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Goodbye to menthol cigarettes?
An FDA panel recommends pulling the flavored smokes from store shelves, but analysts are skeptical that the agency will follow through.
The FDA doesn't have to follow its panel's recommendations, but it often does. So there's a good chance that menthol cigarettes, which make up nearly a third of all U.S. cigarette sales, will disappear from store shelves. If it happens, the FDA said, it will be years from now, according to Dow Jones.
What's so wrong with menthol cigarettes? They're the preferred choice for adolescents, and the panel worries that menthols are a gateway to youths becoming regular smokers, according to Dow Jones.
The recommendation would dramatically affect Lorillard (LO), which makes the menthol-flavored Newport line. Newports make up about 90% of Lorillard's sales. Altria (MO) and Reynolds American (RAI) also sell menthols, but their sales are more evenly distributed across non-menthols and other products.
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So why did Lorillard shares rise so dramatically Friday? In midday trading, the stock was up nearly 9% to $85.66. It seems the industry -- and some analysts who cover it -- is skeptical that the FDA will go through with any ban. Altria shares were up 1%, and Reynolds American rose more than 2%.
Even if a ban did happen, the cigarette industry could survive it, said analysts from Moody's Investors Service. The analysts estimate that a ban would cut into cigarette sales by about 8% to 10% the first year but that sales would eventually get back to the normal annual drops of 3% to 4%.
The cigarette industry is profitable and could take the revenue hit, a Moody's analyst said, according to Dow Jones.
Even the chairman of the panel that made the FDA recommendation expressed concern that a ban could push menthols into the black market. The FDA "would need to consider the potential for contraband under those scenarios," said the chairman, a professor at a University of California medical school, according to Bloomberg. "There may be strategies other than a full removal."
Cigarette companies aren't taking this news lying down. Lorillard and Reynolds have sued the FDA to essentially block the panel's recommendations, Bloomberg reported. The companies claim that three of the eight panelists have conflicts of interest, having served as paid witnesses in prior tobacco lawsuits.
Here the feds go trying to be my parents again. Everytime they get one of these types of laws passed it emboldens them to continue to step all over the Constitution and take away my rights as an individual which is what the Constitution is based on. Isn't the government supposed to protect the Constitution of the United States. Maybe they should all be arrested and convicted of treason.
While we are at banning menthol cigarettes; we might as well ban: Fast food (obesity), Alcohol (Alcoholism), Automobiles (traffic deaths), Cell Phones (UHF Radiation), Microwaves (More radiation), Soft Drinks (Obesity), Diet soft drinks (phenylalanine may cause cancer or alzheimer's), The internet (cyber bulling makes kids cry and kill themselves), Hot dogs and Bologna (because no one really knows what is in it), All Meat Products (because they can raise cholesterol), Prescription medication (people get addicted to painkillers), Cough syrup and baby formula (people use it to make meth), Production and power plants (they pollute), Tylenol (can cause irreversible liver damage), Household cleaners (they contain poisons), Guns (because liberals think they are bad), Steak knives...hammers...baseball bats...people wearing gloves (because they kill too).
Then we could require everybody to apply government mandated sun block SPF 120 (we could make it green so that you can easily tell who is in violation), because the sun causes cancer and now the government (i.e. the U.S Tax Payer) has to pay for healthcare. But, we must not ban abortion; because it does not end life (for those who believe otherwise you must not know what the definition of life truly is...when you were taught that life was defined as metabolism and cell reproduction, you were lied to...just ask a liberal).
And, everybody could be appointed their own personal government approved administrator. This position would ensure that none of us ever made another wrong decision again. After all, isn't it obvious that the government knows better than you or I.
I'm a smoker. I know it's bad but it's my life not the governments. If cigarettes are so bad for you then why don't they just ban them all. No--because they would miss out on all the money cigarettes generate for them. Two- faced ridiculous people that work for the government and have all this time on their hands to come up with bull_____ like this. Give me a freaken break will ya. I have had it with the asinine ideas the government has. What a waste of money. How about finding better energy source or better yet more money for research of cancer.
Basically what we're all getting at is that everything is bad for you in one way or another, some obviously more than others but the right to choose what I put into my own body, as long as it doesn't endanger or affect anyone else directly, I think should be a freedom that we all should have. It's simply unethical to tell people what they can and cannot do to themselves, plain and simple. If they want to put ciggarette addiction into the same categories as other drugs that have the potential to be abused and offer help to people I think that would be fine and beneficial to society, but we've all learned how making something illegal when there's an obvious market for it just increases crime rates. We would make ciggarettes a black market item and force them to be distributed and manufactured by criminals the same exact way that prohibition was and the way the war on drugs has gone thus far. You would think someone would see a pattern here but apparently every person we elect into office is just a selfish imbecile like all the rest.
How about they use the time trying to decide whether or not to ban something and start cracking down on stores that sell cigarettes and alcohol to minors, start hitting people with fines or arresting them for giving a cigarette or liquor to a minor. They worry about minors using the product, stop making it available to them. Stores and the general public need to become more accountable.
They got rid of caffeine in four loko, but that doesn't stop people from vodka and red bulls/rockstars making their own style of four loko.
I am a non-smoker, one who stopped decades ago so what I write does not come from any need to defend a filthy habit.
One need only ask what tax gets raised to make up for the losses of tax revenue that would come with any stoppage of mentholated smoking. If 20% of all smokes are menthol then it stands to reason we might lose some twenty percent of any taxes collected off of smoking. I do not need to tell you this is a bad thing for we all pay an ever increasing amount in income taxes and we mostly all own our own homes with the ever increasing taxes those bring to our wallets.
Forget for a moment this is a SIN tax and no politician in the world ever gets rid of a sin tax. Again, who makes up the lose of all that nice revenue, the poor and unemployed?????
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Email messages encouraged Decatur families to come to the downtown square this evening to hear an "important announcement."
It was good news: A Decatur family gave the Decatur Education Foundation its single largest gift to date, $500,000 to provide educational support to the city's students.
"This gift will allow us to continue to build on the work accomplished over the past 10 years to ensure that every child in Decatur has opportunities to thrive," says Paula Collins, chair of DEF's board. "Coupled with the continued support from our community, it will allow us to impact exponentially more children. For that, we are most grateful."
The Decatur family, who is remaining anonymous, made the gift to express their gratitude "to Decatur teachers and staff who do such wonderful work educating the children in our community, and who play such an important role in making Decatur a great place to live," according to a release from the foundation.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
November 9th, 2012
12:19 am
What a generous gift and how nice to honor teachers and staff with the donation. So refreshing to see support for teachers on this blog for a change. It's easy to complain about the state of our public schools, but most people aren't willing to do anything to make it better. These folks have put their money where most people's mouths are. Parents who support their schools is just one of the many reasons Decatur is one of the best places to live in the metro Atlanta area.
November 9th, 2012
6:28 am
Great news! Think of what it would be like if, instead of being independent, DCS was a part of Dekalb County schools? That $500K would be gone into a couple of adminsitrators' hands quickly.
November 9th, 2012
6:56 am
Catlady makes a good point. Decatur schools are excellent and they are an independent CHARTER DISTIRCT.
I find it strange that Get Schooled's writer, Maureen Downey, praises Decatur City schools and sends her children to those schools but is against charter schools — she sends her kids to a charter district school.
And to catlady's point, that 500K would be swallowed up quickly if was given to a crooked school system like Dekalb or APS.
November 9th, 2012
7:24 am
So how are they gonna disperse the money? Should be interesting.
November 9th, 2012
7:49 am
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
November 9th, 2012
8:15 am
What a wonderful gift. Thank you "anonymous"
My two children have had an excellent education at Decatur City Schools. I hope this gift inspires others to give significant gifts to public schools.
November 9th, 2012
9:04 am
Pride and Joy – CDS is not a Charter District! It is an Independent School District – BIG difference!! Think city of atlanta vs fulton county…
November 9th, 2012
9:13 am
Pride and Joy, you clearly don't understand the difference between a charter district and a charter school. I suggest you educate yourself. Marietta City is also a charter district. These districts have to educate every child residing within the district, just like APS or DCSS. One of the unspoken reasons small school districts choose this option is that it actually makes it very difficult for someone to open a charter school in a city which is already a charter system. The results of a popular charter school opening in a very small, highly taxed area like city of Decatur would be catastrophic. There just isn't enough funding.
The DEF is a fabulous foundation started and governed by Decatur parents and this generous gift will go a very long way. I suggest that parents who complain about their own school systems think about doing something similar to help improve things, rather than bitching at teachers or applying for charter school lotteries….
November 9th, 2012
9:30 am
Is wondering why she's stuck in moderation….
November 9th, 2012
9:55 am
I think it's worth noting that Decatur has the second-smallest percentage of free-lunch eligible kids of any district in the state (right after Forsyth County). So while this gift is fantastic, in a sense it's a lot of money going to a district that, increasingly in the coming years, will have kids that don't need it.
November 9th, 2012
9:59 am
@P&J: Way to turn a positive for City Schools of Decatur into a personal attack on Maureen! There are many of us who opposed the amendment and have our own kids in charter schools and charter school systems. I won't go into all the reasons why, because other threads on this blog have exhausted the arguments for and against.
We can disagree about whether this opposition was misplaced, but I hope we can all move forward with the understanding that there are supporters of the charter concept who think the amendment was a bad idea.
November 9th, 2012
10:04 am
OK, I'll try again. I was trying to point out to Pride that a charter school system and a charter school are entirely different. There are no charter schools within the city limits (which is a good thing because there would not be enough money to fund one in such a small system). Pride, the only thing stopping APS applying for charter system status is that there is too much discrepancy performance wise between the schools in that system and they do not all follow the same curriculum. Put simply, APS is too big and inequitable to be able to do it.
Secondly, DEF us a charitable foundation. This is not the same as someone donating $500k to a school board. DEF provides access to scholarships and technology to disadvantaged students and is the result of a partnership between motivated CSD parents and teachers. If APS parents thought about setting up something similar rather than in-fighting, the results could be fabulous.
November 9th, 2012
10:07 am
DCS is an independent school system that has received charter school status system wide. This has allowed DCS to try several different approaches to educating our children. Since over the years we always perform above state norm I convinced it's more on the teachers not the system. Parental involvement is strongly encouraged and that makes the teachers job easier. I thank that family for the donation as it will allow DCS to continue to perform.
November 9th, 2012
10:17 am
City Schools of Decatur Charter System – was approved by the City of Decatur local board in 2008.
November 9th, 2012
10:19 am
To Joe in Tucker — Decatur City Schools are absolutey independent — DCS IS A CHARTER DISTRICT! Let your fingers do the googling yourself.
They are right on the front page of the Georgia Charter Schools website.
Just go ahead and Google.
November 9th, 2012
10:23 am
Brit, you're preaching to the choir.
of course APS is too big to be a charter like Decatur City Schools.
APS should be broken up into much much smaller districts — but the power hungry APS board and crooks don't want to use their power. A district should have one or two high schools — that is it.
Anything else is too big to manage effectively without corruption.
Parents need to be able to walk up to the super and talk to him or her without minions of hangers on and politics and corruption.
Decatur City schools thrive because they are small and manageable and cohesive. Four square miles. That's as big as Decatur gets…and notice Maureen did not refute that Decatur City schools are a CHARTER DISTRICT.
November 9th, 2012
10:29 am
Bizarre how this news can inspire a charter school debate. Again.
November 9th, 2012
10:30 am
On the Georgia Charter Schools Association web site — on their main page — front and center with pride displays DECATUR CITY SCHOOLS.
DCS is a good school system. It is small and manageable. It is cohesive. Just four square miles of a cohesive community.
It THRIVES.
It teaches.
Parents are happy.
Students learn.
Teachers are happy.
and it is a CHARTER DISTRICT.
This is an example of why we need to break up the monster-sized Dekalb and APS districts into smaller, manageable, districts with one or two high schools each.
Smaller districts are easy to hold to accountability.
There is not as much big bags of money so it is much more difficult to hide 900K spent on illegal use of funds ala Dekalb county.
The powerful in APS and Dekalb wont' hear of it.
They don't want to lose their power.
They don't want to lose their share of stealing the money out of those huge bags of funds.
It is much easier to hide and say you didn't know about cheating because you were way far up and away in your ivory tower ala Beverly Hall.
Smaller, more manageable schools distrcits.
THIS is what charters can provide and Decatur City Schools is living proof of it.
November 9th, 2012
10:33 am
And here it is as well. Proof Decatur City Schools IS A CHARTER DISTRICT.
November 9th, 2012
10:47 am
Feel better?
November 9th, 2012
11:01 am
Listen to what makes Decatur City Schools great.
Part one — teachers have a SAY.
Time after time on this blog teachers have complained they have NO say in the curriculum or even how it is taught.
DCS has ONE high school.
The teachers in the high school did something different than APS and Dekalb. Straight from the pages of the charter…here is what TEACHERS in DCS decided…
"Decatur High School science teachers decided to restructure the high school science
curriculum so that all students, regardless of ability, take physics in the 9th
grade and
chemistry in the 10th
grade. This change, coupled with the professional learning
opportunities provided to Decatur High School science teachers, has resulted in the third
highest system science scores in the state, as measured by the annual Georgia High
School Graduation Test."
Please read the Decatur City Schools CHARTER posted by Dekalb Inside and Out.
THIS IS what a charter school and system can do.
DCS is a charter and LOOK HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS.
No scary boogeyman.
Teachers are getting paid and ARE HAPPY.
Parents are happy. Students learn.
It's all good.
This is what a PUBLIC SCHOOL CAN BE — a success.
November 9th, 2012
11:30 am
Maureen, what you're saying is that DCS is only successful because of the parents.
It takes intelligent, educated, caring professionals in the school as well as caring, intelligent parents.
To say DCS schools are great only because of the parents is a slap in the face and a disservice to all the hard-working, caring teachers and staff in the schools.
November 9th, 2012
2:09 pm
You are right. Now take about 75,000 families who are not highly educated and add them to the Decatur system. You get the Dekalb school system. This is a perfect example of why the big districts need to be broken up? How is it fair that Decatur is allowed to have their own system but no other cities in Dekalb are? Legislators need to step up to the plate (and 2012) and do the right thing. There are other areas of highly educated parents whose children are being held hostage by the big systems who focus on the lowest common denominator.
November 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
The difference between charter system schools and state chartered schools is that state chartered schools have to close if they don't meet goals. Charter system schools just go back to being regular schools if they don't perform. I'm not knocking City of Decatur Schools. I wish I lived in the city limits myself. Congrats on the donation.
November 9th, 2012
3:36 pm
mOM OF 3EXACTLY!
Decatur City recognized that the staete school system's method of teaching to the lowest levels was a failure. Physics for ninth graders? You betcha. It works in Decatur City Schools because the teachers and parents recognized ths was best for the COMMUNITY.
A community is not a behemoth bloated bureaucratic gerrymandered area on a map ala Atlanta Public Schools and Dekalb County. There are areas in Dekalb county very similar to decatur city but they are not allowed to function as a cohesive, hih-functioning unit because of politics.
Just as teachers ahve said time and again, students need to be grouped by ability and not by a political agenda.
The reigning political agenda of the day is to close the achievement gap, which means, bring the poor black students up to the speed of affluent white students, which is silly. Race and income don't determne intelligence and ability. Ability is ability is ability.
I am certain the parents of the kids in Inman Middle school would love to be able to function as a real school instead of the most hotly-contested political football in Georgi.
Error Davis has a racial ratio in mind. The school board wants contrl over all that money.
Parents just want their kids to learn.
Teachers just want to do their best job teaching kids as much as they are able to learn…
but because Inman Middle School is an APS school, it is fought over like the last piece of meat by a pack of jackals.
Move it here so the black kids can go to it — no keep it here so the people who actually live near it can go to it — transfer everyone in to make the scores look better. It is a disaster.
If Inman was a converted charter school the neighborhodd and the teachers could decide what is best for Inman students just as Decatur gets to decide.
Dear Lord, when APS was founded, the size of the district was tiny. Now look at it — bloated, corrupt, andd as slow as frozen molasses at the North Pole — and failing.
This is what the demand for charters is all about — the community — a real commonity — not a top heavy APS or Dekalb bureaucracy knows how to meet the needs of the real children living in it.
A charter allows the community the flexibility to do what the community needs.
Georgia has enough money and the willpower form parents to meet the needs of its students — and that's why parents like me will be writing for more charter schools, which are SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS JUST LIKE DECATUR CITY SCHOOLS.
November 9th, 2012
4:56 pm
Maureen- I understand the history of how the school systems were formed. My beef is that it is 2012 and the system as it exists is not working. I also understand that the legislature would have to make a change. But from what I've been told – they just won't do it. That's what I don't get. Where is common sense? Who says it can't be changed to work better for the huge increase in population that has taken place since the school systems were formed? If legislators and educators in this state were truly trying to make a difference, it seems like this is an obvious one. I know it is all about money. But our country was founded on freedom. What is the difference between a city's citizens wanting to be free from a huge bureaucratic Board of Education and America wanting to be free from England? It is the same concept. Citizens do not feel like they are represented. My original point was that the city of Decatur is a great example of what many citizens in Fulton and Dekalb counties want. So when you wrote about why you think Decatur is successful – it is really just rubbing salt in the wounds of everyone who "by law" do not have the same rights.
November 9th, 2012
5:58 pm
Momof3, I can see your frustration. I don't think huge school districts are the answer either. But the city of Decatur existed before the city of Atlanta, and can't really be used as an example of why brand new cities like Dunwoody, or Brookhaven should be entitled to their own school system.
Also the history of schools in Decatur is not what you think it is. 10 years ago the schools were very segregated and rich white middle class parents had a fit at the thought of sending their kids to an almost completely black school south of Dekalb avenue. Ring any bells?. That school was Oakhurst Elementary. Rightly, the superintendent ignored those parents and now all the elementary schools in the system are equal. I wish Mr Davis had shown the same kind of forward- thinking earlier this year in Atlanta. Once again, the DEF was started by parents in Decatur to ensure all students had equal chances. I wish parents in DeKalb would do the same, instead of acting like they're under siege from invading barbarians and building city walls….
Pride and Joy, you clearly still don't understand the difference between a charter school SYSTEM and a charter school. There is a huge difference. In fact, as I stated before, a charter school can't open in a charter school district (which is one of the biggest reason Decatur and Marietta and many other small cash-strapped systems chose to apply for that status). It actually PREVENTS charter schools opening, period (which apparently is something you are a fan of).
November 9th, 2012
9:12 pm
Brit, I understand perfectly well.
It is a pity close-minded people like you think that just because I city is new like Brookhaven, it ccannot have a good school system like Decatur.
your're flat out wrong.
Every school in Brookhaven every traditional public school can be converted to a charter school and run as the parents and teachers and the SMALL COMMUNITY sees fit.
You need to read a little mroe about it to speak intelligently about charter schools, charter districgts, conversion charters and so on.
think outside your tiny little box, Brit.Open your mind to new ideas.
Georgia's children don't have to suffer just because the city of Brookhaven is "new."
And I can't wait for the parent trigger law to come to Georgia. That one will blow your little mind, Brit.
November 9th, 2012
9:18 pm
Good iddeas, Mom of 3. The constitution of Georgia CAN be amended to make as many school districts as the citizens want. Currently, the state constitution limits the number of school distrcits, which is why the mega-monster bloated Dekalb and APS districts exist. Populations exploded and the district numbers didn't increase.
However just as I and other passed an amendment to the constitution to allow state approved charters, we can also amend it to increase the numbers of districts, which will allow us to cut up the ugly giant monsters like Dekalb and APS.
Of course, that little tidbit will blow Brit's little mind too.
November 10th, 2012
6:06 pm
Dear Pride and Joy, my mind is fine. Clearly yours is suffering. Did you suffer from a blow to the head recently? You don't seem to understand basic logic. If Brookhaven wants to be like Decatur it won't have any charter schools, period. Once again, a charter school SYSTEM prevents the opening of charter schools, you ignorant person. I hate to break it to you, but a solar SYSTEM is not entirely made up of suns….
I couldn't care less if every school in Brookhaven converts to a charter, but that won't make the city a charter system, it will create a huge mess of gerrymandering, in-fighting and competing methods and curriculums. Good luck with that brilliant plan.
I do find it hilarious who that someone who lives in Candler Park and sends her kids to a private school is suddenly an expert on how Decatur's schools operate and what a charter school actually is. You are sadly lacking in basic knowledge of either subject and are completely wrong about both.
November 10th, 2012
7:40 pm
Brit, you need a history lesson. The rich middle class (an oxymoron, for sure) did win, by keeping their elementary school open (Clairemont). It was the middle class population on the other side of Scott Blvd who lost their neighborhood school, which they brought back from near-empty twenty plus years ago.
November 10th, 2012
11:55 pm
North Decaturite, I assure you I do not. The objective of redistricting at that time was to achieve an equal racial mix between all the elementary schools in the district. It was successful, even though some parents were very upset at the closing of their local school. But despite the upset, it worked. And if it makes you feel better, Westchester will be opening very soon.
Re: class structures. It is not oxymoronic at all to speak of the rich middle class. The American middle classes are the richest in the western world. Infact, America is unique for having no upper classes at all. Just very, very rich middle class people, sometimes with a few pieces of family silver….
November 11th, 2012
10:28 pm
This is so funny "Infact, America is unique for having no upper classes at all."
yep, no upper class in America. The Kennedys are just working middle class stiffs like the rest of us who are worried about whether social secuurity will still be around when they turn 65.
Brit, you're high on something.
November 13th, 2012
10:17 am
Actually, the money goes to the Decatur Education Foundation not the school. The Education Foundation assists the students with scholarships, computers, bikes, tutors, and etc to assist with their education. DHS graduate and proud of it!!!


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Product Description100% nylon shell. Polyester/Spandex mesh liner. Seamless chamois. Two side and one back pocket. Elastic leg gripper. Embroidery logos.
Navy, Khaki and Black
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User Reviews
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2011
Strengths: Better than wearing nothing
Weaknesses: Material too hot, not comfortable, back pocket?
Bottom Line:
I just wear DH shorts for tough wear outer and Lycra under for enduro pedaling comfort. Much better than these useless shorts.
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Duration Product Used: 2 Years
Similar Products Used: Lycra and DH shorts
Bike Setup: AM
Date Reviewed: August 31, 2008
Strengths: Nice fit and conservative styling
Weaknesses: Chamois pad came apart after two washes. Waistband string difficult to pull tighter.
Made in Vietnam! Another corporate sellout to the commies.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $15.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: Performance Bicycle Boulder Shorts. Cannondale baggies (8 years old) Trek Baggies (2 years old)
Bike Setup: Specialized Epic
Date Reviewed: July 26, 2008
Strengths: Look nice enough, price seemed reasonable.
Weaknesses: Pading was terrible, quality was poor all around and the chamois were destoryed after a few washes.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $50.00
Purchased At: Performance Bike
Similar Products Used: Fox Mid Ranger
Bike Setup: Giant Trance 2
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2008
Strengths: Look good for the price paid.
Weaknesses: Size is too small, has absolutely no padding left after the first wash.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Ebay
Bike Setup: Cannondale Rush 2007
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2007
Strengths: Looks good.
Weaknesses: Chamois
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $49.00
Purchased At: Adventure Bicycles -Mesa
Similar Products Used: Lycra
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2007
Strengths: Look good, exterior materiel wears well and cleans up nicely
Weaknesses: Pad bunches up making the shorts un-wearable unless you're into pain.
Bottom Line:
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Similar Products Used: Nashbar- Nema
Bike Setup: Ellsworth Isis with a Terry Ti-Fly seat
Date Reviewed: April 17, 2007
Strengths: Light weight and look good. It is hot as hell in Florida and the humidity will kill you riding cross country. These shorts breath well and are light weight which is huge here.
Weaknesses: The sizes are off. I wear a 34 in every pair of shorts I've ever owned. I bought these in a 36 to wear pads underneath them and they are about a 1/2 size too small. If you like your shorts tight, buy these one size too big. If you like them loose better go with 2 sizes too big.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $45.00
Purchased At: BeyondBikes.com
Similar Products Used: All kinds of different mountain bike shorts
Bike Setup: Giant Reign, fox float front end, float 4 rear suspension. Do a lot of drops and jumps.
Date Reviewed: November 24, 2006
Strengths: looks
Weaknesses: material is very light and weak first ride brand new the material next to the seam split from cheek to cheek leaving me exposed for the rest of the ride .
Have returned them and fox will replace them but thet are going back on the shelf for a credit . Pading bulky and un comfortable fit does not seem right they hang low and are very strange to walk in feel like you are wearing a full adult diaper
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Purchased At: 73
Similar Products Used: azonic
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2006
Strengths: price, but can't say much other than that
Weaknesses: do not fit true to size!
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $34.00
Purchased At: wheelworld.com
Bike Setup: 06 Kona King Kikapu, Marzocchi MX Comp ETA, Fox RP3, Maxxis Ignitors
Date Reviewed: November 5, 2006
Strengths: They look good, inexpensive (comparatively). Dry fast. Light.
Weaknesses: The '05 shorts had a nice inner liner and chamois. But the '06 liner and chamois sucks. Big time. I had bought the '05 and loved them. So, I got the '06 and immediately noticed the difference. The liner in the '05 was a lycra/spandex material. Stretch and well made. The '06 models have a more cotton-like liner. The chamois came unstitched on both pairs I bought. The pad bunched up and was terrible. This was after only a few times wearing them and maybe a month or so. I hand washed both pairs and hung them dry so I have no idea how this could happen unless they were very poorly made. I would not recommend these shorts. (I like the Hoss Ponderosa, though.)
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $45.00
Purchased At: JensonUSA
Similar Products Used: Hoss Ponderosa. '05 base shorts
Bike Setup: Er... does this matter in a short review?
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2005
Strengths: Nice styling for cheap shorts.
Weaknesses: Horrible pad.
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Follett's Mountain Sports
Similar Products Used: Lots of mostly lycra shorts (Sugio, Descente, Castelli, Bellweather).
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2005
Strengths: understated simplicity, durability
Weaknesses: huge groin pad
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Similar Products Used: bellwether
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2003
Strengths: Good looks, gr8 construction.
Weaknesses: chamois could be nicer, not as good as my trek shorts. Elastic seat?
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $48.00
Purchased At: Schortmans Cyclery
Similar Products Used: trek mtb shorts w/ 3 piece chamois NICE
Bike Setup: Jamis XLT 1.0 stock except for egg beaters.
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2002
Strengths: comfort, style, and fit...what else is there
Weaknesses: a tiny bit too long for me, but i have short legs
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $55.00
Purchased At: Bicycles, Etc.
Similar Products Used: none
Bike Setup: does it matter for shorts?
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2002
Strengths: Comfortable padding
Weaknesses: Way too sticky velcro for pockets.Feels like plumber's crack is creeping up.
Bottom Line:
These black shorts have a reflective piping on both sides with the Fox logo on the left leg.
Well...someone at Fox got a little Velcro happy.The velcro for the pockets are a little too sticky.It was annoying digging for my wallet or change as I had to really pull the velcro away.I trimmed the sticky stuff with scizzors and now it's not a problem.
These shorts feel kinda small for an extra large.My legs are muscular,big calves and big quads.If I don't tie these down right,they feel like they'll slip and expose some crack.I spend too much time adjusting instead of riding.Side pockets are too close to the center instead of being more to the sides.Feels uncomfortable when you just want to put your hands in your pockets and whistle while you walk.
Once these things get worn,they feel better and the padding is comfortable.One of my bikes have a stripped Sella Flite Ti saddle.That is,the leather cover and padding was removed leaving only the plastic shell and Ti rails.(they tear anyways,shaves weight and looks cool too)The chamois padding really feels comfortable with the seat.The tights grip well.Maybe I should pull these out of the outer shell but I can't.
Sorry Fox.I really like your stuff but these shorts were a bad choice for my first baggy shorts.Maybe there should be an XXL or a suggestion to buy a size bigger then usual.
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Price Paid: $40.00
Purchased At: Reed's Cyclery
Similar Products Used: None.First baggy shorts for me.
Bike Setup: Very fast.
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Most of us are familiar with the Beat generation - the hip cats of the fifties and early sixties associated with soul patches, bongos, black clothes and the endless curling smoke of clove cigarettes. But what lies beneath the iconic image?
17 Crafty Uses for Wire Hangers
Arts and crafts are underpinned by appreciation of the basic things in life - and what could be more basic or splendid than a wire hanger? Here are 17 clever, crafty things you can do with them. None of them involve Batman.
How to Become a Hero for Hire
Dressing up as a superhero, princess or mermaid for a living. Dream job? Dream job.
Interview with a corsetiere
Tips on becoming a corsetiere - an interview with Marianne Faulkner, designer of the San Francisco based Pop Antique line, which specialises in eclectic, feminine daywear with a focus on sustainable design and innovative corsets.
Ten very specific types of apocalypse (and how to survive them)
Zombies. Everyone is worried about Zombies. They're everywhere. But if that's all you're worried about, you're in denial - there are at least 10 potential apocalypses to plan for (and fear). From crows to cats with thumbs, it's time to broaden one's paranoia...
How to have a merry Gothic Christmas
Is Christmas starting to annoy you? Did you ever find those little knock-knock jokes in the christmas cracker funny? DID ANYONE? For a Gothic Christmas, read on...
How to deal with the monster in the wall
Monster DOs and DON'Ts - A guide to unwanted paranormal tenants, with plans for both action (yeah!) and inaction (lazy).
How to make Christmas candy cane bath salts
This is a really charming homemade gift idea for Wintermas, that can be dressed up or down to suit your tastes. These bath salts are simple to make and won't make you go over your budget. Huzzah for peppermint oil!
10 Ideas for Mooky Christmas Presents
10 Ideas for Mooky Christmas Presents, from geocaching days and personalised photo rock wristbands from Thor's Hammer to tiny short stories printed onto canvas. Sod Amazon and their pink-hued Christmas gift ideas for girls.
Crafty DIY - Jewellery beading ideas for Christmas party season
Arts and crafts tips on making chokers, earrings, 1920s necklaces, pendants and broochers. Christmas/Yule/Other is the perfect time to make statement home made jewellery for yourself - or pearlescent stocking stuffers for others.
Zombie prejudice and how to overcome it
Zombies don't have prejudice. They're egalitarian fellows who'll eat anyone's brains. But we do. Oh yes, we certainly do. Let's join forces with the Zombie Rights Movement to work on our prejudice and media-fed stereotyping.
Crafty crochet hat pattern
Craft Tutorial - First, we'll teach you how to crochet (slip knot, chain stitch, knit stitch, double crochet). Then we'll teach you how to crochet a hat. A beanie hat. BOOM.
Halloween pumpkin carving ideas
Decorating pumpkins is a craft movement in its own right, even outside America. We pick some of our very favourite pumpkin carving ideas, so have a look now and see what you think.
Craft Ideas: How to do screen printing at home
Practice screen printing at home and you can print your own bold stencil designs onto anything from bags to tea towels (the latter making an ideal crafty Christmas gift). With this tutorial, make your own screen (or buy a screen printing starter kit) and beat crafty Warhol at his own game...
Cool Tumblr Names
Looking for awesome Tumblr names? Despairing that all the cool ones are gone? We'll show you how to think up Tumblr name ideas that are perfect and unique to you.
Short Story Writers: How to get published online, in a magazine... anywhere
Tips for getting your short stories published: Publishing is a numbers game. You've got to keep writing, keep submitting to online / print publishers, and build your author's bio with published work (not just short stories but also articles and reviews). Mookychick gives you handy writing tips and links to aid your quest.
How to make your own (magickal or crafty) inks and oils
Whether you love arts and crafts - or spellwork - or both, we'll show you how to make your own crafty inks and oils. If you wish, we'll also show you how to imbue them with magickal properties for spell crafting.
Photoshop Tutorial - How to create Gothic effects in Photoshop
Photoshop Tutorial - These basic techniques will help you get started in Photoshop and have fun creating gothic portraits with black eyeliner, gothic hair and undead skin tones while you're at it.
5 Ways Writing Fanfiction Can Make You a Better Writer
Writing fanfiction really can make you a better writer. It cures writer's block, guarantees helpful critiques and more. 'My Immortal' (the worst fanfic ever) has given fanfictio an unfairly bad rep...
How to protect your house from ninjas
How to protect your house from ninjas - because someone has to. PS The solution may or may not include Narnia.
Homemade Lollipops Recipe
Even vegetarians and vegans can make their own homemade lollipops with our marvellously mooky DIY lollipops recipe... Perfect for an Alice in Wonderland tea party.
The wonderful world of Aerial Hoop!
These 10 top tips for aspiring burlesquers will help you create a unique act you'll be proud of. Burlesque hobbyists and careerists unite - in dizzying girlish splendour!
How to plan for the Zombie Apocalypse and why it matters to you
Bugging in or bugging out? When it comes to the ZA, the best way to deal with the Zombie Apocalypse (or any other kind) is to prepare for both.
How to not be bored
Bored with being bored? You might find these tweaks a helpful starting point to change, so you'll no longer be bored at work (or with lack of work, or your appearance...), Find new ways to stop being bored with your life.
How to avoid going out clubbing
People. Ugh. People. We know, right? More specifically, people wanting you to go out clubbing. They can be as precious as tears of joy from a crystal unicorn - or a total (though kindly) pain in the arse. Discover how to avoid people, socialising and clubbing when you're genuinely not up for it.
Best countries to go backpacking in after graduation
You know... you dont have to fit into a mould of graduating, going straight to work, staying at a company for 40 years, retiring, and THEN traveling if youre still able. Go work abroad, and travel.
Teach yourself (metal) guitar techniques
Teach yourself guitar, with a breakdown of guitar techniques used by metallers and other guitar gods. These tips cover choosing equipment, learning to sing/play at the same time, and how to get the most out of your playing.
How to cope as a female rock musician
Not all male egos are so fragile that they feel threatened by a girl in 'man' territory, of course. But the world of the musician is, let's face it, often ego-driven, and women rock musicians have to armour up to avoid getting a raw deal.
How to seduce like Cleopatra
When you bat your lashes, do men offer to father your many children or perish trying? When you exercise your wit, do they write a new will and testament? No? Then you're doing it wrong. Do it like Cleopatra instead. She did surprising things with carpets.
How the Victorians fell in love with the Orient
Listen now to a jolly, informational tale of exactly how and why the Victorians fell for the exotic charms of the Orient... and how it affects us today. Those darned Victorians - they do insist on teaching us things!
How to get into places you don't belong
Call it ligging. Call it social hacking. Call it loitering like a lunatic. Here are some little tips for how to get into places you don't belong. Let it be our little secret...
How to hunt monsters
If you failed to take the Monster Hunting course at your local community college, the best we can do is arm you with a little knowledge to survive your first encounter.
How to be a (proper) mad scientist
Let us say, for the sake of argument, that you already are a mad scientist. Well done! The problem is that no-one's noticed. If you want your laboratory to be burned to the ground by the aryan do-gooder hero/heroine, shouldn't you be trying a little... bit... harder?
10 Ways to tell if you are a coffee addict
You may find that college/work/life only happens with a coffee in your hand, whether it's from Starbucks (and their trippy occult logo) or anti-capitalist indie coffee shops. Here are 10 ways to tell you might have a coffee problem. We shan't tell you what to do about it, of course.
Pets - Keeping frogs and toads
Snakes, iguanas, tortoises and lizards are all wonderfully exotic pets but can be rather expensive to buy, house and maintain. Frogs cheap, easy to keep and very cute.
How to have a great night at The Rocky Horror Show
Whether you're a Rocky Horror Show regular or "Virgin", nothing can top this theatre experience that encourages audience participation from heckling to dancing to dressing up in Rocky Horror costumes. Don your fishnets, cake on the lipstick and warm up your hips. I would like - if I may - to take you on a strange journey...
What to wear for a murder
Assassination is a tough job. You want to be prepared - and that includes being dressed for the part. Do you want the last thing your victim ever sees to be a deplorable fashion faux pas?
How to have your perfect wedding on a budget
Weddings On A Budget. Four words any bride dreads hearing. But it can be done cheaply and still be an amazing day to remember for the rest of your life; I should know. I did it myself for less than £500 on June 11th 2010.
Self defence: A Girl's Guide to Being Safe
Street safety is a really sticky topic. Even the experts disagree on how best to handle self defence. The best you can do is be aware of your surroundings, and read as much on the topic as you can.
How to hold a pet funeral
Dearly beloved: We are gathered here today to bury our dearest companions, be they furred or scaled. Let their funeral be conducted with skill and respect. Here's a mooky guide on how to bury your pet and hold a pet funeral...
10 Ideas for giving your workspace a makeover
Your workspace needs to be a happy place. From choosing colour schemes to creating new table fabrics and mood boards, browse our 10 ideas for giving your workspace a makeover and changing the way you work and think.
How to survive the zombie apocalypse
So you've read the Zombie Survival Guide? Well, good luck with that. You can't be flicking through a heavy tome when the zombie hordes arrive. Read THIS article and carry it at all times for an increased chance of survival.
How to make an indie film
If you want to make an indie film, practise by making a 5 minute film short. We has got tips for screenwriting, actors, location, budget, equipment, props and post-production.
Random acts of kindness
Random acts of kindness are best defined by their very name. Acts of kindness, usually carried out by strangers, to put a smile on your face. There are so many little ways that you can commit random acts of kindness.
How to deter evil gnomes
Evil gnomes are not cute. They are arbiters of pixie doom. Get rid of gnomes in your life by learning to spot their evil influences in the first place. Avaunt, ye gnomes!
How to have an Alice in Wonderland tea party
Need ideas for hosting an Alice in Wonderland tea party? Start by reading the book and watching the Tim Burton film... then move onto Alice-themed decor, food, fancy dress and party games...
How to get things done
Make thyself efficient:Whether you're researching for exams, job hunting or building a secret laboratory, these ways to improve the way you use your time may help.
How to pass exams
How to pass exams: It's getting to that time again. Exam time. The big question for many of you is "how do I not fail my exams?" Mookychick wants you to pass exams with flying colours, so here's how...
How to have an Easter egg hunt party
Party ideas: You've made your vegan chocolate easter eggs. Now it's time to arrange a lovely party with a vegan Easter egg hunt!
How to move in with a partner for the 1st time
Co-habiting tips: If you're moving in with your boyfriend/girlfriend for the first time, sharing a bed, decorating tastes and other housemates can be daunting. These bijou co-habiting tips may help.
How to celebrate St Patrick's Day mook-style
St Patrick's Day: Never mind binge drinking & silly hats on March 17. Here are 10 mooky ways to celebrate the Day o' the Irish, from baking green goodies to having a potato party.
How to get work at festivals
Summer jobs: There's nothing like planning ahead. If you're a festival junky who needs their fix but can't afford the tix, our guide to volunteering at festivals will get you into your favourite festivals for free.
Peter's guide to British garden birds
How-to guides: Truth is not facts. Truth is BEAUTY! The editor-at-large of Nuts magazine for boys gives us beautiful truths about British garden birds while feeding a seagull tenderly.
How to help an injured animal
Animal care: Would you help an injured animal? Would you stop and lend a paw? Would you know what to do, and where to go to for help? Our tips on how to help an injured animal (road accident, you name it) could save a pet's life.
How to build self-confidence
How to build self-confidence: Our confidence building tips include becoming more confident through assertiveness and observation - and learning how to overcome shyness and handle difficult people or situations.
Cupcake tea party ideas
Tea party ideas: Cupcakes are as cool as they are cuplike, so why not enjoy them with your friends at a little cupcake tea party? Yes, this really is as cute as it sounds!
10 Money saving tips for students
Money saving tips: When living on a student loan alone, even those of us who are normally good with money can struggle to cope with the financial demands of being a student. These 10 money saving tips are written for students by a student...
Victorian Christmas parlour games
Victorian Christmas games: The Victorians made Christmas a festival for the family and children, and any gathering was a good excuse to play parlour games. Our guide to Victorian Christmas parlour games should keep your clan educated and entertained.
Victorian Christmas traditions
Victorian Christmas: Christmas as we celebrate it today (tree, carols, cards, presents, pudding) has its roots in Victorian Britain - even Charles Dickens got involved in shaping our celebration of Christmas. Doesn't he just get everywhere?
How to be happier in yourself
Empowerment: Feel tired? Dull? Bored? Generally "meh"? Here are 5 simple ways to improve your lifestyle in a way that will make you and your body happier and more productive.
How to celebrate your unbirthday
How to guides: How to have yourself a Very Merry Unbirthday Party! Lewis Carroll coined the idea of an unbirthday in 'Through the Looking Glass', but if your birthday falls on a 'taken' day like Christmas then an unbirthday party might be the very thing...
Letter writing and penpals
Letter writing is an art form that one should encourage to stay alive. From making gothic lolita penpals to creating your own scented ink and sealing wax, we show how how to explore letter writing as both an ancient medium and as a craft.
How to survive an earthquake
How to tips: If there's anything a girl worth her salt should know it's how to survive an earthquake. As if we need to tell you that. Our earthquake survival tips will help you survive anything from Gojira encounters to shifting tectonic plates!
How to have a burlesque party
How to tips: An exhibitionist with a yen for feathers? Have a burlesque party on the cheap. Glamorously decadent burlesque costumes need not cost a string of pearls.
How to start your own country
How to tips: It's actually rather easy to start on your own country - and in such a way that the Government won't raid your house just because you used your arts and crafts skills to make your friends a few passports. Here's zigackly how to start your own country - just for funsies!
The Mookychick back to school guide
How to tips: As you stoically stare at the enormous pile of brand new books and stationery on your desk, ask yourself: "How am I going to survive this academic year?" Our school guide advises you on how to survive this school or university term without a single scratch or trauma.
Guide to resistin' radical cheerleading
How to tips: Girl or boy, shouty or dancey, Eco-activist or couch revolutionary, let your political pom-poms FLY... With Radical cheerleading. It's a fun, fun way to get your voice heard.
10 Tips for surviving a boozy camp-out
How to tips: Got something to celebrate? A good camp out is the way to go. Well, it can be. If you don't get eaten by horses. Chased by farmers. Chased by police. Chased by the sleeping bag buddy you just puked on. So many things that could go wrong. Especially in your own back yard.
How to have a picnic
How to tips: We show you how to have a picnic in a park, in the rain, in your mate's house and in a pub. Oh, we show you how to have a picnic, all right! The best picnic there EVER was!
How to survive a robot uprising
How to tips: When the uprising comes, the first wave of hostile robots may be those closest to us. Be careful - your rosy-cheeked young servant robot may have become a sullen, distrustful killing machine.
8 Tips for surviving your first Anime convention
How to tips: Whether it's marvelling at Alucard the vampire politely ordering a sandwich, sewing a Magic Knight Rayearth outfit in two days or making friends in the longest queues known to man, your first anime convention holds unspeakable joys...
How to survive a power cut
How to tips: There's nothing like a good old power cut to remind you just how dependent on technology you really are. How do you survive after the exciting first hour ("Look! If I put a torch under my face, hilarious faces ensue!")? Let Mookychick 'illuminate' you...
How to use (and buy) funky festival tents
There's nothing better than camping at a festival. Mud makes you grow roots, lady! Here are our favourite funky festival tents and tips on how to get the best festival spots.
How to drink Real Ale like a Real Boy
The Campaign for Real Ale is about national heritage, consumer rights, and a 4,000 year old Sumerian glamour goddess who invented beer, called Ninkasi...
How to enjoy opera
How to tips: Ask the man (or woman) on the street what they think of opera. Go on, do it. What did he (or she) say? Something about fat, screeching ladies in horned helmets, right? Well, that's partially true - Wagner's Ring Cycle did feature horned valkyries. But there's far more to opera - think murder, True Love, magic, mistaken identity, abduction, rebellion, vendettas and sex. Think passion.
How to pass yourself off as a Parisienne
How to tips: It may be a fallacy that Parisians drink and smoke all the time, wear timeless classics, hang around in cafes and graveyards and always look existentially bored. Weirdly, adopting these stereotypical traits will actually make them talk to you in French...
How to become a face painter
How to tips: Parma Violent walked in off the street and got a job as a face painter. From brushes to skin conditions to creativity and face painting community links, she shows you how to become a face painter too.
How to host your own music festival
How to tips: Summer is rapidly approaching and while there are many great music festivals that you could go to, why not be a little more adventurous and try running a music festival of your own?
Student drinking games: How to play Ring of Fire
How to tips: Student drinking games are more fun than a chav on Question Time. If you are student who's looking for a way to consume even more alcohol, Rhi has tried and tested a splendidly ominous card-based drinking game: 'Ring of Fire'.
How to celebrate spring with a hanami party
How to tips: As spring approaches, winter snows are being replaced by sakura (cherry tree) showers of faint pink to magenta. The arrival of warmer weather coinciding with the blossoming of cherry trees has always been a lovely excuse to have an official flower viewing, otherwise known as a hanami party! So, fellow mooks, let us go forth and have hanami!
Unusual baby names - A Mookychick Guide
How to tips: Researching unusual baby names? We'll help you choose a unique, or at least unusual, or at least attractive baby name. Vampire baby names, elvish baby names, Wiccan baby names, Goth baby names... you name it. Be warned though.
How to get Victorian Style
How to tips: Plague rats and mad girls trapped in Victorian asylums... Such is the world of victoriandustrial fashion. Become a wayward Victorian girl and rise to the style ranks of Emilie Autumn.
10 More ways to survive art college
How to tips: Never in your life will you meet a larger collection of people with similar tastes, interests and perspectives to your fine self. Not only that, but these people will bring certain other tastes, interests and perspectives with them. So keep an open mind, a smile on your face and let the learning begin.
How to live like an 18th Century aristocrat
How-to Guides: The 21st Century getting you down? Would life be better in an age where big hair was de rigeur and you could wear fake beauty spots and get away with it? Our fast-and-loose guidelines to living like an 18th Century aristocrat will be of more use to you than a trained and lightly scented macaw.
How to choose your perfect pet (and name them)
How to tips: Vanessa Gray has thought long and hard about buying a puppy. She'll buy it when her money tin fills up with enough spare change. That should be just about enough time to think of a name, then...
Get DIY: Start your own indie business!
How to tips: Anyone with talent and a desire to live independently should strive to be their own boss when it comes to setting up their own indie business. However, not everyone is cut out to be a self-starter, and there are a few questions one must ask before determining if this is the right move for you.
How to go fossil hunting
How to tips: Hunting for fossils has a slightly greater chance of success than hunting the Snark, and as for putting in hours in the wet mud and coming back with nothing? Any fan of the Red Sox knows it's the thrill of participation not victory that counts.
10 Ways to survive art school
Artists and designers rule the world. Every object in your environment was invented or redesigned by someone. However, a key to being taken seriously in art and design is being able to endure art school boot camp.
How to come of age
Growing up is hard to do. A tidal wave of angst, embarrassment and unrequited love often leave you locked in your room wailing to Sinead O'Connor. With our 5 easy steps you can experience a coming of age that is passionate, eventful and Oscar-nominated..."
How to be a Hollywood vamp
How to tips: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me". Vamp screen icon Tallulah Bankhead was a Hollywood vamp with bite, and she even managed to keep her clothes on. Most of the time. With some nips and tucks to your attitude, rather your body, you too can be a bona fide Hollywood vamp.
How to be a ninja
Pirates vs ninjas: Ninjas were the dark side of the samurai. Learn of the real ninjas of medieval Japan.
How to be a pirate
Pirates vs ninjas: Let us discuss the magnificent nature of one of the finest creatures known to man - the less-than-humble pirate.
How to be a punk
Punk is as relevant today as it was when it first rose up and people like Iggy and Siouxsie had no idea what they were doing, only that it felt right. It's pro-intelligence and anti-apathy. Here is how to be a punk. Hey. Ho. Let's go. Oi oi!
How to make a pirate ship cake
How to tips: When Mookychick discovered the lovely Ericka knew how to make a pirate ship cake (both dairy and vegan versions) we just about went mental. Let's drop everything, stop wasting our lives and make pirate ship cakes IMMEDIATELY.
How to Make Burlesque Pasties
Burlesque Pasties are the ace up a burlesque dancer's proverbial sleeve. You can make them yourself!
How to look good on the dancefloor
How to tips: It's Saturday night, the party's on, you've got your best high heels and you're pumped full of confidence for the night ahead. Except... uh-oh. The dance floor. Whether you're a smooth shaker or a diva of disaster, these simple rules will ensure you lose your dancing inhibitions, not your dignity.
How to start a crazy project and take over the world
Crazy Projects have become the norm lately. What with any number of small-time, local projects it's almost as if everyone but you has a crazy project going on. Here's how to start your own!
How to throw a tea party!
Every girl has at one point wished deep in their heart and soul that they could participate in a classic tea party. With all the charming good manners, frills, fluff and glitter one could desire.
How to decorate your room for a black light party
Here is the lowdown on decorating your room so it glows under a UV black light. It will be... different. Replace cosy comfort with the Mariana trench - turn your room into a black light wonderland!
10 Top Tips for surviving Rollergirl obssession
Skating, bonding, bruising and super-slut fashion are all part of what it means to be a rollergirl, and it's an obssession you pay for... in sweat. Read Hope 'n' Gory's 10 top tips for surviving a crash-course in becoming a rollergirl.
How to help the homeless at Christmas
Christmas consumerism can be lovely when kept in its place, but if you're yearning to do something different this year, one option might be to help the homeless as well as your family, friends and self. Giving homeless people a nice Christmas might be easier than you think...
How to catch and keep a fairy lover
Popular culture has only recently admitted that male fairies are not only fickle and dangerous but also outrageously good-looking. Read our 10 top tips on catching and keeping a fairy lover...
The Mooky guide to jazz-age slang
Language changes all the time, but the late 1920s and 1930s were a period of music, poverty, alcohol and sexual freedom - creative, dangerous times. And oh boy, did the slang move around a little! Grab some moxy, add a little jazz age colour to your life, and everything'll be just peachy keen...
10 Ways to get really great at scare-acting
Scare-acting is one of the more unusual jobs out there - you'll find scare actors in theme parks and 'haunted house' visitor attractions. 10 tips on how to be really effective at scare-acting.
10 Ways to survive emo heckling
If you've got a lip-piercing and a curtain of hair some crazy people will automatically think you cut yourself. Or sing songs about how numb/full of feeling you are. That is, they will call you an emo kid. Jazz Croft tells you how to deal with this if/when it happens to you...
Get organised, woman! (or man)
How to tips: Does your house or bedroom look and feel like it's been hit by a bomb? can't find your favourite pair of stockings amongst your books and CDs? Do you wonder why the wash pile is moving, only to discover it's the cat you haven't seen for days? It's time to sort it out. Hey! Ho! Let's go!
10 Tips for going to your first Convention
Whether it's a tattoo, alternative, comics or classic sci-fi convention, the rules are always the same: save money on food/hotels so you can spend it on the things that really matter, dress up if you dare and aim to get as much out of the Con as possible. Wendy Withers narrows it down...
How to hunt in vintage stores and charity shops
Charity shops, or vintage stores, can be a strange-smelling world of ugly support girdles or an Ali Baba cave of brooches and die-for one-offs. Anna Blackaby tells you how to turn the mysterious forces that govern charity shops into your ally, not your enemy.
How to survive Valentine's Day
Debbie Read points out that Valentine's Day (a) is a satan-spawned commercial moneyhole, (b) is a way for cheapskate loved ones to get out of pampering you every day of your life, the way you so richly deserve, rather than just once a year. But it's still rather cute. Even if you're single.
10 Ways to survive being an alternative student
Alternative students may feel stranded and freakish if college feels alien to them. If you're a corset-wearing goth rather than a guitar/bong indie kid, you can flourish in college and still remain true to your own bitchin' alternative self.
How to choose your perfect pet (and name them)
How to tips: Vanessa Gray has thought long and hard about buying a puppy. She'll buy it when her money tin fills up with enough spare change. That should be just about enough time to think of a name, then...
10 Ways to deal with a nasty break-up
Things seem to be going well in your relationship then all of a sudden you're told that 'it's just not working'. You're left with nothing but a head full of now unwanted memories. Holly-Rae Smith says it's time to take matters into your own hands...
10 Ways to survive your twenties
Keep a blog, knit, write a book, question your sexuality, start a band and don't think about being thirty ... Kaite Welsh gives you some top tips for surviving your twenties with style.
Halloween - a goth survival guide
How to tips: Halloween - the best night of the year for ninety-nine point nine per cent of the goth population. But, like anything else, it has its pitfalls. Here are the pros and cons of Halloween - and how to make the most of your fave event.
Learn how to go dumpster diving!
The DIY ethic is an anti-consumerist stance that says you don't have to buy to get what you need. Dumpster diving is a legal, easy and much-fun way to start rejecting consumer sensibilities.
10 Top Tips to Survive College
University and college will rarely prepare you for a job, but will teach you how to enjoy yourself and form opinions of your own. They are rewarding if you play by your rules, not the university's...
10 Ways to cheat at pool
Let's be straight - you couldn't use these tactics if you were hustling, say, Paul Newman, but in a friendly hook-up in a poolhall or bar all these techniques are 100% valid. Especially if you have half an eye on your opponent.
10 Ways to survive a festival
Mookygirls love a good, loud, screamy festival occasionally. This festival survival guide will make sure you come out the other side with fond memories, rather than head injuries and carnally transmitted badnesses.
10 Ways to survive australian men
Aussie men are pretty much from the same pot as other XY specimens, except they have a bit more sand down their pants. Amber McGown-Rules explains how to survive the malleable boythings that are aussie menfolk, and get azactly what you want from them...
20 Ways to survive the London Underground
Whether the problem is bombs, crazy bastards or boredom, our guide to 20 ways to survive an underground journey will remove your underground train phobias for ever.
20 Ways to survive a hangover
For everyone who has woken up in the bath half-dressed and clutching someone else's shoe, here's the real and definitive way to survive a hangover.
Have yourself a mooky little Christmas...
How to tips: From not drinking reindeer wee to not eating pretty little salt dough decorations, here are nearly a million and one ways to have a funky, punky, mooky little christmas. Mwah!
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