Rob Doyle - Professional Fun Haver

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    Saturday, May 29, 2010

    Questions

    So I've been puzzled lately, why are you a member of the racing club you are with?

    I'd love to know

    Now seeing I'm spending most of my time on the couch I thought I'd share my viewing tendencys, with the help of Amazon
















    an old classic















    Season 6, isnt out on dvd yet, but there's this thing know as the internet........
















    Thats it for now. Love to know your thoughts on the club thing, I've also added an RSS subscribe gadget on the right for those who use it. I'll leave you with a tale of two movers I managed to take happy snaps off, one requires someone to jump on and depending on who that is can put out as much power as the second law of thermodynamics will allow, the other puts out 380,000 watts in its sleep.

    Tuesday, May 25, 2010

    4 weeks on

    Well its almost been four weeks, which means only another 6 left.

    I thought I'd share some of the random photos I've taken in that time, with the exception of two of them that were taken in the week before.


    Melbourne at night, couple of nights I've found myself bursting with energy. needing to do something, so i embark on walks. This one was 15km long with Peter Donahoe. The city as great at night, provided you dont get stabbed by a 13 year old.

    Outpost is my new cafe hang out. It's on Yarra Street, so just down the road and they have some of the best eggs benedict and coffee around. Its has a great atmosphere, this photo is taken in the kitchen where you can sit, or if you dont like the hustle and bustle you can sit in the seating area or outside. Going to these places like outpost, picnic, seven seeds and st ali, it reminds you how crap ballarat coffee really is. That could be the biggest adjustment ill have to make.



    This was taken in the week before, its outside the swiss mountain hotel, its been there for about 6 months but this was my first time seeing it.

    Also on this ride, rhys got hungry, luckily there were heaps of potatoes on the road

    This was a weird coffee experience, one that i recommend everyone tries it at least once. It comes from the apparatus below


    Its cold drip coffee, cold water run through a bucket load of coffee into a jug to produce about 600ml per run. Patience is the key with this one.

    the ergo, nothing else to ad
    Snapped this at Duttons Showroom, it's Bibendum aka the Michelin Man. This get up is from Le Mans in the 1940's or 1950's.
    And finally Beths long awaited new bike, its rad.

    As for me, i have more sitting around to do, I have an arm in a cast and a shoulder thats still not connected, If it does come back together in the next few weeks I'll require multiple surgeries to pin and plate it all, repair ligaments and then remove all the pins and hardware. Its an outcome ill try to avoid for now. Movement is slowly returning, I've got about 45 degrees so far and hopefully it comes along enough over the next bit. Unfortunately now I have a full cast on my arm so xbox is off the cards.

    People I need to thank, Beth for everything, Mum for everything, Cam Hudson for everything included sorting an ergo(thanks dougie too) and parts not to mention the company, Jono Lovelock (who is off to europe next week) for all the advice, coffee's and the harness to help me pedal, Rhys Gillett for the coffee and assorted shanigans, Peter Donahoe for the walks and the Xbox time, Alex for the Xbox time and eating all my food, Cam McKenzie for the words of wisdom, Shane Miller for having weaker bones than me, Dr. Andrew Garnam at Alphington sports medicine for the best advice and reassurance on what was actually going on.

    There's probably more I could add and I will over time. But for now I'm going to watch tv

    Wednesday, May 5, 2010

    Update from the couch

    Well not much has changed, my collar bone is still pointing north. At
    the moment we're playing the waiting game, but all going well I hope
    to return at the Tour of East Java in a bit over 6 weeks time.

    Next appointment is Friday, hopefully more details then

    Sunday, May 2, 2010

    Whats that lump?

    What's that lump on the back of my shoulder? it feels kinda hard

    oh, its my clavicle


    thats unfortunate, also know as acromioclavicular separation, see the wiki here

    dont really have much else to add, seeing a specialist in the next few days to work out how to put it back