Saul

That's what it's like here now, £7.50 for a pint in the local pub down town.

Yep they stank for sure, used to land their catch and go on the piss immediately. Good lads all but best to stay downwind.

Yep two boat crews in fact. From left to right: Weamer, Nemo, Fluff and Mike from the Mon Rev. Then Dave, Doozer, Mark and Jason from the Satanic. Back then there were six boats working out of Fowey, now sadly none.

That was the artist who painted it, the image was taken from an old photo that is on the wall in the pub.

Got sent this today, it's a painting from the late 1980's of some of the Fowey fishermen, there are none now . They were all mates and contemporaries of mine. Sadly 3 of them are dead now four if you count Spot the dog. They lead a very destructive life, part of the job and danger I suppose. You always knew what pub they were in, you could smell them before you went in. And that was back when smoking masked the smell of most things. Not them

Sorry MIA because it is a busy time of year for me, daughters, horses, work . Zhang is one big hard bastard, Wilder needs to give up he is gonna get hurt if he keeps taking that sort of fire. Dubois could be another British World Champion to. Always liked him, reminds me of Bruno although probably a better boxer.

Been working overnight Friday and Saturday plus again tonight Sunday, not moaning but it does make getting out on the bike more difficult as I do have to sleep at some point. Anyway finished work at 8:00 am in Launceston getting it home, changed and my bike out and up at 4 Turnings garage for 9:00 am to meet up and go to Kit Hill this morning. Bit of a rush but made it. 6 of us today, me and Hornet, Steve and Super Meteor, Martyn and V85s, Gary one and 1974 Bonnie, Bob and 1975 Commando, Gary two and 1200 Sportster, Chris and 900 Triumph Scrambler. We made 3 miles and Bob’s Commando died, made another mile and it died again then again but started the fourth time. This time after an Italian tune up it ran fine for the rest of the trip up the Kit Hill. Don’t know about the trip back as I headed home before the rest to sleep at midday. Much as I think his Commando is the mutts nuts that there is why I haven’t got one. Fuck that. It’s around 30 miles to Kit Hill, it was a great run in beautiful weather. Loads of bikes out and about. Bimbletastic It seemed to be Commando and Brit bike in general day today. Some really nice stuff there, loads of UJMs, Harleys, Indians and even a couple of Himalayan’s. Not one chinky bike though Bob’s ‘Bastard Commando’ his term not mine The sound this made was awesome I know they aren’t a thing any more but I like the look of that Victory Overflow parking Triple Brick, I nearly bought one of those back in the day, in fact still have a hankering. I always thought they were small back in then but I suppose my perspective has changed Old a new Bonnie’s side by side, old Bonnie for looks for me. If it were my money it would be the newer bike don’t want the vibes Lovely old Honda Yes please Bantam D1, belongs to a friend’s brother.

NO, thank you

I haven't got an automatic downer on everything Chinese but I wouldn't touch that POS with a barge pole, overcomplicated, fragile and poorly finished. And 4k FFS there lots better for that sort of money out there. Voge 300 Rally springs to mind or even your favourite the Mash X Cross can be had for just under 5K. Or even one of the new Triumph 400's

Singing is cool mate, group admin is a pain in the ass. I love singing in my group and leading that, just don't enjoying the sorting and arranging. Also don't like surprises, couldn't say no to taking part in the D day celebrations, sneaky vicar.

Talk about being set up, I heard at the weekend that Lankelly Shout, my singing group, is going to be doing an hour set in the D-Day celebrations in the town. Great, nine days to organise a set list, song sheets and teach the veg the songs they don't know. Just about got the set list together, shared Vids for what they have to learn, now doing the song sheets. Just love admin me . Also heard the Vicar would be grateful if we go and bolster the church service hymn singing before hand. I have just sung 3 days of the last 4 so have no voice to practice myself. Day of moaning and swearing at the puter for me, just wanted to play Minecraft with my youngest. . There better now I have vented better crack on

I would go further, over priced POS. Interesting to see the result of the long term test though.

Excellent, Congratulations.

Your problem isn't your height it's what's between your ears

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It's always the same in the difference between the written word and the inference in speech and conversation, but you will obviously take things as you see it I am not going to waste any time trying to change your mind.

I like them , always looked on them as a big Mini.

Just been to a funeral, had a good sing, now off to a wedding for the same reason. At a stretch I could say I'm a wedding singer now Not sure I am going to, people take the piss enough as is

I am not sure I said that the Gold Star is exclusively a posers bike. But I have seen plenty of them ridden by the white scarf brigade and it does fit that role because it is a very good looking classic style bike, if we are honest that is it's target nostalgic audience, doesn't stop it being a good bike. And I am sure I said it was a very pleasant bike to ride or words to that effect. I do think it is much better looking than my Hornet but the Hornet is a better bike for riding in all situations, in my opinion, and only £200 or so more in price, or it was when I bought it. The Goldie at the time was retailing at £6800 whereas the Hornet was £6999 . In that context I think the Gold Star is a bit on the spendy side for what it is in terms of an all round dynamic bike. I know there is more of a differential, Goldie £6200 to £6500 plus OTR now, Hornet £7300 plus OTR. If I could afford a garage full of bikes I am pretty sure I would have one in it but that is not my situation so within those terms it is not for me as an only bike or a second bike. No I don't look at Hornet pictures longingly, most naked modern Japanese stuff and other stuff is pretty generic to look at with their angry insect styling which is okay but not where my heart is. Nortons, Triumphs, Interceptors, Continentals, BSA's, Airhead BMW's and older UJM's I do look at with doe eyes but that does not mean I would jump and buy one. Or have it as my only everyday bike. As to enjoying riding a less powerful bike to its limit being fun, I have had a blast on my daughters CB125F recently, a lot of fun and I like it but I would never buy one for me. I have no issue with BSA's being Indian, I do like RE's as well. I just gave my honest opinion from the test ride I had, I quite liked it but its not for me was what I said. A side note if I was to have a second bike by choice it would probably be a small dirt bike something like the 230cc CCM's Nathan is selling at the moment, but my Shadow is pressuring me to buy a big tourer with a comfy seat. So I have been looking at Blackbirds but it is a pipe dream. I promised my Mrs one bike and I'm going to keep my word, unless I manage to win one.

Lovely but tall and probably more spendy than a Harley

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