Get out of the office and into the springtime

After a winter of miserable greyness, shit-loads (actual unit of measurement) of wind, and a few fun days of slippery snow... Spring has arrived!

Well, it's arrived enough that sitting in this office overlooking Bloomsbury Street, and glancing over to the other side of the room where my bike is standing... I'm not getting much work done.

I don't envy messengers their low wage, but on days like this I envy their working outside on a bike. Could I do it? No, never... I'd miss the money that allows me to splash out on some stupid and pointless bike purchase. But on days like these I wish whatever job I had involved riding around London at full pelt.

I know an ex-messenger who's doing some work for TfL at the moment, riding all of the cycle routes and noting the condition of them, the sign-posting, the difficulty in following them, the obstacles. That I could do. That would be a blast. Except I know it's really a process of riding 10m, stopping and noting something else, riding a bit more, noting that.

If I were a little healthier (I have a cold) I'd throw a sickie. But I hate to waste them on actually being ill.

skive ride this week then?

this time last year I opted to take voluntary redundancy from work and spend some time doing freelance work from home.

I ended up only doing about 1 or 2 days work a week throughout the whole of spring/summer 'cause every time the sun was out i couldn't resist jumping on my bike and going for a ride. Didn't earn much money but had one the best, stress free spring/summers ever. ahhh good times

My answer: Commute to/from a reasonable paying job and escape at lunchtimes for a wander to nearby bike shops for a perve.
Option 2: Quit and live life as a cycle tourist, earning food money by painting or seasonal work or something.. :)
Option 3: Win the lottery, think of work no more!

man, I am so bored today!
Can't concentrate out work as I'm sat right next to a window and I just keep looking out wishing I was on the street…
so bored I'm pissing about in Illustrator, logo anyone? :-P

I like it :)

Fab, let's make spoke cards for the fuck of it... guerilla marketing, if we see a fixie parked up anywhere, card it.

velocity boy:Fab, let's make spoke cards for the fuck of it... guerilla marketing, if we see a fixie parked up anywhere, card it.

that would be quite funny. need a .com on the end of it so people know where to go...

salmonchild:

velocity boy:Fab, let's make spoke cards for the fuck of it... guerilla marketing, if we see a fixie parked up anywhere, card it.

that would be quite funny. need a .com on the end of it so people know where to go...

I'm on it ;-)

Really?

If you can make 50 today for tomorrow, I'll give you the money in the morning... just let me know how much they are... and I'm assuming a cost price of less than 50p per card at the very most.

Have you really got nothing better to do?

Hehe, I'm just finishing off my 'real work'

I'll see what I can do… may even be able to laminate them.

Anyone know the rough dimensions of a spoke-card (same as a playing card?)

it snowed in toronto. it's april. my mind is still trying to get around what happened.

A6 ?

Sounds about right-ish.

Lamination is essential... just to make things hard for you ;)

Spring is just around the corner again! loving riding in the sunshine.

Biggest dredge yet.

But one which reminded me of the song Velocio was quoting
Belle & Sebastian -Legal man - YouTube

Winter to return on Tuesday.

But one which reminded me of the song Velocio was quoting
Belle & Sebastian -Legal man - YouTube

I came here for this.
I heart Belle and Sebastian.

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Bedwetter's thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This is cyber bullying.
I can't take it.
I'm off to listen to The Smiths in the dark.