Tango

We had various hospital appointments today and then food shopping, so no bike action today. Possibly out on the eBikes tomorrow but Sunday is looking a bit soggy here, so we may end up hibernating! Hopefully back out on the bike next week though.

I quite like the scramblers, but, as you say, they're a bit heavy and I'm not sure how much offroad abuse they could take. And it would take a lot more than a scrambler to make me look cool!

The Geordie postman Pat vid always cracked me up!

I'm sure that's not true, @Sofia.

Me and a couple of mates used to go down the pub on Friday evenings after we'd played squash and neck a few beers before closing. One of my mates missed squash one Friday but turned up down the pub with this kind of plastic mask thing on his face. He looked like he was starring in the Phantom of the Opera. We asked him what it was all about, so he said that he'd broken his nose and fractured a cheek bone! So we asked how? Anyway, the previous Friday, after we'd had a few down the pub after squash, he got up during the night for a pee. Being a bit unsteady on his feet he decided to sit down to pee. However, he fell asleep sat on the bog and then fell off and smacked his head on the corner of the bath as he went down! We tried not to laugh..........

Unfortunately the dementia didn't really start until quite recently and there's no way that they can now afford to move back. They're close to the beach, so they can walk down there for some fresh air, so it's not a bad place to live.

The idea was to downsize their house and buy something cheap up there and use the difference in price to buffer them in preparation for retirement. It was all working out OK until this happened. Obviously this scuppered all those plans!

I think the fact that she was worried about her drinking and reached out to her GP for help makes me think that she was given poor advice, but, when all is said and done, she should have done something about it herself. Easy for me to say, I guess. But the damage is done, so it's all a bit academic now, unfortunately.

I'm about 32" in the leg and 6'1" tall and around 14st. Secondhand bike prices are very variable here. Some are reasonable, but there's always someone trying to punt a shed out as a "classic" for silly money! Seems to be more choice of bikes around the 600cc capacity here. Most of the smaller capacity bikes are either proper trials bikes or motocross bikes.

Sorry @Swagman, I appear to have hijacked your thread! Sorry mate.

It's only that clean because the dealership washed it when it was in for its service the other week!

Yeah, he can't leave her on her own for more than a few minutes as who knows what she'll do. Their daughter moved up to their place from London earlier in the year, so he's got some intelligible company in the evenings when she's back from work. They only moved from Kent to Redcar a couple of years back, so they've got no friends up there. I think that he struggles.

Congratulations @Sofia.

It was only after she stopped working that it got out of hand, Pete. But it had been like that for several years. Being diagnosed diabetic didn't stop her either. She doesn't drink or smoke now, but the damage has been done! Doctors say she won't get worse, but neither will she get any better!

My brother's wife went to her GP because she was worried that she was an alcoholic. He asked if she drank spirits at breakfast time, she said no, so he said that she had nothing to worry about! Unfortunately her breakfast consisted of a few cigarettes and a few cans of Stella. She has now been diagnosed with a form of dementia related to alcohol abuse and my brother has had to give up work to stay at home to look after her. She's the same age as me. I've knocked the beers on the head apart from a couple on Friday and Saturday evenings, just because I was getting a bit of a gut, no other reason.

At some point I'd like to get a fairly light bike for a bit off not-too-challenging off roading, kind of more green laning, or gravel tracks as they're more common here. I don't want to spend a lot, so will probably get a doer-upper to tinker with. It'll need to be road legal too, so I can ride it to the lanes. I'm guessing something 250cc up to 650cc that'll be fairly robust. So, any recommendations of something that may fit the bill?

I had a couple of mates who worked in an abattoir for a time......that was harsh work. They were forever getting bone splinters in their hands, how they never got blood poisoning I don't know.

Hero to zero.......it's a harsh life!

I left school at 15 (birthday in August) and started an apprenticeship 2 weeks after my 16th birthday. I couldn't wait to leave school, absolutely hated it!

I also failed my 11+..........however, Lord of the Flies was part of my English O-level, we even got to see the film!

Do you think that anyone on here will take any notice of Pete?

You really are in the wrong profession, Bob.