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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Most excellent! Next you'll be saying you are losing weight and giving up the gym membership as well.
    Weight ... well it's cut down the opportunites to snack during the day so who knows. As for the gym ... my membership is for the home gym in our garage so I can give it up and rejoin as often as I like. Gave it up for most of summer while I was dealing with a rotator cuff injury but back into it again a couple of weeks ago to get 'fitter' for this gig.
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    Quote Originally Posted by danchop View Post
    Weather wise, summers the worst with the heat and wearing gear...
    You will find it frustrating in rain how fucken shit the paper is they make envelopes from nowadays, a couple of droplets and you're potentially reading pretty juicy confidential shit on the guy who owns the letterbox, you've just pulled up to...
    Be prepared for superhero status and have you're autograph signature sorted, every small kid around thinks you have the best job around, barring working in a chocolate factory
    If you smoke tobacco, preroll for rainy days cause you're fingers will not dry up
    Make sure you've got good storage area and hot water cylinder to dry out wet gear.. at least start you're next morning damp but warmish. Even good gear will have wet cuffs, collar etc
    Thanks for that. Until yesterday I'd just been wearing a t-shirt under the summer jacket and not zipped up all the way and that kept things fairly comfortable. Did need a sweatshirt for part of yesterday though
    Had my first sprinkles of showery rain yesterday ... enough to put the wet weather jacket on 2 or 3 times. Managed to keep the letters dry though.
    As for superhero - yes I had my first waves from couple of a wee kids yesterday.
    Also had my first 'dog encounter'. Was just a mouthy little pug though and he didn't get too close before his yummy mummy came and picked him up and took him away. Had lunch in a wee park yesterday and a random cat came up and kept me company.
    As far as drying goes, no room in the cylinder cupboard but I am able to hang gear opposite the heat pump and that will dry stuff in quick time.

    The thing I am struggling with is gloves. ATGATT and all that but you need naked finger tips to sort mail. First couple of days I went gloveless but by the morning of the second day I was getting blisters on my thumbs from the handgrips. Bought some plasters and covered them up for the rest of day 2 and day 3. Very hard to buy fingerless gloves from bike shops ... they just won't sell them (except for the Harley dealership who had about 4 varieties ... starting at about $80 ... $40 for the glove and $40 for the Harley name on the back as far as I could tell). Inspiration struck on Wednesday night though just before bed time. Remembered I had an old pair of gloves in the garage so I went and cut the fingertips off and wore them yesterday. Perfect! I don't think they'll hold together that long with the stiching cut so may be a fairly regular exercise. So if anyone has any old XL gloves they don't need anymore ... feel free to send them my way. Oh, I have bought these off Trade Me this morning. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0763638cf63f0c Only $7.40 so probably crap but worth a look. And they are DX blue!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    ... Also had my first 'dog encounter'. Was just a mouthy little pug though and he didn't get too close before his yummy mummy came and picked him up and took him away. Had lunch in a wee park yesterday and a random cat came up and kept me company...
    Thought you were going to say you had the mouthy pug for lunch... or did the random cat have him instead

    As for gloves... you got an army surplus in Chch? Have a wander through it...

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    Fingerless gloves... try a bicycle store. They have lots of them, with nice padding for the palm, and a little bit of protection for the knuckles in some cases. Not the best protection, but so long as you don't go faster than a fast bicycle, you'll have the same protection that a bicyclist has should you take a tumble.

    Edit, or get an affordable summer weight pair of leather motorcycle gloves and just cut off the tips of the index finger and thumb. With those two you have all the precision control you need.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Thanks for that. Until yesterday I'd just been wearing a t-shirt under the summer jacket and not zipped up all the way and that kept things fairly comfortable. Did need a sweatshirt for part of yesterday though
    Had my first sprinkles of showery rain yesterday ... enough to put the wet weather jacket on 2 or 3 times. Managed to keep the letters dry though.
    As for superhero - yes I had my first waves from couple of a wee kids yesterday.
    Also had my first 'dog encounter'. Was just a mouthy little pug though and he didn't get too close before his yummy mummy came and picked him up and took him away. Had lunch in a wee park yesterday and a random cat came up and kept me company.
    As far as drying goes, no room in the cylinder cupboard but I am able to hang gear opposite the heat pump and that will dry stuff in quick time.

    The thing I am struggling with is gloves. ATGATT and all that but you need naked finger tips to sort mail. First couple of days I went gloveless but by the morning of the second day I was getting blisters on my thumbs from the handgrips. Bought some plasters and covered them up for the rest of day 2 and day 3. Very hard to buy fingerless gloves from bike shops ... they just won't sell them (except for the Harley dealership who had about 4 varieties ... starting at about $80 ... $40 for the glove and $40 for the Harley name on the back as far as I could tell). Inspiration struck on Wednesday night though just before bed time. Remembered I had an old pair of gloves in the garage so I went and cut the fingertips off and wore them yesterday. Perfect! I don't think they'll hold together that long with the stiching cut so may be a fairly regular exercise. So if anyone has any old XL gloves they don't need anymore ... feel free to send them my way. Oh, I have bought these off Trade Me this morning. https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...0763638cf63f0c Only $7.40 so probably crap but worth a look. And they are DX blue!
    if you do get stuck for gloves, fingerless cycling gloves might be OK - they are leather in the palm and thumb, fingerless.

    Good luck with that when it is -4 and sleeting though. I think our DX courier has those farm bike hand warmer things which might be an option in the winter.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    Thought you were going to say you had the mouthy pug for lunch... or did the random cat have him instead

    As for gloves... you got an army surplus in Chch? Have a wander through it...
    no army surplus in chch that I know of.

    there was a good one on Colombo st but the front fell off it in the EQ's.

    https://www.armyandoutdoors.co.nz/

    I was in Auckland this week and saw a huge army surplus store in K Rd... this appears to be them.... and they sell online.
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    Yeah you need your fingers, I either went gloveless or same as you and chopped off the fingers... I've got some Dewalt(powertools) fingerless gloves which would be perfect -they are like motocross gloves but fingerless,was given them so don't know where they came from

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    Perhaps something like this might work?
    http://www.freehands.com/

    I am sure I have seen motorcycle specific mittens with flip up ends but couldn't find any sorry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    As for gloves... you got an army surplus in Chch? Have a wander through it...
    Ooh. Yes we do. Hidden off the beaten track in Woolston. It's a biggun too. Good thought.

    Quote Originally Posted by samgab View Post
    Fingerless gloves... try a bicycle store. They have lots of them, with nice padding for the palm, and a little bit of protection for the knuckles in some cases. Not the best protection, but so long as you don't go faster than a fast bicycle, you'll have the same protection that a bicyclist has should you take a tumble.
    Good idea.

    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    if you do get stuck for gloves, fingerless cycling gloves might be OK - they are leather in the palm and thumb, fingerless.
    As above ... good idea

    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    Good luck with that when it is -4 and sleeting though. I think our DX courier has those farm bike hand warmer things which might be an option in the winter.
    Yes I've seen that guy about in winters past.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dogboy900 View Post
    Perhaps something like this might work? http://www.freehands.com/ I am sure I have seen motorcycle specific mittens with flip up ends but couldn't find any sorry
    . Yes. Potential there thanks.

    What a helpful bunch! Thanks guys.
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    On Gloves

    builders work gloves like mine from Bunnings

    Be tougher, more protection and you can buy them with only the index and thumb exposed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    The thing I am struggling with is gloves. ATGATT and all that but you need naked finger tips to sort mail.
    Fingerless gloves are going to mean cold times ahead.
    I'd suggest a normal pair of gloves with a simple cut across the finger where the first join of the finger bends. You can then wear them with the end of the finger poking out, when working, or in when trying to stay warm.
    A bit like winter rifle shooting where you need to feel the trigger. Pop the end of the glove finger off and hey-presto!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Fingerless gloves are going to mean cold times ahead.
    I'd suggest a normal pair of gloves with a simple cut across the finger where the first join of the finger bends. You can then wear them with the end of the finger poking out, when working, or in when trying to stay warm.
    A bit like winter rifle shooting where you need to feel the trigger. Pop the end of the glove finger off and hey-presto!
    What i was thinkng about was silk gloves to wear under leather fingerless. Silk is great for warmth which is why the old time open cockpit flyers used to wear silk scarves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    As for gloves... you got an army surplus in Chch? Have a wander through it...
    Good thought that man! Went to Army Surplus and am now the proud owner of some German army fingerless leather gloves for a whole $19.95. Real leather smell too. Gave me the horn ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Good thought that man! Went to Army Surplus and am now the proud owner of some German army fingerless leather gloves for a whole $19.95. Real leather smell too. Gave me the horn ...
    and just imagine all the Jewish people that have been strangled with them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oakie View Post
    Silk is great for warmth which is why the old time open cockpit flyers used to wear silk scarves.
    Also fire resistant... Very handy in those up-diddly-up-dup flying machines.
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