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We play mighty Gillingham. FA Cup replay. Our last chance at any sort of success.
I fancy a Leeds win after extra time and maybe penalties. Yes, its come to that!!
Boooooo!
If he comes and visit be sure to be nice to him.
I'll add him to my "crocked" list.
(Mmmm spreadsheet might be in order here)
Wee Piglet. Go and see Ron Grover. He's handy with a video recorder IYKWIMAITYD
;-)
Bagsy first watch!!
FLM
JJ
Wee Piglet
Helen Wheels
Ironwolf
Benz
Crocked
Helen Wheels
Meerkat
Wee Piglet
Glenn (poorly ick)
LUFC (terminal)
Missing, presumed working
Redhead
LizzyB
Everard.
Bilious
Smith and Kewell to score with a Gillingham og too.
What odds do you give me?
SR
WP, did you hear on the news about the great piglet heist? Apparently about £40,000 worth of piglet were rustled on the eve of Chinese New Year, and suckling pig is a traditional delicacy at this time. There is a suggestion that the senior police officers attending some of the celebrations may have eaten the evidence.
Obviously they only wanted piglets with four good trotters.
My good news is that she of the cruel thumbs has attacked my leg and knee with vigour today, and suggests I might like to try a gentle run on Wednesday, "but take the return taxi fare with you" and maybe another gentle run at the weekend if Ron the pod agrees.
I'm trying to work out how 'gentle' it needs to be to clock up 25 miles by Sunday evening...
Nevertheless I now have some hope again, so am back to smiling :-)
Good luck to all the other crocks and sniffs.
SR
Here's an interesting newspaper story I read on the guitar NG...
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WANTED FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER (The actual AP headline)
Linda Burnett, 23, was visiting her inlaws, and while there went to a nearby supermarket to pick up some groceries. Several people noticed her sitting in her car with the windows rolled up and with her eyes closed, with both hands behind the back of her head.
One customer who had been at the store for a while became concerned and walked over to the car. He noticed that Linda's eyes were now open, and she looked very strange. He asked her if she was okay, and Linda replied that she'd been shot in the back of the head, and had been holding her brains in for over an hour.
The man called the paramedics, who broke into the car because the doors were locked and Linda refused to remove her hands from her head. When they finally got in, they found that Linda had a wad of bread dough on the back of her head.
A Pillsbury biscuit canister had exploded from the heat, making a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot, and the wad of dough hit her in the back of her head. When she reached back to find out what it was, she felt the dough and thought it was her brains. She initially passed out, but quickly recovered and tried to hold her brains in for over an hour until someone noticed and came to her aid.
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Cool! :-)
Just dont want people to think I'm going soft in my old age.
Be fair Helen. At least its not the Wild Grover's
:-)
Why does everyone take me so seriously.... :-(
Helen W. Encouraging news about restarting.
Chimp. The Gills get a lot of support (sympathy vote?) round here because they are the closest league club. A couple of years ago when they were on the up they canvassed support for raising money through some sort of bond issue and were surprised when no-one thought it a good investment. Too many people in the South East work in the City to be taken in by that one.
See Leeds shares were quoted at 4p last week. Someone's overvaluing your lot.
JJ
Know you're a pussy cat really
:-)
How did you hurt your knee?
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... One day in the jungle a chimpanzee invented some tools to eat his dinner. One tool was a flat stick sharpened along one edge, this he used to cut his food. The other was a stick with four smaller sticks attached to the end, each sharpened to a point which Chimp used to spear his food and place it in his mouth. Chimp was very proud of his inventions, which he called his one point tool and his four point tool.
One day Chimp awoke to find that the four point tool was missing. Chimp was distraught. He ran around the jungle trying to find his precious tool. First he came upon the lion.
"Lion, Lion!" he cried, "Have you seen my four point tool?"
"No." Replied the lion, "I have not seen your four point tool."
Then the chimp came upon the gorilla.
"Gorilla, Gorilla!" he cried, "Have you seen my four point tool?"
"No." Replied the gorilla, "I have not seen your four point tool."
Then the chimp came upon the jaguar.
"Jaguar, Jaguar!" he cried, "Have you seen my four point tool?"
"Yup!" replied the jaguar, "I've seen your four point tool."
"Well where is it?" inquired the chimp.
"I ate it." Said the jaguar, smugly.
"Why would you do that?" Cried the chimp.
"Because," replied the big cat, "I'm a four point tool eater jaguar!"
Hahahahahahahaahhhaaa!!!
<piglet skips, dizzily>
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:-)
*dashes off to start "vainly clinging to last vestiges of youth" thread.....*
Not to worry... there's very little rampant maturity abroad on this thread. Just me, really, struggling hard against the tide of silliness.
:-)
Building up 10% per week from nothing, feeling good (ish) due to run 9.5 miles on the Sunday, I went looking for the running club and couldn't find them. So after half an hour of running around the park decided to follow part of the half marathon route as a recce for last Sunday. Bumped into the runners who were due (I thought) to do 12 miles. Agreed to trot along with them up to 10 miles then walk the rest. Well, apparently they did the whole of the half route (Watford, hilly), and I towed in at the back, struggling (a lot!) As I had already done a couple of miles before I found them, I reckon I did about 14.
As my osteopath put it, "it probably wasn't the 14 when you should have done 9, it probably wasn't the 3 of speedwork on the Tuesday, but running 5 on the Wednesday without a rest day, (significant pause) at your age...
You've heard of micro-tears in muscles?
This appears to have been rather a lot of tears, and not so micro, in rather a lot of muscles, radiating out from my knee, nearly recovered now after two weeks of rest, only one muscle still hurts. Ron the pod has identified why it's always the same knee, so the load should be spread a bit better from tomorrow. Yippee, and planning to take it a bit easier for a couple of days.
Moral of story - if over 40, act your age, if only when running...
Ironwolf - I'll be good and patient
Going to the physio tomorrow for the first time. I'm stepping up the training and although I've no injuries so far, my legs keep feeling very stiff and tired. So will try a sports massage weekly to see if increases recovery rate and allows more and better training. Prophylactic measure really.
JJ