I'm sure you're all fed up of RR's by now, but just a couple of points.
The idea of people hiding behind an Internet persona seems to be a myth
when it comes to a.m-b. This works to most people's advantage, and yes,
it means that Shaun really is like that in real life ;~)
Why people would pay four quid to go to Nantmawr is beyond me. And
that's coming from someone with more jump and dh tendencies than
everyone else. However, it was amusing to see the jump monkeys who were
mostly crap.
I've noticed that others have complained about the lack of riding, but
who went round for the final loop? Wusses, the lot of you.
A top day - hopefully, we'll get to do something similar in the summer
at a top riding spot. With any luck, we can sort out some accomodation
for those interested and have a proper session down the pub.
Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
Welcome back.
<snip>
> Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
> between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
Link isn't working for me.
- CA-G
Canadian Girls Kick Ass!
Bad link???
Bill "got to your homepage but couldn't find Nantmawr stuff" S.
> The idea of people hiding behind an Internet persona seems to be a myth
> when it comes to a.m-b. This works to most people's advantage, and yes,
> it means that Shaun really is like that in real life ;~)
Yup. I'll second that, I think this picture really says a lot about
Shaun:
http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/P1010009.JPG
> A top day - hopefully, we'll get to do something similar in the summer
> at a top riding spot. With any luck, we can sort out some accomodation
> for those interested and have a proper session down the pub.
Yeah, what was that all about? Only one pint?
> Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
> between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.htm surely?
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>>Well, I've finally made it back to Germany, only 24 hours later than I'd
>>anticipated...
>
>
> Welcome back.
>
> <snip>
>
>>Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
>>between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
>
>
> Link isn't working for me.
D'Oh! Where did that extra 'L' creep in from?
http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.htm or just
http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/ will work.
Damn. I had NO idea he was so famous. Did you get an autograph?
http://www.dsv.su.se/~mats-bjo/bean/beanwww.jpg
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Pete Fagerlin
Save Fruita trails!
http://www.petefagerlin.com/bookcliffs.htm
>>The idea of people hiding behind an Internet persona seems to be a myth
>>when it comes to a.m-b. This works to most people's advantage, and yes,
>>it means that Shaun really is like that in real life ;~)
>
>
> Yup. I'll second that, I think this picture really says a lot about
> Shaun:
>
> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/P1010009.JPG
I know what you mean...
>>A top day - hopefully, we'll get to do something similar in the summer
>>at a top riding spot. With any luck, we can sort out some accomodation
>>for those interested and have a proper session down the pub.
>
>
> Yeah, what was that all about? Only one pint?
A bit tricky when you're faced with a three hour drive home...
>>Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
>>between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
>
>
> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.htm surely?
Um, yeah. I'll go and sit in the corner and put on the 'special' hat.
You beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing.
Lance
Looks like you guys had a fabulous time. Thanks for posting the pics.
- CA-G
ya bunch of gits... :-)
Canadian Girls Kick Ass!
Mind you, I was asleep by the time we got to Oswestry. Got woken up by a
frantic Adam who announced that he'd been round the last two roundabouts
several times now, and that he needed me to navigate.
Cool Pics and RR all... Questions/comments...
Questions first:
What the hell is Rimmer rolling in pub?
Comments:
Hearing that Rimmer is like that in real life... Well...see question above
;-P
Very Nice
Jimbo(san)
I was going to ask the same thing! I think their laws are a little more
lenient about such things.
Twist 'em up! (from a guy who finds enough to twist is usually too much)
Matt
>> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/
>> Yeah, what was that all about? Only one pint?
>
>A bit tricky when you're faced with a three hour drive home...
You drove three hours to ride around a field?
> What the hell is Rimmer rolling in pub?
It was just a standard rollie, nothing dodgy as far as my nose could make
out.
> You drove three hours to ride around a field?
He was the lucky one. It took me four hours.
Still, we had fun. Next time we'll make sure it's something that's more
our style though.
Hahaha, what a great picture. I saw the rizlas and looked at shaun's face
again, thought he was skinning up with some grass there :D
Small Black Dog
Small Black Dog
http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/P1010004.JPG I like this one.... typical
amb ride full of silliness.
penny
> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/P1010004.JPG I like this one.... typical
> amb ride full of silliness.
Silly? Us? No. Surely not?
Nice, feel like I'm missing out.
Peace,
Bill
The mind serves properly as a window glass rather
than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]
I believe he's rolling a 'hairy fag'. ;^)
Mike
> Cool Pics and RR all... Questions/comments...
> Questions first:
> What the hell is Rimmer rolling in pub?
A 'rollie' - just paper and baccy. You'll notice that in that photo,
Andy is smoking one too. They're basically cigarettes for pikeys.
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Bugger. What kept ya?
Welcome back ',;~}
> I'm sure you're all fed up of RR's by now, but just a couple of points.
>
> The idea of people hiding behind an Internet persona seems to be a myth
> when it comes to a.m-b. This works to most people's advantage, and yes,
> it means that Shaun really is like that in real life ;~)
Heheheh, yeah, errmm, well, what can I say, uhhh, feck, rumbled.......
> Why people would pay four quid to go to Nantmawr is beyond me. And
> that's coming from someone with more jump and dh tendencies than
> everyone else. However, it was amusing to see the jump monkeys who were
> mostly crap.
>
> I've noticed that others have complained about the lack of riding, but
> who went round for the final loop? Wusses, the lot of you.
>
> A top day - hopefully, we'll get to do something similar in the summer
> at a top riding spot. With any luck, we can sort out some accomodation
> for those interested and have a proper session down the pub.
>
> Photos: http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/index.html - the contrast
> between the UK and US meets is quite astounding...
Cheers!
Shaun aRe - damn that photoshop.......
Heh, yeah, too many pain meds........ ',;~}
> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/P1010009.JPG
>
> > A top day - hopefully, we'll get to do something similar in the summer
> > at a top riding spot. With any luck, we can sort out some accomodation
> > for those interested and have a proper session down the pub.
>
> Yeah, what was that all about? Only one pint?
Speak fer yerself - I had two....
Later Huw!
Shaun aRe
Fuck off Fagerlin, yer way late with that 'gag'.
Shaun aRe ',;~P`````````
No, we drove (however long) to meet up with fellow a.m-b'ers. Better riding
would have been good (well, I woulda had to shit out after about 10 miles as
it turned out), but it was excellent to be able to just meet in person with
those folks and talk the talk.
Shaun aRe
Heheheheh - I wish, prolly woulda done me more good than those fecking
uselarse pills.
Shaun aRe
Heheheheh! It was bloody Golden Virginia tobacco (with filter tip of course)
FFS! You folks that think drugs are necessary to be 'a bit daft' crack me
up! ',;~}
Shaun aRe
>>Well, I've finally made it back to Germany, only 24 hours later than I'd
>>anticipated...
>
>
> Bugger. What kept ya?
Traffic jam and subsequently getting lost whilst trying to cut
cross-country meant I missed my flight.
> Heheheheh - I wish, prolly woulda done me more good than those fecking
> uselarse pills.
Did the Doc have anything worthwhile to say about it?
>> >> http://j-harris.net/bike/nantmawr/
>> You drove three hours to ride around a field?
>No, we drove (however long) to meet up with fellow a.m-b'ers.
>it was excellent to be able to just meet in person with
>those folks and talk the talk.
I trust the repartee was of a higher standard than that I've seen on
here.
Heh, of a higher standard than any 'repartee' you've contributed here, ya
gret daft lump.
',;~P```````
Shaun aRe
No, not really. He did the prodding, messing about and asking questions
stuff, then said "It's not *skeletal, you haven't got a slipped disc, it's
not *cartilaginous, you have no *spinal alignment problems, and it's not
*neural". *(I had to provide him with the words and phrases (even though
he'd covered most of it already with the prompted 'skeletal'), he kept
saying "It's not uuhhmm ahhh, to do with errrmmm", heh...).
He then went on to say it was the ligaments that run vertically up the
outside of the spine between vertebrae, and that even though I didn't recall
it, that it would be trauma related, but a delayed reaction, as in
'whiplash'. He prescribed me stronger painkillers, told me to go swimming
and partake of gentle walking exercise. Also, to keep stretching and flexing
it within my pain threshold limitations.
I'm not convinced, as the pain does not increase if I move in a way that
stretches the spine (hence stretching the ligaments, only if it is
compressed directly, which would not affect 'tensile' ligaments. It feels
more like inflammation around a nerve bundle or some-such to me, but I'm
only a layman trying to implement logic, so I'm not banking on that, either.
The pills made me high as a kite very quickly, and only started to ease the
pain slightly after some time. They made me very nauseous (synthetic
chemical, but molecularly an opiate), and after a few hours later, I vomited
heavily. By last night, my back was hurting quite a lot, and the only effect
of the pills by then, was to reduce my ability to ignore pain/made me
psychologically and emotionally weaker in regard to it. I got a lift into
work from Kath's this morning, because there was no way I could have handled
the 4 mile constant uphill part of the 6 mile ride in.
I have a weekend away coming up, after that, if the situation has not
improved, I'll be doing something else about it for sure. I have never
_felt_ so debilitated in my life, not even when I had my leg smashed up (at
least I could get around on crutches without excessive pain, and often
walked 7 or 8 miles on them, and even climbed a little). I hate this, and
really feel for the people who have much more severe, and regularly
recurring back problems.
Thanks for asking Huw, sorry for going on so much!
',;~}
Shaun aRe
Oh feck - sorry ya got stuck Jon! Can you read a map?
',;~}
Shaun aRe
> I have a weekend away coming up, after that, if the situation has not
> improved, I'll be doing something else about it for sure. I have never
> _felt_ so debilitated in my life, not even when I had my leg smashed up (at
> least I could get around on crutches without excessive pain, and often
> walked 7 or 8 miles on them, and even climbed a little). I hate this, and
> really feel for the people who have much more severe, and regularly
> recurring back problems.
http://www.mctimoney-chiropractic.org/
It'll cost you, but it's worth it.
>>Traffic jam and subsequently getting lost whilst trying to cut
>>cross-country meant I missed my flight.
>>
>
> Oh feck - sorry ya got stuck Jon! Can you read a map?
Didn't have a decent map.
Cheers Jon - it's in my favourites folder.
Shaun aRe - feeling untypical sorry for himself, heheheh... ',;~}
Sue the bastards!
',;~}
Shaun aRe
My back problem finally subsided after using the traction device the
orthopedic surgeon gave me. But it took time. The family practice doc I
went to initially was no help, gave me some Vicodin which made me sick to my
stomach too and jittery. I've never felt pain like that and nothing would
touch it except beer. No kidding! I guess it relaxed the muscles that were
pinching the nerve and disconected the signals to my brain. Just want to
say I feel for you Bro and hope you find a quick resolution to your back
problem.
Mike
Shit man, sorry to hear about your back. Hope you get somethin sorted out
soon
Small (pass the spliff to Shaun) Black Dog
> > I have a weekend away coming up, after that, if the situation has not
> > improved, I'll be doing something else about it for sure. I have never
> > _felt_ so debilitated in my life, not even when I had my leg smashed up
> (at
> > least I could get around on crutches without excessive pain, and often
> > walked 7 or 8 miles on them, and even climbed a little). I hate this,
and
> > really feel for the people who have much more severe, and regularly
> > recurring back problems.
> >
> > Thanks for asking Huw, sorry for going on so much!
> >
> > ',;~}
> >
> > Shaun aRe
> >
>
> My back problem finally subsided after using the traction device the
> orthopedic surgeon gave me. But it took time. The family practice doc I
> went to initially was no help, gave me some Vicodin which made me sick to
my
> stomach too and jittery. I've never felt pain like that and nothing would
> touch it except beer. No kidding! I guess it relaxed the muscles that
were
> pinching the nerve and disconected the signals to my brain.
"Hmmm, beer - the cause of and solution to all of life's problems" (para).
Yup, I find it's an excellent pain killer too ',;~}
> Just want to
> say I feel for you Bro and hope you find a quick resolution to your back
> problem.
Cheers Mike! It's bugging me more than anything - I'm walking around like a
cross between Robo-cop and an old guy (no offence dude!) ',;~}
This is proving highly amusing to some folks, mind, so there is something
positive come of it.....heheheheh....
The pain isn't what I would call very 'severe', not by a long shot (compared
to some of the shit I've felt...), but it's persistent and therefore very
wearing. That, and the effect of the painkillers is making me feel
uncharacteristically 'wimpish', which is pissing me off even more (normally,
no one knows I was even in (bad) pain until it's already long gone. Yeah,
that's right, I'm tough as hell! Heheheheh...).
Glad yours eased up!
Cheers again - I been looking for something to hang upside down by the legs
from ',;~}
> > least I could get around on crutches without excessive pain, and often
> > walked 7 or 8 miles on them, and even climbed a little). I hate this,
and
> > really feel for the people who have much more severe, and regularly
> > recurring back problems.
> >
> > Thanks for asking Huw, sorry for going on so much!
> >
> > ',;~}
> >
> > Shaun aRe
>
>
> Shit man, sorry to hear about your back. Hope you get somethin sorted out
> soon
Cheers dude - feck though, all this concern - I feel I've made it sound
worse than it is now! I mean, I can stand, I can walk (in a funny looking
way), I can pedall a couple of miles or so (as long as it ain't all uphill)
and stuff without it becoming unbearable, I just can't bend at the waist
more than a tiny bit (to lift or owt), or run, or twist side to side, and
when I sit down (compression weight) it aches quite a bit. (It got quite a
bit worse after the little ride on Sunday).
> Small (pass the spliff to Shaun) Black Dog
Yeah - pass the fucking spliff over here ya bastard hoggers! Oh, and while
yer at it, get the knives in the fire FFS! ',;~}
Shaun aRe - Drive me a fat one!
> Cheers again - I been looking for something to hang upside down by the legs
> from ',;~}
If only you'd have said on Sunday. I'm sure we could have found a
convenient tree for you ;-)
> Cheers Mike! It's bugging me more than anything - I'm walking around like a
> cross between Robo-cop and an old guy (no offence dude!) ',;~}
But you are old...
Heheheheh -'cnut' - heheheheheh ',;~}
"Shaun, by 'legs', did you mean that skinny thing between yer fat head and
yer shoulders?" ',;~}
Shaun aRe
Fuck off ya short arsed pot bellied child.
Shaun aRe - 'ner' ',;~}
Even if it aint real bad, having anything hurting isnt cool.
> > Small (pass the spliff to Shaun) Black Dog
>
> Yeah - pass the fucking spliff over here ya bastard hoggers! Oh, and while
> yer at it, get the knives in the fire FFS! ',;~}
Yay! :D
Small Black Dog
Small Black Dog
heheheheheh
Next time you choose the place, mate. Then again dead body pics
don't float too well on the 'net unless it's a celebrity.
JD
Jesus, how smashed must I have been to write my sig twice?
Small Black Dog
good grief, it's really time for you to put down that bong....
Aye - I'm off to London tomorrow too, for the 'Winterdrum' get-together on
Saturday. I'm supposed to be sat and bent over hand drums (tutorials then a
big jam afterwards) all fucking day, heh - that's gonna be fun! Heheheheh
',;~}
> > > Small (pass the spliff to Shaun) Black Dog
> >
> > Yeah - pass the fucking spliff over here ya bastard hoggers! Oh, and
while
> > yer at it, get the knives in the fire FFS! ',;~}
>
> Yay! :D
Haven't doneone of those in ages ',;~}
Shaun aRe