What have you done today thread?

[v8-powered]

Absolute dogshit day!

Work trip to Germany - Ryanair from Stansted, delayed as usual and the airport must have been 30 degrees!
Make it to Memmingen in the fatherland and head to the Avis desk, no car for me FFS! €170 cab ride later and I'm at the hotel.
Hope of some food - no chance, restaurant is closed and pizza place down road closes before I can get to it.
Head to my room and grab a beer from the fridge - it's warm!

What a wank day.....

The downsides of being an international jetsetter.

2nd week back as a permie - now I remember why I went consulting in the first place!

[Yambo]

Rocks

Round the coast a bit, Balintoy way and White Park bay I think, you can pick up black and white 'pebbles' lying together below the cliffs. The white is chalk but I forget what the black is - I don't think it's jet.


I love that coastline. Half of my wife's ashes are scattered at White Rocks, Portrush.

[weeksy]

I may have broken my hand in Morzine

On the way back from the pub.

Way too many beers were had.

[gremlin]

I may have broken my hand in Morzine

On the way back from the pub.

Way too many beers were had.

You have another hand to hold beer with, right?

So crack on.

[Count Steer]

I may have broken my hand in Morzine

On the way back from the pub.

Way too many beers were had.

Wasn't it Morzine that broke Moofo too? Dangerous place.

[weeksy]

IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

[Rockburner]

IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Is that supposed to be a protective device??

[Sunny]

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Probably for the best!

[Skub]

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Probably for the best!

May have saved the helmet,if it had been,though....

[Horse]

IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

[Count Steer]

IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.

[weeksy]

IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr

Oops.

Wasn't even on my head at the time

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.

Exactly that. I fell on it as I went down.

[David]

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.

Exactly that. I fell on it as I went down.

Before or after the beer?

[Horse]

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.

Exactly that. I fell on it as I went down.

Eek!

Far less force than if you'd landed face first.

Potentially sharp plastic into your neck ... *

* I know not everyone thinks like this, but I'm your local professional pessimist

[MrLongbeard]

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

A quick skim of BS EN 1078 ; "The helmet shall give protection to the forehead, rear, sides, temples and crown of the head"

Nothing obvious in there to deal with 'full face' helmets, if I was a betting man I'd suggest that such 'full face' helmets for push irons are treated much the same as some modular / flip up helmets for motorcycles, in so much as the front is for aesthetics only and does not provide protection, I'd expect the never read instructions to state as much

[Wossname]

Rocks

Round the coast a bit, Balintoy way and White Park bay I think, you can pick up black and white 'pebbles' lying together below the cliffs. The white is chalk but I forget what the black is - I don't think it's jet.

Basalt.

[cheb]

Rocks

Round the coast a bit, Balintoy way and White Park bay I think, you can pick up black and white 'pebbles' lying together below the cliffs. The white is chalk but I forget what the black is - I don't think it's jet.

Basalt.

That's a word I always hear in the voice of Sybil Fawlty.

[Horse]

Was that just from being dropped?

If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.

A quick skim of BS EN 1078 ; "The helmet shall give protection to the forehead, rear, sides, temples and crown of the head"

Nothing obvious in there to deal with 'full face' helmets, if I was a betting man I'd suggest that such 'full face' helmets for push irons are treated much the same as some modular / flip up helmets for motorcycles, in so much as the front is for aesthetics only and does not provide protection, I'd expect the never read instructions to state as much

I don't think - but don't quote me on it - 22-06 tests chinbar impacts. SHARP doesn't.

[v8-powered]

Another €140 cab ride to get back to Memmingen airport to find that flight is delayed going home - no surprise with Ryanair!

[gremlin]

Being as I'm living the bachelor life this week, I thought I'd go all out this evening with a pretty wild night of cooking a chicken and pasta dish, combined with some hardcore ironing.

Oh, yeah.