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#12021 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 09:57 AM

I've started the NHS's Couch to 5k thing, and did my first run yesterday. Could skip a week straight away which was a nice surprise. Posted Image

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#12022 Tsundoku

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 11:51 AM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 04 May 2015 - 09:57 AM, said:

I've started the NHS's Couch to 5k thing, and did my first run yesterday. Could skip a week straight away which was a nice surprise. Posted Image

Just googled it and found the NHS website. I take it that it's a fitness regimen intended to get couch potatoes to be able to run 5 kms? But is it only available as a podcast? A cursory inspection didn't show any pdfs with a nicely laid-out schedule or anything like that, except for the 12 week weight loss guide. Which I dare say you don't need.

http://www.nhs.uk/Li...ouch-to-5k.aspx

Huh, originally wrote that as "wight loss", so I don't know if I was thinking of the island, or the undead. :rolleyes:

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#12023 Maark Abbott

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 11:53 AM

If you lose them... Thaddeus gon' wipe you.

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#12024 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 12:28 PM

Sombra, on 04 May 2015 - 11:51 AM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 04 May 2015 - 09:57 AM, said:

I've started the NHS's Couch to 5k thing, and did my first run yesterday. Could skip a week straight away which was a nice surprise. Posted Image

Wights should be lost at every opportunity as well!

Couch to 5k - the guide as to the intervals for each week is there. It's a fitness thing for me - and as I've never really done any running I thought it best to start with something with planned out increases and see how I go from there. That and we moved out into the countryside in October when we bought our house - it's a good way to get to see lots of it on a regular basis.

You're right though, judging on how problemless the first couple of weeks intervals were for me, I would guess it's aimed at people with excess weight to move as well as fitness to gain!

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#12025 Maark Abbott

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 01:37 PM

I've moved onto "Bakkake 3: Not In The Eyes" today, and ordered the two existing books of Aspect-Emperor to boot. Hopefully he'll have finished Inchoroi Time by the time I'm done with them (got six Eddings books to get through after Bakkake 3).

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#12026 Illuyankas

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Posted 04 May 2015 - 03:19 PM

worry, on 03 May 2015 - 07:22 PM, said:

I would immediately introduce Martial Law. Or is it Marshall? Anyway, my friend Marshall Law from college. He's into scifi/fantasy and is a real cut-up. You guys would love him.

If it's this Marshall Law, I have to wonder if that mask chafes.

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#12027 Maark Abbott

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Posted 07 May 2015 - 04:41 PM

Briar King, on 06 May 2015 - 01:31 AM, said:

Beautiful sunset with Venus shining above!

Is she your fire?

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#12028 Andorion

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Posted 07 May 2015 - 05:11 PM

Briar King, on 06 May 2015 - 01:31 AM, said:

Beautiful sunset with Venus shining above!

I would give a lot for this clear sky view you get

#12029 Gorefest

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Posted 08 May 2015 - 09:15 AM

With all the rage-invoking shenanigans of UK politics, it does make me smile to realise that I live in a country where one can actually vote for one of the following: the Class Party, the Monster Raving Loony Party, and the Cannabis is Safer Than Alcohol Party.

Somehow this makes the world a more enjoyable place to be.

Yesterday, upon the stair, I saw a man who wasn't there. He wasn't there again today. Oh, how I wish he'd go away.

#12030 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 08 May 2015 - 10:13 AM

There was a pirate party candidate in East Manchester. Also I think there was some really random ones in South Thanet (Nigel Farage's constituency). Can't remember what they were though.

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#12031 Loki

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Posted 09 May 2015 - 03:25 AM

My brother was feeling really down because it's his 25th bday and the first since our mum died.
He said he really missed the crappy birthday cakes she used to make.

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Number of downloads: 12

So I made him one. :rolleyes:

Wry, on 29 February 2012 - 10:50 AM, said:

And you're not complaining, you're criticizing. It's a side-effect of being better than everyone else, I get it sometimes too.

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#12032 McLovin

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Posted 09 May 2015 - 06:02 AM

The lime curd I just made is darn near perfect, if I do say so myself. Putting it in a tart for a dinner party tomorrow at Casa del McLovin.

OK, I think I got it, but just in case, can you say the whole thing over again? I wasn't really listening.

#12033 worry

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Posted 09 May 2015 - 07:34 AM

Loki, on 09 May 2015 - 03:25 AM, said:

My brother was feeling really down because it's his 25th bday and the first since our mum died.
He said he really missed the crappy birthday cakes she used to make.

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So I made him one. :rolleyes:

Thought you had a brother named Arsel for a second there, then I got it. Awesome!

They came with white hands and left with red hands.

#12034 TheRetiredBridgeburner

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Posted 09 May 2015 - 08:42 AM

Loki, on 09 May 2015 - 03:25 AM, said:

My brother was feeling really down because it's his 25th bday and the first since our mum died.
He said he really missed the crappy birthday cakes she used to make.

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DSC_5119.jpg

So I made him one. :rolleyes:

What a lovely idea! Posted Image

WMMH: It's Badminton Horse Trials cross country day, and the BBC have kindly stuck live coverage on the red button. My Saturday is sorted Posted Image

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 09 May 2015 - 10:19 AM

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#12035 Tsundoku

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Posted 09 May 2015 - 11:20 AM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 09 May 2015 - 08:42 AM, said:

Loki, on 09 May 2015 - 03:25 AM, said:

My brother was feeling really down because it's his 25th bday and the first since our mum died.
He said he really missed the crappy birthday cakes she used to make.

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DSC_5119.jpg

So I made him one. :laughing:

What a lovely idea! Posted Image

WMMH: It's Badminton Horse Trials cross country day, and the BBC have kindly stuck live coverage on the red button. My Saturday is sorted Posted Image

For a moment there I read that as if horses were conducting Badminton trials. I would so watch the shit out of that. :rolleyes:

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#12036 Nicodimas

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 05:42 AM

I totally went out and got a girls numbers number tonight...I am really not big on scottsdale game. or bars...or impressing random women....in a 10 minute convo..i'm a dork.

I limited the conversation to...doomsday stuff..my buddies have banned me from talked about this...(sadly)....

My super cool friends hate this...but I talked big on Harry potter and books...hah! earned me points and she coughed up a number... :rolleyes:

Good night!! good times.

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#12037 Gothos

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 06:50 AM

AGE OF ULTRON WAS GORRAM AWESOME.

Truly.

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#12038 Nicodimas

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 07:11 AM

Gothos, on 11 May 2015 - 06:50 AM, said:

AGE OF ULTRON WAS GORRAM AWESOME.

Truly.

I agree ! i like how it set up the next movies...

I kinda feel like they need to stop promising on the bad guys....and deliver. but good times.

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#12039 DeadHedge

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Posted 11 May 2015 - 12:17 PM

I just saw this on Facebook.

Made me giggle.

https://www.change.o...&fb_ref=Default

For the record, all northerners would be welcomed with open arms

Edit: just saw that the petition had closed...

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#12040 Tiste Simeon

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Posted 12 May 2015 - 10:20 AM

DeadHedge, on 11 May 2015 - 12:17 PM, said:

I just saw this on Facebook.

Made me giggle.

https://www.change.o...&fb_ref=Default

For the record, all northerners would be welcomed with open arms

Edit: just saw that the petition had closed...

Haha that's pretty funny. Some people taking it very seriously though...

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