Saluki
World class procrastinator
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Out of therapy now so we could have another coke and packet of crisps sometimeHave you gotten over it, or do you still need counselling?
Out of therapy now so we could have another coke and packet of crisps sometimeHave you gotten over it, or do you still need counselling?
Tharp was the last time I was down your way, nearly eighteen months ago now.Out of therapy now so we could have another coke and packet of crisps sometime
24/25th June last year, just over 18 months ago!Tharp was the last time I was down your way, nearly eighteen months ago now.
CC has turned me into a guardian reading yoghurt knitting, muesli munching Brompton riding Corbin-supporting pseudo-middle class person .... before that I was quite normal ....
I used to be a decent human being
Wow!I remember on my first group ride, the term "group" used loosely, hehe, just half a dozen women on hybrids ambling along the cycle path.
Anyway, the ride leader arrived on foot, her chain undone.
Because of reading the mechanics section on CC, I was carrying a spare link, managed to rejoin her chain.
Since then I have a reputation of being a fixer, while in reality I only know what I read on CC or see on You Tube.
Like when we had a thread about the function of the "pie plate".
Somebody's pie plate broke during a ride, she was very worried, "is it an important bit?" she asked.
Me, very enigmatic: "No, we can take it off to stop the rattle ... it's good to have, but doesn't matter if you don't have it ... "
That was one of the posts of the thread I was quoting!
CC has politicised my cycling. I used to do all of those things, individually, because they just seemed natural things to do. I cycled because I enjoyed it and because I instinctively understood that it was a natural fit with my values and beliefs. Now, thanks to CC and particularly to people like @theclaud, @dellzeqq, @User13710, I understand at a conscious level much better that everything I do - Guardian reading, yoghurt knitting, and cycling included - is, like it or not, part of how I actively engage with the world - not just something neutral I happen to do, but something that has Meaning.CC has turned me into a guardian reading yoghurt knitting, muesli munching Brompton riding Corbin-supporting pseudo-middle class person .... before that I was quite normal ....