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To give you an idea of how much walking i do, i have a pair of caterpillar boots advertised as walking machines when i bought them which must be getting close to 30 years ago and their still in excellent condition LOL

He's just realised he has appointments for the next two weekends ................

Oil & filter change done

And she’s on , oil & filter change next

When I was working full time my head wouldn't shut down so I'd always be thinking of way to diagnose different probs. I'd end up finding the most boring stuff I could find on the tele. Nude nuns with big guns would do the trick. A regular on the horror channel and nothing like what the tittle suggests. I gave up work and I'm still no different but at least I don't have to face the garage anymore.

You live in Spain ya great jessie.

I used to wake up tired for a number of years though untill I sorted the sleep apnea problem. Much better now, and the new job means less stress so easier to get to sleep too

A lot of relationships seem to have control or dominance issues going on. It’s almost expected one person “wears the trousers” rather than having equal status. I think it’s weird. Mr Slowly n I have always encouraged the other to do whatever makes them happy, it really isn’t up to the other person to say yes or no. Because I wouldn’t say anything without having good reason when I said do you think given your driving history it’s wise for you to get a motorbike? He listened and said probably not and then we found a way around it. It does get into difficult territory when someone you love is going to do something dangerous that could damage them. If you’re in one of those relationships where the other person says no just for the sake of it that’s not healthy. I have friends in those types of relationships and I find I completely avoid them now because watching one person subjugate another makes me want to shake them

My Himalayan has been suffering with condensated clocks. Do any sort of reading or web browsing and you get the answer; they all do that sir answer. I saw a video on Youtube by a chap called Wee Jaunt who fixed the problem. He was a diver so knew a bit about preventing condensation. Anyway today I hopefully sorted my clocks but stripping them down, wiping the inside of the lenses with a weak dish soapy mixture and squeezing a small pack of silica gel in the bottom of the clocks. Time will tell how effective my efforts have been.

A cautionary tale. After getting stents done last January I started walking regularly. Like all daft blokes I thought I was training for some sort of walking competition walking two or three hours a day every day. If you do that you would be surprised how many pairs of boots you wear out. Anyway I coughed up for an expensive pair on the recommendation of one of the action men Paramedics I work with, ex marine,. They were and are still great but you need more than one pair because when you get them wet it takes a few days for them to dry out. Having coughed for the Hagloffs I couldn't afford another pair right away. So the inner tight ass thought get some cheap from FaceBook market place. Long story short I found a pair of Regattas that were worn once apparently for £10. Great, went and got them and they did look new, from a young beardy who had the cheek to push some weird religious materiel on me with the boots, in case I was interested. The boots had a hint of Fabreeze about them and a small whitish type stain on the toe, but I though for a tenner I couldn't go wrong. Wore them for the first time and it was pissing down, when I got home I left them in the porch to dry. Couple of hours later the porch absolutely wreaked of cat piss. The dog wouldn't even go out there. The beardy hipster bastard saw me coming big time. My fault for being a tight ass I suppose, I mean who sells practically new £80 walking boots for a tenner. Obviously some body whose cat had pissed in them. I still have the cat piss boots and do wear them on rainy days, now months later there is just a hint of a tint of cat piss when they are wet. I have nearly worn them out but won't bin them until they are knackered. So I still haven't learnt really. I have six pairs of walking boots, some cheaper some more expensive, and another pair new in the box. I have learnt something though, not to walk so far and I have cut my walks back to a couple of hours two to three times a week on medical advice.

And, this is back on! Tomorrow I’ll be fitting tires on and having the oil changed on the bike. Then I plan to be in Morocco at the end of next week! It’ll be a couple of unbearably difficult days when I get there, I’m sure, but if the weather helps, and I have booked good weather, it’s going to be a cool and cold ride! With monkeys!! I had a couple of months of smooth sailing at work ahead of me, and started to get momentum going for Morocco, but as soon as I called my mechanic today for tomorrow’s works on the GS my main supplier announced a surprise price change. This will create a lot of chaos and orders lists and long fruitless conversations, that I plan to be able to handle tomorrow and monday, then pretending that I have a weak cell signal for at least two weeks

Didn't go that far back to look probably deleted by Pete because one of the new member requests names was fat polish munter

I find that hard to believe if they deleted everything that was crap we would be left with no pages

I heard cbd oil vapes are very good for folk who need help to drift off. I also read a surprising number do still contain psychoactive substances so I'd be careful where you got the stuff from

I'm reading a book called 'Adventures of an Introvert' it may get better but currently his repressed boring approach of everything sends me to sleep within two pages. He's so snore inducing I resent the level of power this dull man I've never met holds over me so even when I'm having trouble getting to sleep and the solution is within arms reach I resist reading it

When I lay awake at night I’m either thinking about some uncomfortable work calls I’ll have to make on the next day, or a client’s order that will get delayed and ruin a project, or think about everything I care about dying and how I’m going to have to deal with the pain and troubles of it all. _If life is at all worth it, etc, Good stuff! Or I drink, fall asleep easily but wake at 3 or 4am to then spend an hour or two wide awake with no thoughts bothering me, to then fall asleep at dawn and wake up exhausted. The times I fall asleep when I want and get to 7 or 8 with nothing bothering me are treasured.

Planning on taking a spin locally on Sunday mate and probably the following Saturday a longer day so any good for you? Styling and profiling eh? Do I have to bring any weapons or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Lull yourself to sleep with this.

Most nights i could sleep on a chickens lip but do have nights where my mind wont shut down, usually thinking about work. I do have times where i lay awake kicking myself for doing or saying something stupid when i was a teenager wtf that is all about i don't know.

strange , she likes it when i sing it to her.... i must have a better voice.

Today's little foray!

So it should be. Check out all those cans of WD40 on the shelf by the bike!

Working all day and tomorrow I've got the take the nutter and the 2 kids to Alicante Airport cos they're going to be in Poland for 11 days. Allegedly! My boy is coming in the car as well cos I've made it clear that I will not be left alone in her company.

Used a monitor with the first one for a long time and very quickly turned it off with the second, he's a very noisy sleeper

I’ve seen this happen with quite a few friends, it never ends well

I just go to the heath and tear tights off with my teeth ….

Yeah not really my thing nowadays Bob. If I was to go along that route I would buy something substantially lighter to do it with. My bike was bought as a commuter first and bit of a toy second. If I was to change my mind it would only be 4 screws and 10 minutes to change back to standard.

I just say as my brother isn't a bad driver and had a bike before he got with his wife and he'd like another one but his wife tells him he's not getting one end of.....no ifs no buts NO! Which I think is totally wrong, but he does play football so he is a namby pamby tart so he'd probably end up with a harley or something

Walking?

Boring post for the non mechanical members here but tonight's project was a result of drowning the bike last weekend, i found the factory spark plug spanner wouldn't work with the bigger tank fitted as the ring is a six point and there's not enough space for the spanner to work, i needed a 12 point for it to work so i bought a cheep spanner to modify and it arrived today First job was to shorten it as its too long to fit in my tool bag so off with its head Then i need to straighten it, the crank at the end made it an awkward fit i used a cheapo induction heater i bought years ago to get it red hot to bend really useful tool now straightened its easier to use in the space Ready to weld the open end back on wasn't going to bother but it might come in handy one day Welding done All ground back and cleaned up, works a treat hopefully i'll never need it again LOL

Sometimes even buying more expensive don't work out any better! I've got a couple of pairs of Merrel MOAB 2 Goretex shoes and a pair of Merrel goretex mid boots, none of which are particularly waterproof! I like the MOABs because they're super comfortable straight out of the box, but I don't know what they've done to the goretex! Not super cheap, but questionable quality! On the other hand I've also got a pair of Scarpa goretex mid boots and they seem to be pretty waterproof and are fairly light and pretty grippy and I've got a pair of Berghaus goretex fell walking boots. They're pretty heavy and rub slightly above my ankles if I don't tighten them correctly, but they're pretty bombproof! I've been through large puddles that almost come to the top of the boots, but no sign of any water getting inside! It's definitely a lottery, finding decent walking shoes and boots.

I fall asleep way to early during the winter.. 9 pm at the most.. Its night here at 5 pm.. Get up around 6 am... So no deficulty with sleep..

Yes, just the mesh screen...oil change every 2000 miles, but it only takes 1.1 litres of oil, so cheap enough to do.

Blimey, I only thought that happened in Pulp Fiction

He was hoping he could have a quick wax before hand

There have been more than a few nights where I haven't heard skye when she's woke up but the missus has and vice versa nights where she's slept through her waking up, we still use a monitor with skye without so it's not jump.out of bed the moment you hear something

I seem to have one of the few that doesn't suffer condensation in the clocks. I was just a bit surprised a diver was using soapy water because there are much more effective dispersal spray films available. I would of let it dry out for a lot longer, run a dehumidifier and reassembled it in that low humidity room. Fingers crossed its done the trick. Oh and congratulations you've been about long enough for Pete to start bagging your bike. Lucky you

I think he should have taken a wee jaunt to the Honda dealer instead TBH.

So is this the solution 'Wee Jaunt' used?

To gay

Poor Bob.

Thanks but no thanks.

I'm constantly in my work boots which are like walking boots just heavier, you can have them for a fiver Saul but don't worry I'll make sure it's just camel piss in them, surely that would be worth it

I generally sleep quite well, just not as long as I used to, there was a time when I could easily sleep for 12/13 hours now it'd more likely to be 6 or 7

I've got a pair of Karamors {spelling}. Rear good boots in their day but not these ones. Apparently they sold out to the people who made these pair of lovely lightweight well treaded tea strainers.

I can hear them while reading that.

That never seem to make them long enough. Maybe a fender extender to help?

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Those sleeves also keep water in as well as keep it out from what I have read.