Tea? (Part 1)

[tdr1nka]

In honour of The Doctor's new carbon fibre frame I will now drill holes all thru my MTB frame to shed some excess weight! But not thru the tyres, obviously.

Tx

 

[Speicher]

In honour of The Doctor's new carbon fibre frame I will now drill holes all thru my MTB frame to shed some excess weight! But not thru the tyres, obviously.

Tx

His "new" carbon frame, I thought he had always had that, otherwise how does he survive transition through so many time zones, and transmogrifications.

 

[shinamo]

Don't drill through the tyres as I was proposing a tour and expedition to TEA Country , Flight to India , pedals off , bars turned through 90 degrees in bag and off . Along the terraces of tea plantatins , take your own cake !

 

[col]

I remember reading an Alf Tupper story when I was a lad where he did just that to compete with the chaps who had fancy lightweight bikes.

Wasnt he a runner,and lived on fish and chips?

 

[tdr1nka]

Oooh now is this the thread meandering or another earthquake?

BJB it might be the same story I remember the idea from?!

 

[tdr1nka]

It also beings to mind the 'Clown School' episode of the Simpsons where Homer is being shot at while trying to buy a car and when he asks what the bullet holes are for the salesman replies, 'they're Speed Holes'.

 

[shinamo]

maybe you could get a copy of Homers Iliad , Speicher , or Odyssey when you get library job. Drop 'o whisky wi ma tea .

 

[TheDoctor]

Mornings all!
Kettle's on, and I'll be in the kitchen if anyone wants anything hot.
*fires up the grill*

 

[trustysteed]

just a cuppa thanks, i don't want to be here this morning, work and all that....

on a bright note, only two weeks left in this job and then it's off to the states for 2.5 weeks before the new one. better get my tea quota in cos they're rubbish at doing tea over the pond!

 

[TheDoctor]

*trustysteed duly tead up*

Take tea with you, I would. Last time I had to resort to decaff teabags, made in a mug with not-quite-boiling water. I mean, what's the bloody point?

Haven't been back to the states since! Whereabouts are you going?

His "new" carbon frame, I thought he had always had that, otherwise how does he survive transition through so many time zones, and transmogrifications.

Heh-heh! What the esteemed tdr1nka is referring to, is my new carbon bike frame (what I is in the middle of building up). Not my skeletal structure, which was the conventional boney one last time I looked.

I was pleased to see the scales reading 100.1 Kg this morning - that's 5 kg down in a month! Could not get rid of that 100 grams however hard I tried - I even blew my nose to try and tip the balance. Oh well. I'm not going to attempt to keep up that rate of loss - but the more I can lose before Ventoux, the less hideous more pleasant I'll find the climb.

 

[Speicher]

Morning folks. Is it snowy out your way?

*pours out a cuppa and butters toast*

Blue sky and sunshine here. A very cold wind tho'.

tea and toast excellent, thank you

 

[trustysteed]

Haven't been back to the states since! Whereabouts are you going?

bit of a road trip. fly into LA for four days and see all the tourist sights, Hollywood sign, Beverley Hills, Rodeo Drive, northern beaches etc, then drive up to Fresno ont the Pcific Highway via Malibu and Santa Barbara, through the edge of Yosmite to see the giant redwoods, then to San Francisco for three nites to see Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown etc, the across to Salt Lake City to see some cousins, down to Vegas for three nites and to see Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Death Valley, then over to San Diego for a nite and to look around the Naval port, then abck up to Long Beach for a couple of nites to see all the southern beaches like Laguna etc.

 

[TheDoctor]

Blue sky and sunshine here. A very cold wind tho'.

tea and toast excellent, thank you

Pretty much the same down here in exotic Hatfield. Sunny, with a cold wind.

How are you this morning?

 

[TheDoctor]

bit of a road trip. fly into LA for four days and see all the tourist sights, Hollywood sign, Beverley Hills, Rodeo Drive, northern beaches etc, then drive up to Fresno ont the Pcific Highway via Malibu and Santa Barbara, through the edge of Yosmite to see the giant redwoods, then to San Francisco for three nites to see Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown etc, the across to Salt Lake City to see some cousins, down to Vegas for three nites and to see Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon and Death Valley, then over to San Diego for a nite and to look around the Naval port, then abck up to Long Beach for a couple of nites to see all the southern beaches like Laguna etc.

A nice relaxing break then! Have fun.
'Moff to the French Alps in a fortnight. I'm still plotting whether I can get the bike in as well and knock off Alpe d'Huez. I'll only be 10-ish miles away as the crow flies, but the Galibier is in the way...

 

[Speicher]

Not too bad. I went for a short walk yesterday. Got a man here later , who will be fixing part of the roof. Roofer's tea is being prepared at this moment.