sunday on a non-geodesic path through spacetime
sungod
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'ning
ride, cafes, ideally not getting rained on
maybe go to waitrose for extra nibbles, veg out
ride, cafes, ideally not getting rained on
maybe go to waitrose for extra nibbles, veg out
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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Breakfast from M&S with coffee from Costa (well, Compass Group's crappier facsimiles of those outlets) then possibly the Monaco F1 courtesy of TCT/CHCT.
Hoping to see some of the Duxford air show air traffic out of the window. Saw a Typhoon doing its stuff on Friday - nearly as awe-inspiring as seeing a Lightning jet doing a vertical climb when I was a kid - and almost as noisy.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Morning, overcast with a little rain, well it is a bank holiday, pleased to say the wind has dropped, bike ride, roast beef, snooze , hopefully0
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Surreal first conversation of the day is to talk with the father of the girl who is dying in the room next door.
Please make the most of your day, folks.ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
No such heavy conversations for me, though I'm expecting the wife to be in a grump after my mate and I got absolutely hammered last night
Today is jobs then a run into town to watch the bike racing, then out later with the wife to watch Andy parsons. The potential issue is I've got access to the VIP tent and free ale - so could have an unhappy wife0 -
Fun day trying out new crud bike, could not have had better weather for it too. Trundled through local park trails for a couple of hours, then home via the local bakery for awesomely good pie.
Cleaned the roof off this afternoon.
Best part of day: remembering I do not have to go to work tomorrow! Extra drinks are therefore in order this evening.Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Tad tired from being up settling Bambina til late last night, so watching Octonauts curled up with Bambino while TDV does something I don't understand.
Knee hurts but a lot better, still 70% non weight bearing, turns itself in when walking and nicely swollen. May pop down to Edwyn's in a bit to see if he has any prawn crackers as oppose to the prawn suppositories he tried to sell me last time.
Aled the Fingerer was in there at the same time and the sense of palpable joy that bubbled from his pores upon hearing the word "suppository" was slightly disconcerting.
May hobble to garage in a bit and pop brake rear brake cable onto cx bike. Will also have a quick go and fitting Rival gear cable: wish me luck. If I remember rightly, it's the most stupid design in th world.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Morning folks, sunny and glorious here at the moment.
Sounds good Spinner, glad you had a good day. Doesn't sound quite so good MRS, hope young spider is ok. Going to struggle to make the most of today as off to see the skin in law, she's batshit crazy.
All the best chaps.0 -
Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence. Considering spending money on the special tickets that mean you can waft past the leisure-wear clad hordes.0
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hopkinb wrote:Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence. Considering spending money on the special tickets that mean you can waft past the leisure-wear clad hordes.
Where are you?
We always do the special tickets, QBots, etc: just do it. Make life so much easier.
It's a freakin' no brainier that one.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
WOW! Just seen this.
As soon as I have a working leg, I'm there.
This is brilliant!
viewtopic.php?f=40121&p=20143908#p20143908
If this doesn't make me a Cat 3 hero on Zwift I don't know what will.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I was due to head that way later today but may need to avoid if the traffic on the M11 is going to be crap.meanredspider wrote:Breakfast from M&S with coffee from Costa (well, Compass Group's crappier facsimiles of those outlets) then possibly the Monaco F1 courtesy of TCT/CHCT.
Hoping to see some of the Duxford air show air traffic out of the window. Saw a Typhoon doing its stuff on Friday - nearly as awe-inspiring as seeing a Lightning jet doing a vertical climb when I was a kid - and almost as noisy.
Having a bit of peace this morning while me and the hound have the place to ourselves. Got to chuck a few things in a bag and head North this afternoon. Big sorting/turfing out day tomorrow and Tuesday."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:
I was due to head that way later today but may need to avoid if the traffic on the M11 is going to be crap.meanredspider wrote:Breakfast from M&S with coffee from Costa (well, Compass Group's crappier facsimiles of those outlets) then possibly the Monaco F1 courtesy of TCT/CHCT.
Hoping to see some of the Duxford air show air traffic out of the window. Saw a Typhoon doing its stuff on Friday - nearly as awe-inspiring as seeing a Lightning jet doing a vertical climb when I was a kid - and almost as noisy.
Having a bit of peace this morning while me and the hound have the place to ourselves. Got to chuck a few things in a bag and head North this afternoon. Big sorting/turfing out day tomorrow and Tuesday.
Good luck with all that.
Yup - M11 best avoided at the beginning and end of the dayROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:hopkinb wrote:Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence. Considering spending money on the special tickets that mean you can waft past the leisure-wear clad hordes.
Where are you?
We always do the special tickets, QBots, etc: just do it. Make life so much easier.
It's a freakin' no brainier that one.
Alton towers. £400 for the 4 of us for fast passes for the big rides.0 -
Trying to shake a bug caught last week so the ride is replaced with a Freddie Mercury impression as I'm doing some housework...
Yes, I can pinpoint exactly where my life pivoted down the wrong avenue and I'm endeavouring to get it back on track.....
Mind you I'm off on holiday shortly and riding a clunky hire bike up some long and technical ascents whilst celebrating 20 years married.“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
Desmond Tutu0 -
hopkinb wrote:Matthewfalle wrote:hopkinb wrote:Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence. Considering spending money on the special tickets that mean you can waft past the leisure-wear clad hordes.
Where are you?
We always do the special tickets, QBots, etc: just do it. Make life so much easier.
It's a freakin' no brainier that one.
Alton towers. £400 for the 4 of us for fast passes for the big rides.
Posting such sentiments could mean you'll arouse the left wing bias of certain members for espousing such capitalist sentiments as paying to climb over the working classes in your Gucci shoes to get to the front of the queue.
Personally I see it as paying not to stand in line with the plebs. Mind you where are you going again? :twisted:
“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
Desmond Tutu0 -
£400! Sod that for a game of soldiers. Mind you, I would have hacked a leg off with a toothpick rather than go in the first place.0
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I ain't paying £400 to feel like puking on my shoes quicker than everyone else, even if I had it. Have just agreed to shell out £40 so the eldest can jump the queue of his choice of 3 rides while I indulge in gunt watching and the youngest eats her bodyweight in ice cream.0
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We paid basically the same at Legoland - expensive but saved our sanity and meant that we didn't waste our lives standing in a queue with plebs and people proud to drink prosecco like it kinda makes them special and cool and oh so single speed rock 'n' roll.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Thanks - best of luck with all the s**t that you have to deal with. (It actually helps to put my stuff into perspective).meanredspider wrote:Stevo 666 wrote:
I was due to head that way later today but may need to avoid if the traffic on the M11 is going to be crap.meanredspider wrote:Breakfast from M&S with coffee from Costa (well, Compass Group's crappier facsimiles of those outlets) then possibly the Monaco F1 courtesy of TCT/CHCT.
Hoping to see some of the Duxford air show air traffic out of the window. Saw a Typhoon doing its stuff on Friday - nearly as awe-inspiring as seeing a Lightning jet doing a vertical climb when I was a kid - and almost as noisy.
Having a bit of peace this morning while me and the hound have the place to ourselves. Got to chuck a few things in a bag and head North this afternoon. Big sorting/turfing out day tomorrow and Tuesday.
Good luck with all that.
Yup - M11 best avoided at the beginning and end of the day
M11 traffic reports also saying they've closed a lane near Cambridge as well so it's definitely the A1 for me this afternoon."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Where are you!? If there's no norks involved you just aren't interested are you! Hopkinb has looking forward to Alton Towers for ages. Hot sun, crowds of people, queues for miles, ahhhh heaven. And only £400 for fast passes, bargain.Matthewfalle wrote:hopkinb wrote:Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence. Considering spending money on the special tickets that mean you can waft past the leisure-wear clad hordes.
Where are you?
We always do the special tickets, QBots, etc: just do it. Make life so much easier.
It's a freakin' no brainier that one.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:
Thanks - best of luck with all the s**t that you have to deal with. (It actually helps to put my stuff into perspective).meanredspider wrote:Stevo 666 wrote:
I was due to head that way later today but may need to avoid if the traffic on the M11 is going to be crap.meanredspider wrote:Breakfast from M&S with coffee from Costa (well, Compass Group's crappier facsimiles of those outlets) then possibly the Monaco F1 courtesy of TCT/CHCT.
Hoping to see some of the Duxford air show air traffic out of the window. Saw a Typhoon doing its stuff on Friday - nearly as awe-inspiring as seeing a Lightning jet doing a vertical climb when I was a kid - and almost as noisy.
Having a bit of peace this morning while me and the hound have the place to ourselves. Got to chuck a few things in a bag and head North this afternoon. Big sorting/turfing out day tomorrow and Tuesday.
Good luck with all that.
Yup - M11 best avoided at the beginning and end of the day
M11 traffic reports also saying they've closed a lane near Cambridge as well so it's definitely the A1 for me this afternoon.
Thank you. My s**t is put into perspective by the dad I met this morning. I wanted to give him a hug but thought I'd cry if I did (and probably so would he).
Yup - that's what they normally do for the airshowsROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH0 -
Screaming kids, angry adults, massively overpriced food and drinks, chavs a go-go, traffic jams on the way home, tired kids throwing up in the back of the hopkinshopkinshopkinshopkins mobile.
Sounds bliss. Up their with maggotty leg woman day.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Most disappointing thread of the day.
viewtopic.php?f=40103&p=20143638#p20143638
On the front page it said " turns out I have massive...."
Upon clicking - quel domage.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Not sure what you were expecting so eagerly given there is a 99% chance that the OP would be a bloke?Matthewfalle wrote:Most disappointing thread of the day.
viewtopic.php?f=40103&p=20143638#p20143638
On the front page it said " turns out I have massive...."
Upon clicking - quel domage."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:We paid basically the same at Legoland - expensive but saved our sanity and meant that we didn't waste our lives standing in a queue with plebs and people proud to drink prosecco like it kinda makes them special and cool and oh so single speed rock 'n' roll.
No plebs at Legoland. That's the Glyndebourne of theme parks. Full of Rohan trousers and Berghaus waterproof wearing types who have brought their own wholemeal sandwiches. Here there are parents and children sharing ciggies...0 -
Stevo 666 wrote:
Not sure what you were expecting so eagerly given there is a 99% chance that the OP would be a bloke?Matthewfalle wrote:Most disappointing thread of the day.
viewtopic.php?f=40103&p=20143638#p20143638
On the front page it said " turns out I have massive...."
Upon clicking - quel domage.
Totes negation - it's a burd and it's in the women's forum. Totes disappointment.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Bambino is actually a grey version of this today which makes me think of Hopkinshopkinshopkins predicament. I took a picture of him w it just now but don't know how to paste it in here.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61qUetC%2ByIL._UX385_.jpgPostby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
sungod wrote:'ning
ride, cafes, ideally not getting rained on
maybe go to waitrose for extra nibbles, veg out
I am pretty sure you were susceptible to all extraneous forces: drag, gravity etc, so yes - quite agree. However, to be truly non-geodesic, did you feel any magnetic pull on your ride today?Matthewfalle wrote:Tad tired from being up settling Bambina til late last night, so watching Octonauts curled up with Bambino while TDV does something I don't understand.
That's a very woman thing. They disappear and inexplicably fill time. Without making a sound. It's incredible.hopkinb wrote:Queuing, contemplating the futility of existence.
Imagine how futile it would be without bike bits?
Back OT and rather mundane. However, it's all the things you dream of when you're in a bed, in a room, in a hospital feeling like sh1t:
Off swimming with toots at 12 ish. Then Giro.
Lewis hasn't got a chance in Monaco. F1 is crap now anyway.
Laters.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
meanredspider wrote:Surreal first conversation of the day is to talk with the father of the girl who is dying in the room next door.
Hammersmith Hospital some time ago. Geraldine is suffering and dying from AIDS. She pulls me out of my room excitedly. I shouldn't have gone with her as I was slightly neutropenic and on the infectious side of the ward but wasn't going to curb her obvious enthusiasm. She lead me to the day room and pointed at the sunset over East Acton. "That's what I live for, look at that".
4 weeks later she was dead. Abandoned by her family. Shamed as she had contracted her condition through prostitution.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
