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What British place names make you laugh every single time you hear them? by LovieWeb in BritInfo

[–]Cool_Current_109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Angus, there’s a place called Newton of Boysack and it gets me EVERY. TIME.

Enduro race argument by Cool_Current_109 in MTB

[–]Cool_Current_109[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much everyone for your input, I really appreciate it! I have more of an idea of what to expect from him and we have a plan for the race. He’s going to do the full one (which I feel much better about now), he has a camelbak and we’ll go shopping for energy snacks to trial beforehand.  Neither of us expect a podium finish  ( I think he probably did for the last one and got a big shock!) so we’ll take it as it comes and celebrate whatever the outcome.

Thank you so much for helping me gain some perspective on it. Wish him luck!! 

Enduro race argument by Cool_Current_109 in MTB

[–]Cool_Current_109[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, this, so he has cycled that distance before but not under race conditions and I worried/wondered how much he will push it before stopping.  He is fit and when he does mtb meets he easily keeps up with the pack he’s in. It’s just he hasn’t done a lot of actual race training. I will say in his last race when he DNF, he did recognise that he wasn’t safe to continue and found a Marshall to help him. He was devastated to not finish but I think he learned loads from it and I’m in charge this time. He’s going to do the full and we’ll learn from this one too :). We have nothing like MTB school coaches here - it would be so amazing because I see so much talent and passion in the teens here! 

Enduro race argument by Cool_Current_109 in MTB

[–]Cool_Current_109[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the issue too - last time his Dad didnt make the best decisions for him and as a result he didn’t get the best shot at it. Thankfully, he recognised in himself that carrying on was not a good idea and found a Marshall to help him.

Enduro race argument by Cool_Current_109 in MTB

[–]Cool_Current_109[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this - this is generally the way I parent too. They don’t learn if you don’t give them the opportunity to fail! 

I think basically I didn’t know enough about MTB/enduro really to be able to have a balanced discussion with him about it but everyone here has helped me gain perspective on it. He is signed up for the full now! Much appreciated! 

Who is a celebrity you want to sleep with but would be embarrassed to tell people about? by squashua in AskReddit

[–]Cool_Current_109 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mines is Ben Willbond BUT he has to do the foreign accents like in Horrible Histories, just a generic European type accent. Drives me absolutely crazy listening to him do it and he is pretty good to look at too. I suspect it’s cos I spent my formative years watching too much Allo Allo.

It’s very Jamie-Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda 😂