DJR

Well, today was a first for me - and a first is always good, isn't it? It was the first time I had to call in the cavalry to come and fetch me with a puncture that I couldn't fix and get home without help. I've been fetched from the mountain and the road with broken bones, even from the ER once, but NEVER before have I needed fetching for a mechanical. I suppose that if you cycle for long enough then it must happen sooner or later? In my defense, it was a rear tubby puncture and despite spending a lot of effort injecting Pitstop, I simply couldn't get it to hold air........must have been a sliver of glass, the roads are literally aglitter with it. But, ending a ride at the beautiful St Pauls Church in Rondebosch, listening to the singing and soaking up the beauty of a perfect autumn day in the Cape, sure beats a lot of other possible ways of ending a ride! It also gave me some time to sit and admire the old girl (Colnago BiTitan with Campy CRecord and Shamals - she doesn't get an outing nearly often enough) Now, for another first - I plan to attempt a tubby repair! Some would say it is a cycling rite of passage on par with breaking a collarbone or bleeding your own brakes! Wish me luck!

That was the one thing that my wife simply could never come to grips with - she hated her Merc for every day of the 5 years she drove it. Said it was too much of a moms car, but I just know it was that damn foot/hand brake that was to blame!

I had that kind of trouble with a newfangled Discovery.

The luckiest unlucky guy. With guardian angels of steel. There are many places on Chappies where you won't live to tell the tale once you have gone over the edge. I can only recall 1 other incident, a Hubber I recall, who went over the edge on Chappies during the CTCT a few years back - he was mostly uninjured.

Lame "dad joke" - If you want to emigrate to New Zealsnd, you better be a morning person, because they are going to make you rise and shine way before the rest of the world for the rest of your life!

Paint it blue, paint it blue, paint it blue .................

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It's also how they shape aluminium bike tubes.

I like them London Bike Trees Not a particularly attractive tree, but boy, the fruit the bear!

Both of you, heal up well.

I've heard of many a good excuse for skidmarks, but yours win hands down!

Yesterday

Sorry, double post

My maternal grandfather farmed ostriches, dairy, fruit, sheep and goats near Calitzdorp. Real old style mixed farming. The goats he really just left to their own devices in the mountainous part of his farm where nothing else could survive. I think he liked his goats the best because they caused him the least amount of trouble.

Ha ha, yes, I wondered for a moment what goat chips would look like.......before figuring out that the i and the o are next to each other on the keyboard.

Yes, it depends on what they eat. In the Karoo, where I am from, they basically eat the same things, and not many would be able to tell the difference between similar age animals. As for toughness, if it is a similar age animal, of the same sex, there really is no difference.

Few would know the difference between lamb and goat. (If it is not a terribly old billygoat.) In fact, I'm not so sure a lot of "Karoo lamb" is really what the label says.

Who is the digger?

Now that tickles my fancy BIG time.

It's a special holster for police spokespeople that are prone to shooting themselves in the foot.

Kudu, especially in Namibia, is prone to Rabies. Treating ANY wild animal that appears to be unnaturally tame, the way that this idiot did, is just plain STUPID.

It is an eye opener to see how fat it got