Carfest Friday thread

tlw1
tlw1 Posts: 22,202
edited September 2012 in The Crudcatcher
Morning

Not been on in a while due to a holiday and it blocking the site - because it's sports related!

Today is lots of corporate people at work, so should be busy. Obviously followed by the pub. This weekend is carfest, which I have managed to blag some free tickets for as I'm driving up the hill climb :)
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  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    Morning bumders

    Off to Llandegla for the day with a mate. It will involve lots of lycra and acting like knobs. Just about to go give dad his birthday bike, hopefully he'll like it, will update the build thread later. Took it out for a quick test yesterday and it works. It'll certainly do the job I envisaged for it.

    Laters
  • Mehning Losers!
    Went out after work last night, and drank a few too many. Feeling pretty rubbish this morning, but just had some toast and feel a little more alive. Might put some more on...
    Anywho, discovered last night (drink is a great truth telling drug) that my minion is leaving early on Tuesdays to go see a shrink. Great, another crazy lady in my life! This will be interesting.

    Laters!
    It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
    Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
    Blender Cube AMS Pro
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Morning girls,

    Easy day today, go see our biggest (and most problematic) customer for a couple of hours, shame its a 2hr drive. Be plenty of free costas though.
    Then need to get the bike tweaked, keeps dropping a gear on the cassette but only when under power, tried to sort but have to resort to letting lbs have a look.

    Catch ya'
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    morning all, TFIF.

    went for a good ride last night, somewhere i've never ridden before but definately will be again :D

    i've got an on line exam that i should actually be doing right now, but i'll do it when i've finished typing this :lol:

    it's me and the gf's 12 year 'anniversary' today so she's just informed me via facebook so i better stop off and get her some flowers of some such stuff on the way home :lol:

    laters
  • Mehning Losers!
    Anywho, discovered last night (drink is a great truth telling drug) that my minion is leaving early on Tuesdays to go see a shrink. Great, another crazy lady in my life! This will be interesting.

    You are not the only one with crazy minions. I have two crazies. One has OCD - this is a bad thing - and one has a cake making compulsion - this is a good thing.

    Anyway TFI Friday. Day has started badly as I forgot to taken bacons out of the freezer last night so it was porridge for breakfast. It is pouring down too so this afternoon's planned Grizedale run could be washed out.

    Tea and minion offerings then off into town for a new phone.

    Later......
  • Morning homos.

    Back to work today, was a good day out cleaning beaches yesterday followed by an even better evening on the town complete with the 2 greatest words you can hear. "Free Bar"

    Lost far too much money in the casino in the early hours though and I'm now officially going to be ruined for the end2end on sunday.

    Meh, on to forecasting and bacons.

    Laters douches.
  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    Sometimes claiming benefits can pay off, and it did yesterday. So happy days and plenty bacons today.
    I love horses, best of all the animals. I love horses, they're my friends.

    Strava
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,825
    Morning Pervs,

    Just finishing a bit of consulting work then I'm unemployed again for a bit so will have to go hunting again. Have to stay in anyway as the alarm bloke is coming round to sort it out, so a bit of idle interweb surfing while supping coffee seems like a good idea :) . Then bike ride this afternoon as I'm feeling a bit lardy.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • jndb72
    jndb72 Posts: 629
    Morning Feisty One's

    Back in the office today after being out on site all day yesterday in Bristol.

    Nothing much on the radar today except for picking the youngest one up from school later.

    All pretty boring really.

    Laters
    2011 Canyon Nerve AM 5.0
    2009 Specialized Rockhopper Disc

    I might have alzheimer's but atleast I don't have alzheimer's
  • castlelad
    castlelad Posts: 414
    edited September 2012
    mornin' packers of the fudge(i now pronounce this greeting as my own !! sorry to gazlar for the scuttler's error)

    school run done for the boy, currently looking at a bmw estate on the bay, from, slightly damaged windows tho :shock: , the getting the 'goose out for a tweak n wash, followed by the sara, then take 1 for a spin, in the sun :lol: ,hopefully won't see any shirtlifting cottagers today, :shock: :shock: ..........
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    castlelad wrote:
    mornin' scuttlers,

    Get your own bloody getting catchphrase ;) :roll:

    morning Scuttlers

    Just shows,b1tches want to be on me, blokes want to be me....fact.

    Today is another workday, I left my greeting until now in the hope something interesting would happen but other than finding out two people I started at arriva with are having an affair together very little of interest to report I'm afraid.

    Tomorrow I'm going straight from work to London to see some bosted Olympic action on Sunday

    Tarrah
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • foxc_uk
    foxc_uk Posts: 1,292
    'Ning
    Meh meh... meh.
    Still at least it's Friday...
    Meh
    FoxC
  • castlelad wrote:
    bmw estate..........

    I hear they are the very best car ov teh evorz! With more torque than you can shake a stick at.
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    Word up Gnomies
    Today i saw a chromed Aston Martin V8 on the way in, which was nice.

    Great ride last night, but feeling it today, very tired.

    Got Soot to do today but nothing too stressful, then looking forward to a non rain ruined weekend.

    Anywhoo
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • jndb72
    jndb72 Posts: 629
    castlelad wrote:
    bmw estate..........

    I hear they are the very best car ov teh evorz! With more torque than you can shake a stick at.

    I have the 320D saloon - everything in a car you could hope for, except it's a saloon, and the bike nor dogs fit in the back, hence I'm also looking at the estate.

    However, beware, apparantly the 3 series estate is not the best when it comes to the amount of room in the back. A sloping roof together with a raised floor and intruding wheel arches apparantly make getting things in the back "interesting" (and not in a sexual way ;) )

    5 series by all accounts is much better (but farking expensive)

    There was a thread about this going on over in the Hub - and the Skoda Octavia seems a good alternative.

    Laters
    2011 Canyon Nerve AM 5.0
    2009 Specialized Rockhopper Disc

    I might have alzheimer's but atleast I don't have alzheimer's
  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    The Megane estate has the biggest boot in its class.
    I love horses, best of all the animals. I love horses, they're my friends.

    Strava
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    oodboo wrote:
    The Megane estate has the biggest boot in its class.

    As opposed to the Renault McCann which has the biggest class in its boot
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Afternoon all. today I'm going slowly insane from working on cartoons too much, then off out with my sister and my folks tonight to celebrate the wedding anniversary of my parents.
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    my sister.

    I'd like a go on her (I'm presuming she's of age, otherwise I retract that sentiment)
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • foxc_uk
    foxc_uk Posts: 1,292
    oodboo wrote:
    The Megane estate has the biggest boot in its class.
    But it's French.

    I went through this when I was looking for a new car a couple of years ago, ended up with a very boring Focus Estate - not the biggest boot really, but it's flat load, no bulkheads, seats fold flat, and quite economical.
    I liked it so much I replaced it with an identical but newer one when it got written off last month.
  • Aye, she's older than I am, but she's been lying about her age for so long that I genuinely have no idea how old she actually is.
  • oodboo
    oodboo Posts: 2,171
    foxc_uk wrote:
    oodboo wrote:
    The Megane estate has the biggest boot in its class.
    But it's French.

    I went through this when I was looking for a new car a couple of years ago, ended up with a very boring Focus Estate - not the biggest boot really, but it's flat load, no bulkheads, seats fold flat, and quite economical.
    I liked it so much I replaced it with an identical but newer one when it got written off last month.
    I used to have a very boring Focus estate, now I've got slightly less boring golf estate, smaller boot and the seats don't go flat but it dies the job.
    I love horses, best of all the animals. I love horses, they're my friends.

    Strava
  • Gazlar wrote:
    my sister.

    I'd like a go on her (I'm presuming she's of age, otherwise I retract that sentiment)

    You getting picky as you get older Gaz?
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Gazlar wrote:
    my sister.

    I'd like a go on her (I'm presuming she's of age, otherwise I retract that sentiment)

    You getting picky as you get older Gaz?
    Only as I want to enjoy myself, not tire myself out trying to catch it. See chubby birds can throw their weight around but they've only got to waddle 6 steps and their to knackered to do so. I'm like a sexual wolf, I might not be as big as some of the things I come across, but with a bit of cunning I can easily take down a moose
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Gazlar wrote:
    I'm like a sexual wolf, I might not be as big as some of the things I come across, but with a bit of cunning I can easily take down a moose
    :lol::lol::lol:
  • jndb72 wrote:
    castlelad wrote:
    bmw estate..........

    5 series by all accounts is much better (but farking expensive)

    There was a thread about this going on over in the Hub - and the Skoda Octavia seems a good alternative.

    Laters

    'twas a 5 series, but its currently "unavailable for viewing, due to needing an extensive valeting"...and its got to be collected from lyon,france ! :shock:
  • angry_bird
    angry_bird Posts: 3,787
    In pain.

    I got what I deserved for the lycra earlier. A bloke asked me and my mate to model for some photos he needed for some page advertising bikes at Llandegla, which we foolishly agreed to... so now I may well end up with photos of me in said lycra on the interwebs :oops: To top that off had a bloody stupid crash when I wasn't paying attention to what was going on. Now sporting an entirely grazed left side of the body and a swollen thumb. On the plus side it's given me an excuse to goodbye to my rear rim finally, not trying to rescue it this time, there comes a point when it's time to say "nope, that is fucked".
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Angry Bird wrote:
    A bloke asked me and my mate to model for some photos..... Now sporting an entirely grazed left side of the body and a swollen thumb. On the plus side I now have a pocket full of cash for a new back wheel.

    That is something you should never admit too. Dread to think what you were both doing. Least you'll get your wheel sorted :)
  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    *shudders* did he tempt you with sweets?
    Kazza the Tranny
    Now for sale Fatty
  • DodgeT
    DodgeT Posts: 2,255
    Or even worse, an orange...