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There was a reason for the abolition of capital punishment. It doesn't work.

Well deserved, a legend in road racing. After David Jefferies, my favourite ever TT winner. Shame he didn't equal or beat Joey's record (not likely to now). Love his smooth, fluid style round the island, had the pleasure of seeing him race twice at the TT. His performance in 2015's Senior Race was sublime, breaking two lap records:

Ahem

Get on FB marketplace, I bought a Garmin Zumo 220 with all the accessories for £70. Plugged it into my PC it upgraded all the software and maps for free. Bargain.

Annual leave booked

Here’s another image from that hotel

Thanks

Is it the usual 08:50 and 18:50 crossing times?

Something to look forward to

I'm a proud remainer. The good thing with being a remainer is that I can sit back and watch the shit storm develop and embarrass us as a nation. It's already started. Shame, could've been avoided. What happens now is all on those who voted for Brexit and the elected government to negotiate it. I'm not part of that, thankfully.

Was married 26 years then she decided to leave me 5 years ago. Lost everything during and after the divorce but have managed to work my way back to being happy with life and not worrying about money anymore.

I've deleted all the messages in my inbox now

I like loud pipes and I cannot lie.

Shit! That's bad! Innit.

Been divorced 5 years, my ex wife was cool about me and my bikes. She used to ride pillion and in the 90s we used to go to lots of GP/WSB/BSB races together. When she got pregnant with my son she stopped going on the bikes but that's understandable.She used to say that one parent dying was better than two. She persuaded me to give them up for a couple of years but I just couldn't stand it and bought another Fireblade without her knowing. She went insane but later accepted that's what I love. So she went and had an affair, f**ked everything up and lost everything we had. Funny old world. Have to say that I love being on my own at the moment and doing my own thing. I could take my bike anywhere I want right now but I won't. Its pissing down

https://i.imgur.com/LhFwvhL.jpg' alt='IMGUR>'> Guitar playing mostly. Seeing as we've got another month of lockdown, I had a 'f**k it' moment today, went to Andertons and bought a Keeley Dark Side pedal to tap into my inner Gilmour. 4 hours later my fingers are stinging, it's so good

This. Total waste of time and money. Buy the best lock and chain you can afford and use a ground anchor. Alarms take a few seconds to disarm. A quality chain takes at least a few minutes and an angle grinder which is a lot of hassle for a thief.

Nice work [mention]rennie[/mention]!

https://i.imgur.com/oBXTZqr.jpg' alt='IMGUR>'> Nice little run out of 100 miles, passing by Devils Dyke. Used the Calimoto app and for the most part it found some very nice twisties. It gets a thumbs up from me

I'd love a beer and steak Six, but when you're told that you have a serious cardiac condition you kinda take stock and adjust. For me, I'd love both of them.

Good to hear mate. For you, balance is working.

Exactly, that's my philosophy. Once we're gone, we're gone. No second chances.

That's interesting, I suffered from gout in the past and whenever I have I have switched to vegetarian it has always improved. For gout I always drink lots of water. Gout is very personal though, I can set off an attack just from eating beetroot!

Just to start. I have no issues with people drinking alcohol and eating meat, at all. There, that's done. No need to argue it. Anyway, over the past 12 months I've had more than my fair share of physical health issues and as I would like to carry on living for a few more years rather than croaking early I've had to make some adjustments. I'm 51 so with that in mind I have made some adjustments to my lifestyle as well as taking lots of medication and attending hospital appointments along the way. I've also made some positive steps already, lost nearly 4 stone in weight by maintaining a calorie deficit and walking 10k steps a day but I knew for me, my two hinderances were alcohol and my consumption of meat, both of which had an effect on my physical and mental health. Those who know me on this forum know I drank... a lot. So, I decided to cut out both. My decision, nobody else's and it doesn't affect anybody else but me. I'm looking after me and want to enjoy many years of life, more bike trips and life in general. I'd like to see my only son grow up and get on with his life. The annoyances. As it is a totally personal decision to cut out meat and alcohol, it shouldn't be a problem. However, the amount of friends who have tried to convince me that my decision is wrong is staggering. It's almost like what I have decided to do offends them in such a profound way that they have to constantly find ways for me to return to my old habits, even saying that I'm boring and won't enjoy life anymore. I can't see the issue myself. I've taken a decision to stop eating and drinking certain things. Putting things in my gob, that's it. It doesn't stop me doing my job, enjoying pastimes, riding my bike, getting on with life etc. In fact, it's actually helped improve my health. My BP and cholesterol levels have improved dramatically. My mental health is so much better. I can't see an issue myself but it seems that others struggle with it. Has anybody else in the same position ever had this when changing lifestyles? Interested to know.