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Not as good as their version of Sweet Child of Mine by the same band, that's a way back on this thread somewhere.

Message for Pete, Just seen that Episode 1 of The Prisoner is on today at 7pm (proper BST, not some iffy foreign time zone) on LEGEND FV:41 S:148 V:149 FS:137 BT:39 . Not sure if you can access that over there? I suspect they will run the whole series, they have been playing UFO at the same time of day up till now. Edit Didn't realise they had made a bad remake, this is the proper 60s one being shown.

How tall were they?

You can see the Police bike near the end, well the front few feet anyway. Looks like something slim and agile

Test rode my new tyres today at lunch time. Oooooh, so roundey roundey compared to the square ones taken off. Metzler Tourance NEXTs, same as the ones they replaced, which did a sterling 14,358 miles and were still legal if a little mishapen in profile.

Skills on both sides of this chase. If you get bored scroll to the end, you won't believe where the chase ends finally.

I think it's a sequel to the tv series Secret Army which Allo Allo was based on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Army_(TV_series)

Only if you want to put your face up against it.

Excellent. I am rewatching Hyperdrive on DVD. A brilliant comedy.

Rear tyre on and all wheels refitted. I am kerrrnackered now.

Rear tyre on. Zip ties didn't let me remove tyre from rim without levers, but it did go with just two levers and then it fell off suddenly, so definitely makes a difference. Turns out my zip ties were about 1/2 an inch too short so I had to join 2 together to get around tyre, so I will get some longer heavier duty ones for next time.

Just put a new front tyre on, rear will hopefully go on later when I have cooled down a bit. I tried putting zip ties on it to help with the change and for removing the tyre it worked a treat. I broke the bead both sides and then fed about 4 or 5 zip ties through between the bead and the wheel rim and tightened them up over about half the tyre before I got bored. Even just that much allowed me to just push the tyre off the rim without using any levers at all. So a totally lever less removal at least. Thought I'd try zip tying up the new tyre before putting it on the rim, but to be honest it seemed to make it impossible to even get started. In the end I chopped the zip ties, relubed it and pushed it on by hand, then used levers to finish it off. Going to try the zip ties on the rear later for removal as that is the bit I struggle with, getting the old tyre totally off the rim with only one pair of hands.

Are you sitting with your feet soaking whilst you cook?

I used to say that I would be happy when my insurance was less than my road tax. The only problem is I meant that the insurance would get lower as I got older, not that the road tax would go up so much.

They have a sex museum I believe.

Keep that truss buckled up tight, you don't want anything shifting!

I hope it's not the triple decker that has broken down?

I can still remember Steve Neville at the TRF AGM talking about using the internet and emails for contacting and recruiting members, he was laughed at, comments like, "Hardly anyone has a computer", were thrown about. He mentioned internet cafes (do they still exist?) and they rolled up like he was making it all up.

Jesus, I am sweating cobs. Wetter than a blindfolded lesbian in a fish market as they say in the posh end of town. I've had a real fight getting the fork back into the yokes. I'm about 2mm short compared to the other one that has remained undisturbed and I can no longer get enough grip to twist or push the thing any further. I have decided to use gravity to assist. I am refitting the wheel and will bounce it on the brakes to see if it moves up a little before putting the pinch bolts back in.

Got the fork mostly back together and the snap ring back in. Filled it with oil and waiting for it to settle before removing the excess. As usual, there is bloody oil everywhere, I'm like that Exxon Valdez when I get going, bird life will be wiped out for miles around my garage.

Using my Amazon spring compressor today, as usual I have managed to get oil all over the poxy place. My late Dad's early 70s foldy Workmate thing finally came in handy for something. Put the new seal on using the Amazon supplied bullet doobrey to stop it getting cut up by the sharp edges.

When you get patted down by the security people at the airport I'd have the receipt with you to show them before they snap on the rubber gloves. It's going to show up in the x-ray bit you stand in that they have at most airports now. I got pulled because I still had a handkerchief in a jean pocket that they could see on their machine. I had to hand it over and he took it gingerly between two fingers and put it in the property tray with my belt and coins.