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ZRX61 wrote: Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:30 am ok, THIS TIME I bought the winning lottery ticket (Tuesday, $1,550,000,000)

Bugger....

Some rat bastard in Florida won $1,580,000,000 (actually $783,300,000 cash, $493,000,000 after taxes etc)

Have just had a lovely lazy long lunch in the sun with my eldest, his OH and their two girls


We've just said our goodbyes, and we are now heading back to our hotel to get ready to fly home tonight ahead of them -has been fabulous quality family time for all of us

Finally got a new hidrofor fitted (pressure booster for the house water supply). There are 5 hotels around me (and my neighbours) that take all the water so at various times of the day I can literally have no water. We've been asking the council for years to install a bigger pipe to this part of the village but we've been ignored.

I had a hidrofor but it was old, noisy and hadn't worked properly for about 3 years - I used to work around the water supply issue but it's been much worse this year and I've got people staying from Saturday so I bit the bullet and got a complete new unit.

My niece arrived the night before last so yesterday I picked up the bits she'd brought over for me. Unlike most people who ask for bacon, and other pork products I got her to bring 24 toothbrushes and a dozen tubes of toothpaste and some Marmite of course. Other friends arrived last night and I believe I have some plain chocolate HobNobs waiting for me.

It's been a busy couple of days, and the last two or 3 weeks have been 'different'. About 3 weeks ago I had a seriously painful muscle spasm in my left shoulder. A local chiropractor put something back in place and the pain slowly subsided.

I've had arthritis becoming an increasing issue in my left hip for a number of months and after slipping and falling on some wet marble steps last week I could hardly walk and took myself off to a private doctor for a diagnosis. I have an arthritic hip but will have a ceramic one next year I reckon.

So what have I done today I here you saying through your yawns? I managed to get M to the same doctor about her hip (worse than mine) and we found out that all the xrays we had are available on our phones through the e-nabiz system. Cool!

On my phone I can also access the CAT scan I had on my head in 2021!

Been pillion for the first time in (I think) over ten years!!!

A mate lives down south a bit and decided to come up for the weekend, so I said great - if I can go pillion

So I got the bus to the valley, met him for a coffee and pillioned to Bourg to get a pasty lunch and back up here. I have to leave my right arm hanging 'loose' to avoid any pain from bumps, and my holey knee does NOT like being a pillion (probably wouldn't like riding much either!! LOL)

But - damn it was good to be on a bike

Woke up with the mother of all hangovers! Sat up late, drinking with the father-in-law, reminiscing about past holidays and travels. He's in his 80s and he must have done 2 bottles of red! I think I did the other 3!

Fitted new chain ring to step sons road bike, looks like he bumped up a kerb and bent the shit out of the teeth!

Indexed the derailleur all OK but a nightmare with front mech, turns out inner had worn through the outer under the bar tape - Amazon to the rescue again!

Went to the dump. Feckers have decided to do short hours in the summer. Brought it all home again. Made up for it by blitzing the front of the house of weeds n shit and made the pile higher, so at least the missus is happy.

Then g and ts.

Yambo wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 1:00 pm
On my phone I can also access the CAT scan I had on my head in 2021!

At least with it being a small file, it won’t take long to download.

MrLongbeard wrote: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:28 pm

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:08 pm

Ant wrote: Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:01 pm Anyway, I had been to Tesco. Whilst getting a few bottles of wine in there, I noticed Bud Light was all stacked up at a remarkably low knock down price....hmmmm, wonder why?

Two employees now on a "leave of absence", I guess taking $6Billion off the value of the company has consequences...

Picked up a couple of cases at the weekend, £12 for 20 bottles, same price it was last year and it still tastes like weak fizzy piss.

Picked up another couple of cases, sure it's weak piss, but its low carb and perfect drinking for standing around the BBQ, especially as it's now down to 50p a bottle.

Long may AB make bad marketing choices

Yesterday was amazing. We didn't go out on the bike, my knee was grumpy so I knew that even down the hairpins to the valley and back would be a challenge and we'd planned a trip up one of the cols I haven't done! But then when I met Phil for coffee, he wasn't feeling too great with a cold. So, we sat and drank a LOT of coffee, had a pain au chocolate (or, as he determined, a chocolatine!! ) and chatted. And chatted. And chatted!!

Then we came back to mine for a sausage and bacon baguette for lunch and sat in my place and talked all afternoon and drank gallons of tea!!! Talked about all sorts of things. Politics, mental stuff, people, lack of tolerance with people and soooooo much more! Weirdly, not that much about bikes. A bit, just not that much! LOL

Then, separate ways for all of about 30 mins and out for dinner and a beer at two of my favourite places.

I don't think I've talked with one person as much as I have this weekend (well, Friday and Saturday) and laughed, without feeling that I really needed to go for a walk alone in YEARS!!!

So, heading to work now but very chilled and happy

Noggin's got a boyfriend!

I've been to watch club racing for the first time, more of a professional setup than I was expecting. Much more relaxed and nicer than BSB or WSB.

Mussels wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:18 pm I've been to watch club racing for the first time, more of a professional setup than I was expecting. Much more relaxed and nicer than BSB or WSB.

Where's that? Don't recognise it.

Drove to z Cornwall and am currently at the Jamaica Inn!

I've been to Cleggy to play on the penny pushers.

DefTrap wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:16 am Noggin's got a boyfriend!

Sadly no!

First, I really don't fancy him! Can chat with him for HOURS but no fancying!!

Second - I do suspect his very lovely wife might get a smidge pissed off!!

This was the bike, sounds bloody AWESOME

Yorick wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:23 pm

Mussels wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:18 pm I've been to watch club racing for the first time, more of a professional setup than I was expecting. Much more relaxed and nicer than BSB or WSB.

Where's that? Don't recognise it.

I had never heard of it before, Darley Moor.

I've raced at Darley a couple of times, as a competitor it has by far the worst amenities of any circuit. It's also a shit circuit to race on. It makes Three Sisters look posh.