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A high of 0 degrees = fuck that shit.

I'm going to spend some meaningful, quality* time with my cycleops.

*possibly candlelit

What 227 posts and not a mention of Skippy!

Quite.

Well, they taste as foul as anything I have ever put in my mouth - and I have always taken a liberal stance on matters oral - but I wouldn't say they threaten me, no. The wasabi peas, I mean.

Lolz.

Oh, will. Do they *threaten *you? The wasabi peas, I mean.

Just a quick note to say I took Michael up on his special offer, and it was excellent. It was really nice having a physio who knew about the specifics of cycling, and how it related to my long standing back problem. Very much recommended!

Life: it's never about beans.

You've got to be kidding me!

If I woke up and a woman was trying to feed me beans while I was asleep, I'd marry that diamond in a fucking heartbeat.

I assumed it was euphemistic.

Plurabelle, did you ever see the documentary about one of these places? It was aired a few years ago now, but reading your post reminded me of it. It was full of some lovely shots of the pool and members, as well as interviews with old boys who had been swimming there all their lives. I have just had a quick google for it, but can't find anything much. It might be this:

Film: Liquid Paradise - memories of 120 years of swimming in "the Pond" Production of a documentary film, archive and photographic exhibition about a Victorian swimming pool in Edinburgh. This involved wide ranging interviews with local community members and pool users.
from here: http://margin.org/project.html
I'm not sure though as I don't quite see why an architect would be making that kind of film.

No, I didn't, thanks for the tip. I'll have a root about.

beer goggles!

My sisters housemate is vegan and doesn't have caffeinne or alcohol. Wheres the fun!

Ach well. There's always sex.

And heroin.

why??

Uh, well... um.

If only it were that simple. She just doesn't like the texture :(

I tried slipping them into her mouth while she was asleep. I thought subconsciously she would then learn to love them. Funnily enough but it didn't really work.

I would have you arrested for that.

I miss it too... I shan't, though :p

Yeah, was just thinking about that place. The cheeseburgers are pretty good as I recall. Not that that would matter to a vegan tho :)

Ah, but I lived in CG for nearly ten years as a carnivore...:) the burgers are good, and the cheapest thing they do, but the eggs benedict is excellent too. Good booze and those weird American 'home fries' too.

Still in Covent Garden Joe Allen's is nice too if you can bear the stench of drunk luvvy.

Masonic bastards.

Go to the Eagle on Rathbone place - short journey from CG.

Everything you want and nice leather booths. Shit for vegans, but that's by the by - I used to love it.

This place claims to be the biggest pool in central london, http://www.ulu.co.uk/content/index.php?page=87495 limited on who can use it though (students and ex-students) and i've no idea what it's like as I haven't used it yet.

Aye. It's full of students.

I was being sarcastic, Oliver. they are massive fucking copper pillars :D

Never been to that one, Tiswas. I was the Arlington, the Western, and in Edinburgh, the Drumsheugh. They all have trapezes and are owned by the members. How great is that!

I do rate the London Fields Lido, pool heated to 25C, you could probably swim there today (although I haven't checked, no idea if the concourse around the pool has been cleared or whether there's some other H&S hazard that militates against it). It is a fairly basic facility without most of the astonishing comforts of your Scottish baths, but if all you're after is a swim, it does the job.

Thanks, will check it out. This weather and this thread have made me obsessed with the idea of a swim/sauna/steam. Used to really keep the cold out during the Scotch winters.

Wow.....I wish we had pools like that in London..............Way back in the late 70's
I worked as a lifeguard at the old Latchmere baths (Battersea)before it was "modernised"..............Was a beautiful Victorian baths (like many at that time)
womderful tiles...They also had a Public baths section where you could go for a
good scrub if you had no bath at home....M

Yes, I think the ones in Scotland have just survived whereas the English ones must have been demolished over the century. They don't make any money at all, is probably why. They all have the communal bath (actual baths) rooms as well, they're ace.

Come on Oliver, what sort of a philistine doesn't like massive pillars made of copper looming over you when you're doing your backstroke?

Ah, shame. I might check it out anyway. I've never felt as good as when I was swimming every single day.

I got really into swimming when I lived in Scotland, but haven't done it since moving back down south. They have these Victorian swimming baths in Scotland (3 of them in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and I was a member of all of them at different points) which are run as not-for-profit enterprises. they are just completely different to swimming baths down here, at least, I've never found an equivalent. They have turkish warm rooms where you can read for hours, different bits for men and women (and it seems to be a thing that all the women just hang out nekkid, which took a bit of getting used to), with these massive armchairs and all the papers. I used to spend all day in there.

But the best thing was they had these amazing original rings and trapezes above the pools – I got really into doing the trapeze over the pool. You also get a permanent box to leave your toiletries in, and some indoor shoes, and you leave your costume there and they wash it and dry it in time for your next visit. And provide towels so you can spontaneously turn up and everything's there. The pools were so quiet – it was always just me and the pensioners. I went every single day for years, and did 45 minutes. I miss it - I'd love to find a good place down here. Is the Ironmonger's one a nice old place?

my friend who works at the British Library told me that four bikes were stolen from the front bike racks today.
this is a bit of a bad spot for stolen bikes, and the same three kids are seen time and again on cctv. but they are really sneaky. anyway, usually only wheels and seatpost/saddles go missing, but today they succeeded in stealing a bike which had 3 locks.
this is because they now have a grinder apparently.

just thought i'd post this as i know a few people on here lock up at the library... so be careful

feels like there is not much that can be done when hand tools are involved

Cheers for the heads-up, E. That's a total fucker.

Me too, actually, if anyone's looking to offload one.

What? Of fucking great; that's six months of my life wasted then. Now all I need is to hear that Balki is straight or Australian or something.
Then again I think I'm getting somewhere with that sexy young boy CliveO. He's got a swimmer's build so I'm told.
What would you do in my place?

:D