looks like you might have been in esteemed company
Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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plus a thought for the day:
The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
go figure!!!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
quote for day
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.
Vernon Sanders Law
but you only get the lesson if you take the time to think about the test in my experience.
i, like most if not all of you, have had my fair share of tests.
Vernon Sanders Law
but you only get the lesson if you take the time to think about the test in my experience.
i, like most if not all of you, have had my fair share of tests.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
your stars
do you believe in your stars? i do sort of
if it ever happens - watch this space. dont ring or drop by because i wont be around but if you are a friend i might just find you. PS - i had a dream
if it ever happens - watch this space. dont ring or drop by because i wont be around but if you are a friend i might just find you. PS - i had a dream
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
now here is a quote i disagree with
Music is essentially useless, as life is.
George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 4
US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
i am not sure of the context of this quote but i disagree with the two fundamental statements - music is "essentially useless" and life is "essentially useless".
go figure -
George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 4, ch. 4
US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 - 1952)
i am not sure of the context of this quote but i disagree with the two fundamental statements - music is "essentially useless" and life is "essentially useless".
go figure -
quote for today
“We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he (she) is someone today.”
Stacia Tauscher quotes
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this is truly one insightful guy (before electric light)
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), L'Envoi, 1882
i wish i was ever quoted as saying that!!! wilde is smarter than the average bear or human. oh to be so wise
Stacia Tauscher quotes
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this is truly one insightful guy (before electric light)
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), L'Envoi, 1882
i wish i was ever quoted as saying that!!! wilde is smarter than the average bear or human. oh to be so wise
Achilles Rehab
I went looking for some posts tonight that i had done in 2006/7 related to my AT story (unfortunately i deleted the whole blog a while back and all the AT related posts with it) and realised that there were some posts out there which pointed to my blog. Sorry guys, the story of the journey is now mostly lost - there are some comments on Simon Barratts blog and i probably still have some photos laying around somewhere.
I am now a veteran AT club member (9/9/2006 with an op on 10/10/2006). i feel that i am a lucky vet - no problems really ever. have ridden thousands of kms on my road bike with no issues from the surgical repair, have no pain, soreness or wound issues. done a whole heap of "manual labour" and am currently working in a job where i am on my feet walking/carrying for 6-8 hours a day.
The only "variation" now is that my injured calf never regained the same degree of muscle mass (it is still about 2-2.5cm smaller despite a heap of work). the only time this has caused any problems has been on really long rides where it fatigues/cramps earlier or in out of the saddle sprinting where the same occurs. I am not sure what occurred to cause this, but my gut tells me that the operation changed the way the tendon was acting on the muscles and taking so long to have an operation resulted in the leg effectively being "inactive" for 4-5 months, rather than 3 perhaps if you have an op straight away. this lead to a much more significant degree of muscular atrophy and it has never recovered.
While the individual posts are lost, the memories are not so if you want to ask questions, make comments etc leave a comment and i will get back to you.
I am now a veteran AT club member (9/9/2006 with an op on 10/10/2006). i feel that i am a lucky vet - no problems really ever. have ridden thousands of kms on my road bike with no issues from the surgical repair, have no pain, soreness or wound issues. done a whole heap of "manual labour" and am currently working in a job where i am on my feet walking/carrying for 6-8 hours a day.
The only "variation" now is that my injured calf never regained the same degree of muscle mass (it is still about 2-2.5cm smaller despite a heap of work). the only time this has caused any problems has been on really long rides where it fatigues/cramps earlier or in out of the saddle sprinting where the same occurs. I am not sure what occurred to cause this, but my gut tells me that the operation changed the way the tendon was acting on the muscles and taking so long to have an operation resulted in the leg effectively being "inactive" for 4-5 months, rather than 3 perhaps if you have an op straight away. this lead to a much more significant degree of muscular atrophy and it has never recovered.
While the individual posts are lost, the memories are not so if you want to ask questions, make comments etc leave a comment and i will get back to you.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
mostly quiet on the western front
been a relatively quiet day. Sue had a haircut, we had some breakfast, i went to a chiropractor for my back and then we spent most of the day laying on the lounge watching movies.
the only real "excitement" was to get a text from Daughter X in canada asking her mum to ring ASAP. you know the alarm bells that kind of text sends. well they were ringing (and justifiably so). she was at a hospital in Canada and needed a credit card number to pay $750 canadian before they would examine her. She fell on ice and hurt her elbow. apparently its not broken which is a good thing because if it was they were going to ask for another $3000+. What do they do with you if you cant pay - throw you out on the street i guess.
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quotes for the day
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.
Charlotte-Catherine
and on a medical note
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Unknown
the only real "excitement" was to get a text from Daughter X in canada asking her mum to ring ASAP. you know the alarm bells that kind of text sends. well they were ringing (and justifiably so). she was at a hospital in Canada and needed a credit card number to pay $750 canadian before they would examine her. She fell on ice and hurt her elbow. apparently its not broken which is a good thing because if it was they were going to ask for another $3000+. What do they do with you if you cant pay - throw you out on the street i guess.
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quotes for the day
The more passions and desires one has, the more ways one has of being happy.
Charlotte-Catherine
and on a medical note
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Unknown
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