Oh, and by the way...
Good evening Mal, Fredz, Weekirst and last (but no means least!) Kristine ;-)
How we all doing this fine evening?
today i dropped my bike off at the MOT station and bunged the guy £50 to give it a proper clean and charge the battery before they test it. i'm servicing it with my biker-guru pal Mr Strange tomorrow evening. the mechanic, Derek even gave me an oil-filter for nought, one he'd bought for his wife's bike (a red Hornet 600, mine's silver) 18 months ago before she changed it for an R6. it's been sitting on the workshop shelf gathering dust...he said he was glad to be shot of it.
and then, after a few hours of dotting'n'dabbing we nipped over to the unit and turned 3 (very awkward with either of the motorbikes and almost impossible with the side-car) steps into concrete ramps. a very succesful day's work. tired now but have had spicey pimped-up pizza and a couple of B&C's.
also, perhaps on a "too much information" note, had a massive snog with the mrs just before...so it looks like i may just disappear at some point...


edit: and Hi! Roota Dude! ;-)
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 20:58, 2 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

Yo!
You has bike and snog. You must be very happy. I wish I had bike and snog right now :-)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:05, Reply)

I'd settle for
a snog
(weekirst23 Is broken! Silly ice. Silly High heels!, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:07, Reply)

But a snog on or in the general vicinity of a bike...
Surely better?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:11, Reply)

Eh, same here.
Been so long I'm wondering wether I can remember how it's supposed to work!
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:13, Reply)

i have 2 bikes! but only one snog at the moment...
i will get more snogs later!
2nd bike is a 1965 KMZ (Kiev Motor Zavod) K750 Combination. just think German motorbike and sidecar from the movies and it's a Russian copy of that very same 1942 BMW 750 flat-twin.
but it doesn't run at the moment which is why i need to get the unit sorted so i can have workshop space with a bench big and heavy 'nough to handle 300kg of Russian Iron.
last night these guys (you included? i can't remember) were suggesting i host subterranian raves. that would SO stop me getting any bike-fettling done!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:15, Reply)

Hey there.
SOunds like a hectic day! Best kind I reckon. Having sod all to do isn't fun after a while - much better to keep occupied.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:12, Reply)

Yes.
I took the day off, intending to catch up on stuff. All I've done is eat and watch old movies. I feel a bit guilty, but I'll just put it down as a mental health day. Tomorrow I promise to internet about, and find a new career.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:15, Reply)

everything in balance is the ideal, no?
not too much work, not too much rest, not too much play.
my wife's Polish and they tend to reckon 8hrs of each per day. sounds nice.
but actually keeping it balanced really does keep up the productivity, the quality of sleep and the depth of the fun.
which is what it's about?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:18, Reply)

Ahh yeah.
Sounds like you need to get a schedule or something. Nothing worse than boredom. For some reason when you have nothing to do, you don't do things you could do. I'ts only recently now I'm busy that i've started to sort out things that should have been done ages ago. Weird that.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:19, Reply)

can't remember who said it, but...
"if you want something doing then give it to a busy person."

trudat, trudat.
aye.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Tue 14 Jul 2009, 21:22, Reply)