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Posts posted by Trooper74
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So sad Bender ...
Across the road from our business is a very successful kitchen company run for many years by the owner Andy and his son.
Andy is tall, very fit, lovely guy ... 6 months ago he walked from the business to his car and never made it .... no history of heart disease ... 61 ...
Tomorrow is the funeral of my ex wife .... she became a little breathless at work, called my daughter to collect her, but died before my daughter could get her to A&E ... 62 ...
I could go on ....
I’m also 62 ....
Live your life like its the last week ..every week ... sit in front of the tele or walk the dog in the pouring rain .... ? ... I’ll get my coat ...
Peeing yourself in a care home is not a successful life outcome ... so don’t forget to live ...
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EEERRRMMMM ... Why do we need another group to dilute our effectiveness, especially with our dwindeling numbers .... ??
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I take cash in hand, make the purchaser a coffee, go to local bank and pay cash into account ..... Putting the cash through a counter is vital, there are too many forgeries about.
Then he can have a ride, if happy the purchaser rides off into the sunset, if not i take him to the bank and withdraw the cash ....
But PayPal is my favourite.
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There are 3 large Sarcens at Boroughbridge...”The Devils Arrows” .... Blue stone from Wales ..... DPD must have been busy ....
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RE Himalayan standard screen. Excellent condition, replaced with smaller one. £35 .. free p&p
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FI has replaced carbs in just about all I/C engine applications .... because its better , simpler and more reliable.
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I’ve been using the yellow foam type for years ..... 40 years in fact ... always in an aviation and motorcycling environment. I use them on every motorcycle ride with usually a helmet liner (RAF flying helmet liner).
Cheap, disposable and available on the walls at work every day.
I would never ride without them ... they deaden down the 2 strokes and hide the 4 stroke death rattle (from new) ....
Cheap throwaways for me every time .....
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I would think that 90% + of motorcycle manufacturing is for the unlicensed, un regulated South Asian market. Typical first worlders, we only seem to see the high value top range motorcycles as our aspiration ...
That factories are closing is worrying for lots of socio economic reasons ..... Our tiny first world usage is one thing but the 2nd / 3rd world market getting smaller is an indicator ...... of something else ... above my pay grade ... Are electric bikes taking over Asia ?
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And they where never seen again ...................
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10 minutes ago, Throttled said:
Rick Wakefield? The bearded bloke who was in that band "No"?
Lol ... thats the one !
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Me and the boy will be watching ....
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18 hours ago, Bender said:
I will stop to help most anyone, it's lead to some interesting meetings and requests over the years.
I broke down very early one morning in Leigh Delamere services on the M4 .... Bearded chap wandered over and asked what the problem was ... told him and said AA was coming to get the bike and take it back to Ipswich but i was going to Truro .... So Rick Wakefield dropped me off at St Davids station in Exeter and i got the train the rest of the way ....nice chap.
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Guy gets arrested for murdering Santa.
There’s no evidence ... But he had probable Claus.
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We watched the rugby yesterday, both matches. Julie had a bath while i did prawn cocktail and chips for dinner. She watched The Masked Singer while i read Cycling in the conservatory then we watched 2 editions of Marcella with a few glasses of wine... then to bed to read ..
Throughout this entire process no one shouted “Grandad, Grandad” or “She’s got my phone” or screamed “Get out of my bedroom” ...
Yes we love them, and we miss them .... but it’s like being on holiday ....
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18 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:
Bet that gives the binnies a fright.
I switch off when i put the bins out for collection, and you have to remember not to bang the lids too hard .....
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5 hours ago, husoi said:
Hence me saying that a metal shed could be a solution. Not everybody have the space for a garage, or know how to build one or even can afford one.
A metal shed is a cheaper alternative, slightly more expensive than wooden shed, and far more safer than just leave the bike to the elements.
Nowhere to put a metal shed .... there is no access for a motorbike through the house to the back garden so it lives with a U lock and and a Oxford chain and lock under a heavy duty, padded waterproof cover ...
It has been there for over 2 years now .... to nick it you would have to use a crane to lift it over the Transit, the motorhome and the Aygo. Oh.. and move the wheelie bins, both of which have motion sensor alarms fitted ....
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2 minutes ago, husoi said:
It wouldn't cross my mind to park my bikes anywhere else other than my garage, well protected from weather and unwanted people.
Haven’t got a garage .... but would love one ... the Himma lives outside ...
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On 11/02/2021 at 15:45, husoi said:
It doesn't if you use a couple layers of weed membrane under it.
Still a lot less than a planted garden
Wasted space ... can’t park the bikes on it ....
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2 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:
If you gave even implied consent then technically no assault took place.
In Rennie’s case he couldn’t consent because he didn’t know what he was being injected with.
It is impossible to sign away your basic human rights no matter who your employer is or what the circumstances are that make people think it’s ok to breach them. So that is assault.Would you like to apply that to the current situation we find ourselves in ...??
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10 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:
Not as painful or horrible as watching a student yank on a catheter tube to remove it without first deflating the balloon.I cannot confirm that happened but if it did the scream will forever ring in my ears
Once upon a time on a mountain far away ... we had a member of our MRT that would slip into his single man tent, insert a catheter and go to sleep ... the line being quite long and outside his tent or basha ...
When we camped on snowfields the Day-Glo patch outside his tent confirmed his use of TB recovery drugs ...
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On joining the RAF 45 years ago at our initial training we had jabs ....
Line up, stripped to the waist, 16 of us. We walked forward and 2 medics gave us 2 jabs in each arm ... at the last medic you carefully pulled your trousers down to expose your buttocks and a frighteningly pretty medic jabbed your bum.
Hardly assault ....
And just 12 months later we where flying all around the world ... safely jabbed ...
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NO CHILDREN !!
First weekend in over 12 months with NO CHILDREN !!
We don’t know what to do .... were out of practice at existing as a couple ...
Practice, thats it, .... we’ll have to practice ...... ....
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Silicon Vacuum hose
in Motorbike Chat
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You will need a fluro silicone lined hose for use with petrol.
It will also have to have a steel wire helix embedded between the layers to prevent collapse due to vacuum or have a wall thickness equlivent to the bore for the same reasons.
Very specialist, quite expensive ....
I can supply it .... but it would be made to order. Minimum 10 metres ....
Stick with Nitrile ... possibly Viton