S-Westerly

Well I rode to work then rode home after being told my contract was being terminated then rode to a friend's garage and was told to go in on Monday morning to start with him

Bit of a kick in the nuts after you being pretty ill and all. Bunch of shitheads seems to me. As others have said better off out of there.

I think you've answered your own question. If he's the only examiner at your test centre you are going to have to face him again unless you are willing to go elsewhere to be examined. If you make a formal complaint against him how do you think he'll react the next time he examines you? IMO you either suck it up or get tested elsewhere - if you can.

Interesting but I think a bit 'generalised'. For my bike according to the instruction manual the front tyre pressure is 2.4 bar (35 psi) and the rear is 2.5 bar (36 psi). This is for OEM tyres which are Pirelli Scorpion Trail II's. Presumably changing tyres may require different pressures. I check them regularly with my own gauge cross checked against a pump gauge.

What he said.

I'll go along with root causes needing to be addressed but I also know a family who have been 'scallywags' since the late 1930's. Had a perfectly respectable transport firm, got into the black market in WW2 and never looked back. The current head of the family has form for GBH, assault etc etc. In this case it is purely for the hell of it. Personally I think some folks just like devilry for the rush. I'm not talking about kids getting caught up in gangs and all the shite that goes with that. That is more societal.

So, in your opinion what are the fundamental causes? From what I can see some (but not all) choose to be scroats deliberately. Some are multi-generational as well and on this I can speak from personal experience.

Well no, if police abuse the powers granted to them then they are held responsible. The defence of following orders is not accepted. Even when the police shoot someone with cause there is still an enquiry afterwards. They do not have carte blanche to run around shooting at will. Unlike what seems to be the case in some countries.

He will learn maybe after having accident and spending week or two in the hospital. Unfortunately he can take someone with him as company.

Riding like that and in heavy traffic hospital is probably his best hope. Given the traffic density his more likely destination is a mortuary slab.

That's why the high street is taking a hammering. If you can't compete price wise with the online market you are screwed. A place I go is Motolegends and they are mainly online but have a good shop as well, attached to their warehouse. They guarantee to match anyone's price so are pretty good. It must be difficult if you can't match the cheapest prices and I guess why so many do go out of business.

There's just so much choice!

No matter what anyone thinks about anyone else, you can’t escape the fact that Boris is a lying, misogynistic, racist and as such is impossible to like, from my point of view.

If you’ve got a hard on for him, that’s up to you.

Given his appetite for women I don't think you can class him as misogynistic. Also where is the racist thing come from other than leftie plonkers like Lammy? There are more senior Tories of ethnic minorities than in the Labour shadow cabinet. And Labour's are such idiots - Diane Abbott FFS.

Although I still have a couple of hours to go - Happy New Year to one and all. Could be an interesting one as well!

Last time I had to sail under a bridge we just all sat on one side so the mast tipped over enough to clear the bridge.

Try that!

I think if all 24 of us sit on one side we aren't going to have much luck tipping 158,000 tonnes. Very rarely someone does get their calculations wrong and apart from being out of a job you can be on YouTube - not a good look.

I don't think Steve McQueen would have been seen dead on a Yamaha, but then getting the facts straight never was their strong point.

If that's from the daily fail it's probably not true anyway. Seems a bit lightly dressed for this time of year.

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Actually so far as being a union member goes you'd be wrong as I'm a member of NUMAST.

 

Is that what you shout when you sail under a low bridge

They've actually changed the name to Nautilus, not sure what is supposed to mean if

anything. As to low bridges a calculated clearance of 2 metres sounds reasonable until you are actually approaching the bridge, then you really hope that the calculations were correct and your height is really 40 metres

I know a few Russian asses not sure about assets.

Disraeli was also reputedly the founder of One Nation Toryism - top bloke for a Victorian.

For hated and reviled leaders both of them managed significantly better election results than their successors. I suppose that says a lot about the average British voter. The mobs of antis waving placards never seem to follow through with electoral success. I wonder why?

So what's on the cards for this weekend?

Any of you fat, out of shape, greasy, Gammon sweat hogs actually doing any riding?

If I could I would but sadly my bike is in Co. Durham and I'm between Jamaica and Hispaniola.

I nod to all and sundry even grumpy old gits on large BMW's

Hello, can I have 88 again? Thanks.

Sounds like Bishop Auckland on any given Saturday night.

Well at least I don't have any wrapping to do. Horrible job and I'm rubbish at it. As for the storm god's they are all asleep for now but they'll wake up in the Southern Ocean as we will be on our way to Australia.

 

You think the southern ocean will be that bad?

There's a reason the Roaring Forties have that name.

Well at least I don't have any wrapping to do. Horrible job and I'm rubbish at it. As for the storm god's they are all asleep for now but they'll wake up in the Southern Ocean as we will be on our way to Australia.

You can all bugger off about Christmas. I'll be working as we are scheduled to be finishing a ship to ship transfer in the wee hours of Christmas Day. Then I'll cover the bridge so my merry men can enjoy their Christmas dinner although as we are 'dry' there won't be much merriment. The only positive is the weather is beautiful - bright sunshine and about 24 C.