Trooper74

Morning all ....

AAHH Saturday morning ..... youngest boy, 3, had me a Julie up at 0730, lie in for me .. both girls, 11 and 9,  appeared at the bottom of our bed, 0830, the big lad, 16, is hiding waiting for the girls to disappear to friends / Uncle Johns ..... 

Coffee !! ..... Nescafe Instant of course ..... bickies and Pepper Pig on the tele ( or maybe Duggee) ..... Saturday morning ...

5 hours ago, S-Westerly said:

When steam powered ULCC's were still a thing you could consume +200 tonnes per day of HFO. We also used to carry over 20,000 tonnes of fuel at capacity. Unlike modern high speed ships which burn a lot but don't carry that much so are constantly  having to bunker.

Also you are comparing apples with pears. A DP oil field support vessel has damned near the horsepower  I have, possibly more. The difference is that I can carry 150,000 tonnes of cargo for 14000 miles without refueling but only at 12 knots.

You burning "Bunker Fuel" ??

For winter i wear;

Planet X Clubmans cycling bib tights, without the bum pad.

Decathlon Lycra briefs.

2 t-shirts one under the bib tights, one over.

Cheap fibre pile jacket.

Lined and armoured cordura jacket and overtrousers.

Ski socks. High boots, £1 "magic gloves" inside big padded winter gloves ... 

Toasty ......

When the sh1t at work piles up this forum makes me smile ...............

Thats the final straw ... if i don't get the award you can stuff your forum and you can all go back to hiding under the stairs  ....!!!

Bed time .... up early ... do stuff .. come home ... do stuff ... bed ..... I've had enough of this .......... .

Morning all .... fun filled face to face meeting with Unipart Rail this morning  .... they want to buy our company and want to come and "touch the metal" (their corporate speak, not mine ) of our traction control machines / systems ..... Most of them have not left the house on business since March .... They're in for a shock at our place where the staff mingle like they where at a rock concert .... 

I've still got a couple of the flying helmet liners from my RAF days .... you look a complete tube standing in the car park with one on but it keeps the helmet clean ... I shower every day, early doors, but still wear one ... also very useful if your helmets not as snug as you'd like ... thin but enough ....

Too wet, foggy and generally miserable to take the Himma out today ...... so i went cycling !!! 

2 minutes ago, dynax said:

Only their given names Colt, Schofield, Remington, Winchester

Mines called Parker Hale ............

I started spannering about 10 years of age, building go-carts ( Guiders ) and inventing the skateboard.

First motorbike at 14. Fettled that and got it running with the help of a neighbour, Mr Dickson. Dad died when I was 5 so i did everything myself.

Washing up bottle rockets, riding to school across the fields on half a Norton, model aircraft with their diesel 2 stroke engines ....

And suddenly at 17 i'm in the RAF and at 18 i'm fettling Nimrods ...

So .... the point of the diatribe .... I fix things myself.

Such a joy ................

Who's Emily .....?

11 hours ago, Marino said:

that sound genius, just curiosity, have you test it ?

Very successfully ... we where fighting them off with shitty sticks but now they are no more ... not proud of killing ,, but needed a rat poo free garden for my children ...

I was away doing stuff in Norway.

She who must be obeyed said she wanted the back garden paved in Indian sandstone.

No more mowing, fine says I. 

She picks me up from the airport 2 weeks later " I've got a surprise for you " ... she says...

I'm thinking lycra and lace, blindfold .....

No! the back garden has been paved in Indian sandstone ... Its not flat! IT RUNS OFF IN 2 DIFFERENT PLANES .... AAAGGGHHH

"2 nice Irish men did it and they charged £50 per meter "

I call our local paving company, he's a mate of mine ...

He takes one look at and says .....

"Good job, can't have it flat , death trap when it gets wet and freezes , ..see how they have made sure the water runs off towards your soak away drains"

"But £50 a meter " says I. 

"I charge £100 a meter " says my mate. 

......

Drill 20mm hole in decking ... purchase a quantity of wheat or oats,  farm supplies shop or horse supplies ... soak in neat anti freeze for 4 days ... with a funnel pour mixture under decking ... dogs will be fine .... no more rats ... or dead rats under the decking ... they will seek out water ... and die ... 

I'm doing diesel gen set installations .... those huge shipping container sized diesel generators that are hidden in trading estates, waste land and behind trees that roar into life every time the wind drops and the windmills stop generating power ... yes .. your green power ...

This one is in Mansfield .... there's one down Carr Lane near MSI / Montracon Dynax ...

Don't give up on it ... i did one of my flounce moments when it changed .... but it works well ... stick with it ..

7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Wow, looking like that he must being able to earn some good coin in television work?

He's done BGT and Ru Pauls Drag Race .... makes good money from it ...... Manager with EON ... does building work, plumbing, and is a licensed tattooist, does a lot of ladies / hen nights as compare ... also has his own theatre company ..... annoying little git isn't he  ....lol

https://www.eyecandyuk.co.uk/titty-bon-bon/

I regularly post on the following forums ... CycleChat, CTC, Royal Enfield Owners .... and this one ...This is the only one that makes me laugh out loud ,,, love it ...

Just now, Bender said:

No your not allowed violence real or imaginary.

Its Boris ... every time i hear him on the TV i just want to punch him ... repeatedly .... face to face i wouldn't, that would be wrong .... but it still doesn't stop me wanting too ....

4 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Oh god are we about to start slapping each other on the backs and offering to buy a pint?!

LOL ... LOL ..LOL 

Any way up .... My son John, Biker, builder and drag act ... Man ... gay man ..

In drag he gets round £600 for a 1 hour compare set ... 

Love him to bits ...

Just now, James in Brum said:

What’s that?

It's a forum i regularly post on where a certain demographic make post after post totally devoid of humour and try to out do each other with their tales of ever increasing Covid trauma .... 

Now that i've actually written that ....

No, James your not one of them ... sorry Chap ... apologies ...

4 minutes ago, James in Brum said:

What the F has gay or not got to do with anything. Can we stick with criticising these cuts for the actual awfulness involved rather than implying theirnsexuality has anything to do with anything and by inference that gay is bad.

a group of people choosing to flout the restrictions and putting people at risk is not victim blaming it is identifying the groups of muppets who share in the responsibility. 
I happen the think the government have complicated things and that does not help.

Are you sure you shouldn't be on the Cycle Chat Forum ?

1 minute ago, Bender said:

They look like they should both be on the front of Gay times.

Rubbish ... my son HAS been on the cover of ATTITUDE .... He's much Gayer than either of them !

20 minutes ago, JRH said:

Unfortunately due to many people not sticking to the  lockdown rules meant that lockdown didn’t work. 
Locally several places were warned for hosting parties of up to 100 people.

Vicim Blaming, so what the government cocks up it's always OUR fault ...... tale it your a politician ....