Ah FFS are they at it again?
I’ve a couple of sets of AYUPs and think they’re great BUT this ‘now we have a UK based retailer…now we don’t …now we have a UK based retailer…now we don’t’ really p!$$es me off!
Fortunately I bought a load of mounts a while back when they *did* have the UK outlet otherwise I’d just have sold them on as the cost of shipping the ancillary bits makes it an unjustifiable light set to own here when there are others out there showing a bit more support for their UK based customers. :evil:

I’ve had my Golden Willow for 3 years now! That’s some achievement for me!
I’ve tried many bikes to replace it with (purely as I like to change bikes regularly) however I cannot find anything I get on with anywhere near as well as the Bionicon.
I love it and anyone who has a ride of it seems to like the system. I’ve only ever had one problem with it whereupon I was losing air from the button. Steve and his team looked after me very well indeed and I was back up and running in no time.
The only thing that gets me is that you become locked into Bionicon ie. you can’t just go and buy a new frame if it takes your fancy as the forks and shock aren’t transferable.
That said, I’m more than happy with it atm and have no intentions in changing it any time soon.

Without doubt the comfiest boots I’ve ever had! They’ll last years too.

http://www.lechameau.co.uk/index.php?p=productdetail&pid=96&gender=neutral&category=2&prodname=Chasseurnord

Mrs McGrew pays up front every time. I thought that was the done thing with pet insurance. Not saying I agree with it though.

Did someone say biscuit?….

Now you see, that’s what brought me here in the first place! :oops:

Dave,
If you could also email it to the address in my profile I’d appreciate it very much indeed.

Cheers,

Paul.

Can’t say this reflects my experiences of the place tbh.

There’s a woman in Perth named Pam who always has a nice, big Range Rover and has a ‘PAM’ number plate. Now, of all the numbers she could have had, 1,2,3…nope. Her plate is: 5 PAM.
It’s one of the few plates I see and wish they would space it illegally.

We used to feed Eukanuba but have now changed to Barking Heads.
All the dogs have done very well well on it, better than when on the Eukanuba. Highly recommended!

Where are the details to this diet?
I remember it from some time ago but search isn’t coming up with anything.

Oh my, that’s phallic. :D

From your list, the S2000

Not on your list:

A Noble
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3255702.htm
Cayman S
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3221916.htm
Exige
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3558626.htm

I’m considering selling my ’86 Golf GTi cabrio this year and getting something a bit more modern but still as much fun. Boxster S, Cayman S, Elise, or Exige are on the list. My cousin built himself a Caterham R400 and it’s mental but you come back from every drive 1/2 exhilarated, 1/2 exhausted. 5k a year would kill you! :D

My first day as a wholetime firefighter.
I was sitting getting the ‘welcome to the shift’ talk from the gaffer getting told that it wasn’t all blues and twos…blah, blah… and the bells went. We were called to assist a neighbouring brigade at a block of flats on fire. On arrival the other crew was dealing with the fire (re-homed psychiatric patient set fire to her bed in ground floor flat) and my team member and I were sent in for search and rescue on the upper floors. We found the door of the first, 1st floor flat, made contact with the occupant and told them to get to their window for rescue, asked them if any of their neighbours were in, they didn’t know.
We then found the door of the next flat, it was open. There was very heavy smoke logging so we continued on with our search. My partner shouted that they’d found a casualty. When I went to help we found it to be a dog! We worked our way through the flat room by room, found another dog in the hall and one in the kitchen. We then found the livingroom and I came across a cat on the sofa…Oh no, wait, this isn’t a cat! It was a small baby! When I picked it up, the breathing was stridulous, a horrible sound that I’ll never forget! We had a quick sweep round to find the parents but couldn’t locate them. We then ran out of there as fast as we could and grabbed our resus pack. Fortunately an ambulance drew up and we handed the baby over to them. We were sent back in to locate further casualties, we searched that flat from top to bottom, there were cots and playpens in almost every room and every time I stuck my hands blindly in to one I feared the worst! We cleared every room and cupboard in that flat and found no further casualties. No parents, no one!
I later found out it was a 10 month old wee girl who was rushed, in a very serious condition to Yorkhill, sick kids in Glasgow where she went on to make a full recovery!
Her parents had left her lying on the sofa with the dogs to look after her whilst they went to the shop and then on to visit someone in another block further down the street.
I could quite happily of retired after that knowing that I’d been part of the process that had not only saved the wee lasses’ life but also helped better it. If that was to be the only rescue I performed in my career then so be it. Fortunately/unfortunately depending on your viewpoint it’s not been but that one incident, on my first day as the sprog on shift will live with me until the day I die. I remember every step, sound, feeling in that pitch black, smoke filled flat like it was yesterday…and it wasn’t :o
I received a commendation for my actions on that day but that paled in to insignificance compared to how happy I felt about what I had done.
Whilst at work do I moan about some of the things that I have to do? Yes, it’s my prerogative! :D
Am I proud of what do? Absolutely!

Ah, this is nice! Thank you.
I was working both Christmas and Boxing night. Got to raise a few smiles at a few false alarms but also unfortunately saw others lose almost everything. Never nice to see but perhaps more so at this time of year.
Off at the moment but back on Hogmanay.
Have a happy New Year and stay safe folks!

:D

Frozen Planet and TV Burp.

You should try Barking Heads[/url]. We’ve had fantastic results with our 3 boxers.
All the figures show fewer ‘fillers’ and more protein for your £.
They also get raw chicken wings (6 each per day)

You shouldn’t live in Fife. That’s where your problems stem from. ;-)

Staffordshire bull terrier?

If I spent £30k and ended up with that I’d be more than disappointed !
Utterly terrible looking. Form and function have their place. I’d get another architect on board.

In what way mashie?

Hmm,
A bit of a mix but drops seem to have it. I may need to have a rethink and look towards a road/tourer bike that fits a bit better.
My wife rides this:

So I might take it out a couple of times to get an idea although I’d imagine it’s a bit more upright than the likes of the Boardman.

The route is actually 13 miles, give or take ( :oops: sorry ) and is mainly open road. It usually takes me 45-50 mins there and 40 mins homeward (I don’t like hills :D ) I just thought, be it rightly or wrongly that the flat bar would be more comfortable, something I’d be willing to sacrifice 5 or 10 mins on the road for. I’d also be using it for the trip to the local supermarket (7 miles away) with my trailer. Again, my thoughts were that the Boardman would be better for this and perhaps a little more durable than the likes of a tourer?
Ultimately I’m looking to pay for one by selling the other so in the scheme of things it shouldn’t cost me (much) money to try it out.

My current bike, the Bionicon Golden Willow.
Thought I’d give it a try whilst at a demo day so as to have a play with that button thing. Next thing I knew, I was grinning from ear to ear and getting my wallet out.
Unfortunately / fortunately (depending on point of view) I’ve been unable to find another bike that I’ve thought the same about.

CaptainFlashheart – Member
Hear/Here

Pardon? ;)

Pardon?

Yeah, it’s a bit crap for them all unfortunately.

I’m with O2 and after a quick Google it appears UMA isn’t an option. :(

I enjoyed it last year but at £61 they’re having a laugh. I’m all for raising money for charity but I’ll do it another way this year.

That looks exceptionally ‘midlife’ ;)
I just don’t get it. I suppose you had to be there.
Riding bikes is fun though, I’ll give you that. :D

Meet ‘Kona’

From

Getting bigger

The only ‘big’ photo I’ve got to hand

At 10 months she’s now taller than both Oz (8yrs) and Chyna (12yrs) still loads of filling out to do though.

Skids are for kids but I you really want to do it watch the vid and listen to the fat little redneck, he’ll help you along.
I’m sure it’ll end up slower in the long run but man, you’ll look cool…dude!

Le Cham all the way.

My apologies Bregante.

My wife got me this last year for my birthday (she was feeling guilty having spent the Elise fund on holidays)
’86 Golf 1.8 GTi. Great fun!
Generally in good condition but needs a bit of a tune up. It’s great to pose in ;) :D

Oh, sorry, I nearly forgot!
Your job’s better than my job! Think yourself lucky you double jobbing, free pension getting slacker!

That’s what we do here isn’t it? I’m harder done to than you!

We had a guy refused his medal as they said that him throwing a rubber chicken at the firemaster during a fire board meeting re. a station closure didn’t equate to ‘good conduct’ :D

What chainset are you running at present?

All forums are the same. This one is just a little smaller and that makes the ‘controversial’ types stick out all the more. Some people seem to get emotionally attached to ‘their’ forum which I find a little weird.
They all have their cliques, the ones who strive to be known as the man on the block (be it via trolling or being billy big baws), the funny ones, the dim ones, the young ones, the old ones and thankfully they also have the helpful ones.
I tend to filter out the ‘look at me’ types and look to benefit from the interesting, informative and entertaining ones amongst us. :? :wink:

From left: Oz (8yrs) Chyna (12yrs) Kona (8months)

We don’t waste chips by putting them on our shoulder!