What have you done today thread?

[MrLongbeard]

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

I try an avoid ECE stuff, but yes 22.06 does have chin bar impact tests, also for flip style helmets position tests, but...

If the helmet fails, the chin bar will be marked as non-protective. Even with this testing in place, a modular will only be legal to ride with as a full-face helmet according to the new regulations.

https://www.rideapart.com/features/6755 ... explained/

All of which has nowt to do with a bicycle helmet which is PPE where M-bike helmets aren't.

[Yorick]

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.

And a cold shandy.

[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.

And a cold shandy.

Currently got a keg of Hasseroder in the Perfect Draft. It's going down very well.

https://www.perfectdraft.com/en-gb/perf ... der-6l-keg

I'll wait til the work of a single parent is done then sit down with a glass.

[Noggin]

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.

I think they should all come and try La Plagne/Les Arcs/Tignes/3valleys . Can’t promise injury free, but apparently the qu’élues are much shorter!

[Noggin]

I started my driving course today

Holy FUCK! I think my brain exploded eleventy billion times, I nearly had a melt down - and that was just listening to the trainer talk about the course and some of the parts of the course!! (There’s not a lot of driving on the Titre Professional course - but I will get the bus licence as well as all the other bits of paper/card!!)

But, there’s 17 of us in the group and once there’s a discussion I’m totally lost as they all talk across each other. And some people talk to each other whilst the trainer is talking, which is not only bloody rude to the trainer, but also means I then can’t keep track of what she’s saying

Stupidly I walked to the boulangerie for lunch with some others when I should have found a quiet corner to chill and give my poor little brain a rest! By the time we had the afternoon break and I did try to do that, a couple of people had noticed me getting a bit lost and came to talk to me . Really lovely of them but I just needed ten minutes not having to speak or understand French

We haven’t even started the actual course yet, today and probably tomorrow are info days

I’ll get a lunch baguette on the way to the school tomorrow and find a quiet corner to chill for an hour!!

But I do so hope my brian man’s the fuck up and starts dealing with this better very soon

I’m trying to persuade a mate to come out drinking with me tomorrow when I get back - then I have Thursday to recover before coming back here for Friday


Oh, and it’s seriously Bastard HOT in Chambèry, it’s currently 30 degrees but was definitely hotter today - I keep being reminded why I live up at 2000m

[Yorick]

I started my driving course today

Holy FUCK! I think my brain exploded eleventy billion times, I nearly had a melt down - and that was just listening to the trainer talk about the course and some of the parts of the course!! (There’s not a lot of driving on the Titre Professional course - but I will get the bus licence as well as all the other bits of paper/card!!)

But, there’s 17 of us in the group and once there’s a discussion I’m totally lost as they all talk across each other. And some people talk to each other whilst the trainer is talking, which is not only bloody rude to the trainer, but also means I then can’t keep track of what she’s saying

Stupidly I walked to the boulangerie for lunch with some others when I should have found a quiet corner to chill and give my poor little brain a rest! By the time we had the afternoon break and I did try to do that, a couple of people had noticed me getting a bit lost and came to talk to me . Really lovely of them but I just needed ten minutes not having to speak or understand French

We haven’t even started the actual course yet, today and probably tomorrow are info days

I’ll get a lunch baguette on the way to the school tomorrow and find a quiet corner to chill for an hour!!

But I do so hope my brian man’s the fuck up and starts dealing with this better very soon

I’m trying to persuade a mate to come out drinking with me tomorrow when I get back - then I have Thursday to recover before coming back here for Friday


Oh, and it’s seriously Bastard HOT in Chambèry, it’s currently 30 degrees but was definitely hotter today - I keep being reminded why I live up at 2000m

Don't you worry.....

[ChrisW]

Saw a rainbow down the coast on a dry, 30 degree evening as we were sitting down for dinner. Lovely thing to see.

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[Sunny]

[...]there’s 17 of us in the group and once there’s a discussion I’m totally lost as they all talk across each other. And some people talk to each other whilst the trainer is talking, which is not only bloody rude to the trainer, but also means I then can’t keep track of what she’s saying

I often use the Google 'Recorder' app on my phone (a Pixel, so it's native, but presumably available regardless) to record training, interviews, etc - it auto transcribes alongside the recording, which isn't perfect (and may be even more confusing in French?!), but worth a go?
I tend to use it so that when I zone out, I make a note of the timestamp, and go back and read/listen to it... (The re-listening helps to work out some of the random written translation too!)

[Silly Car]

Today, I’ve been to That London for an interview near Tower Bridge, long day made worse by blisters on both heels from shoes I thought were well broken in.

I think the interview went well, next step is to meet the stakeholders in the business who are moving towards semi-retirement therefore need someone to look after part of their client portfolio.

[gremlin]

Today, I’ve been to That London for an interview near Tower Bridge, long day made worse by blisters on both heels from shoes I thought were well broken in.

I think the interview went well, next step is to meet the stakeholders in the business who are moving towards semi-retirement therefore need someone to look after part of their client portfolio.

You'll be near me. I'm the other side of St. Katherine's Docks.
I'll wave out the window next time you're there.

[cheb]

I may have broken my hand in Morzine

On the way back from the pub.

Way too many beers were had.

Are you fit for the drive home?

I've painted the top blocks for the door facings so far. Another coat and they can be glued to the wall. Horrid glorified paper things but there's muttering about changing the floor and that'll mean taking off the skirtings etc. And all the mdf I've used so far was free. It's still shit stuff though.

[weeksy]

I may have broken my hand in Morzine

On the way back from the pub.

Way too many beers were had.

Are you fit for the drive home?

I've painted the top blocks for the door facings so far. Another coat and they can be glued to the wall. Horrid glorified paper things but there's muttering about changing the floor and that'll mean taking off the skirtings etc. And all the mdf I've used so far was free. It's still shit stuff though.

Depends on how the next 3 days MTB riding goes

[cheb]

Still plenty of time to break a long bone. Enjoy.

[gremlin]

Decided that the recent riots, the cost of living crisis and all the other travails this country has are insignificant when faced with the current dearth of decent one-liners coming out of the Edinburgh Fringe. I mean, seriously...


Olaf Falafel: My desire to spontaneously sing The Lion Sleeps Tonight is always just a whim away.

Jack Skipper: I failed RE. Couldn’t believe it when I found out. I was like: “Oh Jason Christ!”

Zoë Coombs Marr: My girlfriend told me she’s never seen the film Gaslight. I told her: “Yeah you have … we watched it together.”

Eleanor Morton: How do you know that Edinburgh is the most haunted city in the UK? You measure it with a spirit level.

Amy Mason: I recently read 10% of sheep are gay – turns out there’s nowt so queer as flock.

Raul Kohli: My aunty is Indian, German and a terrible human being. She’s the curry wurst.

Louise Atkinson: I call myself the Yorkshire Shakira; her hips don’t lie, and mine don’t faff about.

Abby Wambaugh: Cabinets: what are they hiding? Tables: are they really furniture – or just more floor on stilts?

Demi Adejuyigbe: I don’t like when a casino says: “House rules.” It got a little boring for me in the last season.

Chris Turner: The Romans invented Vaseline. Or was it Ancient Grease?

I mean, you can find funnier in the Jokes thread, and that's bloody dire.

[ZRX61]

Up & about at 3.20am. 3S'd & out the door shortly, have to be in that there Beverly Hills by 6am.

Then off to SMO to visit Iconic Motorbikes before returning to BH & then home.

[Horse]

Still plenty of time to break a long bone. Enjoy.

Oi! It's my job being the miserable pessimist around here!

[Tricky]

Packed the van and will shortly be heading north for the annual Ixion @ Cadwell TD and social with @2xtwins , @Dodgy69 and my brother Bash.



We've got five very different bikes (well four bikes and a trike ) between us to play on , 2.5 days on track starting tomorrow, interspersed with plenty of laughs, beer , and I suspect at least one visit to the Helal Tandoori

[cheb]

Still plenty of time to break a long bone. Enjoy.

Oi! It's my job being the miserable pessimist around here!

I do it for fun.

[Silly Car]

Today, I’ve been to That London for an interview near Tower Bridge, long day made worse by blisters on both heels from shoes I thought were well broken in.

I think the interview went well, next step is to meet the stakeholders in the business who are moving towards semi-retirement therefore need someone to look after part of their client portfolio.

You'll be near me. I'm the other side of St. Katherine's Docks.
I'll wave out the window next time you're there.

The head office is in SE1, I would be based in the north east regional office, 10 mins from home.

[Felix]

Another afternoon getting eaten by ants. I hate renewing slabs