So... What oiled your gears today? ARCHIVE

[waffles]

Ages ago I bought tickets to see blink 182 at the O2 and I thought it was tonight. I decided to be organised and print out the tickets yesterday which turned out to be an excellent idea because I had, in fact, bought tickets for the 19th.

Went, it was good, much fun was had! Now I want tickets for Queens of the Stone Age but its sold out.
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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

[techathy]

Time between putting the mower away after cutting all the lawns and starting to rain - Aprox 2 minutes.
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Bikes: '17 Zero FX ZF6.5, '16 BMW R1200 RS, '12 Triumph Daytona 675

[Tracer1234]

Finally got to go out and play on the new bike

More pics here:

https://s20.postimg.org/e76sbo3m5/IMG_20170724_161700.jpg
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Riding: Yamaha MT-09 Tracer Occasionally Riding: 08 Suzuki SV650, Potato: 2011 Yamaha YBR Custom.
Used to ride: 2015 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer (smidsy) 09 Triumph Street Triple (P/X'd) 08 Yamaha YBR (Sold)
CBT 04/14. A: Mod 1 & 2 13/04/15

[grr666]

Got in the van today to be greeted by "Diesel filter overloaded - please consult instruction manual" when I switched on,
after the aggravation I had with the DPF on the Sprinter I thought "Here we go again, more bloody expense".
Ran an errand to drop a few power tools off to a mate who lives the other side of Bristol and flogged it all the
way there on the A4174 in 3rd gear at 70mph bouncing off the limiter. Light went off before I got to his place,
regen complete. Thank fook for that! I'm taking it on holiday in a couple of weeks and could do without trying
to get it in to a mechanic before I go.
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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]

[Beehive Bedlam]

I love this man.

https://media2.giphy.com/media/BcRZMjkrFv9xC/giphy.gif

Reading the butthurt comments on the internet from the mentally ill i.e the 'LGBT community' has gave me quite a giggle.

[grr666]

This evening I have been asked to be my friends best man at his wedding, an unexpected honour which I gladly accepted...
The wedding will be at the Sandals resort in Antigua. It will be the 3rd time I've been best man in my life.
Perhaps I'm not that much of a bellend after all. Roll on 2019, I've not visited the Carribean yet. I know
the resort is in the news at the moment for closing for an unexpected refurb but that should all be in the past
by the time the wedding gets here and the resort will have had it's makeover by then.
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Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.

[ws4936]

Well not today - but in the last dowsing of sun that we had(too busy to post these days), heading for a shortcut down a bus(taxi,bicycle,motorbike) lane, when the car in front decided after coming off the roundabout that he also wanted to save time and not queue on the congested dc...took the bus route. Cue police car leaving the rugby football club 50 yards away, cue car stopping and driving onto pavement to evade police,cue police noticing a rev bomb...and investigate said b'end. That made my week that did.
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If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

[hellkat]

Had lunch with the mad Russian in Borough Market, v. nice.
Meant to go to work straight after that but decided it was more worth my while to drop her at home (Ladbroke Grove) so we could have a right old nag (long overdue)
Ended up staying for coffee, another hour
A totally satisfactory girlie afternoon that I have been craving for months, before she heads back off to Cyprus.

Started work rather later than anticipated.
Prepared to bite the bullet and work v. hard all evening, but :
* Got a job from Notting Hill to [waaaaaay out in] the Cotswolds two chatty American moms and two anklebiters. Still : #nicepay

* Got rid of them, bought some freshly cooked fish and chips in Chipping Norton, watched the sunset from a hilltop

* Got another job from Oxford back into the West End. #icing on the cake

* Did that one, got another one from Harley Street to Ruislip.
Going home time, kerching!

Some weeks it would take me three days to earn that sort of money
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[M.C]

Has she retired yet?

[hellkat]

Technically, yes.
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[chickenstrip]

F u n e m?

S, v f m.

F u n e x?

S, v f x.

M n x 4 lunch. And toast.
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Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[thx1138]

[thx1138]

Today I got a new pb on a 13 mile run, and a new pb on the steep bridge section, and when I got in there was a letter from HMRC tax refund.

I'm between jobs again, but also debt free again. 😀

[mudcow007]

a gave a bee some sugary water which it lapped up an flew off

good deed

https://imgur.com/gallery/6foQp

[LustyLew]

I got a REFUND of £50 from the conveyancing solicitor for my house purchase!

I nearly fell off my chair!
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Like a Yorkie - I'm not for the girls

[thx1138]

[Howling Terror]

Microphone manufacturer emailed they were having a secret auction...My bid won.

1 valve mic on its way to the Howling Terror Studios™.
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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

[hellkat]

[recman]

I helped a friend by towing his Freelander back to his house in Hitchin from where it broke down in Stevenage.
When we got to his, I noticed a screw protruding from my offside rear tyre so off I went to the nearest tyre place.
Seems my good deed was rewarded by the tyre not having a puncture.
Oiled.

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Finding out about this guy when we were in Anglesey last week.

https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/bizarrevictoria/62054556/47317/47317_600.jpg

Meet Henry the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, also known as Toppy, born 1875. He spent almost the entire family fortune to buy outlandish outfits, jewellery and furs, and to throw extravagant parties and stage flamboyant theatrical performances.

The rest he just wasted...... *

He died aged 30, broke with £50 million of debt and leaving everyone still wondering if he was gay.

A role model. Live wildly and excessively and die young in debt, leaving them all guessing.

*nod to Georgie Best
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Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're probably right

[chickenstrip]

[recman]

[Rogerborg]

Took the Enfield around the cul-de-sac for a quick post-fettle test, put it back in the garage. Couldn't find some of my keys, retraced my steps, was looking in and around in the garage for them.

Neighbour came over to check that I wasn't burglarising the place.

I like living in suburbia.

Keys were left in the side panel.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[grr666]

Watching the dog chasing and being chased by 3 swifts in a paddock who were flying at about knee height.
Inter species playtime. Heartwarming. Oh and finding out the suspiciously cheap North Face Sangro HyVent Jacket
I recently bought new with tags from ebay for 50 quid is indeed the real deal as it pissed down for about 50% of todays
3 hour dog walk and I was as dry as a bone. I thought it may be a fake but now I know it's genuine I suspect
the jacket may have been shoplifted instead. Who spends north of a £100 quid on a mac then sells it on for half
that because it doesn't fit?? Meh, I don't know that for sure, and I didn't nick it.
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Currently enjoying products from Ford, Mazda and Yamaha
Ste wrote: Avatars are fine, it's signatures that need turning off.