30 Reasons to take up Cycling

[dr.wailing]

I noticed that you are pretty much scared of things.

When they affect your health, well, yes.

Why would a sane and reasonable man subject himself to swallowing pee, copious amounts of bacteria and viruses in public swimming pools?

Did you know that people do pee in swimming pools? That they spit too? What about those who lao sai (pass watery stools) into the pools?

Some women who are menstruating insist on swimming in pools. And some women have fungal infections in their private parts. Despite their doctor's advice, they go ahead anyway.

That's not all. Men who contract chlamydia from their sex partners unwittingly spread the germ into the pools.

And I could go on to list many more, ad nauseam.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

When they affect your health, well, yes.

Why would a sane and reasonable man subject himself to swallowing pee, copious amounts of bacteria and viruses in public swimming pools?

Did you know that people do pee in swimming pools? That they spit too? What about those who lao sai (pass watery stools) into the pools?

Some women who are menstruating insist on swimming in pools. And some women have fungal infections in their private parts. Despite their doctor's advice, they go ahead anyway.

That's not all. Men who contract chlamydia from their sex partners unwittingly spread the germ into the pools.

And I could go on to list many more, ad nauseam.

Years ago, a hawker told me how to eat pig's intestines. That was before the time of NEA and whatever stall licensing bullshit. He said not to think about the contents, just put into your mouth and swallow it.

Today I still eat pig's intestines and I love it.

 

[scroobal]

I see your point.

When they affect your health, well, yes.

Why would a sane and reasonable man subject himself to swallowing pee, copious amounts of bacteria and viruses in public swimming pools?

Did you know that people do pee in swimming pools? That they spit too? What about those who lao sai (pass watery stools) into the pools?

Some women who are menstruating insist on swimming in pools. And some women have fungal infections in their private parts. Despite their doctor's advice, they go ahead anyway.

That's not all. Men who contract chlamydia from their sex partners unwittingly spread the germ into the pools.

And I could go on to list many more, ad nauseam.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Doesn't hurt to stress the immune system once in a while if you're healthy

 

[dr.wailing]

Doesn't hurt to stress the immune system once in a while if you're healthy

People make statements and decisions based on certain assumptions and hypotheses. Your statement is based on the hypothesis that the swimmers are healthy adults with robust, uncompromised immune systems.

People who are over 60 years old like myself, young children and toddlers and those with compromised immune systems (recipients of organ transplants, for example) should never ever swim in public pools.

 

[dr.wailing]

I have no qualms of jumping into a river, sea etc to have a dip and a swim.

I would too if I lived three centuries ago, before the Industrial Revolution. I'd have gladly plunged into the River Jordan 2,016 years ago.

 

[Leongsam]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11631580

Lads in Lycra are real alpha-males

Lycra-clad middle-aged men's attraction to cycling is linked to their alpha-male urges, a Kiwi sports psychologist says.

Campbell Thompson, who is preparing a number of sports teams for this year's Rio Olympics, will speak today on "The Psychology of the Mamil" at the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists' annual meeting. He reckons Mamils (middle-aged men in lycra) on suburban roads on weekends may be "sublimating primitive urges to mate and fight" by channelling their inner weekend warrior.

"The Mamil approaches recreational cycling in an intense and focused way," Thompson said. "Mamils are often highly motivated people who are putting that energy into a sport. He channels his 'weekend warrior', developing an almost professional level of competitiveness about what is a social activity."

- Herald on Sunday

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

People make statements and decisions based on certain assumptions and hypotheses. Your statement is based on the hypothesis that the swimmers are healthy adults with robust, uncompromised immune systems.

People who are over 60 years old like myself, young children and toddlers and those with compromised immune systems (recipients of organ transplants, for example) should never ever swim in public pools.

Okay, that's a good point

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

I would too if I lived three centuries ago, before the Industrial Revolution. I'd have gladly plunged into the River Jordan 2,016 years ago.

3 centuries ago people had a whole lot of other superstitions about plunging into lakes and the River Jordan