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vestido falda
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Hi all,
I am a man who feels more comfortable in skirts and dresses than trousers. Took me a long time to Wear them in public, but now I do I feel so much better.
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Congratulations!
And accept my greeting from Nový Knín, Central Bohemia, Europe.
Miloš
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Sorry for my English. I try not to make spelling mistakes, but for this reason my writing is very slow.

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On a bike I need a mirror as I am blind in my right eye. We drive on the left which means that traffic is overtaking on my right. To see behind without a mirror I have to either turn right around on my right or look over my left shoulder. Either is awkward. For those who drive on the right switch the sides and you will appreciate the problem.
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.
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I'm glad to hear that the Yorkies still drive on the left. To do otherwise would be very dangerous, seeing that the rest of us also drive on the left and rear-view mirrors are very useful things, methinks.
On the water, however, under oars you are traveling backwards and in my single scull this requires one to pause regularly to take a look round, hoping to spot miscreants not keeping in lane and risking a head-on. To facilitate my increasing stiffness I have invested in a stalk-mounted flat mirror attached to my cap, so with minimal head movements I can survey the scene ahead of me. I can't imagine why I didn't get one of those years ago.

Some years ago however I had such a 'head-on' with an old friend in his sculling boat who had strayed from his side of the river and we clashed riggers, coming to an abrupt halt. No damage done and I said to him: 'Brian, we can't go on meeting like this....people will talk!'

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Tom, on a canal/river do you "drive" on the left or right? And is it different for this island to other countries?
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Sinned wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:03 pm Tom, on a canal/river do you "drive" on the left or right? And is it different for this island to other countries?
There I can help you, I think. On water, vessels pass oncoming traffic port-to-port -- which was the title of a memorable short story by the humorous writer A P Herbert, who specialised in constructing comic and paradoxical legal cases.

Port to Port centres on Chiswick Mall, London, which is (or was) subject to occasional shallow flooding by the River Thames. It concerns a confrontation between Mr Albert Haddock (the author's alter ego) piloting his small boat along the right side of Chiswick Mall and an aggressive, road-hogging motorist who comes towards him on the same side and (not wishing to drive into deeper water) refuses to give way.

The ensuing court case turned on whether it was the rule of the road (drive on the left) or the rule of the sea (drive on the right) that was applicable at the time. As I recall, Mr Haddock wins.
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Dennis,
Geron is right, generally, but local rules apply to restricted waters about which visitors must be informed and these may be a function of local geography.

Multi-lane owing courses are marked out in relatively narrow lake sections usually close to one shore, so boats may practice or have outings travelling on that course in the 'regatta' direction, returning outside the buoyed stretch, so port-on-port may not apply.

On our home stretch above the weir on the Liffey in Dublin, where all the rowing clubs are, perversely crews ascending upstream must do so following the 'south' bank, returning downstream nearer the 'North' bank. This means that on that stretch of river the rule is 'Starboard-on-starboard'.

At Henley Royal Regatta that stretch of the Thames is buoyed and boomed annually creating their iconic straight one mile and five hundred and fifty yards regatta course, much photographed. There the races are rowed upstream from Temple Island to Phyllis Court, near the town. All returning craft going downstream may use the rest of the river, resulting there in a starboard-on-starboard situation, but off the course the port-on-port rule applies as on open water.

In London on the Thames Tideway the tide direction dictates everything. All boats follow the stream in or near the middle of the river, taking advantage of its strength, while boats seeking to go against the stream must hug one or other bank, minimising the adverse flow.
The annual Oxford V. Cambridge Boat Race is rowed on the flood tide from Putney to Mortlake, 6025 meters or just over 4 miles, while the annual Tideway Head-of-the-River the following week is rowed on the ebb covering the same course from Chiswick/Mortlake back down to Putney.

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Sinned wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:59 pm On a bike I need a mirror as I am blind in my right eye. We drive on the left which means that traffic is overtaking on my right. To see behind without a mirror I have to either turn right around on my right or look over my left shoulder. Either is awkward. For those who drive on the right switch the sides and you will appreciate the problem.
I wonder if you could attach a small mirror to your bicycle's frame, just right of central, in the steerer/top tube area so you can see the view behind on your right, through between the frame and your right thigh?
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We own folding bikes which don't have a top bar as in a conventional man's bike. So the mirror has to go on the handlebar.
I believe in offering every assistance short of actual help but then mainly just want to be left to be myself in all my difference and uniqueness.
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