Brain and body

That's interesting. I think that unicycling uses different muscles than
anything else does, or at least puts stress on the muscles in different
ways. So not doing it for so long probably does make your muscles
'forget' how to work properly for that long. or something.... ( :

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Mikefule said:

* cream crackered *

😄

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Being over 40 is a totally different ballgame in the fitness world, it
disappears quicker,and takes longer to get back. At least with fitness,
you can get it back, its the hearing and eyesight that never comes back.

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aspenmike said:

*Being over 40 is a totally different ballgame in the fitness world,
it disappears quicker,and takes longer to get back. At least with
fitness, you can get it back, its the hearing and eyesight that never
comes back. *

yup

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aspenmike said:

*Being over 40 is a totally different ballgame in the fitness world,
it disappears quicker,and takes longer to get back. At least with
fitness, you can get it back, its the hearing and eyesight that never
comes back. *

Wait 'til you pass 50 :eek:

I don't which one I hate the most, being blind or being deaf 😉

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What kind of dancing do you do?

Andrew

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aspenmike said:

its the hearing and eyesight that never comes back.

But on the bright side of things: hearing and eyesight don't
deteriorate from lack of use.

Well, probably so in extreme cases but I've never heard of exercise to
keep hearing and eyesight in good shape.

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KJ-52 said:

*What kind of dancing do you do?*

Morris dancing - it's a traditional English dance performed by teams,
usually of six men, a Fool, and a musician. I'm the Fool (think of it
as a jester) hence the name, Mikefule.

Although it's English, there are now teams worldwide, including New
York, Toronto, Hong Kong, Sydney, (for Klaas Bil) Helmond and Utrecht.
(Whilst most English dancing enthusiasts seem to do line dancing, Cajun
dancing, French dancing... almost anything except their own
traditionas.🙄 )

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Mikefule said:

* ... almost anything except their own traditionas.🙄 ) *

***warning - threadjack ***

In Ireland a few years ago, we group of girls were pubbing, looking for
traditional Irish music; all we could find was a band playing Journey
covers!

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Mikefule said:

*Morris dancing - it's a traditional English dance performed by teams,
usually of six men, a Fool, and a musician. I'm the Fool (think of it
as a jester) hence the name, Mikefule.
*

Dare I bring up the old Arnold Bax maxim - You should try everything
once - except incest and morris dancing.

Yes, I guess I dare ... 😉 although, non-unicycling folk could probably
level a similar charge on unicycling !

I actually quite enjoy morris dancing - as an observer rather than a
combatant, I hasten to add. All to do with pagan fertility rights and
so on, I believe 😄. Could be useful for some of us 40-somethings.

Chris

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[quote="munidobs"][B]Dare I bring up the old Arnold Bax maxim - You should try
everything once - except incest and morris dancing.

B][/quote]


I have also found this quote attributed to Sir Thomas Beecham, and to
which a critic replied - "What's so bad about incest ?"


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😄 😄 😄 😄

(sorry Mike...)

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i'm sure that comment is to mike as 'u've lost a wheel!' is to the rest
of us

i just can't wait to hear the comeback
🙂

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I have observed batch of one only........
I started unicycling on my 65-th birthday.
Unless daily attempt is made .
Longer distance unicycling is getting worse after breaks.
I feel it is caused by a SPECIFIC KIND OF UNFITNESS.
It is unfitness of COORDINATION between breathing and muscle
action - aggravated by hightened tendency of opposite groups of muscles
getting tense as the owner of the BRAIN is INTIMIDATED A BIT MORE.
Having observed above I have attempted, with relative succes,
to combat the condition with PERIODIC HYPERVENTILATION.
Skills I have learned when young return almost instantly eg.
horseriding after 20years break.(Skill fully back at the day of trying
and 2 weeks of painful muscles after).
😄

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GILD said:

*i'm sure that comment is to mike as 'u've lost a wheel!' is to the
rest of us

i just can't wait to hear the comeback
🙂 *

Hmmmmm. Where's your other wheel? Quite.

Any official list of Morris dancing comments would include:
Hello Morris!
Which one's Morris?
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way...
(To a Morris man at the urinal) Just having a tinkle, are we?
Pull the other one, it's got bells on.

Of these, "Which one's Morris?" is the only one inviting a witty
riposte. The best I came up with (there were about 8 of us) was, "All
of us. We're twins."

Also, it has nothing to do with "fertility". It is a "futility rite".
;0)

And there is only ONE Morris dancing joke, and it is slightly rude, but
follows. Avert your eyes if easily offended:

Q Why are there no Jewish Morris dancers?
A It takes a complete pr*ck to Morris dance

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You may have covered this in one of your many previous posts, Mike - but
have you ever ridden the uni while performing with the Morris team? It
would seem an appropriate vehicle for the fool - or is it against
tradition?

Aside - my brother-in-law is a dancer with the Rumford Morris Men and I
remember a great weekend at a meet in that village where Doctor
Doolittle was filmed (the original with Rex Harrison).

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Uniwitold said:

* I started unicycling on my 65-th birthday. *

That is fantanstic! Can anyone top 65?

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s7ev0 wondered:

Quoted message said:

You may have covered this in one of your many previous posts, Mike - but
have you ever ridden the uni while performing with the Morris team? It
would seem an appropriate vehicle for the fool - or is it against
tradition?

Years ago I used to go along to a unicycle club where one of the
regulars was also into morris dancing. We had a few unicycle morris
practice sessions as a result. They didn't go terribly well - we were
mostly novice unicyclists and somewhat handicapped by the fact that we
were unable to ride backwards.

A few years after that I had a GF who was into morris dancing and who
was also a unicyclist. She dragged me along to a morris practice
session and the dancers were quite keen to draw me in as a permanent
member, but we never combined it with unicycling.

I'd quite like to give unicycle morris dancing another go sometime.

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newtouni said:

*Can anyone top 65? *

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