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Finished now. Next job, get in the loft and chuck out some of the tons of shit up there while she's not looking . Anyone want a nice top, the label inside says 'Harley Davidson '

Ironing is so yesterday. The modern woman knows how to hang clothing and fold it properly to avoid ironing

My view today, a woman’s work is never done

There are help lines, Bob. You’re not alone! It’s not 1940 anymore.

Yep, I'm instructed to iron all the towels

Listening to "the best of" on the way home from Mandis place of work this morn.

Little ride around Utah, Nevada and California with the incontinent bunch (BMW Club of Southern California). Chilly temps, little rain, some snow. Death Valley was a perfect ending to warm us all back up.

I just think there's too much tech on bikes now, there's a problem with the touch screen on some of the newer Africa twins. The touch screen don't work and they cant get past the first screen (See Photo) when switching on the bike. Why the fuck you want a touch screen display on a motorcycle i haven't a clue, doesn't anyone enjoy riding a motorcycle on the open road anymore without all the crap distracting you

Yesterday’s dinner, or tea … carrot oven baked chips, steak (local cut, too thin but tasty meat) with egg on horseback, and Moroccan salad wanted potatoes but had none at home, had a couple of carrots, it was a delicious surprise.

Thought that was @Slowlycatchymonkey ride report then … my bad

Well got to see my mates new to him bike today. I have got to say I am quite impressed. It needs some love but he has fixed the oil leak and it sounds as sweet as a nut. Just needs some cosmetic fettling and it is ready to go. He has also got the ad the seller bought the bike from in 1998 from Damerells. It came with a box full of spares as well.

So your just standing there looking over your wife’s shoulder while she irons

Is that why it took you two years to react?

I'm picturing Pete in the flat cleaning with this playing in his head

Let him make new friends!

Should have got the Harley.

..............as in he bought a Beemer?

That looks like a proper survivor, they were a very popular bike back in the day.

Oh yeh.....back in the 90's grey and parallel imports were a big thing. The height of the bars suggests it's a Yank one!

I refer you to my opening line……I like to keep it in reserve YOU CUNT.

You have to make sure she does it properly.

We went to the supermarket today and saw our friend Sonia who works there. She's grown very fond of Jake and she used to see him regularly.....Jake would run to her and hug her every time. I told my boy to ensure that Fatty took him in to say goodbye......but of course she didn't. She knows Sonia has been a good friend of ours since we came here, so probably doesn't like that connection. When we told her that he'd gone she was close to tears because she didn't have the chance to say goodbye to him. She always knew what the fat cunt was like, and now she's experienced it herself. When we told her that we spent three days cleaning up Fatty's shit and that Fatty had stolen items belonging to Paco her face changed into a woman's death stare! Spaniards are not good at hiding their feelings......even if you don't understand the language you're going to see it in their faces!

The midgets are waiting.

What Marcel said!

And you smell of wee.

its beyond me how you aint lost it with your boy and the fat cunt ....

Picked a car up from Blackbush, stopped at the airport cafe … Vickers Viking .. derived from the Wellington bomber , think they just brought this one here to restore …they was made just up the road from Blackbush

I don’t know mate if it was it came in the early 1990’s. Were US imports a thing back then? Of course you noticed the rusty nut

US import Saul? And I immediately noticed the rusted bolt on the handlebars!

You haven't just ironed that towel

Gay.

I see one of these in my future (if I can find one at a decent price) .

Good that they have that single provision at the end of the article.

I need to get a different make of bike then, mine resemble pickled walnuts nowadays ...........

Rest of the cleaning done......and flat keys returned to Paco. 2 library books that she was too lazy to return have now been taken back to the Library. Now just waiting for their final electric and water bill so we can wipe the slate clean!

I've been to Assen twice when i was in my 20's to watch the racing but missed it all both times because i was unconscious in a bar somewhere

Anyone else keep a record of their service info, I created an excel spread sheet to record what I've been doing to each bike but don't always fill it in and stopped putting the cost of stuff in as it was getting scary This is the one for the XR

When you are gone, Paco will break into your place and trash it.

Brother in law is going on a temporary transfer to a specialist centre in Hyeres tomorrow and needed some stuff dripping of for him in Lyon before he leaves. Wed planned to go and spend the afternoon with him sunday to take him his stuff. But, the cat escaped from the colditz courtyard on Thursday night, reappeared on friday in a bad way. Vet says she got bitten by a dog so 4 stitches and convalescent. Didnt want to leave her alone all day Saturday so Mrs Moon stayed home & i decided to run down to Lyon and back by bike. 4.5h run south ( no motorway) getting there at 14:00. Sit around in the warm and dry taking the piss out of brother in law whilst a storm front goumes through from sw to ne and then a 3 h night blast up the autoroute home for 22hoo ish. Boy did i get that plan wrong! left here 09:00 having checked the weather radar and realised the storm front was moving faster then forcast and starting to rotate north. i stopped about an hour out to zdd a layer under my jacket cos the temps dropped 5°. Again an hour later for a quick slurp of coffee from my flask and a 2nd thermal layer. I was already on the northern edge of the storm fron and the rain was coming down steadily. I got a bit further south before finding a bus shelter to eat me sarnies in whilst watching alternately the rain and the weather radar. It become very clear over half an hour that i was going to have to bail on the brother in law and rely on that age old tried and tested military strategy of” running away”. The storm front was moving much faster than id thought and the main body was now right between me and Lyon. The weather radar shows the storm had reached the Rhone valley and stalled, curling north in an anticlockwise rotation, generating wind and lightning strikes along with heavy rainfall. i misread that completely! And rode home with my tail between my legs ( metaphorically. Though the rain eased as i got further north i definitely found the limits of ALL my rain gear well before i got home. I dont remember being so thoroughly soaked in years. i am decidedly too old for that shit. i’ pit brither in laws stuff in a box and sent it “chronoposte”. 400 odd km round trip, 300of which in steady rain. on the plus side im not aching all over this morning, and the bike didnt miss a beat.