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There are only two types of problems worth solving. And they are MY and OUR problems. It is nice to have a bit of fine weather now. It has been wet and stormy lately and as a roof repairer, I get told about lots of roofing problems. And when you get problems all day long…(Read More)
It wasn’t just the sharp pain that made him wince. It was also the damned inconvenience. He had just poked his hands into the brown paper bag to fish out the first of the hot chips. The pain made him let go. His first instinctive move was to stick his finger into his mouth…(Read More)
It was a feeling of mounting panic. The area just below the heart felt like hardening concrete and all my limbs felt heavy. My mind was racing off into many directions and refused all efforts of reining in. Nothing felt right… This was the onset of my anxiety attack. Life serves up moments. Like the…(Read More)
It felt like hours – but it was probably only 10 minutes. I was strapped down and the air was getting stuffy. I could see the world moving about through the tiny circular window beside me. But I was stuck where I was – going nowhere. Finally the pilot’s announcement put me out of my…(Read More)
Fairness and justice is pure fiction. Every few weeks, I take up the role of ‘commissaire’ on a Sunday club race. My job is to ensure that the racing is fair and safe. And this tends to result in my hearing of complaints post-race about rider behaviour. And I am supposed to keep scores…(Read More)
I grew up into a world of stories. Many of these were fairy tales – the type where the main characters finally got married and lived happily ever after…. As I pushed into adulthood and got married – I found that my story did not quite match those that I was told. It seemed like…(Read More)
I seem to hit my fair share of ‘cat’s eyes’ while out riding. You get more hits if you do a lot of riding next to parked cars. There is not a lot of space to work with on two-laned roads. Potential opening doors on one side and traffic zooming by on the…(Read More)
Christmas and new years are traditional holiday times for Australians. We recently returned from our holidays to Singapore and Vietnam… and the key word here is RETURNED. … Because the problem with holidays is that you have to come back. We flew to Singapore and jumped on board a huge boat for a 5 day…(Read More)
It was a typical Saturday afternoon as we approached Christmas. The dark clouds started to roll in and soon the Sydney sky was lit up by thunderbolts of lightning. As we settled in with the passing storm, my phones started to ring…. Life was a lot simpler before we all got tethered to instant mobile…(Read More)
When I took up bike racing many years ago, we used to drill holes through our components to get the weight of the bike down. 10 kilos was the target then. Mankind has advanced in leaps and bounds since then and we are approaching the 10 pound racing bike now. Along the way, many rules…(Read More)