lowbrows

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• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 hours, 5 minutes

  

  Ah.. well, I do heartily recommend the soft-straps for the convenience. I've been debating biting the bullet and going for Volvo/Thule for ours.

  Though I have been repeatedly tempted by the Seasucker Bars too.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 15 hours, 10 minutes

  

  Don’t bother, just use removable soft straps.
  If you’re in London, let me know and you can have a pair.

• Swimming

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days, 5 hours

  

  Had a bit of a fuckup in the gym and strained my shoulder on Wednesday last week.
  (old fracture dislocation-one of the most annoying injuries I have- when it goes lax it subluxes in my sleep)

  Supposed to be surfing Wednesday-Friday so have rested it.
  Will be back in the pool water Saturday, probably.

• American football

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days, 18 hours

  

  Interesting games both.
  I'm pretty excited. Just need to find somewhere in Tokyo to watch the Superbowl.
  Reg Season stats suggest a similar weakspot in Chiefs D.
  49ers have the tightest defence against the pass.

  I'm hoping for a 49ers win, but predicting the start of the Mahomes Chiefs era.
  They need to sure up their defence though, but the team-work of that team is amazing to watch, the change of receiving routes on the fly to support the scramble is where the real magic happens- which in turn allows for those big runs from Mahomes as the forced man coverage sucks in the secondary line of defence. Plus he is an elusive bastard.

  49ers D-line is just glorious to watch. And the protection/ lane blocking from the O-line was masterful v Packers. Mostert def had a stand-out game, but will be marked from now I'd think.

  TLDR: CMON 49ers!!!!

• Photos from mobile phones

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 days, 4 hours

  

  Potentially Moment?
  https://www.shopmoment.com/lessons
  I have no experience of them though. Apart from quite liking the anamorphic lens.

• Harder Day in the Peaks sign up

  in Rides & Races • 5 days, 3 hours

  

  Date depending- I could well be up for this (and if you decide to re-run that route last year also).

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 1 day

  

  You're an addict.

  And fully aware.

  However, the tongue in cheek nature of my post was clearly lost in the medium.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  Nappucino. Good name.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  This is a very effective way of increasing the feel-good aspect of a power nap.
  Coffee straight before nap. Set alarm for 20-30mins.
  Profit from a double whack of alertness when you wake up.
  I can’t think how often I’ve used this trick. It was a mainstay of my student life and occasionally nowadays- but the number of shifts I get a nap in is very few.

  I have no evidence it is anything more than placebo, though.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  You’re all weak.
  Up to a litre of filter in the morning (if wfh), followed by a minimum of 2 doubles through the day.
  Or up to 4 doubles for an on call day (no morning litre but up to 16hrs at work).
  Or 3-4doubles (if available) or a near infinite amount of shit nhs coffee for a night shift.