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When is the best time to announce bad news?

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    When is the best time to announce bad news?

    The moment you realise you've forgotten to pack your salopettes or after all of your efforts of sourcing another pair (without your partner noticing) have come to nought at the check-in desk?

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    #2
    Neither. You didn't pack them on purpose because you need some new ones. I'm sure you can get them at your destination?
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      #3
      Yes, but for probably 4x the price I could get a pair at TK Maxx.

      Hopefully something will turn up (says the born optimist)
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        #4
        If you are lucky, somebody in the group will have spares.

        Alternatively you can probably hire some, depending on the resort.

        If you're going to France, decathlon is good for cheap kit.
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          #5
          Thanks MM, I forgot about renting.

          Oh for heavens sake, it is only a minor detail, nothing to spoil the holiday.

          I worry too much sometimes.
          "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
          - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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            #6
            Originally posted by cojak View Post
            The moment you realise you've forgotten to pack your salopettes or after all of your efforts of sourcing another pair (without your partner noticing) have come to nought at the check-in desk?

            Salopettes? Isn't that a form of italian sandwich. I'm sure your other half won't mind a BLT.
            What happens in General, stays in General.
            You know what they say about assumptions!

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              #7
              Tuesday isn't it?

              (And WTF are salopettes? Are they one of those modern/foreign things that I'll never understand anybody wanting in the first place?)

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                #8
                Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
                (And WTF are salopettes? Are they one of those modern/foreign things that I'll never understand anybody wanting in the first place?)
                Just think "BabyGrow". Or "padded dungarees".
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post
                  Just think "BabyGrow". Or "padded dungarees".
                  That's enough about what you're wearing today RC. What are these salopettes everyone is talking about?
                  What happens in General, stays in General.
                  You know what they say about assumptions!

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                    #10
                    Theta SV Bib - New / Women's / Arc'teryx

                    You should get some in your shop.
                    While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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