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I ll give you my money to!! For sure electric

They have said it was a diesel car that caught light....now is it just me ...why have they said it was a diesel car , and not just a car caught light, i will have money that it was an electric car that caught light and they are trying to cover it up

It was that hipster’s car

Went for another wee bimble again this morning. Headed over to le Chateau de Lastours, which is not far from Carcassonne. It was a bit murky when I set off, but the sun soon burned off the cloud and the temperature hit the mid 20s. There were a reasonable few nutters on the road, but I just let them get on with it in the hopes that I wouldn't get tied up in any accidents they caused. I guess that it was a little under 200km round trip.

Did you will see the news about the big fire at Luton Airport? It happened the night I got there. I got there at 8 pm, and the fire was reported at 9 pm. Just a coincidence.

Ok. I have a mate who is 6'4'' and he has a Hornet. It is the most unsuitable bike for his frame

Just been and ordered my new bike

i offered to meet up for a coffee , that was something to look forward to.

Mine is more of a trophy as it’s covered in points and endorsements

Happy birthday, that will be another fold of skin on your turkey neck. Like rings on a tree trunk.

Someone broke into the alcoholic beverages vending machine and caused a short circuit...

Thanks Pete. Yes, I'm still mulling over what to do. Something with a better range than the Triumph, but not a hoofing great adventure barge!

Unfortunately you can only get to them by a hike, Bob. I've not done it yet, but it's now on the list.

Stopped for a snack, it is lovely and warm, but the sea looks like it’s bringing weather in, all over the coast there are thousands of seagulls sitting on the sand looking at it.

yeh it looks ok , just check dates etc and im going to book it i think

Yep a real bargain in my eyes, also the same seat height and weight as my bike with nearly double the HP. I don't know why I explored anything else but I suppose if you don't look you don't know.

That name rang a bell so I just googled it. Me and a friend stopped off there for some dinner and beer one evening which was bloody gorgeous after a walk.

i take offence at your first sentence

so your tax dodging then

It wasn't easy coming here when we did! If I'd sold a house in London we'd have come here with a fucking wad. Unfortunately, selling a house in Llandrindod Wells doesn't carry the same financial clout. However, we now look back and realise it was the best thing we ever did when we hear of the predicament many Pensioners are now in back there. As it stands now, our boy in NL has made a fantastic life for himself (he earns huge money) and at last the one in Madrid has finally got his shit together. We just pray that Fatty doesn't deliberately fuck it up so she can go back to Poland! As for us, I'll keep working.....but I'm fine with that. I'd go crazy doing nothing. And in 5 more years the wife can retire with a small Pension from Spain. Both our healthcare is free then, so I'll keep working but only under the radar using an Internet banking service like Revolut to store the dosh. Got it all planned!

me and my nephew are coming up your way next year .. found a pub with rooms near Ashbourne , Royal oak, on Mayfield road, looks ok ,can park bikes round the back out of sight... you know of it clive .

Time to zip the lining back in the bike gear.

Sorry to hear that @Buckster. I lost my best mate to cancer 15 years ago and I still remember when I heard the news. His wife phoned me whilst I was away working. He still kept his sense of humour, even on his death bed. Apparently he said to his wife "tell Bob that I love him, but not in THAT way!" I still miss him. Cherish the good memories mate.

As you can imagine I have watched many videos on the Hornet before I went and tried it out. Couple of bigger guys were comfortable on it but 6'4" is getting up there in size so that makes sense.

I am a towering 5'8" but I have a long body and short legs.

Mandy is having a right struggle at work at the moment. A guy that she was working with got promoted way beyond his abilities and he's now trying to micromanage Mandy, even though she pretty much carried him before his promotion. I'm half expecting her to come home one day soon and announce that she's told them all to fuck off! Unfortunately she's got a couple more years before she can start to draw her NHS pension and my pensions are not enough to keep us both. Interesting times!

Dad in law never gave it the chance. Nephew moved with his job to Australia 5 years ago, he says he ain't ever coming back here, except for visiting family occasionally. He says the first year or so was not very good, living in a tiny flat, but he now has a nice place in the suburbs of Sydney and a good job with decent pay. It's working out for him.

Some parts of retirement I enjoy, not living by the clock, getting a decent night's sleep, but sitting in the bungalow day after day after day is like being in prison, or back in Lockdown....the less I do, the less I am inclined too. Having nothing much to look forward to does not help either, I cannot say I look forward to 4 days in a caravan in Mablethorpe like I did for 2 weeks in the sun in the Med. ☀

It's a difficult situation with your kids! As you know I was caught up in it for a year, and we estimate that we put around €6-7K in to get our boy in a position to actually move forward with his life. As well as the dosh we paid a high price! The bitch gave us Covid, then that flu that caused my Hernia, and damaged our fucking car. Not to mention the stress and emotional upset she caused. However, he did step up and get that job in Madrid (€30k+ a year) and apparently the fat munter has now got a part time job as well. On top of that, the boys have now got places in the same school and seem to be settling in! So it actually achieved something after all that trauma......because he did his bit. However, if he was like @Clive's boy who won't even try to help himself, it's highly unlikely we'd have done what we did. My way of thinking is give them all the help you can when they need it. But unless they're willing to take steps to get themselves out of the mess they've created, you can't go on like that forever because the real problem isn't being addressed.

I have a few photocopies and a scan of it, the wife has hers as well, mine is falling apart but it doesn’t need to be produced anymore as everything is on line so the wear and tear is greatly reduced

Probably too late now but you should go for a walk and a coffee/tea until they're gone ................

I still have mine but also the photo card. When I got my last speeding fine I was told the old ones were obsolete. Lord Google says, If yours was issued before 1998 and you only have a paper licence, it is still valid so keep it safe and away from the bin.

Happy birthday Marcel, time to get your affairs in order

you think ..

Happy birthday .... death looms ever nearer

I don’t have a photo-card licence still holding onto the old paper one for as long as I can. There’s no photo on it so no need to update it every ten years

Plenty of others are going to be finding that out!

he could nick food from work then .

Yeh....its gonna get colder.

Happy Birthday Marcel, may all your ice cream be a Strawberry flavour

It's a consequence of understanding data Pedro! But I'm confident that things are going to turn around for the country next year!

All you do is badmouth the UK, maybe it’s you finally having an effect on the currency markets…

Got the leeching kids coming in the morning......after money for food.......All I can say to them is.... Lazy twats.

Done nowt.....been nowhere....just a normal (boring) day.