StreetCowboy

High water but no flooding today - although a lot of snow-melt water on the meadows beside the river

This week it has warmed up and the snow is melting - maybe we’ll get flooding tomorrow. I took a rake up the Don Valley - the unpaved paths still have snow on them, but maybe won’t have by Monday. So I’m having a couple of pints of cider, then I’ll stay in and watch the highlights from Murrayfield fifteen times.

I was suffering jet lag from my recent trip back (some times the remedy is worse... Francis Bacon) and after a build up of several days, I was incapacitated for my usual Saturday morning call home. Anyway, I took a rake round by the beaches, and my boots are caked with clart, and my bike is rapidly dissolving in the salt. It was nice to get back out in the fresh air again, but I;d rather be cycling in Malaysia at this time of year, and coming back to a mutton curry

Not to mention the food

I am back in Malaysia amongst friends (white van shown above) for a week or so of cycling and drinking, and sun burn to boot, and the Federation Internationale d’Escargots Grand Prix

"Handicapped" refers to having a physical or mental impairment limiting major life activities..." A handicap is a mechanism used in sports, games, and racing to equalize competition by giving advantages or disadvantages to participants based on varying skill levels... Handicapped therefore means struggling under an additional burden. Not necessarily disabled, but with an additional burden. The earlier "cap in hand" suggestion was just gibberish.

The bet comedians are observant, not imaginative. However, some celebrities can make a living lampooning themselves.

"... awoke with a fright in the middle of the night To find it was perfectly true"

It's only constructive if you give advice on how you and I can help these victims of mental distress. Maybe reassuring posts would help - "Worse things happen at sea" "Just be glad you don't have a bad back" "Stay happy!"

You do know what "handicapped" means, right? Or are you completely ignorant of horse-racing?

You'd be a reckless man to walk about in America in these days.

Walking barefoot makes you more careful of your neighbours. Some Americans seem to struggle to walk barefoot, perhaps because of their bone spurs.

Friends are harmless until you step on them. When you step on your friends, your enemies gain twice. "The Hobbit" highlights the benefits of having small friends.

"Sometimes" To be more specific, "Back in the Day..." It's a <deleted>e state of affairs, and all the fresh air in the world won't make any bloody difference.

Bairns. Bairns are bonnie 'n a' as well. E'bdy's bairns are bonnie, but there's none as bonnie as yer ain. Same as farts.