So far:
*Drinking
*Eating sandwiches served with 'crisps' on the side and 3 litres of mayo, in the sandwich
*Eating pork sausages and bacon, preferably boiled (ugh!)
*Sport - Rugby, football (soccer and Gaelic variety), hurling
*Digging up roads.
Now I know this last one doesn't probably fit the normal view of a pastime, but I figure it must be as it isn't an election year and it happens continuously. Even when a road seems perfectly fine, there will be a team of men, one on the digger, the rest watching (nothing new there!) while the road is dug up for some purpose unknown to the casual observer. I guess there is a good reason, I have yet to find out why. Being a cyclist, I can attest to how frequently this is done. In our stretch of road - about 400-500m I have counted 15 different road surfaces and eight levels of road. The road is never replaced with the same surface. Either they invent new ones, have run out of the old surface or are just digging it up to test a new material. Of course they are very polite about it, always putting up signs apologizing for the inconvenience and advising how long the disruption will occur. Usually this is incorrect by about 5 weeks, but the thought is there.
I think on my next ride I will pump my tyres up to 120psi. Just to be sure.
*Drinking
*Eating sandwiches served with 'crisps' on the side and 3 litres of mayo, in the sandwich
*Eating pork sausages and bacon, preferably boiled (ugh!)
*Sport - Rugby, football (soccer and Gaelic variety), hurling
*Digging up roads.
Now I know this last one doesn't probably fit the normal view of a pastime, but I figure it must be as it isn't an election year and it happens continuously. Even when a road seems perfectly fine, there will be a team of men, one on the digger, the rest watching (nothing new there!) while the road is dug up for some purpose unknown to the casual observer. I guess there is a good reason, I have yet to find out why. Being a cyclist, I can attest to how frequently this is done. In our stretch of road - about 400-500m I have counted 15 different road surfaces and eight levels of road. The road is never replaced with the same surface. Either they invent new ones, have run out of the old surface or are just digging it up to test a new material. Of course they are very polite about it, always putting up signs apologizing for the inconvenience and advising how long the disruption will occur. Usually this is incorrect by about 5 weeks, but the thought is there.
I think on my next ride I will pump my tyres up to 120psi. Just to be sure.
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