They are just cut-down trackie-bottoms unfortunately, so fag-haggage is inappropriate!

Sounds like a useful path of study! More than I ever had :O) Best of luck...Leeds is pretty lively too I believe these days, although it's changed a lot since I left...

Since you've admitted to being a geek, I suppose I can come out too, although I'm not quite so much into sci-fi. I love Tolkien though...have you read His Dark Materials? I enjoyed it even more than LOTR!