Or so he claims. He told me that he has quit smoking, joined a gym and no
longer eats crap food.

Well he might have joined a gym but he has not actually been yet because he
is to tired to go after work and the last two weekends were spend on all day
drinking sessions that lasted 12 hours every day [1].

As for the crap food. Less than 10 minutes after telling me what a healthy
lifestyle he now lives we stopped for dinner.

He bought a Dairylea Lunchable, a packet of Quavers, a Mars bar and a can of
Red Bull [2].

[1] Christ knows what he was drinking on these all day benders but when I
worked away with him he tried to match me pint for pint one evening and he
was throwing up on the pavement after 5 pints and was too ill to work the
next morning.

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to be
living a healthy lifestyle.

--
Adam

In message , ARW
writes
Or so he claims. He told me that he has quit smoking, joined a gym and
no longer eats crap food.

Well he might have joined a gym but he has not actually been yet
because he is to tired to go after work and the last two weekends were
spend on all day drinking sessions that lasted 12 hours every day [1].

As for the crap food. Less than 10 minutes after telling me what a
healthy lifestyle he now lives we stopped for dinner.

He bought a Dairylea Lunchable, a packet of Quavers, a Mars bar and a
can of Red Bull [2].

[1] Christ knows what he was drinking on these all day benders but when
I worked away with him he tried to match me pint for pint one evening
and he was throwing up on the pavement after 5 pints and was too ill to
work the next morning.

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to
be living a healthy lifestyle.

You can only be young once!

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(


--
Tim Lamb

In article , ARW
writes
Or so he claims. He told me that he has quit smoking, joined a gym and no
longer eats crap food.

Well he might have joined a gym but he has not actually been yet because he
is to tired to go after work and the last two weekends were spend on all day
drinking sessions that lasted 12 hours every day [1].

As for the crap food. Less than 10 minutes after telling me what a healthy
lifestyle he now lives we stopped for dinner.

He bought a Dairylea Lunchable, a packet of Quavers, a Mars bar and a can of
Red Bull [2].

[1] Christ knows what he was drinking on these all day benders but when I
worked away with him he tried to match me pint for pint one evening and he
was throwing up on the pavement after 5 pints and was too ill to work the
next morning.

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to be
living a healthy lifestyle.


Having done a fair bit of manual labour over the last few days I can say
that a fair few calories are needed to keep you going, and despite the
fat, the carbs and protein in your sarnie were prob exactly what was
required.

Lads just don't understand what is in 'food' these days and that fat,
sugar and caffeine does not make for a happy body.

I noticed in the recent Commando School proggy that all were scoffing
huge cooked breakfasts but it didn't matter as they were burning it all
in the course of the day. Yes, a fair bit of fat (gone in a slow burn)
but plenty of carbs & protein.

As for joining a gym, I got my the way I am by growing up doing things,
not going to a gym using a bunch of machines that fake doing the things
I wanted to do anyway. Oi do larf at gym bunnies that can't lift a bag
of cement cos they didn't work the muscle set required for that
particular task.

--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

In article , Tim Lamb
writes

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(

A cheap date :-)
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

On 06/09/2014 17:31, Tim Lamb wrote:
....
You can only be young once!

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(

Lightweight. At university, six to eight of us would go out drinking
together and, of course, everybody had to buy a round.


--
Colin Bignell

On 06/09/2014 18:21, fred wrote:

Oi do larf at gym bunnies that can't lift a bag
of cement cos they didn't work the muscle set required for that
particular task.


My daughter can pick up a bag of cement, in one hand/arm.
She is a size 12 so its not exactly a difficult task.

I have seen her moving a tonne of paper on a hand truck before now.

I used to be able to carry two bags, but that's probably what gave me
the hernia so I let someone else carry the stuff these days.

On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 19:13:24 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

You can only be young once!

Too true!

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was
before
breathalyser legislation:-(

Lightweight. At university, six to eight of us would go out
drinking
together and, of course, everybody had to buy a round.

I don't do rounds for just this reason.

Rounds work well if you have a reasonably stable group of people.
Those with short arms and deep pockets soon get "noticed"...

As for a gallon/night that used to be the norm on top of a three pint
lunch, food, packet of nuts (shared). Working as well! Hardly happens
at all these days, three or four over a whole evening if staying
away.

--
Cheers
Dave.

In article m,
Dennis@home wrote:
On 06/09/2014 18:21, fred wrote:

Oi do larf at gym bunnies that can't lift a bag
of cement cos they didn't work the muscle set required for that
particular task.


My daughter can pick up a bag of cement, in one hand/arm.
She is a size 12 so its not exactly a difficult task.

do you mean a modern bag? or a proper 1 cwt one?

--
From KT24

Using a RISC OS computer running v5.18

In message , "Nightjar
\"cpb\"@" "insert my surname writes
On 06/09/2014 17:31, Tim Lamb wrote:
...
You can only be young once!

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(

Lightweight. At university, six to eight of us would go out drinking
together and, of course, everybody had to buy a round.

Friday night ten bob whip round.
I got my share by drinking Mackeson and cider when everyone else was on
mild.



--
Tim Lamb

On Saturday, September 6, 2014 4:23:27 PM UTC+1, ARW wrote:
a Dairylea Lunchable

is he five years old?

I won't criticise the Quavers and Mars as I'm quite partial to both occasionally (not usually on the same occasion, cheesey Mars is not a winning combo)

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to be
living a healthy lifestyle.

If the bacon was grilled, the bread wholemeal, and you'd put a tomato in it, it would have been fairly healthy.

A large mug of tea with all those lovely antioxidants would beat an energy drink too.

Owain

On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 18:40:29 +0100, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:

On 06/09/2014 17:31, Tim Lamb wrote:
...
You can only be young once!

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(

Lightweight. At university, six to eight of us would go out drinking
together and, of course, everybody had to buy a round.

Nowadays I usually have 2 pints - sometimes 3 if I'm going well (FSVO).
In the '70s we went to a pub in The Dales, 10 of us in the group, round
each, I had 10 pints of Old Peculier (it was about 5% then - t'ain't now).
Also had 4 pints of Guiness and a pint of Amontillado sherry - in one swig -
one evening.
Ah, those were the days, Huey.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

do you mean a modern bag? or a proper 1 cwt one?

Well there's proper and then there's proper I ascribe my knees (3rd
class, buggered) in part to the 6th form holiday job which inter alia
involved unloading one-and-a-half cwt sacks of salt from flat-bed
lorries. And then lifting the same sacks to tip the salt.
--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

In the '70s we went to a pub in The Dales, 10 of us in the group,
round each, I had 10 pints of Old Peculier (it was about 5% then -
t'ain't now). Also had 4 pints of Guiness and a pint of Amontillado
sherry - in one swig - one evening.

I could never manage 10 pints of Theakston's funny stuff. But I do
recall drinking in The Dales in the early 70s. If you drank with a
local (as we did) then the local Bobby was always very helpful at New
Year's as you left the pub, making sure your Landrover or other vehicle
was pointed in the right direction


--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

On Sat, 6 Sep 2014 18:22:16 +0100, fred wrote:

In article , Tim Lamb
writes

Mind, I could only manage 2 pints of an evening and that was before
breathalyser legislation:-(

A cheap date :-)

Which, incidently, is also the name of a mutant strain of Fruitfly
which more readily succumbs to the intoxicating effect of methanol
vapour than other strains (along with the 'Maggie' - arrested
development).
--
J B Good

On 06/09/2014 22:37, Johny B Good wrote:

Which, incidently, is also the name of a mutant strain of Fruitfly
which more readily succumbs to the intoxicating effect of methanol
vapour than other strains (along with the 'Maggie' - arrested
development).

QI watcher?

In article , Robin
scribeth thus
In the '70s we went to a pub in The Dales, 10 of us in the group,
round each, I had 10 pints of Old Peculier (it was about 5% then -
t'ain't now). Also had 4 pints of Guiness and a pint of Amontillado
sherry - in one swig - one evening.

I could never manage 10 pints of Theakston's funny stuff.

I remember having a few of them and ended up having very weird
nightmares and other hallucinations;!...


But I do
recall drinking in The Dales in the early 70s. If you drank with a
local (as we did) then the local Bobby was always very helpful at New
Year's as you left the pub, making sure your Landrover or other vehicle
was pointed in the right direction



--
Tony Sayer

On 06/09/2014 21:06, wrote:
On Saturday, September 6, 2014 4:23:27 PM UTC+1, ARW wrote:
a Dairylea Lunchable

is he five years old?

I won't criticise the Quavers and Mars as I'm quite partial to both occasionally (not usually on the same occasion, cheesey Mars is not a winning combo)

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to be
living a healthy lifestyle.

If the bacon was grilled, the bread wholemeal, and you'd put a tomato in it, it would have been fairly healthy.

How would the addition of a tomato make it healthy? There is no such
thing as a healthy food.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"Dennis@home" wrote in message
b.com...
On 06/09/2014 18:21, fred wrote:

Oi do larf at gym bunnies that can't lift a bag
of cement cos they didn't work the muscle set required for that
particular task.


My daughter can pick up a bag of cement, in one hand/arm.
She is a size 12 so its not exactly a difficult task.

Is she able to carry 6 drums of 100m 16mm T&E up a couple of flights of
stairs?

Not 6 drums at the same time:-) Just lifting one the drums off the floor is
not easy.



--
Adam

On 07/09/2014 19:08, ARW wrote:
"Dennis@home" wrote in message
b.com...
On 06/09/2014 18:21, fred wrote:

Oi do larf at gym bunnies that can't lift a bag
of cement cos they didn't work the muscle set required for that
particular task.


My daughter can pick up a bag of cement, in one hand/arm.
She is a size 12 so its not exactly a difficult task.

Is she able to carry 6 drums of 100m 16mm T&E up a couple of flights of
stairs?

Not 6 drums at the same time:-) Just lifting one the drums off the floor
is not easy.




She would just smile and you would do it.

On Sun, 07 Sep 2014 11:05:09 +0100, soup
wrote:

On 06/09/2014 22:37, Johny B Good wrote:

Which, incidently, is also the name of a mutant strain of Fruitfly
which more readily succumbs to the intoxicating effect of methanol
vapour than other strains (along with the 'Maggie' - arrested
development).

QI watcher?

But, of course!
--
J B Good

On Sunday, September 7, 2014 7:08:22 PM UTC+1, ARW wrote:
Is she able to carry 6 drums of 100m 16mm T&E up a couple of flights of
stairs?
Not 6 drums at the same time:-) Just lifting one the drums off the floor is
not easy.

Put drum on drum holder on lower floor.

Unreel cable and take end up stairs.

Feed onto cable drum on drum holder on upper floor.

Wind until entire length of cable has been moved.

:-)

Owain

In article ,
writes
On Sunday, September 7, 2014 7:08:22 PM UTC+1, ARW wrote:
Is she able to carry 6 drums of 100m 16mm T&E up a couple of flights of
stairs?
Not 6 drums at the same time:-) Just lifting one the drums off the floor is
not easy.

Put drum on drum holder on lower floor.

Unreel cable and take end up stairs.

Feed onto cable drum on drum holder on upper floor.

Wind until entire length of cable has been moved.

:-)

I was putting in a new partition in at a 5th floor office we used while
some contractors were putting in some new lining on the stair well
landing on the same floor.

They were using 8x4 and carrying it up the back stairs while I chose 6x3
that fitted in the goods lift.

Sometimes the trades don't know all the tricks.
--
fred
it's a ba-na-na . . . .

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
news
On 06/09/2014 21:06, wrote:
On Saturday, September 6, 2014 4:23:27 PM UTC+1, ARW wrote:
a Dairylea Lunchable

is he five years old?

I won't criticise the Quavers and Mars as I'm quite partial to both
occasionally (not usually on the same occasion, cheesey Mars is not a
winning combo)

[2] I bought a large bacon and egg sandwich but I am not pretending to
be
living a healthy lifestyle.

If the bacon was grilled, the bread wholemeal, and you'd put a tomato in
it, it would have been fairly healthy.

How would the addition of a tomato make it healthy?

He didn't say that it would.

There is no such thing as a healthy food.

There is such a thing as healthy food.