So... What oiled your gears today?

[panrider_uk]

Found some money under a car at Lincolnshire Showground yesterday.

Left a note on the car windscreen asking if they'd lost some money.

Got a text this morning saying yes and the correct amount so did a bank transfer
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100A

[recman]

Today I had a conversation with one of the regular dog walkers in my local park, quite a spritlely but rather elderly gent.
Anyway he told me that he'd recently been the victim of a ride by robbery where a local scumbag yoot had snatched his carrier bag while he was out on his regular dog walk.
Normally this would have ground the old cogs but on this occasion, the aforementioned carrier bag contained two weeks worth of his dogs shit that he was going to put in one of the parks poo bins.

We did laugh.

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walking the dog in the forest. i wish i could get that excited over a ball and some mud.

i went out early and in the rain to hopefully avoid other people. still plenty of them out though
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[hellkat]

Why do you want to avoid other people.
Is it just the people or is it the dogs as well?
Billie loves meeting other dogs.
She runs round in circles going "chase me!" while the other dogs look on longingly
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

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i just dont like people much to be honest.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[Easy-X]

[Easy-X]

Jeez... wrangling a decent deal out of Virgin last month was bad, today Vodafone came up for renewal.

TBH it had me flummoxed. Renew my contract direct from Vodafone? ~£84 per month. Instead I've gone via Metrofone (who? exactly!) ~£66 per month with 400GB more data and a Z Fold 6 instead of an Galaxy 25 Ultra. Huh. Um... okay

The contract is also for device + calls plan as one price. Our accountant anticipates the trend of splitting them out as separate bills will eventually be seen as "benefit in kind" (the same BIK company car owners are aware of) so the new contract continues the obfuscation
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Easy-X]

Upshot of renegotiating with Virgin Media? This month's bill -£25.57
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Easy-X]

Wife tonight: "Does the sun rise in the east or the west?"

https://media.tenor.com/qaTucUAbs_QAAAAM/umm-umm-ok.gif
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

I’ve insured two bikes and a car through the same broker for over a decade and they were decent when a bike got stolen so I stayed. A couple of years ago all the premiums leapt over 50% but I paid thinking it was a blip (and I couldn’t be arsed to shop around) but they never came down, so this year I thought I’d play hardball knowing I can get insurance at half the price now. Their response was that they only have one insurance company interested in motorcycle insurance so take it or leave it. I’m leaving it. I’m still surprised they didn’t fight back though.

[blurredman]

[Easy-X]

That site seems to be hidden behind a captcha. Here it is as an attachment...

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/hiddenvideo.mp4
(right-click, show controls and unmute)
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[blurredman]

[Easy-X]

Oven chips. So much better done in the air fryer
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Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter

[BanditsHigh]

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[hellkat]

[BanditsHigh]

The refurbished like new Samsung Galaxy S20+ I bought from GiffGaff in January for £229 developed a vertical pink line on the display, the first time I've had an issue with a Samsung phone.

Anyway, two year warranty so sent it back for repair ... they couldn't repair so sent me a S21+, since they didn't do the S20+ anymore. So a newer model at no extra cost, but screen resolution dropped from 3200*1440 to 2400x1080 and no SD card slot, so I complained.

Just received my as new S21 Ultra, same high resolution, better cameras etc, no SD card slot but I can live without that ... so basically got a newer model which would cost £329 for £229 ... result

[DaddyStu]

[Ste]

[Easy-X]

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watching the birds bring their fledglings around the garden and show them how to feed themselves.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
its old and fat, but its a damned good ride. the bikes not bad either.

[panrider_uk]

Just spent ages cleaning the car.

The robins, dunnocks, sparrows, thrushes etc can stay but next year it's all out war on the turkey sized pigeons!!
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Current bikes: Hondas - Forza 750, ST1100A

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[Kawasaki Jimbo]