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by StMarks
22 Dec 2022, 10:28
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The electric car revolution
Replies: 216
Views: 58630

Re: The electric car revolution

... each Tesla car delivered at more than one million dollars (eh Perky).!! Utter lunacy imo. Fwiw when the major Manufacturers announced that they were going into full scale production, I was sure Tesla would crash. -Best not come to me for shares advice. (giggle)
by C00kiemonster
12 Dec 2022, 16:28
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Birmingham lake tragedy
Replies: 5
Views: 289

Re: Birmingham lake tragedy

I want to know where their parents were

One of them is 6 ffs.
by StMarks
10 Dec 2022, 11:15
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Joke of the day
Replies: 1822
Views: 944905

Re: Joke of the day

... sensibility offender, bent on stirring up trouble during difficult weather. (gah) 9:10 - I was asked if I have any accomplices. My children were taken by social services. (sweat) 9:29 - Far left protesters offended by everything marched down the street demanding for me to be arrested. (swear) ...
by kiwikrasher
30 Nov 2022, 23:51
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What you watching?
Replies: 10483
Views: 2275541

Re: What you watching?

... here a lot too. I’ve flown into a dirt runway on one (back in my RNZAF days) in the Northern Territory and we fish tailed down the strip like we were in a rally car due to heavy cross winds.
by Cav
22 Nov 2022, 08:50
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18747
Views: 3242923

Re: What are you doing today ??

Fixed all the internal doors in my house last night. Most of them wouldn't shut, handles were stiff, or you needed to apply excess force to get it to catch.

Feels good to have done it :)
by StMarks
21 Nov 2022, 16:51
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Replies: 1595
Views: 413908

Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread

... are just plain wrong Monty. (shake) It's no joke. Jokes are funny. Imho there is nothing whatsoever amusing about what the "easily lead" were duped into voting us in to. If wrongdoing of any type is acquiesced to by society, then it will become normalised & accepted behaviour. - What ...
by Kwacky
21 Nov 2022, 12:13
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: The Football Thread
Replies: 325
Views: 519949

Re: The Football Thread

England players were going to wear pride armbands for their first game. FIFA threatened them with a yellow card each if they did. England players backed down.

It's a fecking farce.

The threat of a yellow card for diving never puts them off.
by Stonesie
19 Nov 2022, 22:53
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18747
Views: 3242923

Re: What are you doing today ??

... custom made ear plugs from Ultimate hearing protection and had a seat on several bikes, the most comfortable 3 which I could see myself owning were the BMW GS1250, Triumph Tiger 1200 and Honda's NT1100 but I didn't like the plethora of buttons or that the screen is so hard to adjust that I ...
by Kwacky
17 Nov 2022, 22:45
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What you watching?
Replies: 10483
Views: 2275541

Re: What you watching?

Andor. Some fancy lasers were involved.
by Kwacky
15 Nov 2022, 19:54
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Putin and the West
Replies: 570
Views: 42524

Re: Putin and the West

Russia launched a massive missile attack against Ukraine today. At least 90 missiles were used

There's unconfirmed reports that one missile landed in Poland, killing 2 people.
by kiwikrasher
13 Nov 2022, 23:33
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: People Carrying Animals etc on Their Bike
Replies: 5
Views: 576

Re: People Carrying Animals etc on Their Bike

there was a famous pair in NZ a few years back. Max and Rastus. Max found Rastus as a kitten dumped at a motorbike swap meet, and the two were inseparable since. They both became well known and and were ambassadors for the RSPCA for a number of years. Unfortunately they were subsequently killed ...
by Stonesie
13 Nov 2022, 21:54
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11998
Views: 2120554

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

Escaping the fog, we met at Skipton and headed up towards Cumbria where the forecast was sunny and soon were enjoying 15°c and dry roads by Devil's Bridge / Kirkby Lonsdale and on the back roads up to the A6 through Shap at speeds my little XR has never seen before :x but with ...
by Kwacky
10 Nov 2022, 20:33
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Alex Jones
Replies: 6
Views: 896

Re: Alex Jones

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his company were ordered Thursday to pay an extra $473 million to victims' families and an FBI agent for calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax, adding to a nearly $1 billion jury verdict issued last month
by kiwikrasher
09 Nov 2022, 21:56
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753
Replies: 390
Views: 83931

Re: Reasons not to go to Australia, part 24753

It definitely has been a wet year. But the last couple of weeks at home this break were actually lovely weather, so hopefully La Niña is starting to ease
by duke63
03 Nov 2022, 23:21
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Track Tyres
Replies: 19
Views: 2044

Re: Track Tyres

Supercorsa if it were me and they are the road biased version.
by Kwacky
25 Oct 2022, 21:17
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: World Politics Stuff (not brexit)
Replies: 341
Views: 121386

Re: World Politics Stuff (not brexit)

Two senior officials have been shot dead in Iran. Both were involved in drone and missile development.
by kiwikrasher
25 Oct 2022, 11:17
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 633512

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

... a while now. I just found out that they gigged right down the road... well, 20 miles or so down the road, just a week ago. I had no idea that they were back touring, let alone in the US.!! I think this is the second time I've missed them now. I'm genuinely pissed off & disappointed. Arrrrgh! ...
by D41
24 Oct 2022, 21:21
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What do you want to vent about today?
Replies: 4343
Views: 633512

Re: What do you want to vent about today?

... a while now. I just found out that they gigged right down the road... well, 20 miles or so down the road, just a week ago. I had no idea that they were back touring, let alone in the US.!! I think this is the second time I've missed them now. I'm genuinely pissed off & disappointed. Arrrrgh!
by Cav
24 Oct 2022, 15:23
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1119
Views: 746858

Re: Work

... for the MD and I should have gone through him to a Cell Leader. At the time I was about 3 weeks into my role and didn't know who these people were, I just followed the policy. It wasn't spoken about since this time. Roll the clock forward to last week and my 6 weeks review (at 8/9 weeks) and ...
by Stonesie
22 Oct 2022, 18:39
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18747
Views: 3242923

Re: What are you doing today ??

... today but in winter I can see that being useful. The suspension is very different to what I am used to but I like it, potholed and rough roads were ironed out nicely without making it a wollowy barge in the corners. But I didn't buy it, I'm not that flush with cash and the little XR does everything ...