Reasons to be cheerful

[ellipsis]

:sleep::yawn::bye:

You are very boring.

there's nothing happening. I'm bored just reading your bullshit.

And to make it worse, you will probably post more boring shit

[caseye]

[QUOTE=GCSB Thought Police;1131009966]I'm cheerful because I'm back in New Zealand ...

But I'm not pleased that I still have to monitor this godforsaken place called Kiwi Biker. How depressingly boring, and nothing has changed.[/QUO
Why don't you just, have ex and travel?
Your self appointed masters ( in yer head) can take a flying leap, too.

[Grumph]

Well. I'm happy today anyway...The racebike I've been struggling to finish fired up yesterday, sounds good, doesn't piss oil and the oil light eventually went off...
Given how much has been changed inside and outside the cases and what could have gone wrong, the small amount of carb tuning required is minor indeed.

[ellipsis]

When do we see it wearing tyres out?

[Grumph]

When do we see it wearing tyres out?

Later today if you're standing beside a "private racetrack" SCF if pete gets back in time and fit enough to ride it.

I'll make a point of getting a pic alongside your version......

Here it is in it's finished - for the moment - condition

[stjude]

i've finally come to Spain to buy this gem of a house https://tranio.com/spain/adt/1550169/ wish me luck! :2thumbsup
can't wait to feel like the owner of this place

[Voltaire]

Later today if you're standing beside a "private racetrack" SCF if pete gets back in time and fit enough to ride it.

I'll make a point of getting a pic alongside your version......

Here it is in it's finished - for the moment - condition

Cool another CB 350/4 racebike.:headbang:

[OddDuck]

Later today if you're standing beside a "private racetrack" SCF if pete gets back in time and fit enough to ride it.

I'll make a point of getting a pic alongside your version......

Here it is in it's finished - for the moment - condition

That's a very good looking bike.

[ellipsis]

...I can't wait to line mine up alongside it...Pete will be grinning from ear to ear...I wanna hear the four of those black tubes rumbling...:niceone:

[Ocean1]

Seems that if you can't find at least a couple of reasons to be cheerful here then you're not really trying very hard.

http://www.prosperity.com/globe/new-zealand

[TLDV8]

If you wake up alive that is good reason to be cheerful.
When I was at the Darwin LNG project last year, one of the TA's in the crew asks one day ' Should we start a Lotto syndicate ? I say why not (14 of us)
$200 each for five weeks, the seventh week we won Division one... cheerful indeed was I. :first:

I had been with the same company for over six and half years but got an offer to go to another LNG project early this year in WA (where I am now)
There are over 7000 personal on site, I get put in a crew (maybe 20 people)
In passing I notice one day one guy has a familiar name (not unusual, there is a Michael Jackson also)
I am there maybe a week and one morning at the 'pre start the same guy says to me 'I had a mate with the same name as you.
I reply 'Would he know you lived at 2 %^&& Cresent etc.
Yes it was a school mate from late 1964 to 1971 who I hadn't seen since then.
Small world and another reason to be cheerful. :niceone:

[ellipsis]

The mighty All Black glue that binds half our silly little nation together just got fucked over by the Iirish. That gives me so many reasons on so many levels to be ecstatically cheerful. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[Woodman]

The mighty All Black glue that binds half our silly little nation together just got fucked over by the Iirish. That gives me so many reasons on so many levels to be ecstatically cheerful. :woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

I am a big ABs fan too and am happy for Ireland........

[sidecar bob]

I chopped the ugly tired wiring loom out of the Gsx11 race bike on Friday night & have spent the weekend building a tidy reliable loom with all the nice factory looking terminals & loom wrap, while losing about 20 opportunities for a breakdown in what was going to be the very near future.
That's definitely a reason to be cheerful.

[Hemi Makutu]

I am a big ABs fan too and am happy for Ireland........

I wonder what the poor bloody bookies had to pay out on that one..

Reminds me of - "That's pride fucking with you Butch." from 'Pulp Fiction'..

Since the Micks even out did the Chicago Cubs, in duck-breaking time served...

[Voltaire]

I am a big ABs fan too and am happy for Ireland........

Thank God, they will stop going on about Munster beating the mid week team in 1978 next time I go back to the "homeland'....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/newzealand/3473409/The-day-Munster-shocked-the-All-Blacks-to-the-core-Rugby-Union.html

[AllanB]

Ducati.

Still happy a year on. Happier in fact :niceone:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Bitchslapping and handbags at ten paces on KB. Its like the old daze.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Later today if you're standing beside a "private racetrack" SCF if pete gets back in time and fit enough to ride it.

I'll make a point of getting a pic alongside your version......

Here it is in it's finished - for the moment - condition

Nice. Those pipes are cool as shit.

[Ocean1]

I get the impression you pricks aren't taking this thread seriously.

Here's an example of some benchmark work: http://helthehatter.tumblr.com/post/152910935316/good-things-that-happened-in-2016#notes?ref_url=https://www.indy100.com/article/some-good-happened-in-2016-7409926#_=_

[Moi]

Been a good day for a ride - coffee and ginger crunch at Shelly Beach :niceone: :D

[russd7]

Been a good day for a ride - coffee and ginger crunch at Shelly Beach :niceone: :D

yup awesome day for a ride, coffee and apple danish at Tuatapare.

[granstar]

yup awesome day for a ride, coffee and apple danish at Tuatapare.

No ride but flat white,yum strawberry and cream McCruffin, and a cinnamon McCruffin which tastes exactly like a danish at Gore. I'm cheerful
I didn't lower my self to the regular fodder they have. :not: But it was a good day for a ride.

[Bass]

Put the deposit down for a couple of weeks on a Royal Enfield in the Himalayas next year.

[Scuba_Steve]

EARTHQUAKE!!! :woohoo:

[ellipsis]

EARTHQUAKE!!! :woohoo:


...puts you in the real, wanking , fuckwit, camp...fucking arsehole...:tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger ::tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger:

[ellipsis]

...c'mon reply, you fucking arsehole cunt...piece of non thinking shit...

[Scuba_Steve]

...puts you in the real, wanking , fuckwit, camp...fucking arsehole...:tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger ::tugger::tugger::tugger::tugger:

Calm ya tits, scrape that sand outta your vagina & get over yourself
I enjoy earthquakes, just like I enjoy turbulance in planes & thunder, if you don't stink for you. But if you think I should stop enjoying something just cause it makes you shit your frilly little panties... :finger:

[ellipsis]

...fucking wanker...I'd shove some shit in any of your orifices if I could find you, cunt...

[ellipsis]

...cunt...

[Madness]

...fucking wanker...I'd shove some shit in any of your orifices if I could find you, cunt...

An interesting reaction. Really dry dog shit might be the go, maybe one of those really dry white ones they do after eating a bone. Not too dry though or all you'll end up with is a pile of dust and a sparkly clean orifice.

[Ocean1]

Really dry dog shit might be the go, maybe one of those really dry white ones they do after eating a bone. Not too dry though or all you'll end up with is a pile of dust and a sparkly clean orifice.

The sort that hide in the long grass and explode in a cloud of white dust when you mow them?

Reckon they're worse than the fresh ones, at least they only soil your boots.

[Ocean1]

Interesting take on the local business climate: http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/trends/why-australians-are-heading-to-new-zealand-to-start-businesses-20161115-gsphek.html

Not that we needed confirmation that we're better than a bunch of convicts....

[sidecar bob]

Interesting take on the local business climate: http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/trends/why-australians-are-heading-to-new-zealand-to-start-businesses-20161115-gsphek.html

Not that we needed confirmation that we're better than a bunch of convicts....

Whipsters team photo looks like a small sample cross section of the most annoying people in the world to work with. Well to me at least.
A bunch of young upstarts that think they have it all worked out already.

[Moi]

Whipsters team photo looks like a small sample cross section of the most annoying people in the world to work with. Well to me at least.
A bunch of young upstarts that think they have it all worked out already.

And you were never like that?

[sidecar bob]

And you were never like that?

No thank fuck. I didn't go to uni.

[Ocean1]

Whipsters team photo looks like a small sample cross section of the most annoying people in the world to work with. Well to me at least.
A bunch of young upstarts that think they have it all worked out already.

Well their hands might be a tad clean.

But, y'know, if their problem was that nobody was paying them millions for some tech widget, and they've solved that problem then more power to 'em, eh?

Also, I don't have to work with insufferably hip techies, so meh.

Actually that's not true, two of my clients are insufferable hipsters, but I promise that I charge 'em more. All good?

[Moi]

No thank fuck. I didn't go to uni.

Just because you didn't go to varsity doesn't mean that you weren't a young upstart that thought he had it all worked out already...

[sidecar bob]

Just because you didn't go to varsity doesn't mean that you weren't a young upstart that thought he had it all worked out already...

Na, its fairly well documented on here that I was a worthless druggie until my mid 20's, & I would have been a fucking site more annoying to work with than that bunch.

[Madness]

Na, its fairly well documented on here that I was a worthless druggie until my mid 20's...

I didn't know you were a Heroin addict. Ewww.

[ellipsis]

I have just found out I don't have the "c", which has been freaking me a bit over the last few weeks...diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes...I've lost two stone in a couple of months which is not good for a normally skinny cunt, but now I know what it's been all about I am starting the big change...I never realised that even a lot of what I thought of as really healthy foods could kill me...I'm extremely or relatively cheerful at the prognosis...far better than the scenario I have been contemplating...

[swarfie]

HOLY SHIT. Glad to hear the "bad" news Neil. Go hard on that Velo. Another Velo mate of mine has just been told his prostate cancer is back...shitting bricks he is:eek5:. Enjoy every day folks, ya never know what's round the corner.

[Madness]

Good news epilepsy! :niceone:

[Moi]

I have just found out I don't have the "c"...

That is a reason for being very cheerful...

[Akzle]

Na, its fairly well documented on here that I was a worthless druggie until my mid 20's, & I would have been a fucking site more annoying to work with than that bunch.

well at least you're not a druggie any more. small steps.

[Oakie]

I had a brand new rear tyre fitted today.

[husaberg]

Na, its fairly well documented on here that I was a worthless druggie until my mid 20's, & I would have been a fucking site more annoying to work with than that bunch.

You are too hard on yourself, I bet lots of other people were smoking weed in the 60's too.:laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukWvUy60m9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCxgqHqakXc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dygcd7J32fc

[onearmedbandit]

I have just found out I don't have the "c", which has been freaking me a bit over the last few weeks...diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes...I've lost two stone in a couple of months which is not good for a normally skinny cunt, but now I know what it's been all about I am starting the big change...I never realised that even a lot of what I thought of as really healthy foods could kill me...I'm extremely or relatively cheerful at the prognosis...far better than the scenario I have been contemplating...

That's great 'bad' news mate. Look after yourself eh.

[Akzle]

summer stone fruits are in season!

[Luckylegs]

Suzuki summer fest and santa

[Grumph]

In for a pacemaker tune today...As installed, they rely on the heart to decide on the appropriate rate of BPM increase with exertion.
My ticker is apparently as lazy as the rest of me so was lagging behind demand.
They were able to choose a more agressive advance curve to better match demand.
Bit of marching around the corridors and it was sussed.
The 3/4 mile walk back to the car was much better than the inward trip...

Better living electronically.

[Akzle]

In for a pacemaker tune today...As installed, they rely on the heart to decide on the appropriate rate of BPM increase with exertion.
My ticker is apparently as lazy as the rest of me so was lagging behind demand.
They were able to choose a more agressive advance curve to better match demand.
Bit of marching around the corridors and it was sussed.
The 3/4 mile walk back to the car was much better than the inward trip...

Better living electronically.

i know that no-one wants to die... but y' don't think your heart stopping is a bit of a clue that your time's up?

[F5 Dave]

There was a bit of a gap between your last breath out and the next breath in. Just saying its a choice.

[Laava]

In for a pacemaker tune today...As installed, they rely on the heart to decide on the appropriate rate of BPM increase with exertion.
My ticker is apparently as lazy as the rest of me so was lagging behind demand.
They were able to choose a more agressive advance curve to better match demand.
Bit of marching around the corridors and it was sussed.
The 3/4 mile walk back to the car was much better than the inward trip...

Better living electronically.

So, a TRE?

[Akzle]

There was a bit of a gap between your last breath out and the next breath in. Just saying its a choice.

yeah that's actually really healthy for you. learn to breathe cunt.

would you be as supportive of the third lung transplant for an unrepentive smoker/city dweller? the lipo, wheelchair ramp and mobility scooter for the "morbidly obese"? (needs more morbidity)

[F5 Dave]

No, but I've met Greg in meat-space (the real world) and he's a good cunt.

Now there's a reason to be cheerful. Now that I re-read the thread title.

[Akzle]

No, but I've met Greg in meat-space (the real world) and he's a good cunt.

Now there's a reason to be cheerful. Now that I re-read the thread title.

no doubt. and he sounds clever as. but still. fatalism.

[Voltaire]

yeah that's actually really healthy for you. learn to breathe cunt.

would you be as supportive of the third lung transplant for an unrepentive smoker/city dweller? the lipo, wheelchair ramp and mobility scooter for the "morbidly obese"? (needs more morbidity)

I'd be supportive of chaining to a railing at the Viaduct for a month.

[Grumph]

So, a TRE?

WTF is a TRE ?


I'd be supportive of chaining to a railing at the Viaduct for a month.

Didn't think I'd offended you quite that much.....

[Voltaire]

WTF is a TRE ?



Didn't think I'd offended you quite that much.....

I never want to hear the words reed valves and pre 72 again :lol::innocent:

[Moi]

Riding from Upper Hutt to Carterton via Western Lake Rd, Lake Ferry and Martinborough...


and it's a Blue Dome day :yes::woohoo:


and on a pair of :scooter:

[Grumph]

I never want to hear the words reed valves and pre 72 again :lol::innocent:

Useful to know, LOL...I haven't heard back from Pete yet, Nev probably won't speak to me again either....

[jim.cox]

Ian Dury and the Blockheads (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIMNXogXnvE)

[eldog]

Riding from Upper Hutt to Carterton via Western Lake Rd, Lake Ferry and Martinborough...


and it's a Blue Dome day :yes::woohoo:


and on a pair of :scooter:

FFS you left out Ngawi and Cape Palliser Lighthouse :bash: :brick:

I suppose your now going to leave out, Masterton - Castlepoint - Bidiford - Pongaroa - Akitio - Dannevirke as well :facepalm:

now doing that again would make me cheerful - just thinking about it has....

[Moi]

FFS you left out Ngawi and Cape Palliser Lighthouse :bash: :brick:

I suppose your now going to leave out, Masterton - Castlepoint - Bidiford - Pongaroa - Akitio - Dannevirke as well :facepalm:

now doing that again would make me cheerful - just thinking about it has....

Lunch at Lake Ferry Hotel, then to Ngawi and Cape Palliser...

Tomorrow will be Riversdale, Castlepoint and Sunday will be the others...

Good things take time...

[eldog]

:Punk:
Lunch at Lake Ferry Hotel, then to Ngawi and Cape Palliser...

Tomorrow will be Riversdale, Castlepoint and Sunday will be the others...

Good things take time...

Castlepoint, take time out and walk to the top.:2thumbsup

the burgers are good at the Castlepoint store:Punk:

Koroj thought there were good burgers at Pongoroa but I wasn't sure where, he mentioned it in his blog.
look for MDs blog in meetings

[AllanB]

Ducati. Even sitting in the garage it makes me smile.

[F5 Dave]

Punch through to masterton and past. Turn in to Mauriceville, carry on to Alfredton, have a yak, then back to masterton back roads. Google map it. If you have more time up old pa rd and pop out at Eketahuna then back.

[Akzle]

motherfucken basil pesto with pistachio and cashews and shit.

this is sofa king delicious. you don't even need the hash hungries to enjoy it.

god bless whatever vino-skolling, olive oil eating wop invented this shit.

[F5 Dave]

I think you'll find that comes from the Jewish faction of immigrants into the Mediterranean.

[husaberg]

I think you'll find that comes from the Jewish faction of immigrants into the Mediterranean.

Correct, Cashews is a well know Yiddish derivative of Hebrew word meaning smooth goat balls.

[Akzle]

I think you'll find that comes from the Jewish faction of immigrants into the Mediterranean.

... and?

[ellipsis]

...put 7 or 8lbs back onto my mortal frame...not sure that I'll get all the remaining 23 I lost back though, but it's a start...

[F5 Dave]

Just trollin,
And shit.

[Bass]

Put the deposit down for a couple of weeks on a Royal Enfield in the Himalayas next year.

Bought the air tickets

[pritch]

Bought the air tickets

That's cool - enjoy.

[pritch]

motherfucken basil pesto with pistachio and cashews and shit.

this is sofa king delicious. you don't even need the hash hungries to enjoy it.

god bless whatever vino-skolling, olive oil eating wop invented this shit.

I sometimes make pistou, the French variant. Doesn't have nuts but there's enough Parmesan, basil and olive oil to give it flavour. Still expensive though.

Hmmmm going to need some refreshments for the WSBK kick off tomorrow...

[eldog]

Bought the air tickets

Do you need a walla. Memsab?

Probably wrong spelling and world but you get the idea I guess

[eldog]

Parmesan

The smell is :pinch:

[Bass]

That's cool - enjoy.

Thank you, that's the plan


Do you need a walla. Memsab?

Probably wrong spelling and world but you get the idea I guess

What's this Memsahib shit? I'm old, fat and ugly but definitely MALE.
Dammit, I ride a Beemer, not a Honda

Anyway, if you can fit in the overhead locker............... are your vaccinations up to date?

[eldog]

What's this Memsahib shit? I'm old, fat and ugly but definitely MALE.
Dammit, I ride a Beemer, not a Honda

Anyway, if you can fit in the overhead locker............... are your vaccinations up to date?

FYI - I can fit into an overhead locker.... or under a bed

vaccinations - do I need them if I live in LA - Lower Auckland?

[Akzle]

i don't know what today is, in the scheme of society. and afaik there isn't a "hot chicks day out" but :drool: there were some superlingly gorgeous bitches out today. I'm going to town on tuesdays more often to leer.

and short shorts and tits are still in fashion. :2thumbsup

[Black Knight]

Whangarei!Hot Chicks!-C'mon Ax you are fucking kidding me.

[Akzle]

Whangarei!Hot Chicks!-C'mon Ax you are fucking kidding me.

maaaaaaaate! come down next tuesday for a spot of ornithology! i was surprised myself...

[Akzle]

going to work. pack 3 guns, 2 rods and a belt full of knives:

doing it right.

[Black Knight]

Are you a part time mercenary?

[Grumph]

going to work. pack 3 guns, 2 rods and a belt full of knives:

doing it right.


Are you a part time mercenary?

Late shift at macca's....

[Akzle]

Are you a part time mercenary?

:killingme








...part time :laugh:


i'm only fucken dangerous if you're made of food.

[Akzle]

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/features/what-quicksand

[R650R]

An actual day off work.... a day when the weathers fine, got in a quick ride on the DR, socialised, visited couple overpriced open homes, serviced the cage in the driveway long overdue, knocked back some bourbons and watched a funny film....

Back to reality tomorrow lol....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYnBNbcU9i4

[HenryDorsetCase]

going to work. pack 3 guns, 2 rods and a belt full of knives:

doing it right.

I don't think WINZ will let you in the door carrying all that. They now have a coat check system for the guns I think.

[Akzle]

pistachio nuts. only, some cunt needs to sell them un-shelled. i mean rly. why??

[Grumph]

Me bloody firewood's turned up at last - now I can at least be warm and miserable....

[ellipsis]

Me bloody firewood's turned up at last - now I can at least be warm and miserable....

...I hadn't got enough of the stuff for us, first time in thirty years I've not been a year ahead...then my cocky neighbour dragged two fucking big gum trees over from a paddock away, a few weeks back and put them up against the fenceline...half of it had been down for a fair while and next years is in there too...dunno if it's anything to be cheerful about though, I have to cut it yet...

[Ocean1]

...I hadn't got enough of the stuff for us, first time in thirty years I've not been a year ahead...then my cocky neighbour dragged two fucking big gum trees over from a paddock away, a few weeks back and put them up against the fenceline...half of it had been down for a fair while and next years is in there too...dunno if it's anything to be cheerful about though, I have to cut it yet...

I reckon if you spent the time sweating your ring out cutting, splitting and stacking firewood in summer through the winter evenings instead you wouldn't need to fucking burn it.

[ellipsis]

I reckon if you spent the time sweating your ring out cutting, splitting and stacking firewood in summer through the winter evenings instead you wouldn't need to fucking burn it.


...there's some truth in that...

[Grumph]

...there's some truth in that...

Not a lot though - I've lived on Banks Peninsula and there weren't a lot of winter evenings where outside work was possible.
Plus if you don't have the wetback going, it's a f'n big power bill.

[husaberg]

...I hadn't got enough of the stuff for us, first time in thirty years I've not been a year ahead...then my cocky neighbour dragged two fucking big gum trees over from a paddock away, a few weeks back and put them up against the fenceline...half of it had been down for a fair while and next years is in there too...dunno if it's anything to be cheerful about though, I have to cut it yet...


Not a lot though - I've lived on Banks Peninsula and there weren't a lot of winter evenings where outside work was possible.
Plus if you don't have the wetback going, it's a f'n big power bill.

Coal splits itself......

[Grumph]

Coal splits itself......

And can be picked up off your local railway line...But you don't live under the ECAN thumb with neighbours lined up to dob you in for a smoky chimney.

Actually, I burn coal occasionally in the workshop potbelly - always feel I should be making something from cast iron when I burn it.

[husaberg]

And can be picked up off your local railway line...But you don't live under the ECAN thumb with neighbours lined up to dob you in for a smoky chimney.

Actually, I burn coal occasionally in the workshop potbelly - always feel I should be making something from cast iron when I burn it.

All the trains have lids now. Not that there is many going past my way anymore
Most of our coal was for steel making coke though.
The dude that was head of Ecan for years was our old MP #we got rid of him.
I have to sort out the bolier this weekend. It can get real cold here you know, 3 frosts in 3 years.

[Grumph]

I have to sort out the bolier this weekend. It can get real cold here you know, 3 frosts in 3 years.

That must get difficult sorting warm footwear for the webbed feet....

[Akzle]

motherfucken eta uppercuts chilli laksa chips yo. shit's delicious.

[Stu999c]

motherfucken eta uppercuts chilli laksa chips yo. shit's delicious.

I'm down on the balsamic vinegar ones in the same bunch. Yummo

[ellipsis]

...I'm about to build the workbench in my new wood-workshop...this obviously means I now have a new workshop...10 years thinking about it, 5 years needing it...2 years getting it sorted between being crook, broke, racing bikes:rolleyes:,...Yeehaa is the word I'm looking for...

[Ocean1]

...I'm about to build the workbench in my new wood-workshop...this obviously means I now have a new workshop...10 years thinking about it, 5 years needing it...2 years getting it sorted between being crook, broke, racing bikes:rolleyes:,...Yeehaa is the word I'm looking for...

What, other than the work in question makes it a WOOD workbench, as opposed to some other sort?

[Voltaire]

Went for a test ride on freshened up Norton Commando today:niceone:

[F5 Dave]

A day off for. . Well whatever this holiday is. . Lazy start. Short week. Same money.

[ellipsis]

What, other than the work in question makes it a WOOD workbench, as opposed to some other sort?

...I have a couple of workshops, one kind of doubles as a museum of sorts and also houses my bikes so fine or coarse or any wood shavings, sawdust, sanding dust etc are a pain and I'm sick of moving stuff, and dust sheets, when I have bigger stuff to do or having to wait until a nice day arrives so I can do it outside...I have a workshop for metalwork and mechanical stuff...now I have a place where all my bigger tools can live, buzzer, thicknesser, two or three tablesaws...I gain three or four squares of floor space in the other workshops and never have to worry about dust and shit going everywhere again...

...as far as a wood working table goes, suffice it to say it won't look like any of these pretty things...but they are all specific to woodwork...

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=woodwork+benches+images&safe=off&client=firefox-b-ab&tbm=isch&imgil=-WyRrYbqt5ZYvM%253A%253B7BISrg820fkhcM%253Bhttps%25 253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%2525 2F168673948514751297%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-WyRrYbqt5ZYvM%253A%252C7BISrg820fkhcM%252C_&usg=__YovasqdryJgWXp2waS9UE6Kk-mE%3D&biw=1761&bih=1098&ved=0ahUKEwiHpprKqqXUAhVBnpQKHbu-CCsQyjcIMQ&ei=OpY0WYchwbzSBLv9otgC#imgrc=p7dnOjqZpJVfgM:

[Ocean1]

...I have a couple of workshops, one kind of doubles as a museum of sorts and also houses my bikes so fine or coarse or any wood shavings, sawdust, sanding dust etc are a pain and I'm sick of moving stuff, and dust sheets, when I have bigger stuff to do or having to wait until a nice day arrives so I can do it outside...I have a workshop for metalwork and mechanical stuff...now I have a place where all my bigger tools can live, buzzer, thicknesser, two or three tablesaws...I gain three or four squares of floor space in the other workshops and never have to worry about dust and shit going everywhere again...

...as far as a wood working table goes, suffice it to say it won't look like any of these pretty things...but they are all specific to woodwork...

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=woodwork+benches+images&safe=off&client=firefox-b-ab&tbm=isch&imgil=-WyRrYbqt5ZYvM%253A%253B7BISrg820fkhcM%253Bhttps%25 253A%25252F%25252Fwww.pinterest.com%25252Fpin%2525 2F168673948514751297%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=-WyRrYbqt5ZYvM%253A%252C7BISrg820fkhcM%252C_&usg=__YovasqdryJgWXp2waS9UE6Kk-mE%3D&biw=1761&bih=1098&ved=0ahUKEwiHpprKqqXUAhVBnpQKHbu-CCsQyjcIMQ&ei=OpY0WYchwbzSBLv9otgC#imgrc=p7dnOjqZpJVfgM:

Fair enough. Some of them do look the part though.

On the other hand I know a lot of guys that spend fookin hours making shit like that, and you see bugger all actual work resulting from all the flash toys.

On the other, other hand there's these couple of overachieving pricks that do both. Arseholes.

[ellipsis]

Fair enough. Some of them do look the part though.

On the other hand I know a lot of guys that spend fookin hours making shit like that, and you see bugger all actual work resulting from all the flash toys.

On the other, other hand there's these couple of overachieving pricks that do both. Arseholes.

...I have seen some of the most beautifully finished wooden objects be they structural or decorative done by part timer/DIY types, always for their own use. Some have astounded me with their woodworking detail...they don't do it for their livelihood all their lives though...mine took an hour to knock up from shit 4x2 I had to hand and an 18 mm cover sheet of mdf...solid and fucking nearly level, ready to go...

[Ocean1]

...I have seen some of the most beautifully finished wooden objects.

Meh, the only way I can make wooden shit is with engineering tools. I have routers, but every time I use them they dig fucking big trenches where I don't want them. So I use the mill.

That's probably not quite true, but it's fucking contrary shit at the best of times. And you can't weld up your fuckups and pretend they never happened...

[ellipsis]

http://waneyedgeworkshop.com/2015/07/20/heirloom-dovetail-joinery-bench/


...like this craftsman says, he can't really use it...I couldn't either if I'd put that much time into something...bit silly really, but very lovely...

[russd7]

http://waneyedgeworkshop.com/2015/07/20/heirloom-dovetail-joinery-bench/


...like this craftsman says, he can't really use it...I couldn't either if I'd put that much time into something...bit silly really, but very lovely...

faaark that is luverly, wouldn't want to damage it would be the problem and i don't hand cut dovetails anyway, thats what a dovetailer is for

[Honest Andy]

And you can't weld up your fuckups and pretend they never happened...

Ha! pva and sawdust fixed just as many fuckups!

[Voltaire]

I knocked up a workbench today using a bit of 2 meter by 50mm old Post Office Kauri counter top I inherited from the FIL many years ago.
Now got my compressor and tool trolley under it and a nice view out the window to the unmowed lawn.....
Kauri is hard on Chinese nails ( apologies to you woodworker bods out there.)

[ellipsis]

I knocked up a workbench today using a bit of 2 meter by 50mm old Post Office Kauri counter top I inherited from the FIL many years ago.
Now got my compressor and tool trolley under it and a nice view out the window to the unmowed lawn.....
Kauri is hard on Chinese nails ( apologies to you woodworker bods out there.)

...don't worry about it...I've built retaining walls from 10x4 Kauri beams and recently used some 10x2 Totara, for capping a raised garden so we could sit down and admire the garlic and onion and carrots...it's like everything, it's only rare if you don't have lots...

[Ocean1]

...don't worry about it...I've built retaining walls from 10x4 Kauri beams and recently used some 10x2 Totara, for capping a raised garden so we could sit down and admire the garlic and onion and carrots...it's like everything, it's only rare if you don't have lots...

I have a small pile of stuff taken from large Indonesian packaging crates, made from indiscriminately milled rain forest. I only collected the better looking stuff, and there's not much left, I've given most of it away over the years.

A naval architect mate who's a treewood expert identified most of it, Teak, Mahogany and Indonesian analogs of rosewood and Hickory. The rosewood is spectacular, variegated peach and banana colours, smells magnificent.

[TheDemonLord]

I'll just leave this here:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7GKmznaqsQ

Why do some people have everything and some people have none - Pareto Distribution!

[oldrider]

I'll just leave this here:

[video=/video]

Why do some people have everything and some people have none - Pareto Distribution!

Life isn't fair? - why do 2% of 2% of the population control the world? - would we be any more cheerful if we "all" knew the answer? :scratch:

Pareto principal explained: https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-pareto-principle-the-8020-rule/ :corn:

[TheDemonLord]

Life isn't fair? - why do 2% of 2% of the population control the world?

The same reason that only 2% of the 2% become All Blacks.


Pareto principal explained: https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-pareto-principle-the-8020-rule/

Interesting article - but it does a disservice by deriding it as merely an observation - when Pareto distributions have been observed across multiple separate domains:

Most have none, some have some and few have lots.

[F5 Dave]

Its the Dews. They are in league with the Debil.

Anyway, wrong thread.

[Oakie]

I am cheerful because I have a full tank of gas. It's the potential of that 16 litres that makes me cheerful as from Christchurch it can take me to Kaikoura for a plate of seafood chowder. It can take me to Oamaru to visit the town where I grew up. It can also get me to Greymouth or Hokitika where I can watch the waves crash in with a setting sun behind them which for a boy from the east coast is a very unusual thing.

The reality is that I'll use that tank of potential joy just to get me to work and back 7 times. Knowing that I can make those other trips at the drop of a hat though does make me cheerful.

[oldrider]

I am cheerful because I have a full tank of gas. It's the potential of that 16 litres that makes me cheerful as from Christchurch it can take me to Kaikoura for a plate of seafood chowder. It can take me to Oamaru to visit the town where I grew up. It can also get me to Greymouth or Hokitika where I can watch the waves crash in with a setting sun behind which for a boy from the east coast is a very unusual thing.

The reality is that I'll use that tank of potential joy just to get me to work and back 7 times. Knowing that I can make those trips at the drop of a hat though does make me cheerful.

Just reading that made me feel cheerful - :banana: - envious but never the less - cheerful for you! :wari: - :ride:

[caspernz]

Today I'm cheerful as it's a day off from the shiftwork routine. Washing the bike, then a basic service. Might even get a ride in later if the mood prevails, or should I say the weather clears up. :woohoo:

Tomorrow will be cheerful as it's a day planned out riding with a likeminded chap on some fun roads. :yes:

The day after tomorrow it's back to work, so dial the cheer back just a touch. :confused:

[Paul in NZ]

Im more cheerful after watching this

Not sure why - its actually a little depressing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XXPGE0klmc

[Swoop]

It's the potential of that 16 litres
How much?
Fucksakes. A thimble.

Im more cheerful after watching this
Nice! Good on them.
I'm slightly concerned when I show up at the resthome to visit Mum. One of the ladies there would have her wicked way with me, since I wear a layer of cow when I arrive. She is in her late 70's.

Slightly disturbing.

[oldrider]

How much?
Fucksakes. A thimble.

Nice! Good on them.
I'm slightly concerned when I show up at the resthome to visit Mum. One of the ladies there would have her wicked way with me, since I wear a layer of cow when I arrive. She is in her late 70's.

Slightly disturbing.

Probably one of my old flames! :lol: just ask her if she knew John back in 1950's Blue eyes, broken nose, noisy old BSA 500. :rolleyes:

[Akzle]

traffic safety and shit!

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2013/04/lots-cars-and-trucks-no-traffic-signs-or-lights-chaos-or-calm/5152/

[russd7]

finally got a pay rise, 23%, not the 33% i asked for but better than a kick in the teeth. beggars cant be choosers

[Oakie]

My colonoscopy was clear!

[Honest Andy]

That's good shit!

[russd7]

My colonoscopy was clear!

:2thumbsup:banana::2thumbsup

[Moi]

My colonoscopy was clear!

Great news!

Pics or it didn't happen...

[Akzle]

:2thumbsup:banana::2thumbsup

an ironic choice of emoticons there... two thumbs and a banana...

[Oakie]

Pics or it didn't happen...

You may regret saying that. They took two pics and I have them!

[GazzaH]

Did they get your best side? Did you smile nicely?

[Moi]

Great news!

Pics or it didn't happen...


You may regret saying that. They took two pics and I have them!

If I can find the ones I was given, we could compare and contrast... :facepalm::laugh:

[Oakie]

If I can find the ones I was given, we could compare and contrast... :facepalm::laugh:

I thought it looked like the inside of a squid tube.

[Honest Andy]

I thought it looked like the inside of a squid tube.

Gentlemen. Please.

[TheDemonLord]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyw4rTywyY0&t=1080s

Jordan Peterson - Dropping Truth Bombs left, right and centre.

[russd7]

an ironic choice of emoticons there... two thumbs and a banana...

holy shit, didn't even realise what i did there. :nya:

[oldrider]

The way the world might be if it was left alone to decide. :yes:

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[Oakie]

The way the world might be if it was left alone to decide. :yes:

If only...

[oldrider]

VIDEO: Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson On The Importance Of Killing Postmodernism

Read more: http://thehayride.com/2017/06/video-canadian-professor-jordan-peterson-importance-killing-postmodernism/#ixzz4lvvWCQcY


<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MPojltjv4M0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[oldrider]

The way the world might be if it was left alone to decide. :yes:

<iframe width="483" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4rYswsei3M" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Apparently:-

The above was happening in Palestine pre-1948, before Zionism/Israel - I.E. "everybody" - all living together in peace! :woohoo: What could possibly have gone wrong? :scratch:

Was it Britain giving Palestine to the Zionists (http://ahtribune.com/history/1583-balfour-declaration-1917.html) because there was nobody there only bare dead lifeless sand?

Was it reward for the Zionists getting USA involved in WW1 thus turning the war against Germany and Britain snatching victory from the jaws of certain defeat? :shit:

<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4jxTseoru6g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Moi]

Listening to a morepork in the pohutukawa in the garden...




Some may say "So what?"

We live a few streets south of Eden Park.

[BuzzardNZ]

Listening to a morepork in the pohutukawa in the garden...




Some may say "So what?"

We live a few streets south of Eden Park.

They can be heard in the Wellington CBD too. Surprised the hell out of me when I first heard them!

[FJRider]

Listening to a morepork in the pohutukawa in the garden...




Some may say "So what?"

We live a few streets south of Eden Park.

I've been listening to Kiwi's in the bush outside my bedroom window.

I'm on Stewart Island this week.

[Moi]

They can be heard in the Wellington CBD too. Surprised the hell out of me when I first heard them!

Amazing... they're an iconic bush bird to me. The first I clearly remember hearing, before I started school, were on Great Barrier Island in the very late 1950s.


I've been listening to Kiwi's in the bush outside my bedroom window.

I'm on Stewart Island this week.

That is special...

We heard some earlier this year when in the Bay of Islands, from the bush behind Paihia.

[Honest Andy]

Hearing kiwi is pretty cool, shame you have to go so far into the wilderness to find them.
Moreporks are great, I love listening to them, there's heaps out my way, especially in the summer you can hear them calling out to each other across the valley. Sometimes in summer you can attract them by putting a big halogen worklight on the lawn. The light attracts the big moths and then if you're patient (beer makes me patient) the moreporks will swoop in to grab a feed :2thumbsup
I also like that we don't seem to hear a big mob of cockatoos anymore, although we now have kookaburras nearby. Quite interesting to hear them at first but wears a bit thin after a while.

[ellipsis]

I'm listening to my old chook wittering on about something while she's in the kitchen...don't know why she does it, she knows I'm half fucking deaf...

[Akzle]

They can be heard in the Wellington CBD too. Surprised the hell out of me when I first heard them!

thank zelandia and a whole lot of cunts who dont "keep" cats.
hats off to them. it's impressive.

[Akzle]

Hearing kiwi is pretty cool, shame you have to go so far into the wilderness to find them..

not rly. they move through me back blocks and all teh forests around here. can hear them from my caravan.
thank all the cunts that trap and shoot predators on the east coast north of whanagrei.
kiwi corridor. win.

they've also been released on a stack of island in teh hauraki.

[Honest Andy]

Yeah tru dat. I was thinking of places like the Uruweras and forgetting seeing them around the campsite at Trounsen park :yes:

[FJRider]

Hearing kiwi is pretty cool, shame you have to go so far into the wilderness to find them.


I'm staying in a house in Oban ... about 500 meters from the pub. Hardly a "Wilderness" ...

I get a boat to and from work ... and I often walk to and from the boat. I actually see kiwi's two or three times a week.

[FJRider]

I'm listening to my old chook wittering on about something while she's in the kitchen...don't know why she does it, she knows I'm half fucking deaf...

Perhaps then ... it's a good thing you can't hear what she is saying ... and she's counting on you not hearing.

[old slider]

I'm staying in a house in Oban ... about 500 meters from the pub. Hardly a "Wilderness" ...

I get a boat to and from work ... and I often walk to and from the boat. I actually see kiwi's two or three times a week.


I am so jealous, one island I have been wanting to visit for a hunt and experience the tranquillity for about 50yrs.

[FJRider]

I am so jealous, one island I have been wanting to visit for a hunt and experience the tranquillity for about 50yrs.

The only downside is ... it's 500 meters (downhill) TO the pub ... <_<

[old slider]

The only downside is ... it's 500 meters (downhill) TO the pub ... <_<

Lot harder to hurt yourself rolling up hill, lol mind you if you get it wrong you will end up back at the watering hole.

[TheDemonLord]

mind you if you get it wrong you will end up back at the watering hole.

Oh!

The Horror!

Anything but ending back at the Pub!

[eldog]

Oh!

The Horror!

Anything but ending back at the Pub!

why leave, de pub?
its closer to the wharf when you have to get up for work:crazy:

[BuzzardNZ]

I get a boat to and from work ... and I often walk to and from the boat. I actually see kiwi's two or three times a week.

I work in Wellington and walk to and from work, I see zero kiwi's but shitloads of Indians and Chinese.

[F5 Dave]

Are they the ones that leave their curtains open? :tugger:

Just sayin. Everyone needs a hobby.

[sidecar bob]

Well, I guess that's that then.
I've been fixing BMW cars at the same location for 23 years, but 27 years in the same street.
I went to the TT last month & while I was away, I thought, fuck this shit, I don't need the stress anymore, so listed my business up on trademe with a borderline stupid price.
12 enquiries & 20 days after listing it, it's sold.
I'm thinking Perpignan in the south of France is looking very good, lovely climate & a day by car or air to at least 5 Moto GP circuits.

[ellipsis]

Well, I guess that's that then.
I've been fixing BMW cars at the same location for 23 years, but 27 years in the same street.
I went to the TT last month & while I was away, I thought, fuck this shit, I don't need the stress anymore, so listed my business up on trademe with a borderline stupid price.
12 enquiries & 20 days after listing it, it's sold.
I'm thinking Perpignan in the south of France is looking very good, lovely climate & a day by car or air to at least 5 Moto GP circuits.


...you can pick up some good stuff for relatively cheap prices there also...a mate of mine was visiting France a couple of years back, came across a property in a small town that was 'too good to be true'...it was true and now him and his partner are winter free and own a magnificent building (a fair bit of work), and a lifestyle that some only wish or dream of...sounds good...good luck...

[sidecar bob]

...you can pick up some good stuff for relatively cheap prices there also...a mate of mine was visiting France a couple of years back, came across a property in a small town that was 'too good to be true'...it was true and now him and his partner are winter free and own a magnificent building (a fair bit of work), and a lifestyle that some only wish or dream of...sounds good...good luck...

I looked a that, but I'm better to keep my property here on a market that I understand & pay aprox $200nz per week to rent. It may be Spain next winter & Italy the winter after that, so it means I'm not tied to one place.

[ellipsis]

I looked a that, but I'm better to keep my property here on a market that I understand & pay aprox $200nz per week to rent. It may be Spain next winter & Italy the winter after that, so it means I'm not tied to one place.


...it still sounds like an excerpt from a cool story, whatever way you do it...it's a far cry from telling my missus that I'll take her away for a weekend, somewhere, sometime...

[Ocean1]

Well, I guess that's that then.
I've been fixing BMW cars at the same location for 23 years, but 27 years in the same street.
I went to the TT last month & while I was away, I thought, fuck this shit, I don't need the stress anymore, so listed my business up on trademe with a borderline stupid price.
12 enquiries & 20 days after listing it, it's sold.
I'm thinking Perpignan in the south of France is looking very good, lovely climate & a day by car or air to at least 5 Moto GP circuits.

Nice. I know a few that have or are about to retire offshore, all sounds very exotic. In fact I've just received an invite to a bar warming in Vietnam.

[husaberg]

I looked a that, but I'm better to keep my property here on a market that I understand & pay aprox $200nz per week to rent. It may be Spain next winter & Italy the winter after that, so it means I'm not tied to one place.

Malta...........

[sidecar bob]

I've got to put 1000 km on this before Monday, so it can go in to be converted to a race bike.
Not sure I can cope. :2thumbsup

[Grumph]

I've got to put 1000 km on this before Monday, so it can go in to be converted to a race bike.
Not sure I can cope. :2thumbsup

Not sure your back will cope....
Kirby had a good mate who ran everything in from the CB750 days right up to GSXR1100's. A days run to the west coast and back around the passes saw everything nicely bedded. Never dropped one either...

[Akzle]

ozzies are fkn gay. whoda thunk.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/strewth-australia-rocked-by-lesbian-koala-revelation-437806.html

[Blackbird]

Well, we've just celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary and haven't been stabbed or otherwise maimed by my infinitely better half so I'm extremely lucky :laugh: . Also celebrate our joint 70th birthdays in a couple of months so to mark both events, we're lashing out and going on a 4x4 safari through Kenya and Tanzania. Just got time to get one more decent ride in beforehand :scooter:

[sidecar bob]

Not sure your back will cope....
Kirby had a good mate who ran everything in from the CB750 days right up to GSXR1100's. A days run to the west coast and back around the passes saw everything nicely bedded. Never dropped one either...

63.5 percent of mission accomplished. Down to Taihape, gas & a Moro bar, over the Gentle Annie to Hastings, another splash of gas & a feed & back to Taupo.
Great day, but obviously not as young as last time I rode a bike like that.
I'll drop the forks through & Jack the arse up a bit in the morning & do the same route clockwise tomorrow weather pending.

[Ocean1]

I'll drop the forks through & Jack the arse up a bit

Most times anyone describes that I can read it both ways.

I assume you mean drop the clamps on the forks?

[sidecar bob]

Most times anyone describes that I can read it both ways.

I assume you mean drop the clamps on the forks?

I phoned the chum that going to race it & had a yarn. He said to slide the forks up 4mm in the clamps.
It was fine rolling through high speed corners at umm, the speed limit, but nailing it off a slower apex it would run wide & rolling off the gas to try to fix it made it extra horrible.

[Moi]

Well, we've just celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary and haven't been stabbed or otherwise maimed by my infinitely better half so I'm extremely lucky :laugh: . Also celebrate our joint 70th birthdays in a couple of months so to mark both events, we're lashing out and going on a 4x4 safari through Kenya and Tanzania. Just got time to get one more decent ride in beforehand :scooter:

Congratulations to both of you on both counts :first:

[ellipsis]

...I was thinking I may have to pull out of the Spring Classic, Nth vs Sth at Manfield in Oct due to fukn dollars and sense...so I booked the flights and a mattress and shower for three days before I actually fell into the 'shoulda done it' scenario, down the track...done deed now...:scooter:...j

[Blackbird]

Congratulations to both of you on both counts :first:

Thanks Mark - Jennie has the patience of a saint :innocent:

I actually suggested that a new 765 Triple could be my share of the celebration. I was given to understand that my health could take a sudden dive if I tried it :(

[caseye]

Congratulations to both of you on both counts :first:

I second that, well done you two and do enjoy Tanzania.
My Ratbag now rides her own bike ( A Big Arsed ol Arlen Ness Nosed M50 Boulevard) for now, she's just had a trip up Norf to Whangarei with a bunch of hairy assed Fat Bikers, this weekend, enjoyed herself despite herself she did.
Report when you get back please.
Friend of mine from here, has just returned from 2 weeks in the mountains of Pakistan riding a rented Enfield 2 up, they had a great time.

[Blackbird]

I second that, well done you two and do enjoy Tanzania.
My Ratbag now rides her own bike ( A Big Arsed ol Arlen Ness Nosed M50 Boulevard) for now, she's just had a trip up Norf to Whangarei with a bunch of hairy assed Fat Bikers, this weekend, enjoyed herself despite herself she did.
Report when you get back please.
Friend of mine from here, has just returned from 2 weeks in the mountains of Pakistan riding a rented Enfield 2 up, they had a great time.

Thanks Caseye, hope the weather was OK up that way. It was ok in Auckland yesterday morning when I was up there but got a bit rough up the Thames coast on the way home.

A friend has also just done one of those Enfield trips but in India and absolutely loved it. Might have to look at that as a possibility next time. :devil2:

[HEsch]

This weekend, I was happy that I've got a bike. Everything else is a bit shit, so it was great to take Suzi out for a spin. I picked a nice twisty road with no traffic.

[puddytat]

Got the rental bike sorted :yeah:
Got the flights booked :yeah:
Got the passport :yeah:
Got the tickets for Philip Island :yeah:
Got 2 weeks off from work......:yeah:
And meeting up with mates over in Oz as well.:woohoo:

[Akzle]

sun. sounds. beer.

a mild respite from a long depressive episode.

both reasons to be cheerful.

tune in next week for +fishing

[Laava]

I have tomorrow afternoon off and the sun will be shining and I have a tank full of 96. Fucken yay!

[OddDuck]

Bought a guitar and am learning, should have done something like this years ago!

[Ocean1]

Bought a guitar and am learning, should have done something like this years ago!

Good luck mate.

I did that 40 years ago, but just couldn't get my fingers to do what my head said they should, no matter how hard I tried.

[Honest Andy]

Rain on the roof, old rolling stones on the stereo, a new tube of autosol, polishing the bike for the DGR in a couple of weeks, to fundraise for research into prostate cancer, that I don't have :niceone:
332568

[sidecar bob]

I walked out of my business tonight never to return as the owner, with a future of mainly self serving enjoyment.

[carbonhed]

I walked out of my business tonight never to return as the owner, with a future of mainly self serving enjoyment. Sounds fucking excellent. Well done!

[Ocean1]

I walked out of my business tonight never to return as the owner, with a future of mainly self serving enjoyment.

Nice. Although done properly you can do the self serving enjoyment thing directly when you leave school, on the taxpayer y'know, no actual graft required.

Still, now that you've belatedly caught on why don't you take the Mrs out for dinner and get absolutely shitfaced? :niceone:

[F5 Dave]

Well we stayed in. At the holiday house . Dad's actually.
But part 2 complete. :msn-wink:

[buggerit]

I walked out of my business tonight never to return as the owner, with a future of mainly self serving enjoyment.

Nice way to thumb your nose at a black friday:2thumbsup

[Voltaire]

I walked out of my business tonight never to return as the owner, with a future of mainly self serving enjoyment.:2thumbsup
Dang, wish I could do that,all I have to show for my 10 years overseas is memories, photos the BMW I rode around Europe on and the Kombi I took over with the kids, and did it again 10 years later... both now decaying in the shed ( not the kids).:facepalm:

Not going to buy a deathstyle block are you? its just slavery with a ride on mower.

Do one of those bike trips around Vietnam or India, they are great fun.

[sidecar bob]

:2thumbsup
Dang, wish I could do that,all I have to show for my 10 years overseas is memories, photos the BMW I rode around Europe on and the Kombi I took over with the kids, and did it again 10 years later... both now decaying in the shed ( not the kids).:facepalm:

Not going to buy a deathstyle block are you? its just slavery with a ride on mower.

Do one of those bike trips around Vietnam or India, they are great fun.

I have frequently been told I'm too worried about my older self, well, my older self just walked in.
Bugger a lifestyle block, we're going the commercial building way, with heaps of room for the toys to spread out & absolutely no garden maintenance.
First trip, use up the ticket we've had to Rarotonga for two years, second trip, south of France to rent a house In a small village with an open return date.

[sidecar bob]

Nice. Although done properly you can do the self serving enjoyment thing directly when you leave school, on the taxpayer y'know, no actual graft required.

Still, now that you've belatedly caught on why don't you take the Mrs out for dinner and get absolutely shitfaced? :niceone:

Well I at least achieved the second part of that.:niceone:

[pritch]

I have frequently been told I'm too worried about my older self, well, my older self just walked in.
Bugger a lifestyle block, we're going the commercial building way, with heaps of room for the toys to spread out & absolutely no garden maintenance.
First trip, use up the ticket we've had to Rarotonga for two years, second trip, south of France to rent a house In a small village with an open return date.

My brother is currently on his retirement trip in Europe and has been doing quite a lot of house sitting in England and France. Keeps the cost down I guess.

[carbonhed]

second trip, south of France to rent a house In a small village with an open return date.

Nice call! Got any favourite spots?

One of my special places is Uzes. Pretty close to the Gorge du Tarn which I'd love to ride through... only ever driven.

http://www.cntraveller.com/recommended/coast-countryside/uzes-south-france

[HenryDorsetCase]

Good luck mate.

I did that 40 years ago, but just couldn't get my fingers to do what my head said they should, no matter how hard I tried.

buy a drumkit







or a bass.......

[Ocean1]

or a bass.......

I borrowed one. Played it til my fingers bled. I could do a fair imitation of comfortably numb by a slightly pissed Gilmore.

But that's it. And that was 20 years ago, now it takes me 5 minutes to get the fucking key in the front door.

Be nice to say I still enjoy someone else playing, but I can't hear shit either.

But hey, I still enjoyed a wee trundle around the lake today, and a nice pie and a pint in Martonborough.

[sidecar bob]

Nice call! Got any favourite spots?

One of my special places is Uzes. Pretty close to the Gorge du Tarn which I'd love to ride through... only ever driven.

http://www.cntraveller.com/recommended/coast-countryside/uzes-south-france

I've nominated Perpignan, due to its proximity to the coast & a number of Moto GP circuits.

[sidecar bob]

I borrowed one. Played it til my fingers bled.

Was it the summer of '69?:facepalm:

[Ocean1]

I've nominated Perpignan, due to its proximity to the coast & a number of Moto GP circuits.

One of the family's black sheep uncles kept a boat in Roses, 10 min across the border. Never been there but it's supposed to be amazing.

[Ocean1]

Was it the summer of '69?:facepalm:

I always was a late starter.

[carbonhed]

I've nominated Perpignan, due to its proximity to the coast & a number of Moto GP circuits.

Never been there but looks nice and very handy to lots of cool places. It'll be hot in summer. We were there in June this year. Drove along the length of the Pyrenees and then off to Aix near Marseilles. 35C every day for ten days except for the day it was 37C... first time in my life I've thought I could collapse from the heat :laugh:

[Akzle]

i've killed something delicious every day this week.

[Woodman]

i've killed something delicious every day this week.

So you swallow?

[Akzle]

So you swallow?

yes.Meat. big meat and lots of it.
after thoroughly masticating. and usually only after a few beers.

[oldrider]

yes.Meat. big meat and lots of it.
after thoroughly masticating. and usually only after a few beers.

Truly - the mind boggles! . :scratch:

[gsxr]

Is masticating beating your meat whilst drunk as opposed to masturbation

[Bass]

Getting out of Auckland.
Have already outlived every male in the previous generation of my family and coming to resent every hour of whatever I have left, wasted in Auckland traffic.
Also, current house on an arterial route. 60 tonners shaking the building and traffic noise 22 hours per day.
Bought a nice house in a short cul-de-sac in Whakatane.

[James Deuce]

I still have nothing. Not one reason. Someone steal my bike. I enjoy a good rant.

[HEsch]

New gear due to arrive today. An obscene amount of new gear. My bank account is crying, but I'm excited.

[eldog]

Getting out of Auckland.
Have already outlived every male in the previous generation of my family and coming to resent every hour of whatever I have left, wasted in Auckland traffic.
Also, current house on an arterial route. 60 tonners shaking the building and traffic noise 22 hours per day.
Bought a nice house in a short cul-de-sac in Whakatane.

A tinnie house?

[eldog]

New gear due to arrive today. An obscene amount of new gear. My bank account is crying, but I'm excited.

And it's not Xmas yet:niceone:

[HEsch]

And it's not Xmas yet:niceone:

Pretty sure this is xmas, haha... New top box, new goretex, sorted. Next up, first (6000km) service so Suzi will be good as new.
I also figured out how to get to my one-Sunday-a-month gig with the bike, instead of the car (I have to take specific tools/gear with me - most fits in the top box, the rest I can borrow from the client).

[caseye]

Getting out of Auckland.
Have already outlived every male in the previous generation of my family and coming to resent every hour of whatever I have left, wasted in Auckland traffic.
Also, current house on an arterial route. 60 tonners shaking the building and traffic noise 22 hours per day.
Bought a nice house in a short cul-de-sac in Whakatane.

Hey mate, well done! Gunna miss those Thursdays with the ol Bmer out front though.

[eldog]

Hey mate, well done! Gunna miss those Thursdays with the ol Bmer out front though.

thought you were missing it already :laugh:

you missed a really good one last week. :bleh:

Bloody glad I went, still cheerful

learnt - mistakes can be made anytime, sometimes you get a second chance
being pig headed doesn't mean your always right

learnt others have been in the same situation too. - lesson learnt.

bloody glad I made the stop - so interesting. good to find decent people are out there.

still cheerful about the ride as a whole :weird:

trifle does the trick

[HEsch]

New gear arrived - ace! Little bit of loose stitching on one cuff of the jacket. No biggie but given the $$$$$$$$ spent on it I went back to the company I bought it from. They have no more stock to replace it with so offered a 20% refund on the jacket. Wowee! Still a bloody spency piece of kit but that's excellent.
I definitely recommend Motocard for prompt replies and excellent customer service, despite being across the world and Spanish (so English isn't their first language).

[Jeeper]

New gear arrived - ace! Little bit of loose stitching on one cuff of the jacket. No biggie but given the $$$$$$$$ spent on it I went back to the company I bought it from. They have no more stock to replace it with so offered a 20% refund on the jacket. Wowee! Still a bloody spency piece of kit but that's excellent.
I definitely recommend Motocard for prompt replies and excellent customer service, despite being across the world and Spanish (so English isn't their first language).You are happy with the vendor and recommend them for gear?

[Oakie]

Mrs Oakie is making me a Thai mussel dish for tea with some nice bread and a very pleasant gewurtztraminer to go with it.

[HEsch]

You are happy with the vendor and recommend them for gear?

Yes, my email queries were all answered within the day. I had the option to return the jacket or receive the refund seeing they could not replace it. Product on sale to begin with (and far cheaper landed in NZ than buying here) but another 20% off makes an even better buy - I can fix the stitching. Even if I couldn't, $10 at the local repair shop would do it.
Thumbs up to Motocard.

[F5 Dave]

I don't care if it overcast over. I decided it was summer.

Food without a face. Well not one I saw.

Fuck it was delicious.
BBQ. Fabulous.

[Laava]

We came home on saturday to find a quails egg laid right beside the middle of our ranchslider. We had no idea how it had got there and assumed it may have been our cat or a child of some sort. Anyway, just now, a pair of quail came down to our door while we were sitting there and while the male stood guard chirping, the female wandered over, squtted down, and laid and egg. Then they just wandered off! We have been wondering if we have been chosen to whangai their little ones.
Highly entertaining and we have been laughing about it for an hour or so already!

[ellipsis]

...they didn't really think it through, did they...and then there's the ginga moggy...not well planned at all...

[Laava]

Ha, yeah seconds after this photo the fat cat was batting the egg around.

[oldrider]

Today I went to the Supermarket and bought a box (dozen) low alcohol beer.

The girl at the counter stood holding her hand in the air until another women acknowledged her action.

I asked her what that was all about and she replied it was for age verification for alcohol the sale!! :confused:

I said today is my 78th birthday - you have just made my day! - thank you very much! :whistle: - Reason enough to feel cheerful? - :niceone: I felt so! :laugh:

[Akzle]

Today I went to the Supermarket and bought a box (dozen) low alcohol beer.

The girl at the counter stood holding her hand in the air until another women acknowledged her action.

I asked her what that was all about and she replied it was for age verification for alcohol the sale!! :confused:

I said today is my 78th birthday - you have just made my day! - thank you very much! :whistle: - Reason enough to feel cheerful? - :niceone: I felt so! :laugh:

hell mate, i'm sure you wouldn't pass for a day over 80! :bleh:

[Ocean1]

Today I went to the Supermarket and bought a box (dozen) low alcohol beer.

The girl at the counter stood holding her hand in the air until another women acknowledged her action.

I asked her what that was all about and she replied it was for age verification for alcohol the sale!! :confused:

I said today is my 78th birthday - you have just made my day! - thank you very much! :whistle: - Reason enough to feel cheerful? - :niceone: I felt so! :laugh:

You'll be delighted to know they do exactly the same thing when you're buying 0% alcohol "beer".

Work that one out.

[oldrider]

You'll be delighted to know they do exactly the same thing when you're buying 0% alcohol "beer".

Work that one out.

Sister in law has just rained on my parade - apparently it is because the check-out girl is under age - nothing to do with me! :crybaby: :weep:

[russd7]

Sister in law has just rained on my parade - apparently it is because the check-out girl is under age - nothing to do with me! :crybaby: :weep:

rain on it a bit more for you, most large super markets now need a supervisor to OK alcohol sales, doesn't matter how old the checkout chick is,

[oldrider]

rain on it a bit more for you, most large super markets now need a supervisor to OK alcohol sales, doesn't matter how old the checkout chick is,

I can see clearly now the rain has gone - tra la la etc! :whistle: Feelin cheerful just the same - being 78 and still chirping does it enough for me! :msn-wink:

[granstar]

rain on it a bit more for you, most large super markets now need a supervisor to OK alcohol sales, doesn't matter how old the checkout chick is,

Went to the pet shop today and bought a pug off the checkout chick, a supervisor was not required as despite having a squashed face, bulging eyes, rolls of fat, and looking as ugly as shit, the dog seemed to like her.

[ellipsis]

...I'm about to head out the door to catch a plane to Palmy North to race my Velocette at Manfeild, and I got the privet hedge cut before the fact...

[Voltaire]

...I'm about to head out the door to catch a plane to Palmy North to race my Velocette at Manfeild, and I got the privet hedge cut before the fact...

Loading the BMW into the VW van..see you there.:woohoo:

[russd7]

Opening meeting at oretipark speedway yesterday,season passes purchased, good racing by the sidecars, the A grade solo could use a few more but the three young fellas racing still bring goosbumps and chills to my spine, the junior classes are still strong but best of all
Only three weeks till the trans tasman sidecar test series,. November is gonna be an awesome month for speedway in the south.

If anyone is heading down to invercargill for the test series send me a pm and i may be able to help with some accommodation :niceone:

[F5 Dave]

Empty plate. Emptying bottle after some nice beers.

Very tired. Winui trail ride. Ohh I'll post some pics.

[F5 Dave]

Here we go. .

[F5 Dave]

There's a billion more but you get the idea

[husaberg]

Here we go. .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQSGw0hMd_I

[F5 Dave]

There's people died or dying all over the shop. But let's celebrate life. Buy a trail bike. You only live once.

[F5 Dave]

That's weird. My son is watching Jamie and the magic torch. The theme song sounds just like the start of JJF.

[Honest Andy]

Empty plate. Emptying bottle after some nice beers.

Very tired. Winui trail ride. Ohh I'll post some pics.

As a parent, I'm a bit disappointed that you didn't finish the kids peas...

[F5 Dave]

Mate, getting these kids to eat anything healthy is a chore. Heck just realised she'd eaten her beef.

[HEsch]

Fast ride up from Hamilton yesterday, wheeee, then out for a couple of hours cruising (beats studying). Went all over, incl to Devonport. Fun ride, weather cooperated.. I normally ride alone so it was nice to have company. Just waiting on the intercom unit now as that will be better still.

[Blackbird]

Good reason to be cheerful: I turned 70 just over a week ago, still ride, have my own teeth, my wife still loves me after 45 years and summer's coming. What's not to like? :2thumbsup

[granstar]

:no::( return to work after a break ..day one of the hostage situation ...:pinch: :(:(:(:(:(:( 4PM escape..:buggerd::cool::banana::scooter::scooter:: scooter::scooter::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Voltaire]

The BMW did not blow up at Manfeild :banana:

[ellipsis]

The BMW did not blow up at Manfeild :banana:


...the whole weekend was as about as good as it could get...a big thanks to you and all the others who made it happen...:wari:

[HEsch]

Commuting on the bike is way, way more fun than the bus.
That's a whole 'nother reason to be cheerful, actually - the only buses I have to deal with are easily passed :bleh: