After my commute

DonDaddyD
DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
At 5pm, I will run out of the office (barely say bye to the people I work with) I will get changed into my cycling clothes and run carefully down some steps (don't want to slip being in SPD-sl shoes). Once out of the building I will walk over to my bike remove the locks, placing them strategically in my bag. I will climb onto my bike and set off through Camberwell.

Once through Camberwell I will turn onto the Clapham road and all hell is going to brake loose. I'm going to race time itself home!

My goal is to get home before my girlfriend, turn the washing machine on re-hydrate myself, swap bikes, jump on my Kharma and ride to Richmond park, where I will do a lap or two and ride back home.

I'm bored with my life....
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    edited May 2009
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    turn the washing machine on re-hydrate myself,

    That's a lot of rehydration....

    You may want to think about drinking more during the day.
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  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    you need a habit such as gambling or drugs. you won't be bored any more if you take up one of those seriously.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    I used to have a gambling habit and made £8,000 net profit...
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    (technically a hobby rather than a habit, and certainly no addiction involved, I should clarify!)
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    Whatever you do, don't have kids.

    You won't have any spare time to ride or cash to buy bike stuff. :shock:

    Commuting is the only time I feel I have to myself...

    I suppose they're kinda cute though :roll:
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    DDD, have you considered lion taming? All you need is a chair and a hat.
  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    biondino wrote:
    I used to have a gambling habit and made £8,000 net profit...

    I bet you weren't bored during this period?
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Shoulder of Orion wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    I used to have a gambling habit and made £8,000 net profit...

    I bet you weren't bored during this period?
    He's not mentioned that at one point he was up a quarter of a million. Of that £8k wasn't too much for 9 months' work. (I'm making this up).
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    R_T_A wrote:
    Whatever you do, don't have kids.

    You won't have any spare time to ride or cash to buy bike stuff. :shock:

    Commuting is the only time I feel I have to myself...

    I suppose they're kinda cute though :roll:

    Word.

    Although even the kids who wake up at 5am are cute. :) (Little monsters.)

    DDD - I may see you at RP.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    cjcp wrote:
    R_T_A wrote:
    Whatever you do, don't have kids.

    You won't have any spare time to ride or cash to buy bike stuff. :shock:

    Commuting is the only time I feel I have to myself...

    I suppose they're kinda cute though :roll:

    Word.

    Although even the kids who wake up at 5am are cute. :) (Little monsters.)

    DDD - I may see you at RP.
    May I suggest
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    and

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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Of course, this would have been better:

    condom_240.jpg
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Shoulder of Orion wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    I used to have a gambling habit and made £8,000 net profit...

    I bet you weren't bored during this period?
    He's not mentioned that at one point he was up a quarter of a million. Of that £8k wasn't too much for 9 months' work. (I'm making this up).

    Haha - the former's not true (I wish) but that £8,000 was over a nearly three year time period! About ten hours a week average over that time, which equates to approximately minimum wage :) But I had fun, for the most part - online poker in case anyone's wondering.
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Of course, this would have been better:

    condom_240.jpg

    You sick pervert! They're just kids!! I'm calling the police.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :lol:

    Earplugs are useless when faced with a two year old flicking your ear.

    And the lock is no good when said two year old is lying next to you. Flicking your ear.
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    cjcp wrote:
    :lol:

    Earplugs are useless when faced with a two year old flicking your ear.

    And the lock is no good when said two year old is lying next to you. Flicking your ear.
    You don't have a shed and a sleeping bag then?

    Biondino - I'm speechless.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Always Tyred wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    :lol:

    Earplugs are useless when faced with a two year old flicking your ear.

    And the lock is no good when said two year old is lying next to you. Flicking your ear.
    You don't have a shed and a sleeping bag then?

    Yes. But the kids didn't think it was comfortable, so we let them back in the house.
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Of course, this would have been better:

    condom_240.jpg

    My first thought was that is a baby bottles teet, then I thought WTF is that.........those who know me will understand :lol:

    I can confirm tho that kids are a very effective means of restricting both the amount of cash and time you can spend on your bike......

    As for you DDD, I'm rather jealous - I need to move closer to RP!!!
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    Once through Camberwell I will turn onto the Clapham road and all hell is going to brake loose. I'm going to race time itself home!

    I'll be blunt.

    If you're being literal you aint going to last long riding like that on London's roads.

    You can sort of get away with it on Embankment as there are very few junctions and hardly any pedestrians, but not many other places, certainly not Clapham road.
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  • doog442
    doog442 Posts: 370
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    At 5pm, I will run out of the office (barely say bye to the people I work with) I will get changed into my cycling clothes and run carefully down some steps (don't want to slip being in SPD-sl shoes). Once out of the building I will walk over to my bike remove the locks, placing them strategically in my bag. I will climb onto my bike and set off through Camberwell.

    Once through Camberwell I will turn onto the Clapham road and all hell is going to brake loose. I'm going to race time itself home!

    My goal is to get home before my girlfriend, turn the washing machine on re-hydrate myself, swap bikes, jump on my Kharma and ride to Richmond park, where I will do a lap or two and ride back home.

    I'm bored with my life....


    this is a cry for help and ive sussed it

    bin the girlfriend :wink:
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Always Tyred wrote:
    DDD, have you considered lion taming? All you need is a chair and a hat.

    Funny you should mention that I give that up each year for lent, it's tough but there you go.
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  • R_T_A
    R_T_A Posts: 488
    biondino wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    Of course, this would have been better:

    condom_240.jpg

    You sick pervert! They're just kids!! I'm calling the police.

    Ok, so I spat tea at the screen laughing again. :lol:

    Must remember to not drink tea reading this forum...
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