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friday why this is hell, nor are we out of it

sungodsungod Posts: 14,366
edited May 2017 in The bottom bracket
'ning

a heady mélange of ride, wfh, cafes, shops

may skive as it's supposed to be sunny and the weekend weather looks like it won't be
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 20,620
    Normal service resumed with cider last night and a run just as I'm meant to be tapering

    Working from home, so local is on the cards
  • lincolndavelincolndave Posts: 9,441
    Morning all, hope you are all enjoying the weather, I have another week off before the next job starts, gardening and cycling today
  • Garry HGarry H Posts: 6,639
    Glorious over here.
  • sloppyschleckondssloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Garry H wrote:
    Glorious over here.

    ditto
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 49,387
    Taking the later train in due to a slight excess of wine consumption last night. Train is half empty so people are skiving off already. It's going to be a hot one down here in the Big Smoke - may nip out and sit in Regents Park for lunch and soak up a few rays 8)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • fat daddyfat daddy Posts: 2,605
    cor, hot in the sun at 7am ..... its gonna be a scorcher.

    wife and kid have the day of, lucky sods .... I have to carry a few kilos back home uphill, in a ruck sack on the single speed in the heat .. not looking forward to that ride !

    but ...... Prosecco tonight for dinner so all is good
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 25,291 Lives Here
    Morning folks,
    Glorious here as well, the wobble in to work was a bit slower after the racing last night. I suspect today will either be really busy as a good chunk of them there Europeens had the day off yesterday. Or it'll be really quiet as a good chunk of Europeens had yesterday off and have made it a 4 day weekend. The slackers, I don't think I'll bother coming in on Monday.
    It's the lads last day of school today, so he's being a cross dresser for the day and has gone in wearing his sister's school uniform. He also had in his possession a couple of rolls of tape, a few hundred balloons, party poppers and some silly string. I'd recommend anyone in the area avoid the 'spoons in New Malden from lunchtime. We are not expecting to see him until some time tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • capt_slogcapt_slog Posts: 3,709
    Off to sunny Bridlington for a few days, taking aged mother on her annual hols.
    Be good, :)


    The older I get, the better I was.

  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    What a lovely day. Lovely ride in, chilled out POET day.

    And what's even better is that I've just realised that today is my last day at work before going away - 9 days off in the sun. Huzzah! Huzzah!
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Alex99Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    Crit last night followed by chips, beer, and late to bed. Stealth rest day on the cards 8) would love to be out doing some easy miles though.
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 7,129
    [email protected] myself out by extending my commute to 60km in the glorious sunshine. Eaten eggs, bacon and mushrooms, now swigging black coffee. Going to p!ss off at lunchtime I think, and drive up to Cov to see my mother/brother/sis-in-law/niece & nephew, with my lot following by train tomorrow morning. Then enforced fun at Alton Towers - shuddering at the very thought of it.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 14,366
    lovely out

    had an early ride around regents park, culminating in brekkie two sitting in the sun at the cafe in the middle, the crispy bacon really complemented the scrambled eggs
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • pinnopinno Posts: 45,378
    sungod wrote:
    lovely out...had an early ride around regents park...

    Don't go there at lunchtime. I hear there's going to be some right tossers sunning themselves.

    Me going to go on rollers me. I have got to the point where I can just about trust a fart sort of.
    Is it me or is VN on repeat mode as he's repeating himself on repeat mode and I don't know if it's me or he's on repeat mode. Can Step reprogram him? Maybe he's actually a Stepford Husband.

    Update later.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • haydenmhaydenm Posts: 2,934
    Shite day at work yesterday, compensated by getting drunk last night and now I'm sitting in a sweltering office regretting it...
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 25,291 Lives Here
    Morning folks,
    Glorious here as well, the wobble in to work was a bit slower after the racing last night. I suspect today will either be really busy as a good chunk of them there Europeens had the day off yesterday. Or it'll be really quiet as a good chunk of Europeens had yesterday off and have made it a 4 day weekend. The slackers, I don't think I'll bother coming in on Monday.
    It's the lads last day of school today, so he's being a cross dresser for the day and has gone in wearing his sister's school uniform. He also had in his possession a couple of rolls of tape, a few hundred balloons, party poppers and some silly string. I'd recommend anyone in the area avoid the 'spoons in New Malden from lunchtime. We are not expecting to see him until some time tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • sungodsungod Posts: 14,366
    Pinno wrote:
    sungod wrote:
    lovely out...had an early ride around regents park...

    Don't go there at lunchtime. I hear there's going to be some right tossers sunning themselves.

    ...

    i shall be basking on my private rooftop aerie, just about to load up the coolbag with drinks and snacks
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • step83step83 Posts: 4,162
    Was glorious this morning at about six, no idea now but appears to be a cloudless sky. sped in on the road bike ill be claiming this new found speed is due to the extra pawl on the hub and that I wore proper cycling clobber rather than jeans no SCR as there was no other sod to race this morning.

    large coffee has been slurped yogurt inhaled and takeaway ordered, now just need to hope I have cider in the fridge for my return, still little under seven hours left so onwards to boredom!
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    BOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM has just gone my right knee.

    Out of the game my sons - non extension, non load bearing Ottawa fail big time. I'm going MCL, but no direct twisting involved - jogged 20 yards on a flat pavement. I blame issue Hi Tecs.

    Stuffed it, big time.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 49,387
    Pinno wrote:
    Don't go there at lunchtime. I hear there's going to be some right tossers sunning themselves.
    It's hard reading the screen on my phone just now 8)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Piccies for an injured hero or it never happened.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 25,291 Lives Here
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Piccies for an injured hero or it never happened.
    The piccies he was looking at on his phone screen that made it go hard?
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Am going to use all 17 years of med experience now and try to start the recuperation process for my knee.

    I think a cold beer and a choc ice may work for starters.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Piccies for an injured hero or it never happened.
    The piccies he was looking at on his phone screen that made it go hard?


    It was some new tax legislation.



    Phhhhwwwooooaaarr - non res dom tax breaks.... look at the non financing of emergency public sector services caused by them....
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 25,291 Lives Here
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Phhhhwwwooooaaarr - non res dom tax breaks.... look at the non financing of emergency public sector services caused by them....
    Could be that, or it could be Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbot. We all know how excited he gets about them.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Diane Abbott's norks.

    Now you can never unsee it.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Just found in my fridge, bizarrely, an alcoholic ginger beer.

    Now it's in my tummy.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 20,620
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Just found in my fridge, bizarrely, an alcoholic ginger beer.

    Now it's in my tummy.

    Not a win as good as this, but a call to the electricity board complaining about the state they left some trees in after they had trimmed them away from the wires has resulted in £100 combo and they are now tidying them up and taking out another tree foc :)
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Have just bought some Birra Morretti so I can pretend I am in Italy in the sun with TDNFNATN and not in clip state Alpha in my back garden.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 49,387
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Piccies for an injured hero or it never happened.
    The piccies he was looking at on his phone screen that made it go hard?


    It was some new tax legislation.



    Phhhhwwwooooaaarr - non res dom tax breaks.... look at the non financing of emergency public sector services caused by them....
    Some active imaginations here - the sun was shining on my phone as I was getting a few rays in Regents Park and making it tricky to read :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    I am in too much pain to even have the traditional cure to all ills - a bag of frozen peas - on my knee.

    I think that this time I have well and truly stuffed it.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
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