An evening of Strauss from Vienna

I am having great pleasure in watching the New Years Day concert from
Vienna. It is something of a personal tradition with me and over many years
has given me a huge amount of pleasure. A couple of glasses of red wine and
now a large port and brandy is finishing off my Christmastide celebration.
Obviously full of the Strauss "dynasty" music,

Today was a good morning to ride as well and i did abour 26 kms in cold but
fairly calm conditions leaving home at 0745 with all my lights on!

I hope to do it tomorrow morning too but there is a hint of a bit more snow
or sleet which might defrost some of my off road. track route which today
was crisp and hard.

Today is also the last day of overindulgence and a return to severe
rationaing!. Although I still have a couple of pheasants and a remaining
wild duck in the freezer and half a dozen quail -- oh yes a 2 partridge
which I found today while digging out some "Welsh Dragon Sausages"

It is also easier to increase the waist line than to regain that slimer
look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

--
From
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom
www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:27:17 -0000, "Trevor A Panther"
wrote:

I am having great pleasure in watching the New Years Day concert from
Vienna. It is something of a personal tradition with me and over many years
has given me a huge amount of pleasure. A couple of glasses of red wine and
now a large port and brandy is finishing off my Christmastide celebration.
Obviously full of the Strauss "dynasty" music,

I know you like your wine.

Between 1985 and April 1993 I was a wine merchant, manager of a large
wine shop in Greenwich called Bottoms Up. At some stage, and I cannot
recall the date, Bottoms Up were bought by Thresher. They used to run
an anual blind tasing competition. In September 1992 I won the
regional heat and then national competition. In April 1993 I was
sacked. I took Thresher to an industrial tribunal who found that they
had sacked me because sales had fallen following the lifting of duty
allowances between the EU and the UK on 1 January 1993. I was awarded
£9,000 compensation (£10,000 was the maximum that could have been
awarded at the time).

Being at a loose end I decided to further my education and took A
levels in English and Maths. A year later I unexpectedly found myself
reading mathematics and education at Cambridge University. While at
Cambridge I was president of the Wine Society for the last three of my
four years (www.srcf.ucam.org/cuws/), and on the CU Wine Tasing Team
for all four years.

Today was a good morning to ride as well and i did abour 26 kms in cold but
fairly calm conditions leaving home at 0745 with all my lights on!

I cyclied today in a peloton of 11 to Erith, about 15 miles from home.
We went to a greasy spoon, about the only place open in Erith toady,
and then 9 of the peloton cycled back to Greenwich. I continued with
a friend to Dartford where a surly traffic patrol officer conveyed us
through the Dartford Tunnel. From there we cycled to Beckton and then
re-crossed the Thames using the Woolwich Ferry before returning home.

50 miles in glorious sunshine.

I hope to do it tomorrow morning too but there is a hint of a bit more snow
or sleet which might defrost some of my off road. track route which today
was crisp and hard.

I am probably going to cycle along the Lea Valley tomorrow. I'd quite
like to go as far as Cambridge, but we shall see...

Today is also the last day of overindulgence and a return to severe
rationaing!. Although I still have a couple of pheasants and a remaining
wild duck in the freezer and half a dozen quail -- oh yes a 2 partridge
which I found today while digging out some "Welsh Dragon Sausages"

It is also easier to increase the waist line than to regain that slimer
look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have managed to lose 8lbs over the past two weeks. I need to lose a
lot more than that to return to a respectable weight.

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:06 +0000
Tom Crispin wrote:


I am probably going to cycle along the Lea Valley tomorrow. I'd quite
like to go as far as Cambridge, but we shall see...

If you postponed your foray to Cambridge until Sunday, and then
continininininued your ride a few miles to the northeast, you could
join the Burwell Cyclists in their third Monthly Ride. Indications
this afternoon, while taking tea with the rest of the Committee, were
that I'd be all on my own again. Wimps!



Mike
--
Mike Causer

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:27:17 -0000, "Trevor A Panther"
wrote:

I am having great pleasure in watching the New Years Day concert from
Vienna. It is something of a personal tradition with me and over many years
has given me a huge amount of pleasure. A couple of glasses of red wine and
now a large port and brandy is finishing off my Christmastide celebration.
Obviously full of the Strauss "dynasty" music,

Today was a good morning to ride as well and i did abour 26 kms in cold but
fairly calm conditions leaving home at 0745 with all my lights on!

I hope to do it tomorrow morning too but there is a hint of a bit more snow
or sleet which might defrost some of my off road. track route which today
was crisp and hard.

Today is also the last day of overindulgence and a return to severe
rationaing!. Although I still have a couple of pheasants and a remaining
wild duck in the freezer and half a dozen quail -- oh yes a 2 partridge
which I found today while digging out some "Welsh Dragon Sausages"

It is also easier to increase the waist line than to regain that slimer
look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I think you missed out a letter "i"

On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:56:12 +0000, Mike Causer
wrote:

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:11:06 +0000
Tom Crispin wrote:


I am probably going to cycle along the Lea Valley tomorrow. I'd quite
like to go as far as Cambridge, but we shall see...

If you postponed your foray to Cambridge until Sunday, and then
continininininued your ride a few miles to the northeast, you could
join the Burwell Cyclists in their third Monthly Ride. Indications
this afternoon, while taking tea with the rest of the Committee, were
that I'd be all on my own again. Wimps!

Home to Cambridge is about 60 miles. Along the Lea Valley (NCR1), and
then NCR11 it is probably more like 70 miles, most of it motor traffic
free, i.e. slow going.

If I leave home at 6am, expect me at ten to three at Grantchester
Meadows; and is there honey still for tea?

Tom Crispin wrote:


Between 1985 and April 1993 I was a wine merchant, manager of a large
wine shop in Greenwich called Bottoms Up. At some stage, and I cannot
recall the date, Bottoms Up were bought by Thresher. They used to run
an anual blind tasing competition.

I thought that only the police were allowed those?

"Trevor A Panther" wrote in
:

I am having great pleasure in watching the New Years Day concert from
Vienna. It is something of a personal tradition with me and over many
years has given me a huge amount of pleasure. A couple of glasses of
red wine and now a large port and brandy is finishing off my
Christmastide celebration. Obviously full of the Strauss "dynasty"
music,

Today was a good morning to ride as well and i did abour 26 kms in
cold but fairly calm conditions leaving home at 0745 with all my
lights on!

I hope to do it tomorrow morning too but there is a hint of a bit more
snow or sleet which might defrost some of my off road. track route
which today was crisp and hard.

Today is also the last day of overindulgence and a return to severe
rationaing!. Although I still have a couple of pheasants and a
remaining wild duck in the freezer and half a dozen quail -- oh yes a
2 partridge which I found today while digging out some "Welsh Dragon
Sausages"

It is also easier to increase the waist line than to regain that
slimer look!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good on you Trevor. I am always admirant of people your age who still
remain so active. You could easily pass as a youngster!

On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:59:09 +0000
Tom Crispin wrote:

Home to Cambridge is about 60 miles. Along the Lea Valley (NCR1), and
then NCR11 it is probably more like 70 miles, most of it motor traffic
free, i.e. slow going.

If I leave home at 6am, expect me at ten to three at Grantchester
Meadows; and is there honey still for tea?

You could knock on that Jeffry Archer's door and ask for tea with
honey. Myself I'd go into one of the two fairly decent pubs in
Grantchester (as of 20 years ago, dunno how they are now).

However the Good News follows. Temperature 30 minutes short of
midnight in Cambridgeshire is 2 degrees C above freezing. So as long as
the cloud doesn't clear you should stay upright [1] from London to
Cambridge.



[1] Apologies to other darksiders......

Mike
--
Mike Causer

On 01/01/2010 20:27, Trevor A Panther wrote:
I am having great pleasure in watching the New Years Day concert from
Vienna.

Hmmmm, I'm struggling to think of anything as boring.
At least you have great taste in food :-)

On 01/01/2010 22:11, Tom Crispin wrote:

Between 1985 and April 1993 I was a wine merchant, manager of a large
wine shop in Greenwich called Bottoms Up. At some stage, and I cannot
recall the date, Bottoms Up were bought by Thresher. They used to run
an anual blind tasing competition. In September 1992 I won the
regional heat and then national competition. In April 1993 I was
sacked. I took Thresher to an industrial tribunal who found that they
had sacked me because sales had fallen following the lifting of duty
allowances between the EU and the UK on 1 January 1993. I was awarded
£9,000 compensation (£10,000 was the maximum that could have been
awarded at the time).

Being at a loose end I decided to further my education and took A
levels in English and Maths. A year later I unexpectedly found myself
reading mathematics and education at Cambridge University. While at
Cambridge I was president of the Wine Society for the last three of my
four years (www.srcf.ucam.org/cuws/), and on the CU Wine Tasing Team
for all four years.

*yawn*
How about trying to keep it on-topic? Or do you really have such a
complex that you need to waffle on about yourself?