Another midweeker - Thursday 16/12/04

[Riff Raff]

Following the success of the midweeker on 8/12, here's the next one in plenty of time for all you non-shift workers to take the day off / pull a sickie:

Coromandel loop. Shall we all meet up at Shell in Clevedon around 9.30? Then head over Kawakawa Bay, Kaiau etc.

[Riff Raff]

Wheres that? :confused: .
You bloody well know where that is :eyepoke: seeing as we were there today, and it's where a whole lot of us met up with the rest of you on the last coro loop. But if you have a better suggestion???


And whats with starting rides at a sparrows fart.. you not heard of sleep. Looks like it will be priority one thru the traffic again.
It's so everyone can get back at a decent time after having to wait for me to catch up all the time!!!


Quite convenient being near your place. Should get everyone to meet at Shell northcross at 0830 then ride thru all the traffic to Clevedon by 930, then i wont feel left out .
I seem to recall the conversation today along the lines of I may as well organise the next ride as well. Since I don't know good rides in the north, you'll just have to be content with southern rides if you expect me to organise them!!! :shake: ;)

[Riff Raff]

Boy we are titchy today arnt we.. better go check the calendar in case its that week with the red x's thru it :Playnice:
:killingme :killingme :killingme
Believe me you would know if it was. :angry2: It's probably past my bedtime since we had to get up sooooooooooooooooooooo early to do this ride today!

[crashe]

Now kiddies, back into your own playpen's for the night....lol :Playnice: :ride:

[Riff Raff]

Wheres that? :confused:
Other option is to do the usual meet at AB Papakura, hop off at Drury, head back up to Papakura then Hunua Gorge and Skyhigh Rd to Clevedon. I'm guessing from your comments yesterday that you rather enjoyed Skyhigh!!
Actually I think there's a better way to get to Hunua from Drury that avoids straight boring roads through town, will have to look at map book.

[aff-man]

oooooooooo arrrrrrrrrrrrrr can't make it i am going to drink the day away on free booze on a boat :shake: :shake: :yeah:

[Riff Raff]

oooooooooo arrrrrrrrrrrrrr can't make it i am going to drink the day away on free booze on a boat :shake: :shake: :yeah:
Where's your priorities mate!!! :disapint:

Actually was thinking since it will be last midweeker before Chrimbo, does anyone want to have a piss up afterwards?

[crashe]

I don't drink booze and then ride afterwards... :rolleyes: :spudbooge

But I do drink booze thou...lol :apint:

[Firefight]

Actually I think there's a better way to get to Hunua from Drury

There is.

F/F :crazy:

[Riff Raff]

There is.

F/F :crazy:
Well you'd better come and show us the way!

[ajturbo]

Where's your priorities mate!!! :disapint:

Actually was thinking since it will be last midweeker before Chrimbo, does anyone want to have a piss up afterwards?




luke will be off school then so we would be interested..
luke could drive me home :ride:
or if there is someone with (a shower ..as we have no water :angry2: at the moment and i think we would be a bit smelly by then :puke: :puke: ) some floor space to crash out on, :puke: we have sub zero sleeping bags.......

[Riff Raff]

luke will be off school then so we would be interested..
luke could drive me home :ride:
or if there is someone with (a shower ..as we have no water :angry2: at the moment and i think we would be a bit smelly by then :puke: :puke: ) some floor space to crash out on, :puke: we have sub zero sleeping bags.......

No probs. Got a couple of couches, a dog basket, plenty of space in the garage next to the motorbike. Choose your spot. Oh yeah, and a hosepipe so you can have a shower!!!

[ajturbo]

No probs. Got a couple of couches, a dog basket, plenty of space in the garage next to the motorbike. Choose your spot. Oh yeah, and a hosepipe so you can have a shower!!!


a hose!!! i :Punk:
is there any presure??
i have run off from the spouting... not much presure there.... :angry2:

[Firefight]

Well you'd better come and show us the way!



sorry Sue, workin at this stage. :argh:


F/F :spudbooge

[Riff Raff]

sorry Sue, workin at this stage.
F/F :spudbooge

:argh: :buggerd: etc etc.

Guess it's all just too close to Christmas for everyone.

[Dodgyiti]

Work is getting the better of me, i need a mid week ride :eek5:
Will see if I can get the time, the Guzzi has dust on it :sneaky2:
You lot arrange whatever wherever, and I will try to come along too.
Every ride needs a backofthepack Nana like me :banana:

[vifferman]

:argh: :buggerd: etc etc.

Guess it's all just too close to Christmas for everyone.Should make it all the more likely that people could come, if they're like me and have stuff all to do / are heartily sick of work for the year. I'm very sorely tempted to throw a sickie - work is so boring. And I know my way around some of the roads in Hunua (my sisters live there).
I'll let you know closer to the time....

[jrandom]

What time is the ride likely to get back to Auckland?

[ajturbo]

Should make it all the more likely that people could come, if they're like me and have stuff all to do / are heartily sick of work for the year. I'm very sorely tempted to throw a sickie - work is so boring. And I know my way around some of the roads in Hunua (my sisters live there).
I'll let you know closer to the time....


sick of work eh??

i know what your saying!!!

oh thats right you need a job to be sick of work :Punk:
thanks all for the tax you pay!!! :ride:

[jrandom]

oh thats right you need a job to be sick of work :Punk:
thanks all for the tax you pay!!! :ride:

Careful, boy.

Touchy subject.

People like me get very pissed off at people like you. Or, at least, at people who say stuff like that in earnest.

Hope you're trolling.

[vifferman]

I should have been more precise in my blurbing. Or burbling.

I'm not actually 'sick of work' - I like work.
I'm just tired of my job, and of being not busy enough. Or not being busy enough. Or like that there.
Plus, the VifFerraRi spent the whole weekend in the gargre, so I need a (non-commuting type) ride.

[ajturbo]

Careful, boy.

Touchy subject.

People like me get very pissed off at people like you. Or, at least, at people who say stuff like that in earnest.

Hope you're trolling.


sorry ..honest!
but as a solo dad..(very new at it too! 4 months now) my time for work is limited
and i have applied for a couple of jobs....
you see i'm a painter (house) and i applied for a job at one of the paint shops ...the manager said that even though i have over 20 years expireance ...
yep you quessed it ..not enough experance in tinting paint!!! fuck i did that nearly every day!!!!
or as i turned up for the interview on the bike.......
was looking forward to that job as i know the products, and also know what the customer would need!! :bash:

but yes i'm looking but i'm not gona do just any job!
and living on under $300 week is hard..
hell i used to make $500/day AND work 7 days a week!!
work out the tax on that one!!!

[jrandom]

sorry ..honest!
but as a solo dad..(very new at it too! 4 months now) my time for work is limited
and i have applied for a couple of jobs....
you see i'm a painter (house) and i applied for a job at one of the paint shops ...the manager said that even though i have over 20 years expireance ...
yep you quessed it ..not enough experance in tinting paint!!! fuck i did that nearly every day!!!!
or as i turned up for the interview on the bike.......
was looking forward to that job as i know the products, and also know what the customer would need!! :bash:

but yes i'm looking but i'm not gona do just any job!
and living on under $300 week is hard..
hell i used to make $500/day AND work 7 days a week!!
work out the tax on that one!!!

Ah, well, that's all good, you're not one of the Bad People then. Swot the tax is there for, so's you and yours don't have to starve in the meantime. Good man, and best of luck with jobs.

[ajturbo]

Ah, well, that's all good, you're not one of the Bad People then. Swot the tax is there for, so's you and yours don't have to starve in the meantime. Good man, and best of luck with jobs.



cheers.. i kneed it..getting board shitless!
dirves me to..
1.cleening the bike!!! ( thanks for the guilt trip riff!!)
2.going on line too much.....

you can only wash so many dishes with no water,
vacum up so many dog hairs
luke finished school lunch time tomorrow so that really f..s it till next year..

[Dodgyiti]

sorry ..honest!
but as a solo dad..(very new at it too! 4 months now) my time for work is limited
and i have applied for a couple of jobs....
you see i'm a painter (house) and i applied for a job at one of the paint shops ...the manager said that even though i have over 20 years expireance ...
yep you quessed it ..not enough experance in tinting paint!!! fuck i did that nearly every day!!!!
or as i turned up for the interview on the bike.......
was looking forward to that job as i know the products, and also know what the customer would need!! :bash:

but yes i'm looking but i'm not gona do just any job!
and living on under $300 week is hard..
hell i used to make $500/day AND work 7 days a week!!
work out the tax on that one!!!

They only employ spotty halfwits in paint shops who have never lifted a brush.
[ 15 years + paint & Dec]
I have held my tounge many a time in paint shops when crap advice is dolled out by the above staff.
Go the Solo Dads !
Chin Up !
Get a gang together and do the boss thing- quotes and growling, the rest from home

[ajturbo]

Get a gang together and do the boss thing- quotes and growling, the rest from home[/QUOTE]


been there..used to employ 14 men...
it was great but you need suport, being single there is no suport any more,

am new to tauronga also...yer yer i know more excuses, but you know the trade and how it works

[mattt]

Sweet - I'm in....
Gonna pulla sickie.
Are we leaving from auto barn as per usual? Time?
:Punk: :Punk: :Punk:

[Riff Raff]

:angry2: :angry2: :angry2:
I'm sorry everybody. After organising this ride I'm now not going to be able to come. I got bashed on the back of the head at work today. Spent 5 hours flat on my back at Middlemore with a c-collar on (going to be way more sympathetic towards any patients I fit one too from now on), and have an injury to C2 and C3, which they are 90% sure is just ligament damage. However this means that I will be wearing a neck brace for at least the next 10 days, so no riding for me. Oh yeah, and it means I can't do my full motorbike licence test which I'm booked in to do next week. Oh and I can't drive my car either because I can't turn my head from side to side. To say that I'm a tad upset would be a major understatement. :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:

[ajturbo]

take it easy matey!

looks like shit weather anyway.....

[Firefight]

shit bad news Sue, give me a call if you need a hand around the place, or a ride anywhere, how did it happen anyway ?. did you have to Tx your self ??

F/F

[Motoracer]

:angry2: :angry2: :angry2:
I'm sorry everybody. After organising this ride I'm now not going to be able to come. I got bashed on the back of the head at work today. Spent 5 hours flat on my back at Middlemore with a c-collar on (going to be way more sympathetic towards any patients I fit one too from now on), and have an injury to C2 and C3, which they are 90% sure is just ligament damage. However this means that I will be wearing a neck brace for at least the next 10 days, so no riding for me. Oh yeah, and it means I can't do my full motorbike licence test which I'm booked in to do next week. Oh and I can't drive my car either because I can't turn my head from side to side. To say that I'm a tad upset would be a major understatement. :crybaby: :crybaby: :crybaby:
Damn... Really sorry to hear that RR :(

I hope that it's nothing serious and you'll get all better again soon.

Bashed? How? If I may ask.

[ajturbo]

Spent 5 hours flat on my back



soooo you were getting paid to lie on your back.....????

[Riff Raff]

shit bad news Sue, give me a call if you need a hand around the place, or a ride anywhere, how did it happen anyway ?. did you have to Tx your self ??

F/F

Thanks, I might just have to do that F/F. Discovering today that there's not a hell of a lot you can do when you can't move your head. And my flatmates away all this week so I'm having to fend for myself.
As for the cause - that would be someone trying to play a practical joke on me and it going very wrong. Was very angry and managed to drive my ambulance about 5km before the dizzyness and vomiting hit me. My colleague drove me straight back to hospital despite all my protests (we make the worst patients) - and it was immediately noted that I was holding my head as if it was going to fall off, which caused a bit of concern.
Now I just have to do the rest and recovery thing, inbetween bouts of feeling sorry for myself and feeling extremely pissed off.

[Riff Raff]

soooo you were getting paid to lie on your back.....????
I finally have something in common with the ladies of the night!!!

[crashe]

You look after yourself...... if ya need anything doing.... pm me...
Cos 10 days is not long..... next year I got 8 weeks of doing nothing.... and no bike riding during that time... so now is the time to catch up on sleep and chatting with ya mates.... having lots of cups of coffee....

You going for your test next week? Can you ring them and cancel it and not loose money ? Or will you have to repay it again?

Just enjoy the time off work.... sitting back watching tv.... or reading... but no heavy lifting... oh yeah you already know that about no heavy lifting aye...lol.

[Riff Raff]

You look after yourself...... if ya need anything doing.... pm me...
You going for your test next week? Can you ring them and cancel it and not loose money ? Or will you have to repay it again?


Thanks Crashe - appreciate it.
As long as I cancel test at least 2 working days beforehand I won't lose my money.
And I guess delaying my test means I won't rush out and buy a bigger bike straight away, and then regret not waiting for the 2005 Ducati's :love: to arrive in NZ. They should be in the shops end Jan/beginning of Feb so I should hopefully be recovered by then.

[vifferman]

They [the 2005 Ducatis] should be in the shops end Jan/beginning of Feb so I should hopefully be recovered by then.Healthy AND wealthy too? :spudwhat:

[Riff Raff]

Healthy AND wealthy too? :spudwhat:
Just going to hock myself up to the eyeballs.

[crashe]

How ya doing now.....?

Healthy and then very broke after buying a 2005 Ducati.... I would think... :cool2:

[Zapf]

ouch Raif Raif... sorry to hear that. :no: erm I know what its like. I spend the last 7 days off my bike all drugged up after having 4 wisdom teeths removed and 2 of the bottom ones they had to do a side insertion, knock away a little bit of my jaw bone, crush my wisdom teeths to little pieces and then take it out.....

Will be nice to see you on a 05 Duce! ermmmm Yummy! :mobile:

[Riff Raff]

How ya doing now.....?
:

A bit better now I've got anti nausea meds (which have a little hallucinogenic side effect). Had a CT scan yesterday and it turns out I actually have a functioning brain in my head. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found that out!!!
Thanks everyone for your concern and for those who have popped in to see me.

[Two Smoker]

Geez only just saw this Riff Raff, thats bad luck :( Get well soon and back on the bike sooner :niceone: See you out there:scooter: :)

[crashe]

A bit better now I've got anti nausea meds (which have a little hallucinogenic side effect). Had a CT scan yesterday and it turns out I actually have a functioning brain in my head. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found that out!!!
Thanks everyone for your concern and for those who have popped in to see me.

Well thats good news.... to actually confirm that you do in fact have a brain....lol
Well, we all knew that.... honest we did... didnt we boys. :buggerd: :cool2:

Anyways.... I glad that you are now on the mend...... keep taking it easy... don't do a thing and enjoy the time off work....

[vifferman]

A bit better now I've got anti nausea meds (which have a little hallucinogenic side effect). That's good to hear.

Had a CT scan yesterday and it turns out I actually have a functioning brain in my head. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found that out!!!Well you did better than me then!
I had a CT scan about 2 years ago, and the doctor said, "Well, we didn't find anything." :eek:

I'd expected them to at least found a small hamster wheel, clockwork motor, rubber band, or summat. :spudwhat: