Mawsley

I like trees, forests and woods are my dogs favourite types of walks. I’m no tree hater. But it’s like when Diana died and all these people who’d never met her were gnashing and wailing and rending their clothes. Not for the first time, I’m looking around and wondering how I missed the memo.

Yeh. I get the vandalism thing. Some dickwads filled the dog poo bin on our walk with expanded foam, grrr right. But it’s still only a tree. The rage seems completely disproportionate to the crime. It’s like the tree granted wishes or held pots of gold or granted harder erections or something.

A bike is stuff. No more no less. But it’s my stuff so I’m going to be miffed if someone nicks it. A tree is a tree.

Not a rant: I genuinely don't get the anger at the felling of a tree. It was dumb vandalism - but it was only a tree. Everyone seems to have lost their mind about it.

CF Moto won't be throwing bikes at dealerships unless KTM pay up front for them, that's why the affiliation has ended. Meanwhile, all companies interested in buying the brand know that waiting lowers the price - they're just sitting it out while the slow motion crash crawls to its denouement. It'd be a decent move for BMW, but I doubt it'd have an earth shattering impact on their bottom line. The Chinese companies on the other hand, the brand would finally give 'Made in China' a heft of legitimacy - I'd give serious consideration to a 690 that had a functional clutch and engine...and especially if it fed into the Husqvarna 701.

Bloody airlines. Was a point in time you chose your seat when booking. Then you had to pay to book it. Now you have to pay extra if you want engines and wings on your plane. Basic prices to BKK are pretty standard from a few years ago - but the second you want to be able to sleep or access the toilet without it resembling a TV show assault course, bugger me do they ream you on additional costs. It's going to be out of season, you daft sods. There's no way your seats are in high demand.

"I was just..." I loathe the phrase. It's just self entitlement from a person who thinks they can do whatever they want regardless. This is a version of it.

For my money, and it was, the Roundlock and DIB u-locks were the best security products ever. It was sad when they announced they were closing up. Anyway, letter to the email list today: " Hi, This is Steve Briggs, founder, owner and Director of Pragmasis Limited, with a major update concerning the Company, my involvement, and the creation of a new business under different ownership and management. As many already know, we sadly had to take the decision to close our manufacturing operation last summer. This was caused by many factors, including my deteriorating health and also numerous commercial aspects. We had spent the previous ~5 years trying to achieve a viable plan for succession, to no avail. My health was continuing to worsen and each time we fixed something, something else would hit us. I was determined to conduct the wind-down in an honourable manner, safeguarding staff, customers and suppliers as rigorously as possible. We made multiple final batches of various products as we tried to satisfy demand from many very loyal customers! We had to stop, ultimately, and all stock and machinery was sold to our existing and very loyal resellers as well as direct to customers. Despite some rumours, Pragmasis has not gone bust! The wind-down was all completed properly, with no debts outstanding. The major good news is that Ben Cope, of Two Tyres Limited, a reseller of ours in London, approached us and, after much discussion, he and I signed a Rights Sale agreement in February of 2025. This authorises Ben, through his new company Pragmasis Engineering Limited, to manufacture and sell all of our Pragmasis/SecurityForBikes range of security products as well as to use the Pragmasis and related brand names and trademarks. I have agreed to continue my involvement on a background and advisory basis over the next 2+ years. We have been working together on resuming production of several of the Pragmasis products and new stock will soon become available through the new https://SecurityForBikes.com website (that has replaced the old website). That new production includes Protector 13/16/19mm chains, Torc Mega ground anchors and RoundLocks and is using precisely the same external factories and processes that we used before and under my direction. This guarantees consistent quality, something that Pragmasis has always prioritised. Products that we used to manufacture in-house, such as the Shed Shackle, Anti-Pinch Pin and Double Doofer, are under review with discussions ongoing with local engineering companies to determine if they are able to manufacture them to the same standard. Sold Secure and Police Secured-by-Design approvals are being transferred to Pragmasis Engineering in respect of future product sales. Products purchased in the past continue with the certifications they had at the time of purchase – Those approvals have not expired. Pragmasis Engineering has taken over all customer liaison including any warranty issues. My brother, David Briggs, continues to be involved. Many of our Pragmasis customers benefited from David’s excellent product knowledge and advice and he will be supporting Ben’s new team through Pragmasis Engineering. Our top priority in Pragmasis has always been our ethical and moral conduct so a fundamental element of the handover process has been protecting customer interests. We have obtained consultancy advice on our legal obligations and abilities under GDPR and this e-mail is a result of that. You may not have opted-in to our mailing list in the past but Pragmasis Limited is acting honourably and correctly in informing you that there has been a major change in the company’s situation. Pragmasis Engineering Limited is also entitled to contact you, in very limited circumstances beyond their initial ‘welcome’ message that will follow this message in the near future. Pragmasis Engineering will pick up this handover announcement shortly. The previous company, Pragmasis Limited, will not send any more bulk e-mails to you. Pragmasis Limited will cease to exist, soon. If you wish or if this is no longer relevant to you, you can unsubscribe to prevent all further contact by following the link below. I would like to thank you and all our customers and suppliers for your support over many years. My late wife, Dr Sarah Walters, and I established the company back in 2003 and it has been a challenging journey but we have helped to raise the bar for physical security products during that time. Some 40,000+ customers have been using our products and many, many thefts have been and are continuing to be thwarted. Very sadly, Sarah passed away in 2018. I promised her that I would take care of our other passion – Alvecote Wood Ancient Woodland – and my focus is changing to that, now. I will still be involved in ongoing Pragmasis work on a background production and future product design basis and I am handing over customer liaison to Ben and the new team who will be in touch shortly. I wish Ben and his team together with historical and new customers good luck and will help where I can. The new customer contact e-mail address is [email protected] The website continues to be https://SecurityForBikes.com Thank you, Stephen Briggs Director, Pragmasis Limited, 2003-2025

Given the concussion, it's made of lead or something. I saw stars, she wagged her tail and attacked a stuffed object like nothing happened.

Let's see if Tuesday can be just slightly better than Monday - which ended with me going to bed after being headbutted by the Retriever.

I've declared Wine Monday a thing

I will warn you one final time, Stu will have you all in ENT

Surprising that more people haven't twigged what's going on here? I'll leaf it for someone else to explain.

Good morning. The wife messaged “Happy Monday”. The cooker has blown up and popped a fuse and it’s not even 9am. I’m going back to bed.

These puns are rubbing against the grain and will cause the forum to splinter. Carry on like this and Stu will be flooring a lot of you.