[Closed] Stupidest thing you've done today?

Prat fall trying to track-stand while waiting for the lights to change on a pelican crossing. Had unclipped one foot, but fell the opposite way. 😳

Took a bow to queueing traffic after I stood up.

I went to Beechy Head and didn't jump off.

made pancakes thinking it was pancake day. 🙄

Dropped my phone. On to a kettlebell.

Insurance replacement arrives tomorrow.

Finishing an e-bike conversion for a long-time work colleague who has just retired. It has a full chain guard that needs new brackets as the motor / gearbox gets in the way of the originals. I made a very tidy 2-piece bracket from stainless steel and just silver soldered it together......back to front 🙁

So had to melt it apart (trashing half of it), make a new bit then solder it the right way round. Now given up for the evening - not risking drilling any holes in it.

Went to the cinema during half term.....

I did 49 in a 40 zone 😉

APF

Cracked the windscreen on my van whilst changing the wipers.

Lifted the wiper arm then caught it and it smashed into the screen.

Annoying.

Rode all day without a helmet

Took an extended ride back home from work, wearing my PX Hydrosphere jacket and Dafeet gloves, only the temperature felt more like April than February... First time I've felt that boil in the bag feeling this year, despite less layers than normal! 😳

Lent my wife my phone and she then what's apped my team at work asking about bumming puffins for a joke (she had seen the phrase in the Trump thread)

After being completely broke for all of Feb I was keen to work out my budget for March so I can look forward to a return to my usual not-quite-broke normality - seems it's going to be worse than Feb, it's taken the wind out of my sails.

I miss blissful ignorance.

I went to Beechy Head and didn't jump off.

Is that a sarcastic post?

Drove to hotel A, only to realise I was booked in to hotel B across town.

Fortunately I realised before trying to check in.

Neither hotel is anywhere near Beechy Head

Came to Disneyland with 3 children. Got them up early for the character breakfast thing. Turns out they're all terrified of those giant furry character things! 🙄
Then 3 tired and grumpy children for the rest of the day.
Apparently the fun never ends here (or something along those lines). It did today!

Dropped a kettlebell. Onto my phone.

Didn't break though.

Not surprising really - kettlebells are pretty tough.

Failed my HGV driving test in the last 20 seconds !! .. whole test with 1 minor and then i clip a cone on my reverse , 20 seconds from the end ! .. Cock ! ... and another £280 for a retest 🙁

made pancakes thinking it was pancake day.

Two pancake days this year sounds pretty smart to me.

Today I was prepping the car for it's MOT and left it running a little too long so it's going to be a nervous drive to the petrol station tomorrow in the hope It'll make it.

double post !

I got out of bed.

It has been a day when many people have made it on to 'The List'.

Some people are on 'The List' twice.

Read posts in the chat forum.

Somehow got roped into a presentation to the Board, three days after we are inspected, unfortunately the presentation has nowt to do with the inspection and is going to take weeks of research, and preparation, and I have three weeks to do it in.

Bollocks, should have remained focused during that meeting

Forgot to go to work.

Dipped a jammie Dodger in my coffee

Assuring my lad that the cardboard Mayan temple would be a doddle...

Dipped a jammie Dodger in my coffee

I hope that was a mistake and you thought it was tea, otherwise...

you make me sick! 👿

Cracked the windscreen on my van whilst changing the wipers.

Lifted the wiper arm then caught it and it smashed into the screen.

I did this. If it helps, you won't do it again...

Ate a normal meal after norovirus, who new you can relapse?

rOcKeTdOg - Member
Ate a normal meal after norovirus, who new you can relapse?

Look on the bright side, at least that's better than a prolapse.

I got the Cale Sleeper up from London thinking I'd get a half decent night's sleep. Now on coffee No.3.

Open the STW forum.

No work will be done today!

kilo - Member
Lent my wife my phone and she then what's apped my team at work asking about bumming puffins for a joke (she had seen the phrase in the Trump thread)

Your Mrs sounds ace. Send her round when you've had enough of her 😀

gone to work

Commuted by trike for an easy ride. Thought I'd be blown backwards! Had a nice Range Rover driver interaction that made me laugh though. Might post the video later.

Spanked some grumpy feminazi's ass at traffic lights, she got shirty so I tried to offer her the chance of a date as recompense.

Then the cheaky bint snapped my wing mirror off! Must be a lezzer...

She smelt a bit gamey anyway, probably dodged a bullet. 😉

Started looking at adverts for motorcycles.......

Got up late, which meant I was trying to work* and feed daughter at the same time, while better half was in shower.

*Including call with contractor with CBeebies CD playing in background.

Turned up 4 minutes late to an assessment day for a potential new job. Turns out the boss has a serious issue with people not showing punctuality.

Made an offer on a bike in classifieds even though wife says n+1=D.

n+1=D.

Diamond back ..... she's right you know don't go down that route!

I mentioned to my wife about pondering on a new bike.

teamslug - Member
Made an offer on a bike in classifieds even though wife says n+1=D.

Turned up 4 minutes late to an assessment day for a potential new job. Turns out the boss has a serious issue with people not showing punctuality.

Did that with an RAF interview.

😳

spent god knows how long reading a 6 page thread on here about how much a guys giant trance weighs.i need to get out more.

I went out on the CXer, it's blowing 35knts and I wished I hadn't.

Spent ages reading through Glasto Chat to see if there was anything more interesting than endless "Foo Fighters speculation" - there wasn't.....

I'll just leave this here

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Two major errors:

1) went to London, and
2) took the Circle Line

One bonus, on train back to Leeds. 😀

Clipped a stillage with a fork lift today. Luckily it was just a loud bang and no damage.

Nipped to the doctors for some paperwork.. Locked up the bike outside good and secure.. came back out to see my backpack sat next to the bike with laptop etc. poking out of the top..

Cracked the windscreen on my van whilst changing the wipers.
Lifted the wiper arm then caught it and it smashed into the screen.

I did this. If it helps, you won't do it again...

Too right.

I have changed loads of wipers as I used to work in a garage but this one was a bit stuck and I lifted it clear then caught the end of the wiper arm with my jacket then smash.

Gonna be about £150 to replace but at least it's passenger side and at the bottom of the screen so I may get away with it for a few weeks.

Rare day off today. Did my back in by 10.20am and been in bed ever since unable to move....

Rear wheel didn't wait! Racing Ralph even tighter. 👿 And only 420g saved. Still, the generosity of a wonderful chap on here means we've taken 940g off the rolling weight of her bike for a bargaintastic £60!

LittleMissMC is very happy with her dad today!

Tore my calf muscle doing circuit training at lunch time. Must learn to arrive on time and not miss the warm up.

Decorated the kitchen with Guinness cake mixture...over enthusiastic mixing with electric whisk....

Service forks.

Put back together.

Pump up.

See bottom out bumper on table.

👿

Just put a bit of extra air in

Assuming stupid people on trains are aware just how ignorant they are .

Packed car and loaded bikes for a big day out with a mate only to discover I had lost my car keys and my son 500 miles away had the spare. The mate was very patient but after an hours searching he was getting irritated. Finally found them in my walking boots . I know, I know , obvious really. We did get a ride in!

Decorated the kitchen with Guinness cake mixture...over enthusiastic mixing with electric whisk

You sound like my wife. If you are in fact my wife, what are you doing on a forum for MTBers? And why are you at home making cake and not at work?

No brake pads 😯

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Gorgeous weather outside on my day off. But I'm feeling a bit down, sat on the sofa eating chocolate.

Dare to question if the missus opinion on someone had changed - we're now splitting up apparently.

Just drained the oil out the car, replaced the filter, then poured 5 litres of expensive premium synthetic oil into the engine, only to realise I'd forgotten to refit the sump plug. So it all poured straight out onto my nice block-paving driveway....

And in a mad panic to dive under the car to fit the sump plug, I knocked the waste oil container, spilling loads of old black oil onto the driveway.

I attempted to clean up the oil using flour from the kitchen, and managed to get old black oil stains all over that container....so no chance of hiding this one from my wife 😳

Pik N Mix tried to microwave his marge....

Today I just took a really challenging job. Best not screw-up.

For the oil, try covering it with soda crystals after removing the excess. Then scrub and wash off.

DiscJockey.
With that kind of luck I'd maybe not touch your nob for a while as it might fall off.

Winterfest beer festival followed by 3hrs of walk / pub / ferry / taxi / ferry/ pub /walk/ pub/walk /chippy/home
Fell asleep with cup of tea in my hand once I made it home.
Cup of tea is now in the memory foam mattress.
and I now have to reverse the journey to recover my car , but this time I will avoid the pub crawl section and take a bike to avoid the £10 taxi fare section and cut the journey time to 1hr

Spent an ungodly amount at Superstar....apparently I've convinced myself that my DH bike, my FS and my HT do all really need spare wheels with wet/mud rubber already installed to save me the faff of changing tyres over according to conditions.

Best get some overtime in this month'

Pik N Mix tried to microwave his marge....

Guilty as charged, it went everywhere!

gofast / stu, thanks for the advice. I'll get scrubbing and avoid any fiddling 😉

cross thread a BB....utter fanny

Extended my route home from work to ~14.6 miles instead of the direct ~4.5, I sweated like someone born outside wedlock with my work jacket on! 😆

Put a new gear cable on the commuter bike.
Then put new brake blocks on the front.
Sat down to watch the Wales game.
Forgot I'd already done the gear cable so went to do it.
Cut the (new) gear cable where it runs externally down the downtube.
Turn around to grab the new one I had on the shelf, not there.

Just spent 20 mins looking for it before realising what I'd done 😳

Bought a new frame within an hour of having an argument with the mrs about having too many bikes...

Think I'm allowed a double post...

Left my spare gear hanger in my pack at home when going for a run in the axle deep mud and hosing rain.

Inevitable happened.

Shortening chain with speed link to go single speed omitted to factor in the oval ring

Return home was a quarter pedal rewind and repeat in 11t. Now have one massive quad...

Cup of tea is now in the memory foam mattress.

You realise that nobody will believe that explanation for the stain...

Shortening chain with speed link to go single speed omitted to factor in the oval ring

Return home was a quarter pedal rewind and repeat in 11t. Now have one massive quad...

Really 🙄
Use oval rings on ss bike all the time.

Tried to keep up with my brother on a longish Surrey Hills route. Definite tactical error as I've spent the rest of the day feeling utterly destroyed.