The things husbands do...

wafflycat said:

"MSeries" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wafflycat said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404
wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the
region of £1600...

You are joking ? £1600 on wheels for a kid ? Surely he should be
studying instead of messing around on bikes in such an important year
in his education.

Indeed he does study. He studies a lot. I make sure he studies a lot.
However all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. He does require
*some* time out periodically for a bit of relaxation.

Not to mention how much better the brain works if it's got a nice healthy
heart and lungs to power it.

And with that, I notice it's getting dark soon, and my body needs exercise.

--
Ambrose

wafflycat said:

"MSeries" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wafflycat said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404
wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the
region of £1600...

You are joking ? £1600 on wheels for a kid ? Surely he should be
studying instead of messing around on bikes in such an important year
in his education.

Indeed he does study. He studies a lot. I make sure he studies a lot.
However all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. He does require
*some* time out periodically for a bit of relaxation.

Not to mention how much better the brain works if it's got a nice healthy
heart and lungs to power it.

And with that, I notice it's getting dark soon, and my body needs exercise.

--
Ambrose

wafflycat w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404 wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the region of
£1600...

<faints>

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So no excuses from Nathan then when it comes to his time trialling in the
forthcoming season!

He's very lucky to have such generous parents.

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Vernon's excuse, err.. reason, is 'it's Nathan's main exam year and I don't
want him distracted by drooling over cycling kit."

So, not a cunning plan on your part to prise Nathan's sticky paws off Mr
Frosty then? :-)

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There is a certain logic to that, but I shall be using my husband as a
tester for my forthcoming book, '101 exciting recipes for baked beans and
tripe' ;D

That should ensure he has a tailwind for the rest of the year.....

--
Carol
"Reality is almost always wrong" - Dr Greg House, House M.D.

"Carol Hague" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wafflycat w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404 wheels
and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the region of
£1600...

<faints>

Quoted message said:

So no excuses from Nathan then when it comes to his time trialling in the
forthcoming season!

He's very lucky to have such generous parents.

More his generous father. I'd have been searching out second hand stuff a
bit more!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Vernon's excuse, err.. reason, is 'it's Nathan's main exam year and I
don't
want him distracted by drooling over cycling kit."

So, not a cunning plan on your part to prise Nathan's sticky paws off Mr
Frosty then? :-)

Currently he's decidedly in love with his Cervelo Soloist. Dreams of CSC
methinks. Good job he hasn't used Norbert Frosty to go to college the past
couple of days. Up the road for the last two days there's a long section
which is so deep in mud that it's effectively an off-road section. I've
never known it so bad. There's a lot of agricultural machinery being moved
with no attempt made to clear the road of mud. It is inches deep across the
entire width of the road for several hundred yards. If he was using Norbert,
I think he'd sink out of sight!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

There is a certain logic to that, but I shall be using my husband as a
tester for my forthcoming book, '101 exciting recipes for baked beans
and
tripe' ;D

That should ensure he has a tailwind for the rest of the year.....

There is that.

Cheers, helen s

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--
Carol
"Reality is almost always wrong" - Dr Greg House, House M.D.

Ambrose Nankivell said:

That's what my web browser tells me, too. But I go round the corner to
the bus stop, and it tells me when the next one is coming. Which should
I believe, the intarweb or a bus shelter?

I don't know, but I'm impressed if Helen's other half has ordered a bus
that fits to his bike.

d.

In article <[email hidden]>, Ambrose Nankivell

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Richard said:

Arthur Clune said:

wafflycat wrote:

> My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404
> wheels and a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost
> in the region of ?1600...

Oh. 404s. Good choice sir! I think a pair of those might be arriving
on my bike before the season really gets going....

I'm sure 404s aren't available.

That's what my web browser tells me, too. But I go round the corner to the
bus stop, and it tells me when the next one is coming. Which should I
believe, the intarweb or a bus shelter?

Believe the Monks: <URL:http://legslarry.8bit.co.uk/biffo>

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of
the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and
credulity encourages.

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('w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com') said:

"Richard"
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I'm sure 404s aren't available.

Yes they are apparently: husband has just ordered some and was told
they are available. Mind you, husband was told they would be going up
in price in the very near future...

Any particular reason why you think they aren't available?

Geeky joke: 404 is HTTP for 'no such thing exists, go away'

--
[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; Diplomacy, American: see Intelligence, Military

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:59:33 +0000 (UTC), "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404 wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the region of
£1600...

Is it too late to ask you to adopt me?

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:59:33 +0000 (UTC), "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404 wheels
and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the region of
£1600...

Is it too late to ask you to adopt me?

Guy

Don't take it personally, but having one offspring is expensive enough. I
knew I got neutered for a reason ;-)

Cheers, helen s

wafflycat w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com said:

"Carol Hague" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

So, not a cunning plan on your part to prise Nathan's sticky paws off Mr
Frosty then? :-)

Currently he's decidedly in love with his Cervelo Soloist.

Pah! Fickle creature! :-)

Quoted message said:

Dreams of CSC
methinks. Good job he hasn't used Norbert Frosty to go to college the past
couple of days. Up the road for the last two days there's a long section
which is so deep in mud that it's effectively an off-road section. I've
never known it so bad. There's a lot of agricultural machinery being moved
with no attempt made to clear the road of mud.

Ah, Free Range Mud Farming. Used to get a fair bit of that when we lived
in Zummerzet.

Worst thing though was when they resurfaced one of the country lanes on
my then route home from work and signally failed to remove the excess
chippings. Trying to ride uphill through 2" or so of loose gravel was
Not Much Fun, especially as it was on my upright, which nearly
wasn't....

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It is inches deep across the
entire width of the road for several hundred yards. If he was using Norbert,
I think he'd sink out of sight!

Good practice for the bog-snorkeling championships I guess, but not so
good for the paintwork.

--
Carol
"Reality is almost always wrong" - Dr Greg House, House M.D.

wafflycat said:

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:59:33 +0000 (UTC), "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> said in
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404
wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the
region of £1600...

Is it too late to ask you to adopt me?

Don't take it personally, but having one offspring is expensive
enough. I knew I got neutered for a reason ;-)

Look, I know you're one to call a spayed a spayed, but surely there's a
better word than neutered when it's people involved.*
--
Ambrose
*oh, and I obviously only posted this comment for the pun.

Ambrose Nankivell said:

wafflycat said:

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 11:59:33 +0000 (UTC), "wafflycat"
<w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com> said in
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> My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404
> wheels and
> a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the
> region of £1600...

Is it too late to ask you to adopt me?

Don't take it personally, but having one offspring is expensive
enough. I knew I got neutered for a reason ;-)

Look, I know you're one to call a spayed a spayed, but surely there's a
better word than neutered when it's people involved.*
--
Ambrose
*oh, and I obviously only posted this comment for the pun.

I hope nobody gets their tubes in a twist over this

<thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>

IGMC
james

"wafflycat" <w*a*ff£y£cat*@£btco*nn£ect.com>typed

Quoted message said:

There is a certain logic to that, but I shall be using my husband as a
tester for my forthcoming book, '101 exciting recipes for baked beans and
tripe' ;D

Or 'Feeding the Five Thousand for 50p'.

Porridge
Lentil Soup
Overripe bananananas...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

"Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Look, I know you're one to call a spayed a spayed, but surely there's a
better word than neutered when it's people involved.*

Oh I have been known to refer to it as my hystericalrectum ;-)

Cheers, helen s

Response to Simon Brooke:

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Any particular reason why you think they aren't available?

Geeky joke: 404 is HTTP for 'no such thing exists, go away'

SWMBO's dad received from me this Xmas a mug with
"404 The coffee cannot be found" printed on it, which I bought from

http://www.cheeplinux.com

Standard ironic twist: they've since stopped selling it.

--
Mark, UK

"If you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything."

Mark McNeill said:

Response to Simon Brooke:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Any particular reason why you think they aren't available?

Geeky joke: 404 is HTTP for 'no such thing exists, go away'

SWMBO's dad received from me this Xmas a mug with
"404 The coffee cannot be found" printed on it, which I bought from

I think cashncarrion do them as well - got my brother one last year
(tea variant).

...d

wafflycat said:

My husband has just informed me he has ordered a pair of Zipp 404 wheels and
a Zipp disk wheel, all brand new, for Nathan, at a cost in the region of
£1600...

This is a wind-up isn't it?

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So no excuses from Nathan then when it comes to his time trialling in the
forthcoming season!

National squad minimum I would think. or questions should be raised in the
House.

I hope you post the results.

John B

On 11 Jan 2006 09:17:27 -0800, "[email hidden]"
<[email hidden]> said in
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8< snip

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<thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>

Of course you could think of one, you just didn't have the balls to
post it

Guy
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http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

"To every complex problem there is a solution which is
simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:

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8< snip

Quoted message said:

<thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>

Of course you could think of one, you just didn't have the balls to
post it

I think that snip totally missed the point.

[And there's a vas deferens between the above and my first draft...]

--
Mark, UK

"I don't mind people looking down on me as long as they don't expect me
to be looking up."

Mark McNeill said:

Response to Just zis Guy, you know?:

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8< snip

Quoted message said:

<thinks hard but fails to come up with vasectomy pun>

Of course you could think of one, you just didn't have the balls to
post it

I think that snip totally missed the point.

[And there's a vas deferens between the above and my first draft...]

Can we assume then that the above is your seminal work on the topic?

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham