tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post3993421127146450748..comments2024-03-27T14:03:14.775+00:00Comments on Captain JP's log: Tillerman and the rug salesmanJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-71250482371466249642009-08-13T18:22:36.713+00:002009-08-13T18:22:36.713+00:00Its an ok area, just not very good when on a bike....Its an ok area, just not very good when on a bike. Going through it are two one way roads going North-South, linking the Embankment to the M4 (or at least start of) that gets very busy.<br /><br />And either side there are some nice bike paths through parks, but when you get to Earls Court couldn't see any bike friendly routes - maybe there are there but didn't find themJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-88017613512765757772009-08-12T21:59:49.261+00:002009-08-12T21:59:49.261+00:00Wait a minute. What's up with the Earl's C...Wait a minute. What's up with the Earl's Court deal? Is that a sketchy part of town? Kris and I stayed up that way and it seemed pretty decent. Walking distance to everything we needed and pretty quiet. Were we mere blocks away from havoc? Or is it just that streets are hellish for a cyclist?The O'Sheashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887851548539021097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-37319788209922531382009-08-10T20:15:50.093+00:002009-08-10T20:15:50.093+00:00I had no idea that it was wiggle your toes day on ...I had no idea that it was wiggle your toes day on the 6th!<br /><br />If only I'd known I'd have done a specially big wiggle. If nothing else it would be a "hurrah - I've lost the last of those sea urchin spines" celebration.<br /><br />I shall have to wait till next year :(JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-5785694278620034682009-08-10T19:08:22.197+00:002009-08-10T19:08:22.197+00:00Man, that O'Docker is weird.Man, that O'Docker is weird.The O'Sheashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887851548539021097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-83604620293650258042009-08-10T06:19:43.676+00:002009-08-10T06:19:43.676+00:00I like the idea of August 6 being "Wiggle You...I like the idea of August 6 being "Wiggle Your Toes Day." I grew up in Los Alamos, where August 6 was "Take Cover, the Hippies Are Coming to Protest the Atom Bomb Day." Not that the hippies ever got violent, and as far as I know, the news media didn't pay attention to their protests except on major anniversaries.<br /><br />I don't want to get into debates about whether we should or should not have dropped the bombs on Japan, or any of the political "what-if" speculation. I'd just rather wiggle my toes, who enjoy their release from the cramped servitude of enclosed shoes. The poor piggies suffered severe abuse during my childhood, when little girls were supposed to have dainty, pointy feet, and now I atone by allowing the toes freedom whenever I can.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-11054774535817918112009-08-09T20:41:20.102+00:002009-08-09T20:41:20.102+00:00I had no entry for that contest either.
Then I re...I had no entry for that contest either.<br /><br />Then I realized that <a href="http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/August/wiggleyourtoes.htm" rel="nofollow">Wiggle Your Toes Day</a> was coming up on August 6th (you didn't let it slip by without appropriate commemoration, did you?) and I figured ah, there's the perfect hook for a caption.<br /><br />But then I thought that, like your rug salesman, no one would get the reference and people would just think I'm weirder than they already do.<br /><br />Well now it turns out that <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2009/08/caption-contest.html" rel="nofollow">someone</a> is weirder than I am.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283526.post-43296725146703457952009-08-09T20:33:34.444+00:002009-08-09T20:33:34.444+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.com