twosmoke300 Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Just had an awesome days trail riding in the south hams bit of Devon . Big thanks to the Devon Trf who led 7 idiots from cornwall out on a 130 mile trip with some really tricky lanes . I managed to get a proper wrap around from a bramble and my nose is fucked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit. Harsh Good news on the house though?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy18s Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Had the final inspection by our house buyer's mortgage company last Friday,which must have gone well as the buyer has announced she wants to be done and in by the end of the month.....This month.... Bucketeer, Cavcraft, Tickman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tickman Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Had the final inspection by our house buyer's mortgage company last Friday,which must have gone well as the buyer has announced she wants to be done and in by the end of the month.....This month....Excellent, only issue you may have is lazy lawyers. The lawyer I use managed to buy a house for someone in 10 days, he had to hassle the other party's lawyer every day to make it happen though! AMC Rebel, messerschmitt owner and The Moog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Been aitting in work since 9am listening to Toots and the Maytals plus other assorted rocksteady numbers. totally relaxed.good times! face, michael1703 and Ghosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit. Bloody hell! However, you're living my dream. A house to yourself with a workshop for the cars. ShiteRider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Skip to about 8 minutes for an AMAZING machine that is amazing and does stuff. Cold War Motors is a great channel/group anyway, you should check out their other stuff too. I only found them through here when someone posted one of their videos and it's been excellent entertainment ever since. rainagain, danthecapriman and xtriple 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moog Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Just discovered there is such a thing as Explosive welding. Not sure it would work on a Xantias back arches mind https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN5TR_Vssj0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Entered a competition at a local bike place, fastest time over one kilometer on a turbo trainer. Cracked it in 54 seconds and won a signed Team GB cycle shirt. Not bad for a fat 52 year old asthmatic! Three out of the five people who went immediately before me were lads probably about 19-22 and built like pencils. michael1703, trigger, Junkman and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Livered Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 A friend of mine lives in buckfastleigh and on visiting her and going to the abbey I can't quite work out the link between drunk Scotsmen and Devon monks?I live quite near Buckfastleigh, and I have never seen anyone actually drinking the stuff. Nor, thinking about it, have I ever seen any for sale except in the abbey, so if it's sold in off licences presumably it isn't very prominent. Apparently it's actually a really popular drink hundreds of miles away. There seems to be a stash of Scotch whisky in every house round here though. I've never been to Scotland but I assume the Scots drink whisky as well as Buckfast tonic wine? It would be odd to discover that Scottish people never drink Laphroaig and Devonians never drink Buckfast michael1703 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 mat_the_cat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipM Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Just discovered there is such a thing as Explosive welding.Usually when arcing up the morning after curry night. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Livered Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I got beeped at for not moving, sat there with the indicator on waiting for a gap. Beep = instant fail). How was I to know you just nose out and hope the car about to not look right stops in time? What, someone beeps at you during your driving test and you automatically fail? I know 17/18 year olds who would probably think it was a proper laugh to follow their mates round during their test, beeping for troll lolz alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordperv Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 mrs fp sent me this link to a house for sale, she thinks its a closet shiter who lives there http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39294795.html?utm_source=sendtofriend&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buying anonymous user and DVee8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Laurel apparently went straight through its MoT today with no issues. The coolant leak was a split hose from the block to the heater matrix, they just shortened it very slightly and all is fine now. With decent weather forecast I’ll try to use it as much as possible before winter. And hoping for no more errant Skoda Fabias crashing into me…. mat_the_cat, RobT, Honey Badger and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 mrs fp sent me this link to a house for sale, she thinks its a closet shiter who lives there http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-39294795.html?utm_source=sendtofriend&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=buying That seems cheap, it would be 80k more around here, dread to think what it would be in Kent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 That seems cheap, it would be 80k more around here, dread to think what it would be in Kent!It's cheap because Crewe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr A Lawrence Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Anyone going "sober for October"??? I'm personally looking forward to "can't remember November" Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The Brownlee brothers. What great blokes http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/triathlon/37402716 Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 There isn't a chance in hell I'd go sober for a full month. anonymous user 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's cheap because Crewe. Even still, there are shitty bits around the West Midlands but would still be a lot over that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Been sober for ten years now, I have to avoid alcohol due to arthritis meds, I don't miss it and can have the odd one very occasionally. My vice is coke (liquid variety), if I had to stop that I would struggle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Crewe's alright, I lived there for a few years and wasnt robbed etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well, this afternoon that escalated quickly Anyway, my mam says she'll lend us the dipper til I flog the van, and it looks as though I'll be living in her spare room for a bit. Shit! Am I reading between the lines right that you're now moving house, but you're now single? That's a bit harsh."Alright love, I've seen this great house that.... ""GET OUT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I don't drink enough to need to go sober for a month! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 There isn't a chance in hell I'd go sober for a full month.or in my case even a day; I'm not a member of AA, I prefer the RAC the regional alcoholics' club Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's more worrying that there *needs* to be a month people are encouraged to be sober really. In the jobs I've had, after work drinks seem most common with office jobs, where the employees apparently work very little and get very stressed about it and need a little drinkypoo before they can cope with the weekend of terrible television they intend to watch. If you struggle to be sober for a month and only try it at the behest of a charity drive thing then it's entirely likely you have a problem and need to seek help. If your job is so terrible that the only way you can cope with it is turning to drink then perhaps it's time to reassess that too. eddyramrod and myglaren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I'm with you Vulg. Like the no make up selfie thing, it seems worrying that these things are considered achievements. If anything, it reinforces the fallacy that such things are out of the ordinary. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthbay Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's more worrying that there *needs* to be a month people are encouraged to be sober really. In the jobs I've had, after work drinks seem most common with office jobs, where the employees apparently work very little and get very stressed about it and need a little drinkypoo before they can cope with the weekend of terrible television they intend to watch. If you struggle to be sober for a month and only try it at the behest of a charity drive thing then it's entirely likely you have a problem and need to seek help. If your job is so terrible that the only way you can cope with it is turning to drink then perhaps it's time to reassess that too. I have worked in a couple of places (neither were offices) where stress levels were generally high- very high for pretty much all staff. I know of quite a few who went home and the first thing they did was pour a drink. I even know of a couple who would drink before work to get through the day. Whilst it wasn't normal it wasn't unusual either. It was just seen as a 'coping' strategy by some. I found it quite scary but some of the people had been what I would term 'effective alcoholics' for years, they still functioned perfectly well but must have had high levels of alcohol almost permanently. One guy was averaging 6-8 pints between 5-7pm EVERY night. I wouldn't be able to stand if I played that game. Mind you he is diabetic now and is a complete twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It's more worrying that there *needs* to be a month people are encouraged to be sober really. In the jobs I've had, after work drinks seem most common with office jobs, where the employees apparently work very little and get very stressed about it and need a little drinkypoo before they can cope with the weekend of terrible television they intend to watch. If you struggle to be sober for a month and only try it at the behest of a charity drive thing then it's entirely likely you have a problem and need to seek help. If your job is so terrible that the only way you can cope with it is turning to drink then perhaps it's time to reassess that too. Hey, some of us can just get royally pissed on a Saturday night and go a week or more before the next round. CGSB, Pillock, MarvinsMom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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