2nd week back as a permie - now I remember why I went consulting in the first place!Rockburner wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 10:16 pmThe downsides of being an international jetsetter.v8-powered wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:17 pm 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.....
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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.
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I may have broken my hand in Morzine
On the way back from the pub.
Way too many beers were had.
On the way back from the pub.
Way too many beers were had.
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You have another hand to hold beer with, right?
So crack on.
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Wasn't it Morzine that broke Moofo too? Dangerous place.
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Is that supposed to be a protective device??weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
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May have saved the helmet,if it had been,though....
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Was that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
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I reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pmWas that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
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Exactly that. I fell on it as I went down.Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:17 pmI reckon it's been sat on...from a height.Horse wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:10 pmWas that just from being dropped?weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:59 am IMG-20240813-WA0001 by steveweeks59, on Flickr
Oops.
Wasn't even on my head at the time
If so, doesn't suggest it would provide much protection in a high-speed face plant.
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Before or after the beer?weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:29 pmExactly that. I fell on it as I went down.
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Eek!weeksy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:29 pmExactly that. I fell on it as I went down.
Far less force than if you'd landed face first.
Potentially sharp plastic into your neck ... *
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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
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That's a word I always hear in the voice of Sybil Fawlty.
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I don't think - but don't quote me on it - 22-06 tests chinbar impacts. SHARP doesn't.MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:20 pmA 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
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Another €140 cab ride to get back to Memmingen airport to find that flight is delayed going home - no surprise with Ryanair!
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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.
Oh, yeah.
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