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Just been stung by a bee while riding. Little blighter hit me in the face between my open main visor and the sun visor, dropped out of the bottom of my lid into the open neck of my jacket. Had to pull over rather sharpish.
DarrenSV650S
27-06-19, 04:56 PM
lol unlucky! I had two flies get stuck in the back of my helmet yesterday. Not nice feeling them moving around :lol:
Sir Trev
28-06-19, 05:44 PM
Just been stung by a bee while riding. Little blighter hit me in the face between my open main visor and the sun visor, dropped out of the bottom of my lid into the open neck of my jacket. Had to pull over rather sharpish.
Been there myself. Not nice. Luckily we were on our way to our holiday cottage and Lady Poppy had brought some Anthisan as she gets a bad reaction to stings.
yokohama
29-06-19, 07:27 PM
It's surface dressing season again. Nearly every road I tried between Croft thru Teesdale and Weardale had a tar and chip section with the obligatory gravel marbles and an advisory 20mph limit. The Stanhope to Edmundbyers road was a 'mare as they were in the process of doing it and there were chips flying everywhere.
Once home, I spent an hour digging lumps of stone out of my tyres and removing bits of gravel from various parts of the bike where the tar had stuck and hardened.
I rode some roads out here that had just been done. They also dressed a massive section of the A12 North that clearly didn't need doing.
yokohama
29-06-19, 07:43 PM
Yeah. It just seems random and pointless, and doesn't fix any of the fundamental road defects.
It's a council financial ruse of some sort
maviczap
29-06-19, 07:57 PM
Yep, I found some on one of my normal cycling routes this morning. What's strange as this section was only done a couple of years ago, and it didn't need doing!
Have to say that they had done a proper resurfacing job on one part of the west bound A12 and it's now nice and smooth, they just need to do the other bad bits.
My Win10 laptop, which I've been already been using this morning, decided it no longer liked my password I've had for the last 6 months when it awoke from sleep. Caps lock/num lock wasn't on - it just wouldn't take it and since it was basically my phone number I hadn't forgotten it.
I read later that this has happened before after a Win10 update and it's because (at that time) all characters were being entered as uppercase but since you can't see the characters you don't know...
Yep, had that too. My new laptop did the same thing just after updating for the first time. Luckily there is a reset.
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Toooldtodie
01-07-19, 06:02 PM
It was Monday.
It just needs to go away and not happen again!
Adam Ef
01-07-19, 07:31 PM
It was Monday.
It just needs to go away and not happen again!
I'll agree with that.
Rubbish day at work. I got all the crap jobs to do and nothing completed to show for it at the end of the day as they were all such convoluted pains. Everyone else had the easy jobs, steamed through them and looked really good for work turnover on the timekeeping system we use.
I came out having done the most work and stress, looking the worst.
garynortheast
02-07-19, 05:33 PM
Strimming the wilderness on the bank behind the house. Well covered with overalls, gloves, helmet, visor and ear defenders but still ended up with a splat of hogweed sap on my lower lip, which has now blown up with a huge blister. Quick trip to the doctor and, half a dozen steroid tablets later I now have to wait for it to go down. :-(
shiftin_gear98
02-07-19, 07:04 PM
Hope it does quickly.
Sir Trev
02-07-19, 08:25 PM
Not only has some roadworks popped up on my route to work but the temporary traffic lights were on the blink. Oh the queues....! That means I'll have to set off early in the morning and skipping breakfast so I can brave the Oxford ring road before it becomes a gridlocked hell.
Chris_SVS
03-07-19, 05:45 AM
Getting up for work this morning.
SMOTD: It's only for 2 days then off again for a week
Pip assessment yesterday for my wife. What a waste of time. The assessor asked the same questions as on the form we filled in. I can understand a visit to check people are not faking, so why bother with the form? I hate to think what all this costing the government.
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maviczap
03-07-19, 09:34 AM
Pip assessment yesterday for my wife. What a waste of time. The assessor asked the same questions as on the form we filled in. I can understand a visit to check people are not faking, so why bother with the form? I hate to think what all this costing the government.
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Not good, but typical of current government practice, everything has been farmed out, even our departments external recruiting interview process has an external company providing an interviewer.
What you should be saying is not what it's costing the government, but what it's costing you as a tax payer.
Not good, but typical of current government practice, everything has been farmed out, even our departments external recruiting interview process has an external company providing an interviewer.
What you should be saying is not what it's costing the government, but what it's costing you as a tax payer.Indeed.
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Pip assessment yesterday for my wife. What a waste of time. The assessor asked the same questions as on the form we filled in. I can understand a visit to check people are not faking, so why bother with the form? I hate to think what all this costing the government.
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its saved the public billions in taxpayers money.
the assessment also involves a small physical but in your wife's case i would hazard a guess the assessor must have deemed it not necessary. the questions are a sort of "test" to see if your lying on what you put down on the form as most people go to their local CAB office or get a friend to fill it in so come interview time they cant remember what they had filled in on the form. the face to face is also to stop people using doppelgänger's as such.
its got a lot of "chancers" off the claim for which the public dont have to pay them.
i recently got awarded PIP due to my health. so i would say your wife has nothing to worry about.
think of it this way, by doing what the government have done it has created jobs (clerical staff for the whole process) for those that want to work and made it harder for those that dont. the money the public have saved goes to the workers/companies doing the assessments so technically there is no saving but each member of staff or company still has to pay "tax" so the government get a portion of it all back and round and round it goes keeping people employed.
its saved the public billions in taxpayers money.
the assessment also involves a small physical but in your wife's case i would hazard a guess the assessor must have deemed it not necessary. the questions are a sort of "test" to see if your lying on what you put down on the form as most people go to their local CAB office or get a friend to fill it in so come interview time they cant remember what they had filled in on the form. the face to face is also to stop people using doppelgänger's as such.
its got a lot of "chancers" off the claim for which the public dont have to pay them.
i recently got awarded PIP due to my health. so i would say your wife has nothing to worry about.
think of it this way, by doing what the government have done it has created jobs (clerical staff for the whole process) for those that want to work and made it harder for those that dont. the money the public have saved goes to the workers/companies doing the assessments so technically there is no saving but each member of staff or company still has to pay "tax" so the government get a portion of it all back and round and round it goes keeping people employed.I hadn't thought about it that way. So maybe there are some winners.
My concerns are that these things are target driven and the assessors probably have to hit these.
Another thing that concerns me is that they try to work out what my wife can or can't do via a proforma form with generic questions. But at no point do they ask how much do I have to do to help her. I hate to think how she'd cope if I want around.
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Not only has some roadworks popped up on my route to work but the temporary traffic lights were on the blink. Oh the queues....! That means I'll have to set off early in the morning and skipping breakfast so I can brave the Oxford ring road before it becomes a gridlocked hell.
That's what bikes are for.
BanannaMan
04-07-19, 01:22 AM
New phone day.
Used to be a joy, something I was looking forward to but now just a PIA.
Nothing wrong with my old phone (galaxy S7) still works as good as when I got it, including battery life but it's 3 years old (gee already) and have to take the upgrade deal or pay much more later when it dies. :rolleyes:
So....I'll be resetting passwords and such for days...
timwilky
04-07-19, 09:30 AM
its saved the public billions in taxpayers money.
the assessment also involves a small physical but in your wife's case i would hazard a guess the assessor must have deemed it not necessary. the questions are a sort of "test" to see if your lying on what you put down on the form as most people go to their local CAB office or get a friend to fill it in so come interview time they cant remember what they had filled in on the form. the face to face is also to stop people using doppelgänger's as such.
its got a lot of "chancers" off the claim for which the public dont have to pay them.
i recently got awarded PIP due to my health. so i would say your wife has nothing to worry about.
think of it this way, by doing what the government have done it has created jobs (clerical staff for the whole process) for those that want to work and made it harder for those that dont. the money the public have saved goes to the workers/companies doing the assessments so technically there is no saving but each member of staff or company still has to pay "tax" so the government get a portion of it all back and round and round it goes keeping people employed.
Before PIP etc. My wife, a nurse was on sick leave due to an auto immune liver disease, when she discovered she had breast cancer requiring mastectomy, chemo and radio therapy. As a consequence her NHS sickness entitlement was exhausted and she had to claim sickness benefit. At the same time due to the effects of the chemo she claimed some other benefit (I cannot remember what). What I do remember the forms were horrific, the same questions asked in half a dozen different ways. She was then invited to attend an assessment at the local DSS office and the next day got a second letter to say no need, and her application had been approved. So I obviously filled the form in correctly.
But what then came as a shock, was a requirement to attend the local job centre (6 miles away) for a fortnightly back to work interview, told a failure to attend will result in not receiving her sick pay. I went with her.
The lady she met with could not have been nicer, she suffered from MS and was wheelchair bound. She had been a high flying HR exec somewhere and had to give up the stress once she had become ill.
She understood, my wife had a job, but was too ill to work and that we were caught up in the system that was trying to get people off sick and into work. she explained that for years to get jobless figures down the system had been encouraging the long term unemployed to get greater benefits by claiming sickness instead.
Twice though we got phone calls don't bother coming for your interview as she is herself taking sick leave.
As I said, nice lady. when my wife felt ready to go back, she was told. But you cannot go yet. You need a new coat and shoes and issued shop vouchers and you get a transition allowance of £100/month for 6 months to help you back into work.
I think the job centre used her to pass on the message that even with MS, she wanted to work and reasonable employers should make allowances for staff with health problems. Unlike the NHS who put them through the disciplinary procedure for being ill.
My overriding memory of those days, one interview was midway though a cycle of chemo and my wife had to run from the interview to the stinking toilets to vomit, worse on the way home she fouled herself. Too ill to work is not ill enough to miss a job centre interview!
Before PIP etc. My wife, a nurse was on sick leave due to an auto immune liver disease, when she discovered she had breast cancer requiring mastectomy, chemo and radio therapy. As a consequence her NHS sickness entitlement was exhausted and she had to claim sickness benefit. At the same time due to the effects of the chemo she claimed some other benefit (I cannot remember what). What I do remember the forms were horrific, the same questions asked in half a dozen different ways. She was then invited to attend an assessment at the local DSS office and the next day got a second letter to say no need, and her application had been approved. So I obviously filled the form in correctly.
But what then came as a shock, was a requirement to attend the local job centre (6 miles away) for a fortnightly back to work interview, told a failure to attend will result in not receiving her sick pay. I went with her.
The lady she met with could not have been nicer, she suffered from MS and was wheelchair bound. She had been a high flying HR exec somewhere and had to give up the stress once she had become ill.
She understood, my wife had a job, but was too ill to work and that we were caught up in the system that was trying to get people off sick and into work. she explained that for years to get jobless figures down the system had been encouraging the long term unemployed to get greater benefits by claiming sickness instead.
Twice though we got phone calls don't bother coming for your interview as she is herself taking sick leave.
As I said, nice lady. when my wife felt ready to go back, she was told. But you cannot go yet. You need a new coat and shoes and issued shop vouchers and you get a transition allowance of £100/month for 6 months to help you back into work.
I think the job centre used her to pass on the message that even with MS, she wanted to work and reasonable employers should make allowances for staff with health problems. Unlike the NHS who put them through the disciplinary procedure for being ill.
My overriding memory of those days, one interview was midway though a cycle of chemo and my wife had to run from the interview to the stinking toilets to vomit, worse on the way home she fouled herself. Too ill to work is not ill enough to miss a job centre interview!That's so sad. There's no empathy in the system.
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Adam Ef
10-07-19, 08:26 AM
Not finding anywhere that even comes close to matching up with this forum for the equivalent Tracer related info and community. I've already attracted one person on the FB pages who (it took me a while to realise) was trolling me trying to wind me up. Why do people bother doing that? I can only assume they have no life at all.
Chris_SVS
10-07-19, 08:32 AM
^Thats very much true... Most groups have 10 posts about the same thing everyday. Usually screen, luggage, dont see the point of a quickshifter, remaps, aux power sockets, phone app better than a tomtom/garmin.
I was saying this to John at BPW, the forum is no longer relevant to me as Ive no SV, but the general chat and sense of community keeps me coming back. Been on a forum for every bike Ive owned and so far, the .org is the only one I still visit.
Been on a forum for every bike Ive owned and so far, the .org is the only one I still visit.
and I thought this forum was slowly dying which I put down to the lack of popularity of the newer SV and people having moved on to bigger bikes. I'd be curious as to what percentage of members still have an SV as their principle bike.
Well, me for one. I occasionally test ride other bikes but have never been tempted to change.
zsv650s
10-07-19, 10:13 AM
Still got my Sv1000 ain't letting it go till suzuki do a new one.
Adam Ef
10-07-19, 11:22 AM
I nearly picked up another one as a fixer upper for £450 the other day... unfortunately I don't have the £450 or the space to store and work on it.
I nearly picked up another one as a fixer upper for £450 the other day... unfortunately I don't have the £450 or the space to store and work on it.
Is it still for sale?
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maviczap
10-07-19, 05:54 PM
Still got my SV
zsv650s
10-07-19, 06:30 PM
Currently readying the sv to go touring givi box saddle bags rok strapped tent the lot just got to book somewhere she seems to handle it quite well it's even half decent two up.
garynortheast
10-07-19, 09:39 PM
Mines still in pretty much daily use.
BanannaMan
10-07-19, 09:59 PM
Still riding my SV. Got her new in 2002.
Weekend warrior. 220 miles through the mountains this past Saturday.
garynortheast
10-07-19, 10:33 PM
Still riding my SV. Got her new in 2002.
Weekend warrior. 220 miles through the mountains this past Saturday.
Now that needs to be in the SotD thread Bill! Any pictures?
BanannaMan
11-07-19, 02:22 AM
Now that needs to be in the SotD thread Bill! Any pictures?
I got a late start Saturday so didn't take many pictures.
Also have been avoiding using the new phone until it's protective case arrives Friday.
It's glass front and back and so slick it's hard to hold on to.
daktulos
11-07-19, 07:44 AM
Had an SV for 20 years, minus a couple of months. There was a big gap where I wasn't riding, but commuting nearly every day now.
zsv650s
12-07-19, 12:48 PM
Gripe time my horns stopped working went to give someone a blast of it this morning and zilch nadda nothing so looks like a bit of strip down is in order prob just a dodgy connection.
shiftin_gear98
12-07-19, 01:42 PM
Is yours still up behind the rad? Mine used to stop working when it got too hot. So it's now located just off the side of the rad, about as far as I could get the cable to go.
zsv650s
12-07-19, 04:47 PM
Tbh I think it's the connection on the bars I got a bit over enthusiastic washing it last time.
Adam Ef
12-07-19, 07:30 PM
Check the screw on the back when the engine is up to temperature. If it doesn't work when it's cold and hot it's likely a connection somewhere. If it's only when it's hot then adjusting the screw might work.
Geodude
13-07-19, 01:40 AM
Being one half of an interlocking puzzle with no where to fit ;)
zsv650s
13-07-19, 01:19 PM
Horn works now filthy contact shame on me😔
garynortheast
13-07-19, 04:01 PM
Being one half of an interlocking puzzle with no where to fit ;)
I've come to the conclusion that many of us are parts of a puzzle wrongly put together Geo.
shiftin_gear98
19-07-19, 10:23 AM
Swear mode on
I'm having a really ****ing **** morning so far.
If you were to ask me first thing this morning my view on my newly fitted Pirelli tyres, I would have said I love them.
I'd even say I still do. However I'll not get the test the longevity of them as this morning I got a ****ing massive tyre killing ******* stone in my two week old rear tyre. Just as I was entering a roundabout - which was interesting to say the least as it went flat instantly.
I was 6 miles from home, I had a quick go at pushing it to get to safety and realised pushing with a totally flat tyre was not an option to get home. I didn't really fancy waiting for the useless tosser RAC man to take 4 hours to not come like last time.
My tyre repair kit sealant had turned into an almost solid lump so I couldn't even try to bodge it.
I was sat looking at the bike when I realised **** it, I still have drive this time.
So I rode the 6 miles home at about 20 mph with my hazards on. I made it home all ok, I can say they have great run flat capabilities. Only to discover my missus had already gone out and taken the car. Bugger.
Luckily the old tyre was still in the garage so I swapped that over with a bit of swearing and am now sat at work having to face the rest of my day.
On wards and ****ing upwards.
shiftin_gear98
19-07-19, 10:24 AM
What makes it even worse, is I bought them on credit card. So haven't actually paid for them yet!!
zsv650s
19-07-19, 12:38 PM
I know the feeling I once bought a brand new spanking Bridgestone bt020 (while ago) 2 days later screw in it wrong place to be repaired out £110 **** my life is what I said. :mad:
R1ffR4ff
19-07-19, 12:42 PM
What makes it even worse, is I bought them on credit card. So haven't actually paid for them yet!!
Bummer.
A few years ago I was behind a pal on his old 750 Bonnevile.We passed a farm and suddenly his nearly new rear tyre went.Good job it was the rear as he kept control easy.
When we stopped and looked there was HALF a freaking Horseshoe in the tyre!!! :smt103
DarrenSV650S
19-07-19, 02:11 PM
So unlucky. Same thing happened to my brand new rear tyre a few years ago when a metal stud went through it.
What kind of mutant ninja stone caused a full blow out anyway?
Toooldtodie
19-07-19, 04:19 PM
In the last 3 months I have had a disposable vape pen go through one rear, acted like a straw and tyre went flat VERY quickly, so replaced and 1000 miles later in the same stretch of road a newly cut key went through... 5 hours later, the recovery truck arrived from his last job in Ipswich!! FUMING>
I feel your pain.
I've been there too. On holiday in Devon. Going round an island and heard a loud ping. Thought it was a stone flicking up. It was in fact a bloody bolt going though my new rear tyre. Massive hole, so too big for the usual fixes.
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I use Avast Pro on my PC and the other day i got an email saying it was up for renewal. They offered me another 2 years at £39. I was fine with that.
Today i got an update saying my renewal was complete. Being a suspicious sod I logged into my account to check. Of course it was wrong and I only got one year. I complained and got a load of waffle back.
So I gave them the choice of giving me the 2 years as promised or my money back.
I then get an email saying my subscription is cancelled and my money is being refunded. ! I would have thought that they would have kept my money and altered my expiry date.
Hopeless.
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SV650rules
21-07-19, 12:35 PM
In the last 3 months I have had a disposable vape pen go through one rear, acted like a straw and tyre went flat VERY quickly, so replaced and 1000 miles later in the same stretch of road a newly cut key went through... 5 hours later, the recovery truck arrived from his last job in Ipswich!! FUMING>
I feel your pain.
When I am out on bike I tend to avoid areas of road that are not regularly used by other traffic, e.g.. areas near kerb, centre of lanes, and those normally 'V' shaped areas of road junctions that collect gravel and other miscellaneous crap. My rationale is that if I stick to the well used bits the chances are that because many other vehicles have passed over it that their tyres will have picked the potential puncture object up before I got there... for this reason I avoid filtering - which often takes you into those unused areas, but also takes away one of the benefits of a motorbike, still even without filtering I will get there, hopefully without a puncture which would delay me a lot.
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/new-rider/2010/december/dec0310-new-rider-puncrures/
When I am out on bike I tend to avoid areas of road that are not regularly used by other traffic, e.g.. areas near kerb, centre of lanes, and those normally 'V' shaped areas of road junctions that collect gravel and other miscellaneous crap. My rationale is that if I stick to the well used bits the chances are that because many other tyres have passed over it that their tyres will have picked the potential puncture object up before I got there...
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/new-rider/2010/december/dec0310-new-rider-puncrures/It's a good point the detritus does get pushed into edges of the road.
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Adam Ef
21-07-19, 04:30 PM
When you're cycling you're going to slow enough to see all the crap you're riding through that lives at the edge of the road and middle of junctions etc.
maviczap
22-07-19, 08:10 AM
Going home from the Pyrenees today, not looking forward to going home.
Plus my car is going into the garage tomorrow, as one of the rear passenger windows dropped on the way to the airport, couldn't get it to return and did an emergency fix with bubble wrap, cling film and tape to keep the elements out. I can do without the hassle, life's complicated enough as it is
I've been having Chemo for lung cancer for the last 2 months and was due another today. I have been breathless for the last week and today my red and white blood cell counts were too low to allow the chemo. So, it's a blood transfusion tomorrow.
And then when I got home, I failed to put the stand down properly on my drive, the bike toppled and I am too weak to lift it back up. I am hoping my garage mate will remember to stop off on the way home from work to help me stand it up again. I HATE being ill.
EDIT.
Well, he remembered and the bike is now upright but the gear shifter is bent so much that I will be impossible to change gear. Will it straighten? I will find out tomorrow.
I've been having Chemo for lung cancer for the last 2 months and was due another today. I have been breathless for the last week and today my red and white blood cell counts were too low to allow the chemo. So, it's a blood transfusion tomorrow.
And then when I got home, I failed to put the stand down properly on my drive, the bike toppled and I am too weak to lift it back up. I am hoping my garage mate will remember to stop off on the way home from work to help me stand it up again. I HATE being ill.
EDIT.
Well, he remembered and the bike is now upright but the gear shifter is bent so much that I will be impossible to change gear. Will it straighten? I will find out tomorrow.Blimey. Puts my problems into perspective. Must be very hard.
It might be a good idea to heat the lever to soften it prior to bending.
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Sir Trev
22-07-19, 06:19 PM
Bikes are easier to mend than people. Hope the chemo does the trick H, when you get round to starting it again.
garynortheast
22-07-19, 08:20 PM
I've been having Chemo for lung cancer for the last 2 months and was due another today. I have been breathless for the last week and today my red and white blood cell counts were too low to allow the chemo. So, it's a blood transfusion tomorrow.
Bugger!! As said above, hope the chemo gets restarted promptly and does the trick.
Life can be a right sh1t3 at times. :-(
BanannaMan
22-07-19, 11:12 PM
I've been having Chemo for lung cancer for the last 2 months and was due another today. I have been breathless for the last week and today my red and white blood cell counts were too low to allow the chemo. So, it's a blood transfusion tomorrow.
And then when I got home, I failed to put the stand down properly on my drive, the bike toppled and I am too weak to lift it back up. I am hoping my garage mate will remember to stop off on the way home from work to help me stand it up again. I HATE being ill.
EDIT.
Well, he remembered and the bike is now upright but the gear shifter is bent so much that I will be impossible to change gear. Will it straighten? I will find out tomorrow.
Thoughts and prayers your way.
Puts my sprained foot in proper perspective.
Really hope you are doing better soon mate.
maviczap
23-07-19, 06:48 AM
That's **** Herot, hope the chemo program gets restarted.
My minor gripe of the day, my wife didn't cancel her 4am alarm from last week, and I've picked up some sort of gastro bug, with the usual consequences. Currently sitting in a pool of sweat in the muggy heat.
shiftin_gear98
23-07-19, 06:56 AM
Heorot - All the best.
garynortheast
23-07-19, 08:32 PM
We are now Deeply. In. The. 5h!t.
zsv650s
23-07-19, 09:14 PM
We are now Deeply. In. The. 5h!t.
Why?
Chris_SVS
23-07-19, 09:16 PM
My intercom made a bid for grassy freedom this evening never to be seen again...
BanannaMan
23-07-19, 10:03 PM
We are now Deeply. In. The. 5h!t.
Somehow I never thought 'Name a world leader born in America who has bad hair and is a racist. " would be a multiple choice question.
garynortheast
23-07-19, 10:09 PM
Strikes me Bill, that the two of them were joined at birth. Liars, cheats, philanderers, racists, misogynists, homophobes.
Both equally well qualified on those counts to lead the deeply unpleasant political parties they head.
:-(
BanannaMan
24-07-19, 02:22 AM
Sad times for freedom around the world.
Anger and hate rule the day.
garynortheast
24-07-19, 07:14 AM
Sad times for freedom around the world.
Anger and hate rule the day.
:sad:
zsv650s
24-07-19, 10:12 AM
Jesus you buy that absolute **** good luck to you boys if you ever met a truly unpleasant individual you'd keel over from shock.
shiftin_gear98
25-07-19, 11:55 AM
Too fooking hot today - It's sweltering stuck in this big tin box I call work.
Fook this for a beer and a paddling pool.
chin up and soldier on Heorot.
We are now Deeply. In. The. 5h!t.
yes we are.
This motorcycling forum seems to have strayed into left wing politics. In that case let’s level things up by saying that this country now has a strong and charismatic leader, which is just what we need.
Hurrah!
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let’s level things up by saying that this country now has a strong and charismatic leader, which is just what we need.
...the current trend for indicating a written sarcastic comment is by putting "/s" at the end, otherwise some might think you were serious.
...the current trend for indicating a written sarcastic comment is by putting "/s" at the end, otherwise some might think you were serious.
I understand the protocol for indicating that one means what one says is to add: Hurrah! afterwards
:-)
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chin up and soldier on Heorot.
Thanks Bibio and all the warm wishes from the rest of you.
As you know Bibs, soldiering on is the only option.
SV650rules
26-07-19, 09:33 AM
This motorcycling forum seems to have strayed into left wing politics. In that case let’s level things up by saying that this country now has a strong and charismatic leader, which is just what we need.
Hurrah!
Yes indeed after having a timid and lacklustre one who wasted the last 3 years...
+1 Hurrah
+1 Hurrah
...must be from the Rees-Mogg dictionary 19th century edition (his current edition). Jolly good show, old chaps. Quote some Latin at the EU Boris, that'll teach 'em, they'll be quakin' in their boots (/s)
(incidentally hurrah possibly originated from the German word "hurra") :)
zsv650s
26-07-19, 10:19 AM
Probably will be more occupied with the German economy going down the pan.
...must be from the Rees-Mogg dictionary 19th century edition (his current edition). Jolly good show, old chaps. Quote some Latin at the EU Boris, that'll teach 'em, they'll be quakin' in their boots (/s)
(incidentally hurrah possibly originated from the German word "hurra") :)
This is where is comes from, of course:
GOOD MORNING MR. STEVENS AND WINDY NOTCHY KNIGHT,
HURRAH FOR THE CRE
WE’RE WORKING VERY HARD DOWN AT UPNOR HARD,
HURRAH FOR THE CRE
YOU MAKE FAST, I MAKE FAST, MAKE FAST THE DINGHY,
MAKE FAST THE DINGHY, MAKE FAST THE DINGHY,
YOU MAKE FAST, I MAKE FAST, MAKE FAST THE DINGHY,
MAKE FAST THE DINGHY PONTOON.
FOR WE’RE MARCHING ON TO LAFFAN’S PLAIN,
TO LAFFAN’S PLAIN, TO LAFFAN’S PLAIN,
YES, WE’RE MARCHING ON TO LAFFAN’S PLAIN,
WHERE THEY DON’T KNOW MUD FROM CLAY.
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH.
OSHTA, OSHTA, OSHTA, OSHTA,
IKONA MALEE, PICANINNY SKOFF,
MA-NINGA SABENZA, HERE’S ANOTHER OFF.
OOLUM-DA CRIED MATABELE OOLUM-DA, AWAY WE GO,
AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH, AH.
SHUSH..........WHOOW!
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SV650rules
26-07-19, 10:50 AM
Probably will be more occupied with the German economy going down the pan.
Hurrah........
Probably will be more occupied with the German economy going down the pan.
Hurrah........
nah, I get neither satisfaction nor pleasure in schadenfreude. Sooner or later we all need help.
SV650rules
26-07-19, 12:39 PM
As a leaver I expect the crash of Deutsche Bank and a stalling economy will make the fatherland more keen to keep what trade they have left flowing to their largest customer - UK - which means they will bang Barnier, Drunckers and Verstoffen heads together and focus their attention on making a deal that UK can sign up to.
As a leaver I expect the crash of Deutsche Bank and a stalling economy will make the fatherland more keen to keep what trade they have left flowing to their largest customer - UK - which means they will bang Barnier, Drunckers and Verstoffen heads together and focus their attention on making a deal that UK can sign up to.
with a budget surplus (not deficit) of over 1% GDP (11 billion Euros) and a strong believer in the EU project and free trade. Germany would like to help the UK, I'm sure, but at the expense of the EU? Never.
I guess we will see if our mini Trump has read "The Art of the Deal" which is working so well over the pond (/s) and can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Based on his "successes" as Mayor of London, I have my doubts.
He has a problem with keeping his word too:
https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-broken-promises-london-mayor-conservative-party-leadership-contest-2019-6?r=US&IR=T
Anyway, if you support him and are happy, hurrah! I'm done with politics here.
I think we should all go back to talking about motorbikes.
Hurrah!
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zsv650s
26-07-19, 04:24 PM
I think we should all go back to talking about motorbikes.
Hurrah!
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I ****ing love motorbikes:drink:
garynortheast
26-07-19, 04:30 PM
There are two sections at the top of the forum. One is called "SV Talk, Tuning, and Tweaking (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=111)" and the other is "Bikes - Talk & Issues (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=129)". These are the areas in which to discuss motorcycles and motorcycle related subjects.
This bit of the forum is called Idle Banter, and is, I quote "For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour".
I'd be pleased if folks did not attempt to shut down conversations and threads about non bike related stuff here, as this is the correct place for this stuff to be aired.
If it gets out of hand the mods have the wisdom and ability to lock threads where necessary.
zsv650s
26-07-19, 08:45 PM
There are two sections at the top of the forum. One is called "SV Talk, Tuning, and Tweaking (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=111)" and the other is "Bikes - Talk & Issues (http://forums.sv650.org/forumdisplay.php?f=129)". These are the areas in which to discuss motorcycles and motorcycle related subjects.
This bit of the forum is called Idle Banter, and is, I quote "For non SV and non bike related chat (and the odd bit of humour".
I'd be pleased if folks did not attempt to shut down conversations and threads about non bike related stuff here, as this is the correct place for this stuff to be aired.
If it gets out of hand the mods have the wisdom and ability to lock threads where necessary.
Tbf we are all going to end up get ****ed off with each other if it carried on up to you though.
maviczap
26-07-19, 08:52 PM
Tbf we are all going to end up get ****ed off with each other if it carried on up to you though.
You haven't been on this forum long, this is quite mild compared to other toxic threads.
Let the banter continue in this thread, you don't have to read it, just unsubscribe from it, it's for people to let off some steam in these crazy times
zsv650s
26-07-19, 09:30 PM
You haven't been on this forum long, this is quite mild compared to other toxic threads.
Let the banter continue in this thread, you don't have to read it, just unsubscribe from it, it's for people to let off some steam in these crazy times
Actually been on it for years this is a new username as I couldn't recover the old one I'm up for a good debate.
shiftin_gear98
27-07-19, 05:44 PM
What like a mass debate. (snigger)
As usual I have no valid input.
Politics is so full of useless lying ****ing muppets who tell the sheep who follow them what they want to hear, only to do something completely different the following day if it suits them better. That these days it's hard to pick one ****tard from the other.
Anyhow let the debate continue.
I don't agree with every opinion voiced here but I don't like censorship either. It's good to hear another opinion as it sometimes makes you consider a different perspective. So I don't intervene with these discussions unless it gets abusive.
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zsv650s
27-07-19, 06:20 PM
What like a mass debate. (snigger)
As usual I have no valid input.
Politics is so full of useless lying ****ing muppets who tell the sheep who follow them what they want to hear, only to do something completely different the following day if it suits them better. That these days it's hard to pick one ****tard from the other.
Anyhow let the debate continue. do you know what this 100%:thumright:
Our country has problems, many of them self inflicted. So how is one member of the new cabinet getting on top of them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49137619
I feel a "Good Grief" coming on...
Good Grief!
...and that is Mr. Seeker Esq. to you plebs. (can someone move these poor people, they are spoiling my view)
Talking Heads
27-07-19, 11:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpR52etUoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYpR52etUoQ
Good one.
I found a speech...
I, Jacob Greased-Frog, would like to announce my plan for the country, and Nanny says it is a good one. A wall will be
built from the Wash to Anglesey so the Northern Poor House can be properly established.
The coal mines will be reopened and coal power stations built in the NPH to supply clean electricity to the south and to the north
if there is spare capacity. Education in the NPH will end at 11 years and urchins will either work in the fields,
down the mines or up the chimneys depending on their size. Once the meddlesome EU health and safety directives
are out of the way things will become much more profitable.
Soon, we will have happy bunches of chimney sweeps singing along on the rooftops and field workers doffing their caps as we pass. Charming.
The NHS will only look after healthy people which will save a fortune. Birth control will be abolished in the NPH since there will be a constant demand
for labourers with natural wastage and their short lifespans taking its toll. Regrettable.
The privilege of living in the south will be determined by net worth (housing excluded), the threshold will be raised yearly and if anyone does
not qualify they will be relocated in the NPH. Shame.
On the other hand this will allow my estate to be expanded, so the news is not all bad.
Once my mouthpiece Bojo has had the rest of his brain removed and will only speak when I permit it I will be recognised as the
power behind the scenes and I expect to receive the homour I deserve.
I, Jacob Diseased-Dog, will then truly be a Tory With A Title.
I don't agree with every opinion voiced here but I don't like censorship either. It's good to hear another opinion as it sometimes makes you consider a different perspective. So I don't intervene with these discussions unless it gets abusive.
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Hi Admin,
I’m not comfortable with this any more. Please delete my SV650.org account.
Thank you.
Alan
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