Have you heard the joke about paper?
Never mind, it's tearable...
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Have you heard the joke about paper?
Never mind, it's tearable...
Patient: Every time I sneeze I get an erection.
Doctor: Are you taking anything for it?
Patient: Yes, snuff!
:D
An alarming fact is that 100% of domestic accidents occur in the home!
As Philip Jones points out in Adventures in Running and Ageing, whilst a very, very small % of people die when taking exercise the percentage who die when not is a solid 100%.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
It would be more useful to know where you were going to die than when. Then you needn't go there...
At least not until you were ready.
A mathematician, an engineer and an accountant are each asked, "What is 2 plus 2?".
The mathematician says, "4".
The engineer taps away at his calculator and eventually says, "4.00, to three significant figures".
The accountant says, "What do you want it to be?".
What'd call a rabbit with fleas? Bugs bunny
The spade has to be the greatest invention ever. It was truly ground breaking...
Since I started ironing my shirts, the quality of them has really decreased...
"I used to be a pilot" he explained...
tick... tick... tick... Oh I see :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mossdog
Took me a while…
What the hell will they come up with next.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
Parkclaw: "Graphene foam propels 25% more energy return for longer-lasting wild speed."
I could have done with a bit of wild speed back in the day, do people get paid to come up with this marketing drivel?
Probably dreamed up by some halfwit who thinks "wild camping" is parking a campervan in a layby!
This made me chuckle...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s92UMJNjPIA
My life philosophy is to try and live everyday as if it was my last...
Which is why I spend all day either shuffling around in pyjamas or in a coma....
Just read an article on “naked running”, this is becoming the new in thing. Unfortunately it doesn’t involve simple nudity, worse than that, it is running with no electronic gadgets 😱, no garmin, no music, no watch; shock horror, runners are finding it enjoyable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Llani Boy
I'm probably the only runner in my club who runs with no gadgets or gizmos, so obviously I'm not on strava or the like. I lead a lot of runs for beginners and improvers. They are mortified that I don't know how far we've gone. At the end of runs they all compare data and if we happen to have only done say 5.8 miles, some of the more extreme may jog round the field to round it up!Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
I have started carrying a phone now, but only when running on my own over the hills.
I was at running club when I first heard about this years ago; someone asked me if I was a naked runner as I had no watch or accessories. I couldn’t believe it was a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by MattPo
I wistfully look back to those days when I realise I can’t even go for a short jaunt on my bike without Garmin. I’ve been sucked in!
I should perhaps point out that when I make a post on the "Today's Bike Ride" thread with a distance estimate, that estimate is made by laying out the OS map on a table and running one of those little measuring wheels over the route.Quote:
Originally Posted by felltrumpet
I can't deny that I am also sucked into the Garmin stuff for my bike these last couple of years and it does help with a little motivation in my old age. But I went through my running life without anything but a watch sometimes, to see what the time was (so not late home etc.) or aproximate pace on my favourite runs, I wouldn't dream of listening to music in the countryside.Quote:
Originally Posted by felltrumpet
It never occured to me that people would need gadgets to even start running.
Years ago I drove to ODG planning a walk. When I got there I realised I had forgotten my Garmin so I went straight back home. My only excuse was that the weather was pretty grim.
Until relatively recently I was even lower tech; using a piece of string on the OS map and then measuring it against the scale rule on the bottom (Is this beginning to sound like the four Yorkshiremen sketch?)Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonykay
If you wanted to update your tech, without buying anything or carrying anything else on your bike, you could use the 'Directions from here' option when you right-click on Google Maps (might be different if you're not using Windows), and click start and end points. You can then right-click again to use the 'Add a destination' to add control points. I have found the distance to be accurate compared to GPS and map measuring, although the height gained I would describe as 'questionable'.
Another free alternative, is https://cycle.travel/map where you can pick your points and the 'Mountain' button will show you your profile. My research indicated this is more accurate than Google maps.
For what it's worth, I only use my Garmin Forerunner 35 for training, and then I have it strapped to the bars to tell me how fast I'm going during intervals. I don't do Strava and chase segments.
I use two Garmins on my bars measuring different fields.
I suppose I could add my phone as well but there isn't much room.:)
I can remember Terry Pratchett being asked why he had 6 computer screens open at the same time at his work desk - his answer - "Because there isn't room for 8".
Just remember the little mechanical bike distance recorders with a little cog wheel on the end that clipped to your forks with a little spike on your spokes that hit the cog on every revolution? Click, click, click, click....
Or in some cases click.........click......
click...
As much fun as when the first thing you did when you got a car was go to buy a stick on rear windscreen demister and wire it dubiously to whatever live feed you could find in the rats nest of wires under the dashboard.
[QUOTE=Mark G;683312]Just remember the little mechanical bike distance recorders with a little cog wheel on the end that clipped to your forks with a little spike on your spokes that hit the cog on every revolution? Click, click, click, click....
Or in some cases click.........click......
click...
Yep. Told you all you really needed to know...and even allowing for inflation they didn't cost upwards of £500.:)
I recall when we helped organise LDWA events, that was invariably done in the pub using an OS map and bit of string round the course, this was the published distance - all fine and acceptable until the first GPS came along.
Then the arguments started, the event finish became all about comparing GPS recorded distances, most accurate GPS models, elevation etc. and naturally comments to the organisers who had got the stated distance wrong by x miles or feet or whatever.
Everybody seemed quite happy until the technology reared it's ugly head, now it is an obsession.
I love it when Gen Z discover something 'new' that people have been doing for thousands of years up until the last couple of decades (running without any 'tech') and have to give it a special name #nakedrunning :D
I can't wait for them to discover dimple pint beer mugs and tin-baths, and take inspiration from surely the greenist, net-zero friendly, of all vehicle types and power sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq7noaMwLfg :cool:
[QUOTE=Graham Breeze;683313]Yes, but it's weird. Buying a new bike in about 93 I splashed out on one of the early electronic bike computers. If I remember correctly it would display speed and elapsed distance and cost about £20. Or you could pay a little more for one that also gave you average speed and a pace arrow. And they were wired of course. £20 seemed like a lot of money back then - I think Walshes were about £30. So a (very) basic bike computer cost about 2/3 the cost of a decent pair of fell shoes. Now shoes are £100+ but you can buy an incredibly sophisticated bike computer for less than I paid originally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark G
[QUOTE=Mark G;683317]You can also pay over £900 now for a Garmin wristwatch; most of the local cyclists have cycling versions that are north of £500 (I'm sure they could use the satnav out of their car for nowt for what they actually use it for). I don't, as my forerunner 35 does everything I need - and doesn't sound like a mobile disco at the end of every kilometre, mile, segment, and king of the mountain locationQuote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
I've got a Garmin Fenix.
It was around £650 in the shops new.... although i bought 2nd hand off a mate for less than half that.
Again i use barely any of the features.... distance and pace basically... i don't download anything to Strava or the Garmin App or anything.
Its pretty bulletproof which matters more to me... some of the Garmins that cost around £250 new look pretty flimsy to me.
I've just been out on my bike for 24 miles to do an errand and I can report that when I got back my Timex Ironman watch, my Motorola phone and both Garmins were showing the same time of day.
So let's not knock technology.:)
I don't see any problem in barely using any of the features, particularly if the device is half-price (mine was too). The problem comes when you can't take up a sport or hobby until you've got all the technology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
I get this too, as if you're going to use technology you want it to be able to withstand the sport it's going to be used in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Travs
I use a wired cycle computer, anything else doesn't meet my requirements for reliability.
I was telling a colleague that I’m quite into Beyoncé at the moment.
He said ‘what ever floats your boat’
I replied that is bouyancy
I dig
You dig
We dig...
Not the best poem, but it's very deep.
What'd call a magician who has lost his magic?
Ian
Why can't dogs dance? Cos they've got two left feet...woof woof