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It'll heal.
When someone says to me "I'm off to the gym to get fit" I reply
"Fit for what?"

Wow a lot of work and energy!
Any before & after photos?

Wow! That's got to be about the limit when there's all the pressure of the opposing team running you down.

In rugby the record for a penalty is 81 yards; and it was at an angle, 5yards in from the touchline.

That GT63 is a midlife crisis car. A real finger-up to government car tax crap, and climate crisis whining

@LuFins-Dad said in Slightly later than mid-life crisis car…:

So next year I get to pick out my mid-life crisis car with 1 caveat… Coupes are fine, but it has to have a backseat. No 2-seaters…

So… on one end of the spectrum, I’ve always loved muscle cars. The Challenger in particular, especially one with a Cuda kit is my favorite…

But… Now that I’m getting a little more mature, the idea of quality sedan like an Audi A6 has it’s appeal…

What should I look at?

Mercedes A45 might satisfy the German refinement and power (421hp) itches.
4wd and auto 8sp gearbox that takes under 4 seconds to reach 60, top speed of 168. A proper midlife crisis car with all the modern tech so you'll be able to drive it to its limits.

Reports agree it's a superb performance car to drive.
In the UK only £60k new. Used as low as 30k

@Mik said in Slightly later than mid-life crisis car…:

@jon-nyc said in Slightly later than mid-life crisis car…:

Here I am with a little cheerleader who turned 18 maybe 5 minutes before this picture was taken.

Look like Magnum PI.
With a Back to the Future vibe

True.
I guess like a fast 600cc bike compared to a fast 1200cc bike, I prefer a smaller lighter nimble car, which may be more fun.
Also I realise UK roads are different. Roundabouts, joining motorways at 70mph.

A chunky muscle car with a v8 rumble has its own appeal.

I'm not sure whether an Audi A6 qualifies as a midlife crisis car, not even the fabulous A8. Nor a big BMW.

Classic Jenson Interceptor?
Ferrari 456?
Modern Aston Martin?
Porche?

How about a wolf in sheeps clothing...
VW Golf R Estate. All the modern comforts with terrific speed and road holding (the police here don't chase a Golf R, they call for helicopter assistance). Double twin pipes are the only telltales

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Imagine gathering moss daily, and selecting the softest for His Majesty. No twigs or holly thank you.

We've only used paper for about a hundred years. One of my grandmothers was born in the 1872 and died in the 1969. Would love to have asked her about the transition from moss to newspaper to izal...

Win/lose? Bringing the hostages back. How?

Ridiculous hostage swaps, one for a thousand?
Make the Gaza strip a country because it's somehow preferable to action against Hamas?

Rewarding the perpetrators of 7th October atrocities in anyway is unacceptable. We need to enforce harsh deterrence.

It is a huge overflow to build, but examining maps, the Radisson Reservoir is vast.
It appears to drain westwards for miles until it meets the dam at Observatoire la grande-1.

I know little of Canada. Very interesting

Given his known, documented attitude to women and sex, to his wife, and his use of prostitutes, why would anyone doubt he made use of opportunities provided by Epstein?
It's just a matter of with whom and how old.

Here's to the next 9.

Do you know who the donor was? Is it all anonymous like the UK?

Drumsticks for me, though last couple of times at KFC we had their 'boneless bucket'.

Service, lack thereof, can be annoying, and concerning.

Carpenter orders us some 5m lengths of thermowood cladding.
"It'll be about 3 weeks"
2.5 weeks later we call with our carpenter as he wishes to arrange his work schedule.
"...at least another two weeks plus a week to cut to template and deliver"
Less than impressed, carpenter reorganised his work accordingly.

One week later (yesterday)...
"We're delivering tomorrow"
Well Ok, excellent. Carpenter texts us to please store wood in a cool place until he can reorganise and get to us.

I open the front door today at 9.30 as our visitors from Seattle are going on a day trip, and look:

!!!
Dumped in the sun, didn't even bother to ring our doorbell.
MrsA says to me just as well they got the correct house.

This kind of thing loses the firm any further business.

Some dramatic crashes during the last 5k into Dunkirk yesterday, stage 3.

One chap somersaults into the barrier, also the Green Jersey leader out with a broken collar bone.

Busy day for les paramedics

The rich had open fires in every room, bedrooms included; as I saw in Washington Old Hall a fortnight ago, home of Georges great-grandparents.

But away from the fire, brrrrr.
In my parent's house during the coldest winters when they had only a living room fire, we'd put a scarf & hat on to go upstairs to the loo 🥶

I'm currently reading the diary of William Wordsworth's sister Dorothy written around 1800.
She notes every time a cart of coal is delivered to their Grasmere house (by the suitably named Thomas Ashburner)

I couldn't, it's a strength to bodyweight thing. Rockjocks are very lean, and strong. There's a 19C photo of some pioneers in Scotland who used a snooker table to train... hands on the table, feet up the wall, hand walk around the table!

TBH if it's hand to forearm strength you want, all you need is a stick; swing it up vertically as a sword, stopping the downward swing at waist level by tightening your two hands with a slight inward motion. Develops wrist and forearm strength.
People (kendoka / aikidoka) who have practiced suburi for years have an intense grip when they want to apply it.