Rubbish Monday

rick_chasey
rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
edited September 2011 in Commuting chat
Anyone else feel particularly depressed this Monday? More so than usual.

Something about the weather.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Cheer up Rick.

    Don't feel arsey, RC.
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  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    No not me, managed to use my newly built up bike yesterday :-)
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Today has been the worst by far for a long time. Got up to see a nasty headwind blowing, decided to brave it and punctured twice. I must have disturbed my lunch as it had leaked all over my shirt which now stinks like last nights stir fry :shock: Immediately on arriving my boss tells me his meeting on Tuesday in Istanbul has been cancelled, which was particularly pleasing news as I'd spent all day in the office yesterday preparing the presentation for him :twisted: The only upside to this morning was thinking that I had no breakfast and finding some random cereal in my desk drawer that the previous occupant had very kindly left there for me :lol:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Yup - pretty crap. Dark, wet & windy with nothing much to look forward to for a while.

    With the weather forecast for Friday morning suggesting it will be 3C, it's done nothing to cheer me up.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,377
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anyone else feel particularly depressed this Monday? More so than usual.

    Something about the weather.

    Eh? The weather's gorgeous now, and I only had a bit of light drizzle on the way in. The wind'll have died off a bit by this evening. :D

    I'm not helping am I?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    after fixing a flat this morning a taxi driver clips my arm with his wing mirror. I'm fine and he was very sorry about it. He gave me an inordinate amount of space after that

    I've had better starts to the week.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    First day on the bike following 2 weeks of holiday. Would have taken more than this morning's weather to wipe the smile off my face.
  • Torvid
    Torvid Posts: 449
    First ride in after an off on wednesday, still sore and had some very nasty swirling gusting winds all the way. I think the bike will be left at work for a few days which will just add to my crankyness over the next couple of days.
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  • cornerblock
    cornerblock Posts: 3,228
    Not too bad this Monday as I know next Monday I will be flying to Turkey, where I hope it will be a little warmer than here! A few more rides this week then the bike gets packed up for two weeks of cycling in the sunshine, I can't wait! 8)
  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    44:47 mins into work this morning which was 7 mins faster than on Friday.

    Might not be quite so good on the way home tho'.
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Wind : that's it really ... nothing else .... unbelievably strong!!

    I got to the top of Box Hil expecting to be able to ease off just a little on the descent and I swear the wind was so fierce I went backwards.

    Still if I leave at 6.00 tonight I should be home by 5.30 .....
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    Woke up full of snot so yeah, not looking forward to the 50mph headwinds later.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • Dalton
    Dalton Posts: 265
    Awful morning for me, fell off bike and broke my hand!!

    :(
  • evil_breakfast
    evil_breakfast Posts: 462
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Anyone else feel particularly depressed this Monday? More so than usual.

    Something about the weather.

    Tell me about it.
    1st thought across my mind @ 6.30 this morning was "i do not want to go to work"
    So i took a duvet day and am spending it noodling t'internet
    You're the light wiping out my batteries; You're the cream in my airport coffee's.
  • Clairep
    Clairep Posts: 17
    Poor you Dalton !

    Pretty windy on the way to Dingwall this morning, still pouring down now !!

    :roll:
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  • Initialised
    Initialised Posts: 3,047
    A mate at work just drove a forklift into our shiny new shutters.

    Monditis seems to be contagious.
    I used to just ride my bike to work but now I find myself going out looking for bigger and bigger hills.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Clairep wrote:
    Poor you Dalton !

    Pretty windy on the way to Dingwall this morning, still pouring down now !!

    :roll:

    Ah but it's now dead calm in Inverness and Dingwall - so much for the 40kmh wind we were promised for now - long may it continue.
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • medoramas
    medoramas Posts: 202
    It's never so bad so it couldn't be any worse! It could be Monday tomorrow... ;-)
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    meanredspider wrote:
    Clairep wrote:
    Poor you Dalton !

    Pretty windy on the way to Dingwall this morning, still pouring down now !!

    :roll:

    Ah but it's now dead calm in Inverness and Dingwall - so much for the 40kmh wind we were promised for now - long may it continue.

    Looks like my prediction for the eye of the storm was correct then.
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  • essex-commuter
    essex-commuter Posts: 2,188
    I'm off work today. Popped into Halfords earlier to pick something up and while I was in there a guy 'cycled' in on a Sinclair C5 and asked if they had a replacement battery for it.

    Just seemed a bit surreal if I'm honest!
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Took day off to take delivery of new mattress.

    Have now discovered that the van that the mattress was on has broken down and will not be able to deliver today.

    Now waiting on phone to get them to deliver it this Saturday instead. Bloody hell.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    DesWeller wrote:
    Took day off to take delivery of new mattress.

    Have now discovered that the van that the mattress was on has broken down and will not be able to deliver today.

    Pinocchio_nose_grows.jpg

    More like, the driver hates Mondays, so the he's sacked it off in the pub.
    _
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Now that was a hard ride home
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    27kmh now - bit of a grind
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    First day back after two weeks cycling round the New Forest and Isle of Wight - struggled in against a wet headwind - I've had better
  • roddixon
    roddixon Posts: 100
    Gussio wrote:
    First day on the bike following 2 weeks of holiday. Would have taken more than this morning's weather to wipe the smile off my face.
    That is some dedicated commuting my friend. Hope you dont have any more holidays soon, that would be a bummer :wink:
  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    It is a sad state of affairs when holidays get in the way of commuting, but the family demands it.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    DesWeller wrote:
    Took day off to take delivery of new mattress.

    Have now discovered that the van that the mattress was on has broken down and will not be able to deliver today.

    Pinocchio_nose_grows.jpg

    More like, the driver hates Mondays, so the he's sacked it off in the pub.

    More than likely. I hope his pint blew over in the wind.

    They're delivering it on Saturday now, and have refunded the delivery charge too (without me even asking for it, which is fair enough).
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  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,680
    MTFU, the lot of you!

    Had a looooooooooooong phone chat on Monday with an old friend, who is back in hospital again for another major operation. Last year he was treated for stomach cancer, which involved removal of most of said stomach and associated plumbing, then 20 weeks of chemo and radiation therapy.

    Now he has more problems, surgery today to find out what's wrong.

    He's 43. Married to wonderful wife. Five daughters.

    And not ONE complaint about how f**king unfair life seems sometimes.

    Mondays are a piece of cake.
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Sorry to hear about your friend, are they checking his lymph nodes? Or is it thought to be difficulties arising from losing so much tissue?
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