# When my knees and feet feel better I plan to have some fun. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151 "2019-04-06T23:53:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/21 "2019-04-08T14:07:33Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > England has a middle of nowhere? 😉 Mmmmm - you make a reasonable point. If I recollect from earlier posts, Beck’s nearest store is now twenty or so miles away. Sitting here, within a twenty mile radius there must be at least a thousand stores. One man’s middle of nowhere is another woman’s urban sprawl. But let me try to persuade you that on a bike I can get to something that is at least a little bit like the middle of nowhere. All from the Rides of Obligation, mostly road as we’re using google earth: On the 2012 Olympic climb, the Zig-Zag Road: [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.2541379,-0.3145078,3a,75y,354.01h,98.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1snhWWe3XbkanAAfBDLGjyNA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) Hammerpond Road - the Tour of Britain came along here a couple of years ago - if you know what a hammer pond is then you can probably guess why. A road section on one of my off-road rides - I did it this morning, completing the off-road rides of obligation! https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211suM9yDazLnaPdzB1ZrOCKKg%212m2%211d51.0472304%212d-0.2622115%213f112.66%214f9.019%215f0.75 Near Cowden - the woods are full of wild garlic and bluebells. My favourite springtime ride - later this week, I think. And that really is a swamp - very unusual round here: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sdpSfuvA1sV041Hhx9ZTGLA%212m2%211d51.1401953%212d0.0710143%213f98.56%214f9.822%215f0.75 On the Ashdown forest - there’s a slight location clue. About half a mile from Poohsticks Bridge, a mile from where Christopher Robin lived and Brian Jones died: https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=%213m2%212sen%214v0%216m8%211m7%211sgd4N_KmSZf9melW-r41qig%212m2%211d51.078628%212d0.1002301%213f278.52%214f9.383%215f0.75 OK, so at no time am I three days walk from the nearest house. All twenty-odd miles from the centre of London. But ever so slightly like the middle of nowhere? j ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/22 "2019-04-08T14:57:07Z")
> [@Treppenwitz](#): > > On the Ashdown forest - there’s a slight location clue. About half a mile from Poohsticks Bridge, a mile from where Christopher Robin lived and Brian Jones died: > [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.078628,0.1002301,3a,75y,278.52h,93.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgd4N_KmSZf9melW-r41qig!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) > > OK, so at no time am I three days walk from the nearest house. All twenty-odd miles from the centre of London. But ever so slightly like the middle of nowhere? > > j Three DAYS walk? I’m 20-some miles from downtown Chicago and twas a time I could do it in a few hours. And Poohsticks? My people call that wattle and daub. 😃 Pretty country in an ‘around here before that damned glacier (Wife’s term) scraped everything flat’ way. Southwestern Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/23 "2019-04-08T15:36:10Z")
My broken foot is all healed up! The wound is next, but I’m gonna start putting some weight on it. I destroyed the living room sofa so I want to replace it with two (daughter and me) recliners. What got me in here was my difficulty standing so I picked ones that will lift me a bit and dump me out. That it includes a heater, massage, cup holders, and USB ports to charge stuff is icing on the cake. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/24 "2019-04-08T16:09:00Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > For some reason, this thread title sounded to me like the start to a country song. > > When my knees and feet get better, > I plan to have some fun. > Gonna ride this spiffy bike of mine > to the Land of the Midnight Sun. > The ocean will not stop me > or even slow me down. > What the heck, I saved **Beckdawrek** > My super powers won’t fail me now. > > Yeah, when my knees and feet get better, > I’m gonna have some fun. > Gonna ride in the Tour de France, > bike up K2 when I’ve won. > Gonna ride this bicycle > Faster than your souped-up cars. > I’m shredded, I’m hot, like a tater tot > and that’s my wife on the handlebars. > > OK, that’s dreadful. My apologies. Once I started, I couldn’t seem to stop. Hope your knees and feet DO feel better pronto. This is amazing ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/25 "2019-04-08T16:23:51Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Three DAYS walk? … Three days walk to the nearest house is my mental image of Beck-style middle-of-nowhere. Now that I _definitely_ ain’t got. j ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/26 "2019-04-08T16:44:38Z")
Which Beck, Jeff or Hansen? Remember that I am old, but getting younger every day. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/27 "2019-04-08T18:09:48Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Which Beck, Jeff or Hansen? Remember that I am old, but getting younger every day. How soon they forget:( ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/28 "2019-04-09T05:03:57Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > So happy for you, I cannot tell you. Take it slower than you believe you should. Good luck. Wow, my healing make others feel better. BONUS Happiness Points! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/29 "2019-04-09T09:39:57Z")
**Becky** ’s enthusiasm is contagious like that. If she weren’t married… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-my-knees-and-feet-feel-better-i-plan-to-have-some-fun/832151/30 "2019-04-10T01:20:47Z")
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