Count Steer wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2026 6:38 pm

Skub wrote: Sat Jun 20, 2026 6:27 pm First day out in a week. Good to get a break from the endless rain.
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And then...Skub vanished.

Hopefully enjoying sunny weather and dry roads.

I’ve been wondering… he hasn’t been on for nearly a month which isn’t like him. Hope all’s well….

Wot, you've never hit a bumble bee or even worse a cockchafer flying beetle while riding a motorbike with no shirt on? Fukin hurtz.

Took a bumble bee to the eyeball at about 80mph just as I reached up to close the visor on a '76 Z900 on a back road bear Bury St Ed's back in the mid '80's ...

..... wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2026 1:40 pm Jhesbsdly dyslexicsnd undrtadsevrry message o send him

I find that a very interesting observation. Seriously. I wonder what the mechanism is, and if it could be useful in helping people with dyslexia…

Too.

Just saying’.

I don’t (think I) know about the MSF emergency braking techniques… expliquez, svp?

That’s an odd coincidence. My first bike was an Ariel Leader (red/blue - 4326XI - also with all the extras - indicators, panniers, rack, rear “bumper”. I had a look at a red/white one like that last week, in a workshop here in Cornwall; that one up there ^^ has a Cornish reg.

So you have 3 cars which each take 3 nights to fully charge at home, as long as it’s cool enough, and your option away from home is 1.5hrs in a mall, if it’s cool enough. How much does that charge cost?

I’d struggle to maintain my enthusiasm.

Taipan wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 3:40 pm You really have to be all kinds of stupid to do that.

FTFY.

2 options:
1) Dr Beckmann’s Carpet Stain Remover.
2) insurance.

Said it before so switch off if you’re bored - I have 2x Lidl spur of the moment watches, £2.95 each I think. They keep perfect time, which is what I want a watch to do, need a battery every 5 years or so. Straps don’t last as long and cost more than the watch.
They don’t look gorgeous, but I can ...

How much of a surprise is that?

Norfolk Enchants.

Shy Talk.

- 2 of the usuals.

Mike1976 wrote: Fri Jun 26, 2026 7:15 am

Wossname wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 9:52 pmNot.

...and I thought it was so obvious I wouldn't have to explain.

UM - T - DUM - T

The "joke" is that it requires a tiny amount of brain power to see it. Doesn't work on everyone. Obviously.

Edit: ah.

I’ve gone back to the original post. And now I see. And smile….

His hair’s sitting nice tho, isn’t it?

Taipan wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2026 9:43 am That made me very happy yesterday and it was followed by the wife snd I, and the dogs, having a paddle!

<<waves >>


Nice to see you - but “paddle”? That’s not what it’s there for. Get in!

Not.

Mike1976 wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2026 8:08 pmTDUMT

Helpful.

Is it possible to find and buy a no like that ^^ eg from a dealer? I’ve always wondered how people get hold of even slightly unusual numbers.

Murca leads the way. *F, feet/inches, gallons/quarts. Who needs those nasty metric things - and they’re smaller, anyway.

Good to see you out/about with a smile on after your “episode”.