tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post8900700454174977377..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: What are the odds?Sir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-61045954438748147872014-11-10T20:53:26.124+00:002014-11-10T20:53:26.124+00:00gimmer - Yesterday I walked over and round Arnside...gimmer - Yesterday I walked over and round Arnside Knott at a brisk pace- a bit less than an hour. Things seem to be improving.<br /><br />Alan R. - that has been part of my recovery strategy all along.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-90453354136932462342014-11-08T19:45:51.311+00:002014-11-08T19:45:51.311+00:00Sounds like a nice bottle of red to celebrate. Sounds like a nice bottle of red to celebrate. AlanRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07180571503542781921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-83758623049074846632014-11-08T18:38:52.579+00:002014-11-08T18:38:52.579+00:00that all sounds very god
only 54 HR at rest - tes...that all sounds very god<br />only 54 HR at rest - testimony to the many long walks and steep hills <br />less than average chance of a cv event in the next ten years - one has to reinterpret that to say you have about a 1 in 95 chance in the next year, rising slightly over the next ten - nothing to worry about, so I reckon laughter (as well as being the best medicine) is the order of the day - <br />keep on with the red wine, well ripened hard cheese and good long steady walks as soon as you can - meden agen, of coursegimmernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-31987857154134865882014-11-08T12:58:52.223+00:002014-11-08T12:58:52.223+00:00RR - I was only referring to medical matters, and ...RR - I was only referring to medical matters, and it is a constant battle to ingest knowledge, AND REMEMBER IT in other spheres. The medical context arises from fear.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-75946738542567869862014-11-08T12:44:23.099+00:002014-11-08T12:44:23.099+00:00Not so much country of birth, but region of birth....Not so much country of birth, but region of birth. Living according to West Riding norms, we should both be dead by now.<br /><br />"the less I know the better". Everyone has the ability to be ignorant, it is the line of least resistance. To maintain this posture why not - when next assailed by wind on Helvellyn - close your eyes, reducing the amount of information reaching your brain, and thereby increasing the level of ignorance which you find so comforting. Triggering ignorant responses in other ignoramuses: he'd have wanted to go that way.<br /><br />A couple of months ago the locum working at our medical centre prescribed me an analgesic gel for an arthritic hip. He did so from a list of medications on his computer screen. Alas his mouse-positioning was at fault and it selected the next medication down. Ironically it was a cream to ease solar keritonitis a malady which I also suffer from and I was able - an hour or two later - to point out the error. A little learning can be a dangerous thing in medical matters. But how about no learning?Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com