Wow, I'm now up to the 2.5 hour mark talking with a potential customer on AIM/iChat. This sales crap is hard work.

wait till you have a showroom and get time wasting tyre kickers coming in

well I won't be in Melbourne this weekend now.

Just done one of the stupidest things ever.
Finished my last job yesterday, packed up the tools, walked out to the van with toolbox in one hand, ladder in the other, tied the ladder to the roof, answered a phone call... and drove off with the toolbox on the footpath. GONE
It had everything in it, 25kg, maybe $3000 worth.
Hey at least I get a long weekend. Early retirement?

Damn. That really sucks.

Actual showroom.....virtual showroom.....same sh¡t really. I'm sure it won't change the fact that people will make appointments for WEDNESDAY and then NOT TURN UP.

I'm hoping that toolbox was insured, bbw.

Is it too early for a beer? I feel like a beer.

Nope. The insurance premiums are about 10% of your tools value each year, and even then they're only covered when locked up, with signs of forced entry.

Bummer about the tools bbw. I suppose there's not much chance of a good hearted citizen handing them in to the local cop shop either....

Tiger....it's Friday arvo, of course it's not too early....

Mate, I'm sure we've all got bits and pieces lying around that would make up a full box of tools...OK Lads, I can start with a no name 12 volt cordless drill...anyone else want to kick in?

Not tuening up to appointments rips your nightie eh? I was supposed be interviewing three people for a job on Wednesday, only two turned up. No call from the no-show - WTF?

Nothing handed in at the cop shop? Can't expect that I suppose, although I did hand in a wallet and cell phone I found last weekend.


Definitely beer o'clock, or in my case Jim o'clock as there's no beer in the house.

just to go off the subject a bit, I was looking at the tour stages I might want to stay up and watch (i.e. hills !). There are only 3 stages with Cat 1 and greater climbs (10,11 and 17). Isn't that pretty lame out of a 3 week tour? I thought there'd be more climbing than that. Then only Stages 12 and 18 have anything else worth a mention, Cat 2 climbs.

Out of 20 stage and compared to the Giro, isn't that a pissweak effort?

Ahhh, ****, I'm off for a beer and pulling out the MTB instead.

No name jigsaw at this end!

Beer o'clock indeed...
MTB you say..? Still doing the road race on Saturday? Can I tempt you into some kincumber mtn?

i use my old mans tools and i think hed get upset if i started giving them away! ill have a poke around tho and see what he wants liberated.

Hey BBW, what do you do?
Man that sucks!

Ok, that's creeping up. Makes me feel skiny. I remember a while you said you wanted to stay under a 100kg for a sunny holiday, then you said you were ~104kg, now it's 108kg??!!! CRIKEY BY JINGO STREWTHAMUNDO!!

tell the new comers what you used to race at. What was it? 6ft2" and 72kg??!!

I got a 2nd hand Elite in great condition for $100. I wasn't even looking for one; I asked my bike shop guy one day if he had an zero offset posts, and he goes: "um, yeah, I've got this Thompson here"

yeah....those were the days.


70-72kgs most of the time, 187cm. Got down to 69.5kg in Holland briefly. Had the Grant Rice stomach veins going...


But I can now press 286lb on the Hammer Stength shoulder machine for reps....so I guess that's something.

I'm guessing plumber....

Impressive....at least on a bike riding forum, anyway. I would think it's not too bad on ap on a gymrat scale either...... a lot better than my old days of 150lb shoulder presses

Exactly....arms like Soren Lausberg, talent of Norman Gunston.

Still got the same body fat % as when you were racing?

Looking for a date, Wilchemy?

Dammit...busted!
Nah, just wanted to know if it's possible to stack on 30+ kgs of muscle only

Doh!

Hey Ed, what are you benching?

yeah!! I thought I was a heman when I used to do 125lbs! The old shoulders, elbows and back won't let me do more than 70 now