Slowlycatchymonkey

Aw three15 come on now, this is an embracing thread for all abilities, it doesnt matter if your on book level one or are only able to manage the Beano your review will be laughed at valued. How was Spiderman?

Brilliant. Its so true Ex Pats dont think they’re immigrants. Oh dear now Ive stopped laughing I’m despairing

Oh Sophia you were already on dodgy ground worshipping Pedro but thats sealed it, philistine.

So it does

Finished Hunter S Thompsons Hells Angels about a month ago and what a relief that was, tedious and repetitive. Gave some interesting insights but not worth trudging through it for them. The book flip flops between saying they’re not the violent criminals theyre portrayed to be but yes they are violent and criminal, an angry underclass of misfits born into bad circumstances and nowhere else to belong. It proceeds along those lines for many many pages simultaneously sympathising with them and then pointing at them like theyre trash. I can see why Sonny Barger didnt think a lot of it but if you have an interest in that type of club culture you might like it, it wasnt for me, cant remember the last time it took me so long to finish reading a book. Next up another book Ive avoided reading ‘Long way round’ by the much maligned Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor.

£3.99 plus £4.50 P&P for it to end up in the bin, definitely a no.

Thats plenty enough for anyone! Although I would consider a fish tank, staring at a fish tank is very good for the blood pressure, like natures lava lamp and I understand there are companies in bristol that are happy to maintain the tank for you (for a fee) so perhaps a nice fish tank would be good. A 15 year old duck? Crikey how long do they live?

A Tory complaining about capitalism and the free market, very funny.

I did give my last one a whopping dose of tramadol as she was shuffling off and her saucer sized pupils were smiling on her way out which was nice. Sadly dont have anymore of that now frowned on opiate (left over from Mr Slowlys shoulder op) so the next two wont have that pleasure.

Thats very sad. Its definitely no more pets for me for a looong time, its too painful for too long. Plus I want to do some galavanting and pets don’t understand that you’re coming back, to them you went out hunter gathering and haven’t returned, they suffer disproportionately as a consequence. Well not the rabbits they dont give a shit, theyre nicely bonded to each other and so long as the food keeps coming they’ll laze around teasing cats while the goings good

Looks foul, this is so wrong I’m going to have to try it.

I hold my hands up to the above.

@gymwitch that is a pain I understand far better than I want to, gone from five dogs to two in the last 18 months, you have all the sympathy I can send. Loathe as we are to say it out loud our dogs mean more to most of us than some of the relatives in our lives and that grief is hard. apparently thats the hug emoji which needs explanation unless the idea of jazz hands might make you smile a tiny bit?

Mr Slowly couldn’t understand my interest in when the England fixtures are until I explained its a great time to go for a ride, so long as your back before they spill out of the pubs and get in their cars

An entertaining covid story- school children have discovered orange juice gives a false positive on a covid test so guess what the little monkeys have been doing when they want to stay at home

Well that is sort of true. The vaccination gives your body’s immune system a memory of what the unwanted virus looks like so when the real deal turns up your immune systems bouncers are ready to go. A side effect of this in people with a reasonable immune response is the virus is wiped out before it gets a hold or to the shedding stage which is where you are shedding diseased cells and can infect other people. The shedding timing is different in different diseases. So by their very nature all immunisations cut down on disease transmission. This is how the herd immunity effect works, it helps to protect the unvaccinated because it becomes difficult for the virus to transmit and that gives protection to the morons who dont want to get vaccinated. So yes someone can have a vaccination and still catch a disease and pass it on its just at a vastly reduced rate. Its not something they want to broadcast at the moment because its not useful for compliance with mask wearing or crowd control before they have enough people jabbed.

Yes. Infection rates are rising but hospitalisation and deaths currently arent increasing at the same rate which is the key factor. Getting a mild illness that requires no intervention and causes no long term disability is the key.

I’m torn. Id like all three and love the Himalayan thats no flyweight but its a compromise. The lighter the better until youve got cover ground.

Its a mystery, Buckster for shits n gigs but the others.. can he vote for himself more than once?

I voted for SF’s pic so thats one legit vote

Not enough thats for sure.

He’s a really nice down to earth guy. If youve got to honour all the pre covid bookings you took and still try to keep your business afloat when like most business’ 2019/20s money is long gone its a stressful place to be. A lot of them are in the same boat, don’t qualify for furlough, the business ‘grants’ handed out were a joke (only bigger businesses got anything useful) and the bank loans are just that, a loan you have to pay back. The banks were arseholes about that too, awarded loans in an unscrupulous manner requesting security over your personal property rather than it being a business loan and the govt guarantee meant nothing. So all in all if youre a small business that didnt qualify for furlough and needed help youre buggered.

I’m gonna tell Mr Slowly that one he’ll like it

I didnt meet anyone there who werent the sort to get off their arses and do stuff- either off roading or overland travel and judging by how many people were plastered in mud the 20 mile slide didnt put anyone off much There were a fair few GS’ there, they werent many taking them off road that I saw, I assume theyre used as comfortable mile eating touring bikes and know that mud fest isnt what that weighty monster’s designed for. Nathan wasnt that thrilled to see us, I think he went off Mr Slowly when he asked him if he was alright or if that was his natural resting bitch face

If that sort of thing appeals these guys can provide you with some thrills. I think theyre Bristol based? https://www.theadventurists.com/adventures/monkey-run/