» The most childish thing you've done as an adult

Just been showing my old bike at a steam rally
The humble D14 bantam. a rather nice goldie parked up near mine. Got talking to the woman who owned it, and it must have took 15 minutes before the inner 12 year old came out.

"can I have a sit on it?"



Made my weekend. To be fair, I did resist a go on the big wheel and dodgems. Those who don't understand...you might actually be dead.
(Sun 20th Sep 2009, 20:02, More)

» Childhood Ambitions

Second
I wanted to be a farmer. Thought it would be class, never paying for food.
Than I grew up, and heard about how much farmers here get screwed over, and can lose everything in one epidemic. Now I want to be an engineer.
(Thu 29th Mar 2007, 11:06, More)

» Personal Hygiene

In response to "Where did he touch you" previously, mingers at college
First I suppose is me. The college I am incarcerated in is boarding. Therefore we have kitchens, with fridges, for our own food. Usually, we are pretty honest, but occasionally some arse nicks food. On one occasion, they nicked my highly labelled milk. Now, I like tea a lot, and no milk makes me very cross. So to get this twat back, I bought some more milk and labelled it. Used half, then cracked one off in it. Next day, find someone has drunk the lot. Emailed round college pointing this out. The theiving stopped.

Other mingers: Dan, who cut open his hand. Couldn't get it wet. Didn't wash for weeks.
Mike, who went crazy and did similar. Was also a fat bastard, so it was worse.
(Fri 23rd Mar 2007, 17:27, More)

» Pathological Liars

Volvos and films
Years ago, we got a Volvo estate. It was quite exciting for us, as previously we had to pretty much be pureed to fit in an ancient montego. Now, we had a seat each. Of course, Volvos do have a reputation for being safe, solid and pretty ugly. I managed to convince my little brother that they were so tough, they didn't need a boat from Sweden. They had a huge snorkel fitted, and were driven across the bottom of the english channel.

Another time, we sat watching 2001: A space oddysey. One brother asks "was it filmed in space?" I told him at great length how it was done in conjunction with NASA, as part of the Apollo moon landings. He actually believed that for a short time.
(Fri 30th Nov 2007, 19:30, More)

» I don't understand the attraction

As there seem to be a lot of motorcycle fans on here, a few bike gripes
I've grown up in Derbyshire, near Matlock Bath. So every summer, I'm treated to an immense display of bikes, a lot of which are piloted by utter nobheads who think the road past my house is a racetrack. You can usually here them and spot them, a race-rep plastic coated crotch rocket, wearing a power ranger suit and hanging off the bloody thing at every corner. In the height of summer we are talking a crash every other weekend, often fatal. THEN they wonder why the police, especially in North wales, are getting so pissed off with bikes, and will hassle anyone riding anything with only two wheels and an engine?
Ironically, the best and most considerate riders are the Harley Davidson Patch club types. Which in my eyes deserves far more respect. Also, they are often riding some wonderful pieces of garden shed engineering, which I love to see.

Mind you, the last category brings me onto my second moan-the wanabe outlaw who works in a bank. If you want a custom, you build it yourself, preferably in your kitchen. Buying a bike with factory fitted "custom" options is a bit lame.
Though at least they're not hurting anyone, unlike the former. I have no problem with other peoples hobbies, as long as they don't hurt anyone else.
(Mon 19th Oct 2009, 12:43, More)