Today I washed all the dead bugs off it after yesterday's 310 mile and 13 hour ride to the lakes and North Yorkshire, it's splat time of year. We found a nice place for lunch in the middle of no signal nowhere. Screenshot_2023-05-21-13-49-09-17_3d9111e2d3171bf4882369f490c087b4.jpg IMG_20230522_221614.jpg ...

... Fortunately old age means the increase is manageable but I still think we will hit a recession once the mortgage increases start to bite as the year goes on. Still at least those poor bankers won’t go hungry. 😳

... is £290k which is about 9 times the average wage. And the average deposit put down is £62,000. That's more than we paid for our french house last year. It's ludicrous.

1 to 1 with my Manager yesterday and I brought up training and career progression. He seemed receptive and when I mentioned my 1-5 year plan he looked surprised I'd given it much thought. I just hope he doesn't think I'm stepping on his toes like he would have when I first joined. I would ...

1 to 1 with my Manager yesterday and I brought up training and career progression. He seemed receptive and when I mentioned my 1-5 year plan he looked surprised I'd given it much thought. I just hope he doesn't think I'm stepping on his toes like he would have when I first joined. I would ...

... car is a bit of a mare to get at without taking the front bumper off but I'm stubborn so I made it work.. Then decided to run my tester on this 10 year old battery. https://i.imgur.com/limTGZul.jpg The front bolt on this ECU box is totally blind with the bumper on and surrounded by sharp things. ...

They won't have any in stock because they only did the SCS model for one year

Tuffers wrote: ↑16 Apr 2023, 20:59 Thank you all. It's a special birthday year this year for me. You only live once as they say. I'm well chuffed with it. Need to save a few pennies for a couple of mods I want to do as it's near enough broke me. I might see you on the A44 sometime cookie.

Defo. That’s a great bike

Thank you all. It's a special birthday year this year for me. You only live once as they say. I'm well chuffed with it. Need to save a few pennies for a couple of mods I want to do as it's near enough broke me. I might see you on the A44 sometime cookie.

Top darts!

What year is it?

Dropped the cage off for it's mot. It's 18 years old with 99k on the clock, the question is not will it pass but more how expensive will the failure be to fix. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk About £800 according to the local garage. It's ...

The Alfa GTV I had crushes that..

It was an average £1000 to pass the MOT each year for the last couple of years I had it. It was either suspension bushes or the cam belt, both of which were painful to replace.

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... what this means is production end is now forecast for bloody September-October which means I'm not getting out of here with a redundancy till next year. I'm definitely re-evaluating my options, though the redundancy golden handcuffs are hard to shake....

Off to work again… production has been stable since last swing so redundancy has slid yet again. Might even still be flying out early next year at this stage

Cat 1 cyclone just hit the platform a couple of days ago too, they are usually good for a plant upset, but the place just kept on pumping.

I really wanna watch more MotoGP this year

Cav wrote: ↑22 Mar 2023, 16:44 Christ... I'm only 1 year older than your bike.

I keep looking at new ones, but they're mostly long-travel things with bigger wheels - not really my cup of Earl Grey....I'll get around to getting one eventually....if only because sourcing replacement stuff is getting to be a PITA.

Cav wrote: ↑22 Mar 2023, 16:44 Christ... I'm only 1 year older than your bike.

I’ve got Judy’s on my hard tail Avanti Competitor, which is also about as old as you Cav

Christ... I'm only 1 year older than your bike.

Watching 'Murder Of The Day' on the news. Get this....a 17 year old boy, waiting at the kerb for his mom to pick him up, when a 30-ish man wielding a very large Kukri walks up and stabs him to death.... thankfully just out of screenshot (or I suspect ...

Those Northern Ireland benefits keep rolling in

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