Our drinking group with a running problem has about 20 regular participants, about another 20 who turn up on and off and then there are the visitors from other parts of the world, or old timers who’ve moved away and come back for a drink or two. In about 2011 our then haberdasher decided we needed a new piece of attire, something for the cold winter months, and he came up with a blue fleece. It’s warm and even wards off rain if it doesn’t pour down too hard, and the colour is nice. The problem was that they were a) rather generously cut and b) that he only ordered L, XL and XXL. Also, he ordered 250 of them.
At first we sold them with the intent to make a small profit and I still have one from that first year, in L. Soon we started to sell them at cost to anyone who would have them. When some of us went to a meeting further afield meeting other runners, they would take a few of the fleeces along and try to flog them, which usually worked great provided the weather was bad enough and people came unprepared. Then we sold them cut-price as we ran into a storage problem. By now we only had XL and XXL left. And we gave them away as presents. I now have two more, both in XXL with my name embroidered in recognition for serving on the mismanagement team. On a winter’s day we almost look like an army, all in blue and all more or less one size because of their bulkiness.
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“Our drinking group with a running problem”…such a great twist of phrase.
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Not my brainchild but our motto. And yes, it’s great 🙂 (also true: we often drink before, during and after a run).
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Your running name is Knicker Elastic????
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Yes, it is. I originally had a different name but it was cumbersome. So I demanded something “short and snappy”. For short, the others usually call me “Knickers”. 😀
When I had completed my 50th run with the Al Khobar (Saudi) chapter, I received a personalised gift: https://picturesimperfect2.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/reward/
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I have a similar tale but I wasn’t involved in the buying. Lets say the buying five was the idea only the five was five boxes. I just had to laugh at your running name 😂
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I just explained it to Margaret – I wanted a “short and snappy” name. And after 50 runs (or sometimes 100, depends on the kennel) you get a personalised item: https://picturesimperfect2.wordpress.com/2022/01/13/reward/
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Why did I not know about this site or Henry’s site!!!!!!
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It’s just a sideline I use when I want to illustrate something. Originally it had a different purpose and I just kept it. Henry’s site has become quiet since he’s kind of grown up. He left the Christmas tree completely alone this year!
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So cat unlike. I think Henry’s blog needs a once a month post at least 😸
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Henry is nothing but not obliging. https://henrythecat.home.blog/2022/01/14/how-to-make-a-dutch-oven/
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Yay 🙂
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I did not expect that! 😯
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250 wow! Did you at least recover your initial cost before you had to start giving them away?
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I have no idea. Since our haberdasher changes every year or two, somewhere along the way we lot count, I think. The term “mismanagement” should give one pause to think as well 😉
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