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we currently are still with just an advisory of 6 adults max in a house. Curfew 20H till 06H00 which was lifted just for Christmas eve. no travel restrictions within the country at this time. The Brits can fuck off though...

after 800km in the car and hours battling french administrative beurocracy yesterday ( thank God Madame moon is good at the admin crap cos otherwise there would have been multiple homicides...?) today is going to be spent annoying the kids, eating food prepared for far more people than we actually are, drinking a beer or two, and possibly some wine as well, and then sleeping. We don't get boxing day here so madame is back at work tomorrow. Hey, somebody's got to earn some money...?

it has an aura? so atomic kitten?

PEARL JAM! Not " the fall", but "Rolling stones." and Soundgarden

cat stevens?

the fall ?

texas, stray cats, garbage, the 4 tops, red hot chilli peppers, salt N Pepa, the Jam,

you realise I'm going to have to kill you now?

senility probably

ask any of the techniciens who've worked with me over the last few years what my catch phrase is at work and they'll tell you " You need a bigger hammer for that..."

the Leg, wasn't that you?

The fact that Bruce is still here, and still contributing, is a testament to the man's mentality. As far back as I can remember on maxbikes we've had members who didn't yet have bikes, or were between bikes for whatever reason and I've always thought that "biker" has more to do with mentality or "mind set" than anything else. He is also a scholar and a gentleman ( but don't tell him I said so) and has reached out numerous helping hands to a number of us, me included, both metaphorically and physically over the years. Top Man. ( if you quote me on any of this I will, of course, deny evrything)

I think Tymmeh deserves it. hanging lit mopeds in a tree for Christmas just does the trick. Besides, Bucky hasn't supplied sufficient content to merit the title.

ok, i'm impressed. I switched it off so I could remove the battery and re glue the feet back on it. it wouldn't start again and gave message " fan error" top left of the screen and then just shut down. I got a hammet and chisel out and removed the screws from the back, removed the keyboard which gave me access to the fan. i just blew gently on it a couple of times to see if it wasn't seized or anything but it moved ok so I gave a long steady blow in an attempt to clean it without damaging it. I replaced the keyboard and then hammered al the screws back in the holes. it started up first time and is now working again.! I'll see if I can get a can of air tomorrow and do it again, ( i get what you mean Bruce about the bearings). and give the whole thing a gentle blowjob...

Ta, I am working on creating a gap. hadn't thought of cleaning the fan.

allo, allo. welcome.

is that a good or bad omen, I can't decide...

it's that time again. For some reason my laptop switches itself off and shuts down without warning. I have actually put this down to the bettery or charging system overheating as it seems to be linked to the underside of the unit getting very hot. I have managed to work with this by keeping an eye on the batt temp and either unplugging, if it's plugged in, or just stopping using it for a while which seems to allow it to cool down. Due to lockdown and stuff it has seen some fairly intensive usage over the last 6 months and is running most of the day with one thing and another. Unfortunately it has now started dropping the internet connection. when I try to reconnect it says there are no wifi networks available ( 2 other computors and the telly are all running off the wifi no problem). the troubleshooter says that there is no ethernet cable connected which is irrelevant cos it's alwas been connected via wifi. when I go into settings and look at the wifi connection status is says "disactivated" or something similar. the laptop dos have a physical manual switch on the side for the wifi and yes I have double checked each time that it is in the on position. the only solution I have is to switch the unit off and then back on again. it takes around 20 minutes to shut down ( normally very quick) but when I restart it it will reconnect to the wifi network with no problem. any ideas why it might do this or what I can do about it? apart from buying a new one which I don't have the means to do currently. The laptop is a Lenove X201 given to me a while ago by a friend. running windows 10.

that works if you're going fast enough to fly the bumps Pedro, I don't ride fast enough for that and unfortunately my N0 1 problem is my back so protectig that comes first. I'll just keep going slow and steady and little by little till the knee gets good enough to do longer sessions. I'm not in a rush. Specially as my boss accidentally let slip that we'll now not be going back to work on 4th Jan as originally planned...

that's not good Tym. if you loose feeling or movement in one part of your body then it could be due to a "Temporary ischemic Attack" and you should see a doctor ASAP. My Mum had one a couple of years ao and lost speech for about half an hour, sorted by medication, a simple aspirin per day I think. Don't let that shit slide mate cos you REALLY don't want to end up ;ike by little brother in law with a full blown cerebral vascular attack. It might also be nothing much...

yep ? the french truck drivers stuck in dover are creating as they've just been parked up and immobilised. no restaurants are open and no provision has been made for them to re supply even with drinking water...

I'm officially signed off till the 25th but the sun came out yesterday and me knee is almost back to normal... did about 100k and a very little dirt before it started aching, it doesnt like the vibes from the trails standing on the pegs. I saw the doc this afternoon and he promises me that it will improve over time and shouldn't be a long term problem.

"Covid : le Royaume-Uni de plus en plus isolé et au bord du chaos" this title, literal translation "Covid; The United Kingdom more and more isolated and on the brink of chaos" is the headline on one of the national newpapers website here at the mo, You boy's noticed any Chaos yet? ? ?

i got the server switch message when I tried to log on a couple of hours ago. all back to normal now.