The "Excuses" Thread

[trailgumby]

I've got a cold and feel like ,,, I've god a goad.

[Comedian]

My pre-emptive excuse for not commuting on the first day back at work: I have to take the car in for a service. Poor thing has had so little action lately that it's coughing and spluttering in protest. I haven't had the heart to tell it that it's going to become my secondary means of transport in 2011...

Max

Have I phsyched you into the big TEN-K?

[Max]

My pre-emptive excuse for not commuting on the first day back at work: I have to take the car in for a service. Poor thing has had so little action lately that it's coughing and spluttering in protest. I haven't had the heart to tell it that it's going to become my secondary means of transport in 2011...

Max

Have I phsyched you into the big TEN-K?

No! But I'll be trying for 6K.

Max

[mikesbytes]

I have a race later in the day

[Max]

Well, the first excuse of 2011: I'm too tired to ride.

Fell asleep on couch at 2030. Went to bed at 2100. Woken up by text message (I'm on call, the phone has to be on) at 2130. Automated message from CSC "reminding" me about a job that I'd already finished at 0600 the day before! Went back to sleep. 2200, another reminder from CSC. Woke up enough to figure out a way to shut up the text tones without shutting up the ring tone. 2230, finally back to sleep. 2300, woken by missus tossing and turning. Midnight, finally asleep again. 0230, the power goes out, so the overhead fan stops turning. The noise of the fan slowing down wakes me up. Fall back asleep. 0300, power back on, the noise of the fan starting wakes me up. Wake up enough to set the time on the clock radio and set the alarm. Fall back asleep. 0450 wake up just before the alarm. And here I am. I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open.

Whinge, bitch, moan.

Max

[Missy24]

I'm too tired as well Max, this whole looking after my mother thing is exhausting me, I don't have time for myself, I don't have time to ride even though I've got a brand spanking new bike.... FAIL

I'm Exhausted

[Comedian]

My weetwlw weggies are two twied to wide twoday. And it's waining outswide !

[Oxford]

Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.

[Max]

Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.

LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!

Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.

Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??

Max

[Missy24]

Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.

LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!

Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.

Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??

Max

Thanks Max, I've also been given a massive dose of HTFU from some good friends of mine since about 8:30am.

So I'm gonna suck it up

[Comedian]

Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??

Max

Not only did I not ride but I'm still at home procrastinating about going to work... LOL

[Oxford]

Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.

LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!

Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.

Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??

Max

Its all good Max.

[Comedian]

Max, that's not an excuse, send it back and try again.

LOL after my over-the-top reply to you in the Commute thread yesterday, I'm not surprised you added those emoticons!

Missy, I hope your mum gets better soon.

Comedian, does this mean you.. *shock* didn't ride today??

Max

Its all good Max.

Well I'm here but the wife had drive me in to get me here. It's been like take a number though with all my coworkers lining up to say "what?..you were too soft to ride in today...very dissapointing "

[Max]

I showed MaxBabe some photos of flooding of KBB last night. Then I told her about how the roads near my work get flooded after heavy rain. That was enough for her to lay down the law. No riding to work in my immediate future. Although I know it's sensible, I'm still kind of disappointed about it. She waffled on about "safety... blah blah.. loves me... blah blah.. wants me alive for a long time.. blah blah...", all I heard was "You're not riding to work".

Max

[Comedian]

I showed MaxBabe some photos of flooding of KBB last night. Then I told her about how the roads near my work get flooded after heavy rain. That was enough for her to lay down the law. No riding to work in my immediate future. Although I know it's sensible, I'm still kind of disappointed about it. She waffled on about "safety... blah blah.. loves me... blah blah.. wants me alive for a long time.. blah blah...", all I heard was "You're not riding to work".

Max

Oh Puhleeese! The good guy bad guy routine hey?

[Max]

Well, driving to work today was a white-knuckled exercise in holding the steering wheel in a death grip. Visibility == close to zero, potholes == heaps, motorway flooding == imminent, flooding near work == only a few millimetres away. I'm going to see if I can work from home the rest of the week.

Dear rain: I'VE HAD ENOUGH. Just go away, already.

Max

[Comedian]

Well, driving to work today was a white-knuckled exercise in holding the steering wheel in a death grip. Visibility == close to zero, potholes == heaps, motorway flooding == imminent, flooding near work == only a few millimetres away. I'm going to see if I can work from home the rest of the week.

Dear rain: I'VE HAD ENOUGH. Just go away, already.

Max

Go ahead....beat on me! The missus drove me in

[Missy24]

Waiting on a new saddle

[The Womble]

With all this rain I need a much longer snorkle!

[Max]

My manager has approved working from home for the rest of the week. I just drove down the road I would normally ride down and it's pothole city.. that's when you can see the potholes under the flooding.

Max

[Max]

If any of you are thinking of posting in this thread, and just need a little encouragement to get on the bike, here's some for you:



I'm sure it's photoshopped, but I don't care. The real question is: why is he bothering with an umbrella?

Max

[Oxford]

so he doesn't get his head wet Max, gee, I thought that was obvious.

on excuses, I didn't do my early morning ride for a variety of reasons, with the rain and the Brisbane River situation, thought it wise not to ride a pathway next to it, maybe I'm being paranoid, but no need for me to add to any silliness out there. primarily though we had thunder this morning and I'm not one for going out into lightning and thunderstorms riding a bike any more than is necessary, so all I did was commute in.

[hannos]

I slept in.
The ironic thing is I was following a truck fully loaded with bags of cement.


Yep, I should just harden up really...

[Fletcher]

It was raining heavily, and my new set of mudguards hadn't arrived from Ribble. The old set is unusable, buckled in a hot car and rub on the tyres.

[goneriding]

I'm sure it's photoshopped, but I don't care. The real question is: why is he bothering with an umbrella?

That's easy. He's trying to protect his head! Bad helmet joke.