Windlepoones's Journal, 24 Nov 16

A busy day for me, it all kicked off a bit earlier than usual. At 07:00 I was out of bed showered, dressed and out of the house, sprint walking down to my local Aldi.

The reason, in their special Thursday offers I had noticed they were selling for one day only, passive noise reduction Bluetooth over the ear headphones, in a choice of colours either macho Black or a very fetching girly white trimmed with beigey gold ear muffs and head band. The price only £14.99…. OK, OK I hear you, for that price they had to be crap – right, but I wanted to try them, just in case.

In the weeks leading up to my purchase I had been researching the market by extensively reading reviews and visiting audiophile establishments, plugging in my familiar music, listening objectively and sorting the wheat from the chaff. The spec I wanted was Bluetooth headphones with switchable active noise reduction. Unfortunately in that spec, they get a tad expensive with Bose, Sennheiser and Sony leading the field at an eye watering £350.00.

As it happens I had just placed an order for a highly rated pair on-line at only a fifth of the price, with the option that if they didn’t come up to my expectations I could return them.

Any way long story short, I got to Aldi before the bulk of the crowds, yup it gets a bit busy in London. Elbowing my way through what resembled a cloud of locust shoppers. I managed to secure a pair of Girly white and beige headphones. No! Not because I wanted to look like a reject from the Village People. It was for Lulu Lowcarb, she had been moaning about her mobile phone’s earbuds continually falling out.

At home I plugged them into a charger for their required two hour initial charge. When they had completed the charged cycle it was acid test time. Placing them on my head I found they were surprisingly comfortable, certainly compared to some of the expensive stuff I had tried on. Some of the expensive ones felt like I had put my head in a vice.

Turning them on I was greeted by a matronly sounding female Chinese voice telling me, “Power ono” followed by a reassuring, “You are connekated”. Marvellous, I selected my workout playlist. Suddenly I was transported to a disco with infra base pounding out and the dulcet tones of Moloko singing “Bring it back”.

Jigging around my lounge to the next three tracks showing off my best John Travolta moves, my moggies appeared to get a little apprehensive, probably assuming I had become possessed. It was time to end the test and get myself off to my Thursday gym session.

What a result I would put these cans on a par with some well-known brands that I had tried out during the week retailing at £50 to £100. At £14.99 they were a steal.

I wanted to see if I could hack a two hour gym session so fuelling up on protein and fat, (A full English) I was off to the gym. I might add this time achieved without cremating any of the component parts.

No, I didn’t wear the girly cans in the gym although I did think about it for all of 10 seconds; I used my old black in ear sports phones. Well the girly ones would do nothing for my street cred unless of course I also wore some 80’s rainbow leg warmers and a Rambo head sweat band and claim to be doing it for a bet.

Anyway I did the two hour session utilising all the kit without straining, breaking or any of my aged bits falling off. I will probably sleep all day tomorrow – if the kitties let me. :o)

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1234 kcal

Fat: 91.35g | Prot: 58.25g | Carbs: 41.13g.   Breakfast: Authentic Cooked Bavarian Pork Bratwurst, Aldi Peeled Plum Tomatoes, Yeo Valley Buttery & Spreadable, Livlife Bread, Tesco Smoked Bacon Rashers, Fried Egg, Tea (Brewed). Lunch: Morrisons Conference Pears, Tea (Brewed), Aldi Cauliflower Cheese. Dinner: Green Stevia Tablets, Double Cream, Coffee (Instant). Snacks/Other: Clancy's Natural Nut Mix. more...

3837 kcal

Exercise: Watching TV/Computer - 3 hours, Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 2 hours, Walking (brisk) - 6.5/kph - 30 minutes, Resting - 10 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours, Desk Work - 2 hours. more...