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| Fatpete |  | ... | 04-09-2016 @ 07:16 |
 Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Bench Comp at Colne this afternoon, immediately followed by the AGM. Life doesn't get more exciting than that ! | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 05-09-2016 @ 21:37 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Post Edited: 05.09.2016 @ 21:38 PM by Fatpete Monday, 5th September, start 17:00Very pleasant day today, temperature of around 21 degrees on the drive to the gym. Today I will squat light and deadlift a bit heavier. I decide to leave the sleeves off as I am squatting light and I won't have to remove them before I deadlift. Squat, very raw 1 minutes sits x 2 20 x 5 20 x 5 These are horrible, I don't feel right, my knees ache and they feel odd. So shoes off, sleeves on and shoes back on. 1 minutes sits x 3 the sleeves make a massive difference 20 x 5 20 x 5 20 x 5 60 x 5 100 x 3 100 x 3 100 x 3 Deadlift, sleeves still on 60 x 3 100 x 3 140 x 3 180 x 3 200 x 3 The first of tonight's surprises was the sleeves and the effect they have on squatting, I usually have them on from the very start and it looks like that in future I will have to. Not an issue really, just a real shock to find out what a huge difference they make. Surprise number two was the heat, I mentioned that the temperature was in the low twenties but when it cam to the actual training it was like squatting in a sauna. The sweat poured off me, either I am getting menopausal or it was seriously phucking hot tonight, a lot hotter than I was prepared for. All in all, an unusual day. Weightlifters abound tonight and powerlifters are thin on the ground. Aaron left as I entered and Dave entered as I was leaving. But I have made some little progress. Gentle reader, we may not be off and running, but we are off and walking slowly  | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 07:47 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | I have decided to regrow my moustache. I shaved my head last night and it is usually at that point that I do the knevel* as well. I decided against. Not sure why and not sure how long it will last, so for the moment it's on its way back. *According to Jeff Kacirk's "forgotten English" word-a-day, desk calendar this is the old English word for "moustache". I hope it is but early attempts to get google to confirm this are proving shaky. But then again google ain't English and not that old. | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy |  | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 08:21 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | As per Wiktionary, "Knevel" is a small pointed beard, similar to a goatee. Interestingly, in Dutch, "Knevel" is indeed a moustache. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 08:27 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said:As per Wiktionary, "Knevel" is a small pointed beard, similar to a goatee. I found that too, but I did find a moustache link as well, but the tapered beard was more common ChrisMcCarthy said: Interestingly, in Dutch, "Knevel" is indeed a moustache. I like the Dutch. So that is good enough for me. I will adopt, if need be, the old English method of simply taking a foreign word and "making" it English. As in Knevel, it means moustache, from the Dutch word Knevel which means moustache. And there you go, it's now an English word. | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 08:30 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | Fatpete said: I like the Dutch. So that is good enough for me. I will adopt, if need be, the old English method of simply taking a foreign word and "making" it English. As in Knevel, it means moustache, from the Dutch word Knevel which means moustache. And there you go, it's now an English word. That is almost the definition of language! Now, you just need to make sure that people use it in preference to "moustache" (which sounds suspiciously French to me) and you will have a winner! | ||
| Tony_Bonner | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 10:56 |
 cardio walrus Member 1910, 909 posts SQ 220, BP 160, DL 260640.0 kgs @ 115kgs UnEq | Pete, How are you finding Pillars of the Earth? I found it very enjoyable indeed | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 18:04 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said: That is almost the definition of language! Ho ho Then allow me to elaborate which I really should have done sooner, we have a word "weekend" and the French use it as in "le weekend" and the authorities get a tad upset over that and invent a new French phrase than means "le weekend" which the French people then ignore. They can say it as often as they like but it will always remain English. But we only have to say "ennui" twice and it becomes an English word for boredom, from the French of course, but it is an English word I will now shut the phuck up | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 18:05 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Tony_Bonner said:Pete, How are you finding Pillars of the Earth? I found it very enjoyable indeed Liking it very much. A hugely enjoyable read | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 18:29 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | Fatpete said: But we only have to say "ennui" twice and it becomes an English word for boredom, from the French of course, but it is an English word I will now shut the phuck up Would you say you are "annoy"ed by "ennui", Pete? | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 20:07 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said: Would you say you are "annoy"ed by "ennui", Pete? I would say I wasn't. I am not French, if they want to be, I will leave them to it | ||
| ChrisMcCarthy | | ... | 06-09-2016 @ 21:32 |
Lost his pen, then found his pen. #phew Member 4899, 2956 posts | Fatpete said: I would say I wasn't. I am not French, if they want to be, I will leave them to it I guess my post may have been a bit cryptic - I like the fact that the words "annoy" and "ennui" are both borrow words from the same word in Old French (enui) yet were borrowed sufficiently far apart (hundreds of years, IIRC) that they have now evolved different meanings in English. And of course if you pronounce "ennui" badly it sounds like "annoy". | ||
| Billytheold | | ... | 07-09-2016 @ 03:48 |
 Sugdens crazy old person. Member 4936, 7288 posts SQ 270, BP 155, DL 270695.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | People use the word serious too much and should instead use the word sincere. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 07-09-2016 @ 07:06 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | ChrisMcCarthy said: I guess my post may have been a bit cryptic - I like the fact that the words "annoy" and "ennui" are both borrow words from the same word in Old French (enui) yet were borrowed sufficiently far apart (hundreds of years, IIRC) that they have now evolved different meanings in English. It was a bit, I knew there was something there but I could have looked at it for a year and not twigged it. However, not for the first time, the dictionary came to the rescue. I tried to think of a witty response and as you see, failed. I have been informed many times that I can't do "clever". Sometimes I forget. | ||
| Fatpete | | ... | 07-09-2016 @ 07:08 |
Hyper obese Pete Member 70, 17867 posts SQ 322.5, BP 205, DL 300827.5 kgs @ 133kgs Eq | Anyway, welcome to page 850. | ||
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