I'm Back
Alan Teeder
back home and able to take up the Netcop duties again. Steve- thanks for
standing in.
No (physical) work for two weeks - but the strain of speaking and listening
to Dutch the whole time certainly kept me very tired. Perhaps my version of
this sickness really is all between the ears, but not in the way some of the
shrinks would have us believe.
There were over 300 new messages waiting in UPSCM. A quick skim through has
got me (nearly) up to date with the latest chat.
I must dash now to the Doctor's to see the results of a blood test that I
had just before I left.
TTFN and belated best wishes for a healthy New Year
Alan
Steve Wells
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> After a fortnight staying with friends in Holland over the New Year I
am
> back home and able to take up the Netcop duties again. Steve- thanks
for
> standing in.
It was a great strain, everybody has been dreadfully behaved as you have
seen! ;-)
I didn't even see the only bit of off-topic posting didn't make it
through my ISPs defences - Nick saw it and dealt with it.
So welcome back, have the truncheon and helmet and I'm off to bed to see
if I can get rid of this flu.
--
Steve Wells
Nottingham U.K.
claudia van lelyveld
Alan Teeder wrote in message ...
>After a fortnight staying with friends in Holland over the New Year I
am
>back home
Welkom terug en gelukkig Nieuw Jaar :o)
I'm jealous (anyone know an emoticon for green-eyed monster?)
Still, a friend of mine is going over this weekend and will bring back
some real Dutch liquorice for me :-P~~ (drool)
>
>No (physical) work for two weeks - but the strain of speaking and
listening
>to Dutch the whole time certainly kept me very tired.
well that would be quite tiring - I'm impressed.
>I must dash now to the Doctor's to see the results of a blood test that
I
>had just before I left.
let us know how you got on
groetjes
claudia
peterkay
"Alan Teeder"
> After a fortnight staying with friends in Holland over the New Year I am
> back home and able to take up the Netcop duties again. Steve- thanks for
> standing in.
I bet you are pleased to be back to old sunny England, well we have had some
sun, havn't we?
> No (physical) work for two weeks - but the strain of speaking and
listening
> to Dutch the whole time certainly kept me very tired.
I have the same problems when I go abroad and I cant understand much of what
others are saying, it wears my ears out!
> There were over 300 new messages waiting in UPSCM. A quick skim through
has
> got me (nearly) up to date with the latest chat.
What a pain coming back to scan through all those postings, I always do, I
am afriad I will miss something.
> I must dash now to the Doctor's to see the results of a blood test that I
> had just before I left.
Hope everything is OK.
> TTFN and belated best wishes for a healthy New Year
And the Same to you :-p
Regards,
Peter
Supermouse
Teeder <ajte...@ntlworld.com> writes
>No (physical) work for two weeks - but the strain of speaking and listening
>to Dutch the whole time certainly kept me very tired. Perhaps my version of
>this sickness really is all between the ears, but not in the way some of the
>shrinks would have us believe.
Processing information takes energy. The brain, when active, uses a
*lot* of glucose. Brain work is as demanding as physical work, just not
as good for heart and lungs and all that. The thing that had me crashing
when trying to go back to college was having to do joined-up thinking
for a few hours at a stretch. I do much more on my own now, but rarely
for more than half an hour at once.
It's actually become easier for me to walk a mile than to fill in an IB
form.
BTW, I am greatly looking forward to acquiring a bicycle. I have
borrowed one but it has a very hard, very small seat (unlike myself) and
a foot brake which means that every time I try to turn right I lock the
brake and fall over. I can get a new bike with guarantees and stuff for
about 100UKP and it should serve me well for years.
Cordially,
--
Supermouse
icarusi
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> BTW, I am greatly looking forward to acquiring a bicycle. I have
> borrowed one but it has a very hard, very small seat (unlike myself)
and
> a foot brake which means that every time I try to turn right I lock
the
> brake and fall over. I can get a new bike with guarantees and stuff
for
> about 100UKP and it should serve me well for years.
I got a Dahon folder from Mailspeed Marine for £130 inc. VAT, complete
with carry bag. It only has a 3 speed Sturmey Archer gear, so only
good for flat and slight hills. I've been riding the canal towpaths in
10 mile chunks. The handy thing about folders is you can put them
inside the car, takes half the boot on a Meganne, or on the bus if
haven't a car or decide you've ridden enough and you're near a bus
route. The seat was padded but not enough for the rougher parts of the
towpaths, luckily I had a more padded seat on my previous larger
folder, and swapped them. The pannier carrier was an extra so, I got
an alloy seat mounted job mail order from a bike mag, and use a small
rucksack tied on with bungee straps.
Icarusi
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icarusi <ica...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I got a Dahon folder from Mailspeed Marine for £130 inc. VAT, complete
> with carry bag. It only has a 3 speed Sturmey Archer gear, so only
> good for flat and slight hills. I've been riding the canal towpaths in
> 10 mile chunks. The handy thing about folders is you can put them
> inside the car, takes half the boot on a Meganne, or on the bus if
> haven't a car or decide you've ridden enough and you're near a bus
> route. The seat was padded but not enough for the rougher parts of the
> towpaths, luckily I had a more padded seat on my previous larger
> folder, and swapped them. The pannier carrier was an extra so, I got
> an alloy seat mounted job mail order from a bike mag, and use a small
> rucksack tied on with bungee straps.
Derraileur (sp?) aren't necessarily better for hills than Sturmey
Archer. I think you need gears on both the wheel and the crank to get a
wide range of ratios. Bottom gear on my 5-speed racing-style bike was
higher than a typical Sturmey Archer.
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TH * http://www.realh.co.uk
icarusi
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> Derraileur (sp?) aren't necessarily better for hills than Sturmey
> Archer. I think you need gears on both the wheel and the crank to
get a
> wide range of ratios. Bottom gear on my 5-speed racing-style bike
was
> higher than a typical Sturmey Archer.
Mountain bikes and some Bromptons go lower and wider than my SA, plus
now SA ist kaput, it's virtually impossible to get a larger cog which
would sort it. The chain wheel looks the harder option to swap, but
neither are ideal things to need doing on a new bike, better to have
the bike right for the course. Unfortunately folders can be
excessively expensive compared to an equivalent spec off-the-rack MTB
or hybrid.