Buckster Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Weekend in the garage going over the bike, it goes in for MOT on Monday. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, Buckster said: Weekend in the garage going over the bike, it goes in for MOT on Monday. What you got to do to it? And more importantly are we gonna get a pic? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 12 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Seems dead here tonight i have a plate of cheese and crackers which i'm washing down with some desperados chilling out listening to this because i cant stand the shit the wife is watching on TV now i really want to go clubbing whats everyone else doing Just stuck the phones in as Mandi doesn't get anything other than what she likes. I keep turning it up when listening to dance music. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 11 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Its called the double trouble rally all motorbikes no cowboys lol https://www.doubletroublerally.com/about Not far from Thatchers there Fred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: And more importantly are we gonna get a pic? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 44 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Just stuck the phones in as Mandi doesn't get anything other than what she likes. I keep turning it up when listening to dance music. I think i had mine turned up too loud bloody ears are ringing this morning. Could have been the bike because i forgot to put my ear plugs in when i went out for a ride yesterday 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 29 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Not far from Thatchers there Fred It's a shame i don't like cider, I had a bad experience on cider when i was about 17 and haven't touched it since, it even put me off eating apples. Its strange how stupid things can affect your life 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Its strange how stupid things can affect your life In my case it was being born in Swansea! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, XTreme said: In my case it was being born in Swansea! That wasn't stupid that was just unfortunate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: That wasn't stupid that was just unfortunate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @Sir Fallsalot Oh by crikey I know what you mean. 17 years old, failed my first driving test (bit of a shock at the time cos Id never failed anything before), went home and my dad was having a day off, told him and he helped me get over it with cider and then whisky.... holy crappoly I wanted to die. My mum came home from work and was furious. I remember her saying “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER????!” My dad replied “ITS HER FAULT SHE LED THINGS HERE” The next day I was so ill I passed out at the top of the stairs and surfed down on my face, my mum made my dad phone in sick so he could look after me. He wanted to go to the farm shop (for hangover cure food) but decided I was too ill to leave so he carried me to the car and with a bowl to vomit in and I went on the worse journey of my life I didnt know how ill I was until later in life when I discovered my dad had never ever rung in sick before and the only reason I wasnt taken to hospital was the preceding week both my brothers had been taken to A&E with the last visit one of them being admitted for a head injury which occurred when my dad was swinging us around and misjudged a swoop... smack .. my wee bro who had a knack of saying the wrong things at the wrong time said in A&E “why did daddy do this to me?” So we were on the health visitors radar and alcohol poisoning at the hands of dad would have been a finisher But I live in Somerset and if you dont drink cider you have to leave, tis the law... kinda so I drank the hairy nailed bullet and got over it. Whisky though took over twenty years and a mighty toothache 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Hangover stories, lets be havin’ ‘em! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: @XTreme Oh by crikey I know what you mean. It was @Sir Fallsalot puking up cider at 17.....not me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 No hangover stories here @Slowlycatchymonkey, the Irish are immunized at an early age. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, XTreme said: It was @Sir Fallsalot puking up cider at 17.....not me! Oops soz got a bit of a hangover Fixed it now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Oops soz got a bit of a hangover Fixed it now. been going to the TT since 1987 its not a holiday it is a pilgrimage watch bikes during the day and drink all night i go for eight days its a marathon 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 3 hours ago, skyrider said: been going to the TT since 1987 its not a holiday it is a pilgrimage watch bikes during the day and drink all night i go for eight days its a marathon Crikey I wouldnt survive! I really wanna go to the TT but it seems to get booked up waaaay ahead of time and be very expensive for a week away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: I really wanna go to the TT I've been saying that for 50 years now! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Crikey I wouldnt survive! I really wanna go to the TT but it seems to get booked up waaaay ahead of time and be very expensive for a week away. i haven't been for five years but before that i went over for the TT and the manx every year and just before i left the hotel i booked for the following year and the same with the ferry, and as you say the iom is not a cheap holiday 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 had to start back to work again this week. Not a happy Bunny. due to circumstances I have taken a step back 30 years and am now doing a mechanics job. Problem is my boss seems to think that I can do this on top of all the stuff I am supposed to do as manager like sourcing and ordering parts, fuel, gas, running the stock, fixing the bikes, client paperwork, client handovers etc etc etc. I have told him, in writing, that I am not physically capable of doing the mechanics job ( which is why they changed my job description in 2016 after my back operation) and gave him a copy of that letter. So far he has simply carried on as if he never got the mail. Not gonna last cos I will rapidly break down ( physically). Needless to say i haven't been up to posting much this week. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, MooN said: had to start back to work again this week. Not a happy Bunny. due to circumstances I have taken a step back 30 years and am now doing a mechanics job. Problem is my boss seems to think that I can do this on top of all the stuff I am supposed to do as manager like sourcing and ordering parts, fuel, gas, running the stock, fixing the bikes, client paperwork, client handovers etc etc etc. I have told him, in writing, that I am not physically capable of doing the mechanics job ( which is why they changed my job description in 2016 after my back operation) and gave him a copy of that letter. So far he has simply carried on as if he never got the mail. Not gonna last cos I will rapidly break down ( physically). Needless to say i haven't been up to posting much this week. just slow down a lot or you will burn yourself out, that will make him think 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, MooN said: Needless to say i haven't been up to posting much this week. Hang in there MooN, and yes the news this week has been grim. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooN Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 1 minute ago, skyrider said: just slow down a lot, that will make him think I'm already a lot slower than I used to be. the problem is, it's not really his fault, our main mechanic has been off sick ( piss taking) for a year now and despite advertising we've had 0 candidates for the job. That, on top of the covid situation means that he doesn't really have much choice. However, I ran with it for the 4 months of last season ( and ended with a ruptured tendon in my ledt shoulder and a split meniscus in my left knee) but said quite clearly that I was NOT prepared to do another season like that one. He is also playing the mechanic and painting boats etc, but that is, at the end of the day not my problem, it's his company and I am an employee and I need to look after me at the moment he can look after himself. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 3 minutes ago, MooN said: I'm already a lot slower than I used to be. the problem is, it's not really his fault, our main mechanic has been off sick ( piss taking) for a year now and despite advertising we've had 0 candidates for the job. That, on top of the covid situation means that he doesn't really have much choice. However, I ran with it for the 4 months of last season ( and ended with a ruptured tendon in my ledt shoulder and a split meniscus in my left knee) but said quite clearly that I was NOT prepared to do another season like that one. He is also playing the mechanic and painting boats etc, but that is, at the end of the day not my problem, it's his company and I am an employee and I need to look after me at the moment he can look after himself. Companies will use you and burn you out......then drop you like a stone when you cease to be of use to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 @MooN Can you suggest making the piss taking sticky throwing mechanic redundant (it would be a legitimate redundancy if your doing his role) and taking on an apprentice who can do the heavy lifting? If its not a sustainable position for you you need to make him fix things or get out while you’re in reasonable health. Aside from that, it sucks mate, no one wants to be taken advantage of or lose their health for the sake of someone else’s purse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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