My Wife is great because......

markyboy2005
markyboy2005 Posts: 465
edited January 2010 in The bottom bracket
....she decided I needed a break after the end of year push at work so has demanded I take a long weekend on my own without her and the kids and sort myself out......

So I am off...Just me my bike, a camera and a good book for a long weekend on the west coast of Java.

I have a couple of routes plotted to try whilst there and may go and try and see the endangered Java Rhino in the nearby conservation park.......

Can you tell I am excited?

:D
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    B'stard. I get to go to Herne Bay and have a go on the 2p falls. And I have to take the family. Including the dog. :D
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    ....she decided I needed a break..... so has demanded I take a long weekend on my own without her and the kids and sort myself out......

    I'm sure your wife is BRILLIANT but that would start to ring alarm bells for me.
  • Harry182
    Harry182 Posts: 1,170
    Your wife is great and you are a lucky man. Enjoy. (And post some pics when you get back.)
  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    Hi Giant Mike........the thought did cross my mind, but 2 things make me feel secure:

    1. Indonesia is more of a playground for men than women. Most of the single women I know here are very very frustrated

    2. Living in Jakarta is not a very private experience, you would have to have the skills of a ninja to get away with being up to anything! :)

    Harry, will do.....
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Just for the record me and my Ninja skills think your wife is great too. You aren't taking your dressng gown with you are you, as it's very comfortable?

    :wink:
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    Most of the single women I know here are very very frustrated

    :shock:
  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Just for the record me and my Ninja skills think your wife is great too. You aren't taking your dressng gown with you are you, as it's very comfortable?

    :wink:

    Dressing Gown? You my friend have just ruled yourself out..... :lol:
  • Angus444
    Angus444 Posts: 141
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    Hi Giant Mike........the thought did cross my mind, but 2 things make me feel secure:

    1. Indonesia is more of a playground for men than women. Most of the single women I know here are very very frustrated
    2. Living in Jakarta is not a very private experience, you would have to have the skills of a ninja to get away with being up to anything! :)

    Harry, will do.....


    Does Easyjet fly to Jakarta?.....I've got me coat........ :D
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    ...she's having an affair.
    ...the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon...
  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    Angus444 wrote:
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    Hi Giant Mike........the thought did cross my mind, but 2 things make me feel secure:

    1. Indonesia is more of a playground for men than women. Most of the single women I know here are very very frustrated
    2. Living in Jakarta is not a very private experience, you would have to have the skills of a ninja to get away with being up to anything! :)

    Harry, will do.....


    Does Easyjet fly to Jakarta?.....I've got me coat........ :D

    Nope but Emirates do and it would be money well spent..........
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    She's having an affair
    www.justgiving.com/thetwodaves
  • markyboy2005
    markyboy2005 Posts: 465
    "She's having an affair" - seems to me there are a number of sad bitter little dumpees on here.

    She may be, but I doubt it........ :lol:
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    ^^ i think it was probably meant as a joke.
    ...the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon...
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    "A joke", what's that then? :wink:
    www.justgiving.com/thetwodaves
  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    shes not having an affair.









    But she might be by the time you get back :)
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    bagpusscp wrote:
    My own wife is great too because I have bike bits the every room in our home, apart from the bathroom :shock: & she does not moan about it :wink:

    Gagged?
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    Nope. :lol:
    As she has so may of her own hobbies piled up around the home ,it would be the pot calling the kettle. :lol:
    Scope of the situation
    Our bedroom ,1 kirk frame.
    Office,Varios saddles etc ,looking round, less than normal.
    Spare room.Loads of clothing.Not many bits at the mo.Hmm I will have the sort that this week end. :idea:
    Sitting room.2 frames ,pair of wheels,+various bits.
    Dinning room 1 bike been built up :shock: {no room in the garage}. :oops:
    Conservatory was full before christmas of boxes of bike stuff.Due back in soon. :wink:
    Attic ,The ceiling is still holding .
    Kitchen staging area use only :idea:

    Yep total madness,and himself has to fit in somewhere.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N ... 598492072/
    bagpuss
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    bagpusscp wrote:
    My own wife is great too because I have bike bits the every room in our home, apart from the bathroom :shock: & she does not moan about it :wink:
    I am 'the wife' (not yours, bagpusscp :wink: ) and I recently insisted that the turbo is moved indoors as it was too flippin' cold to turbo in -8 degrees with the garage door open. Mr Ands now wants to move the turbo out of the kitchen/dining room and back into the garage and I've refused. So, one turbo, two bikes, a wheel and a hord of tools now resides indoors and as far as I'm concerned it will all stay there ! :lol::lol:
    Cannondale Six Carbon
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Ands wrote:
    bagpusscp wrote:
    My own wife is great too because I have bike bits the every room in our home, apart from the bathroom :shock: & she does not moan about it :wink:
    I am 'the wife' (not yours, bagpusscp :wink: ) and I recently insisted that the turbo is moved indoors as it was too flippin' cold to turbo in -8 degrees with the garage door open. Mr Ands now wants to move the turbo out of the kitchen/dining room and back into the garage and I've refused. So, one turbo, two bikes, a wheel and a hord of tools now resides indoors and as far as I'm concerned it will all stay there ! :lol::lol:

    Ahem, you are the same woman that wrote this aren't you!!!?............
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Ands wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Ands wrote:
    If you guys want to talk about logic can you explain why there is a bike standing in my newly-decorated living room when there is a perfectly good garage attached to the side of the house??


    Why are you in the living room when you should be in the kitchen?

    ooh, so cutting! Actually, I was in the living room CLEANING and it's in the way (I would hate to splash water on it from my mop & bucket. )
    See those big round things? They're wheels. :roll: You can move it to clean, as long as you return it to the same positon.


    Ands wrote:
    Besides, it doesn't match my new colour scheme.

    Mr Ands, you have permission for a new bike. 8)



    Bloody women!!

    PS. How do you get to the sink and cooker with all that in there?
    "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    Aggieboy wrote:
    [Ahem, you are the same woman that wrote this aren't you!!!?............
    For sure! I can now keep an eye on the dinner while I train :wink:
    Cannondale Six Carbon
  • markwalker
    markwalker Posts: 953
    Ands wrote:
    Aggieboy wrote:
    [Ahem, you are the same woman that wrote this aren't you!!!?............
    For sure! I can now keep an eye on the dinner while I train :wink:



    nice Pasta a al a dripping sweat mmmmm salty. Anyway if your cooking and turboing where does the wine glass go?
  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    My wife is great because...........she didn't grumble much when........

    1. I just bought a Planet X Ti Sportive frame (cos it was a 'bargain').
    2. I went to Morzine to do the VTT Portes du Soleil, last summer.
    3. I go riding instead of helping out home.
    4. I went snowboarding with the boys to the Dolomites, last winter.
    5. I did two Sportives last year, on Sundays, instead of spending time with her and the kids.

    Her philosophy is ' you don't smoke, you don't gamble, you don't drink (much),
    and you don't sh@g around, so the bike is your only real vice...........carry on!

    Gotta love her for all that and more!
    If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger than England!
    Planet X Ti Sportive for Sportives & tours
    Orange Alpine 160 for Afan,Alps & dodging trees
    Singlespeed Planet X Kaffenback for dodging potholes
    An On-One Inbred for hard-tail shenanigans...
  • GiantMike
    GiantMike Posts: 3,139
    prb007 wrote:
    Her philosophy is ' you don't smoke, you don't gamble, you don't drink (much), and you don't sh@g around, so the bike is your only real vice...........carry on!

    Different wife, but same philosophy. Mind you, she's also keen on cycling which helps somewhat. She even encouraged me to go on a 10 day training camp to Mallorca in Feb because we hadn't been skiing this winter. She's great.
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    in reading this thread i've realised that people declaring their love for their wives is probably only slightly less annoying to witness than people declaring how wonderful their children are.
    ...the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon...
  • prb007
    prb007 Posts: 703
    VinceEager wrote:
    in reading this thread i've realised that people declaring their love for their wives is probably only slightly less annoying to witness than people declaring how wonderful their children are.

    Single are you?
    No kids?
    If Wales was flattened out, it'd be bigger than England!
    Planet X Ti Sportive for Sportives & tours
    Orange Alpine 160 for Afan,Alps & dodging trees
    Singlespeed Planet X Kaffenback for dodging potholes
    An On-One Inbred for hard-tail shenanigans...
  • boneyjoe
    boneyjoe Posts: 369
    That's a wonderful idea - going out now to buy a turbo, so wife can train while making dinner etc.
    Scott Scale 20 (for xc racing)
    Gary Fisher HKEK (for commuting)
  • bagpusscp
    bagpusscp Posts: 2,907
    VinceEager wrote:
    in reading this thread i've realised that people declaring their love for their wives is probably only slightly less annoying to witness than people declaring how wonderful their children are.

    Listen pal :wink:
    If I had committed murder I would not have done 20 + as a setence.So don't hit me with this :shock:
    bagpuss
  • beverick
    beverick Posts: 3,461
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    ....she decided I needed a break after the end of year push at work so has demanded I take a long weekend on my own without her and the kids and sort myself out......

    So I am off...Just me my bike, a camera and a good book for a long weekend on the west coast of Java.

    I have a couple of routes plotted to try whilst there and may go and try and see the endangered Java Rhino in the nearby conservation park.......

    Can you tell I am excited?

    :D

    Strange, I've been invited to Jakarta by a woman who's managed to get rid of the 'dick of a husband' for the weekend.......
  • VinceEager
    VinceEager Posts: 247
    bagpusscp wrote:
    VinceEager wrote:
    in reading this thread i've realised that people declaring their love for their wives is probably only slightly less annoying to witness than people declaring how wonderful their children are.

    Listen pal :wink:
    If I had committed murder I would not have done 20 + as a setence.So don't hit me with this :shock:

    haha - fair enough.
    ...the bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon...
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    beverick wrote:
    markyboy2005 wrote:
    ....she decided I needed a break after the end of year push at work so has demanded I take a long weekend on my own without her and the kids and sort myself out......

    So I am off...Just me my bike, a camera and a good book for a long weekend on the west coast of Java.

    I have a couple of routes plotted to try whilst there and may go and try and see the endangered Java Rhino in the nearby conservation park.......

    Can you tell I am excited?

    :D

    Strange, I've been invited to Jakarta by a woman who's managed to get rid of the 'dick of a husband' for the weekend.......


    lol that was a cracker,this fellas going to get paranoid

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