Where's Doobrie?

Doesnotcompute <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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By my reckoning he should have been back a week or so ago....

Surely it isn't only me who walks in from wherever I've been and logs on (if PC has been logged
off!) and checks mail/news immediately before doing anything much else?

Speaking of people who seem to have been away from the NG for a while
(i.e. me!), it's nice to be back! I've been away for a good while finishing off my PhD thesis, but
now have some spare time on my hands, which makes a pleasant change. As this is a cycling
group, I suppose there are certain analogies with the TdF; having put the mountains
(writing-up process) behind me, there's only a final time trial (viva voce exam) to get out of
the way before the run-in to Paris (graduation/booze-up) - and I hope the team mechanics
(binding service) do their job well! Unfortunately, I seem to have spent large chunks of the
summer sat on a swivel chair in front of a PC, so am probably hopelessly unfit by now. Not
sure what my hopes are of getting back into shape in order to do something meaningful with the
current 'cross season :-(

Regards, David E. Belcher