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You have an excellent point. Herei8n Ireland where it gets dark before 5 p.m. all I see are dark colored coats. The best I can do on my bike is to put hi vis yellow over my coat and make sure my lights are working.There is a mystery about winter coats. Why are they always dark in colour(almost anyway)? I look around and i see black, dark blue, grey, dark green and so on. All colours that, as soon as the daylight goes turn to black and makes people invisible. It wouldn't be possible to blame a driver or a bicyclist for hitting walking person. I almost walked into a person today. It wasn't until he was a couple meters away that i noticed there was a person there. Why are there so few white or even brightred that have a bigger possibility to be seen. And no, not everyone wear reflexes. Any wise insights?
In Stockholm it gets dark at 3 PM. Further north it is no daylight at all. That is the price thay have to pay for having the midnioght sun in summer. At this time, at the midwinter point, there is no sun at all.You have an excellent point. Herei8n Ireland where it gets dark before 5 p.m. all I see are dark colored coats. The best I can do on my bike is to put hi vis yellow over my coat and make sure my lights are working.
Lily... are you trying to tell us that you're... a flasher?!I can't find a photograph of the coat I wear right now.
It's a Wolfstädter piece of Trachten from Germany. Read: a long black flannel coat that stops the wind, with dark green detailing on it. It's traditional German fashion, the same kind of design that goes into Dirndls and Lederhosen.
It has a detachable capelet, horn buttons, and a nice lining. It's heavy as all get-out, maybe about 12 pounds of coat, but I don't care. I'm warm.
I'll never complain about short dayd again after reading that.In Stockholm it gets dark at 3 PM. Further north it is no daylight at all. That is the price thay have to pay for having the midnioght sun in summer. At this time, at the midwinter point, there is no sun at all.
There is a mystery about winter coats. Why are they always dark in colour(almost anyway)? I look around and i see black, dark blue, grey, dark green and so on. All colours that, as soon as the daylight goes turn to black and makes people invisible. It wouldn't be possible to blame a driver or a bicyclist for hitting walking person. I almost walked into a person today. It wasn't until he was a couple meters away that i noticed there was a person there. Why are there so few white or even brightred that have a bigger possibility to be seen. And no, not everyone wear reflexes. Any wise insights?
Yes, I pull an Ellen Barkin Sea of Love routine with all the boys.Lily... are you trying to tell us that you're... a flasher?!
(I'm sorry, my mind went straight to "Trench-coat".)
Right?? I just told myself to quit whining. I won't, of course.I'll never complain about short dayd again after reading that.
I'm too scared to Google this...Yes, I pull an Ellen Barkin Sea of Love routine with all the boys.
Hoo boy...
I almost hit some lady. She was jogging wearing a white coat and pants. The snow was piled up to about 12 feet on the sides of the little roads It was a harsh winter. I was like, really lady? Wear orange or something.