Quote from: Rufus_the_dawg on April 12, 2022, 08:59:00 AM

Quote from: David L on April 11, 2022, 11:34:20 PMYes, I can only echo those statements. You've managed to make it seem as though TNMS was never wound-up - brilliant indeed!

...err we are not arguing over brexit!

Yet...

No point in arguing. It's done and it's all been superseded by other things. It's time to find new things to argue about. Onwards to future fractiousness!!!

Quote from: Pudders on April 11, 2022, 06:02:25 PMOk, this was almost a week ago but, becoming a first time Grandparent has been particularly amazing. The fact that mum, dad and baby are now back living with us has made it very hands on but, nevertheless, wonderful

Wow! Would never have thought you were that old!!! Comgratulions 

Quote from: R6GYY on April 11, 2022, 09:10:18 AM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 10, 2022, 09:46:31 PMI don't get out much. There may be a couple I have done, but been too pissed to remember (Gone on a Cruise?)

I think that Stockholm to Helsinki counts as a small cruise 

Only if I'd taken the afternoon ferry back.

Trying to get Mrs S to go and do it next year.

Hope all goes well Dom, glad it's been picked up!

Quote from: Slim on April 10, 2022, 10:12:27 PM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 10, 2022, 09:51:05 PMI do regret not going to see Priest on the British Steel tour though as it was shot at Sheffield City Hall and some of my mates made it onto the video.

And Iron Maiden opened up for them! I was at the previous night, at Manchester. Didn't know there was a video of that tour.

Much like two years earlier for the AFTK tour, I spent a miserable cold night at a railway station waiting for the first train. Only one night this time, though.

The video was only the Promo for Living after Midnight.

Made it up to 40 miles today. Intended on just extending to 35 miles, but for me it wasn't an overly hilly route and the sun was out, so I made a bit of hay. Nice to feel a bit of warmth in the air, even if it wasn't that warm, but I got away without a base layer and no overshoes.

Still well down on where I normally am at this time of the year, but I feel like it might come back now, especially if the weather calms down. Be nice to average 18 mph on that sort of ride rather than today's 16.

https://www.strava.com/activities/6961183590

Quote from: Slim on April 10, 2022, 05:13:23 PMAnd completely agree about British Steel, it always seemed deliberately dumbed-down to me. Cartoon metal. I stopped buying their albums after that, although I've bought a couple of the later ones since.

Same for me and yet I love stupid METAL, Manowar anyone?

I do regret not going to see Priest on the British Steel tour though as it was shot at Sheffield City Hall and some of my mates made it onto the video.

Nine for me

Gotten a tattoo
Ridden a Horse
Sung karaoke
Been arrested
Been on a cruise
Gotten a piercing
Been skydiving
Had a one night stand
Skinny dipped

I don't get out much. There may be a couple I have done, but been too pissed to remember (Gone on a Cruise?)

Being as there's been so much positivity about this and being as I had some Amazon vouchers I have ordered a vinyl copy. What is there to lose?

Still on the post COVID comeback, but today I took the Summer Giant out, it's lighter than the Winter one so doesn't need as much effort to achieve the same speed Or it least it wouldn't if there wasn't such a bloody headwind going uphill   I was barely quicker than last week. Still, I did manage a full ascent of Cutthorpe this week, that's a positive sign and going more slowly gave me plenty of time to listen to the evocative call of the Curlew. Didn't see any though.

Mind, I might not have seen them as I think I have Blepharitis and my right eyelid is all swollen, but a ride out seems to have brought it down, must be increased circulation levels.

So, I got in five more miles than last week, onwards and upwards!

https://www.strava.com/activities/6955375438/

The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense (sure is, and that's no bad thing)
Styx - Pieces of Eight
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

Quote from: Rufus_the_dawg on April 09, 2022, 09:22:16 AM

Quote from: Nick on April 07, 2022, 05:10:43 PMI say yes, I was also going to suggest a Brexit benefits watch thread then realised that it wouldn't run long enough.

It is not what benefits Brexit there are for the UK but what Brexit benefits there are for Putin the Brexit enabler!

Well, being as we've accepted all his money and then sequestered it all that'll be a big fat ZERO, LOL!!!!

After reading this thread, I realise I haven't seen an Alfred Hitchcock film, at least not all the way through.

Perhaps I ought as he's related by marriage - he married a third cousin twice removed of mine.

Quote from: dom on April 03, 2022, 05:24:06 PM

Quote from: Nick on April 03, 2022, 03:15:36 PM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 02, 2022, 09:29:00 PMWent out for my first ride in a fortnight today, thanks to COVID. Bloody Hell, it's taken a lot out of me. I'd managed to get back to 50 mile rides and now I'm doing half that and feeling it. The flat was OK but as soon as the road went uphill that was it. I looked at one uphill segment on Strava and my times hade been coming down consistently all year, now I'm back to the beginning of January times and there wasn't even a headwind today...

Didn't manage a full hill climb today, although I got further than I intended, but I managed to reach pub car parks to turn round in - and collapse over my handlebars for a bit, not done that in years. The inside of my lungs felt like they were being toasted, a strange sensation. I suppose it's only onwards and upwards from here...

https://www.strava.com/activities/6921065245/

Take in the views and enjoy it for a bit while you recover.

100%. Don't worry too much about times and speeds. Just enjoy the fact that you are out there and cycling.

I'm just interested to see how much it's taken out of me. I never go full bore, but now it's just a case of getting there eventually. It felt a lot better today though, my old lungs felt more like what passes for normal, but the legs were toast today.

Saw someone with two Dachshunds today, oh how I'd love it if I found they'd been converted into Road Rissoles. Also saw a couple heading out onto the Moors with two dogs off the lead, not a good thing, a pregnant Ewe and its two unborn lambs were killed the other day not far away when a loose dog chased it out into the path of the van. There's a special circle of hell for these scumbags.

Taking things more steadily did allow me to get a better look at a bird which flew out in front of me and onto a roadside post, it was new one for me in the shape of a Reed Bunting. Over a year since a added a new bird to my tally.

Managed to up the distance to 32 miles today, much helped by a tailwind on the run in to home.

https://www.strava.com/activities/6926749143/

Quote from: dom on April 03, 2022, 05:20:38 PM

Quote from: Nickslikk2112 on April 03, 2022, 11:05:59 AM

Quote from: Nick on April 03, 2022, 09:13:46 AMShocking scenes of civilian killings in Bucha.

That was the UKranonazi Azov battalion doing it to their own side. The Russian special military operation operatives have not harmed any civilians.

Are you certain of that? Sounds like it comes from a putin apologist/sympathiser

https://www.rt.com/russia/553231-bucha-war-crimes-allegations-denied/

There's some very interesting stuff on RT, the comments are pure comedy gold - or would be if they weren't so scary.

And when Russia switches to a Gold backed Rouble it's going to be a game changer. The Dollar based western economies will collapse.

https://www.rt.com/business/553099-gold-backed-ruble-gamechanger-west/