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tuesday you fall, and take the whole world with you

sungodsungod Posts: 12,662
edited October 2017 in The bottom bracket
'ning

gymmnmmnm, office, see far, drink much coffee, bail
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • tlw1tlw1 Posts: 18,346
    Commute on the fantastic m6 toll followed by the pants m42

    Might play on the rollers again later
  • lincolndavelincolndave Posts: 8,236
    Morning, blowing a gale here , it is worst than yesterday at the moment, it looks like a roller day for me as well , I am not venturing out in this wind
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,571
    School run, gym, let's take it from there shall we?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 12,662
    much cooler out, slight breeze, office and coffee await
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    Back on the train today as there's no bad weather to make the road pedalling a challenge :)

    Got my annual BUPA health assessment this afternoon; hopefully it'll be done by the same very nice French lady doctor that saw me last time.

    In the mean time, coffee and tax mitigation.
    Whippet
    Bruiser
    Panzer
    Commuter

    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 8,184
    Moaning all. Back at the coffee grinder till 6 then dad's taxi and maybe a run.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Back on the train today as there's no bad weather to make the road pedalling a challenge :)

    Got my annual BUPA health assessment this afternoon; hopefully it'll be done by the same very nice French lady doctor that saw me last time.

    In the mean time, coffee and tax mitigation.

    Bad weather? You must have gone home a different way to me - the wind wasn't even strong enough to make riding with deep rims a challenge! The sky was a funny colour mind. Lovely spin in this morning, now coffee at my desk and working out what to do with myself for the rest of the week after clearing out the inbox and dealing with the urgent stuff yesterday.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,571
    Just popped home and had to break in through an upstairs window as I left my front door key in the kitchen
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 22,770 Lives Here
    Morning folks,
    Bit chilly first thing but warmed up once I got going. More frisky deer action going on in the park. Accident just up the road from work caused a bit of traffic, glad I was on the bike. Apparently a kid got knocked over, hope he's ok. Now trying to sort out a bit of a garbled order for a customer. Two cups of tea have been drunk, coffee machine is warming nicely.
    I wrote that over an hour ago but the poxy sight logged me out, then I had a phone call from a very inconsiderate customer that didn't realise this rubbish doesn't write itself. I think I might have to marmalise someone, if not murderise them to death.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • step83step83 Posts: 3,866
    Morning, nothing to report.

    Site is being annoying an logs me out each morning.
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • keef66keef66 Posts: 13,286
    Yesterday afternoon was properly weird, with the Martian sky and Mediterranean temperatures. Car now covered in Saharan dust and Iberian ash.

    Normal service now resumed. Sky blue again, and temperature more like mid October should be in the UK.

    And since the last, apparently very expensive faffing with the heating and ventilation system, the office seems able to maintain a comfortable working temperature whatever's going on outside. Four mugs of tea, a slice of Tesco Finest chocolate cake and a small stick of rock so far.

    Which prompts two thoughts:

    I must make an appointment for a dental checkup before they delist me. Although they've made so much money out of me in the past that's probably unlikely.

    I must try to insert some cycling into my work and DIY filled life. Maybe I'll start commuting by bike once the clocks go back and it's properly cold, dark and wet...
  • step83step83 Posts: 3,866
    Cycling and DIY Keef

    pedal-powered_saw_seen_at_the_spezi-show_in_germersheim.jpg
    Titanium Px Spitfire
    Easty commuter
    Tripster AT
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,571
    If you were one of those cool dudes who can pull mega wheelies you could go on the rampage with that.

    Imagine attaching James Cordon with that. Be brilliant. I'd actually pay money to see that.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    Imagine attaching James Cordon with that. Be brilliant. I'd actually pay money to see that.

    The fat one off Gavin and Stacey? Recently made off-colour jokes about sexual assault at some awards do? He seems to be popular in the US for some reason, despite giving the impression that he's just a useless [email protected]
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    hopkinb wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Back on the train today as there's no bad weather to make the road pedalling a challenge :)

    Got my annual BUPA health assessment this afternoon; hopefully it'll be done by the same very nice French lady doctor that saw me last time.

    In the mean time, coffee and tax mitigation.

    Bad weather? You must have gone home a different way to me - the wind wasn't even strong enough to make riding with deep rims a challenge! The sky was a funny colour mind. Lovely spin in this morning, now coffee at my desk and working out what to do with myself for the rest of the week after clearing out the inbox and dealing with the urgent stuff yesterday.
    Sarf East London, innit. Actually going over Waterloo Bridge when its down to 1 lane was quite interesting last night with the side gusts.

    I've got a bit of transfer pricing stuff if you're bored...
    Whippet
    Bruiser
    Panzer
    Commuter

    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • keef66keef66 Posts: 13,286
    step83 wrote:
    Cycling and DIY Keef

    pedal-powered_saw_seen_at_the_spezi-show_in_germersheim.jpg

    Genius! There's some other weird two-wheeled tomfoolery in the background too.

    I've just discovered diamond cutting discs for £6 at Screwfix. Why did I waste so much of my life chopping slabs and bricks with the old abrasive ones? These are sooo much quicker, neater and produce a lot less dust. It's turned my little angle grinder from a bread knife in to a light sabre! Hearth stones cut and laid. What can I chop up next??
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    I've got a bit of transfer pricing stuff if you're bored...

    Any jobs? Is that what your new minion is for?
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    hopkinb wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    I've got a bit of transfer pricing stuff if you're bored...

    Any jobs? Is that what your new minion is for?
    'Fraid not, unless you fancy moving to the ar$e end of Holland and learning customs duty :)

    I may get (acquire) a lot more tax minions if I ever get the global gig here, but that's a longer term game and far from guaranteed. That said, if ever did get control of the evil empire completely, we would need a proper TP manager. Watch this space...
    Whippet
    Bruiser
    Panzer
    Commuter

    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • thistle_(mbnw)thistle_(mbnw) Posts: 3,859
    keef66 wrote:
    I've just discovered diamond cutting discs for £6 at Screwfix. Why did I waste so much of my life chopping slabs and bricks with the old abrasive ones? These are sooo much quicker, neater and produce a lot less dust. It's turned my little angle grinder from a bread knife in to a light sabre! Hearth stones cut and laid. What can I chop up next??
    Got one on the tabletop tile saw I bought years ago for slicing up porcelain floor tiles.
    It's good for fibreglass/GRP too as I found out at the weekend. You know the saw's run out of water when you get that nice smell of burning plastic :roll:
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    I've got a bit of transfer pricing stuff if you're bored...

    Any jobs? Is that what your new minion is for?
    'Fraid not, unless you fancy moving to the ar$e end of Holland and learning customs duty :)

    I may get (acquire) a lot more tax minions if I ever get the global gig here, but that's a longer term game and far from guaranteed. That said, if ever did get control of the evil empire completely, we would need a proper TP manager. Watch this space...

    See if you can coincide your plans to rule the world with what looks like redundancy at some point in the next 3 years. :roll:
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    hopkinb wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    hopkinb wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    I've got a bit of transfer pricing stuff if you're bored...

    Any jobs? Is that what your new minion is for?
    'Fraid not, unless you fancy moving to the ar$e end of Holland and learning customs duty :)

    I may get (acquire) a lot more tax minions if I ever get the global gig here, but that's a longer term game and far from guaranteed. That said, if ever did get control of the evil empire completely, we would need a proper TP manager. Watch this space...

    See if you can coincide your plans to rule the world with what looks like redundancy at some point in the next 3 years. :roll:
    Don't tell me that, I'll know I can get you on the cheap in 2020 :twisted:
    Whippet
    Bruiser
    Panzer
    Commuter

    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,571
    are oven chips bad for you?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 39,158
    ^ Not if you wash them down with 10 pints of Lager and smother them in Curry sauce because then it's immaterial.

    Haven't read any of the above. Is it worth it?

    Me going back to work me.

    Laters.
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    W - (still at Atlantic boulevard). Neill broke his collarbone.

    "Why are the tractors beeping in the night? I dunno woss goin' on"
    Tricky, 9yo
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    pinno wrote:
    ^ Not if you wash them down with 10 pints of Lager and smother them in Curry sauce because then it's immaterial.

    Haven't read any of the above. Is it worth it?

    Me going back to work me.

    Laters.
    Of course, I'm sorting Hoppy's career out and saving him from future financial ruin.
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    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinnopinno Posts: 39,158
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Of course, I'm sorting Hoppy's career out and saving him from future financial ruin.

    He will either be indebted to you for life or he'll want to kill you.
    S - https://i.pinimg.com/564x/35/cd/f1/35cdf125f02216d233fc9aa90f8607e6.jpg
    W - (still at Atlantic boulevard). Neill broke his collarbone.

    "Why are the tractors beeping in the night? I dunno woss goin' on"
    Tricky, 9yo
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 41,688
    pinno wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Of course, I'm sorting Hoppy's career out and saving him from future financial ruin.

    He will either be indebted to you for life or he'll want to kill you.
    Given my management style, possibly both :)
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    Panzer
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    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    are oven chips bad for you?

    I assume you've eaten a whole bag?

    Nah, they're just hot spuds.
  • MatthewfalleMatthewfalle Posts: 17,571
    hopkinb wrote:
    Matthewfalle wrote:
    are oven chips bad for you?

    I assume you've eaten a whole bag?

    Nah, they're just hot spuds.

    I may have.

    Coolio - that's what I thought. Many thanks indeed oh hallowed webbed footed one H3.

    Loads of carbs but so long as you don't deep fry them they can't be that bad for you? And surely any badness is taken away by the goodness that is Sarsons?
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • keef66keef66 Posts: 13,286
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    I've just discovered diamond cutting discs for £6 at Screwfix. Why did I waste so much of my life chopping slabs and bricks with the old abrasive ones? These are sooo much quicker, neater and produce a lot less dust. It's turned my little angle grinder from a bread knife in to a light sabre! Hearth stones cut and laid. What can I chop up next??
    Got one on the tabletop tile saw I bought years ago for slicing up porcelain floor tiles.
    It's good for fibreglass/GRP too as I found out at the weekend. You know the saw's run out of water when you get that nice smell of burning plastic :roll:

    I have one of those too, and it would've made far less dust, but I CBA constructing a roller-table surround for it to take a 1.5 x 0.8m stone slab I could barely lift. I did use it to good effect for slicing the brick slips though. I know it's run out of water when it stops spraying me with brick slurry...
  • hopkinbhopkinb Posts: 5,597
    Matthewfalle wrote:

    I may have.

    Coolio - that's what I thought. Many thanks indeed oh hallowed webbed footed one H3.

    Loads of carbs but so long as you don't deep fry them they can't be that bad for you? And surely any badness is taken away by the goodness that is Sarsons?

    :lol: What you remember from the picture of butt norks was my foot, with imaginary webbing. No more pictures of norks for you.

    Plenty of salt with the Sarsons, and make sure that the oven chips are McCain Home chips. Dip them in mayo or salad cream to be absolutely sure that they are properly good for you.
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