Ruined by the frustration of not getting the ball to go where you want, and hours spent looking for where you hit the poxy ball in the first place.
Took bike out for a slow hot run Helped some Polish guys push start an R1, fell on my arse and now have hands like peeled peaches.....................nice!!!!
Oh that's just not fair. These were nice guys, complete nutters but nice guys. One of them nearly put his R1 through a fence trying to hold onto a bottle of water and brake at the same time (in the car park). The same guy was running Supercorsas and the rear was completely ragged, right to the edge. Asked if they tracked, to which the reply was "used to but not recently" these guys said they go through 3 or 4 rears a season, said he with the HUGE chicken strips (impressed was I). They could certainly shift. Also got passed on the way home by a white 848, nearly got off as I thought I'd stopped at the rate he passed. Looked great but I do wonder about a successful long term prognosis on his license, if he does that regularly. If your on here it was yesterday on the Tyndrum, then Loch Lomond road (the old bit), nice riding, I was on a black 1098 riding even slower than normal coz every time I wound the throttle it was accompanied by Oooh ouch Ahh fek Ahhh Ooooh.
Heh Fin, I might be up your way at some point later in the year. I want to get some close video footage of the falls of Lora, if I've time I'll pop into Oban and look you up for a coffee (on me)
Yes the water, I'll "Start a Conversation" once I firm things up. Probably need to overnight as I'll come up on the train. The bike would just be a PIA carrying a monopod or tripod Went through the "Grey Dogs" a few weeks back the weather was fukin atrocious, here is a wee linky to some video I managed to get, lucky I got anything at all John
We concreted 4 small plinths at work then took a site decision to go home. I'm currently sat in the garden in the sun drinking a nice cold pint of thatchers gold, it's westcountry for chic...
TT600 said: ↑ [/QUOTE And my commission.......?[/QUOTE] [/QUOTE a big thank you,which knowing you don't need the cash i recon is worth a lot more. seriously tho i probably wouldn't of bothered had i not got a wee nudge from your good self.[/QUOTE] happy to help. i always need the cash, but i would not wish you to risk your arms, by suggesting at all that you stretch them ( they are very short) into the pockets of your trews ( very deep pockets..) Managed to help several people in this issue, rewarding to be able to help get satisfactory resolution.
Like many sports or activities - tennis, painting, photography, learning a new language or even dare i say it , motorbike riding- all take considerable effort and time to get to be "any good". If it is was easy, everyone would do it on day one. But therein lies the sense of satisfaction and challenge that makes life interesting, surely? If you play regularly, then you will get better. Have the odd lesson, bit of practice, and you wont be losing balls. I used to play once a week, and got ok, I was soon finding more balls than i lost, and most of the time my shots would sort of go where i was aiming - ish.... As for making money at it, yes the rewards can be decent - only last weekend, i won a small tournament up near Liverpool ( Hoylake i think it was, got some nice sweetie jar and a cheque for me trouble, begorra), but each year only the top 128 on the money list qualify for the european tour the following year, and each year over 1000 compete in Q school to fight for one of 25 cards to join the tour. They then have to win enough money to make the following year- so hardly security of tenure. When you play, week in week out- tournaments are over four days, presuming one makes the cut, so there is continuous travel and cheap accommodation, away from family hoping you make enough money to cover the mortgage and expenses. That can be quite difficult i would imagine. Perhaps a bit more than 'old rope'? i only play for fun, i think its an amusing game- in terms of self challenge and sometimes the psychology of playing against opponents ' better ' than me. When i drive my ball a long way further than them, its interesting to watch how they handle being outdriven by someone who is as bad as me. I can't be arsed putting, so thats where i lose a game, but the mental strife some people go through in handling someone who on the face of it is worse than them - is enlightening - in a game environment. Its a good game for self discipline, how to handle disappointment when your playing the third and your tee shot ends up two holes across on the 7th fairway.... or you've just ploughed your third ball off the tee into the water. Only you've hit it, only you are to blame, so deal with it. and at the end of the day, its only a walk, some nice fresh air, some wildlife spotting and social engagement. yes, i would encourage my kid to play it - " can i be your caddy Miss?" Mark Twain- its a good quote, but his first book was not Tom Sawyer/Huck Finn etc - he had to practice his writing and put some effort in. I think his first published important book was "The Celebrated Jumping frog of Calaveras County". Ive not read it, never met anyone who has, but i guess its not got too much popular acclaim, although it did get some attention. With practice and effort, he got better....and then he got money for old rope...
Good post. Valid, interesting points. There are some activities which are easier than others. Not necessarily to master, but just easier to get to an acceptable level. English is a simpler language to speak than German or French, although mastery is perhaps even harder. Similarly, squash is a much more rewarding game to play badly than tennis: you never lose the ball, and it's never very far away to pick up. You can also hit it as hard as you like. It might not help you win the point, but it won't "go out". Tennis is not very rewarding to play badly, and I'm willing to bet that golf is the same. Playing musical instruments requires a lot of hard work too, but so long as you can stand the sound you're making as you get there, that's all fine. For my money, the effort/payoff equation to get good at golf just isn't worth the candle, which is why I have never taken it up. But if there was nothing else to do, I'd happily play it. But I have way too many demands on my leisure time to get any good at it. If it took the same amount of time to learn how to make beautiful music, or to get really good at putting a small ball in a distant hole, I know where I'd be investing my effort. In fact, I am.
