I’m sure it can help but it’s no magic bullet. I have known several professional musicians who succumbed to dementia. Interestingly, their musical ability has remained unimpaired. One was a violinist (in his day well known in Scotland) who used to coach us on string quartet courses. In his last years he was completely doolaly - except that he could still play his violin beautifully AND coach a string quartet, discussing both interpretation and technique perfectly rationally. Then afterwards…..briansnail wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 11:25am A study, published in Neuroimage: Reports journal, revealed that listening to music or playing an instrument could prevent cognitive decline in old age.
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- 26 Feb 2024, 10:08am
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Super keen Cyclist age 50: Dementia
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1914
Re: Super keen Cyclist age 50: Dementia
- 24 Feb 2024, 5:16pm
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Why I need to die before I reach 80
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2169
Re: Why I need to die before I reach 80
I believe John Taylor’s funeral was done like that. He was the one who years ago organised the KIrkpatrick Macmillan rides at Drumlanrig Castle - we took part with our two children in the mid 1990s.Mike Sales wrote: ↑21 Feb 2024, 12:16pm I would love to be carried to my final resting place on a bicycle trailer, followed by the funeral party on two wheels, but I hesitate at such an imposition, when I will have lost all interest in this world.
For an eco-friendly funeral you could try Archbishop Tutu’s method.
- 12 Feb 2024, 12:52pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: The staff of life - best served packaged?
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3374
Re: The staff of life - best served packaged?
My mother used to make bread sometimes, even though there was a very good bakery in the village where we lived. My husband and I make all our own bread and have done so for nearly 50 years - recipes have evolved over time and now he makes the yeasted bread and I make the sourdoughs. We use various combinations of flours - wholewheat, strong white, whole malt, rye, and spelt. If we rent a holiday cottage for a week we’ll take some flour and a couple of tins, as once you are used to home-made nothing else matches up.
About 30 years ago we inherited a large stand mixer which saves a lot of time and effort. It dates back to the 1950s and is still going strong - just don’t try to listen to the radio while it’s going!
About 30 years ago we inherited a large stand mixer which saves a lot of time and effort. It dates back to the 1950s and is still going strong - just don’t try to listen to the radio while it’s going!
- 5 Feb 2024, 5:34pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: ScotRail announce more capacity
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1170
Re: ScotRail announce more capacity
About 15 years ago I was on an Inverness train which was delayed and missed the Thurso train. I had a Brompton and there were two other normal bikes. The staff were very helpful and laid on a bus, though we had to wait a bit for them to find a trailer for the bikes. Eventually we set off, and caught up with the train at Brora. It wasn’t the last train of the day, though. I do remember once being on a very delayed London-Glasgow train, when the staff laid on taxis - I remember one of them was to Oban.
- 2 Feb 2024, 12:54pm
- Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
- Topic: LEJOG 2024
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9247
Re: LEJOG 2024
Anyone remember Barbara Moore, an eccentric who in 1960 walked JoGLE eating only nuts, honey, raw fruit and vegetables? My primary school was on the route and we were allowed out to wave to her. We were very disappointed that she didn’t even look up, but she must have been pretty tired if that really was all she ate.
- 2 Feb 2024, 12:08pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Do flashing rear lights make it easier to judge how far away a cyclist is?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1529
Re: Do flashing rear lights make it easier to judge how far away a cyclist is?
Some rear lights are now so big and bright that I think that if the light is steady, there is a risk that drivers will identify the cyclist ahead as a motorcyclist, travelling much faster. Personally I use a solid light together with a medium flasher, together with reflective pedals or ankle bands, to identify me as a cyclist. (Though these days I rarely have to ride in the dark.)
- 24 Jan 2024, 5:43pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Who's had the vaccine?
- Replies: 1420
- Views: 56873
Re: Who's had the vaccine?
Those parties were probably for German measles, though - I remember being spotty but feeling fine, and having a great time off school with some friends. Measles was more serious and unpleasant and I my misery then is one of my earliest memories. Before that my older (by 4 years) brother got mumps and my parents thought I was also going down with it, but nothing came of it. However I never caught it in spite of regular epidemics at school so presumably acquired some immunity.
I imagine the government / medical line is that our older generations will already be mostly immune to all three.
I imagine the government / medical line is that our older generations will already be mostly immune to all three.
- 9 Jan 2024, 11:54am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1295
Re: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
Yes, the needle method works well but can be a bit fiddly, especially for older eyes. The snag repair tool above does exactly the same thing but is easier and much faster to use.
- 8 Jan 2024, 8:14pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1295
Re: Snags/pulls in cycle clothing, repair
Snag Repair Tool: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hemline-H248-M ... B002TYE4GQ
Available in decent haberdashery and fabric stores. Very simple to use though you need good eyesight to use it as it’s necessarily tiny.
Available in decent haberdashery and fabric stores. Very simple to use though you need good eyesight to use it as it’s necessarily tiny.
- 2 Jan 2024, 4:48pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: The sun is out
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1211
Re: The sun is out
Look out for drivers with the “sun in their eyes” - DAHIKT
- 30 Aug 2023, 12:22pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: History of Ordnance Survey
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2273
Re: History of Ordnance Survey
Try “Map of a Nation” by Rachel Hewitt, all about the history of the OS: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Map-Nation-Bio ... 1847082548, published in 2010 and available on Kindle. I found it fascinating - there are lots of illustrations, and descriptions of various personalities and the developing techniques over the years. I couldn’t put it down!
- 29 Jun 2023, 12:38pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Boris's Brain is missing
- Replies: 3961
- Views: 207355
- 25 Jun 2023, 9:27am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Btwin vs. Bickerton
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6995
Re: Btwin vs. Bickerton
My parents bought Bikertons when they first came out to use on caravan holidays. They were happy enough with them but only used them to pootle around the camp sites. I tried them and thought they were utterly dreadful - VERY flexible (and inefficient), creaked all the time, and with a very twitchy ride. Honestly, I wouldn’t touch them with a barge pole if I were you.
- 24 Apr 2023, 11:30am
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Percy's lack of discipline (Erectile Dysfunction)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5069
Re: Percy's lack of discipline (Erectile Dysfunction)
How about a recumbent if necessary?
- 24 Apr 2023, 11:26am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: North Coast 500
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3540
Re: North Coast 500
Thanks. I used it nine years ago from Lochinver when they had a trailer for the bikes which took about eight, I think, but the bike carriage ceased a year or two later. Good to see that it is up and runnning again.