Slowlycatchymonkey

You wanna check out before the bit where you can do whatever you like (money dependant of course)?!!

I’ll have to have a read up. My understanding was his dad was aristocracy and left it to be with the surf he loved but that could well be completely wrong

Happy Birthday @busabeast Hope it was a good one

No-one needs stuff rotting in them for that long.

Normally back then “I have taken” meant I have borrowed or rented not actually bought for which they would say ‘purchased’ Even bastard children of the higher echelons had friends with property’s they could ‘take’ ie borrow for a while so it would be interesting to know what the background is. He was born out of wedlock, his parents lived in sin with an agreed shared fake name and he went to private school and Oxford. Mould breaking at the time but still immensely privileged.

Thats a dreary looking building, bet it’s pretty dark inside, no wonder he was always out on his bike.

I’ve just realised they must of based Zoolander partly on him. Zoolander (sequinned merman model) gives up modelling and goes back to his dad and brothers to work in the coal mines. He arrives they take the piss and reject him and off he toddles So I googled it and yes it is part based on him. It also threw up these gems, link at bottom. In 'Pedigree of Champions' - Adrian Street reflects on his life & times (IN ALL CAPS), including the following claim: AN UNEXPECTED BONUS CAME OUT OF MY DESIGNING FABULOUS COSTUMES, AS I ALSO BEGAN TO DESIGN CLOTHES FOR “CARNABY CAVERN” IN LONDON’S CARNABY STREET AND “GRANNY TAKES A TRIP” IN KINGS ROAD, CHELSEA. MANY OF MY CREATIONS HAVE BEEN WORN BY STARS LIKE MARK BOLAN, DAVID BOWIE, ADAM ANT, GARY GLITTER AND ELTON JOHN JUST TO NAME A FEW. ‘Glitter, Glam Rock, and a Forearm Smash’ is an appreciation of Adrian Street at the UK Wrestling Heritage site. Witness Adrian Street the recording artist performing such songs as Sweet Transvestite with a Broken Nose, Sadist in Sequins, Breakin’ Bones and Imagine What I Could Do to You. See him discussing his ‘gay’ performing persona in an interview. https://www.metafilter.com/156029/Adrian-Street-Sadist-in-Sequins

Kind of, his dad still doesn’t look too amused and the other pit guys have enough material to keep them going for years!

Yum yum nice work.

True dat. That’s why I suggested the ground anchor, slow them down. You can also speak through it though and tell the little bastards the police have been called and if they want to remain free they’d better scarper asap.

Completely agree with all of that. I understand that now the majority of the population doesn’t support bullfighting anymore but it’s entrenched within certain groups and they wouldn’t have got the bill through without excluding bulls. When the older gen’s shuffle off they’ll have another go for sure. I’m sad they excluded dolphins, I went to a water park near Malaga about 20 years ago, never again, it was awful. You wouldn’t think you could tell if a dolphin was depressed but the one I saw lolloping on the water edge of a tiny tiny pool was in a miserable state.

The boxer engine design proved to be far more robust than any other, it was the only motorbike that could withstand desert temperatures. It was also the only bike the military could rely on not to overheat during manoeuvres in bastid hot conditions. Thats why the Russians copied it. Personally I notice a huge difference in hot weather between the heat from the 9T and other bikes. It’s much much cooler not to sit directly over the engine.

@XTreme this sounds pricey! https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2023/08/12/explainer-spains-new-animal-welfare-laws-come-into-force-in-september/

@boboneleg £30 web cam. Night vision, motion sensor, sends alerts to your phone. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07XR2NWZC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1 Ground anchor the bike and you’ll be down there before they’ve even got started. I understand the knife but it’s not worth using or going to prison for. For a good scare them off an unloaded shotgun works.

Firstly congratulations making it to a leisurely retirement with a pension (yes I mean you too Pete, anyone who can suddenly provide a flat and other stuff isn’t continuing to work because they need to) secondly yes it’s bastard hot, much more than before. Here it’s only the cloud cover and rain keeping the temps down and tbh is still a bit hot. I see there’s a desertification minister in the EU now. They say the 1.5 degree breach that was supposed to bring about food insecurity in years to come is miscalculated and it appears to be happening now. Water shortages all over the shop.

Don’t blame you, very pretty.

Honestly @boboneleg I know you were a driver but even so your ability to recognise places is astounding. Someone posts a pic - “Ah yes thats the third bench on a row of benches in Ross back sands, there’s a good trail north of that” Where haven’t you been?!

Who gives a flying fuck who drinks what? Saddo’s.

Can I have it?

Yep that was me, you’re still a disappointment.

I think you mean “a little too complicated..” but never mind I’m sure Jonny big brain will finish key stage 2 English soon and then maybe eventually move on to how to work his own phone.

Mr Slowly has that with his Enfield in Spain. They don’t get going too early and it’s LOUD. One occasion I’ve asked him wtf are you doing? and he replied “pushing my bike out of the parking in to the road so we don’t wake everyone up like iiingalish pigs”

Yerp and Waze. I don’t use Waze for navigation but the updates are very fast because they’re reported by the app users. A crash on the M5 round the junctions where I live isn’t plotable around unless you want a very very long ride because the A370 and A38 are where all the traffic diverts to. So I’ll just sit this one out for a bit longer, obviously I’d rather not be here on my tod, in peace and quiet having a cheeky vimto… needs must

Wouldn’t worry about it, it all adds to the excitement, will I get pulled by the rozzers? Will someone ram into the back of my scoot? Can I make it home without something else breaking?

Oh dear. Sounds like he’s toast, they don’t usually shut the motorway for so long otherwise. Glad I decided not to go down the a38 to rumwells, thought the traffic might be bad so went over the Mendips instead. Sounds like it was much worse than I anticipated. I was lucky to get to Bristol up the A370 at 1.30pm with no problems. The BSA is such a surprise, not gonna knock anyone’s socks off but it’s fun and plenty enough there for easy overtaking. Might wait here a while though til the looneys are off the motorway. Do you use Devon live for traffic updates? I only ask because it looks like it might be more useful than what I use.