Yesterday, two years after someone invited me to join Google+, I decided to check it out, and among the people that the site thought I might "know" were two names I recognized, Rum and Bella Fortuna. Ah! I thought. I used to be a fairly frequent flyer here at Ratz, but the last couple of years have been traumatic, to say the least, and (I hate to admit it) I kind of forgot about Ratz. Last year was the worst: I fractured my patella in a cycling accident on the last day of 2011, and although by May I thought I was well on the way to recovery, thanks to lots of cycling, the weather was horrible in the UK in June, and walking was painful. So was sleeping, and for months the best I could manage was 15 minutes at a stretch. Back in Hong Kong, and back cycling, I'm now sleeping properly again.
In fact, for three consecutive Decembers I've crashed my bike, requiring a 999 call to be made each time. The first time, I hit my head so hard on the concrete that I'm convinced I'd have been killed if I hadn't been wearing a helmet. Although I was able to ride the 20km or so home after treatment by paramedics, I was so shook up mentally by that accident that I couldn't write anything for my blog for several months. The last time, in December last year, I escaped with a black eye and severe abrasions that took several weeks to heal, but no psychological damage this time, and I was able to keep posting on my blog, which has become very important to me. However, I might refrain from cycling this coming December.
There has been one silver lining though. I was awarded a ridiculous wodge of cash by HK's Road Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund for the second accident, even though it was my own fault! Anyway, here I am. I'll try not to disappear again, but given the way I ride, I can't make any promises.
Meanwhile, I would encourage everyone to at least take a look at my blog. I've written a few essays of which I'm quite proud, and if anyone asks, this is what I think is my best effort to date: Explanations. It should answer all your questions.
Am I in the right place?
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Am I in the right place?
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
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Re: Am I in the right place?
Hello again, lofuji! 
So glad to see you back here, but I'm sorry to hear about the awful accidents!
So glad to see you back here, but I'm sorry to hear about the awful accidents!
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Nice to meet you, lofuji!
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Hi! It seems you have only one problem: a bicycle. What was the question?
Take care.
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Our case for survival before it's too late
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Turn stone to bread right away...
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Welcome back, lofuji! Glad you're healed up and back among us. There are not enough of us Ratz representing the Asian front. 
Off to have a look at your blog... 
Off to have a look at your blog... "A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
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Hi again, Lofuji. I think I'll just call you "lucky"! 
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Salman Rushdie
You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.
House MD
Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view.
Sandy Denny
This is the wrong forum for bluffing
Paco
Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish!
Calilasseia
I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants.
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Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse
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Re: Am I in the right place?
Nice to meet you Lofuji. 
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool - Richard Feynman
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Perhaps I should have mentioned that I've been spending my compo on high-grade medical marijuana from Canada. I'm anxiously awaiting my latest order, a variety called Blackwater, which I haven't tried before. If it's anything like the rogue security firm causing mayhem in Afghanistan then I think it will hit the spot. And no, before anyone asks, I don't smoke before cycling. Cycling in Hong Kong is hard enough without that kind of added distraction.
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
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I remember you! Glad you found the One True Path again. Or am I mixing Ratz up with something else? 
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Nice to see you posting Lofu. I've had a short break from here myself - five or six days rather than a couple of years though! I don't, incidentally, use Google+ these days.
Sounds like you have been in the wars! I used to take my bike to London when we lived down south. It was a surprisingly good way to get around and see the place. I tried Oxford Street..once..it was terrifying!
Are you still spending periods in Penrith? Would be good to meet up there again when you make it back.
Sounds like you have been in the wars! I used to take my bike to London when we lived down south. It was a surprisingly good way to get around and see the place. I tried Oxford Street..once..it was terrifying!
Are you still spending periods in Penrith? Would be good to meet up there again when you make it back.
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Welcome back and beware bicycles they are the devil's transport !
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And worse! It's a gateway exercise to stronger things like running and jumping!
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
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So who +1ed the blog posts I posted links to then? I thought it would be you.Rum wrote:...I don't, incidentally, use Google+ these days.
Are you still spending periods in Penrith? Would be good to meet up there again when you make it back.
I'll be back in Penrith in mid-May, so I'm sure we can meet up sometime.
I can barely walk, so I think I'm safe.FBM wrote:And worse! It's a gateway exercise to stronger things like running and jumping!
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. [Macbeth]
It am wicked to mock the afflicted. [BH (Calcutta), failed]
Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. [Freewheelin' Franklin]
personal blog: the view from fanling [stories about Hong Kong and any other shite I can think up]
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Hey lofuji, great to see you back! 
Although it may look like a forum, this site is actually a crowd-sourced science project modelling the slow but inexorable heat death of the universe.
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I advise you not to ride a bicycle in December.lofuji wrote:Yesterday, two years after someone invited me to join Google+, I decided to check it out, and among the people that the site thought I might "know" were two names I recognized, Rum and Bella Fortuna. Ah! I thought. I used to be a fairly frequent flyer here at Ratz, but the last couple of years have been traumatic, to say the least, and (I hate to admit it) I kind of forgot about Ratz. Last year was the worst: I fractured my patella in a cycling accident on the last day of 2011, and although by May I thought I was well on the way to recovery, thanks to lots of cycling, the weather was horrible in the UK in June, and walking was painful. So was sleeping, and for months the best I could manage was 15 minutes at a stretch. Back in Hong Kong, and back cycling, I'm now sleeping properly again.
In fact, for three consecutive Decembers I've crashed my bike, requiring a 999 call to be made each time. The first time, I hit my head so hard on the concrete that I'm convinced I'd have been killed if I hadn't been wearing a helmet. Although I was able to ride the 20km or so home after treatment by paramedics, I was so shook up mentally by that accident that I couldn't write anything for my blog for several months. The last time, in December last year, I escaped with a black eye and severe abrasions that took several weeks to heal, but no psychological damage this time, and I was able to keep posting on my blog, which has become very important to me. However, I might refrain from cycling this coming December.
There has been one silver lining though. I was awarded a ridiculous wodge of cash by HK's Road Traffic Accident Victims Assistance Fund for the second accident, even though it was my own fault! Anyway, here I am. I'll try not to disappear again, but given the way I ride, I can't make any promises.
Meanwhile, I would encourage everyone to at least take a look at my blog. I've written a few essays of which I'm quite proud, and if anyone asks, this is what I think is my best effort to date: Explanations. It should answer all your questions.
Problem sorted.
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