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And even better.......I drove there via Death and Dismemberment Boulevard!

Just ordered a pair of Samsung Galaxy A71 5G's for me and the wife! It's got 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD Drive, 6.7" screen, 4 cameras with the main one being 64MP, 4K video.........my Dark Motorcycling will look even grimmer now! Review HERE! We've always had Huawei's.......which have been brilliant! But there's no way we'll knowingly buy Chinese products now.......given the situation over the last year! So I pick the Samsung's up early next week.......and of course, all costs are tax deductible! Pity it's not the same for bikes! Please note that the information in this post will be of no use whatsoever to @Buckster

I don't think either of us have even had a vote yet!

I'm lucky or unlucky depending on your view, i have never bought a mobile phone, i have always had a company phone, never wanted a smartphone until one was thrust upon me, now i think i would struggle without it, good thing is the company i work for never asks for the old phones back when i get upgraded so always got a backup, I now have 4 i phones a laptop and an i watch which i smashed in work a few weeks ago cluttering up my cupboards ?

OK guys and girls, here is the thread for submission of pictures for the August edition of Bike Of The Month. Submit until the 26th, on the 26th we'll lock this thread and start primaries, then lock that on the 28th, and have another vote from the 28th till the 31st to decide on the winner. This might seem too complicated, but we're talking about one of motorcycling's great achievements, it's to be expected. Fire away.

I used to go through the golf club in my mountainbike when was a kid, they didn’t like that. It’s the oldest golf club in continental Europe, it’s got some history, so when I got the XR a few year ago someone might have left them a little roost trail ...

I am the guy amongst my group of friends that was last to get a smart phone. First got a Nokia with email capability, then a better Nokia, then an Iphone, now I can’t cope without an IPhone

Damn right @XTreme , Portugal might be off the list but their filthy deseased tourists aren’t off my list! Never mind knuckledraggers or innits, just means doubletime off my list. Portugal should make me master of tourism greencards, it would improve this shit no end!

So i still have time to get a decent bike?

Only got this one this month may change this weekend though

I was a reluctant smartphone user......didn't get my first one till 2014. But it got to the point that I had to get one because the business required that I had internet connectivity at all times. So I grudgingly got a cheapo Vodafone thing just to get started.......my boy even had to show me how to use it! Within a few days I thought......how the hell have I managed to live without one of these all this time? I'm not one of those people who lives on their phone......but the permanent internet connectivity was a game changer for me and the business.

Im still using a flip phone that costs $10 a month for calls i totally ignore.

Absolutely Clive! And August is the worst time because visitors come in........which increases the risk. The other 11 months nobody comes here! Which is nice!

Yeh......but it sure as hell beats the other option......living in the UK! ?

ohhhh, I get it now, you live in the Twilight Zone!

I'll be going through that area tomorrow, won't be filming though

I can't get over that shit. Portugal has been complaining that the UK doesn't open traffic for tourists to come here and return freely, arguing that we are better than the UK at the moment, and that they have no reason to protect themselves from us. Well, if the UK is really in a far worse condition than Portugal at the moment then why in the royal fuck would we want hordes of uk tourists coming over? And why is the government openly trying to open borders? Honestly, there is no shame in politics or economics.

Dark Tourism is a big thing here as well. Loads of supposedly "haunted" places that the geeks tour. Dunno if I'd wanna take them along on a bike trip though. I'd love to do a regular touring business on bikes though - would be fun and I know all the good places to go.

......word on the street is it'll take effect from 18th September so they can eke out more tourist revenue up till then. Then we'll have to live with the aftermath! And that time will coincide with temperatures dropping to more pleasant levels! Sort of like the end of the first lockdown coinciding with the wall of heat coming down!