Nice People Thread No. 14, all Nice and Proper

Generali

GDB2222 wrote: »

Are you actually saying what I think you are saying? You'll sacrifice your back in order to do more kms? That's proper dedication.

I wouldn't do long-term damage to it but it aching more? Meh.

After 100kms pretty much everything hurts anyway. More than a couple of thousand feet of climbing does the same thing.

So this was today's ride (DQWD):

Check out my 100.6 km Ride on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/308625422

The ride distance is ~63miles in the old money with 4000ft of climbing. I used about 2,500 cals in the ride which kinda says it all.

Glutes (bum) hurt after the first good climb. Thighs were fine throughout but my calves were constantly just about to cramp from about half way onwards.

Ideally I'd get the time down to 4:30 in a month and I'd really like to be doing it in 4hrs by the end of winter.

I'd love to do the 107km version of this:

http://springcycle.com.au/ride-info/ride-options/

and finish before 11am.

I suspect 11:30am is more practical, given that there's always plenty of congestion at the start.

Nikkster

lemonjelly wrote: »

Agree very much with this. Bedding should have its own personality imo. Plus, as lir says, if you re-decorate are you going to change all your bedding?

One of my favourite duvet sets is this:
http://direct.asda.com/George-Home-London-Tube-Map-Duvet-Set/LondonTubeMapPrintDuvetSetMASTER,default,pd.html

It's not going to be all matchy-matchy. But on the other hand I would like the rooms to look like they belong to the same person who decorated them. Especially after so many years of renting, so living with my bedding and whatever the decor happened to be in the place I was living.

Plus I won't be decorating every 5 minutes. When I start (not any time soon as bigger things like heating, bathroom, need tackling first) I think it'll be done once and maintained rather than continually changing (unless I win the lottery).

Percy1983

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've got an illegal parker blocking my rear gate/access.... my freehold. Bl00dy annoying.

Is it blocking a vehicle in, if so you can get it lifted.

michaels

Percy1983 wrote: »

Is it blocking a vehicle in, if so you can get it lifted.

Don't you just need to put up some signs saying private land, parking charge £100 and then do a deal with one of the cowboy parking cos so you ring them, they come round and clamp and you split the £100?

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've got an illegal parker blocking my rear gate/access.... my freehold. Bl00dy annoying.

If you simply want revenge, a blob of superglue on each tyre valve cap will cause no end of aggro at some point in the next few weeks or months.

lostinrates

lemonjelly wrote: »

Agree very much with this. Bedding should have its own personality imo. Plus, as lir says, if you re-decorate are you going to change all your bedding?

One of my favourite duvet sets is this:
http://direct.asda.com/George-Home-London-Tube-Map-Duvet-Set/LondonTubeMapPrintDuvetSetMASTER,default,pd.html

This would be very educational in the room of a young person who does not live in central London. I'm saddened how I have forgotten lines so maybe I need it too.

lostinrates

Grrrrr. Clobbered for more tax AGAIN. I think I need to have a word with the people who do this for us and see what's happening.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

When we had somebody the other week park there for the whole weekend, neighbour was mulling over ideas and said "keep the bins there". I'll do that if this becomes a nuisance. I'll create my own bin nuisance - but I'm loathe to do that as they'd need keeping an eye on in windy times and possibly retrieving....

Neighbour also said they'd get a sign .... I thought it'd happen, but it didn't.

Could you make/install a lockable post to block access? Some steel pipe, hole in the bottom so it hinges around a rod. Weld on something to put a padlock on and cement it in.

could helpful neighbour do that if you chipped in some cash?

michaels

lostinrates wrote: »

Grrrrr. Clobbered for more tax AGAIN. I think I need to have a word with the people who do this for us and see what's happening.

You need to get that sorted; this year the way I am arranging my finances the govt it would seem are going to give me lots of money, for example if you pay all your income into your pension they refund more tax than you actually pay due to the personal allowance and then there is child benefit and tax credits too and apparently with the salary sacrifie I can also get the married couples allowance :beer:

Doozergirl

PasturesNew wrote: »

For a couple it'd not be 1/10th as generous/workable.... they don't have the golden ticket (kids).

The last time I checked, the kids were costing me money, regardless of any benefits they bring!