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Littlepeahead
16-01-18, 12:37 PM
I might see if the lads are in at the Cerne Abbas brewery. They are mad as a box of frogs, but terrific fun.
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Red ones
19-01-18, 08:37 PM
I've been reading how car manufacturers and phone companies, Google etc track people's location and how it gives clues on health (do they regularly visit am HIV clinic), go to a gym, speed in their car, etc.
I'm chuckling. I bet they think I have a shopping addiction and drive dangerously. Google maps often asks me if I really spent 8,9 or 10 hours at a shopping centre. It also marks me as driving when I get on the train, so I probably speed at 120mph.
DarrenSV650S
19-01-18, 08:42 PM
It amazes me that google knows when I am motorcycling rather than driving. It's useful to see what roads I've been on during rideouts :)
shiftin_gear98
20-01-18, 10:36 AM
Yesterday's smile. Got home from work at 3.30. In laws were round, they left at 8.00. My wife calls out to me as she's waving them off. "Why's your bike still on the drive?" I go out there and yes there it is. With the key still in the ignition! 4 1/2 hours later. I knew I was tired yesterday, but **** me. Made me smile at my own stupidity. Glad I live in an alright area.
Sir Trev
20-01-18, 02:33 PM
New carpet in the sitting room. After ten years of the old one, which survived two dogs and countless spillages of various food and drink (father in law nodded off once spilling a WHOLE mug of tea), the house seems a lot fresher.
After the hernia-inducing move out and back of all the junk that normally lives in the room I have noticed a small lump in the middle of the room. Looks like the fitters have left a small screwdriver or similar under the carpet... They're going to be pleased when we get them back to put it right. And they can move the furniture this time!
SV650rules
20-01-18, 03:19 PM
Yesterday's smile. Got home from work at 3.30. In laws were round, they left at 8.00. My wife calls out to me as she's waving them off. "Why's your bike still on the drive?" I go out there and yes there it is. With the key still in the ignition! 4 1/2 hours later. I knew I was tired yesterday, but **** me. Made me smile at my own stupidity. Glad I live in an alright area.
A few years ago I left the car keys in the tailgate lock (before the days of remote fobs) - still there next morning, we do live in a cul-de-sac and it was dark so after panic of wondering where keys were all OK, you only need distracting at the wrong time and it is easy to do.
chris8886
20-01-18, 09:36 PM
played hockey at the Olympic park today on the main "smurf turf" pitch, great experience. despite my gripe.....
Bought a camera lens from camerajungle.co.uk and they threw in a 16Gb sandisk extreme card for free!
Littlepeahead
22-01-18, 09:20 PM
I got mugged for my Samsung S7 phone last week as I left an event.
Our IT manager loaned me his unused almost brand new S7 Edge for the weekend and said if I liked it I could buy it off him. I was budgeting about £400 to replace my handset and this is a better model, so I asked today how much he wanted for it. He said I'm always baking for them which he loves, so next time we go out, buy him a burger and a pint and it's mine. What a sweetie [emoji7]
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I got mugged for my Samsung S7 phone last week as I left an event.
Our IT manager loaned me his unused almost brand new S7 Edge for the weekend and said if I liked it I could buy it off him. I was budgeting about £400 to replace my handset and this is a better model, so I asked today how much he wanted for it. He said I'm always baking for them which he loves, so next time we go out, buy him a burger and a pint and it's mine. What a sweetie [emoji7]
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Luckypants
23-01-18, 10:04 AM
I got mugged for my Samsung S7 phone last week as I left an event.****! Hope you OK and not too upset by the experience. :ncool:
Good news on the phone replacement, but rather crap you had to.
BanannaMan
24-01-18, 02:52 AM
I got mugged for my Samsung S7 phone last week as I left an event.
:shock:
Glad you're OK !!!
I like my Galaxy 7 but I've had it for a while now.
Surprised it would be worth that much to someome else. Enough to get mugged over!
Anyway at least you're Ok and I hear the edge is a better model with some features the regular 7 doesn't have.
Hopefully a sign good things will be coming your way again. :D
maviczap
26-01-18, 12:41 PM
Blimey LPH hadn't seen you'd been mugged, glad you're ok.
My smile, it's my daughters 13th birthday today, two things, she said her best friend wanted to stay 12 years old forever.
Secondly, I did an 18hr shift yesterday and got home about 0230 this morning, and I woke up after she'd gone to school. But rather than open her main present she said she'd wait until I was there. She is such a sweetheart :smt049
Toooldtodie
26-01-18, 07:46 PM
Blimey LPH hadn't seen you'd been mugged, glad you're ok.
My smile, it's my daughters 13th birthday today, two things, she said her best friend wanted to stay 12 years old forever.
Secondly, I did an 18hr shift yesterday and got home about 0230 this morning, and I woke up after she'd gone to school. But rather than open her main present she said she'd wait until I was there. She is such a sweetheart :smt049
There are some proper scumbags out there and it's sometimes difficult to understand how one person can be so utterly unfeeling toward another person.
BUT, then there are the people who make this world a much better place. Your daughter's thoughtfulness and love for you make me hopeful that there are more like her than the shysters we sometimes have to endure.
Thanks for sharing.
maviczap
26-01-18, 08:46 PM
. Your daughter's thoughtfulness and love for you make me hopeful that there are more like her than the shysters we sometimes have to endure.
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, it's a nice compliment.
Apart from being a fantastic parent bringing her up properly :D She's seen what her elder sister is like :D
Chalk and cheese. :smt046
garynortheast
26-01-18, 10:24 PM
My smile, it's my daughters 13th birthday today, two things, she said her best friend wanted to stay 12 years old forever.
Secondly, I did an 18hr shift yesterday and got home about 0230 this morning, and I woke up after she'd gone to school. But rather than open her main present she said she'd wait until I was there. She is such a sweetheart :smt049
That's lovely Mav, you've obviously done a good job parenting and it sounds like you've ensured a good bond with your daughter.
That's lovely Mav, you've obviously done a good job parenting and it sounds like you've ensured a good bond with your daughter.
Ah! memories. My daughter was so sweet at 13. By 15 she was an alien that was surly and communicated in grunts, if at all. 20 years ago but still vivid in my mind.
Sir Trev
27-01-18, 03:57 PM
The Monkey has come home for my birthday weekend, which was nice of her. Oddly, as she's at Sussex U her term has not yet started so technically they're still on Christmas break unless your course has exams.
When my hangover subsides a bit more I'll go and put my new topbox on Hugh. The V46 on there at the moment is a bit too wide and the 34 litre should suit it better.
maviczap
27-01-18, 04:53 PM
Ah! memories. My daughter was so sweet at 13. By 15 she was an alien that was surly and communicated in grunts, if at all. 20 years ago but still vivid in my mind.
The elder one is like this, and was like it at 13 and 7 years later :p :-$
When my hangover subsides a bit more I'll go and put my new topbox on Hugh. The V46 on there at the moment is a bit too wide and the 34 litre should suit it better.
You seem to be hitting the sauce a lot lately Sir Trev, all I seem to recall is reading about your hangovers :D;):p
Sir Trev
27-01-18, 06:29 PM
You seem to be hitting the sauce a lot lately Sir Trev, all I seem to recall is reading about your hangovers :D;):p
I actually drink very little, which is the problem. When I have two pints of Cobra with a celebration curry I feel it bad the following day as my tolerance has gone to pot. Going teetotal is not an option so I either put up with it or drink more to lessen the impact. Decisions decisions.....
maviczap
27-01-18, 06:37 PM
I actually drink very little, which is the problem. When I have two pints of Cobra with a celebration curry I feel it bad the following day as my tolerance has gone to pot. Going teetotal is not an option so I either put up with it or drink more to lessen the impact. Decisions decisions.....
LOL :p
I have a similar problem, I don't drink anything like a used to, I don't suffer hangovers with a bad headache, but just really tired.
I've learnt not to mix drinks, and certainly no red wine, even though I like it.
Proper German beer (not Beck's) doesn't give me a hangover, if it's brewed in Germany. Any larger brewed in the UK will give me a right headache, which I put down to all the additives.
Only gin/vodka and tonic is safe as a drink for me, no dark spirits :thumbdown:
maviczap
28-01-18, 08:53 AM
Falling back to sleep and waking up just before 8, feeling almost normal after Thursdays mega shift.
Sun's out too, and it's meant to be warm, today's looking like a better day already :viking:
Chris_SVS
28-01-18, 10:12 AM
Hit the 10year milestone in my current job...
Gripe: With closures and staff cuts I might not be there in June nevermind see 11yrs
Red ones
28-01-18, 10:41 AM
Chris. If you haven't already then start networking.
Hope you are worrying for nothing.
Chris_SVS
28-01-18, 11:23 AM
Chris. If you haven't already then start networking.
Hope you are worrying for nothing.
The closure is in stages with the earliest in May and the latest Sept 2019. It'll happen either way but I'm basically off to work with my sister when it does so I can stay and take my redundancy :p
It's a happy gripe I guess, as my wee cheque at the end will be a great start for a new bike but I'm also nervous of the "change"
maviczap
28-01-18, 01:23 PM
Hit the 10year milestone in my current job...
Gripe: With closures and staff cuts I might not be there in June nevermind see 11yrs
The closure is in stages with the earliest in May and the latest Sept 2019. It'll happen either way but I'm basically off to work with my sister when it does so I can stay and take my redundancy :p
It's a happy gripe I guess, as my wee cheque at the end will be a great start for a new bike but I'm also nervous of the "change"
10 years! This April I will have been with my employer for 38 years :smt119
Both my previous bosses were given their golden ticket aged 55, I've just turned 56, but there no hope of that early bath for me. :(
Chris_SVS
28-01-18, 01:34 PM
10 years! This April I will have been with my employer for 38 years :smt119
Both my previous bosses were given their golden ticket aged 55, I've just turned 56, but there no hope of that early bath for me. :(
It's a long time for a 29yr old :p
maviczap
28-01-18, 02:05 PM
Yes, and I'm a rare beast in that people don't have careers anymore.
I have changed jobs within my lot, and its good to change, so don't fear change.
Although I'd like to change as its getting physically hard to do the outside work these day.
garynortheast
28-01-18, 10:13 PM
Accounts finished, online tax return submitted.
maviczap
07-02-18, 09:07 PM
Our cat associates anything with an electronic beep as being the scales for weighing out her food.
Mucho amusement beeping my watch :D
Sir Trev
08-02-18, 07:57 PM
So many of my posts in this section involve alcohol for some reason.....
Just home from a cocktail making course at a local bar with work colleagues. What a total hoot. Made somethng the bar dreamt up called a Botanist, a daiquiri (don't remember the flavour) and a peach smash thing with bourbon and dry ice that was served in something resembling a plant pot. I was judged to have made the best looking Botanist so had to chug a tequila, one of the guys was driving so I had one of his cocktails, and when I got back from the gents I found another shot in front of me which I threw back - very nice, turned out to be absinthe at 80%ish. I can still feel my feet but I have a feeling I may zonk out in another hour or so.
Just been told by the consultant after having test after test that I am clear of cancer, what a long day that was but at least its out of the way now and I can ride the bike now and get on with life. :)
garynortheast
08-02-18, 09:50 PM
Fantastic news!
Just been told by the consultant after having test after test that I am clear of cancer, what a long day that was but at least its out of the way now and I can ride the bike now and get on with life. :)
That's fantastic news.
That's fantastic news.Thanks,[emoji106] it was a long year last year.
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shiftin_gear98
09-02-18, 07:33 AM
SVSte - Great news, all the best.
maviczap
09-02-18, 01:12 PM
Just been told by the consultant after having test after test that I am clear of cancer, what a long day that was but at least its out of the way now and I can ride the bike now and get on with life. :)
Great news, can't imagine what you've been through, glad it's over for you and now you can get on with enjoying life again. It's a precious thing when something like this comes along.
maviczap
09-02-18, 01:13 PM
Thanks,[emoji106] it was a long year last year.
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I had a year like that last year, but for different reasons.
I had a year like that last year, but for different reasons.Hope all is well now[emoji106]
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BanannaMan
09-02-18, 02:56 PM
Glad to hear things are looking up for you SVSte!
Glad to hear things are looking up for you SVSte!Just need some dry days on the bike now will be great to use it again only done 350 miles on it since getting it, can't wait for Spring.
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maviczap
09-02-18, 03:25 PM
Hope all is well now[emoji106]
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Almost; just got to deal with my mums probate & will, but all the horrible stuff has been dealt with (I hope).
littleoldman2
09-02-18, 05:14 PM
Just been told by the consultant after having test after test that I am clear of cancer, what a long day that was but at least its out of the way now and I can ride the bike now and get on with life. :)
Great news mate.
Only 9 days till we move to Spain...
Only 9 days till we move to Spain...Nice one [emoji106] is work taking you there?
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SV650rules
10-02-18, 10:45 AM
Only 9 days till we move to Spain...
A few people we know are moving back to UK from Spain......... (they are retired though and don't work in Spain anyway - Spanish have said they need to take out Spanish passport after brexit ).
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Littlepeahead
10-02-18, 08:10 PM
I found my Christmas leftovers pie in the freezer. Turkey, parsnip, carrot, leek, cream and prosecco sauce wrapped in shortcrust pastry. I'm now too fat to move. Who ate all the pies. ME! With roast potatoes. I'm never going to fit the apple crumble in that I've just baked.
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I found my Christmas leftovers pie in the freezer. Turkey, parsnip, carrot, leek, cream and prosecco sauce wrapped in shortcrust pastry. I'm now too fat to move. Who ate all the pies. ME! With roast potatoes. I'm never going to fit the apple crumble in that I've just baked.
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timwilky
11-02-18, 09:23 AM
SIL nicked for drink driving last night. Well overdue, a persitant offender who thought he would never get caught. No I didn't grass him, but often tempted to.
Feel for my daughter though. He is/was a self employed painter/decorator. So no licence no job. with 3 kids it is going to be harder than it was with him spending most of his cash in the pub. Now he will be spending hers.
SIL nicked for drink driving last night. Well overdue, a persitant offender who thought he would never get caught. No I didn't grass him, but often tempted to.
Feel for my daughter though. He is/was a self employed painter/decorator. So no licence no job. with 3 kids it is going to be harder than it was with him spending most of his cash in the pub. Now he will be spending hers.
Hard for the family but some people have to learn life lessons the hard way.
maviczap
11-02-18, 02:20 PM
SIL nicked for drink driving last night. Well overdue, a persitant offender who thought he would never get caught. No I didn't grass him, but often tempted to.
Feel for my daughter though. He is/was a self employed painter/decorator. So no licence no job. with 3 kids it is going to be harder than it was with him spending most of his cash in the pub. Now he will be spending hers.
Hard for the family but some people have to learn life lessons the hard way.
Some don't learn, I had a colleague who was caught 3 times.
He finally gave up driving, after the 3rd occasion, and he was a bright guy, just addicted to booze.
Chris_SVS
11-02-18, 05:16 PM
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Littlepeahead
11-02-18, 07:41 PM
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chris8886
12-02-18, 08:00 PM
Some don't learn, I had a colleague who was caught 3 times.
He finally gave up driving, after the 3rd occasion, and he was a bright guy, just addicted to booze.
shouldn't get it back at all if you've been done once before in my view!
maviczap
12-02-18, 08:51 PM
Agreed, but then someone would bleat on about their human rights.
I have the same view about people using their phones at the wheel.
Just as dangerous as drink drivers, but socially not as unacceptable.
Littlepeahead
12-02-18, 09:31 PM
Or riding without telling the DVLA about a brain injury? Or poor eyesight? Or without insurance. There's a lot of it about.
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Sir Trev
13-02-18, 05:57 PM
Or riding without telling the DVLA about a brain injury? Or poor eyesight? Or without insurance. There's a lot of it about.
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Unfortunately very true.
Teejayexc
13-02-18, 06:17 PM
Not much to smile about in the last four posts !
I look in on this thread to have a laugh and cheer me up, it's as pants as the weather at the moment :-(
Littlepeahead
13-02-18, 06:22 PM
Here's a photo to cheer you up
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maviczap
13-02-18, 06:45 PM
Found 2 £3 off vouchers at my local Morrisons at the self service checkouts
Happy with that, might go looking for that salted caramel spread that LPH posted a picture of
Teejayexc
13-02-18, 09:33 PM
Here's a photo to cheer you up
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:D:thumright:
Teejayexc
13-02-18, 09:35 PM
Found 2 £3 off vouchers at my local Morrisons at the self service checkouts
Happy with that, might go looking for that salted caramel spread that LPH posted a picture of
Nah, it'll be Waitrose or even Harrods, she's a posh type that LPH :cool:
Sainsbury's. Is that kind of middle class?
shiftin_gear98
13-02-18, 09:43 PM
Or she got it from Tiptree as it's just down the road.
maviczap
13-02-18, 09:44 PM
Nah, it'll be Waitrose or even Harrods, she's a posh type that LPH :cool:
Sainsbury's. Is that kind of middle class?
Or Fortnum and Masons :)
Red ones
13-02-18, 10:51 PM
Just realised I must be posh, given the hard in my cupboards. I've bloody made it at last!
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Yes, it's balsamic vinegar in the background.
Littlepeahead
13-02-18, 11:22 PM
When Essex won the County Championship 2nd div and got promoted in 2016 I tweeted that they were powered by my sponge cakes filled with Tiptree preserves, as they are their sponsor and I love their jams. 24 hours later a box of a dozen various jars arrived at Lord's with a note saying 'Keep baking so they keep winning'. Sure enough, they won division 1 in 2017.
The one jar I hadn't used was the salted caramel, and it was still in date, but until I saw that recipe this week I didn't know what to use it for. Everyone loved the cake.
My local Sainsbury do stock it. But as mentioned, I live close to Tiptree.
Here's the recipe again in case you wanted to try it, I used hazelnuts in place of pistachios as they'd sold out and used gold decorations just to make it look extra nice. The Tiptree jar is smaller than used in the recipe but it was plenty. Just leave a generous dessert spoonful or two to drizzle on top.
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Biker Biggles
14-02-18, 08:13 AM
Here's a photo to cheer you up
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The ayes have it.:cheers:
timwilky
14-02-18, 01:31 PM
Thought I had cashed in all my old company shares last year, today a statement arrives and I have €800 sat in the account.
So log in and it says empty as I thought, looked at the statement again and it is a different subdomain of my Paris bank. So enter the access codes and damn it needs a password, so fill in the I never received a password and they are snail mailing it to my home.
Going through old statements I discover that I have been receiving account info and a password. So enter it, no. Enter again, no. try my old favorite password and account is now locked.
So I guess I need to wait for the French/UK postal service. If the password does not work and the account is still locked then I will have to talk my best French for them to let me in. Worse is the French banks require a stupid document that only exists in France to legally identify your bank with IBAN code/account etc. To shift the money out.
Still £700 I didn't know I had, worth reading the junk mail! even if it is going to be a pain to shift out of France.
Littlepeahead
14-02-18, 09:15 PM
22 cupcakes eaten in record time, if I ever need love, the way to get it is by baking for my colleagues.
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BanannaMan
14-02-18, 11:47 PM
22 cupcakes eaten in record time, if I ever need love, the way to get it is by baking for my colleagues.
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How you manage to be around so much gorgeous food and not be the size of a bus is beyond me???
Those cupcakes do look delicious!!!
Luckypants
15-02-18, 04:13 PM
Saved £200 on Buildings and Contents by not renewing with AXA. Still with a household name insurer too.
Also.... now off my holidays for two weeks, :drink::drink:
Red ones
15-02-18, 05:26 PM
Women throws ball for her dog.
Woman forgets dog is on the lead.
Hilarious.
Chris_SVS
16-02-18, 08:45 AM
Saved £200 on Buildings and Contents by not renewing with AXA. Still with a household name insurer too.
Also.... now off my holidays for two weeks, :drink::drink:
Related note. Last years was £130 ish, insurer wanted £170 odd to renew this year, cue a bitchy woman on the phone upset that we were taking the business elsewhere :p
£2000 extra on buildings and contents + my bikes - £97 :smt082
Took my Daytona out for the first time today, oh how I love the beast already and my worries about being even more scrunched up than on my sv650s were misplaced.
It's somehow less strain on my wrists, I thing partly due to the tank being narrower where my knees grip. Normally in slower traffic on the sv I found it hard not to get number hands but not on the daytona- maybe the notable lack of vibration?
Love it!
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Sir Trev
18-02-18, 08:12 AM
Tried out my new water filter washing the car yesterday. We live in a very hard water area and if you don't dry vehicles off thoroughly after rinsing the water spots look terrible. Got myself a 0ppm filter from Raceglaze after lurking on a car detailing forum and managed to force myself to leave the squeegee blade and drinker towels in the garage for a change. The car dried in the sunshine and it worked - no water spots. Hoorah! Main benefit will be when I wash Hugh as large parts of his body work are black, which is a sod to dry before the limescale shows up. That will leave me more time to polish the chrome, I mean go for a ride...
Littlepeahead
18-02-18, 07:02 PM
A weekend with some orgers and their recently adopted greyhound. Delicious food cooked for me, fizz and alcoholic liquid apple crumble, cake, Wii, Frustration and a bracing walk in the Surrey woods in the sunshine while discussing future adventures - a perfect weekend with wonderful friends.
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Getting a new bike cover bought my other half.[emoji3]
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maviczap
19-02-18, 07:14 AM
Tried out my new water filter washing the car yesterday. We live in a very hard water area and if you don't dry vehicles off thoroughly after rinsing the water spots look terrible. Got myself a 0ppm filter from Raceglaze after lurking on a car detailing forum and managed to force myself to leave the squeegee blade and drinker towels in the garage for a change. The car dried in the sunshine and it worked - no water spots. Hoorah! Main benefit will be when I wash Hugh as large parts of his body work are black, which is a sod to dry before the limescale shows up. That will leave me more time to polish the chrome, I mean go for a ride...
How much!
That's about what my 15 year old Zafira is worth :-)
maviczap
19-02-18, 07:17 AM
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Such lovely dogs, we've had one and my folks had 2
When I get round to getting another dog, it'll probably be a greyhound
yokohama
22-02-18, 09:10 PM
The SV has been outside under a cover all winter and not ridden since early September. I'd taken the battery out to store inside - put it back in the bike and it started up on the button first time. Just hope it passes the MOT now.
Littlepeahead
23-02-18, 06:33 PM
Memorial service for the former President of Essex County Cricket Club today. It was a wonderful tribute to him and I caught up with lots of people I haven't seen in ages.
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maviczap
25-02-18, 12:57 PM
Not mine, but our new cat, arrived at the window & waiting to be let in with her first mouse
Quite pleased with herself.
peatland
25-02-18, 01:08 PM
Unexpected first run out of the year. Heated jacket and grips rock. [emoji41][emoji106]
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back out on a two wheeled not motorised variety.
maviczap
25-02-18, 07:01 PM
Not mine, but our new cat, arrived at the window & waiting to be let in with her first mouse
Quite pleased with herself.
Make that 2
Nest under one of the sheds
Luckypants
06-03-18, 01:02 PM
Back from holidays last Saturday. Still smiling from a great holiday. :D
garynortheast
06-03-18, 03:54 PM
Where did you go Mike?
Luckypants
06-03-18, 04:10 PM
Went to India.
Attended a the wedding of my friend's daughter in the Punjab. That was amazing in itself. Then trip down south to 'do' the golden triangle of Agra, Jaipur and Delhi. Had an absolutely stupendous time, all the sights totally worth it.
Only regret is we didn't have time to visit the Golden Temple in Amritsar whilst in the Punjab. Some friends went after the wedding and it looks like an amazing day out. Gives us an excuse to go another time though! :cool:
garynortheast
06-03-18, 09:36 PM
Wow, what a trip! Memories for life there!
Luckypants
07-03-18, 07:29 AM
Wow, what a trip! Memories for life there!Absolutely Gary, I'm still buzzing despite 3 days at work :lol:
shiftin_gear98
07-03-18, 09:29 AM
Luckypants - How long were you there?
I went to India for a month, Agra, Jaipur and Delhi plus a few other places at the end of a years travelling many moons ago. I was skint and back packing, I bet I stayed in nastier places than you.
But yes still good memories, even after nearly being admitted to hospital for a really bad case of food poisoning.
Funny how time makes everything Rose Tinted. (Really wasn't much fun at the time I will never forget that evening!)
Luckypants
07-03-18, 11:52 AM
Had they invented hand gel back in the day?;)
We were very pernickty about hygiene and did not eat salad, have ice etc etc in case the local water was used. Hotels and some driver/guides provided bottled water. However, we did stay in some swanky places as we were on holiday, so balls to cost!
I've got a bit of a grumbly tumbly which is definitly not food poisoning, more likely caused by eating curry non-stop for two weeks and my insides were not prepared for it. :-k
shiftin_gear98
07-03-18, 12:52 PM
No, no hand gel.
And no nothing was swanky, maybe skanky.
It is an amazing place though. One morning looking out of the hotel (****hole) window in New Delhi to see two Elephants being ridden through the general chaos of cows, goats, people, scooters, rubble and other assorted ****e is one I will remember. The smell is another...
Glad you had a great holiday.
SV650rules
07-03-18, 03:15 PM
No, no hand gel.
And no nothing was swanky, maybe skanky.
It is an amazing place though. One morning looking out of the hotel (****hole) window in New Delhi to see two Elephants being ridden through the general chaos of cows, goats, people, scooters, rubble and other assorted ****e is one I will remember. The smell is another...
Glad you had a great holiday.
I used to have to go on business trips to some dodgy countries (commissioning production machinery) and got used to not having anything that was not cooked, no ice and only drinking carbonated water (the locals were not against finding empty bottles and filling them up from local tap and re-selling them, carbonated water was harder to fake).
One of the older engineers went to India a lot in the 60's and 70's and he always said his most lasting memory was that everywhere he went smelled like 5h!t and cows could easily cause traffic jams by lying down in the road or just wandering along slowly because people were not allowed to interfere with them - and all the taxis were Morris Oxfords with 'square wheels' (or maybe just the roads were bad.
shiftin_gear98
08-03-18, 03:41 PM
New Rear Tyre arrived. Getting bored driving the cage.
garynortheast
09-03-18, 10:34 AM
http://forums.sv650.org/showpost.php?p=3083331&postcount=90
Sir Trev
10-03-18, 05:51 PM
Was watching the frogs in my pond this afternoon as they "wrestled" and "cuddled" (yes, a bit pervy I know) and something a bit smaller caught my eye. A newt! We've never had newts in the pond before.That should put a spanner in the works of the developer whose bought three houses at the bottom of my road and seems to think there are no animals of interest in the area. I can now add newts to the list of bats, foxes and badgers. Cool.
Teejayexc
11-03-18, 05:18 PM
Has to be the right kind of newt to flummox developers Trev. Great Creasted Iirc.
Edit... Yup...https://www.gov.uk/guidance/great-crested-newts-protection-surveys-and-licences
Sir Trev
13-03-18, 09:58 PM
It's the Monkey's 21st birthday today. Although her uni lecturers are on strike she is self learning so has stayed down in Brighton for her birthday. Lady Poppy and I went out and toasted her special day and very nice it was too. Local bar, homemade burgers, two pints of local ale. Marvellous. So few places like that in Wycobe these days. Hope she had as good a time as we did :D
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