All you do is talk talk...
If only they gave out gold medals for talking then perhaps my trophy cabinet would rival that of Sir Chris Hoy. I had the honour of meeting Scotland's greatest ever Olympian when he came along to a cycling event I hosted in Glasgow at the weekend. A great guy to chat to and an inspiration to everyone who was there. Over three weekends I am undertaking what can only be described as a talking triathlon! The bike bit was at Skyride when thousands of Glaswegians took to the city streets which were cleared of traffic for the day. From 8am till 4pm I talked and talked and talked about cycling.
The running bit will be the Great Scottish Run next weekend when I'll be assuming my usual commentary position at the start of the race. I won't be running, however Miss Babs, Kirsten and Richard are so I'll be cheering on my production team.
This weekend though I'll be doing the swim part at the Great Scottish Swim. It's a mile open water swim at Strathclyde Park and it's my job to commentate on the day's action. As well as hundreds of ordinary swimmers there are two elite races. At the last count there were 5 Olympians, 1 world champion, 1 Commonwealth champion and the bloke reckoned to be one of the best triathletes on the planet. No pressure then...
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Open water, eh... as a member of Clydebank ASC we had the 'Australia Cup' amongst many club races.
This was a handicap race from Helensburgh Pier to Craigendoran Pier and sometimes had to be aware of the Dunoon Steamers arriving along side at Craigendoran Pier whilst were finishing... Now that was pressure!
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My only swimming race was for the tues night club at Airdrie baths at the age of 12. I was fav for the two length race and dived in in front of a full house to find my trunks at my ankles. Needless to say i came 'stone' last but got a bigger cheer than the winner.
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Hey Paolo welldone.. that's happened to the best of us.
Drumchapel Pool was one of the first new build 'metre-length' pools I was ever to grace. Seem to re-call it was the Western District time-trials and the new Speedo's 'Royal Blue with White Panels' were just a tad too big and lycra wasn't as yet invented!
B.T.W. Good call with yer 'Blue eyes crying in the rain' duet.
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#1 Madmac, are "Dunoon Steamers" similar to the "Big Logs" that come along side DC's creel in Cellardyke?
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I would like to suggest My Mom by Chocolate Genius and dedicate it to everyone who has a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's and to the Alsheimer scotland support charity. http://www.alzscot.org/. I even managed to run 10k a few years back to raise funds for them and think I should really try and do something again!
My Mom is an outstanding track.
"It's been five years and some change
And this world is getting so strange
But this house smells just the same
But my mom can't remember my name"
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#4
...and does "Doon the waattir" happen before a "Dunoon Steamer"? We need to be telt!
..on second thought, perhaps we dinnae...
:-0
DC
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#4
...and does "Doon the waattir" happen before a "Dunoon Steammer"? We need to be telt!
..on second thought, perhaps we dinnae...
:-0
DC
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The Blog - now available in stereo
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BRING ME THE ALREADY SAID OF ALFREDO GARCIA!
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Eh? Now how did that happen?
If this keeps up, I'll get paid twice this month!
#9 Jim, I think you posted that a while back....
;-)
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#10
The irony of it all... ;-)
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#4 Are we talkin' food web theories or nitrogen / carbon cycles here?
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#6&7 Are we talkin' food web theories or nitrogen / carbon cycles here?
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Theme with one in the title? That is a challenge.
How about songs with "the" in the title as a follow up? Is that to give the facebook people a chance to think of something?
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#14
Hunners of songs have 'one' in the title! You could have a theme of 'numeric song titles' actually - you could have:
American Pie
Pie Jesu
and even...
Petootie Pie by Ella Fitzgerald of Elgin - so-named as it caught fire whilst baking and had to be ejected through the kitchen window.
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#15 I thought you people were supposed to be good at irony?
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#14 & #16 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Frodo! Your back! And with a vengeance.
Good man.
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#17 did you mean to refer to the poor man's spine? Or did you simply mis-spell "you're"?
What kindo skail did you gan tae?
DC
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#16
I'se sure sorry massa - guess I'll get a lickin'.
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#16 If I agreed with you , we'd both be wrong
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Dod I say irony? Sorry! I meant IRONING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MV7-tMrbiM
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#18 - The same one that currently employs you.
Anyway, its good to have Frodo back. Old Hobbits die hard.
BTW, that "pilot chick" has been quiet in your (correct sp)absence, FFV.
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Go Miss Babs!!!
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#23 You reckon she`s that bad Hoppo, do you?
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#23, #24
Wrong thread, methinks! :-)
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BRING ME THE WRONG THREAD etc.....
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