So... What oiled your gears today? ARCHIVE

[NJD]

PR3's proving their worth.

Sleet, snow and rain during the day and then the temperature dropping, as you'd imagine, resulted in a not very nice road surface. Grip from the off and while, naturally, being careful with the throttle, brakes and so on comes into play I rode home without, for the most part, a care in the world.


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The do it all, T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶r̶o̶k̶e̶n̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶,̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶i̶g̶ ̶l̶u̶m̶p̶,̶ ̶C̶h̶o̶n̶g̶ ̶N̶o̶o̶d̶l̶e̶

[Baggyman]

[waffles]

I have just had a delicious piece of raspberry and coconut cake. Yum!
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Theory test - 19/8/09, CBT - 11/10/09, MOD 1 - 16/8/10, MOD 2 - 27/10/10
Past rides Yamaha XT125X, Triumph TT600, Honda XR250
Current rides Suzuki GSXR 600, Honda MSX125

[Poundshop Dave]

Finished a contract earlier than expected, now have Thursday and Friday off. Might go over to Warwick Castle with my mate Harry Friday. Also as it is Bank Holiday this Monday, it's a long weekend. Kick back and relax.
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Proud to be from Birmingham

[Rogerborg]

[Howling Terror]

I'll be getting a new mobile phone.

Dropped my old 5s into a large body of deep water...so disappointed in myself.

Thank F nowt important was on it....apart from 'Notes' that had a f-ton of passwords ....and that smutty text I liked to look at once in a while...Aww I miss you 5s.
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[chickenstrip]

[M.C]

[Howling Terror]

^^^I can't recall if it saves notes. Pics and contacts are, but notes?
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[M.C]

I remember my phone kept restoring old voice memos (briefly thought I was going mad), can't specifically recall if it does notes.

[owl]

[Howling Terror]

Cheers BCF members.
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Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
Singer songwriter, Artist and allround good bloke Listen to Andrew Susan Johnston here
The Harry Turner Project

[Beehive Bedlam]

Butthurt individuals who revenge neg my genuine neg ratings. Makes me grin every time.

[M.C]

[M.C]

I'm glad you've become what you hate...

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[Beehive Bedlam]

[ZX-7R]

[M.C]

[hellkat]

Been meaning to get over to see my ex, who's a bit rickety lately due to heart problems, and quite a bit older than me, and as Anita begged me to keep an eye on her father now that she's living in Australia. But we often don't speak or see one another for 3 or 4 months at a time, and he gets by alright most of the time. I just nag him about hospital appointments, etc.

So I got a text from my daughter's oldest school chum, saying her mother in law (my ex's latest bird) is a bit worried cos she's not heard from him since Saturday, and usually they speak most days on the phone. They wondered could I pop round there (as I have his spare set of keys) and check he is okay.

So I intrepidly took two hours to battle through London afternoon traffic from Queens Park to Docklands, pick up the keys from my house, and then down to his place in London Bridge, dreading all the way what is going to greet me when I get there.

My innate sense of politeness required that before I just let myself in, I ring the doorbell ... just in case ... and he answers it.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO SEE THE OLD CUNT FOR THE LAST NEARLY 15 YEARS

Turns out his phone was broken and he'd not been feeling up to going out to get an upgrade.

Kind of annoyed I wasted the afternoon when I should have been working, but kind of glad the old fart isn't brown-bread, cos I was dreading the smell, dreading telling Anita, and imagining awful visions of him swollen and bloated (more than usual) and clawing at the carpet in his death throes, or that his cat might have eaten half of him or something.

So thank fuck he's still alive (and in surprisingly better nick than the last time I saw him, due to having been going to his pulmonary rehab)

Bloody men!
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[Loui5D]

[hellkat]

Don't know much about Gisborne, although I have cousins there. I'd want to buy freehold in those areas, and I expect that most of the land is leasehold with the local tribe as landlord. Not what I want to get into. Plus remote property = potential meth factory territory. No thanks. Prolly just stick to renting to students in Auckland for now.

Tauranga ... well, yeah, but its becoming more pricey as the lifestyle purchasers can no longer afford properties higher up that coast. If I were planning to buy in BoP, I'd probably buy in Whakatane or Rotorua and commute for work to Tauranga maybe, cos I have a fondness for old Smellytown, dating back to when I was a nipper.

Pretty certain most of the rest of (inland) BoP was bought up by smart property investors (and especially Aussies) back in the early "Noughties" - its a sore point with me, as that is EXACTLY where I wanted to buy (Kawerau, old forestry workers houses, going cheap back then) but my mother refused to discuss what she had done with my money (gambled it at the casino), and I missed the opportunity.

Or if I was going to live there, I'd go further south to Hawkes Bay (Napier), although ... earthquakes. Or the West Coast, South Island although ... rain.

My mum still lives in Auckland, she sold her house recently and downsized to an old people's village type of place with her boyfriend, similarly minted, so she's not short of a few quid, but I doubt I will see any of it, blacksheep hellkat She's too vitriolic for me to bother with, so I would be inclined to avoid visiting her very often, although I'd pay a flying obligatory visit when I'm there.

I'd prefer to just go and stay with my sister on the farm they are considering in the Coromandel I have an old school chum who lives in a bus on a farm in Thames, so I'd just buy a bike and buzz back and forth, between the two.

A mate in Auckland wants me to bankroll half her property to reduce her mortgage, and set up a deal where if she dies she will leave me the other half, and it's a beautiful house, with a little bit of bush at the back/native birds - its very tempting to raise the money on the equity of my flat - but I'm not far enough along that financial road yet.

Unlikely to move back any time soon, anyhow
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[Poundshop Dave]

Parking machine took my quid and gave me the ticket and then spat my quid back out. Yes free parking.

[grr666]

The Swift is back from the menders. Bye bye Fiesta.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[recman]

[hellkat]

My young man attracton vibes are apparently still humming...

I got invited (at about 1.30am) to a some kind of afterparty in Soho by a very charming young drummer called Mo Slicks ... but I had to turn him down cos I was still working, innit bruv.

Plus I just had on my old minging black velvet trousers and a black fluffy cardy

I would probably have been old enough to have been the grandmother of most people there anyway
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