Saul

Finally managed to get out for a walk today with the Dear Boy. Been off the treadmill for 19 days and not feeling that good. Eating too much crap and inactivity are not good for your waistline or mental health. Combination of Christmas, work and gout just took me away from the right path. But today was the first day of the new regime back on it as both Odie and I need to shed the Christmas chub. Only managed 5.5 k but start small and often will make it sustainable. Anyway we went to Parbados did the community fields then a full circle of the beach. Noticed that the rivers are full shame the reservoirs down here aren’t. Something wrong somewhere.

My would be 'Stop fucking singing".

Nah I'll keep this one, I have a couple of others that could go back but my Kady is the good one

Had an Amazon delivery. Of course I didn’t order a delusional 17 year old who thinks she’s a cat but that is what I got.

Here you go Six

Na I didn't want to be there let alone take pics.

Fooking expensive morning, took the Mrs to the local Equine store as she had to have a new coat and boots. I had a bit of a head from yesterdays out out antics which didn't help. Anyway 300 quid lighter, and that was in the sale and a 'bargain actually' the Mrs tells me I was going to raise my blood sugar by going to the in store cafe. Only to be told that the breakfast menu is only served until 11:00 and the lunch menu starts serving at 12:00, given it was 11:19 I could only have coffee, so off I flounced elsewhere. I hate these bloody posh places I really don't fit in there. Now chilling watching rugby, on the bright side at least the Mrs is happy.

Well Odie is pretty joyful with his new Hare.

Well done Bob.

Working overnight all weekend, first shift last night. Not moaning my kids are big and I want the triple time. Boxing day will be my day down the pub singing carols.

Totally agree with that, even the ones that are retro styled have fooking great rads and weird looking exhausts. I saw a Kawasaki yesterday, believe it was an H2, with stupid looking little winglets on it. FFS.

Crusty

Loving the six word action

@Pedro for me too, I have loved his ride report.

Yeah I love his stuff, not sure I have racked up five years but have been watching for several years.

Fuck knows, going to seriously look at preventing it in future though, not at all fun. On meds from the Doc which is helping. Gout sounds like a joke thing, bloody debilitating. If I have to live on rabbit food for the rest of my life I will to rid myself of Gout.

Anybody watch this guy, I don't know why but I find his video compulsive viewing. He has made some interesting custom bikes over the years and brought loads of stuff back from the dead.

I watched that video and agree completely. I would like one.

Looks like a bleddy nice day there. I haven't ridden mine for the best part of 10 days and am really missing it. Obviously the weather was a factor but I couldn't have got on the thing anyway as the gout is back with avengence. I am going to ride it on Monday no matter how many layers I have to put on.

No mad keen on mince pies. Will eat them though. Weirdly we were given a food hamper this week with these inside. Quite nice but they were free which puts them in pole position for me

Beautiful

Took the Mrs Christmas shopping today, she called me a 'Fucking Twat!' before we even left

Depends which Aero, now a 9000 Aero had a lot of potential. Or a 93 Viggen both with the 2.3 Turbo motor. Mind you the Viggen would try and kill you quite regularly. I know a Scottish chap who had a much modified 9000 Aero running 600 BHP, munching gearboxes was his hobby. You genuinely meet the best people through the Saab community. I was a Mod on UKSaabs for years and still think of the owner of that site as a friend.

BMW's are not what they were but then again that is true of most modern cars, they are past their pinnacle as you say. I think it is sad how the drift scene has destroyed most of the Compacts in the UK. Mind you having said that I have a mate with a new 2 series and that is a very nice car, how long it will stay that way is yet to be seen, but as it stands a very nice way to travel. But isn't that the plan keep it for 3 years then bin it for the next best thing . Cars and to some extent bikes are now like white goods, not really long terms prospects as they were.

Classic Saab 900 was a surprisingly good handling car, the 99 was better IMHO but you are right the E46 a much better more modern developed package in many ways. Thing is with those old Saabs you have to compare them to their contemporaries to appreciate how good they were. Back in the days when 100 BHP was a lot for a car the Saab 900 was head and shoulders above most mainstream offerings. Not just in power, the double wishbone front suspension was awesome. My C900 in that picture had 200,000 miles on it and was running 200 BHP without hiccup. The motor could have produced much more but the gearbox was the Achilles heel in that model. Again though a lot of modern cars blow both the E46 and c900 into the weeds in every measurable way but it's all about they way they feel. Whoops nearly let the geek out, its alright I have put him away again.