Gin

See, I already know this is going to be controversial to say... But here goes.

For those people who want to give Haggis a go, but are worried about the ingredients list, Macsween do a tasty vegetarian friendly Haggis which is Looooveeelllyyy

It's only £3, so well worth the risk I think

Oh my god! As long as there was a layer of gravy in there to make sure it wasn't going to dry out my whole face, that sounds pretty amazing to me!

I have to say, one of my favourite low-effort dinner recipes is to use the roll out puff pastry sheet, and then adding a tomato sauce base and building it up like a pizza.

Especially when made with buttery mash, it's sooo good!

 

Damn gin I think your cooking for me soon

If you're ever down this way, let me know and I'll make it special for you

The Donald loves you.

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God that's awful It's like a cats puckered ar*ehole.

Slightly related note, the Parliaments Petition website has been crashing all day (is down at the moment) due to a brexit related petition causing too much traffic!

all that tripe

I will admit I've never eaten I've never tried Tripe, but I really don't think I would like it...

Oh my god! As long as there was a layer of gravy in there to make sure it wasn't going to dry out my whole face, that sounds pretty amazing to me!

I have to say, one of my favourite low-effort dinner recipes is to use the roll out puff pastry sheet, and then adding a tomato sauce base and building it up like a pizza.

Especially when made with buttery mash, it's sooo good!

The Donald loves you.

tenor.gif

God that's awful It's like a cats puckered ar*ehole.

Slightly related note, the Parliaments Petition website has been crashing all day (is down at the moment) due to a brexit related petition causing too much traffic!

 

I say we should just leave the European union on the date shown and be done with it, its not going to cause that much of a problem for us, I think its more that the eu are the more worried party as they will lose a big money provider and without us it would probably collapse

....

What's everyone's Fav pies?

To be fair I just love the pastry, short crust or home made puff

That would be the greatest thread. Seriously. No thread has ever been greater, believe me. And it would be full of beautiful words. I have the best words.

Everyone says so. All other threads are Losers and Haters.

 

The Donald loves you.

tenor.gif

God that's awful It's like a cats puckered ar*ehole.

Slightly related note, the Parliaments Petition website has been crashing all day (is down at the moment) due to a brexit related petition causing too much traffic!

To be fair, a thread to laugh across the pond at Americas current politics seems far more fun that talking about Brexit.

Apart from our new US citizen potentially turning up to defend his freedom!

 

That would be the greatest thread. Seriously. No thread has ever been greater, believe me. And it would be full of beautiful words. I have the best words.

Everyone says so. All other threads are Losers and Haters.

Loads of good advice already, just wanted to add one more comment to say that I'm really sorry you've had an off, that alone really sucks.

I think I was 6 months in when I first binned mine and I remember the feeling after really really well.

Like others have said, keep your head up; fixation is still something I find myself occasionally doing and it makes just a huge difference just to look that bit further down the road.

My other little bit of advice, and I hope this isn't too controversial, is when you're finding yourself starting to panic just force your body to relax and 'slump' a bit.

I've had two offs which were with corners, one was panic breaking and locking up the front which sent the bike and me cartwheeling, the other was a lowside on a roundabout where we both just slid a little.

If I'm now entering a corner and start to worry I've gone in too hot (and so feel myself starting to stiffen up) I force myself to relax my whole body and 'slump' into the corner.

Disclaimer: I do not mean go boneless and fall off ! Just relax yourself to lean your body. Going stiff will cause the bike to want to stand upright too.

Final note, there are bikers that have dropped it and those who are yet to drop it. You're in good company here and you're not alone in how you feel. Most of us have been there at some point and I hope that helps to reassure you in your feelings about biking at the moment.

 

Thank you for the advice! I do tend to talk to myself a bit, and I do tell myself to loosen up when i tense up a bit. I always feel like I’m going to slip

And I’m sorry, but I can now imagine somebody just slumping off their bike because they don’t wanna take a corner I’ve been quite miserable with all of this, so thank you for making me laugh!

I know just what you mean about talking to yourself when you ride, I'm looking forward to when you have your confidence back and tell us that you're now singing in your helmet too!

I also constantly worry about slipping, especially mid-corner I worry about the tyres just losing their grip / connection to the road. I have to tell myself that I have to trust the bike, I have to trust that she will stay connected to the road and handle the corner.

If nothing else, it's far less damaging (both for rider and bike) to lowside than highside midcorner!

Personally, if I've really over cooked a corner and it's going to go tits up, I would much rather the bike fall on it's low side and we both slide until we stop, rather than snatching the brake / going stiff and the bike 'bucking' and high-siding!

So just relax and put your trust in your bike. Added to this you will eventually get to know your bike so well, it will become second nature to react to how she feels and you'll recognise small quirks that will make you a better rider.

Really glad I've made you smile, I know my wording was daft and I did consider changing it, but I know after my big horrible off, it was the love and the humor of this forum that got me smiling again and started the recovery from it all.

That's about right.

Did you see Donald Trump Jr in the news the other day, criticising Theresa May for having ignored his fathers advice on how to negotiate? Perhaps someone should have reminded him what his fathers negotiating skill looks like:

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I can't find the original source unfortunately, but once I read a piece that analysed the inheritance Trump got, and opined that if he'd invested it in a fund that tracked the stock market he would have made more money.

 

Found it @MarkW

https://www.vox.com/2015/9/2/9248963/donald-trump-index-fund

http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/donald-trump-index-funds/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katestalter/2016/09/01/would-donald-trump-be-better-off-investing-in-stocks/#4b9201a7437b

To be fair, a thread to laugh across the pond at Americas current politics seems far more fun that talking about Brexit.

Apart from our new US citizen potentially turning up to defend his freedom!

Loads of good advice already, just wanted to add one more comment to say that I'm really sorry you've had an off, that alone really sucks.

I think I was 6 months in when I first binned mine and I remember the feeling after really really well.

Like others have said, keep your head up; fixation is still something I find myself occasionally doing and it makes just a huge difference just to look that bit further down the road.

My other little bit of advice, and I hope this isn't too controversial, is when you're finding yourself starting to panic just force your body to relax and 'slump' a bit.

I've had two offs which were with corners, one was panic breaking and locking up the front which sent the bike and me cartwheeling, the other was a lowside on a roundabout where we both just slid a little.

If I'm now entering a corner and start to worry I've gone in too hot (and so feel myself starting to stiffen up) I force myself to relax my whole body and 'slump' into the corner.

Disclaimer: I do not mean go boneless and fall off ! Just relax yourself to lean your body. Going stiff will cause the bike to want to stand upright too.

Final note, there are bikers that have dropped it and those who are yet to drop it. You're in good company here and you're not alone in how you feel. Most of us have been there at some point and I hope that helps to reassure you in your feelings about biking at the moment.

Same sort of thing happened to me , she tried to pull it and she hadn't numbed it properly , nearly hit the ceiling and like a fool I let her have another go ....on the second attempt still wasn't numbed properly and you'd of thought she was trying to Excalibur from the stone , was like she didn't have the strength .

got referred to a another dentist , numbed it one yank and it was out .

 

That's what happened with me they couldn't numb tooth, 2nd attempt I was also sedated which is really weird as I know you're not knocked out but have no memory of it. Anyway dentist referred me to hospital as I apparently swung for him when he tried to take it out as it wasn't numbed

 

Yep the sedation used casues short term memory loss. Its usually midazalam. One of the reasons more than one dentist has ended up being secretly filmed molesting patients!

On the plus side when its used for ‘twilight surgery’ (youre awake but only half awake) you dont remember the sounds of ‘orrible things like your bones being sawed through or any crunching noises

Well I now have more reasons to be terrified of dentists! Cheers!

I had to stop on a tight bend due to a reversing car on a narrow road. I was worried the next one round the corner would come into the back of me, so I tried to shuffle forwards and my foot slipped, so over we went. The peg revolved back on itself and I had to hand over the pillion and ride back to the camp site to borrow tools to loosen the bolt and revolve the peg back round. We went over very gently so there was no harm to us and once the peg was put back into position the bike was fine as well. Very frustrating.

It was a completely crap situation for you to be in and I hope you know me well enough to know my comments were putting no onus on you at all for the drop; in fact I was very impressed with your quick responses and was utterly gutted for you having to leave the ride.

Though I do know that Jay really enjoyed the extra time to hang out with you back at camp and I hope this year we can have a chance to sit in a local cafe for a relaxed chat in the sun again.

Oh OK then. Just thought I'd ask.

In all honesty Smithers, there was a huge thread before the vote and I think everyone had their say in that, for better or worse!

It's a really contentious issue which has already divided families up and down the country and this forum especially has people from a huge range of backgrounds, with their own life experiences which may differ drastically from one another.

Effectively the topic is pretty toxic at the moment, no matter how you look at it and I think everyone just wants to avoid it by a very wide margin!

Tomato soup is lovely and what I had last night hate tomatoes in general though, just nice in soup and ketchup

Didn't think about milkshakes! Think I'll have to dig out blender and have an Oreo milkshake, biscuits are back on!!!

Use a nice Vanilla ice cream and if you have vanilla essence as well, a drop of that helps, then a handful of oreos and milk (I recommend blue lid).

Damn... I really want one now too.

Dentists are up there in my top three fears. The one I had when I was a kid was Evil I tells ya, EVIL!

This was my one small haven I could come to and not get wound up by the constant crap from both sides on Brexit.

Had wisdom tooth out yesterday (been waiting 2 years for removal as 2 dentists couldn't do it ended up as hospital removal) so biscuits are also off the menu

What is everyone's favorite soup?

I'm pretty boring but I Love Tomato... Same that I really enjoy a good Vanilla milkshake, really thick and really sweet (Or Oreo... God I miss Eds Shakes).

In terms of biscuits, I'm pretty addicted to the Foxs Crunch Creams at the mo They are Sooo nice.

I started diving with PADI nearly 20 years ago and got into the whole speciality thing (Nitrox, Deep, Wreck, Rescue Diver, DPV... yadda yadda) before finally getting bored with collecting silly cert cards. Then when I moved up here I had a dalliance with BSAC because it meant I could dive in my local pool, and they spent most of the their time telling me why PADI were shit.

I did a PADI-athon in 2011 which I really enjoyed. However, much as Mark described, I fell out of love with it after a while because so many people I met were just interested in comparing shiny bits and bragging on about this & that.

Oh that was another thing - the endless bravado and zero-to-hero bullshit. And as for the dive forums... what a bunch of egotistical tossers.

See this is pretty much the comments I've been worried about whenever I've considered the hobby before. The lines between the two teams and the mud slinging which occurs between them and the nobs you get in the hobby.

Is this something you can do kinda casually?

The reason I'm interested is for the last 5 years or so we go down to the very toe of Cornwall each year and almost live in our wetsuits, spending a lot of time at the beach, around the cliffs, either hiring Kayaks to go out in or just swimming from beach to beach around the coast.

We have awesome full face snorkles from Tribord and tend to have flippers too. I Love this, we have easily spent hours and hours just swimming about looking at the sealife until we have sunstroke!

So diving is something I'd love to do, however with talk about geardos and gatekeeping, I am pretty sure this wouldn't be an "Every weekend" hobby.

I honestly don't actually know how far afield I would take the skills, at the moment I was purely thinking about around the UK trips, but now you guys have mentioned EU and further, I will admit that if I went on holiday somewhere tropical, this is most definitely something I would want to do while there.

This doesn't leave me entirely sure on which route to go though

PADI sound like a good option for pure training and then taking on international holidays, but it's sounding like BSAC has more of a community around it; especially for UK & EU trips.

My front needed replacing at her last service, so I've had a 4GT fitted with the intention of changing over the rear too in a few months time (Other bills come first unfortunately!)

Glad to hear you like them and hopefully I can add my review to the crowd after I've done some mileage.

I will have more of a think when I get home, as we had to house train our last rescue cat, as her previous home had been pretty awful.

However the main thing I can think of at the moment is Citrus smells, so we have a leftover spray which is strong Citronella (Like the lovely summer outdoor candles) and both my cats frigging HATE that smell, so stay well away.

Sorry this is so late, but massively sorry for your off. It's always shite when the bike goes down, that much more when it wasn't even slightly your fault!

Really glad the other party stopped and it's all being sorted.

They have schoeller keprotec on the label but as said they are at very least 10 years old maybe older and were used pretty much daily and in every kind of weather, I honestly don't blame the gloves, I blame myself for having such an old pair but kept using them because they were so comfortable

For this whole thread you've been so sensible about your gear situation. Just a quick thanks for actually saying "Probably my bad for having old gear". It would have been so easy for you to pass the blame off on the gear, even if the gloves didn't actually fail in their usable life.

Proud likely isn't quite the word I mean, but I have a lot of respect for you putting your hand up (sorry) over this.

I think your honesty has probably made a few members have another look at some of their older gear parts, which is a massive deal.

Hope you heal quickly and really hope you have a verdict on your bike / insurance claim soon.

This thread is has derailed in the funniest way.

It has a problem, advice, banter, GoT, Pokemon, and best of all someone calling people snowflakes and telling them to grow a pair - then having a massive snowflake moment and flouncing!

You gotta love [strikeout]the interwebz.[/strikeout] TMBF.

Classic thread round here tbh haha

One of the many things I love about this forum, arguments rarely last long and it's normally just a light ribbing anyway (No dirty jokes intended!)

Yes I'd love that!

I have Pokemon Go on my phone but presently only jump on occasionally! I played Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow back in the day. Played Gold on an emulator for a bit.

Ah ha! Well these latest two games (Pikachu and Eevee) are remakes of Yellow (which was just red / blue anyway).

They've just brought all the graphics up to date and changed the game play to be more like Pokemon Go, as you can link your phone game account to the Switch game as well!

If you haven't got a Switch console in the house already, there's the added bonus that you can get one with pokemon decals :

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Limited-Console-Pre-Installed-Pok%C3%A9mon/dp/B07HB8HKFM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1553071606&sr=8-1&keywords=switch+eevee

Jay got me the Pikachu one for Christmas and I was over the MOON.

Loads of other awesome games on the switch too, if you did want other recommendations.

I realise that my opinions are not shared for which I apologise and will leave now.

 

No need to leave. Thread has moved on now anyways, water under bridge etc

@Gin here it is! it's on my ankle. It's nearly 8 year old now I think!

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Eevee is so cute! Such a good choice

From what you've said, I guess you haven't played any of the more recent games?

If you did want to give one a go again (and you happen to have a Switch in the house) the latest "Pokemon Let's Go: Eevee" is a really great game, I think you'd like it.

It's really easy to get into and as it's a bit of a remake of the originals, you don't need to be even slightly up to date with the franchise.

Jay got me the PIkachu version for Xmas and I really love it

I realise that my opinions are not shared for which I apologise and will leave now.

Pfft, don't leave, just don't name call if people disagree with you....

We have Six30 for the name-calling part of this forum as he's pretty imaginative at it!

Just realise that we really enjoy helping one another on here, we like having a community where people can come forward with their questions or problems, however daft and get genuine advice with no mocking (Well, until beefy asks for help, then he's mocked mercilessly ).

Basically we'd rather someone ask when they're worried about something on their bike, rather than risk riding a potentially dangerous machine because they're too scared to ask.

Be the good you want to see the world, be excellent to one another blah blah...

I was quite a tomboy as a kid so usually hung out with the lads along the street. A bit of an awkward teen; I just did a lot of reading and loved stuff like Lord of the Rings. Never go as far as warhammer but my brother did and I quite liked all the painting. Oh and I went through the Pokemon phase when I was around 10 like we all did (i actually have a pokemon themed tattoo!).

Aye, most of my mates were lads too

I think before teenage years I would enjoy going to a woodland and building dens when I could, but that was very much a "Weekend visiting cousins" activity. My bit of London didn't have many green areas and those that did exist were ruined by not so great people; even play parks got smashed up.

Ok, so like you I love reading but, confession time, never read the LoTR books I know I should but really struggled to get into them last time I tried! I will give it another go this year.

I didn't get into Warhammer into late teens really. Already well and truly been through my WoW stage by then.

Now I have an awesome group of board game / computer game / warhammer mates that I love to bits . I can spend so long painting those stupid models...

I love the idea of a Pokemon Tattoo! Is it in a decent enough place to show pics?

Well you're an adventurous lot ( Specially you Beefy, loved the miniskirt), so I figure I'll ask for your wise advice.

I've wanted to take diving courses for quite a while now, so in looking at clubs in my area I'm lucky enough to have both PADI and BSAC nearby.

I know there is some competition between the two organisations and their respective members; each think their own way is the best and the others rubbish.

Has anyone here got any experience or some advice for someone looking to get into the hobby?

Much fanks and luff in advance.

Fooking snowflakes

Come on Six, you must of seen the message that this is a GoT gif thread now..

Fixed your comment for you!

Bring back Sean Bean

Who do you think that last gif is? Zombie Boromir!

Yeah but you think 27 is middle aged

Dude! How old do you think I am!?

Anyone aged 23 to 38 is a millennial. The emerging digital generation.

Indeed! It deeply irritates me when "millennial" is just used for "Dumb kid" or, you know, common sense lacking youth.

I was curious if someone who would use the term "snowflake" unironically would know the generation time frames.

I will however say that I didn't go out as much as maybe I should have cos my area was shit and I was a nerd from a young age (Chess club, WoW and all nighters in LAN cafes!)