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You were on old Brits late.....72 was the end of that shite for me! The 3TA Triumph was replaced by a Suzuki Hustler 250.......which I think counts as a valid excuse for Suzuki ownership! What you say @Tym?

We had better hair and more teeth then Phil!

Definitely all Hetzner.......their cheap and nasty services attract a certain kind of user. If they were specific blocks it would be easy enough......but they're not. I have processes in place to mitigate if it becomes a problem but we're a long way from that.

Fall down the steps you mean?

I've noticed over the past few days that we've had a lot more IP addresses visiting the site than normal. And I mean hundreds more showing in "Who's Online". After I did some traces it appears they all come from your-server.de. This is the standard default reverse-DNS entry for servers rented from Hetzner, so that domain name isn't anything to do with the scraping. Basically, It's the person renting that server that we need to identify. There's just too many IP's to blacklist and they're across too many different IP ranges to pin them down. And even if I blocked them (which would be a long job) they'd probably just switch to different IP's. I can't block all hetzner servers either cos I'd be blocking legitimate traffic as well. The numbers at present don't cause any problem other than wasting our bandwidth, but it's something that I'll need to monitor because I don't want it escalating into something like a DDoS attack. If you didn't understand any of that, let me summarise: Somebody has an unusual interest in this site. And when this sort of thing happens their intentions are never good. @Tym.......time to Lock'n'Load!

English are banned from entering Wales......so that avenue of pleasure has been closed for him.

My money's on Raoul.......he's got a nice Beemer as well I heard!

I remember in the early 80's Swansea City Council installed new metal bus shelters throughout Townhill......and on the first weekend every one of them was uprooted and stolen for scrap. And apparently nobody saw anything!

South Wales.....and no old shopping trolleys or stolen cars in it?

What you doing out in the fields with @boboneleg? You be careful when you're around him.....he'll try to get his leg over for sure! Tell her @Buckster

I don't do seriously rough roads Lionel......only slight undulations in the tarmac! Weather permitting of course!

Anakee?

You've got experience of some of these high profile guys Bob......who do you rate as the most skilful offroad?

What?

He does look quite chilled there Bob! Given his track record I suppose he's a pretty good rider offroad?

Do you think I'll need Tony the Tools to fit it for me?

I've put them on bikes for years Fred.......never had an issue. And every phone I've had has a two year guarantee and I replace them with a new one at the end of that period!

So am I right in thinking that you're offering to lend a hand Caroline?

Very true Caroline! That's why, even if I could afford to give up work, I wouldn't do it. I'm someone that always needs a challenge and something to focus on......so stopping work wouldn't be a good idea!

I I threw that one out there expecting @Buckster to jump on it first......but you beat him to the punch Rick!

For a load of beer-swilling fat old blokes the sky's the limit!

I think if you once had that spark then riding will help keep it alive! But it can't give you the spark that you never actually had. As the saying goes....."Once a boring cunt.....always a boring cunt".

Waiting in anticipation for the tales of carnage Rick. Pull up a chair @Tym

Well said Rick! Have you noticed how many guys around our age (I'm 66) are such miserable, boring fuckers? It's like the life force has been drained from them somehow......all they ever do is fucking moan. About everything! I look around and wonder WTF has happened to my generation?

Anybody end up injured Rick?