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moth wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:53 pm Avoided a RTC. Just

A miss is as good as a mile. What dashcam do you have, that screengrab is v sharp.?

ZRX61 wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:15 am Got stabbed in the left knee by the ortho dude. Round one (of three) hyaluronic acid gel. Had the first three back in May, but they wore off a few weeks back.
Stung a bit, took a minute to be able to walk normally again on the way out.

Thought you had a new knee fitted?

slowsider wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:18 pm

A miss is as good as a mile. What dashcam do you have, that screengrab is v sharp.?

Nextbase 322GW

derek badger wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:59 am

Nice!

Braised a brisket in the Foodi last weekend. Melt in yer mouth it was.

Got one over on a pikey and very proud of myself for doing so....

..driving over to Derby this morning, stop at a temporary set of traffic lights in a local village and happen to look across to my right and spot a typical pikey waggon - Transit tipper, cheap vinyl signwriting, "Tree Care" and mobile number - reversed into the entrance to field with the tipper up.

I bet the cunt is fly tipping I think, as I look at him. He's clocked me looking at him and, as I reach for my phone to take a photo of him, he starts to drive off. I just manage to get my phone up and in sight when he's off, so I didn't actually get a photo.

I head over to Derby, making a mental note of the mobile number and the promise of having some fun with it later.

An hour later and I'm heading back past the spot and "FUCK ME!" he's only there again, exactly the same spot with the tipper up.

I stop in the middle of the road, stick the hazards on and am reaching for my phone to take a photo when he comes running over from round the back of the tipper and I can see what I presume is his missus, in the obligatory pikey fat dobber outfit and with a face like a slapped arse, round the back also....

....picking up all the shit he's dumped earlier.

He's at the passenger window of my van so I lower it and straight away he's giving it " I got stuck turning round, I wasn't fly tipping!"

So I say "Who's said anything about fly tipping? But we both know you were..."

"Oh no" he says "I got stuck turning round. But we're clearing it all up, come and have a look"

"There's no need" I say "you know I've got pictures of you and I'm sending them to the land owner so if there's anything left there he knows who to look for"

"Oh no mate, there's no bother with that, buddy" and so on..

I. Fucking. Hate. Pikeys.

Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 12:35 pm Thought you had a new knee fitted?

New knee is the right one

We had a 3 hour video conference Audit - usually do it in person - can't work out which I dislike more.
The live one is off Fleet st so at least we can go to the Blackfriars pub afterwards ...
working tomorrow....booo

Eaten four Portuguese Tarts.

millemille wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:13 pm I. Fucking. Hate. Pikeys.

What's your stance on Pikelets?

Greenman wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:44 pm What's your stance on Pikelets?

What my old man calls crumpets, it's a Yorkshire thing.

KungFooBob wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:46 pm

Greenman wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:44 pm What's your stance on Pikelets?

What my old man calls crumpets, it's a Yorkshire thing.

Nah crumpets are not the same.

Pikelets are thinner.

I prefer crumpets as you can get more butter on them. Butter is good for the body as it helps the blood flow better...!

Greenman wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 7:44 pm

millemille wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 2:13 pm I. Fucking. Hate. Pikeys.

What's your stance on Pikelets?

They're ok, I was working over in Stoke a few weeks ago and the butty shop* I got my team breakfast from did them so I had one. It was ok, but underwhelming in a similar vein to oatcakes...



*I was standing outside, waiting on my order, leaning against the doorway of the next door shop. I couldn't work out why people driving and walking by were giving me funny looks until I stepped out to look at the shop against which I was leaning....



Edit to clarify: it wasn't a team breakfast for just me, it was breakfasts, multiple, one for each member of my team.

Got MOTs (with no advisories I might add ) on my big old yellow LT van, and the just brilliant and seemingly indestructible trusty 525EXC- both vehicles that I've owned for in excess of 15 years, both have cost me next to nothing over that time , still provide great service and refuse to die.

A good day

Tricky wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 8:14 pm Got MOTs (with no advisories I might add ) on my big old yellow LT van, and the just brilliant and seemingly indestructible trusty 525EXC- both vehicles that I've owned for in excess of 15 years, both have cost me next to nothing over that time , still provide great service and refuse to die.

A good day

You need to bring both over here!

Lolz at 'interesting parts of the journey', followed by video inside a concrete tube

So far, nowt great.
Popped over to the local Covid test station for a test cos some people off the same site as me have tested positive.
Not directly working with me but in the same wing so it pays to be sure (ish).

I've also scrounged my brothers small welding set and have a gate to modify, assuming I'm allowed out.
The gate was cheap and a bit too big so its to cut down an l'll weld it back up
I doubt it will run out rods any bigger than 2.5mm but thats enough for a gate.

Damn, those welding sets got small since I was doing it for a living, they used to be heavy numb buzzboxes but this thing is like a handbag. It won't have as high a duty cycle as the industrial units but again, running a couple of inches of weld out shouldn't be an issue.

Just done amazing 6 hour enduro on sarf part of the island. Don't often go there so some new interesting routes
Scary as fuck in some places. Didn't really know where we were sometimes

Most important part of each trip is the fish butties. First place we stopped at in Playa Quemada was scary prices and no butties.
So found a local bar in Femes.
Was blazing hot and still 30c right now. But the beer is cool

Got all geared up to go riding, fucking bike wouldn't start & about killed the battery during 4 attempt to fire it up.
Bugger.
Back in the house, take all the gear off.
Walk back into the garage 5 minutes & the damn thing fired right up.
ok, get all geared up again & off I go
Stop for gas a mile down the road, bike fires right up again.
Get down the hill & stop for gas again. Bike won't start.
Bugger two
Bump start it & we're back in business.
Get to the Rockstore, hang out for about three hours, bike won't start.
Bugger three.
Bump start bike & off we go.
Playing with a Ferrari on Cornell Rd & he passes over a rattlesnake in the middle of the lane.
Snake lifts it's head to strike Ferrari just as I see it. Splat. One less rattler.

Today was the first "Third Sunday Kaw Day" at the RS. Final score was:
5 ZRX's
3 Z900RS's
1 each, '72 H2, ZR1100 Zephyr. 1st year GPz600R,
2 ZX14's
2 identical KZ13's

derek badger wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:59 am Trimmed and rubbed a brisket for smoking tomorrow. The rain isn't going to stop me barbequing...

Turned out pretty good for a supermarket cut.

Looks good enough to eat....