Reasons to be cheerful!

[Tank]

Brilliant xSPx. The world is a better place because it has you in it.

[Dave]

Short version of my tl:dr last post:

I have no room for an exercise machine in my single small room.

I HATE EXERCISE AND ALWAYS HAVE!

Exercise causes angina and anti-angina medicine causes angina.

Sorry for derailing whole purpose of this thread.

Having a bad year.

Going to bed,

[hermes2015]

Short version of my tl:dr last post:

I have no room for an exercise machine in my single small room.

I HATE EXERCISE AND ALWAYS HAVE!

Exercise causes angina and anti-angina medicine causes angina.

Sorry for derailing whole purpose of this thread.

Having a bad year.

Going to bed,

Dave, so much of what you say resonates with me. We just have to keep on fighting.

[Dave]

Our local main bus company, suitably named "Stagecoach",  has given up the bus route that shuttles between our two main hospitals.

Hip, hip hoo-bloody-rah!

Another company, Pullman, a far better nane, has taken it over. Though with less frequent runs, every 30 minutes rather than 20. But they have extended the route into the Gloucester bus station, something I tried, unsuccessfully, to petition for some years ago. Previously the only bus to the local hospital from the station went every hour from 9.15am to 4pm. If you had an early or late appointment (not unusual for CAT or MRI scans or operations), had no car and could not walk the quarter mile (has been a problem for me at times, would be currently) the only recourse was a taxi. Ditto all visiting hours. The car parks are always stuffed from about 7.30am until 9pm.

The new service runs from 6.30am to 7pm, a big improvement and I hope it proves profitable and a success. It also provides every seat with USB charging and free WIFI.

[Biggus Dickus]

Short version of my tl:dr last post:

I have no room for an exercise machine in my single small room.

I HATE EXERCISE AND ALWAYS HAVE!

Exercise causes angina and anti-angina medicine causes angina.

Sorry for derailing whole purpose of this thread.

Having a bad year.

Going to bed,

Sorry Dave if it was me who upset you, hope you feel better.

[Dave]

Short version of my tl:dr last post:

I have no room for an exercise machine in my single small room.

I HATE EXERCISE AND ALWAYS HAVE!

Exercise causes angina and anti-angina medicine causes angina.

Sorry for derailing whole purpose of this thread.

Having a bad year.

Going to bed,

Sorry Dave if it was me who upset you, hope you feel better.

No, mate, not your fault, I have another problem that has me in a flat spin, where all three "solutions" have roughly equivalent "penalties" associated with them.

But, though "cardiac" exercise is good for me there is limit as to what and how much I can do - as one doictor said, "Stop when it hurts".  Would you race a car, with which you had strong sentimental bonds, that only had three cylinders working, up a hill?

And I have never liked formal exercise or sports since I was a little kid. Though, strangely, I loved "movement to music", sort of "free dance", in my first school. Walking is something you do to get to a specific place to acheive a specific task. Running (if you are able) is something you do to catch an important bus or to avoid a danger. Lifting weights is something you do in the pub, only one glass at a time.

I climbed and caved when young, but selected sites with minimum walking if I had the choice. But I loved the "mechanics" of those activities, balance, opposing holding forces, thrust vectors; all the techniques plus the kit needed and how to use it etc, etc.

I do "flexibility", balance and muscle exercises in the kitchen whilst waiting for the kettle to boil, that is why I can still almost touch my toes without bending my legs, stand from a squat or a low chair without a push up etc. So, despite appearances to the contrary, I am not a total couch slouch. Losing 24 pounds weight has helped a bit, I am now just into the weight band for my height and age, with a BMI of about 24.5*. And  about 4 inches smaller in trouser waist sizes.

* Or a BMI of 23.5 if you allow for the height loss due to my bandy legs!

[Guardian85]

My "Manly Man™" stocks must be on the  rise today. 
I just started brewing my own beer! 

Will know in a cople of weeks how much I've screwed it up.

[Dave]

My "Manly Man™" stocks must be on the  rise today. 
I just started brewing my own beer! 

Will know in a cople of weeks how much I've screwed it up.

Hic!

[xSilverPhinx]

That sounds interesting G85. Will we be seeing a new Guardian brand soon?

[Sandra Craft]

My "Manly Man™" stocks must be on the  rise today. 
I just started brewing my own beer! 

Will know in a cople of weeks how much I've screwed it up.

How does one go about betaing a beer?  Are there professional tasters you can hire, or do you just corral a bunch of experienced friends into being guinea pigs?

[Guardian85]

My "Manly Man™" stocks must be on the  rise today. 
I just started brewing my own beer! 

Will know in a cople of weeks how much I've screwed it up.

How does one go about betaing a beer?  Are there professional tasters you can hire, or do you just corral a bunch of experienced friends into being guinea pigs?

At a higher level of craftsmanship you could take it to specialists or competitions to get their opinions.
But at the "plastic vat in the basement" level you let people have a glass, and if they ask for another it is good.

[jumbojak]

If it's not already taken I think Varangian Guard would be a good name for your beer. Maybe the label has a fellow in a pointy helmet with a Dan axe standing at attention.

[Guardian85]

If it's not already taken I think Varangian Guard would be a good name for your beer. Maybe the label has a fellow in a pointy helmet with a Dan axe standing at attention.

Not a bad idea. But as this is myself and my brother's first attempt at brewing I have some fear that it might be named "The Bloody Aweful".
We shall see in a couple of weeks.

If it turns out ok we might try for a Yule brew.

[Dave]

If it's not already taken I think Varangian Guard would be a good name for your beer. Maybe the label has a fellow in a pointy helmet with a Dan axe standing at attention.

Not a bad idea. But as this is myself and my brother's first attempt at brewing I have some fear that it might be named "The Bloody Aweful".
We shall see in a couple of weeks.

If it turns out ok we might try for a Yule brew.

"Bloody Aweful"   

I love it!

[OldGit]

But at the "plastic vat in the basement" level you let people have a glass, and if they ask for another it is good.

If they make it home on their feet, it's a bloody miracle.