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yen_powell

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  1. Large Lenor fabric conditioner bottle, essential camping equipment. Plenty of capacity, a large neck and a watertight lid.
  2. I went and saw the flowers near Buckingham Palace this afternoon, not something I would have done given a choice but my friends wanted to go and chuck some on, so I thought I'd show willing. The flower bit was easy, getting back out of the area was more difficult. I didn't even know we had that many people in the country, let alone central London. Someone was strangling a Scottish Octopus by the sound of it as we came out of the station and walked into Green Park. I saw a Portaloo tucked away out of sight in Green Park. At my age, you never miss the chance for a wee so I walked around this clump of trees only to have the following rise and fall of emotions. 1/ Aha a toilet, joy to the world. 2/ Oh wo is me, for it has a padlock holding the door shut. Fuckmine! 3/ But wait, what light through yonder bollock shines? Tis an FB padlock, verily do I not have an FB key attached to my work ID pass which be in my rucksack? Surely my luck is in forsooth. 4/ Cursed be the toilet bastards, for mine own key tis an FB14 and though it fits, a pox be upon it, it does not turn! I must tieth a knot in it....... So I got behind a large pair of rozzers who barged through the crowds and had a wee in a pub next to Victoria station.
  3. I think the bomb went off whilst they were making the warning phone call, they were still saying the name of their group 'Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru' and the timer finished its work because they were having trouble pronouncing it.
  4. I used to put new ones in with each tyre change on my AT and keep the one removed as a spare for puncture replacement rather than patching the tube that was damaged. That way my spare was only slightly older than the one in the tyre.
  5. My pressures change with the weather, not just air temperature, but air pressure as well. This usually shows as both front and rear changing at the same time with a bigger change on the front which has a smaller volume. If I am always pumping the same one up then it is usually a valve (or rim problem for tubeless). BUT, I have had a few tubes rust where the valve joins the rubber part and then leak very slowly there.
  6. At the moment. Reading the link below reminds me, we never found our dustbin after the hurricane in 87, so he's asking for a postal gift. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Fish
  7. I was on site today and when it was time to head home the forecast was doom, gloom and shitloads of rain. I put my waterproof trousers on and another layer under my bike jacket and sweated by bollocks off all the way home in the dry. Fucking weathermen, wankers the lot of them. Sun is forecast tomorrow and I have to go back to site. If I get wet I am going to pop something awful into a jiffy bag and post it to Michael Fish.
  8. You'll be an online presence by then, part of a hive mind bike forum. Your withered mange covered body will just be on a breathing machine so you can still post on here via the data plug in the back of your neck (actually, you'll probably be wireless). It'll be a new era, but the ride reports may be limited.
  9. Aren't Bimbles them things that collect rubbish in south west London?
  10. Your Queen is a bit tasty though, King of Spain is a jammy git.
  11. My son was a chef for a few years until a major career change. He still dabbles, all a bit too burny for me, but he does send me the occasional food prep video he's made.
  12. Plus of course, Pete and Renegade get a new Prince.
  13. End of an era. All the coins, bank notes, the national anthem title, new pillar boxes, police badges, regimental titles, stamps, court papers, court crests etc will be slowly changed over the next few years with CRiii.
  14. This is ideal for remote camping. Glass half full and all that.
  15. yen_powell

    Jury Duty

    I think it's still the best chance of a fair trial. In the middle ages the jury had to know you (I know him m'lud, he's a lying fucker he is, so we say guilty whatever the evidence), nowadays it's the opposite.
  16. I was given clear instructions on how to get in and what not to lean on in case it snapped off in my hand, the plastic has not aged well it seems. I couldn't have done it a few weeks ago when I had a bad back.
  17. You are Tony Stark and I claim my five ponds!
  18. yen_powell

    Jury Duty

    When I did it I made money, only did a week but stayed off work for the second week on the profits. That's because I was very badly paid at the time though. Idiot that I was I thought I would not get chosen during selection as they wouldn't want a long haired scruff in a leather jacket. How wrong I was, it's the neat and tidy people in suits they try and get rid of during selection.
  19. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/anything-goes-throwback-thursday/launch-sinclair-c5-16-january-1985-throwback-thursday
  20. yen_powell

    Jury Duty

    I think he can claim travel expenses, but probably not accommodation. No idea how they work out travel costs. I'd be more worried about being late, more chance of a problem with the roads over that sort of a distance, especially in October when the clocks change. Plus of course, you can be sent home early or even straight away some days because they don't need you, that'd be annoying after you'd driven or got the train all that way.
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