Can we have an "Unpopular Opinion" thread?

[McNab]

I don't like these new 400cc Triumphs. They look arse and the engines are too small.

[Pirahna]

Unpopular opinion - wasps are aces

They're pollinators and might come in handy when bees run out.

[Sadlonelygit]

I wouldn't buy/own an Indian built motorcycle

[Count Steer]

I wouldn't buy/own an Indian built motorcycle

That's not unpopular with me. You buy what you like, I don't mind.

[Taipan]

I think Farage should start a Make England Great Again, just so we can have baseball caps with MEGA on them!

[Sadlonelygit]

I wouldn't buy/own an Indian built motorcycle

That's not unpopular with me. You buy what you like, I don't mind.

As the forum is turning into the unofficial RE/Himalayan owners club

A mate of mine used to develop some clever pipe inspection kit which Tata bought. After 6 months of use he was summoned to India to find out why they had such a high failure rate.
After examining their processes and recalibrating the machine he came to the conclusion that they just made shit pipes.
Senior management wanted to know if there was any way to lower the failure threshold on the inspection equipment
These were oil/gas pipes by the way, not the kind of thing you want to fail in situ

[Count Steer]

I think Farage should start a Make England Great Again, just so we can have baseball caps with MEGA on them!

Baseball caps??!!! Away with yer forrin hats, we want English hats for English people.

[Jody]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

[Taipan]

I think Farage should start a Make England Great Again, just so we can have baseball caps with MEGA on them!

Baseball caps??!!! Away with yer forrin hats, we want English hats for English people.

Can they still be made in a Chinese sweatshop or am I undermining myself?

[Sadlonelygit]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

Speed of application and ease of use.

Have you seen those new plastic sheets of tiles they use now?

[Jody]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

Speed of application and ease of use.

Have you seen those new plastic sheets of tiles they use now?

Vrs, they always slip and you have to take half the roof off to fix a few tiles.
They are also fairly brittle and not universally shaped.

I WISH we were using the plastic sheets, it's only a workshop anyway

[DefTrap]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.

[Jody]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.

If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!

[Mr Moofo]

French food is vastly over-rated

[Cousin Jack]

Steaks should be cooked at most to medium rare. Any more and it is no longer food, it is leather.

[mangocrazy]

The rounded 'tiles' used on French roofs are a bad design that hasn't aged at all well.

French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.

If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!

Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.

[Jody]

French roofers must rub their hands in glee after every high wind - there's an infinite backlog of repair work to get through.
Most of my 'unders' have been replaced by wriggly cement board.

If it was my roof (it is for my parents). I'd take all the tiles off, put some felt or similar over the wood, then plastic roofing sheets over the top. Then I wouldn't have to think about it for 20 years !!

Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.

We're in the Vendee, granted the weather is better than the UK, but it's not as hot or for as long as the South. The neighbour has the plastic sheets on his garage !

[DefTrap]

Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.

Mostly wriggly cement sheets used around here (Charente-Maritime) AFAIK, but I've seen the wriggly plastic in the Bricos. I'm maybe consider using it on an outbuilding I spose (although I didn't I just used what I was used to, the cementy stuff).
Last year it got so hot that the roof lining in the car detached itself.

BTW I dunno about French food being over-rated (depends where you go), but I find the overall quality far higher that the UK (not that that is too hard). However the menu choices get a bit samey.

[Mr Moofo]

Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.

BTW I dunno about French food being over-rated (depends where you go), but I find the overall quality far higher that the UK (not that that is too hard). However the menu choices get a bit samey.

The French spend the most disposable of any European country on food - dunno it that is because the quality of the offer or just French supermarket pricing. (Two examples: Epoisses cheese - Tesco 3.50 GBP, In France 8.00 euros for similar quantities. Lays ready salted - France - 4 euro plus, UK 2 GBP and change)

[Mussels]

Roofing felt on southern French roofs is a Very Bad Idea - it just melts in the temperatures that are routinely achieved. You need foil-based roof lining, whether multifoil or single layer, with the preformed wiggly concrete-based sheets on top. Then if you wish you can add the tuiles canales on top of the sheet to make it look 'authentic'. Plastic sheets will degrade very quickly due to high levels of UV.

BTW I dunno about French food being over-rated (depends where you go), but I find the overall quality far higher that the UK (not that that is too hard). However the menu choices get a bit samey.

The French spend the most disposable of any European country on food - dunno it that is because the quality of the offer or just French supermarket pricing. (Two examples: Epoisses cheese - Tesco 3.50 GBP, In France 8.00 euros for similar quantities. Lays ready salted - France - 4 euro plus, UK 2 GBP and change)

Is that due to protectionism driven by protesting farmers? So imports can't undercut them?