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That’s better EDIT: Looks better the way it was before

What’s going on with the pics? @Stu @rennie

Imagine spending years in animation to get to Mars and being woken up for landing.......

The thing that really upsets me is my son now has a son and neither of them have my name. My son still has to carry his birth certificate and declare that he was known by another name but even after me trying to persuade him to get it changed back he hasn’t. (I still think his mother has a controlling influence over him and he can’t be doing with the fallout) So now my grandson is officially known by another man’s name.

My kids were used as a weapon against me. I took my ex to court twice so I could see them. The best outcome I achieved.......Every other Sunday for 6 hours. As I was paying an extortionate chunk of my wages to the CSA I couldn’t afford to run a car. Even though she had transport she refused to either pick up or drop the kids off. She lived around 7 miles away. She wouldn’t let me leave my push bike at hers. So I had to walk to pick them up and drop them off. It was the kids I felt sorry for. Sometimes I could afford to get the bus in the winter, but it was great in the summer stopping off at the park in the way to see the grandparents. I could never afford to but them many gifts for Xmas and birthdays but I did my best. I moved back in with my Mum for a while after splitting up and my kids always wanted to take the toys and games I bought them home to play with. I was always reluctant to let them as every time I allowed this the item would end up being broken by their half brother (she had married) So I was in a no win situation. They used to play up if I said they couldn’t take them home and if I allowed it, they got broken. I was the bad man many times... My angle on the situation was to have as much quality time as I could with them though. Seeing my kids for 6 hours a fortnight when then were young was heartbreaking. (I left their mother when my son was 1 and my daughter was 4. I don’t want to go into too much detail but when my daughter remembers trying to stop her mother attacking me with a knife on more than one occasion....I tried to make it work, for the kids sake....The thing is, after talking to my kids now they are adults, they had a shit life with her as their mother). I couldn’t get a proper bond with them and I was fighting a losing battle having any influence in their lives. Then be when the kids hit their teenage years I hardly saw them as they obviously wanted to be out with their mate and parents aren’t cool. After about 15 years I finally Persuaded her to get the CSA off my back and paid her directly. I kept a book and made her sign for the payments. Only because she wasn’t happy with what the CSA said I had to pay having changed jobs. I offered to pay her a bit more then they said, so she snapped my hand off. The CSA payment fiasco financially crippled me. My daughter then left school and went to college so I was very happy to tell my ex that I would hand my daughter her maintenance personally. Then it was my sons turn. Years later though, my daughter told me that my ex used to make my son take her to the pub to spend the maintenance I was giving him. That’s the sort of woman she is and I’m relieved, happy and all the other words that I don’t ever have to f**king speak to the woman again now my kids have grown up and left home. I’ve been trying to build a decent relationship with my kids for years and years now but their minds have been badly poisoned and I don’t feel I have achieved that yet. When the ex got married the kids were only 3 and 6 she promptly changed their name. ( my name on the birth certificate, but we never married) Which I tried to fight via solicitor, but lost. As soon as that happened they were not allowed to call me Dad. They do tell me they have very good memories of being with me when they were little. So I think I did OK. Anyway, I have two grandkids now. One from each and things are good....apart from the current situation. Some of that may not make much sense, but it was good to get off my chest.

The post you’ll never see as it was deleted.

Has to be in the fridge. Love the snap it makes when you break it and the crack when you bite into it. Heaven!

One of the best chippy’s in my town (Grimsby) has to be Wybers Wood Chippy. Or lovingly just called Wybers Chippy. Owned by a Cypriot family since it opened back in the mid 70’s. It is now run by the two brothers after Dad retired, but should we be lucky enough to go when he has been on the fryer...which isn’t very often nowadays.... anyway it’s still top notch. When me and the wife go it’s Fish, Chips & small gravy for me and a Large bag of Chips, a bag of scraps and a bun for the wife. She’s a veggie. When I get home the Salt & Vinegar goes on before the gravy. Sometimes I’ll have Fishcake (home made with chunks of fish and potato), Chips and mushy peas. The menu includes; Cod Roe Scampi Skate But I’ve never ever fancied any of that. I worked down south in my late 20’s Guildford, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City etc and was always disappointed when I visited any chippy around there. No trays, no forks, no gravy, no buns, no haddock!! Can’t believe they called themselves a chippy!!

Welcome to the world of biking. You are in for loads of fun. Before that though. This.... then this

If I was very rich.... and lived in the USA... and was a bit taller... I would definitely like to own one of these...

Have you tried a cramp buster? I've used one of these for 3/4 years now and we did have a discussion about them a while back. I think one will solve your issue of having to grip harder due to less feel. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motorcycle-Throttle-Rest-Cruise-Aid-Control-Cramp-Buster-Rocker-/142963248583?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

To those that use phones for navigation and have them mounted on the bars..... The accident was a while ago and there is a follow up post somewhere on FB. His mate is doing a crowd fund thing for him to see a band. He said to think twice about having your phone on the bike. He is paralysed and in a wheel chair. This probably would have happened but he might have been able to have called for help. https://www.visordown.com/news/bizarre/rider-found-after-three-days-ditch

Wednesday bike night is packed through the biking season. Loads of eye candy to look at with all sorts of different bikes parked up. You’ll be able to chin wag to your hearts content with a complete stranger. The cafe is expensive and the food is not the best. No butter/marg goes on the bread/buns. I hate that! A cup of tea (polystyrene) is/was £1.25. Both the ladies and men’s toilets are not nice. Dark and dingy. Lucky to find any toilet paper. No soap most of the time. Never any hot water. No paper towels and the hand dryer only works 50% of the time. If you do need to go Hold your breath and good luck.

Why are you waiting to get insurance? What if the worst were to happen and your bike gets nicked before you’ve insured it?

Yep. All done and dusted. Left eye 5 weeks in and right 3 weeks. Still very early days but I no longer need glasses. Distance is taking a bit to kick (I was unbelievably far sighted) Can read a number plate at the required distance though but hope to get to somewhere where the distance vision feels more natural. I do have halo’s with headlights. It doesn’t concern me and the Consultant said this will get less in time. I do have some ghosting with text especially white writing on black screen. Which I’ve been told should settle. I have a follow up in 3 months, so will see (ahem) where it is then. Overall at this early stage I’m am very happy with results.

Completely agree with this. You need at least 3 hours to find out if you like the bike or not. You need to get in as many riding conditions as you can.

Have a look at the Tracer 900. A very capable bike. I owned one for 2 years from 2015. Went to Germany on it for week with some of the guys on here. never missed a beat. As for riding with pillion..... I had only passed my test a week and took my new girlfriend on back. I never told her I’d only just passed my test.... I’d never had a pillion, she’d never been a pillion. What could possibly go wrong?? I just advised her to keep in line with me and not fight the lean. Not get off the bike until I ask her to (so you can get the bike stable and are ready for any weight transference) Other than that, just be smooth with the gas and braking and you’ll be fine. Like anything the more you do it the easier it gets.

I hope you have better luck than I did with the SMX5 I had a few years back. They squeaked worse than Sidi’s. The left boot Velcro tab would not stay stuck and the zip would undo itself. After a couple of months I dismounted my bike and thought that the boot had come undone again. It had, but the whole mechanism had come undone. One of the internal screws had lost the bolt and the safety bar was just flopping about. I contacted SportsBikeShop and sent them back. I’ll never touch anything A star again.

Have a read of this. https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/wtatwta-why-little-engines-can-make-more-power-than-bigger-ones

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2011/07/charles-osborne-had-the-hiccups-for-68-years-from-1922-to-1990/

I’ve had a pair of these for the last 2 years. Fab boots. Warm & comfortable. https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/363590/#/27907,3203,1186

Oh OK. I’ve had that set since day one.

I have set it to since my last visit.

Is there a setting on your phone to allow the site access to your photo library?