tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post1525331868558799088..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: On two wheels in LincolnshireRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-42425511615314089372016-04-28T22:30:41.318+01:002016-04-28T22:30:41.318+01:00I've reviewed the Google Image search results ...I've reviewed the Google Image search results for Susan and I believe that fantasizing about her is the masochistic equivalent of savoring a hard ride in the rain.mikeMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-79677952766770036172016-04-28T08:26:30.095+01:002016-04-28T08:26:30.095+01:00I know the feeling of being freed from the bike an...I know the feeling of being freed from the bike and its propulsion - it wasn't just mental arithmetic. At one stage in adolescence I seem to remember that I could get fairly disassociated by mentally reciting poetry. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan...." was a favourite - I still have it in memory.<br />A sad reflection on growing up, perhaps?Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-37689609049864471502016-04-28T06:51:09.022+01:002016-04-28T06:51:09.022+01:00Avus: Glad there's someone still alive who app...Avus: Glad there's someone still alive who appreciates Susan Hayward, She had a further talent: she could handle comedy, unusual in a woman so lovely.<br /><br />However the point I was illustrating was being freed from the bike and its propulsion. From what you've said, it seems you continued to be enslaved.<br /><br />Testosterone under control? It's a symptom of adulthood, I think. No doubt you grew up early, dreaming of bearing pullers.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-68864144564064688662016-04-27T08:46:18.990+01:002016-04-27T08:46:18.990+01:00Susan Hayward looks (and looked) absolutely gorgeo...Susan Hayward looks (and looked) absolutely gorgeous.<br />My meditations when cycling could tend towards calculating a different set of gear ratios, following the formula: Gear = Wheel size × Chainwheel teeth ÷ Sprocket teeth. Done in the head whilst riding along it provided an interesting exercise in mental arithmetic.<br />Maybe I was keeping the testosterone too much under control?Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-81650087421393781572016-04-26T14:29:10.479+01:002016-04-26T14:29:10.479+01:00MikeM: The perfect response! You are excused comme...MikeM: The perfect response! You are excused commenting on Tone Deaf until Christmas Eve. Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-44288157641852734792016-04-26T13:12:21.965+01:002016-04-26T13:12:21.965+01:00An interesting read, but my thoughts kept drifting...An interesting read, but my thoughts kept drifting toward breakfast foods.mikeMnoreply@blogger.com