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Old 06-23-06 | 04:39 AM
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Wattsy, the best technique is to sit her on your lap and clamp your arm around her, holding the arm which will get the injection in place. This method has two advantages, it means you can keep a firm grip on a wriggling, screaming toddler and also means you can look away at the crucial moment and therefore avoid crumpling to the floor.

4-year olds are deadly when it comes to injections - I remember needing a tetnus jab as a 4 year old after stepping on a rusty nail. My sister and brother-in-law took me to the doctor and my brother-in-law reckons he could hear me screaming out in the street when I got the injection (he was sitting in the car)
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Old 06-23-06 | 05:49 AM
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anyone gonna get one of these https://www.shuttlebike.com/ ?

Lemme see......ummmm....NO!!
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Old 06-23-06 | 07:32 AM
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Nah, its over hyped, she took it in her stride !
Bit of a cry for 30s, then straight on the boob for some tucker and all was good.
I hope you left some for the baby...
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Old 06-23-06 | 03:21 PM
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Old 06-23-06 | 07:28 PM
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jock, climbo etc. have come down with real bad sinus today so no calga. have fun!
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Old 06-23-06 | 07:42 PM
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https://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/arm...845382665.html
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Old 06-23-06 | 09:31 PM
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jock, climbo etc. have come down with real bad sinus today so no calga. have fun!
Jock told me he was bringing the pump with him...
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Old 06-23-06 | 10:13 PM
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Wattsy, the best technique is to sit her on your lap and clamp your arm around her, holding the arm which will get the injection in place. This method has two advantages, it means you can keep a firm grip on a wriggling, screaming toddler and also means you can look away at the crucial moment and therefore avoid crumpling to the floor.

4-year olds are deadly when it comes to injections - I remember needing a tetnus jab as a 4 year old after stepping on a rusty nail. My sister and brother-in-law took me to the doctor and my brother-in-law reckons he could hear me screaming out in the street when I got the injection (he was sitting in the car)
I'll book her in and give it a try...will give you a brief update after the deed is done.
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Old 06-23-06 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by matagi
My sister and brother-in-law took me to the doctor and my brother-in-law reckons he could hear me screaming out in the street when I got the injection (he was sitting in the car)

tetnus shots hurt. My arm felt dead for the rest of the day after I got mine.
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Old 06-24-06 | 12:01 AM
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Yippee! I can be a cycling hardman too.
You could have a ball with this.
Bonking during hard rides? try this...

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...un06/jun24news (last headline)
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Old 06-24-06 | 01:11 AM
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Old 06-24-06 | 01:58 AM
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This is old news and the use of EPO under medical supervision to treat the side-effects of chemo hardly compares with misusing EPO to obtain a performance advantage.
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Old 06-24-06 | 02:02 AM
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Who were the leftovers dribbling back to the finish line at Calga around 16:00 this arvo?

Went past in the Jag on the way home from town where we went to the Kathmandu sales - some good bargains to be had there boys and girls, if you are interested.
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Old 06-24-06 | 02:56 AM
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This is old news and the use of EPO under medical supervision to treat the side-effects of chemo hardly compares with misusing EPO to obtain a performance advantage.
different story
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Old 06-24-06 | 03:45 AM
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Yeah, but it's an extension of the same thing - and who cares anyway? The guy has retired, he was never caught, so why are people still going on about it? Like he's the only cyclist in the history of cycling to use performance enhancing substances and not be caught?

Maybe he is as clean as a whistle, and maybe he is not, but in the absence of hard evidence to indicate he used performance enhancing substances, it is all becoming a little tedious. (and no, I am not a Lance fan by any means)
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Old 06-24-06 | 03:58 AM
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Yeah, but it's an extension of the same thing - and who cares anyway? The guy has retired, he was never caught, so why are people still going on about it? Like he's the only cyclist in the history of cycling to use performance enhancing substances and not be caught?

Maybe he is as clean as a whistle, and maybe he is not, but in the absence of hard evidence to indicate he used performance enhancing substances, it is all becoming a little tedious. (and no, I am not a Lance fan by any means)
its because hes adament to the point of being very litigous that hes clean. the more he insists, the more that ppl are going to try and find fault.

this would be the drawback of winning 7 straight TDF's, esp after cancer. any other successfull racer would not have drawn this much interest without the 2 above pre requesits.
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Old 06-24-06 | 04:45 AM
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I was one of those dribblers Matagi after blowing a fuse something supreme.

We were riding along nicely as a well oiled bunch, with those that wanted to work putting in plenty of time in the house of discomfort. And some dickhead was riding along with our pack, not entered in the race, but making an awful nuisance of himself. I wanted to jam my pump in his front wheel, but I was sure that a 2.5" CO2 cartridge probably wouldn't cut the mustard.

Anyway, it was a good training ride after racing at DGV last night. Legs sore after having to do a little bit of light work after 10 weeks. Bloody good fun tho. Plenty of ******s had sheep stations on every race, in every division from 1-4. Standout was Patrick Bolan in the sprint race, who led out and kept a cool eye on World Masters Sprint champion Peter Barnard and then stood him up royal with an outstanding demonstration of savage acceleration and pure speed.

Will (the Hoff) from Peleton broke his collarbone after polaxing a fallen rider in the Div2/3 combined race at the end of the night. On the video replay you could see his downtube buckle before he hit the ground. In his defence it was his first ride on track for a long while and he just sucked himself into staying down instead of heading up the bank. He almost rode the thing into the ground but lost his nerve and put his hands out just at the last minute. Painful way to learn that rolling is better that an outstretched arm.
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Old 06-24-06 | 05:00 AM
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I was one of those dribblers Matagi after blowing a fuse something supreme.

We were riding along nicely as a well oiled bunch, with those that wanted to work putting in plenty of time in the house of discomfort. And some dickhead was riding along with our pack, not entered in the race, but making an awful nuisance of himself. I wanted to jam my pump in his front wheel, but I was sure that a 2.5" CO2 cartridge probably wouldn't cut the mustard.
Oh well, you probably didn't notice the british racing green Jag that went past at warp speed then.

One good thing about this forum - now we know when not to take our bikes down to Peats Ridge Rd.
In fact, I would feel seriously uncomfortable trying to ride along there with a race in progress.

Oh yes, as little as 2-3 weeks off the bike can set you back significantly in terms of fitness. It gets worse as you get older - not that I'm suggesting you are old or anything.
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Old 06-24-06 | 05:10 AM
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Thanks for the vote of confidence Matagi

Yup I'm slow. Actually I'm pretty fast, it just takes about 1km to get up to speed instead of 20m.

and I climb like a god too... erm sorry, typo... that should have read dog.

But 5 weeks into the long haul back everything is on track. The huge gains of the first 3 weeks have been replaced by the usual grind: small improvements coming with an increasing training workload. My winter ist kaput, so training is now focussed on the summer crit and track season. And I can keep dreaming of being ready for next year's track titles.
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Old 06-24-06 | 05:28 AM
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. I wanted to jam my pump in his front wheel, but I was sure that a 2.5" CO2 cartridge probably wouldn't cut the mustard.
damn, that track pump you probably had in your car would have done the trick! appologies about not being there, not been a good year for me sickness wise. why i cant get sick during the working week is beyond me even had SWMBO begging me to go so i wouldnt be complaining next week when im at one of her friends weddings!

bad news for the hoff. how was the other guy?? wheres pams airbags when you need em?
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Old 06-24-06 | 05:33 AM
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I was thinking "who the hell is pam?" when it dawned on me that you meant "pammy"
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Old 06-24-06 | 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
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not been a good year for me sickness wise. why i cant get sick during the working week is beyond me...
Glad I'm not the only one.
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Old 06-24-06 | 06:04 AM
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Hey, you germ infested weevils stay off the forums until you're all better, OK? Dun be wantin to catch your nastee lurgees offa my keyboard
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Old 06-24-06 | 06:10 AM
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I was sure it was the kids bringing stuff home from kindy but it's school hols and it's still happening.
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Old 06-24-06 | 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Odin
I was sure it was the kids bringing stuff home from kindy but it's school hols and it's still happening.
SWMBO is a child care worker, so im pretty sure most of it is her carrying stuff home that she is now largley immune to, but alas i am not. cant blame her this time tho as she was out of the country...
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