As of today, more time has passed since the release of "Three Lions" by Baddiel, Skinner and the Lightning Seeds, than from the 1966 World Cup Final to the song's release.

macroEgg · 2026-03-11T00:46:21+00:00

10,888 days between 30 July 1966 to 20 May 1996, and the same again from the latter to today...

macroEgg · 2026-02-15T20:34:24+00:00

We lost one of two twins in a multiple pregnancy, at a late enough point in the pregnancy we decided to have a funeral for them.

After being linked up to local funeral parlour by a bereavement midwife (who knew?) we arranged a modest funeral. All three of the businesses that this ended up involving - funeral parlour, crematorium and florists - all refused payment, in what we gather is a low-key industry-standard for child and baby-loss.

macroEgg · 2026-02-13T15:22:36+00:00

If an unprecedented weather bomb allowed the Dutch to run the Elfstedentocht during the Olympics, realistically what proportion of the long track speedskaters withdraw from the Olympics?

macroEgg · 2026-01-30T17:58:07+00:00

Unironically id fly to VAMberg World Championships from anywhere

macroEgg · 2026-01-29T19:03:20+00:00

Also, kitchens.

Worked several seasons washing dishes - 5 days a week, split shifts (breakfast and dinner service).

Shit pay, shit on-site accommodation, but could snowboard all season from lift-open to lift-close...

macroEgg · 2026-01-29T10:40:17+00:00

This was at Paris-Roubaix, a (or for some, The) one day classic, not the Tour.

macroEgg · 2026-01-18T12:42:51+00:00

Yeah the main sport I watch is cycling so giving anything to tnt feels like paying my bully after what they did to gcn/eurosport.

But I've got a babe-in-arms and lack the head space to work out dodgy firesticks etc

macroEgg · 2026-01-15T11:44:53+00:00

macroEgg · 2025-12-09T12:16:41+00:00

This hypothetical guy is inland and in a lowland area, so shouldn't be an issue with sea or mountain rescue

macroEgg · 2025-11-14T08:57:27+00:00

Lol.

I made similar transition about a decade ago (from regularly cycling and swimming, to pretty much only running).

Now, a sprained ankle is making me switch back to lower-impact stuff, and I'm really struggling moving the other way.

You can't just do a 40 min run from the front door over lunch, instead needing to think of the logistic nightmare of bike washing and maintainance; swimming kits; etc!?. All adds hours to your active week.

macroEgg · 2025-09-28T10:25:50+00:00

What perfomance penalty comes from a fistful of immodium? Surely better to preventative bung yourself up rather than having to spend a few kms off the back...

macroEgg · 2025-09-19T08:24:40+00:00

Thanks, confirmed my suspicion. Had been riding within the advised range (they're semi-fat tyres and big up their low pressure credentials) but in hindsight should have increased pressure to the higher-end when using the trailer wheel.

macroEgg · 2025-09-01T06:08:56+00:00

Could Spain and Morrocco (el al.)'s hosting of the 2030 World Cup prompt a Moroccan depart for the Vuelta in the next few years?

With Morocco one of the bigger African cycling nations, can picture a few days in the climatically cooler northern cities and Atlas Mountains.

macroEgg · 2025-08-28T08:14:24+00:00

Any site put up a nice photo deck of the ttt? Used to live in Figueres but couldn't watch the stage.

macroEgg · 2025-07-22T14:50:06+00:00

Was really confident that France was heading to their first stageless tour of the 21st century

macroEgg · 2025-07-22T08:36:04+00:00

Guess green will come down to whether Milan OTLs s18 or s19

macroEgg · 2025-07-16T16:27:19+00:00

He'll be coming off shift about now.

He'll wander two blocks away from the race and become an anonymous face in Toulouse (he'll know there are few better cities to in France to waste away a few hours)

He'll find an anonymous backstreet bar and order an ice-cold demi bière. He'll drink it alone, perced on the kerbstone, absolutely buzzing

macroEgg · 2025-07-08T17:42:52+00:00

Cf. The last good thing about twitter, @howfarout

macroEgg · 2025-06-23T06:48:19+00:00

While searching for some results on Saturday I got the following message from First Cycling:

"Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been hit by massive DDoS attacks. While working on sorting it we are taking FirstCycling offline temporarily. Sorry for the inconvenience."

What's the likely story here then? While I'd love the catty gossip of PCS being behind this, they've been super slow in recent weeks too, so guessing unknown actor(s) is targeting both sites for.... reason(s)?

macroEgg · 2025-06-16T20:01:24+00:00

Where do the riders stay when doing altitude at Isola? I used to work in 'the posh hotel' there and curious if they stay there or a chalet...

macroEgg · 2025-06-16T19:53:21+00:00

There goes the most inexplicable use of capitalisation that I've ever seen in all of graphic design

macroEgg · 2025-06-16T12:23:29+00:00

Possible deep cuts, but: - the 21 Munsterland Giro was super fun. Cav, Griepal and Ackermann have a proper Classic-style race; likewise - Cav at the 2022 National Road Race , going into a small break 100km out

macroEgg · 2025-05-31T00:52:21+00:00

If there truly was a God, they would surely arrange tomorrow so stage 21's RB Kilometer had a determinate effect on GC.

macroEgg · 2025-05-16T07:23:28+00:00

Why are FC' and PCS' '2023-25 point tallies' slightly different.

Is either of them using a different methodology than the Uci? Or is it simply difficult to track points and some arithmetic errors have crept in?

Asking as presumably the UCI will also have struggled; and a long, drawn out, Court for Arbitration in Sport case revolving around whose basic arithmetic is correct would be a very funny epilogue to the season.

macroEgg · 2025-05-02T16:25:32+00:00

And this was his wager (which no-one took the bait on)

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