-loses-libel-case-against-obscure-french-playwright
I simply cannot wear anything that is completely flat - not even padding around in slippers. Must have a bit of a heel.
But if I can feel anything under my arches, they will sooner or later cause pain. Not that I can run properly in the first place!
What would happen if he didn't use them?
I spent a fortune for special insoles/supports because a specialist said they would help my problem at the time. They actually made it massively worse and I could hardly walk at all for two weeks after wearing shoes with them in for about two hours.
You have to give them a proper go. They will make you ache for at least two weeks. It’s retraining you to walk properly.