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You'll be fine Pete, I've seen the pictures of 'young you', you'd avoid all contact if you saw him mooching about grunting and dribbling.

I mentioned in my stories about someone I know who bought a derelict house and did it up. He bought it for about 350k and added an extension to the basement and a mansard roof to get an extra floor. I did some of the plans for him, the last one was a retrospective planning permission because he had built a little bit too high on the roof part. I just looked it up to see how much he sold it for. Jesus, the inside wasn't like that when he bought it, it looked like Ebeneezer Scrooge's weekend place I should point out, it is still in a dodgy area but London prices are silly. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=88282162&sale=88422162&country=england

That's cos it was bloody dangerous, especially when you stopped but couldn't put your feet down because the flares on your jeans got caught round a pedal.

Found it, best joke I think I ever heard as a child.

The story about Shuggie the wrestler is better, but this is also quite good.

Looking at the maps I screen shot, they seem a lot further out than that shows the path to be. Those squares on the map are 1000 metres wide so they should be about 300m from the shore. At times I can't even see the shoreline and that is from the bikers head height isn't it. That's the 100 yard dash at school three times, not that far.

Riding the Broomway Byway. Frankly this video filled me with terror. I've ridden on Foulness island which connects at one end and you wouldn't get me anywhere near the sea parts of the byway. Worth watching the whole thing as they get a bit stuck near the end. These bloke are very brave/silly. For the foreigners and non locals, the Broomway is a vehicular right of way that runs in the sea (some people think it is of Roman origin). It used to be marked by vertical stakes or brooms. It also used to be the only way onto Foulness island until the British Army built a bridge. Lots of people died walking home from the pub either getting stuck, lost or caught by the tide. Foulness is now an artillery testing ground, they fire out to sea, so apart from the danger of getting stuck in the sands, there could be unexploded munitions out there. I saw a large amount of dredged bombs, missiles, shells, rockety type things where the track joins Foulness, they were all chained to stop them getting washed out again. I was told that a few Bedford lorries have been lost over the years there before the bridge got finished. People live on Foulness to farm it, but to get on there as Joe Public we had to make an appointment and bring ID and passports to get past the army and civilian guards. The people in the video are entering the track from the open end.

Better stamps and bank notes. I still shudder when I remember the old Irish bank notes before they got the Euro. Full of blokes who looked like extras out of Lord of the Rings.

https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/31/a-dead-man-in-clerkenwell-s/

I change mine when the thing starts to move at speed because the inside has got looser or if the visor is badly scratched. The price of visors/pinlock etc makes it easier to get a new lid by the time they get older. My previous crash hat lasted from about 2015 til 2020, I reckon that's about 60-80,000 miles worth. That was a little loose and had a scratched visor so I bought the same one again. I probably drop them quite a few times because I'm clumsy, but I'm wearing it to keep my head warm and dry, my eyes from watering and to avoid a ticket from the Old Bill, not for protection as such unless it's from flies, wasps and birds which is usually what hits my head at speed.

The top left star of Orion was the one they thought was going to go bang a few months ago due to its dimming and brightening. You mustn't say the star's name three times though or Michael Keaton appears.

I've got a paint tin opener just like that.

I thought she hosted it later on as well and looked it up. She did it seems. She beat Lenny Henry and Victoria Wood when she was a contestant. The same thing I read said she only did her first audition because she had no money to pay her mother's £19 funeral bill.

I remember Marti Caine, she was a singing comedian. She died quite young I recall.

Yeah, not keen on them, saw them in a pub called the Royal Standard, my late mate/boss was a big big fan and dragged me along. Some sweaty sock threatened me with the 'heed' just because I trod on his foot on my way to and from the toilet. Honestly, if you spend your life in a skirt dragging your bollocks through the gorse and brambles, a sore toe should be the least of your worries. I knew I'd remember some more. Saw the Nolans at Butlins once, they were bloody funny. It was them or Roger de Courcy and Nookey bear, I think I made the right decision.

Well the Bay City Rollers were very good. This was about 12 years ago, so probably not all originals. At the same event was Showaddywaddy and the long haired singer seemed to be singing slower than the band were playing. He's now their manager I believe, the other singer died a few years ago.

My impact driver I reckon. Bought it to use on the cross head screws on the casing of my XS250, so must have been around 1983. The XS250 was useless and dumped after a few months, the impact driver was last used this year to undo two bastards bolts that I couldn't shift any other way.

Wishbone Ash (against my will) Bon Jovi (against my will twice) Bryan Adams ZZ Top AC/DC Iron Maiden Judas Priest Dio Girlschool Fleetwood Mac Saxon Bay City Rollers Status Quo Showaddywady Scorpions The Damned Doctor Feelgood Engine Susie Quatro David Essex Heart I'm sure there are a few I've forgotten. ZZ Top were the biggest disappointment. Fleetwood Mac and Heart were probably joint best performers. Status Quo made me laugh when they announced they had an album out called the Fourth Chord!

The size should be written on the chain side plates if you're lucky. You want the size and the number of links.

More Dualers

Already got mine.

Nice!