tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post2958431993232737945..comments2023-07-31T15:31:38.690+01:00Comments on A large number of small experiences...: WEHoRRBut Why?http://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-3891654811603377432008-03-10T21:30:00.000+00:002008-03-10T21:30:00.000+00:00Yes, a good combination. And I will use a Japanes...Yes, a good combination. <BR/>And I will use a Japanese kitchen knife to cut the sarnie into manageable pieces to consume.Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-70902739753825910452008-03-10T19:42:00.000+00:002008-03-10T19:42:00.000+00:00Kahless,Ah, forget the rowing - we should go into ...<B>Kahless</B>,<BR/>Ah, forget the rowing - we should go into the lunchtime sandwich trade serving up a signature sarnie of air-dried spammer on fresh ciabatta. I think a juniper marinade would work well with that combination - what do you reckon?But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-36399759872867822742008-03-09T20:06:00.001+00:002008-03-09T20:06:00.001+00:00And I feel like I am getting into the zone and row...And I feel like I am getting <I>into the zone</I> and rowing with you!Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-44272479455187475082008-03-09T20:06:00.000+00:002008-03-09T20:06:00.000+00:00Thanks for the reassurance that I haven't actually...Thanks for the reassurance that I haven't actually persuaded you to go kill in any sense, though I can understand your reaction to the spammer. IMHO, spammers should be semi-air-dried, slow-roasted alive, and served thinly sliced on sun-dried tomato and olive ciabatta, and I think I'm a fairly placid person, myself. Working on customer sites, being required to act diplomatically and non-confrontationally, seems to have rubbed off on me. I just have to save the anger and frustration until I can get on the water or in the gym.But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-15988265420602934142008-03-09T16:49:00.000+00:002008-03-09T16:49:00.000+00:00Actually I am a remarkably placid person believe i...Actually I am a remarkably placid person believe it or not. That is why I find other people expressing such base urges satisfying maybe!<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>Oh, and only one person has needed a quick get-away from my place - a spammer who left a message saying 911 was a figment of the western worlds imagination. An anonymous comment in that. <BR/><BR/>I can assure a fellow geek is quite safe. :-)Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-27598871466917317072008-03-09T16:17:00.000+00:002008-03-09T16:17:00.000+00:00Kahless,I'm slightly worried that I appear to have...<B>Kahless</B>,<BR/>I'm slightly worried that I appear to have inspired you to kill (do we get to find out who?), and, as an afterthought, that I've just become an accessory to murder. Eeek.<BR/><BR/><EM>Note to self: Be on best behaviour when round at Kahless' place. Consider turning up in trainers and running kit just in case a quick get-away is required...</EM>But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-90127158008501707932008-03-08T23:55:00.000+00:002008-03-08T23:55:00.000+00:00Congratulations.I love reading your rowing posts; ...Congratulations.<BR/><BR/>I love reading your rowing posts; kindof makes me wish I was a rower. I can't help but think of your words <I> kill kill kill</I><BR/><BR/>very inspiring.<BR/>:-)Kahlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500615451909999365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-18944180783828842082008-03-04T18:30:00.000+00:002008-03-04T18:30:00.000+00:00DJ,Thanks! Are you sure you couldn't be encouraged...<B>DJ</B>,<BR/>Thanks! Are you sure you couldn't be encouraged into a boat? I seem to recall you rejoicing in your tallness on an earlier post - it sounds like you're already halfway to being a superb rower. Oh, and if you have any cox-sized kids, take them along too - clubs can usually find a use for them(!)<BR/><BR/><B>Rachel</B>,<BR/>Thanks for the photos! I had a couple of friends spectating down at Putney who tell me they've only just thawn out after an hour in the freezing wind. I'm sure it was no warmer up at the start - many thanks for your efforts and dedication. Myself, I'd sooner be rowing - at least there's the prospect of being warm by Hammersmith...But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-54100759049498788382008-03-04T15:17:00.000+00:002008-03-04T15:17:00.000+00:00Lovely write up. Up at the start I was glad I was ...Lovely write up. Up at the start I was glad I was just taking pictures instead of trying to keep a boat off a bank. I've been in that position a few too many times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-30766514299968474582008-03-04T07:05:00.000+00:002008-03-04T07:05:00.000+00:00Beautifully written yet again and well done on you...Beautifully written yet again and well done on your improvvement on last yeat! I am starting to develop a real interest in all of this, as a spectator not a competitor I hasten to add! Loved the 'Pain is weakness leaving your body' banner, not at all true but very motivating I suspect.DJ Kirkbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481107164497582398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-22083301969817927922008-03-03T18:55:00.000+00:002008-03-03T18:55:00.000+00:00Trousers,What a fantastic idea! Despite playing a ...<B>Trousers</B>,<BR/>What a fantastic idea! Despite playing a few holes of pub golf in the evening, we failed to sink anything as tasteful as Theakstons. Several holes and many hours later, I could be found attempting to negotiate the stew of randomness which comprises the network of nightbuses which meander around London with no apparent agreed route or timetable (at least, that's how it seemed to me at 3am on Sunday morning). I am <EM>far</EM> too old for those sorts of capers...<BR/><BR/><B>Rob C</B>,<BR/>Pain... yes, I loved it too, in a slightly resentful "I-think-I'm-hurting-enough-already-and-I-notice-you're-spectating-rather-than-rowing" form of love. It's evidently a special form of love I reserve alongside my inner sado-masochist for race day.<BR/><BR/>I suspect you may have lost all your weakness earlier in life and perhaps that's why you no longer have the pain. I seem to have it all to go through, still...But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-28517909239244892382008-03-03T12:29:00.000+00:002008-03-03T12:29:00.000+00:00Fantastic! And I just love Pain is weakness leavi...Fantastic! And I just <I>love</I> Pain is weakness leaving the body. Wonderful! I don't get that kind of pain at all, so presumably my body is completely full of weakness.Rob Clackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15461714931300617149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-38600325890424700862008-03-02T23:02:00.000+00:002008-03-02T23:02:00.000+00:00Excellent to read about such progress: Well done! ...Excellent to read about such progress: Well done! Here's to having a well deserved rest. Oddly, reading about it made me think of our pub quiz team: presumably because that's the only form of competitive, team-based activity that I regularly take part in (my cycling and other activities are either solitary or non-competitive or both). <BR/><BR/>During your week off, you could order plenty of product for yourself from the Theakton's online shop :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-22117154636630633562008-03-02T21:07:00.000+00:002008-03-02T21:07:00.000+00:00Pixie,That's it! I knew there was something I used...<B>Pixie</B>,<BR/>That's it! I knew there was something I used to do in my free time... Forgive me if I don't take up your suggestion of extra-curricular commuting (and also the god book thing - I know my level of religious understanding leaves much to be desired, but I think I'd rather more enjoy a meaty novel...)<BR/><BR/>As for the fitness, it's onwards and upwards (just as soon as I can bend my arms sufficiently to apply <EM>Deep Heat</EM> to all sore areas and hopefully move my limbs again).But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-2546559090112276682008-03-02T20:22:00.000+00:002008-03-02T20:22:00.000+00:00To now have the level of fitness to compete is ast...To now have the level of fitness to compete is astonishing. I'm well impressed.<BR/>enjoy your week off, you could just go and sit on the tube for old times sake with a god book!<BR/>pxxFire Byrdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477692359400671374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-45777943432265050332008-03-02T20:19:00.000+00:002008-03-02T20:19:00.000+00:00Casdok,Thanks, we were jolly pleased with our effo...<B>Casdok</B>,<BR/>Thanks, we were jolly pleased with our efforts. So much so, in fact, that we're having a week off training. I will have to rediscover whatever it is that I do in my free time...But Why?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18410865104797473854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626678050222817485.post-37027917744521418632008-03-02T18:12:00.000+00:002008-03-02T18:12:00.000+00:00Well done to you and your crew!! Thats fab!I did a...Well done to you and your crew!! Thats fab!<BR/>I did a couple of years of Dragon boating so know a bit of the hard work that it takes.Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.com