S-Westerly

Be glad to see it happen. Use the pass from time to time and the empty bomb site isn't conducive to stopping. 

Envious AF

Back when I was boat building I used Dewalt and Nakatita power tools. Didn't kill too many.

10 hours ago, Gerontious said:

 

The RAC and particularly the AA do not have a great rep amongst euro travellers.

Nor anywhere else!

21 minutes ago, Bender said:

Did the master go on to pilot the Exon Valdez by any chance  

No this was a few years after and on the non US flag ships.Valdez was entirely American. She ended her days renamed as the Exxon Mediterranean and running into Fawley. Used to give the local Greenpeace people conniptions. 

Been there and done it on the Multistrada.  Put my foot down on a slope and slowly tipped over as my 30 inch inside leg couldn't reach the ground. So annoying!

Recovering from having my grandsons for the week. Bowling on Tuesday, Pizza on Wednesday, fishing at Blagon on Thursday and paint balling today. I'm knackered. Good lads though.

5 hours ago, Steve_M said:

I’m a technof*ckwit so ride in ride out and cough up the price. I wouldn’t trust any tyre fitting I did, and the likelihood of me cocking up and damaging the tyre pressure sensors is a risk I’m not prepared to take. 

Ditto. 

Once upon a time I worked for Exxon and I was supposedly top of the promotion list. I was summoned to the office for what was supposed to be my promotional briefing but instead was told it was on hold due to my having had a furious row with the Master on my last ship. (He was wrong and I was right as it eventually transpired). So I wrote a resignation letter on the spot. Got another better paying job with a German company within 4 days and got promoted by them a year later. 

24 minutes ago, Fozzie said:

We need a thread for cringeworthy incidents as nob is perhaps too strong. 

 

The chap who set up my second interview for a rival company. Who after I accepted the interview from my personal e-mail, sent me a chaser to my work e-mail, which included the meeting details, auto-populating my teams calendar. Which is shared, with my boss, and was noticed almost immediately. 

 

Now I've received the curly finger from the big boss... Yeesh.

 

I'd say nob was nowhere near strong enough to describe someone showing that level of fuckwittery. Brain dead moron would be the most charitable description with adjectives added as necessary. 

Today's nobs are plural - it's the knobheads who have allowed our motorways to deteriorate to the extent they have and the bigger nobs are the ones who have 30 plus miles of alleged road works and average speed 50 mph with sweet FA going on.

Just now, Nick the wanderer said:

Climate change they call it now, the climate defo appears to be changing it would seem. You notice it much at sea SW?

To be honest yes. There are statistically more storms and significant wave heights are up by about 0.5 m on average compared to 50 years ago. Doesn't sound much but there's an enormous amount of energy required to achieve this. 

8 minutes ago, Fiddlesticks said:

Yep. Same. Two mistakes this morning: not setting off before the rain arrived and not wearing the fully waterproof boots.

My mistake was wearing my summer gear to go north on Sunday. Waterproof over trousers aren't waterproof anymore. At least the jacket still is. My only sensible decision was to take winter weight goretex gloves but even with them I had the heated grips on full blast. Wore 3 layers under my jacket and was still cold. 

I thought it was supposed to be summer! Where's the bloody global warming then? 6 C this morning and pissing down with rain. Filthy weather. 

Rode it over the moors roads from Corbridge to  Barnard Castle.  Had a great ride apart from a grouse which embedded itself in my engine and the suicidal / homicidal wooly fuckwits that like to wander around in the middle of a road, preferably around a blind bend. In revenge I'll be eating a lot of lamb.

1 hour ago, Hoggs said:

ooh my friend runs a pub in Morpeth! (the plough) 

It's actually in Mitford which is a couple of miles west of Morpeth proper. Must put it on my list of places to try!

My tallish boots are Daytona and I had to get the extra wide fitting. Dead comfortable and fully waterproof even in the worst weather.

Just now, Hoggs said:

Ducati Scrambler

Ooh nice! Supposedly a really fun bike to throw around. Looks good too. No hideous visible cat either.

Looks good. What is it?

Anything boat related is mysteriously more expensive than standard. It's ridiculous although you can sometimes get good deals.

We're cultivating a slow worm as he seems to enjoy eating the snails and I've invested in nematodes to work on the slugs.

2 hours ago, Angela Collen said:

Welcome back husoi, you looked like you had a great trip, pity its still raining here, no sign of the hot summer we're supposed to have, at least my veggies in the garden love the weather!!

So do the slugs and snails with which I am conducting total war.

We store system oils for years and have no issues. Oils don't generally degrade provided they are not contaminated with a foreign substance.

Rolled out at 0500 this morning in the pouring rain and arrived in Morpeth at 1000, slightly damp. Bike was great and behaved well.

1 hour ago, Cbfrider said:

So how would an instructor on a bike behind be able to grab the steering or hit the brakes.

That's the difference between bikes and cars. He can't, so if you cock it up its entirely on you even if you are under instruction.