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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.

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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!

I was late back from lunch at work because I'd been skiving and thought I would be in trouble. But I walked in to find a portable tv had been set up and everyone was gathered around it and all telling me that a plane had hit a building in America. I think I was there when the second one hit, not sure.

I did see it live once, in Plymouth. I had to have therapy for years afterwards. Very steep bank of seats so the row behind was at crotch level to my eyes and I made the mistake of turning round when I heard a loud noise. What some blokes will try to pack into unsuitable underwear is unbelievable.

Getting a phone call mid week whilst on a day's leave to be told that my work colleague had hung himself the afternoon before just after he left work. A few hours later having trouble trying to decide if I had really taken that phone call or was remembering one of those realistic dreams I sometimes have but wondering how you can call people and ask that question.

I have learnt a new word "patootie". Now, how to slip it casually into a conversation?

You can leave it on the bike, the ferry has plenty of life jackets available.

I am sure that some bike tail lights double as reflectors, but I might have dreamt that. Worth a try with a torch in the dark though eh. I had a similar circular doodah stuck onto my DR350 number plate many years ago whilst it was being MOTd. The bloke was just finishing up and he reached over to a box, grabbed one and just stuck it on. I asked and he said my bike needed a reflector and that's what they did when the bike didn't have one rather than fail it.

I don't think would even know how to do that, never had to bother before, but you're right, life's too short to do anything else, thank you for a good idea.

You know all this constant sniping back and forth is getting a bit wearing now, I've mostly been reading around it, but if anything it's getting worse. Why don't the main contenders just pm each other so the rest of us don't have to read it?