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There's something quite theraputic about drawing that I'd forgotten about, it does take your mind off a lot day to day troubles etc. The daft thing is I can only really draw cars / buildings or mechanical stuff, I'm not too bad at landscapes but I can't draw people or faces ... or animals etc. I...

The last week or so I've had a horrible virus thing going on so I've been laid a bit low and not doing much. Boredom slowly crept up on me but to be honest I couldn't reallly be bothered with anything that required too much effort. So in desperation and having got so fed with TV and reading...

Thanks folks - glad you like the new girl. She fits in the garage well too. As a plus the weather here in Lancashire has been quite nice of late so we've managed to get out for some airy top down runs. Today I picked up a mate who's just had an op on his hand so can't drive and we took off for...

Hi folks, apologies for not being around here for a while - it must be a while, the forum name has changed! The last few months have been something of a mixed bag and I've just not had any time to devote to photo taking. After the summer road trips I had a couple of months of ill health which...

Bridgestone or Pirelli? Castrol or Mobil?

After 3700 miles of touring France and a bit of Spain we landed back home in the wee small hours of yesterday morning, totally exhausted after a delay of 8 hours at the Eurotunnel. There are lots of photos of course as you'd expect after 3 weeks touring, so rather than post them individually...

I'm just about to leave for 3 weeks touring France and Spain in the little MX5 (Miata for our American friends). If we get some decent wi-fi connections en route I'll post some photos up as we go. I've got the little Oly EPL-5 packed up in my battered old rucksack with the Pentax 50mm, the...

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Only when you've had your 19th nervous breakdown

The blue one was cheaper :smile:

Can't read the hubcaps but the back window area looks like it was once a Fiat 500

If the colour of the car determines the status of your mid life crisis, then I must still be having mine as I'm on my 3rd red car in a row, and still riding motorbikes. Which is quite good, because if it really is a mid life crisis it looks like I'm going to live to be 126 Bill, I agree with...

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I closed my FB account around last November, like Sue it was beginning to annoy the hell out of me. Unsolicited ads that were totally irrelevent to anything I'm interested in, people posting stuff like "going for a wee now" or "Off to the shops to buy some milk" .......Why would I be interested...

I spent most of the weekend fettln' in my garage, weather here's not been brilliant so no great loss The mucky bits:

Good call on the Yamaha, Kyle, the F800 would break your heart. Lovley bikes but flawed in so many ways - not least of all the price tag. They could have taken the Japs on at their own game had a bit more thought gone into them. I went from a Harley Dynaglide to the F800 so it felt like toy...

I married one, Bil (and if anyone tells her I said that, I may have you Killed :smile:) Steve, funnily enough I've been thinking along the same lines as regards the Triumph. I don't do any long bike tours these days, and probably never will again. My rides are just days out now so it makes...

Nope, it's a parallel twin with belt drive, Steve. A Rotax / BMW collaboration with more emphasis on the Rotax. Very light and it goes well but not a good pillion bike, and there are / were massive problems with the design of the rear wheel bearing housing which has a tendency to monumentally...

I didn't know you were such a BMW nut, Bill - quite a collection! I've always wanted a GS, alas my short hairy legs don't allow it. I'm only 5' 6" in my slippers - and they've got cuban heels. My R1200R is a factory lowered one, not many of them were made so I was lucky getting it. The old...

Ah, but we've had a nice new driveway laid since then, Bill. :biggrin: Yes, Beemers are heavy things to pick up off the floor, mine have been dropped once or twice. There is an easy-ish way to do it though without giving yourself a hernia. I've been looking at R80 /100s with a view to making...

Wow! I'd forgotten how incredible this bike is. :smile: Just got back with a grin from ear to ear. I took a few photos which I'll post up later. Bill, Freudian slip - I WANT a 12,200 cee cee bike :smile: I had the 1100 version of the earlier 'R' back in the early 2000s, it took me on quite...

I've not ridden my bike (as in motorbike - BMW R1200R) since last August. This has been the first winter since i started riding bikes many moons ago (1967-ish) that I've taken any of my bikes off the road during the cold, damp months. It was mainly due to me getting older and feeling the cold a...

Nope that didn't work either - we is scuppered :smile:

Has anybody tried replying to the post before Lukes? May be worth a try. - hang on I'll give it a go.

Heard about this as the news broke here in the UK but just seen the pics for the first time, absolutely dreadful. As you say BB, no words to describe how awful it must be for the familes. And yes, vivid memories of Aberfan spring to mind

Dave, here in the Uk records began in 1834, anything before that gets a bit more difficult. In a lot of cases, particularly small farming communities and the like, the only person in the village who could read and write was the local clergy. Names used to get spelled differently depending on how...

Not found any murders - yet, but there has been some real skulduggery including land stealing. There was an eloping where the girl was from a very well to do farming family, she was disowned for running away with a lowly farm labourer and got nothing of the family fortune.

I've traced our lot back on Dad's maternal side to 1765 and his paternal side to early 1800s. There's a strong Irish connection. I started on our family history about 15 years ago and pick it up when I feel like doing a bit more. I did get sidetracked for a couple of years doing the wife's...

Why thank you, BB - the feeling is quite mutual :smile:

Seeing as my original mugshot disappeared off here after a Photobucket clean up, heres one of yours truly found this morning whilst looking for something totally unrlelated. A very rare photo of me taken by missus Dewi in Salo, Italy last year. If it's too horrible let me know and I'll take it...

And, every time someone mentions Mickey Rooney, I think of Wayne Rooney ........ and then when i think of Wayne Rooney I can't help but think of Shrek! :smile:

Here ya go - if you must, I use two monitors hence the double image

I use the default, which surprises me as usually I like to see my photos against a black background, probably because my websites have black backgrounds & the PP is done with that in mind. I tried the dark here but didn't get on with it for some reason and returned to default - which I quite...

I really enjoyed reading that, thanks for the link.

Honey - mmmmm!! Love it, especially NZ Clover Honey, I've not had sugar for years. Always a bt of honey in my tea and coffee - and on my morning concoction whatever it happens to be at the time - porridge is the brekky of choice at the moment.

Thinking of you Sue, everything crossed here for you. On the positive side, they've identified a possible problem and will deal with it if needs be. They didn't find mine soon enough - it wasn't pleasant! Keep us posted. Best of luck :2thumbs: P.S - if you want to talk afterwards with someone...

Another nice day here - we're being spoiled! I actually got the car out this morning for a run - the roof stayed firmly in the "up" position though I'm afraid. It was a lazy man's drive, the thing was covered in dust from all the recent work on the house so it was far easier to take it out for...

Well, living just an hour or so south of you Garry it's been surprisingly nice here today - very mild and dry (for once). Got out walking the poochess this morning and she didn't get too muddy this time. I was actually tempted to get the car out, drop the roof and go for a drive in the...

I use Chess Titans, BB and find it quite good. Not sure where I got it from though, I've had it for that long. I have a feeling my lad downloaded it from somewhere so a google search may provide the answer. :smile: D P.S - here ya go try this, I think it depends which version of windows...

The weather does seem to be taking a more sinister turn. It was only around May last year that eastern Europe had major floods along the Danube and Elbe Rivers, I had a roadtrip planned starting mid June which included Austria and The Czech Republic but I had to cancel all the hotels we had...

Come August and we'll be in the middle of a drought complete with stand pipes in the streets - such is the uncertainty of our wonderful Brirish weather. We Brits do have a fixation with the weather but with good reason :smile: I guess being a smallish island exposes us to everything that comes...

Thanks BB, most of the worst is south of here, we feel so helpless that there's not much we can do to help those affected. Every day it seems we get warned to brace ourselves for more torrential rain as ever more storms hit our coasts. We had our worst night here in the north west last night...

Sublime, Luke. Not heard that for a long time

And, it's still raining here C.L. Will it ever stop? Even the dogs are reluctant to go out in it. D

Ah - nostalgia. Thanks for that, Luke. Having an older sister with a boyfrend who was very into American imported music I grew up with a lot of US singers including the Everlys. Until the Beatles came along (I am a Liverpool lad, born and bred) I lived on a diet of Bobby Vee, Eddie Cochran...

Heather, I really enjoyed listening to those tracks - beautiful! I've sent the link to your Reverb Nation page to an old friend of mine who is very into folk music, he writes a few little things of his own now and then so he'll love those. Thanks for posting that and next time we're up north of...

I'd love to be able to do that! My Dad was great artist but alas I never inherited his talent Motorcycling is my passion, and anything else with an engine second - I guess you could say I'm an incurable petrolhead. I don't ride as much as I used to since a hefty heart attack in April 2012, the...

Is this YOUR front door, Bill? :smile:

Nice story, Luke. Alas you'd not get a TV - or anything else - in the "back seat" of a modern MX5 / Miata. That's where the hood is is now stored on the ragtop and on my version it's where the folding hard top roof goes. They're still great fun though.

Blimey!! - Sounds nasty, Pete. As already mentioned, being out cold for any amount of time is never a good thing so take it easy for a few days and straight to A&E if you start feeling odd. D