classic33
Leg End Member
What use is drawing a bath?
Run one instead.
The Retirement Thread
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Run one instead.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was walking past Todmorden open air market today when I caught my right shoe on a raised paving slab, and almost tripped and landed flat on my face. The crappy old trainers I was wearing were falling apart and the sole on that side was hanging off.
For the past few years I have had to be incredibly tight with cash so I would have nursed the shoes back to my house and then spent days on ebay and Amazon trying to find some cheap but acceptable footwear. I am only weeks away from my pension now so I can afford to relax a little financially. I looked to my right and spotted a little old man shivering at his market stall which sold... footwear! Blow it - life's too short... I walked over and pointed at the first pair of trainers. He didn't have them in my size. The ones next to them looked ok and he DID have those in my size. I tried one on. Yeah, a comfortable fit. How much? £40. [I thought it was a bit steep and I could probably get them for £20 elsewhere, but I wanted to just buy the things and have done with it.] Okay, back to the cash machine that I had just passed...
From stumbling, to walking off with new trainers, about 5 minutes. Ah, so that's the way that people with money live!
For the past few years I have had to be incredibly tight with cash so I would have nursed the shoes back to my house and then spent days on ebay and Amazon trying to find some cheap but acceptable footwear. I am only weeks away from my pension now so I can afford to relax a little financially. I looked to my right and spotted a little old man shivering at his market stall which sold... footwear! Blow it - life's too short... I walked over and pointed at the first pair of trainers. He didn't have them in my size. The ones next to them looked ok and he DID have those in my size. I tried one on. Yeah, a comfortable fit. How much? £40. [I thought it was a bit steep and I could probably get them for £20 elsewhere, but I wanted to just buy the things and have done with it.] Okay, back to the cash machine that I had just passed...
From stumbling, to walking off with new trainers, about 5 minutes. Ah, so that's the way that people with money live!
I got absolutely ripped to shreds on a different forum for doing the opposite of that! A woman was talking about buying a bike that was my size or bigger. I am 6' 1" tall so I simply pointed out that it was unlikely to be the right size for her unless she was very tall. Within minutes, a PM arrived for me from another female forum member... I was pretty much told that I was incredibly insensitive and socially inept. Had I ever considered how truly appalling it is to be a tall woman? Could I not understand how the other woman had probably spent her entire adult life being laughed at and pointed out in crowds. It was essential that I remove any references to height from my post IMMEDIATELY!!!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I was going to say that a watercolour picture might be better...
monkers
Veteran
I've finished drawing a bath now.
You can just see Drago's hands there holding up above his head if you look carefully.
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Are you holding the bath up with your feet?
monkers
Veteran
Are you holding the bath up with your feet?
No, them be Drago's hands. I'd have drawn his muscles but the paper wasn't big enough.
A classic styled mixed frame. Nice
classic33
Leg End Member
Stem shifters!
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Midlothian Edinburgh
Suicide levers !
classic33
Leg End Member
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monkers
Veteran
Ahem ... safety levers if you don't mind.Suicide levers !
Actually, they came with a Nigel Dean Clubman that I bought in 1990. I became very fond indeed of that bike, and I thought the safety levers were useful on a longer ride. I used to commute 66 miles per day on that for a few years, and not so much trouble as a puncture.
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classic33
Leg End Member
Saw this today.Even I wouldn't attempt one of those!
I'd say that a 12" pizza is good for a big, hungry person who wants to overeat (e.g. me!), or 2 or 3 people who fancy pizza but who do NOT want to overeat. You could always eat half, and have the other half another time.
Or... just buy a 9" pizza instead?
The shop selling them is near the Town Hall.
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5 ft 6
I'm the same height as you and I weigh 12 stone.
numbnuts
Squire
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Morning very dark and bloody 
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