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tuesday it's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad

sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
edited December 2022 in The bottom bracket
'ning

summon willpower for ride up to haria and back, with the double hairpins and the flying helmet
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,563
    "...the flying helmet"

    Wots that then?

    Moaning,
    Early start today WFW in a different location. I know where it is just never done the route this early and it’s only 1C out there right now BRRRRR it’s not raining thank goodness :)

    Bring on the summer! Perhaps should get SG to bring back a big bottle of sunshine :D for us all
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
    it's an 'allo 'allo allusion
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225
    Long ish run for a while last night and then a reasonable walk this morning with only a small kitty plaster needed.

    Work snizzle and a run later
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    'ning

    WFH today, CBA.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    Blue blistering bell bottomed balderdash, morning.

    Pinkish orange sky over the frosty wastes of Pinno's marshland.

    Scawtish pooer (that's how the indigenous peoples pronounce it) are cutting the pooer off until 4ish, so we're of to the Bistro in the sticks for food and coffee and cake (in no particular order.

    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225


    Loverly out this morning
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    sungod said:

    it's an 'allo 'allo allusion

    he shall say it only once.....
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    cold. brrrrrr. have put heater in gym.

    brrrrrrrrrr.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 953
    Thickest sexy tights, thick socks, long sleeve winter base, winter jacket, skull cap, full finger gloves. I only have overshoes and my really thick gloves left in the arsenal.

    Wfw, Forgotten my phone, or it has fallen out of my pocket. Hopefully the former.
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,565
    tlw1 said:

    Long ish run for a while last night

    Longish? It was a good effort mate!

    We had a short run last night, 5km then a little pre Christmas buffet and presentation.
    Zwifted this morning in the garage and bejesus it was cold!
    Time is marching forwards so I might do the Xmas booze run late before the hoards descend.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    homers_double said:

    Xmas booze run late before the hoards descend.

    That sounds like one of TLW's runs which involve pub stops.

  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,565
    I'd struggle to get this amount home in a rucksack.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    Busy morning caving, just finished the last batch of Teams calls, assisted by coffee. Just noticed that I left my helmet and gloves outside after my Sunday ride - put them down to open the garage and forgot to take them in. Doh. Luckily just a bit cold and damp.

    May do some weights and watch a bit of footy later.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,128 Lives Here
    Afternoon folks,
    WFW after a chilly wobble, if there's one thing that's worse than a Monday it's a Tuesday impersonating a Monday. Lots of brown stuff to sort out.
    Wobbling through the park with my winterish gloves on saw a chap riding the other way with no gloves on, I did think he was a f'ing idiot. He was older than me so definitely should have known better. Haven't gone for the full winter kit, might need another layer and the really thick gloves tomorrow
    Stevo_666 said:

    Just noticed that I left my helmet and gloves outside after my Sunday ride - put them down to open the garage and forgot to take them in. Doh. Luckily just a bit cold and damp.

    Good job you didn't have to wear them this morning, nobody likes a cold helmet :o
    Tonight I have a choice between going for a few drinks then a curry with a couple of the guys from work, a few drinks with my sister or just staying in. Hmmm, I wonder...


    Kinesis Pro6
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  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 21,225
    homers_double said:

    tlw1 said:

    Long ish run for a while last night

    Longish? It was a good effort mate!

    We had a short run last night, 5km then a little pre Christmas buffet and presentation.
    Zwifted this morning in the garage and bejesus it was cold!
    Time is marching forwards so I might do the Xmas booze run late before the hoards descend.
    Cheers baby doll - still not fixed but feeling better
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,399
    listen carefully...

    130k of along, 1766m of up and 3030kcal of nom, bit cool, almost no wind on the way out, bloody headwind coming back resulting in slowest ever descent of timanfaya, it's just wrong

    barely enough energy to lay on sunbed
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,565
    At least it was downhill.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • orraloonorraloon Posts: 11,431
    Gym gymed, swim swimmed, shopping shopped, but baby it's cold outside. Think I'll prob bail on the lunchtime cafe meet tomorrow, it's just an hour away but I'm not for taking main road and the back roads are likely to be slippy. Turbo then. (For which the replacement console, came with a broken one, has been sitting in the local(ish) courier depot since last Thursday. Or have they lost it?)
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    sungod said:

    listen carefully...

    130k of along, 1766m of up and 3030kcal of nom, bit cool, almost no wind on the way out, bloody headwind coming back resulting in slowest ever descent of timanfaya, it's just wrong

    barely enough energy to lay on sunbed

    Sounds like a production to rival the mighty beans' antics.
    Or a TikTok video.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    orraloon said:

    Gym gymed, swim swimmed, shopping shopped, but baby it's cold outside. Think I'll prob bail on the lunchtime cafe meet tomorrow, it's just an hour away but I'm not for taking main road and the back roads are likely to be slippy. Turbo then. (For which the replacement console, came with a broken one, has been sitting in the local(ish) courier depot since last Thursday. Or have they lost it?)

    gym, swim, turbo? that's impressive - hat.

    just make sure it don't slowly morph into swim, turbo, treadmill, ok ?
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    MattFalle said:


    just make sure it don't slowly morph into swim, turbo, treadmill, ok ?

    That's a new level of masochism.
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    It'd be just wrong. then he'd start cutting the sleeves off his t shirts and it'll all be lost.
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Just noticed that I left my helmet and gloves outside after my Sunday ride - put them down to open the garage and forgot to take them in. Doh. Luckily just a bit cold and damp.

    Good job you didn't have to wear them this morning, nobody likes a cold helmet :o

    Nice one, Finbarr.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,128 Lives Here
    Stevo_666 said:

    veronese68 said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Just noticed that I left my helmet and gloves outside after my Sunday ride - put them down to open the garage and forgot to take them in. Doh. Luckily just a bit cold and damp.

    Good job you didn't have to wear them this morning, nobody likes a cold helmet :o

    Nice one, Finbarr.
    Someone had to do it and you know I can't resist an obvious joke
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Just doing CV to submit. First time in years and years and years.

    forgot how tedious all this is....
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,649
    thistle_ said:

    sungod said:

    listen carefully...

    130k of along, 1766m of up and 3030kcal of nom, bit cool, almost no wind on the way out, bloody headwind coming back resulting in slowest ever descent of timanfaya, it's just wrong

    barely enough energy to lay on sunbed

    Sounds like a production to rival the mighty beans' antics.
    Or a TikTok video.
    I'm going to have a word with Beans - i'll tell him we've got competition.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,737
    MattFalle said:

    Just doing CV to submit. First time in years and years and years.

    forgot how tedious all this is....

    Better to review CVs than to do them. I avoid hiring unlucky people by randomly chucking half of the CVs in the bin.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MattFalleMattFalle Posts: 11,644
    Stevo_666 said:

    MattFalle said:

    Just doing CV to submit. First time in years and years and years.

    forgot how tedious all this is....

    Better to review CVs than to do them. I avoid hiring unlucky people by randomly chucking half of the CVs in the bin.
    I completely agree with where you are coming from. You're just being pro-active and time efficient. Sorting lucky from unlucky.

    To put it into real life context:

    Promotion board sits one a year - say 5 out of 10 will pick up.

    A mate of mine was waiting with 9 others to find out who had picked up. Bear in mind, this is serious stuff - being posted elsewhere, pay rises, courses, etc.

    CO walked out and said "you, you, you, etc" to all 10, in my office.

    Lined them up all. Said "In life, you have winners and losers. You - winner. You - winner. You - loser" through the whole line. "Winners with me for drinks, losers back to work" turned around and walked out.....

    Winners and losers, winners and losers....
    .
    The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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