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Post by ChrisM on Jul 26, 2021 20:54:38 GMT
Waffles don’t make an ironman! We don’t have the same retirement plans, although having said that, it’s likely Hawaii will feature in mine! There's an awful lot of waffle in this thread ! I've not been tempted (am unable?) to spend anything because of Martin; my lifestyle/position in life means that it's not something I would contemplate |
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Post by PG on Jul 28, 2021 15:51:11 GMT
Not my thing I’m afraid. I eat ‘clean’ for want of a better word. It’s part of my retirement plan to qualify for the Ironman world championships in Hawaii as an age grouper when I’m 60. Waffles don’t make an ironman! That's a great goal and achievable. A dressage instructor who Mrs PG has lessons with started triathlon about 5 years ago as a "hobby". In her 40's she qualified for the GB team and just came first in the 50-54 age group at the Ironman 70.3 at Stafford. Next week she races in Tallin for a place at the next word championships.  |
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Post by Andy C on Aug 1, 2021 20:50:44 GMT
Come on then Martin , hit me up with pushchair system advice as I bet it’s something you didn’t scrimp on. What did you go for , cybex, uppababy, silvercross ? Well, we did buy it from Harrods…. Only because they had a special loyalty weekend, 10% off and free delivery for rewards members which made it the cheapest place to get it from at the time. I did some research and we went to look / test drive the best travel systems. We ended up choosing the Bugaboo Fox, good quality, lots of features, decent suspension and you can customise the colours plus it’s a fairly subtle looking thing, so many are pretty tacky, especially the more expensive ones. Thats just the pushchair / pram, car seats are more interesting and important imo….. My first thought was Recaro, but they stopped making them and the ones you could still buy weren’t particularly comfortable or luxurious. We went with Nuna as they are really great quality and safe of course, as we went for the (fairly new then) isize seats. The fabric is part merino icy looks and feels great. They come with a spare cover, which thankfully we haven’t had to use, but it does mean that when someone buys it they are getting a brand new seat. We bought two, the Pipa lite which is one with a carry handle plus isofix base and is very light, so that went in the Golf at the start. We also bought the Rebl which is a 360 rotating (fantastic invention) rear and forward facing seats which is suitable from birth to about 4 years. That went in mine at the start but when he grew out of the Pipa Lite I put it in the Golf as it’s much easier to get him in/out of the smaller door when you can rotate the seat. We do need to sell the Pipa Lite, it will have depreciated horrendously as we got a decent deal thanks to Mothercare closing down but it was still over £200 (they are £275iirc). We’ve also got a Maxi Cosi Rock which is still in the box, I bought it because we were going to need one for our holiday and the Nuna was too nice to stick on a plane and it was a good deal at £100…. But I think you can buy them for less than that now! cheers martin. We're off to look at the Fox in JL tomorrow. Nuna is sold as a Bugaboo these days anyway, think its called Turtle air or something , so we might pick up one of those all in one packages. |
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Post by Martin on Aug 1, 2021 21:04:58 GMT
Well, we did buy it from Harrods…. Only because they had a special loyalty weekend, 10% off and free delivery for rewards members which made it the cheapest place to get it from at the time. I did some research and we went to look / test drive the best travel systems. We ended up choosing the Bugaboo Fox, good quality, lots of features, decent suspension and you can customise the colours plus it’s a fairly subtle looking thing, so many are pretty tacky, especially the more expensive ones. Thats just the pushchair / pram, car seats are more interesting and important imo….. My first thought was Recaro, but they stopped making them and the ones you could still buy weren’t particularly comfortable or luxurious. We went with Nuna as they are really great quality and safe of course, as we went for the (fairly new then) isize seats. The fabric is part merino icy looks and feels great. They come with a spare cover, which thankfully we haven’t had to use, but it does mean that when someone buys it they are getting a brand new seat. We bought two, the Pipa lite which is one with a carry handle plus isofix base and is very light, so that went in the Golf at the start. We also bought the Rebl which is a 360 rotating (fantastic invention) rear and forward facing seats which is suitable from birth to about 4 years. That went in mine at the start but when he grew out of the Pipa Lite I put it in the Golf as it’s much easier to get him in/out of the smaller door when you can rotate the seat. We do need to sell the Pipa Lite, it will have depreciated horrendously as we got a decent deal thanks to Mothercare closing down but it was still over £200 (they are £275iirc). We’ve also got a Maxi Cosi Rock which is still in the box, I bought it because we were going to need one for our holiday and the Nuna was too nice to stick on a plane and it was a good deal at £100…. But I think you can buy them for less than that now! cheers martin. We're off to look at the Fox in JL tomorrow. Nuna is sold as a Bugaboo these days anyway, think its called Turtle air or something , so we might pick up one of those all in one packages. Ok. You won’t go wrong with either. |
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Post by alf on Aug 2, 2021 14:42:53 GMT
Ha! Good one Garry. I think for me just the portable a/c. Although who knows what FG we've all decided our cars cannot be without as a result... Car-wise, the only person who really influenced a decision of mine was James/ALF with the GTA. He took me for a spin in his and I decided that there was no finer way to spend £13k than on a 2yr old GTA (and there almost certainly wasn't). Hmm yes I was wondering if I should get involved in this one as three people on this forum bought 156 GTA's at least partly on the back of how much I enjoyed mine  Hopefully none of them regretted it! The biggest financial GTA rinse was my own, when I stupidly assumed a specialist would not charge main dealer prices, and spent a fortune fettling/upgrading it not long before selling it - though I was not to know I'd be made redundant, and end up in a job doing a lot of business miles.... The work was worth it, but paying the speclist £1200 more for the parts than I could have bought them for myself online, on top of the fitting, was not cool.... Can't blame any of that on Martin!!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2021 17:32:59 GMT
Did you 'recommend' the specialist for the prize 'plonker' award? Every little bit helps other owners after all. Just like I award the prize to a Challenged garage near me.
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Post by Martin on Aug 2, 2021 17:55:20 GMT
Ha! Good one Garry. I think for me just the portable a/c. Although who knows what FG we've all decided our cars cannot be without as a result... Car-wise, the only person who really influenced a decision of mine was James/ALF with the GTA. He took me for a spin in his and I decided that there was no finer way to spend £13k than on a 2yr old GTA (and there almost certainly wasn't). Hmm yes I was wondering if I should get involved in this one as three people on this forum bought 156 GTA's at least partly on the back of how much I enjoyed mine Hopefully none of them regretted it! The biggest financial GTA rinse was my own, when I stupidly assumed a specialist would not charge main dealer prices, and spent a fortune fettling/upgrading it not long before selling it - though I was not to know I'd be made redundant, and end up in a job doing a lot of business miles.... The work was worth it, but paying the speclist £1200 more for the parts than I could have bought them for myself online, on top of the fitting, was not cool.... Can't blame any of that on Martin!!! That was definitely nothing to do with me!! Wasn’t the cost of that known as ‘an ALF’ for a time and anything cost related measured against it?! |
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Post by Stuntman on Aug 2, 2021 21:08:22 GMT
To the best of my knowledge, I have spent zero money so far because of Martin - but I'm tempted by that robot vacuuum cleaner thingy  |
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Post by cbeaks1 on Aug 3, 2021 14:09:24 GMT
I have a robot vac thingy but don’t remember Martin’s recommendation. We bought a relatively inexpensive one from Amazon and it is pretty effective.
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Post by Martin on Aug 3, 2021 15:43:14 GMT
I have a robot vac thingy but don’t remember Martin’s recommendation. We bought a relatively inexpensive one from Amazon and it is pretty effective.That's because you didn't take advice....  |
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Post by alf on Aug 5, 2021 9:08:53 GMT
Another one for you Gary, this is a firm family favourite and you get perfect results every time. They all love the sweet waffles, but it also makes some really nice savoury ones. We had a £35-40 one which was really highly rated in Amazon but it wasn’t consistent and this makes 2 decent size ones at a time. www.sageappliances.com/uk/en/products/waffle-makers/bwm620.htmlNot my thing I’m afraid. I eat ‘clean’ for want of a better word. It’s part of my retirement plan to qualify for the Ironman world championships in Hawaii as an age grouper when I’m 60. Waffles don’t make an ironman! Good luck! My own attempt to get into triathlon was knackered by COVID, I have never known how to swim crawl and was just teaching myself when lockdown 1.0 struck. Haven't been in the pool since, but the running is still going well. Sadly after years of MTB being my main sport it seems I'm a shit cyclist but am working on that! I read the little exchange above one friday night and was impressed with your self control - I am not far off perfect weight but recently seem to be poor on the diet front (too much reward eating, mostly for bothering to work at home at all...). I did "Endure 24" 2 weekends ago as a team of 4 and far from getting low on energy after running 56k each, I seemed to eat so many crepes from the stand I put on weight. Anyway the morning after reading this, and being impressed, Tina made sweet waffles for the kids and I woke up to that fatty sugary smell, and naturally came downstairs and stuffed my face with them.................. Well done you though! |
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Post by garry on Aug 5, 2021 11:20:05 GMT
Not my thing I’m afraid. I eat ‘clean’ for want of a better word. It’s part of my retirement plan to qualify for the Ironman world championships in Hawaii as an age grouper when I’m 60. Waffles don’t make an ironman! Good luck! My own attempt to get into triathlon was knackered by COVID, I have never known how to swim crawl and was just teaching myself when lockdown 1.0 struck. Haven't been in the pool since, but the running is still going well. Sadly after years of MTB being my main sport it seems I'm a shit cyclist but am working on that! I read the little exchange above one friday night and was impressed with your self control - I am not far off perfect weight but recently seem to be poor on the diet front (too much reward eating, mostly for bothering to work at home at all...). I did "Endure 24" 2 weekends ago as a team of 4 and far from getting low on energy after running 56k each, I seemed to eat so many crepes from the stand I put on weight. Anyway the morning after reading this, and being impressed, Tina made sweet waffles for the kids and I woke up to that fatty sugary smell, and naturally came downstairs and stuffed my face with them.................. Well done you though! If you've done 56k run over 24 hours then you've more than enough endurance for Ironman! My background is road cycling and I was a county level runner as a kid. As for swimming, I could do no more than breast stroke up and down the local pool. I took lessons and they were transformational. My fastest ironman swim (2.4 miles) is 58 minutes. The first time i tried the distance it took me 1hr48m. Get some lessons. Join a local bike club too if you're not road bike rider. I'm amazed at how many triathletes tie their legs in knots by not understanding cadence or act like a brick wall because they don't understand position. I've completed Ironman 8 times. I did a 9hr47min time on a very flat and fast course in Barcelona, and went just over 10hrs 30min at this years hilly Ironman. I'm 53 years old and my thinking is that I'll retire in about 5 years, spend most of my time in Spain, make age group qualification my main goal. The clean eating will hopefully mean I'm slowing my decline into old age! I started it a couple of years ago and I'd say it gives me 5% (although that could be a placebo). |
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Post by PG on Aug 5, 2021 12:55:33 GMT
H Can't blame any of that on Martin!!! That was definitely nothing to do with me!! Wasn’t the cost of that known as ‘an ALF’ for a time and anything cost related measured against it?! Indeed an ALF was (and still is) a perfectly valid unit of measurement. It was about £5k IIRC? |
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Post by bryan on Aug 5, 2021 17:21:36 GMT
If it was LTT Leathercare then that's my fault. That's it. It must've been John that recommended some weedkiller then. That cost me a bit more because I added a large capacity sprayer to the order. Exciting stuff, eh? What was the weedkiller, I need something for brambles and nettles |
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Post by Andy C on Aug 5, 2021 17:28:16 GMT
I think it was Mark. Wasn't it super strength stuff off Amazon iirc?
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Post by LandieMark on Aug 5, 2021 20:06:13 GMT
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Post by chocy on Aug 7, 2021 11:34:27 GMT
Good luck! My own attempt to get into triathlon was knackered by COVID, I have never known how to swim crawl and was just teaching myself when lockdown 1.0 struck. Haven't been in the pool since, but the running is still going well. Sadly after years of MTB being my main sport it seems I'm a shit cyclist but am working on that! I read the little exchange above one friday night and was impressed with your self control - I am not far off perfect weight but recently seem to be poor on the diet front (too much reward eating, mostly for bothering to work at home at all...). I did "Endure 24" 2 weekends ago as a team of 4 and far from getting low on energy after running 56k each, I seemed to eat so many crepes from the stand I put on weight. Anyway the morning after reading this, and being impressed, Tina made sweet waffles for the kids and I woke up to that fatty sugary smell, and naturally came downstairs and stuffed my face with them.................. Well done you though! If you've done 56k run over 24 hours then you've more than enough endurance for Ironman! My background is road cycling and I was a county level runner as a kid. As for swimming, I could do no more than breast stroke up and down the local pool. I took lessons and they were transformational. My fastest ironman swim (2.4 miles) is 58 minutes. The first time i tried the distance it took me 1hr48m. Get some lessons. Join a local bike club too if you're not road bike rider. I'm amazed at how many triathletes tie their legs in knots by not understanding cadence or act like a brick wall because they don't understand position. I've completed Ironman 8 times. I did a 9hr47min time on a very flat and fast course in Barcelona, and went just over 10hrs 30min at this years hilly Ironman. I'm 53 years old and my thinking is that I'll retire in about 5 years, spend most of my time in Spain, make age group qualification my main goal. The clean eating will hopefully mean I'm slowing my decline into old age! I started it a couple of years ago and I'd say it gives me 5% (although that could be a placebo). Hugely impressive. Well done for the having the commitment and desire to get to the start line, never mind the results. |
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