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tell me what you did.
its monday, im bored and dont want to be here so need entertaining.
the winner of the best most exciting weekend wins a special prize
Jimmy2Feet
21-03-11, 11:46 AM
sat on my backside watching people have fun....whilst wishing i hadn't broken my foot!!!
Was funny watching a mate get dragged along the floor by a performance kyte tho!
Luckypants
21-03-11, 11:48 AM
Friday night - food and cinema in the evening
Saturday - Fitted hugger to Big Red then out on Big Red for 150 mile blast round North Wales, evening in.
Sunday - Push bike 50-miler then another 50 miler on Big Red for the hell of it! :cool:
Good weekend.
Would have been my first ride on the SV if I'd passed mod 2.
Instead, I re-organised my video library.
Whyte25
21-03-11, 12:00 PM
Started cleaning the fork legs on my bike & band rehearsal, oh and the Moto gp.
Rgds
Friday - pint after work then round a friends to eat food and watch comic relief
Saturday - Went for a drive in the afternoon and then back to said friends to eat food, get drunk and watch the ufc on espn
Sunday - went out for more food
BigBaddad
21-03-11, 12:07 PM
Modified my clutch, rode to Sunny Hunny on Saturday and purchased some seaside rock, Went for a ride with an org newbie on Sunday
Ride summary
SV's 1:riding:
Police incidents 1:plod:
Transport Cafes 2:smt030:smt030
Ferrari's 1:driving:
Tag along R1's 1:thumright:
Friendly orgians that turned up to say hello....feck all yer misserable feckers.:ncool:
Cheers Mykey, hope you enjoyed it:fish:.
, managed to avoid seeing Reeder. Had a few beers and watched MotoGP in the evening.
Milky Bar Kid
21-03-11, 12:10 PM
Friday - Work
Saturday - Work
Sunday - Sum total of feck all apart from watching Moto GP
dizzyblonde
21-03-11, 12:12 PM
Fri, Sat, lots of walking and washing of clothes
Sunday.....raaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrr Cagiva VRaptor came out to play:smt080:smt080
and boy did everyone else get deafened:smt048
minimorecambe
21-03-11, 12:16 PM
Friday - work
Saturday - work
Sunday - work
All while suffering from tendonitis in both hands :toss:
carelesschucca
21-03-11, 12:18 PM
Friday - test ride on Street Triple R (nice - was offered more for my bike than was expected so it looks the change will happen) then went to Primal Scream concert in the evening, highlight was the young brunette in front of me sugestively rubbing her self on me for half the night. to be honest the band were poor...
Saturday - chilled out then went for a Wagamama then watched Moto-GP qualification
Sunday - booked holiday to Majorca - watched Moto-GP.
MrMessy
21-03-11, 12:27 PM
Friday:- Washed bike then bidding on SV bits on e-bay.
Saturday:- Up early cold blast down to Cadwell. "Spannering" on my friends bike. Fish & Chip run then beers. Camping in back of cold van.
Sunday:- Up early for another days action. 2 wins & 2 3rds. Great start to season then good run home on SV. Won 2 items on e-bay, 1 I did not really want:( Pulled back so now in agony!
metalangel
21-03-11, 12:51 PM
Friday: Sat around and played Homefront while drinking beer.
Saturday: Nice sunny day, so went for a walk with Mrs Meaty to watch all the bikers going past, had lunch in Wimpy, came back, drank beer.
Sunday: Sat around and played Test Drive Unlimited 2... while drinking beer!
The Guru
21-03-11, 12:56 PM
Friday - Night at Scottish Malt Whisky Society.
Saturday - Recovered (see Friday). Went out for a Thai.
Sunday - Wee run on bike and watched Moto GP.
AndyBrad
21-03-11, 01:02 PM
friday :- rugby then off to york
sat bought an engagement ring
sun ended up a wedding fair! christ that didnt take long :)
Milky Bar Kid
21-03-11, 01:10 PM
friday :- rugby then off to york
sat bought an engagement ring
sun ended up a wedding fair! christ that didnt take long :)
Oh! Congrats!!!!
Fri - work and toothache set in - spent most of the evening smelling of clove oil and crying!
Sat - went to BMW open day took a lovely ride on R1300RT, meet an old school mates wee brother, and meet up with a long lost paramedic and got hugs!! also spent £557 with BMW on new panniers and other bites that got damaged when somebody dropped their test ride!! had coffe and cake at mates then quiet evening
Sun - spent more money on loads of hat stuff including my first block (:-)) went food shopping and played badminton and won more games than i lost an put up my first ebay item for sale
tigersaw
21-03-11, 02:48 PM
lay in, walked the dog and smoked loads of fags.
Brilliant.
friday :- rugby then off to york
sat bought an engagement ring
sun ended up a wedding fair! christ that didnt take long :)
Wooooohoooooo!
Nice one Andy!
Friday - full of painkillers, and away with the pixie people.
Saturday - dog on the beach then golf then beer.
Sunday - woken very early by mum-in-law (alzheimers) asking if we wanted to go for lunch. Worked, then slobbed in front of the motogp.
HA my weekend was rediculous to be honest,
Saturday - Took 4 hours to get to Manchester due to crazyness in the Peak District covered in another thread :rolleyes:. The reason for going was because I was unhappy with a watch purchase of significant value, the nearest Watches of Switzerland to me is in Manchester, I originally bought it in Edinburg which added to complications. The watch is fully mechanical (as watches should be, no battery) and was loosing 1 minute a day. Some top end mechanical swiss watches are certified by COSC to be with +6-4 a day, so mine was way out and was ****ing me off. I took it back to get a refund and ended up spending more than a new SV on another watch (I'm a sucker for watches :( )
Sunday - Got involved with this lot...
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Jimmy2Feet
21-03-11, 03:08 PM
HA my weekend was rediculous to be honest,
Saturday - Took 4 hours to get to Manchester due to crazyness in the Peak District covered in another thread :rolleyes:. The reason for going was because I was unhappy with a watch purchase of significant value, the nearest Watches of Switzerland to me is in Manchester, I originally bought it in Edinburg which added to complications. The watch is fully mechanical (as watches should be, no battery) and was loosing 1 minute a day. Some top end mechanical swiss watches are certified by COSC to be with +6-4 a day, so mine was way out and was ****ing me off. I took it back to get a refund and ended up spending more than a new SV on another watch (I'm a sucker for watches :( )
Sunday - Got involved with this lot...
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What were you on or in? were you driving/riding with them, or just happened to come accross them? some nice cars there!
Luckypants
21-03-11, 03:13 PM
All while suffering from tendonitis in both hands :toss:
An unfortunate choice of smiley?? :smt080 :smt040
minimorecambe
21-03-11, 03:33 PM
An unfortunate choice of smiley?? :smt080 :smt040
:smt016
That lambo is gorgeous. That bugatti is plain nasty.
Mr Speirs
21-03-11, 05:04 PM
Friday - Gig in Manchester Academy - didn't win the Euromillions so:
Saturday - Gig in Brixton Academy. End of tour shenanigans.
Sunday - Home, walk the dog with my best friend for about 4 hours and ended up in a lovely independant canal side pub.
That lambo is gorgeous. That bugatti is plain nasty.
nonsense. the mondeo rocks all of them off the road
Electro
21-03-11, 05:24 PM
Friday. Lots of vodka
Sat day. Paintballing
Sat night. Tore knee ligaments
Sun. Hospital
Stag weekend for me so,
Friday - Airsofting in the military tunnel complex under Fort Southwick, followed by beer, indian, beer
Saturday - Go Karting (qualified first, then got deliberately targetted in the main race so finished 4th). Chippie lunch, pizza and beer to watch the rugby, taxi and a ferry to Gunwharf for more beers, finished the evening off in a 'gentlemens' club.
Sunday - recovery day, topped off nicely with MotoGP
Friday: Work
Saturday: tried to get to SV but beaten off by footie traffic so boredom....:smt069
Sunday: took wife, sis-in-law and nieces to Colchester Zoo. Nearly lost youngest in the walk through monkey enclosure!
Milky Bar Kid
22-03-11, 09:34 AM
HA my weekend was rediculous to be honest,
Saturday - Took 4 hours to get to Manchester due to crazyness in the Peak District covered in another thread :rolleyes:. The reason for going was because I was unhappy with a watch purchase of significant value, the nearest Watches of Switzerland to me is in Manchester, I originally bought it in Edinburg which added to complications. The watch is fully mechanical (as watches should be, no battery) and was loosing 1 minute a day. Some top end mechanical swiss watches are certified by COSC to be with +6-4 a day, so mine was way out and was ****ing me off. I took it back to get a refund and ended up spending more than a new SV on another watch (I'm a sucker for watches :( )
Sunday - Got involved with this lot...
You spent HOW MUCH?????? On a watch??????? Bugger me!
watches are my weakness. i wish i had more money to spend on one. biggest regret was not buying one in the States when the dollar was 2 to the £. Had a TAG Monaco in my sweaty hands, was a tad over $2000 IIRC, only woulda set my back £1,000 :( gosh darn it
Milky Bar Kid
22-03-11, 09:49 AM
My "good" watch was £100 and I thought that was expensive....lol! But then, I am likely to break watches...
My "good" watch was £100 and I thought that was expensive....lol! But then, I am likely to break watches...
You see that's not actually the case. There are expensive watches that are specifically designed for the military, Navy etc... they are almost indestructible. One of the watches I just bought is for naval/sailing/diving use. It can withstand the pressure of 1000m and the chronograph will still function because of its unique design, the strap would have to break in 4 places before it would come apart but you would struggle to break one part, the list goes on. I think you either enjoy/get watches, or not though. At the end of the day your average person on the street can't tell the difference between a cheap watch or an expensive watch unless they really know their watches, it's about personal enjoyment and appreciation of a quality time piece. A fully mechanical watch with a couple of complication is a masterpiece that can take 1000's of man hours to put together.
I irritated the neighbours. They like the garden exactly as it has been for the last 40 years, ie huge shrubs and ivy everywhere., as it means that their dog can't jump over the fence. We don't, so we cut down all the ivy on our side the front fence, chopped our side of a bay tree that copped it in the frost, and started digging the front garden, which is now home to some hollyhocks, paeonies, bearded irises, and a giant scabious:flower::flower::flower::flower:
I irritated the neighbours. They like the garden exactly as it has been for the last 40 years, ie huge shrubs and ivy everywhere., as it means that their dog can't jump over the fence. We don't, so we cut down all the ivy on our side the front fence, chopped our side of a bay tree that copped it in the frost, and started digging the front garden, which is now home to some hollyhocks, paeonies, bearded irises, and a giant scabious:flower::flower::flower::flower:
I spotted the grass growing this week :( not looking forwards to that ballache again. Respect due for keeping a nice garden though, so much time and effort required.
Milky Bar Kid
22-03-11, 12:05 PM
You see that's not actually the case. There are expensive watches that are specifically designed for the military, Navy etc... they are almost indestructible. One of the watches I just bought is for naval/sailing/diving use. It can withstand the pressure of 1000m and the chronograph will still function because of its unique design, the strap would have to break in 4 places before it would come apart but you would struggle to break one part, the list goes on. I think you either enjoy/get watches, or not though. At the end of the day your average person on the street can't tell the difference between a cheap watch or an expensive watch unless they really know their watches, it's about personal enjoyment and appreciation of a quality time piece. A fully mechanical watch with a couple of complication is a masterpiece that can take 1000's of man hours to put together.
Yeh....a watch is a watch to me...all I care about is whether its pretty or not.....I have one Storm watch as good and I have a Baby G watch for work cos I like digital at work! Other than that, I don't really wear watches
A stockbroker I know has a thing for watches, he went to London especially to buy a specific watch. A Romain Jerome Titanic DNA watch. Was kind of controversial when the guy started making them as he uses part of the actual ships hull on the face of the watch.
I was in the "a watch is a watch" camp until I saw this bad boy =P~
My father left me his gold Omega watch. It's a classic 1950s wind up thing with a gold buckle too. And you know what? I hate it. No, I detest it. I absolutely can't bear the sight of the thing. I don't wear it, it lives in a drawer and if I catch sight of it I shudder. I want to give it to my nephew as part of a 21st prezzie (next year), after all he's father's grandson - but whether he would want it is another matter. The watch itself is handsome (like me:cool:) but it's the memories I have that makes it so unwelcome in my house.
I'd love a new Omega, but £££££......
A stockbroker I know has a thing for watches, he went to London especially to buy a specific watch. A Romain Jerome Titanic DNA watch. Was kind of controversial when the guy started making them as he uses part of the actual ships hull on the face of the watch.
I was in the "a watch is a watch" camp until I saw this bad boy =P~
Yeah, they are quite 'unique'. If I was going to drop £10k+ I can of quite a few alternatives.
Watches are certainly addictive though, constantly thinking about what to get next etc. A top quality swiss watch that's serviced properly is a bloody good investment, a new SV will be worth 50% in a couple of years time, a good watch will be worth pretty much exactly the same or more if it's special or a ltd edition/ limited numbers.
What was this thread about again? Could be up for a davenumbers derail awards.
...the front garden, which is now home to some hollyhocks, paeonies, bearded irises, and a giant scabious...
...as of this evening, add to that some catmint - we brought a big clump from the old house and have split it into 8 plants - the cats made a beeline for it and rolled in it:lol: lambs tongue, redbill geranium, sea holly, gas ring plant (it's called wild cornflower really but the flowers look just like a burning gas ring) again broken up into many smaller ones, and delphiniums. Pile more to go in yet:cool: but it got too dark to see what I was doing:(
Oh yeah, I've also planted up 4 bags of first early potatoes, and tomorrow morning at 5.30am ( I wake up at 5 every day without fail) I'll plant up the large pots that used to contain all the catmint etc with some more spuds. So in June when you are all paying £5+/kg for Jersey Royals, I'll be enjoying my own Shropshire Duke of Yorks for free:cool: I think the bag of seed potatoes was 87p from Trago Mills in Falmouth:D
I need to start 'The Horticultural Thread':D
Milky Bar Kid
22-03-11, 09:56 PM
A stockbroker I know has a thing for watches, he went to London especially to buy a specific watch. A Romain Jerome Titanic DNA watch. Was kind of controversial when the guy started making them as he uses part of the actual ships hull on the face of the watch.
I was in the "a watch is a watch" camp until I saw this bad boy =P~
Wow...that is mega creepy...imagine having a piece of the titanic at your bedside with all that history etched on it.......
Wow...that is mega creepy...imagine having a piece of the titanic at your bedside with all that history etched on it.......
'Every night in my dreams, I see you, I hear you...':dj::smt034
You'll now be humming that all evening:D
Milky Bar Kid
22-03-11, 10:15 PM
Thanks for that Ed....
Wow...that is mega creepy...imagine having a piece of the titanic at your bedside with all that history etched on it.......
Meh, i'd say taxidermy is creepier! I can see how people could say its in poor taste though. And its for that reason they sell so well because they'll only go up in value. It really is fantastic to look at too.
Hes taking the p1ss with this (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/253848)though :eek:
'Every night in my dreams, I see you, I hear you...':dj::smt034
You'll now be humming that all evening:D
No I feckin won't! :smt019
BanannaMan
23-03-11, 01:50 AM
Friday: work
Saturday: work
Sunday: rode bike and went to visit me mum who's in the hospital and not doing well at all. :(
As for the unofficial subjct of this thread.
I can't wear watches, or be near mechanical clocks.
The quit working if I am near them for any length of time.
Cheap watches will only run a few hours on my arm.
Strangely my Dad had a nice watch that quit working the day he died. (he did not have it on)
I put it on a few months later and it instantly began to run.
However it only lasted me wearing it 6 or 7 times before it stopped for good.
Just wondering??? Anyone else like this????
davepreston
23-03-11, 06:30 AM
yep me and watches dont get on at all, hence on one or two military reports it said beside, time peice used my said nokia 3510
Just wondering??? Anyone else like this????
A good watch is likely to be mechanical, with a power reserve in the spring of around 24hrs. If you the wear it the the watch 'may' start working again but you would normally need to wind it.
That would explain your situation.
...so to succeed in life it's no good recharging your betteries - you need to be a wind up merchant.
Probably, although I'm confused lol
Friday - test ride on Street Triple R (nice - was offered more for my bike than was expected so it looks the change will happen) then went to Primal Scream concert in the evening, highlight was the young brunette in front of me sugestively rubbing her self on me for half the night. to be honest the band were poor...
Saturday - chilled out then went for a Wagamama then watched Moto-GP qualification
Sunday - booked holiday to Majorca - watched Moto-GP.
congratulations to carelessnunchucca, he wins the award for the bestest weekend. test riding, holidays booked, women rubbing on him.
there was going to be a cash award, coupled with a picture of me dancing with milli vanilli but after that weekend all that would just be a let down
to those that didnt win, dont be downhearted there will be more chances to win again soon
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