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A few years back we went up to Squires cafe in early March for a meet up in remembrance of a young lad we knew who'd been killed in an accident on his bike. The run up there was cold, but ok. On the way back, on the A1 just north of Grantham it sleeted really hard and it was like marbles all over the road. I was in front and Mandy was following on her Bonneville. The temperature drop was really sudden. My visor steamed up and it was literally like riding on marbles. Visibility dropped to nearly nothing too. I really couldn't see much either in front or behind. It was like that for about 10 miles. Once I'd got through it I realised that Mandy wasn't behind me any more. I stopped and checked my phone and had a missed call from her. I called her back and she said that her bike had stopped and she had to try to push it off the road, which wasn't easy because it was up a slight gradient and the road was covered with these beads of sleet/snow. Fortunately she wasn't too far from an exit off the A1 and a guy in a car had stopped and helped her push the bike to safety. I said that the best bet was for me to carry on for home and then pick up some tools and head back up in the car to sort her bike out. On my way back up she called to say that she had managed to get the bike started and was heading back. I'm guessing that the carbs had iced up due to the sudden temperature drop and whilst the bike was stationary the heat from the engine had thawed them out. But, riding on that busy road on what felt like riding on marbles, with near zero visibility and then losing Mandy wasn't the most pleasant experience on the bike!3 points
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"I only had a hundred quid but I made it to Kashmir by hitch-hiking, where my sister sent me another thirty quid to get home. It cost me six quid to get from Istanbul to London and I sold my blood to do it. When I got back, it all fell into place." https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/10/19/rodney-holt-designer-set-builder-x/2 points
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Tango just reminded me of a hairy moment on the bike years ago, i was travelling to work on my old CB750 late as usual so pushing three figure speeds, The morning had a clear blue sky but chilly and the roads were mostly clear of traffic. I'm riding on a concrete duel carriageway and in the distance i see a police car pulled over with the blue lights on but because i'm focused on him i didn't spot the reason he was there, He was at the end of a freak hail storm that had covered the road, it was white for about a quarter of a mile i just pulled the clutch in and free wheeled while repeating to myself oh shit oh shit, luckily the road was dead straight at this point and i got through ok. It was weird there was a sharp line on the road where it was dry then went white and back to dry almost like it was laid by hand no fade in and out at all.2 points
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I don't see anybody signing in to the test and trace app now in cafes, shops etc2 points
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Cant believe my luck , just got this email.... My name is Mrs Evelyn Esther Issah; I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you/church. I am 77 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than some weeks because of my health, I decided to donate the sum of $35,400,000 (Thirty five million four hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of humanity, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly,and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. Contact my lawyer(Barr Fredrick Aziza) with this pacified email:(fredrickaziza@gmail.com) and tell him that I have donated($35,400,000.00) to you and I have also notified him. I know I don’t know you but I have been directed to do this. My lawyer will assist you to claim the money from the Eco-Bank. where it is being deposited. Thanks and God bless. NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. Mrs.Evelyn Catherine Esther Issah1 point
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There are shitloads of you tube clips of mad inventions and if you look at one the place will plague you with suggestions for others. Honestly, how did we not get a man on the moon before the Yanks I'll never know.1 point
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Don’t fly. You won’t be pinged if you are sitting in your own car on the eurotunnel.1 point
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We were weighing up heading back to the UK to visit for Christmas, but it seems like even though we are fully vaccinated, if we get pinged by the app we'd have to isolate for 10 days, but if we'd been vaccinated in the UK we wouldn't have to. Seems like quite a few people are getting pinged after flying into the UK because someone on their flight has tested positive. This is likely to get worse if/when they drop the PCR test before travel. So, we don't want to arrange and pay to travel over to then have to spend the whole time isolating in a hotel room! Hmmmmm!1 point
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He’s got some front I’ll give him that …. Calling other people trolls , he’s the biggest troll I’ve ever seen on a forum .1 point
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This was a band who busked all over London, first one of their videos, good car driving song, singing the chorus as loud as you can when I'm in the mood. Then them busking and Arnold the passing dancer.1 point
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Had a run up my mountain to check on the locked gate situation gates still locked but negotiable on the bike, had some good weather that i wasn't expecting so was a great few hours out Photos are of the same places you've seen before Solar farm in the distance Even found some abandoned shit to keep @XTreme happy1 point
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What difference does that make, does it make your wet suit too wet or is it the wrong kind of water1 point
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Just listening to this on planet rock thought id post it here just look at that crowd1 point
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Yes, I remember Big Nige . All that lot in Caerphilly club can ride like you can't believe.1 point
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One thing the Tories are experts at is stabbing their leaders in the back when they think their seats in parliament might be at risk. And many are.1 point
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I only had a bike licence for years and then one day two blokes who had moved to a different new bit of the council came to see me when I was a trainee and asked me if I would like to go and work for them. You'll get a pay rise, a new donkey jacket and a car they said. I don't have a car licence I said. Well get one and watch out for a job advert they said. My first lesson was a few hours after the 87 hurricane, shit, trees and water everywhere. The job advert was so specific it was embarrassing, only myself an a chef at Sainsburys applied. The interview was worse, I was rung up the night before and told what the 5 technical questions would be. Then at the actual interview, the same silly sod asked me the whole 15 on his sheet because the HR person was looking over his shoulder. Luckily she didn't know the answers and I could make stuff up. For the next few years if I mucked anything up they used to moan that they should have had the chef. I did eventually get the car, it took a lot longer than they promised and then the tax man crucified me over it a few years later.1 point
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