Like the first comment…

Imagine standing there not knowing the lyrics.?

Little chance of that.

Edit : Also like that you can see the entire crowd moving around on the head banging section around 4:05 (not sure what else you would call that – a break, maybe. Not really a middle eight… or more).

Wish I hadn’t read it really as would have been a bigger surprise

Heh

I intentionally avoided the Next Week stuff at the end of the penultimate episode so as to avoid any possible spoilers.

First Doc in xmas episode was announced a while back.

Must’ve missed that.

I’m in no position to judge.

Of course you are – you’re posting on STW.

They probably use VIPoo. I would imagine…

No sex for her, then…

I know.

Weirdness prevails…

A harsh way of viewing the world!

But very true. A lot of the correct behaviour is only performed because folk want to be seen to be doing/saying/writing the right thing.

[It’s] the greatest treason, to do the right deed for the wrong reason

Liked the jelly baby bit.

Not sure on the new/old Doctor – hope there’s more to it than first appears and TBH I was hoping for a female conversion this time.

You got £1.04 more than me, Bruneep.

I, too, thought I was rich but found many things on which to spend my wealth. Alcohol being one of them, though even that didn’t really dent it back then…

Probably call him a Wankpuffin to be fair

Quite

Everyone would be calling the Porsche driver a “C” for trying it on.

And again; quite.

Wankpuffin in Porsche. What the hell is this world coming to…

Another surprising thing I’ve noticed on this thread is the prevalence of the word wankpuffin, especially after my little transgression was mysteriously altered the other day.

‘s weird but I guess the mods don’t read everything. Apparently…

One of the surprising things about this incident is that at least one of the guys or gals isn’t a regular on this forum.

Thread : Mutha Trucka tried to kill me for no reason

I have no desire to be as good as I could be in the gym – bike is priority.

Actually, Molgrips, the reason I bumped this thread earlier was to ask if the weights workout was adding anything to your cycling but failed to do so other than in a roundabout fashion by telling you of my own results in that area.

So what do you reckon – given you anything extra or just not translatable to the bike for you…?

I thought that may be a link to the hook grip and was right. Yes some swear by it but for me it felt like it was pulling my thumb out of its socket. Didn’t like it. YMMV

I haven’t had call to use anything other than the standard grip so far mostly because it’s not the my grip that’s making me fail. I have experimented with the mixed grip but like I wrote, I can’t risk it with higher weight. Chalk is must, though. I use the liquid stuff, too – much cleaner.

When lifting weights surely the appropriate term should be losing fat…

/pedant

If you pass out shortly after lifting and find yourself lying face first in a pile of weights – that was probably close to 1RM as well…

🙂

Yeah, hit my limit at present with 147.5kg. Just can’t get past it – three workouts and even adding 1kg is too much, though I suspect it’s psychological. Could be the recent calorie deficit, too – never as good as a surplus but I wanna see a bit of what I’ve worked hard to achieve.

Supple Leopard is good so far – just finished the intro and he mentions my favourite book of old – the Go Rin No Sho! Very influential book in my youth. The rest of what he’s written so far seems to confirm what I’ve been working for over some years now but it’s good to confirm you’re doing it right sometimes. I’m sure there’s a lot to learn from it, too.

Deadlift grip tips from T-Nation…

https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-dont-use-a-mixed-grip-when-deadlifting

I can’t do the mixed grip due to an old injury in the left bicep and for some reason can’t supinate my right hand without issues with my body twisting. Which is quite weird…

Sorry

On a positive note you’re good with computers so there’s something you have in common. And you both have dark hair. And a mouth…

Irony Man, perhaps, but you’re no Iron Man.

Kinda liked the ending, kinda didn’t. I was hoping for a non-happy ending rather than the sickly sweet show we were given, though it did leave me feeling all warm inside, which I guess was the point.

Bean’s struggle with self loathing and lack of forgiveness was superbly done. You’ve suffered long enough, my son – have a little light relief…

🙂

So, how’s it going with the weights – still lifting and riding or just riding?

For me it’s going good. Started the hill sprints – only made me vomit on the first 10 minute sesh at around 7 minutes in. Since then I’ve been hitting the full 10 minutes. Reduced the calories again, this time I’m being smarter and taking it down to 1300 – 1800 with only about 45 – 60g of carbs. It’s quite difficult and I’ve had no choice but to leave the intensity the same.

Today I went for my first bike ride in what seems like years. Can’t recall how long it’s been but all the tyres were flat, shocks and brakes slightly stuck, so quite a while. First hill was easy. I mean really easy. Flat singletrack was fast and small inclines were met with gusto. All in all the lifting has made me fitter on the bike than I’ve ever been, which isn’t really saying much as I’ve never been all that apart from gravity assisted stuff. The hill sprints are obviously taking care of the cardio side as my breathing was fine for such a hot day. Done after a lifting session, too, so didn’t go out expecting my performance to be anything quite like it was.

Box jumps start next week so should make riding even easier.

Really enjoying being 49 and the fittest I’ve ever been. Strong, too. So much so it was commented on whilst lifting huge plants for a mate at the weekend. Real world strength displays can be fun but more importantly it can be done safely without injury or risk.

Thanks to all you guys that kept suggesting weights/callisthenics a few years back. I heard ya…!

Just going to sit down and start that Supple Leopard book a few of you were suggesting a while back – see what that bring to the game.

That’s a sturdy ol’ rack.

I’m on the comeback. Anger has subsided and dark thoughts are slowly becoming more spaced apart. Not right but getting there again. No longer a need for phone calls from the docs to check in and make sure I’m okay.

Hope you guys can pull it back, too. Good luck.

Nope!

Soft and downy light coloured hair adorns my body. From a distance it’s barely noticeable but get up close and I’m covered in the shit.

No way would I waste time shaving it, it’d be back again in no time. It’s bad enough doing the bonce and chops every other week.

David Schwimmer, but it turned out it was Kryton57.

Wuz disappoint…

You should go full balbo for the Tony Stark / Cougar look.

Tony Stark would’ve sufficed TBH. There’s just no way Cougar should be put in the same sentence as Tony Stark other that to claim they bear no resemblance at all. Just as I’ve done.

Sicko fan tick…

scrunch or fold

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Sometimes your naivety/innocence is scary.

Heh

I bet you pronounce calibre calybre, too, dontcha…?

if that’s your thang.

Still a few minutes left to edit…

‘s good stuff. I had it playing as my weights music on Wednesday.

Gotta be loud…

As Totalshell writes, superb humour. One in particular always stands out for me, mostly because life has occasion to re-use it… on a review of the awful Anaconda, he was trying desperately to find something good about it and relied on the sound acting of Jon Voight…

“…throughout Voight’s character is seen to display his excellent leer at any opportunity. Indeed, you could say it’s a king leer…”

Or something along those lines. 🙂

I didn’t follow up on his replacement on Film xx and missed him from then, really.

Aside : His dad directed The Cruel Sea.

RIP, Barry. Thanks for the laughs.

Perhaps a bit of hypnotism to drag out the info is in order. A potential 10k is surely worth the relatively small fee of a session or two…

😛

Nice one, John. Stay positive.

Yeah, very good. Particularly liked a scene in Ep.3, toward the end directly after the conversation with the young copper on his doorstep, the shot of his home, cast in a blueish glow – lovely arty angles and mood. A few scenes later when he confronts Father Matthew was also well played; conveying a man almost reaching the end of his tether and having little grasp on his highly charged emotions was rather good, I thought.

I can’t help thinking these photos, while not technically perfect, show life in such a great way!

Good observation. Lack of technical ability and auto focus means a touch of something mostly missing from today’s pics.

It was great back in the olden days when the sun always shone and people weren’t glued to their phones all the time . . .

Heh. Always snowed at xmas, too…

🙂

Quite right with the edit. Much more eloquent than me…

Scorpion records high wycombe got knocked down to accommodate new Sainsbury’s a few years back

Sad face, indeed. Shamed to claim I actually use that Sainsbury’s, too. Hawes was another victim, though I understand that Chris made a fair few pennies out of the deal.

If it goes anywhere near the top of Chancery Lane there used to be a place that served up a superb melted brie and bacon baguette* – just the kind of food you want to neck when riding hard.

* Repeat that – melted brie and bacon baguette. Lovely combo of words, eh…

Not really my youth but Scorpion Records in Wycombe was always filled with decent vinyl.

The main factor with the forms is demonstrating you were actually sold the insurance in a surreptitious or misleading manner. For example, if you were led to believe the loan/card wouldn’t be provided if you didn’t take out the insurance. Sneaky shit when it was rolled out – it’s a shame we’re basically just paying ourselves and the banks won’t really suffer, not to mention the piss-boiling stories of Globalti’s [unpleasant] neighbour.

I wouldn’t have thought so.

How did you arrive at that conclusion…?

Just curious, not looking for a rough n’ tumble or owt.