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yanderederee · 16 days

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Windbreaker Official Q&A !

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(answer releases are slow, so I’ll post an update probably within a month or so?) -> Q&A hosted here

1. What would you spend 500 yen on?

Sakura: “I’d buy Saboten’s Curry Bread.”

Nirei: “I’d like to buy more notebooks!”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “A cup of delicious coffee.”

Suo: “I would donate it of course.”

Hiragi: “I just ran out of stomach medicine.”

2. If you were to travel in Japan, where would you like to go?

Sakura: “Well… a place worth taking a walk.”

Nirei: “We should all go to Okinawa, it looks like fun.”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “I want to see the snowy scenery of nature in Hokkaido.”

Suo: “I’d like to go to a tea plantation in Shizuoka and pick tea.”

Hiragi: “I want to try snowboarding, so probably a ski resort.”

3. What is your favorite seasoning?

Sakura: “Ketchup. Omurice with ketchup is the best.”

Nirei: “I like to eat rice cakes with sugary soy sauce!”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “Japanese-style soup stock. With that, I can make anything delicious.”

Suo: “I’d say soy sauce. It's sweet, isn't it?”

Hiragi: “It's delicious if you put miso on nigiri rice and bake it.”

4.) What do you think about before going to sleep?

Sakura: “Fighting.”

Nirei: “I think about everyone I was with that day.”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “Pothos's sales status.”

Suo: “The dragon sealed in the left eye is about to rampage, so I guess that's it, haha.”

Hiragi: “If I can’t sleep, I try not to think about it.”

5. What would you eat for your last meal?

Sakura: “What… Why is it the last one? I’ve never thought about it.”

Nirei: “High-class meat. I want to eat til I’m full!”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “I dont care what I eat, I just want to eat it with everyone at the facility and the teachers.”

Suo: “Hmm, I don’t need to eat anything.”

Hiragi: “If it’s my last meal, then that must mean I’m in a bad situation, right? That means my stomach hurts, and I wonder if I can eat it. If I can eat it, I might say Katsudon.”

6.) What happened recently that made you happy?

Sakura: “At the butcher's... I got a bonus when I bought croquettes…”

Nirei: “I was able to have small talk with Mr. Umemiya.”

Sugishita: “Dunno.”

Kotoha: “Customers really liked the new menu.”

Suo: * “I had two tea pillars stand recently.”

Hiragi: “I got a ticket for my favorite band.” (LETS GO TOGETHER PLEASE!!!)

* When pouring freshly brewed loose-leaf tea, you can sometimes expect to find a tea stem/pillar in your tea. It’s considered good luck if one of those pillars stand vertically.

7.) What would you do if a stranger of the opposite sex asked for your contact information?

Sakura: “What?! What are you going to do when you have it!?”

Nirei: “A-are you sure it’s mine you want!? Not Sakura, or Suo’s?!”

Sugishita: “eh… uh…. um…”

Kotoha: “Sorry~ I have a boyfriend.”

Suo: “I don’t have a phone, sorry.”

Hiragi: “O..Oh… is my number okay?” (YES PLEASE)

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keywestlou · 3 years

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GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN, BUT ALL IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE WORLD

God is in His Heaven. However, everything is not right in the world. All facets of life are troubled.

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof in his column today wrote how screwed up religion itself is.

The article’s title: Progressive Christian America? Hallelujah!

He wrote concerning the values of two prominent religious leaders in America. Their thought processes diametrically opposed.

Pastor Rick Joyner is a prominent evangelical leader. Kristof described him as part of the Trumpian wing of evangelicalism. He quoted the Joyner statement “that Christians should acquire weapons to prepare for a civil war that is now inevitable.”

The Reverend William Barber is a leader of the Poor People’s Campaign. Kristof quoted a recent comment by Barber: “Some folks hijacked Christianity and decided that they were going to put up a lot of money to promote the idea that to be a person of faith was to be anti-choice, anti-gay, pro-gun, pro-tax cut.” Barber described such as “theological malpractice.”

Today is the day. Biden’s first press conference. A little late by the standards of some. He has only been President 2 months. Such is not of concern to some.

The news conference will take place today at 1:15 pm.

Some things are never supposed to occur. However, they do. The most recent example being the container ship which is stuck in the Suez Canal. Apparently high winds and a dust storm responsible.

Been there a couple of days. Expected an additional 2-5 days to get it able to move.

The ship a long one. Described as high/long as the Empire State Building. That’s big! There are photos of the vessel all over the internet. It looks long! I don’t know if its length equal to the height of the Empire State Building. Seems exaggerated to me. Never the less, it’s a biggie!

On this day in 1954, RCA announced it had begun its production of color TV sets. Up to this time, TV sets were black and white.

I did not get to view a color TV till 3 years later in 1957. Very few persons had till that time.

It was my graduation day from Manhattan College in New York City. A family celebration dinner was held afterwards at the Stella D’Oro Restaurant. Stella D’Oro being the famous cookie maker at the time. The cookie company built a huge restaurant to the front of its production facility.

In addition to my parents, the dinner was attended by my wife to be and the family’s New York City relatives. My mother had grown up in New York City and her side of the family still resided there.

At some point during the dinner, everyone in the restaurant began running into the bar. Something was going on. I followed. The TV set was in color. I doubt any of us in the bar had seen a color television set before. Many oohs and aahs.

Exciting!

Late in the 1970s and into the early 1980s, Key West and the lower Keys in general were a haven for drug smugglers. Marijuana and cocaine.

Key West descriptively was referred to as “Smuggler’s Island.” In a newspaper account written in the early 1980s, Key West was described as “a paradise corrupted by dope.”

The drug smuggling of those days has been replaced with the smuggling of humans today.

Not a bad business to be in. Profitable. As good as drug smuggling. Big dollars to be made.

The going price paid to smugglers is $10,000 per person. Generally 20 at a time taken from Cuba to Keys’ shores.

Some smugglers get caught. It happened sunday.

Four smugglers were captured in Tavernier. They were arraigned monday in Federal Court in Key West. The charge: Knowingly and willfully conspiring to encourage and induce aliens to enter the United States.

Political corruption was involved in dru smuggling. Officials advised no such corruption involved with human trafficking in the Keys.

We all know what March Madness is. The Key West Citizen editorial page has come up with another cartoon exemplifying the cartoonist’s talent at his chosen profession.

Today’s carton is labeled: Everyday Madness. Contains brackets similar to those of March Madness. In place of the teams however are activities reflecting political life today. Some brackets labeled: No Masks, Spring Break, Q-Anon, GOP, COVID-19, vaccines, Proud Boys, and Antifa.

A fitting comment in today’s Citizens’ Voice: “Key West, did you see how the mayor of Miami responded to Spring Breakers, while we allow them to roll? Your inactions harm our local community, repeatedly.”

Smathers Beach was dedicated and named this day in 1946. The man honored was Florida Senator George Smathers.

Enjoy your day!

GOD’S IN HIS HEAVEN, BUT ALL IS NOT RIGHT WITH THE WORLD was originally published on Key West Lou

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whatisthiseven89 · 7 years

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Q&A Thing

Rules

1. Always post the rules 2. Answer the questions given by the person who tagged you 3. Write 11 questions of your own 4. Tag 11 people

Tagged by @voraciousexpectations

Tell us about your first crush.

It was a straight guy at the Baptist monastery. Calvinist. The latter being the deal-breaker.

What color are your eyes?

Hopelessly brown.

Have you ever interrogated your sexuality or gender identity? What happened?

Oh God yes. It was incredibly messy, involved a lot of prayer, and led to me coming out as a gay man in college.

Mayonnaise or mustard?

Duke’s Mayonnaise

Are you a morning person?

Yes!

What is one of your favorite works of art (defined however broadly you please)?

Oh God...this is tough. Requiem Masses are one of my favorite categories of art, and in that category, I have to go with Durufle’s Requiem. It pairs well with bourbon/scotch and ugly crying.

How did you come to live in the place you currently live?

I moved to Raleigh officially for college, and have lived here, save for a few months, for the past ten years. I say officially because I grew up within 20-45 minutes from Raleigh at various points in my childhood, and was born here, so essentially, I’ve lived here all of my life.

Do you collect anything?

Hymnals. At least, it’s what I collect intentionally.

Do you generally read more fiction or non-fiction?

Non-fiction definitely.

Have you ever thirst-followed a user of tumblr dot com?

Hahahahaha....yes. Many times, but I refuse to name names.

How messy is your room right now?

It’s definitely...disordered. I need to clean it today.

My Questions:

1) What is your favorite place you’ve ever visited and why?

2) Beer, wine, or liquor?

3) What’s the worst date you’ve ever been on?

4) What’s the best date you’ve ever been on?

5) What’s your favorite job you’ve ever had so far?

6) What’s the best purchase that you’ve made this year so far?

7) What is your favorite holiday, and why?

8) What is one defining moment in your life so far? One that, however briefly, gave you a sense of purpose?

9) Are you religious? If so, how did you wind up involved with the tradition you are now?

10) If you could begin any course of study right now -- all expenses paid -- what would you study?

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live, and why?

Tagged:

@voraciousexpectations @paulstead @thatoneredheadedtallguy @itsjustfrank @thegaypk @em0tionalchastity @lenalot @gumbo-ya-ya @hotankles @bookofideas2point0 @hiswoundishisstrength

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humanresourcesjournal-blog · 6 years

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7 Books to Read for Human Resources Manager

First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman

Gallup introduces the momentous discoveries of its progressive investigation of in excess of 80,000 managers in his book, uncovering what the world's most prominent manager do another way than conventional methods.

This book really provide an insight research of highly-performing managers across different industries showing similar characteristics in their management style – these managers reject conventional ideas & wisdom.

Instead, they adopt innovative strategy to lead, shaping a highly-productive team & working culture.

With all these important execution and career exercises and thoughts for how to apply them, it is an unquestionable must-read book for all Human Resources Managers.

7 Habits of Highly Effective by Stephen Covey

The book opens with a clarification of what number of people who have accomplished a high level of outward achievement still wind up battling with an inward requirement for creating individual viability and developing sound associations with other individuals.

Covey believes the manner in which we see the world is altogether founded in one's own perception.

With the end goal to change a given circumstance, we should develop ourselves, and to change ourselves, we should have the capacity to alter our perceptions towards the world.

In studying more than 200 years of the writing on the idea of "success," Covey recognized an essential change in the manner in which that people have characterized accomplishment after some time.

Using the knowledge from this book, Human Resources Managers can develop their employees to possess these habits to build a highly effective team for the company.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... And Others Don't by Jim Collins

Collins mentioned in the book that we all should not satisfy and work with mediocre teams, business strategy or its results.

Collins responds to an overwhelming call in the book: recognizing and assessing the elements and factors that enable a little part of organizations to make the change from simply great to really incredible.

‘Great,' a truly abstract term, is operationally characterized by various measurements, including, particularly, budgetary execution that surpassed the market normal by a few requests of greatness over a maintained time frame.

Utilizing these criteria, Collins and his exploration group thoroughly listed the business writing, distinguishing a bunch of organizations that satisfied their foreordained criteria for enormity.

At that point, the characterizing attributes that separated these 'incredible' firms from their rivals were evaluated and dissected.

This book is highly recommended for any HR Managers who not only want to work to advance their personal development, but also to develop their employees as well as the organization.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

This book shares a leadership tale that is as captivating and informative. In this book, Lencioni turns his interest and storytelling skills to the interesting, complex knowledge of teams.

This book uncovers the essential of teamwork by utilizing a leadership tale, an account of a tech organization that is attempting to develop but struggling as well as looking to expand their customer base.

The new Chief Operating Director of the company, Catherine, perceives the capability of the company and the people. Be that as it may, the officials are not cooperating as a group and hence affect the whole company contrarily.

The group battles to acknowledge obligations and simply agree to any agreements, bringing about negative morale in the organization.

He plots a ground-breaking model and significant actionable plan that can be utilized to defeat these common obstacles and construct a firm, productive teams.

The HR Answer Book: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals by Shawn Smith and Rebecca Mazin

Living in this constant changing business environment, HR managers should keep themselves updated with the latest trends & information in the industry.

Changes in the economy, the employment market, innovation, and the legal issues, HR experts and office management alike are confronting new difficulties.

Fortunately, this book these advancements and addresses in excess of 200 Q&A that each business needs to manage, from recruitment and hiring to training and company downsizing, pay and employees benefits to managing worker relations.

The new version contains reconsidered and extended segments on FMLA, medical coverage changes, and remuneration laws, and additionally data on compensation decreases and utilizing long range interpersonal communication to enlist representatives. It is additionally stuffed with actionable checklists & tools.

HR Disrupted by Lucy Adams

There can be almost certainly that a considerable lot of the HR rehearses that associations hold dear are prepared for change. A considerable lot of them proceed in spite of proof that they don't work.

In this book, Lucy endeavors to give a case to changing HR and give pragmatic answers for our 'disturbed world'

There are few really new thoughts in the content. That entangled approaches don't change conduct, that execution audits don't enhance execution, that commitment studies shouldn't simply be something you do yearly are for some time set up.

Additionally coming in for feedback (among others) are probation periods, representative handbooks, the nine box matrix and customary classroom preparing.

This book will enable you to acquaint this new reasoning with others in your business.

Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World-Class Employee Engagement by Debra Corey and Glenn Elliott

The present method for treating individuals at work has fizzled. All around, just 30% of workers are occupied with their employments, and in this quick paced world that is sufficiently not. The world's best organizations comprehend this, and have been discreetly treating individuals differently for almost two decades.

HR Managers can learn their discovery & secret of The Engagement Bridge™ model, demonstrated to build main concern an incentive for organizations through manageable worker commitment.

Organizations with the best societies produce securities exchange returns of double the general market and appreciate a large portion of the worker turnover of their companions. Their staff advance more, convey better client administration and, hands-down, and beat the competition. These organizations beat and disturb their business sectors. They disrupt the guidelines of traditional HR, they defy business as usual.

This book has discovered these radicals and the rule breakers. From little new companies to worldwide powerhouses, this book demonstrates that boldness, commitment, and a people-driven outlook, as opposed to cash and assets, are what you have to transform a normal business into a classification pioneer.

#bookworm #books and libraries #human resources #manager #management

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leavalleycc · 6 years

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The rest of 2017

Happy New Year and a belated Merry Christmas to everyone! There hasn’t been a club blog since mid-August (which feels a lifetime ago in the current weather), so it’s time to write about what happened in the rest of 2017.

As usual, the end of August saw our outgoing President’s traditional long-distance ‘Summerhayes Summer Saunter’ bank holiday ride, this year to Southend. In addition to this, the weekend before I organised a car-assisted ‘East Anglian Adventure’ using this 82-mile route which starts and finishes in Thaxted and takes in some of the most picturesque places in that neck of the woods (Lavenham, Cavendish, Finchingfield, etc): https://www.strava.com/routes/6175019.

I was joined by Huw, Caroline, Alex and Tim. We set a decent enough pace in the sunshine, despite the fact that Alex’s front mech immediately stopped working and he spent the entire ride trapped in the small ring. One of our village sign sprints (to Radwinter) was a bit more dramatic than usual – just as Alex, Tim and I opened it up we were overtaken at high speed by a never-ending convoy of motorbikes which added a bit more danger than anticipated. We stopped at a pub for lunch just outside Lavenham and then rode the remaining stretch into a headwind. In the final miles Huw (who had cunningly avoided all of the sprints over the previous hours) left us all for dead and disappeared out of sight.

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It’s nice to get out and explore some different roads every now and again like this with the aid of a car or a train. I’ve just bought a ‘Lost Lanes of the south-east’ book (http://lostlanes.thebikeshow.net/) with about thirty rides in it – I intend to try to do one a month in 2018, which obviously means getting a train or driving to the start/finish of each ride. Hopefully we can organise some unusual club runs in Kent, Sussex, Suffolk, The Chilterns and maybe even further afield.

September saw David Veitch break a club time trial record yet again and in some style. Back on the E2 25-mile course again, he smashed through the 50-minute (30 mph) barrier and then some, setting an incredible time of 49:07.

Meanwhile some of us were racing at Hog Hill. This video is cunningly edited to make it look as if Charlie and I were always at the front of the 4th cat race:

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Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case when we actually got to the finish line. The same afternoon Tim took part in the 3rd cat race and also finished in the bunch. Racing with rather more success that month was Patrick McGrath who took just two races in quick succession to amass enough points to move up to 3rd cat, with a 3rd place in just his second race. One to watch next season!

Late September / early October always sees our ‘Crescent 30’ and ‘Comet 25’ open time trial events. These are named after the two clubs that joined together to form Lea Valley CC in 1969 (so the events have been running longer than our club has been existence). I was marshalling for the 30-mile event at the roundabout by Duxford Imperial War Museum. To our surprise, there was an airshow on that day and the roads became increasingly clogged with traffic that at some points was stationary around three-quarters of the roundabout, and one of the two lanes was coned off just to add to the confusion. Nevertheless, the riders managed to pick their way through and still set impressive times. Colin Ward of Essex Roads CC won again with a time of 1:03:17. The fastest Lea Valley rider was Colin Ross who came 13th overall in 1:11:25 (25.2 mph). Full results here: https://leavalleycc.microco.sm/conversations/311505/

The following week’s 25-mile was held in typical end of season conditions: strong winds and loads of standing water from the overnight deluge. David McGraw of Cambridge CC won in 54:52 while Chris Parker was the fastest Lea Valley rider with 1:03:55. Again, full results are here: https://leavalleycc.microco.sm/conversations/311506/

Then came our ‘Gordon Atwell Tourist Trial’ event. As last year’s winner, Alex Sweeting was charged with organising it this year. It’s a bit difficult to explain this event if you haven’t done it. It’s kind of a mixture of a sportive, an old-fashioned reliability ride and a mystery tour. You aren’t given a route to download and stick on your Garmin – instead part of the challenge is reading instructions which you are given at the Burton End HQ beforehand and trying to plot them on a map. You then have to aim to get back at a certain time which corresponds to a particular average speed. Whoever gets back closest to their allotted time is the winner.

This is more difficult than it sounds – if you don’t know exactly how far you will be riding it’s difficult to judge how fast you should be going. Things were further complicated this year by a savagely strong west-to-east wind, which meant the return leg of the ride would be much harder than the initial miles. I rode with James Morris and we made the task even more challenging by repeatedly getting lost to the extent that during the first half of the ride we were scarcely ever on the official route (and at one point when we did finally get back onto it, we rode it in the wrong direction for several miles before realising something had gone wrong). We also lost a good ten to fifteen minutes in a Good Samaritan act helping a man who had somehow managed to wrap his chain round and round his pedal. Actually, I say ‘we’ helped him, but it would be more accurate to say James single-handedly removed the chain and the rear mech and got covered in oil sorting everything out while I stood around saying useful things like ‘how did you do that?’ and ‘I think you’ll need a lift home’. Anyway, needless to say we didn’t win. That honour went to Rosie Sweeting (who had recently married the organiser – I’m not saying that interfered with the judging, but some people might smell conspiracy there) and Jeanette Degiorgio.

Following this came the annual hill climb on Mott Street. This has been getting bigger and bigger in recent years and this year it was as big as possible: we had a full field of 60 riders and had more who wanted to ride that we couldn’t offer a place to. Our numbers were boosted by CC London, who had decided to hold their club event on the same day, and various other local clubs, especially Shaftesbury CC.

It was a very close-fought battle for first place with two Lea Valley riders a good ten seconds clear of the rest of the field. Last year’s winner David Veitch set a blistering time of 2:12 but that was only good enough for second place. Michael Krukov took first with a time of 2:11. We had about 25 riders from our club taking place – far too many to give a detailed account of everyone, but it’s worth pointing out very impressive debut performances from Steven Boyle, George Kemp and Lewis Miles and a significant improvement from young Aidan Kerrigan. The full results are here: https://leavalleycc.microco.sm/conversations/312632/

Tim Stout of Shaftesbury CC took many photos of the event which you can find here: https://keepsnap.com/timstout/gallery/3500 They are available for download for approx £1.50 per photo (part of which will be donated to Children In Need) – the photos will be online for about one more month and then deleted.

The week after that was our club’s annual circuit race, the Len Cooper, at Hog Hill. The weather was cold, but much sunnier than last year’s foggy edition. As is traditional, we started off with a neutralised President’s lap and kept the pace relatively gentle during the unofficial ‘truce’ after that:

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Then the pace lifted as the hooter went to signal a prime would be held at the end of the next lap and this is where the race split apart:

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In the second video clip above around the 1:30 mark you can hear the hooter and my rear cam shows Michael Krukov and David Veitch, the top two from the previous week’s hill climb, sitting just behind me at the front of the bunch. This was the shape of things to come (apart from me, obviously – as you can see from the rest of the clip I expertly slid from the front of the bunch to the back just in time to miss all the action). Michael won the prime and a front group of five emerged, initially closely followed by a second group of about six or seven. Before too long Michael and David had shaken off the rest of the front group and they spent the rest of the race in each other’s company, while Alex Sweeting, Paul Roberts (who already had a race from the previous day in his legs as he desperately searched for the single point he needed to maintain his second cat status) and Steven Boyle slowly dropped back to swell the numbers of the second group on the road.

David won the second prime and, as Michael freely admitted, was the stronger of the two of them on the day, but he was unable to get rid of Michael. The two of them lapped even the second group before going clear again to contest the sprint, in which Michael surged off David’s wheel to claim victory for the second week in a row. When the second group came round, Paul Roberts won a close sprint for third place from Steve Boyle.

At the end of November we had our annual lunch / prize giving at Wanstead Golf Club. This year we were treated to Michael Hutchinson (multiple time trial record breaker and national champion) as our guest speaker. He did it as Q&A session and dealt well with our questions on topics ranging from the relatively safe topics of his own career and his Cycling Weekly column to more controversial issues such as the reputation of Wiggins and Team Sky in the wake of the TUE and mystery package revelations. Michael brought along some copies of his latest book (https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/recyclists-9781472925596/) to sign and sell – I bought it myself this summer and can recommend it.

As always, a lot of silverware was dished out – so much that it would be impossible to list every single prize here, but here is a taste…

Colin Ross picked up multiple prizes including Club Time Trial Champion, Club Best All-Rounder, Club Time Trial Handicap Champion, Best 30-mile TT, Best 50-mile TT and Best 100-mile TT

Trudy Sharam picked up prizes for Best Women’s 10-mile TT and Best Women’s 25-mile TT (breaking both club records in the process)

David Veitch won the Best 10-mile TT and Best 24-mile TT setting new club records of 19:29 and 49:07

Paul Roberts became both Club Road Race Champion & Club Track Champion

Michael Krukov won the Len Cooper circuit race, the Hill Climb and became Senior Road Race Champion

Most improved riders: Jemma Taylor & James Morris (who also won the Betts Trophy for the ill-fated first day of his ride up to Edinburgh)

Winners of the Gordon Atwell Tourist Trial, Rosie Sweeting & Jeanette Degiorgio

The club runs are still going strong, despite the wintery weather. Alice Cutter has taken over running the Women’s Rides from Chrystyna (who has now had her baby, we’re glad to hear) and these are still happening once every couple of months. Here is their Blackmore café stop on the November ride – the next one is coming up in January.

Meanwhile, the usual reminder that ideally everyone should have a rear mudguard during the winter months, otherwise you will end up looking like these guys (Lewis, Simon and Simon):

Even more extreme, this is George Kemp’s bath after he decided to try off-roading in Epping Forest with James Morris and Chris West:

Over the festive period we had about 15 riders on the Christmas Eve club runs – some doing 45 miles with a supposed coffee stop at a pub that was actually closed (and which we only discovered wasn’t going to open after we had sat outside it in the cold for 15 minutes), and some doing 70+ miles with a loop around Hanningfield Reservoir. One week later only 8 of us braved the weather on New Year’s Eve – not surprising given that there was something of a storm going on when daylight broke, but in the end it wasn’t that bad on the ride.

Away from riding we had a good turnout at The Castle in Walthamstow Village for our drinks to celebrate Christmas and also a multitude of birthdays – by a strange coincidence about half a dozen members have their birthdays either on or just before Christmas Day.

Less successful was our AGM the week before. In order to actually pass any votes and elect club officials (including the new President to replace John) the meeting has to be quorate. Given the ever-growing membership of the club that now means we need about 30 members to turn up on the night, but we only had 12 and so nothing could actually be voted on. We have had to reschedule the AGM to have a second attempt: it will now be on Tuesday 9th January from 8pm – 10pm. (Edit: No, it won’t! It will now be the following Tuesday, i.e. 16th January). Please make every effort to attend if you can, otherwise we’ll be in administrative limbo (and John might have to remain club President for eternity). In case you didn’t know, club nights are no longer weekly, they are monthly, and they aren’t in the church hall any more. We are now based in the Scout Hall, 205a Wood St, Walthamstow, London E17 3NU. See you there and have a good 2018!

Jamie 1/1/18

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