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After sipping from a bottle of water all day while stripping a door I decided to give it a quick wipe down with white spirits which i did...
Then I took a big old swig of my water whitespirit.
wasn't really concentrating but vaguely realised it felt a bit weird before I swallowed... cue fine mist of flamable liquids. And rinsing my mouth with vodka.
What a bloody stupid thing to do.
Anyone else an idiot this weekend?
P.S. surprisingly tasteless with little body, horrendous mouth feels. Definitely a mixer rather than a sipper.
I decided my first and only bike race would be an 8hr yesterday. I’m in world of aches today.
ouch.
Remeinds me of the time i decided i'd try mountain biking and finished the bike an hour before strathpuffer started.
Discovered the bourbon BBQ chicken wings/thighs had a use by date of 29th, yesterday lunch... Smelled ok and tasted fine, think I'm still alive this morning, but my god I feel like I have a hangover this morning which I'm not accepting came from the bourbon! 😆
Oh and randomly waking at 0400ish yesterday, couldn't get back to sleep and then drank silly amounts of caffeine from late morning to try and stay up all day, but felt too wrecked to head out for a ride after the F1 race, ended up back in bed late afternoon.
Aonach Eagach ridge with Mrs Nobeer*
*It was flippin' awesome, and not silly at all. 🙂
Did similar once, was at an airport in turkey in the summer heat, there was a delay I think and the queue to check bags in was massive. After half an hour or so of melting in the heat I grabbed the water bottle and took a massive swig to discover that it wasn't water it was the vodka that someone in the group had decanted into a water bottle to save wasting. Not even good vodka, the cheap burning nasty stuff
Aonach Eagach ridge with Mrs Nobeer
Poidh.
Not I, but one lady was stuck on the boulder summit of The Cobbler. She decided to jump down in panic, stumbled and my grab for her rucksack meant she didn't go over the edge.
For reference, this is the top...
Oooft well played Matt.
Did she try and jump onto the ledge?!
Not I, but one lady was stuck on the boulder summit of The Cobbler. She decided to jump down in panic, stumbled and my grab for her rucksack meant she didn’t go over the edge.
Judging by the number of cars abandoned on the verge at Inveruglas on sunday, I can only imagine how busy the Cobbler was.
Spent a lot of money on motorbike gear and then went to the wind tunnel without my normal kit. Because of this I had to borrow a suit and a helmet so that I could fly with the team that was one person short. Breathing disinfectant for 30 minutes is hilarious, but it made me feel better.
Did she try and jump onto the ledge?!
To the right and down of the main boulder in the pic there's a ledge then slope - she jumped off the mid-height boulder, slid down the ramp and jumped onto the ledge, where I grabbed her as her momentum took her onwards...
One of those where she may have saved it herself, but judging by the tears she was properly freaked.
And yes, like Sauchiehall street up there.
Trapped a nerve in my shoulder while waiting for my phone to get a gps lock before setting off on this morning’s ride, hence me now sat inside posting this and drinking tea.
Did the thing where you jump to pull you trousers over your heels whilst stood under a low beam.
My head came up like an egg and I've got a comedy bruise on it this morning.
Seeing your comment about the long descent, hope it wasn’t you that got in a pickle on the Clachaig Gully path on Saturday nobeer!
Agreed to work today
Yesterday we went to Whinlatter but did no cycling. Today we are at Grizedale but doing no cycling. 🤦♂️
When we leave here today we are going back home to Derby. Sure the M6 will be fine on a Bank Holiday Monday🙄
Anyone else an idiot this weekend?
Yep. New fatbike tyre going on tubeless. Done them plenty of times before, never had a failure or faff.
Decided to keep going with the compressor as I really wanted the bead to properly pop into the rim bead.
Must have been over 40psi when I stopped. Did the Stans dance, chucked the wheel about, flipped it etc. Deflated it and up to high pressure again. More dancing.
Started to fit it back on the upturned bike leaning over it and pleased with my efforts then all of a sudden....
My ears were ringing and I was temporarily deaf. Thank God my eyes were ok.
Brand new tyre at about £60 stretched on the bead and basically trashed and unusable. 😭
What a cockwomble.... 🙄
New Jumbo Jim on order. Note to self to go easy on the initial pressure.
Not I, but one lady was stuck on the boulder summit of The Cobbler. She decided to jump down in panic, stumbled and my grab for her rucksack meant she didn’t go over the edge.
Tsk. Social distancing, Matt, social distancing! 🙂
Nice one. Another +1 in the lives saved column. Means you can choose anyone you please to kill in return.
Took the week of work to give myself a bit of time to ride my bike after the last few months ,kids back at nursery and school so good to go .... youngest comes back from nursery with a runny nose and a new party trick of blowing raspberrys in your face and the inevitable happens , whole house has runny noses and sniffles 🙁
Seeing your comment about the long descent, hope it wasn’t you that got in a pickle on the Clachaig Gully path on Saturday nobeer!
Christ no, that descent is a deathtrap! We went off toward the Pap, it's a long drag.
matt_oab ... jings, well done, Sir.
Christ no, that descent is a deathtrap! We went off toward the Pap, it’s a long drag.
It’s hideous. My daughter did the AE a few weeks ago and used it 🙄. Turns out they went up it and W-E, which isn’t quite as bad, but she still got a bollocking!
Pissing about with leads and power supplies for guitar bits I managed to get a mains voltage jolt that had me thinking "oops, my heart just glitched and isn't going to start normally again."
Warning, I maybe a member of the undead.
Bailed out the back of a manual.
Looks like you landed in a care home!
To the right and down of the main boulder in the pic there’s a ledge then slope
It's a long way down if you come off that ledge. Maybe not 100% certain death but certainly right nasty.
Cycled Lockerbrook on a rigid MTB.
Seems small beans in this context, but ordered two sauce-laden dishes from an 'unknown' Chinese while at the in-laws on Saturday. Gloopy MSG hell... Should have stuck to Chow Mein.
Marshalled at the national 10 TT, it was a bit chilly so didn't really think about the sun, despite wearing sunglasses.
I now have panda eyes. But at least I've proven Oakleys cut out UV.
Skateboarded for the first time ever... it's hard!
In the process of cutting down a ~15m tall thuja tree in my front garden. Chopped through one vertical trunk while on a ladder expecting it to stay caught in the branches of its neighbours. It did not. Fortunately it pivoted and toppled straight over my head 😀
Tonight, eating snacks, listening intently to someone, absentmindedly dipped my fingers and thumb into a tumbler of smoothie and then went to eat them.
The bowl containing snacks was on the other side.
Wow.
Went to put on my Sunday socks this afternoon and realised I couldn't as I wore them yesterday. Was convinced today was Sunday. Took a while to realise it is actually Monday today. So put on my Monday socks and went about my day.
Yes my socks have the day of the week on them. It makes pairing them after laundry much quicker.
Went to the New Forest on a bank holiday weekend.
Actually it was quite pleasant mostly but the contender for the person who did the "silly thing of the weekend" has to be the young lass in a blue Skoda Fabia who overtook my large car and trailer (while I was waiting for an opportunity to safely pass a cyclist) completely blind up hill over a blind crest into a right hander and only by the excellent driving of the oncoming car did she avoid an expensive 60-80mph head on smash that would have seen at least her in hospital. One of several brain dead clagnuggets encountered this weekend.
Second contender was the farmer who cut between my wife and 8 year old while overtaking into oncoming traffic in a bloody great tractor.
Yes my socks have the day of the week on them. It makes pairing them after laundry much quicker.
Wait... what?
I tried to race my mum* on her e-bike up several big hills despite being poorly and not recovered from a hard Zwift session the day before. I went really deep again and whatever illness I have took the opportunity to kick.me around. Felt like absolute shit for two days.
* Obviously lost badly on the long road climbs but held my own on steep stuff as her bike doesn't have a lot of torque.
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I forgot to let go of the tow rope when I caught the front edge whilst wake boarding. It gave me a real stretching and winded me pretty badly.
I smashed my ankle to pieces climbing on stanage edge. Thanks to Edale mountain rescue!!
There seem to be a few ouchies on this thread. What route, Joe?
I trod on a Bee, my big toe is now way bigger than normal.
I smashed my ankle to pieces climbing on stanage edge. Thanks to Edale mountain rescue!!
I imagine you actually did it falling, but still...
Mountain rescue were collecting in Hathersage this weekend but probably slim pickings. Not many people have change in their pockets given everyone is using contactless. Probably could do with a card reader and tap to donate a quid kind of thing.
Probably could do with a card reader and tap to donate a quid kind of thing.
It can be done for charity giving. Some people in our local supermarket were doing it.
I imagine you actually did it falling, but still…
If you're going to be pedantic, it probably happened when he stopped falling. 🙂
Heal fast, Joe!
I removed a DUB crank. So attached to 54N/m means when it finally undoes, it really undoes. One finger is now much redder and swollen than the others.
Spent the evening looking a Shimano cranks..
If you’re going to be pedantic, it probably happened when he stopped falling. 🙂
"Acute Deceleration Trauma."
Mistakes in bike maintenance you make once.
Square taper removal...
Crank at 3oclock tool handle at 9oclock. Pushing down HARD with all you weight. Headbutting toptubes hurts.
Swam in Blea Tarn at 8am, it was beautiful but bloody cold. Especially for the lass who stripped to bikini bottoms so the bf could take photos of her....
If you’re going to be pedantic, it probably happened when he stopped falling.
Sorry for the slight delay. I am going to be pedantic, when poor old Joe had stopped falling his ankle was already broken no?
I'll make sure to have a bit of change on me next time for MR as payment for pedanticism.
Anyway, I went to the Peak District twice on a Bank Holiday weekend.
“Acute Deceleration Trauma.”
“I say, that’s a cute deceleration trauma you’ve got there!”
My coat? Why thank you.