Brando, to me, was the only weak link.
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The Retirement Thread
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Brando, to me, was the only weak link.
Beat me to it.
That's very personal.I think her ducks lay the eggs
Not sure I have ever eaten one.
Apart from being bigger, what's the difference?
I know what you mean..
Particularly with oldwheels I felt more sad than when some people I've actually known in real life have gone to meet their maker.
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Hope Deleted Member 1258 is ok too
Who is that?
They are a little bit richer in flavour, plus if they have a blue shell, when you crack it open the albumen has a blue tinge to it, but turns to the normal white as you cook it.
rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
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numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
I've done nothing today apart going to the shop for milk and bananas
In my experience some duck eggs can be a bit dodgy if not cooked to a hard yolk as ducks are quite ok with laying their eggs in wet conditions and if you're unlucky bacteria can make it through the shell, through hairline cracks. If they're from a trusted source then no problem in eating them with a soft yolk. In terms of flavour one of my pupils summed it up by saying they were much more eggy than hens eggs. (I was a Rural Science Teacher before I retired).
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
Watching " The quiet man " . Brings back memories from when we went to Cong, where the film was made.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Geez. Hardest ride I can recall in perhaps a decade. It was only 42 miles but the combination of an evil headwind, my slowly returning fitness and a bad set up near wiped me out.
I think the set up was key. Towards the end of the ride we concluded my seat was in the wrong position. I had to have a new seat post fitted on Christmas Eve. I should have checked the position but didn't. When I got home I checked the height, it was bang on, checked with a spirit level and again spot on. Then I checked the distance between the headset and saddle nose. It was 2.4cm shorter than my usual set up.
42 miles into a headwind with my entire body 2cm out of the position it's used to. Geezzzzz!
Set up correctly now and the hex key in my saddle pack for mid ride adjustments.
I think the set up was key. Towards the end of the ride we concluded my seat was in the wrong position. I had to have a new seat post fitted on Christmas Eve. I should have checked the position but didn't. When I got home I checked the height, it was bang on, checked with a spirit level and again spot on. Then I checked the distance between the headset and saddle nose. It was 2.4cm shorter than my usual set up.
42 miles into a headwind with my entire body 2cm out of the position it's used to. Geezzzzz!
Set up correctly now and the hex key in my saddle pack for mid ride adjustments.
Arrived in Dartmouth this evening for a weeks holiday to celebrate my 60th Birthday. We stopped at the excellent Gloucester services for a coffee and pastry and again at Strawberry Fields Farm in Buckfastleigh for a rapid charge.
The Oxford-Dartmouth journey was as usual a full day event due to accidents, roadworks and volume of traffic, 4 hours to do 200 miles and just over an hour and a half in breaks, so a whole day travelling. Now finally settled in our holiday cottage with a well deserved bottle of wine.
The Oxford-Dartmouth journey was as usual a full day event due to accidents, roadworks and volume of traffic, 4 hours to do 200 miles and just over an hour and a half in breaks, so a whole day travelling. Now finally settled in our holiday cottage with a well deserved bottle of wine.
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gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
42 miles ( 67 kms ) is a long ride in my book so well done you, what with the bad weather and wrong set up.
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