... pisses me off as life is too short. I used to work with a load of miseries, makes me realise how much better off I am... Happy days :) The wife even gave him a slice of cake and a cup of tea and he was still miserable. Wow. I'm gonna eat the remainder of my birthday cake to reset the balance ...

... representation under a CFA (no win no fee) at no cost, and you will not get pushed into using a law firm recommended or advised by the insurers (even though it is now illegal they still do it), plus a no win no fee means that they are more likely to fight your corner because if they fail to win ...

... mid term change Last time mce were significantly the cheapest for me and they also included helmet and leathers and breakdown cover for free. Not even close this time. They quote £40 admin charge for changes.

I always, always, always lock my bikes up, even in the garage.

... certificates (plural). One policy for each bike. Both TPFT. I called them up and they had no record of my request for a single policy fully comp (even though the calls are recorded and they have to input the information into the computer to get the quotes). If I wanted fully comp and one policy ...

Bewiser are fooking useless, seriously they shouldn't even be in the insurance market. Even if they were 10 pence a year I wouldn't use them. The guy doesn't even recognise Thatcham Category 1 which is an industry recognised standard, Doesn't know what ...

Is such a thing even possible ? https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/12771647_765765753524453_4348695785396820405_o.jpg I must say it was the best looking carbon fibre I have seen https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtl1/t31.0-8/12772055_765765930191102_6639409014261065144_o.jpg

Lovely lunch time walk at work today.. the sun was hot on my back.

One guy was pretty annoyed at the weather in all honesty as his mate is at Oulton Park today. He said, "I honestly don't think I've done a trackday with weather this good - not even in August!!"

The pressures from all sides of life even very young kids are put under is to much imo

I think they are ok but haven't had it on track to really test them,they are nowhere near as good as the brembos on my old rc8.They were stunning brakes even with standard pads fluid and lines

What I find is that even off the road for a week or so for what ever reason, I can tell the difference. For those who don't ride for months, it must make you feel very rusty coming back to it. As for the mornings, I was walking my ...

What I find is that even off the road for a week or so for what ever reason, I can tell the difference. For those who don't ride for months, it must make you feel very rusty coming back to it. As for the mornings, I was walking my dogs ...

... I know that we have varied riders here so just want to know how long people take to start missing being out on your bikes and if sometimes even when it's cold out do you ever just want to swing one leg over and take her out for a blast?!

I think the original concept behind European Union was to prevent war in Europe. Europe had two wars in the space of 40 years both of which escalated to World Wars and killed millions of lives. I think even Winston Churchill mooted it as a way to prevent ...

... hearing people tell me our schools are underfunded and under resourced ,my daughters school has a teacher and teachers assistant per class and even though shes only in pre school she has been on loads of school trips non of which ive paid for.Where is the under funding and under resourcing ...

Very nice bike. I keep getting tempted to buy a 675R even though I thought I'd had enough of sports bikes. But it just looks so good.

... Now it sits smack in the middle of Parramatta which is being heralded as the second CBD of Sydney. Here's a view from google. Capture.JPG What is even crazier, is the Terminal that receives product from the tankers (bearing in mind this was crude until 3 yrs ago) is smack in the middle of Sydney ...

I've never understood why they haven't took part of the blame,I would never leave my child alone not even for a minute
The poor child's long gone,time to move on

crikey kiwi that sounds a tough life,can you eventually retire from it but stay in the same industry on land thats more 9-5 ? Not where I'm living at the moment. Processing Plants in the Sydney area have pretty much all been forced out by urban ...

... break from it. At the refinery I would be home at night or morning, have a bit of normalcy and wind down, get the kids to bed or school. Out here, even off shift you are still at work, you are still on call. If an emergency happens I'm on the Response Team (no choice, all Ops are) and have been ...