The Megathread - Idle Banters Virtual Bar

[Reeder]

*opens his coat*

[Wideboy]

What am I looking at?

[Quedos]

*opens his coat*

http://www1.sulekha.com/mstore/flickfanatik/albums/default/magnifying-glass.gif

[Reeder]

My belly button...

[minimorecambe]

Ewwww belly buttons are gross :-?

Well I am shattered after taking the dog for a long walk and then going out for a run on the bike.
I let Max off the lead for the first time and he was quite well behaved actually :)

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/littlehelen_2006/IMG_0462.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g137/littlehelen_2006/IMG_0463.jpg

[Reeder]

Mine is extra gross. It gets loads of fluff stuck in it :) I've considered collecting it before but instead I tend to dispose of it.

[DarrenSV650S]

Evening all

Cool dog minxer. Did you just get him?


I'm trying to tax the sv but the dvla site isn't working. Oh and I am being fined £100 for not doing my tax return :(

[minimorecambe]

Ive had him for over 3 years Darren :) He is just slightly antisocial and has selective hearing so I dont like letting him off the lead.

The fine sucks :(

[andrewsmith]

Evening all

Cool dog minxer. Did you just get him?


I'm trying to tax the sv but the dvla site isn't working. Oh and I am being fined £100 for not doing my tax return :(

Not good, happens mate

[DarrenSV650S]

Ahh, I thought I had seen him before :)

Our youngest jack russell is very antisocial. Well she's just very wary of other dogs and tends to attack first, ask questions later :lol:


Yep I forgot that the tax thing was for the tax year of 09/10 so just ignored it when I got the reminder

[Dave20046]

Anyone wanna buy a mk4 golf? £1500

[Graciepants]

Anyone wanna buy a mk4 golf? £1500

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah hahaha
not after i drove it

[Milky Bar Kid]

GRACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E!!!

My wife is alive!!

[Graciepants]

GRACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E!!!

My wife is alive!!

hello my darling!

sorry i am being rude - how is everyone today?

[Dave20046]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah hahaha
not after i drove it

Wangin a repair bill your way :smt019

Nah trading it in (fingers crossed) tomorrow, but they're only offering £1200. Taking a big loss for the sake of convenience...

[Dave20046]

Grace fancy washing it again? it's got a bit grubby since last time!

[Quedos]

Gracie ((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))

[Milky Bar Kid]

hello my darling!

sorry i am being rude - how is everyone today?

You are never rude, you are the most awesome-est!

I'm ok, just in from an afternoon on the bike, how are you?

[Graciepants]

Wangin a repair bill your way :smt019

Nah trading it in (fingers crossed) tomorrow, but they're only offering £1200. Taking a big loss for the sake of convenience...
keep at them. my dad traded in his Y reg volvo for 1500 even though while he was test driving the BMW (yes my father bought a beemer) they were fixing the volvo as it broke down on the way to the garage!

Grace fancy washing it again? it's got a bit grubby since last time!

and no..last time you wacked me in the nose with the back of your head! took ages to get the blood out of my skirt

[Graciepants]

Gracie ((((((((((((((hug))))))))))))))))))))

hiiiiiiiiiiii, did you like the hamster card? i picked it for that reason! im so sad
You are never rude, you are the most awesome-est!

I'm ok, just in from an afternoon on the bike, how are you?
im ok, been filling out forms all day!

[Bluepete]

GRACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE E!!!

My wife is alive!!


Where's that avatar about thread being useless without pics?

Pete ;)

[Milky Bar Kid]

Where's that avatar about thread being useless without pics?

Pete ;)

Grace and I have been married for quite some time now...tut! Keep up Pete!

[Dave20046]

Where's that avatar about thread being useless without pics?

Pete ;)
Wife, not girlfriend :(

[Quedos]

hamster card cute - though Sammi is a terror - chewed the curtains!!!!

[Reeder]

I thought you said we were made for each other in my valentines thread... And now it turns out you have a wife?! Useless!!

[BernardBikerchick]

Mine is extra gross. It gets loads of fluff stuck in it :) I've considered collecting it before but instead I tend to dispose of it.


I always collect BBF always !!!! heheh:smt040:smt040

[Holdup]

Mornin

[Dave20046]

morning hoe'dup

Is British gas actually known as scottish gas in scotland??

[Holdup]

ow doo

scotland is part of britain is it not?

[Bibio]

yes its their trading name in Scotland.

[Holdup]

well blow me down with a feather

[Bibio]

on a side note to power. how can a company claim that their electricity is 'green' when all power generated goes into the national grid?

[DarrenSV650S]

because they have a couple of windmills in douglas

[Bibio]

yes but if buy supposed 'green' power from lets say British Power or eon etc.etc. how can they guarantee that the power i receive is 'green'.

[DarrenSV650S]

Actually most of it will be nuclear which is a sort of green glowy colour :)

[Dave20046]

ow doo

scotland is part of britain is it not?

Exactly - infact why call it something different at all, let alone the fact scotland it part of britain. Are they trying to a[ppeal to scots that hate being in britain or something. Then why not just call the whole thing scottish gas? the english wouldn't care. Bizarre, I thought the sco0ttish call centre chap I spoke to was just winding me up.

[Venom]

It's all Centrica anyway.

[andrewsmith]

Where's that avatar about thread being useless without pics?

Pete ;)

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a426/andrewsmith1708/e-needpics.gif

[Dave20046]

Actually most of it will be nuclear which is a sort of green glowy colour :)

They're supposed to be building a nuclear power plant near sheffield - deffo going to apply for a job, I'd actually be homer simpson.

[DarrenSV650S]

They're supposed to be building a nuclear power plant near sheffield - deffo going to apply for a job, I'd actually be homer simpson.

lol watch out for 3 eyed fish


btw, can I have your golfs bodywork, seats, gear stick and rear calipers? Thanks

[andrewsmith]

lol watch out for 3 eyed fish


btw, can I have your golfs bodywork, seats, gear stick and rear calipers? Thanks

I'll take the engine if you deliver with 10kg of termite

[Venom]

I'll take the engine if you deliver with 10kg of termite



http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/termite-11.gif

[Dave20046]

lol watch out for 3 eyed fish


btw, can I have your golfs bodywork, seats, gear stick and rear calipers? Thanks

Sell yours and collect mine for £1500 (drives fine just speedo went) if you replace the wiring loom it's easily worth £2500. 12 months mot, tax ,58000 miles on the clock (done about 60000 - have a record somewhere).

[andrewsmith]

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/termite-11.gif

My F***ing english is dire tonight

I meant thermite

like this

BnHR4cMXiyM

[DarrenSV650S]

Sell yours and collect mine for £1500 (drives fine just speedo went) if you replace the wiring loom it's easily worth £2500. 12 months mot, tax ,58000 miles on the clock (done about 60000 - have a record somewhere).

Man that's tempting. Just put 6 months tax on mine today. MOT runs out next month, bodywork is rusting to hell/paint falling off. Interior is mingin. Rear calipers are seized. Yours is really low mileage, mine is over 70k. So what's wrong with the speedo and wiring?

[Venom]

BnHR4cMXiyM

That's awesome, where can I get thermite and ice? I wonder if dry ice will work.

[andrewsmith]

thermite you mix yourself (carefully) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermite

Know anyone with industrial freezers?

[Bibio]

a better one.

http://how2dostuff.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-to-make-thermite.html

blacksmiths are your best friend :smt040

serious though dont mess around with the stuff it will burn threw skin and bone in seconds. ooohhhh and once it starts you cant put it out.

hhhhmmm thermite in a flower mill. kerrrrboooooom.

[Dave20046]

Man that's tempting. Just put 6 months tax on mine today. MOT runs out next month, bodywork is rusting to hell/paint falling off. Interior is mingin. Rear calipers are seized. Yours is really low mileage, mine is over 70k. So what's wrong with the speedo and wiring?

I think it needs a new loom tbh mate, the speedo sensor went a bit back, replaced it - fixed it but now the speedo fuses keep going - I cleaned up all the earths I could find but it still does it then on friday one of the electrical connectors shorted and set fire but the connectors were rusted to **** so I've just bodged it back for now and driven it everyday for work - it drives fine, couple of scratches on the bonnet I'm just gutted to give it to trade it in to a snotty dealer who acts as though he's doing me afavour only for him to fix the wiring and bang it up at £2.8k.
Full service history, new front brake pads (last month, bosch) the lot. might need a new front shock soon otherwise I'd be happy to run it into the ground or fix it and sell it if I didn't need it 6 days a week for work :(

I've text all my mates to see if anyone will have it at £1.5k before the weekend ...or it'll got to a stealer.

[DarrenSV650S]

I think it needs a new loom tbh mate, the speedo sensor went a bit back, replaced it - fixed it but now the speedo fuses keep going - I cleaned up all the earths I could find but it still does it then on friday one of the electrical connectors shorted and set fire but the connectors were rusted to **** so I've just bodged it back for now and driven it everyday for work - it drives fine, couple of scratches on the bonnet I'm just gutted to give it to trade it in to a snotty dealer who acts as though he's doing me afavour only for him to fix the wiring and bang it up at £2.8k.
Full service history, new front brake pads (last month, bosch) the lot. might need a new front shock soon otherwise I'd be happy to run it into the ground or fix it and sell it if I didn't need it 6 days a week for work :(

I've text all my mates to see if anyone will have it at £1.5k before the weekend ...or it'll got to a stealer.
New loom could be a lot of work stripping out etc. I'd like to sell mine because there's so much wrong with it, but like you I'd get crap money for it considering it was £5k a couple years ago.

[Dave20046]

New loom could be a lot of work stripping out etc. I'd like to sell mine because there's so much wrong with it, but like you I'd get crap money for it considering it was £5k a couple years ago.

Jees, glad I only paid £3k for mine a couple of years ago...but it still sucks.
Gettin bent over , but I don't really have any other option than a trade in as I can't do without a car :(

I still can't find one on auto trader with under 90k for under £2.5k

[DarrenSV650S]

Jees, glad I only paid £3k for mine a couple of years ago...but it still sucks.
Gettin bent over , but I don't really have any other option than a trade in as I can't do without a car :(

I still can't find one on auto trader with under 90k for under £2.5k

Yeh that's the annoying thing, they go for stupid money from dealers. When I bought mine there wasn't many about, so probably spent too much. It was from a dealer I got mine

[Venom]

Must stop looking at guns...

But this will go well as a close quarters back up with the sniper rifle I bought.
http://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/reviews/maruip226/P226_1.jpg

[andrewsmith]

Must stop looking at guns...

But this will go well as a close quarters back up with the sniper rifle I bought.
http://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/reviews/maruip226/P226_1.jpg

*moves away in a zig zag pattern*

[Bibio]

Must stop looking at guns...

But this will go well as a close quarters back up with the sniper rifle I bought.
http://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/reviews/maruip226/P226_1.jpg

hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmm. no not Mmmmmmmm but Hhhhmmmmmm.

[minimorecambe]

Must stop looking at guns...

But this will go well as a close quarters back up with the sniper rifle I bought.
http://www.defconairsoft.co.uk/reviews/maruip226/P226_1.jpg

I do worry about you sometimes :smt056

[Venom]

I do worry about you sometimes :smt056

A brother of a friend of a friend was selling his rifle for £100. It's definitely worth £150+ as with the uprated internals, scope, carry case and magazines it would be £300+ new.

Gotta have a hobby. I camouflaged it from plain black. Still got to tone down the fabric tape.

[minimorecambe]

Gotta have a hobby.

Knitting / stamp collecting / train spotting / making the worlds largest rubber band ball??

[Harry_Mc]

I dont think i'd be allowed a pistol :) tho coulda done with one to pistol-whip a gimp in a yaris... maybe a small hammer would be better tho

[andrewsmith]

You planning to overthrow the govt,? :lol:

Anything can be better than my hobby

[Venom]

Knitting / stamp collecting / train spotting / making the worlds largest rubber band ball??

Booooring!

[Venom]

You planning to overthrow the govt,? :lol:

Anything can be better than my hobby

It's airsoft, they're only toy guns that fire small plastic balls at 300 ft per sec.
Although the sniper I bought does 400 ft per sec. I have one of these as well

http://www.airsoftuk.info/uploads/2/2/5/2/2252766/1659072_orig.jpg


What is your hobby? :?

[Harry_Mc]

guns are so impersonal... knives are really the way to do it :)

[Holdup]

*note to self - do not mess with Venom*

[Dave20046]

arrrgh, just swapped my headunit - why isn't it coming on?

[Venom]

*note to self - do not mess with Venom*

I'm far too clumsy/nice to own anything lethal. My friend however has an large armoury of airsoft guns, and longbows, crossbows, shotgun...

If there's a zombie apocalypse I'm heading over their way.

[Fruity-ya-ya]

A very good evening one and all.

[Bibio]

Anything can be better than my hobby

what would that be then?

[Bibio]

yey.. ya-ya.

evnin. hows the knee?

[Fruity-ya-ya]

yey.. ya-ya.

evnin. hows the knee?

Less swollen but still limping. Got myself signed back early as the doctors were doing nothing but giving me anti-inflamitories. Been referred to orthopaedic unit.



Wait for it.





Some time in April before they'll look at it.

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Tbh, even though it's sore as flip, just glad to get on the bike again.

Be reight'

[Milky Bar Kid]

Less swollen but still limping. Got myself signed back early as the doctors were doing nothing but giving me anti-inflamitories. Been referred to orthopaedic unit.



Wait for it.





Some time in April before they'll look at it.


I waited 2 n half yrs on an MRI scan on my knee...

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I waited 2 n half yrs on an MRI scan on my knee...

Nice, I think I'll keep pottering about but not even think about playing basketball until 2020 ;)

[Dave20046]

What's that fruity - you need a car?
Well look no further http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=2494016#post2494016

[Bibio]

sounds familiar.

wife got an appointment booked early jan for march the 17th for her new splint. tiz coming up for 4 years and they still cant get it right. 3 months for an appointment 2 months to make it. so the mrs has to wait 5+ months every time in hope that the next one actually fits. think i'm going to throw a wobbly with them at some point.

[Fruity-ya-ya]

What's that fruity - you need a car?
Well look no further http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=2494016#post2494016

:) you nutter

[Holdup]

night nights peoplllllle

[Bibio]

night HU.. sweet dreams.

[Dave20046]

:) you nutter
You got £1500's worth of homebrew kickin about? :razz:

Weighing up whether to 24hour ebay it...

[Fruity-ya-ya]

sounds familiar.

wife got an appointment booked early jan for march the 17th for her new splint. tiz coming up for 4 years and they still cant get it right. 3 months for an appointment 2 months to make it. so the mrs has to wait 5+ months every time in hope that the next one actually fits. think i'm going to throw a wobbly with them at some point.

Don't get me wrong. I'm proud to say we have the NHS, but it seems to be stretched to the very limit.

I've got friends and family who work in it, and friends and family who rely heavily on it so routinely hear both sides of the coin. I hope and pray that the government can get things back on track but hold little hope this bunch currently in can do anything productive in the current climate.

[DarrenSV650S]

Dave bring it up here and I'll do you a straight swap and throw in a case of beer ;)

[Fruity-ya-ya]

You got £1500's worth of homebrew kickin about? :razz:

Weighing up whether to 24hour ebay it...

Or take it to ASDA, 'when it's gone, it's gone'

[Dave20046]

bluddy nhus, anyone see that hospital food show? It really is that bad - I had something to eat when I was in after my bike crash and immediately threw up...the nurses just left me there and watched me struggle on one crutch trying to clean it up (I wasn't aware at this point they thought I had a broken back)

[Dave20046]

Or take it to ASDA, 'when it's gone, it's gone'

See I'm sorely tempted to drive round sheffield paying OAP level attention to the road and other road users, when someone pulls out on me and I don't respond or anticipate it (;)) it's there fault and I get my nice £2k+ market value payout. Damn my commitment to the preservation of other peoples' lives!



Darren - come down here and give me £1490 and some beer and you have a deal you little hussy

[Fruity-ya-ya]

I thought about becoming a nurse many moons ago, but the stories I heard from friends put me right off.

It must be difficult.

it was once the envy of the world. not so sure at the moment.

[Dave20046]

I thought about becoming a nurse many moons ago, but the stories I heard from friends put me right off.

It must be difficult.

it was once the envy of the world. not so sure at the moment.
Ha I subdued my temptation to be a cop for the same reason. Society & the people running it are cnuts!

[DarrenSV650S]

Darren - come down here and give me £1490 and some beer and you have a deal you little hussy

lol what about a beta rev3. Actually no, then I'd have two cars with no work to drive to :p

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Ha I subdued my temptation to be a cop for the same reason. Society & the people running it are cnuts!

I did apply, and I'm glad I didn't get it at the time now I look back. they get the raw end too although many would argue otherwise.

Still, if we wanted a utopia, where everyone did the same and stuck to all the rules, we would probably muck it up.

Generally I find most people are good hearted, honest and hardworking, but as a society those who work hard at hardly working and honestly don't give two shakes for there fellow man seem to grab the lime light.

[Bibio]

Don't get me wrong. I'm proud to say we have the NHS, but it seems to be stretched to the very limit.

I've got friends and family who work in it, and friends and family who rely heavily on it so routinely hear both sides of the coin. I hope and pray that the government can get things back on track but hold little hope this bunch currently in can do anything productive in the current climate.

warning RANT mode

dont get me wrong the NHS is the business but i do wish that they would get more funding. my wife and i would not be here right now if it was not for the NHS. i owe them my life.

buuuuuuut when you have to live with someone who is in constant pain because someone who is supposed to know their job cant do it you end up getting a tad annoyed. especially when you see other patients leaving with perfectly fitting and lovely plush cushioned splints. but for some reason they seem to treat my wife like sh!t and give her the crappiest of the crap. i once asked about such things and i was told ''errrmmm welll you see its like this'' bull. its the constant lies and bull that annoys me like 'it will be ready in 2 weeks' more like 2 months.

its not fair.

RANT over. :smt040

ahhh thats better.

[Dave20046]

lol what about a beta rev3. Actually no, then I'd have two cars with no work to drive to :p

aye but mine would earn you a bit of cash. Redo the wiring and fix the speedo fault and it's easily worth £2.5k+ privately. doubt it'll cost £800 to sort (£200 for collection)

[Fruity-ya-ya]

Nice rant! even I felt relieved after reading it.

So, to hark back to an earlier topic, does ranting count as a hobby?

[munkygunn182]

Moooooooooooooooooorning :D

[Bibio]

seems to be one of mine. lol

[Bibio]

howdo mr munky

[munkygunn182]

Bit hacked off, i've to spend 12 hours in a certain place in glasgow tomorrow, meeting security staff, because the gig im doing tomorrow night has a visit from a member of the royal family

Hows bibs?

[Bibio]

same as usual. boarrrrd.

bloody royals who the hell do they think they are.

[munkygunn182]

I'd normally arrive about 7pm, set up, kick off about 8.30, strip down and out the door for 1am.

This time round, i'd to turn up today and set up so the sniffer dogs can get in about it all, then turn up tomorrow to be briefed with protocol etc, then can't leave the hotel til the visit is complete, cept said visitor isn't due to turn up til 7pm

[DarrenSV650S]

ooooh who is it munkers? :)

[munkygunn182]

I believe i'm not allowed to reveal identity or location until afterwards, so... will tell all later, needless to say though, not an event you'd expect royalty at!

[munkygunn182]

Taking the bike up though, stuff the security!