New Year Ambitions Aims or Resolutions

[LitNetIsGreat]

Have you got any New Year ambitions, aims or resolutions?

For me:

1 A chess rating equivalent to 1800

2 Maintain fitness and general health

3 Get a motorbike

[Calidore]

#3 might interfere with #2. :)

[LitNetIsGreat]

Ha, you mean what would Mrs Neely do to me if I came home one day wheeling a Honda!

[Emil Miller]

Ha, you mean what would Mrs Neely do to me if I came home one day wheeling a Honda!

Whatever it is don't forget this.

http://youtu.be/zq5Wvml5ybo

[caddy_caddy]

My ambition ah. I have to write my thesis and feel so depressed when I sit at home. I can't work when I'm at home. I just lay dying.Will God give me the strength to do it.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

It's been nearly 3 years since I've had an opportunity to travel through New Mexico or other parts of the U.S Southwest.
Hope to get there this year.

Less time on the computer and more time with reading and hobbies.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Whatever it is don't forget this.

http://youtu.be/zq5Wvml5ybo

Oh that man.

No, maybe Calidore meant that I wouldn't be burning off the calories peddling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzsiM6erE8

[Delta40]

Are you in mid-life crisis Neely?

[Emil Miller]

Oh that man.

No, maybe Calidore meant that I wouldn't be burning off the calories peddling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzsiM6erE8

I'm pretty sure you're right. That's how it starts: first a Honda two stroke, then a BMW 650 and finally, ditching two wheels for four, your horizons spread along with the waistband. Those 28 inch waistband trousers are about to become a distant memory.

[The Truth]

I want to publish this year, rather that be self-published or not.

[Delta40]

I want to publish this year, rather that be self-published or not.

I'll burn a candle, incense stick and cross my fingers for you Truth. It won't hurt!

[qimissung]

I'm trying to learn a foreign language, and I have some other things I'm trying to learn. I want to enjoy these learning experiences and also feel like I'm making some progress with them. Continue reading and writing.

I just read an article on making new year's resolutions, and it suggested not that "you refrain from trying to better yourself, but rather that you lock in commitments to self-betterment that won’t require vigilance or attention in the year ahead."

[miyako73]

Five literature-related aims:

1) Read at least half of my books-I bought 100 plus of them-about writing poems, short stories, creative essays, and novels.
2) Try to read more Russian poems and short stories-I have the temperament for appreciating them. Russian novels are just too long, circular, and wordy for me
3) Write philosophical or existentialist short erotic pieces of literature-to the mold of the films Leolo and Malena.
4) Write a chapter each month and complete my novel by December. I don't care if it will be published. I'm a masochist that way.
5) Translate all Greek tragedies from English to my dying dialect just for posterity's sake. I find the ethos and pathos in Greek literature almost similar to those in my culture.

With these aims, I hope my folks will continue supporting me- like my mother washing my laundry, my father buying me groceries, and my baby sister crossing out cliches in my writings.

[The Truth]

I'll burn a candle, incense stick and cross my fingers for you Truth. It won't hurt!

Thank you so much, can't go wrong with any type of luck.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Are you in mid-life crisis Neely?

Yes and I've been in one for years.

[Delta40]

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Neely Easy Rider and friend

[qimissung]

Five literature-related aims:

1) Read at least half of my books-I bought 100 plus of them-about writing poems, short stories, creative essays, and novels.
2) Try to read more Russian poems and short stories-I have the temperament for appreciating them. Russian novels are just too long, circular, and wordy for me
3) Write philosophical or existentialist short erotic pieces of literature-to the mold of the films Leolo and Malena.
4) Write a chapter each month and complete my novel by December. I don't care if it will be published. I'm a masochist that way.
5) Translate all Greek tragedies from English to my dying dialect just for posterity's sake. I find the ethos and pathos in Greek literature almost similar to those in my culture.

With these aims, I hope my folks will continue supporting me- like my mother washing my laundry, my father buying me groceries, and my baby sister crossing out cliches in my writings.

That is freakin' ambitious, Miyako. Keep us posted on the writing, OK?

[miyako73]

These are just aims... like aiming for the dart red target but hitting the wall... as long as I try, I'll be fine. I will, quimi. Thanks.

[Calidore]

Oh that man.

No, maybe Calidore meant that I wouldn't be burning off the calories peddling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgzsiM6erE8

That was the fitness part; the general health part involved the lack of armoring aroudn you while riding in traffic. I don't know a motorcycle owner who hasn't had at least one accident, and it's very painful and damaging when soft and gooshy humans wipe out at automobile speeds.

[LitNetIsGreat]

That was the fitness part; the general health part involved the lack of armoring aroudn you while riding in traffic. I don't know a motorcycle owner who hasn't had at least one accident, and it's very painful and damaging when soft and gooshy humans wipe out at automobile speeds.

Oh yes I know you meant that. There are a lot of idiots around on the roads as well. As a cyclist a more or less get run off of the road/ignored on a weekly basis. At least with the motor I would be able to take the centre of the road and keep up with the flow of the traffic. With that in mind, and a careful and cautious approach to riding, it makes you wonder whether I would actually be safer on a motor. The purchase would bit of a luxury though as I don't need it as a commute to work really (live 2 miles from work) but rather as a spring/summer country ride around.

[Buh4Bee]

produce second child and buy bigger house

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

produce second child and buy bigger house

That's ambitious.



...The purchase would bit of a luxury though as I don't need it as a commute to work really (live 2 miles from work) but rather as a spring/summer country ride around.

Neely on one of his typical spring/ summer rides across Sheffield.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTVaOTviP4


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[qimissung]

These are just aims... like aiming for the dart red target but hitting the wall... as long as I try, I'll be fine. I will, quimi. Thanks.

It's not my list so I'm not worried. But it is like looking up at the tallest building in the world, or down from one, you can't help but exclaim in amazement. I have no doubt that you will be fine and more than fine, Miyako. :)

[LitNetIsGreat]

That's ambitious.




Neely on one of his typical spring/ summer rides across Sheffield.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFTVaOTviP4


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Awesome! Why wouldn't you want a bike just looking at that?

OK, the barb wire thing was a bit of a pain, but you come across such things around my school - it's to keep the teachers in.

I think this is about my budget and wife tolerance though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUvq3bu6onQ

Even though I'm thinking this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQqAVVptHc

Or even this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB2KkYArTE8

[Sancho]

How about this:

http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/Hollister_riot_life_magazine_1947_zpsf213a030.jpg

[LitNetIsGreat]

Yes I'll have one of those, and a beer as I'm drinking beer again (back at work). Just one hurdle to climb and that's the evil one...

[LitNetIsGreat]

Right, I'm in discussions regarding taking a second CBT (compulsory basic training) for the motorbike. That's one step closer to one of my aims of the year (no. 3)!

In terms of fitness I went biking a couple of weeks ago for the first time in a while and I was pretty poor, maybe only 70%, but this is understandable as I haven't been on the bike for a while and tennis is out, but I will soon be up to peak fitness when the tennis season starts up again. Maintaining fitness will be fairly easy. There's also a chance to head out on the bike this weekend, but it is close to minus 2 :cold: so let's see. (no. 2).

Getting a chess rating of 1800 on the other hand might prove to be a very tall order. I think I have continually underestimated just what this means. I'm about 1500 now and I thought picking up 300 points would be hard work but doable. I still think it is doable but it is more than hard work too. I'm putting in a minimum of four hours a day (more on the weekend) on my chess. I'm paying for a chess coach too. All this means I have very little time for other things (Lit Net inc) and 90% of my reading is now chess. I really need to join a local chess club though as this is pretty fundamental to aiding improvement. (no. 1).

Neely and out.

[kiki1982]

Hmmm, let's have a look...

increasing my translation tariff by one eurocent for new clients (I know that sounds nothing, but it's an accomplishment)
Get on the road to an apartment in Prague.
Get our house low-cost to run (get solar pannels on the roof for hot water in summer, a water heating wood stove downstairs and drag the one we've got downstairs up to the second floor; get rid of the f*cking oil)
Get a baby

I think I've still got some more, but I think that's quite enough :D

[Helga]

Well my main aim in the new year is to eat healthy without skipping the good stuff since I don't need a diet, just want to be more energetic. Try and write more, I always want to write but lack the confidence and my teacher said yesterday that if we don't like our writing style then write until we do. So I'm gonna try and write more, whatever it will be.

If I could make one for my brother it would be to get an apartment cause I really want my living room back but I just hope he'll do it and not just talk about it.

[LadyLuck]

Hmmm... This year I want to get back onto my feet. I'm tired of the rut I'm in, and I'm more than ready to move on with my life.

[Calidore]

Hmmm, let's have a look...

increasing my translation tariff by one eurocent for new clients (I know that sounds nothing, but it's an accomplishment)
Get on the road to an apartment in Prague.
Get our house low-cost to run (get solar pannels on the roof for hot water in summer, a water heating wood stove downstairs and drag the one we've got downstairs up to the second floor; get rid of the f*cking oil)
Get a baby

I think I've still got some more, but I think that's quite enough :D


"Get" a baby?!

[kiki1982]

:lol: I think I'll buy myself one from the supermarket at the end of the street As my mother swore she did with me. :nod: No, I meant have one. Silly me.

[Scheherazade]

Try Ebay. Always some fancy deal is available... But if you go to Argos, you can get waranty as well.

That is, unless you are after a designer one.

[kiki1982]

Can you also increase the warranty and get full cover if you pay a bit extra :D

[Pensive]

1. Eat less. Eat healthy.
2. Put more efforts into learning the local language here.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I took my motorbike CBT (compulsory basic training) yesterday in the cold and failed.:frown5: I'd progressed pretty well but wasn't quite good enough to make it out onto the road element. This means I will have to go back and fork out again. New Year objective no. 3 not going so well...:frown5:

[kiki1982]

Oooh, commiserations. Good luck next time.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I've just bought myself a 20 year old yamaha off ebay for 380 quid. I'm hoping this was a good decision...

[LitNetIsGreat]

Got my bike today, runs well. Just spent my time cleaning it up and is in good condition for the age. One or two small rust marks and marks here and there but overall good for the money. A solid reliable bike anyway.

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/42/dscf1342yb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/dscf1342yb.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/thumb/13/dscf1347ql.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/dscf1347ql.jpg/)

http://imageshack.us/scaled/large/441/dscf1346k.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/dscf1346k.jpg/)

Just got to get fully sorted and get out on the road.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Congratulations Neely.
Be safe and no attempts at jumping barbed wire barriers trying to get into Switzerland!

[LitNetIsGreat]

Congratulations Neely.
Be safe and no attempts at jumping barbed wire barriers trying to get into Switzerland!

Ha, ha, cheers.

[LitNetIsGreat]

:banana:Yea! CBT passed and bike all sorted and parked outside.

[Emil Miller]

:banana:Yea! CBT passed and bike all sorted and parked outside.


I hope you don't turn out like this.


http://imageshack.us/a/img24/9865/wildonebrando.jpg

[LitNetIsGreat]

I hope you don't turn out like this.


http://imageshack.us/a/img24/9865/wildonebrando.jpg

Ha, ha, me too, though I swear I would look good in that hat. Well, maybe not.

[Emil Miller]

Ha, ha, me too, though I swear I would look good in that hat. Well, maybe not.


And I suppose you will be switching from Woody Allen films to this kind of thing.

http://imageshack.us/a/img109/3150/angelsposter.jpg

[LitNetIsGreat]

:lol::lol: That looks fantastic!

Big men with throbbing machines indeed.

[Emil Miller]

:lol::lol: That looks fantastic!

Big men with throbbing machines indeed.

Don't forget the girls who take them on.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Don't forget the girls who take them on.

Indeed!

...

Getting on OK with the bike. Went to work on it today. Still need a lot of practice on it as still very much green.

[Sancho]

I posted this over on another thread, but thought you like it, Neely. It's a slide show of a bunch of cafe racers set to Rockabilly.

In A Second Flat, Cigar Store Indians

http://youtu.be/0vJNjW9szvQ

[LitNetIsGreat]

Great stuff thanks.

OK, I've dumped the rubbish Imageshack and found a better site. Some sexy before and after shots for you.

Before (photos taken by the seller, great bloke):

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q654/Benedictine2/T2eC16ZHJGIE9nnWrPtqBRI-1eUcO60_12_zps61de3abe.jpg

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q654/Benedictine2/KGrHqVrUFDfwEQBBBRI-1QY5tQ60_12_zps9c7a3bc3.jpg

After cleaning, light re-spray (by me) here and there, new headlight surround and various bits and bobs:

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q654/Benedictine2/DSCF1358_zps2e1fb946.jpg

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q654/Benedictine2/DSCF1357_zps305c699f.jpg

Nice!! That's the Neely machine!

[Emil Miller]

Well I must say that your machine looks rather sedate; the sort of thing that the vicar might use on his rounds. I've seen it all before though and it's only a matter of time until you are thinking about getting your leg over something like this.
The bike's not bad either.

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3449/159663.jpg

[LitNetIsGreat]

Well I must say that your machine looks rather sedate; the sort of thing that the vicar might use on his rounds. I've seen it all before though and it's only a matter of time until you are thinking about getting your leg over something like this.
The bike's not bad either.

http://imageshack.us/a/img5/3449/159663.jpg

:drool5: Wow that's lovely, screen saver alert, screen saver alert! And yes the bike looks good too, though should be black to match my new girl friend.

Yes I'm only allowed on a 125. My mate called me 'wild hog' in a text message, I replied that I am more like a 'tame piglet' at the moment, but still loving it. I just bob around at 30 mph, though the bike can do about 60-65 max, I've never had the opportunity to get into 5th gear as of yet.

Off to look for screen savers (I've had the beach for too long) if I can't find a black bike to match the girl friend I'm having that one.

Hey they have been doing the girl/bike sex sells thing for years:

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Somehow doesn't quite have the same appeal - move the nannan off my bike.

[Emil Miller]

Well we can all dream but the reality is usually more akin to this.


http://imageshack.us/a/img268/7725/35021520687837942095912.jpg

[LitNetIsGreat]

Jesus!

Have to share this You Tube find of a sexy start up of my model sr...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWJK6ECMeM

Lovely!

[Emil Miller]

Jesus!

Have to share this You Tube find of a sexy start up of my model sr...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWJK6ECMeM

Lovely!

Whatever you do, don't try doing this with it

http://imageshack.us/a/img14/6466/motorcycleracing.png