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Re: back pain
Most tall people get lumbar pain sooner or later. I can precis my personal journey there and back: Young blood, mid 20 training for serious competitive rowing. Time: the 60s and no rail-guided weights in gyms then, just free weights, barbells, dumbbells &c. In club competition got to standing un...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Here we go - AGAIN !
- Replies: 5
- Views: 138
Re: Here we go - AGAIN !
It's also true that Moses was the son of Pharaoh's daughter. It can equally truly be stated that Moses was the daughter-of-Pharaoh's son.
So There.
Tom
So There.
Tom
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:14 am
- Forum: Skirts and Kilts for Men
- Topic: A beautiful skirt
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1181
Re: A beautiful skirt
Even at 4AM in the morning, 19.7 X 2 equals something like 39.4 which is about a meter. Not slim/thin. Looks elastic though and would hold up well around a 34-36 inch waist. Looks like it's about 22" to the hem also, which is modest enough. Scarlet O'Hara from 'Gone with the Wind' had a 17"...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Not a Joke
- Replies: 1
- Views: 113
Re: Not a Joke
Not a joke indeed and that husband is seriously low down on the I.Q. front. All public buildings have wheelchair access and the better ones now have sensor-operated opening doors, too.
Tom
Tom
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Sound Familiar?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 133
Re: Sound Familiar?
Pour the room temperature jello into a little transparent plastic bag, seal it and then nail the bag to the wall.
Tom
Tom
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: Freestyle Fashions
- Topic: Heavy feet.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 351
Re: Heavy feet.....
I agree, Downhill ski-boots probably top the weight scale. With advancing years and the proliferation of uncontrolled ski-boarders on the slopes, MOH and I invested in cross-country skis and boots. These boots, while robust and stiff, are considerably lighter than their downhill counterpart, are att...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: St Patrick's Day Greeting
- Replies: 2
- Views: 141
St Patrick's Day Greeting
One of our involuntary exports, although the guy himself was Welsh. This year it coincided with the Christian Sabbath and the gathering at our local Church was a lot less dense than the crush (to be avoided) at the parade in beautiful downtown Newbridge. Weather cool, breezy and showery. No surprise...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:37 am
- Forum: Changes at the Cafe
- Topic: Partners
- Replies: 15
- Views: 889
Re: Partners
As a life-long rower I have grown used to not 'rocking the boat'... on the 'partner' front. My situation is that although I actually did my skirting well away from MOH, she found 'evidence' in the form of skirts &c left where she could find and dispose of them as she strongly disapproved. This h...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: In the News / Advocacy
- Topic: Sir Garyson Perry is "just a man who likes to wear dresses"
- Replies: 7
- Views: 344
Re: Sir Garyson Perry is "just a man who likes to wear dresses"
Sir Grayson has become a respected authority on art in the UK. Only a couple of years ago the BBC commissioned him to deliver the Reith Lecture series on Radio 4 on the subject of Art.
His audience were only interested in what he had to say on the subject, not in what clothes he wore.
Tom
His audience were only interested in what he had to say on the subject, not in what clothes he wore.
Tom
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Weather in your location ?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3259
Re: Weather in your location ?
The last flake of snow we saw here was in March 2018. No change, and this morning March 1st we woke to a Winter Wonderland (Irish version) which predictably brought travel chaos Country-wide. The snow rapidly turned to rain and by afternoon most of it was gone. I took a few opportunist pics shortly ...
Re: BCC
Ah yes Stu,
Remember in Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice, Portia, acting and Judge cautioned Shylock on the 'pound of flesh' issue, that should he spill so much a one drop of blood.......&c.
Don't worry about it.
Tom
Remember in Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice, Portia, acting and Judge cautioned Shylock on the 'pound of flesh' issue, that should he spill so much a one drop of blood.......&c.
Don't worry about it.
Tom
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Is anyone else trying to learn a language?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 933
Re: Is anyone else trying to learn a language?
Very sensible, Rokje. When I was in my 40s I 'emigrated' to West Germany to work and in advance of that took about 6 months one-to-one tuition in the language. It was very helpful of course, but the steep learning curve hit me when I actually got there and most of each day was a total immersion expe...
Re: BCC
Stu, Being retired now I'm no longer in the Medical/Dental frontline, but snippets of residual knowledge, like mud thrown at a wall, remain. Longhand description is Basal Cell Carcinoma. Common enough and well over half of skin carcinomas are these. They develop and spread very slowly and being expo...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Weather in your location ?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3259
Re: Weather in your location ?
The Samuel Beckett bridge is regularly maintained and rotated at night when there's little traffic about every two weeks, so it will function flawlessly on special occasions e.g. when the tall ships assemble. Normally no maritime traffic passes, so it stays shut. Our regular rowers are all former ch...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:21 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Weather in your location ?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 3259
Re: Weather in your location ?
Carl, The cox is holding onto a rigger to steady the boat. Our no. 7 man jumped out to take that photo. We did only one 'run' to Chapelizod & back (5Km) that morning as the conditions were frankly appalling. A glorious compensation for all that is what frequently happens on nice weekend mornings...