Learning curve
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deathpixieThings I have learned in the past twenty-four-ish hours:
1) Don't spar with the guy the rest of the karate club calls "Crazy Dave" - it can only end in bruies.
2) Eat as soon as you get home from training. Macaroni and cheese at
10.30pm leads to weird dreams about being late for work because the cafe you left your bag behind in has become a crime scene due to the bloody massacre of the clientele by someone dressed up like a shark fin. Not the whole shark, mind, just the fin.
3) I'm doing something to my bike that results in valves tearing off the tube. Mental note: find out what this is before the bike shop owns my soul due to having to continually buy replacement tubes.
4) I was apparently channelling Neil from The Young Ones today. My computer wouldn't start and needs the desktop rebuilt, the program we use for work hated me so much I had to log in four times, and I was afraid to go near the photocopier in case I accidentally opened a portal into Satan's Office. Techno-fear!
5) Once Ekrem (whose computer I was using as he was off sick today and mine was kaput) leaves for Sunshine, his collection of insane people are going to have a collective nervous breakdown which will possibly immobilise Melbourne's mental health services. These are the people who only speak to Ekrem, and now he's been transferred. A day of sitting at his desk answering his calls was bad enough. Melbournites, you've been warned - beware the Ides of June.
6) I need to start a karate quote file. From Alex the Sensei last night: "You need to distract your opponent. You can slap him across the ear, punch him in the face, or grabbing him by the testicles always works." Yes, Alex, I believe it would.
Also, this gem from tonight:
Alex: *poking me* And this is the stomach point.
Me: Um, Alex, that's actually my breas... ow!
*Alex digs his finger into a pressure point and causes pain*
Me: Okay, okay, it's the stomach!
7) Livejournal is being shitty again today - this was much funnier the
first time and I've been trying to update all day, to no avail.
8) The second day of training after a period off hurts much more than the first day. Also, I haven't forgotten as many katas as I'd thought - I just need reminding.
9) A hot bath is Of The Strong.
1) Don't spar with the guy the rest of the karate club calls "Crazy Dave" - it can only end in bruies.
2) Eat as soon as you get home from training. Macaroni and cheese at
10.30pm leads to weird dreams about being late for work because the cafe you left your bag behind in has become a crime scene due to the bloody massacre of the clientele by someone dressed up like a shark fin. Not the whole shark, mind, just the fin.
3) I'm doing something to my bike that results in valves tearing off the tube. Mental note: find out what this is before the bike shop owns my soul due to having to continually buy replacement tubes.
4) I was apparently channelling Neil from The Young Ones today. My computer wouldn't start and needs the desktop rebuilt, the program we use for work hated me so much I had to log in four times, and I was afraid to go near the photocopier in case I accidentally opened a portal into Satan's Office. Techno-fear!
5) Once Ekrem (whose computer I was using as he was off sick today and mine was kaput) leaves for Sunshine, his collection of insane people are going to have a collective nervous breakdown which will possibly immobilise Melbourne's mental health services. These are the people who only speak to Ekrem, and now he's been transferred. A day of sitting at his desk answering his calls was bad enough. Melbournites, you've been warned - beware the Ides of June.
6) I need to start a karate quote file. From Alex the Sensei last night: "You need to distract your opponent. You can slap him across the ear, punch him in the face, or grabbing him by the testicles always works." Yes, Alex, I believe it would.
Also, this gem from tonight:
Alex: *poking me* And this is the stomach point.
Me: Um, Alex, that's actually my breas... ow!
*Alex digs his finger into a pressure point and causes pain*
Me: Okay, okay, it's the stomach!
7) Livejournal is being shitty again today - this was much funnier the
first time and I've been trying to update all day, to no avail.
8) The second day of training after a period off hurts much more than the first day. Also, I haven't forgotten as many katas as I'd thought - I just need reminding.
9) A hot bath is Of The Strong.
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Date: 2003-05-22 07:00 am (UTC)I had this problem once. I discovered it was the way I was inflating my tires. As I pumped, I was unknowingly rubbing the base of the valve against the edge of the hole that it comes through the rim. It wore thin and burst after I hit the slightest bump. I also doubled up on the rim tape so that the spoke ends wouldn't put as much pressure on the tube (that was a big problem on my tandem---way more weight on the tires there).
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Date: 2003-05-22 06:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-05-22 07:01 am (UTC)10.30pm leads to weird dreams about being late for work because the cafe you left your bag behind in has become a crime scene due to the bloody massacre of the clientele by someone dressed up like a shark fin. Not the whole shark, mind, just the fin.
*stares at you* Ummm, right.
And yeah, LJ has been acting oddly lately. I've been having to refresh before it'll show my comments or posts. *sighs* And that's only one of the problems... 'Course, my computer could be causing a lot of them, too, that cheap piece of... *shakes head* Ah, well. I liked your CBFFA award show fragment. *g*
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Date: 2003-05-22 06:58 pm (UTC)