I’m not quite at the point of life when I want to document, day after day, different drivers at the same spot doing the same thing. I’ve sent pics & plates before, to no reply. I can’t see how permanent enforcement, particularly in the city centre, is anything other than a local authority issue.

“Yeah, sorry we missed the burglar, Alan the taxi driver was being inconsiderate”. Not a police job.

Edit: Would a sign or some big lines not help a tiny, tiny bit?

That was the best start to a morning dh ride ever. After looking at it very briefly through some **** oakleys and a folded up Buff I had an eerie fly through the woods.

Cold.

That was incredible, from the top of the Pentlands. Beautiful stuff before a full pelt charge down the hill.

Apocalyptic Downhill. Awesome.

The last one I saw at lands end was, for a 12 year old boy, the greatest ever thing I’ve seen.

100’s of camera flashes going off along the cliffs. Retrospectively it was all a bit Melancholia.

Will cycle up the Pentlands for the best view of the sky I can get.

Im 28. Feel removed from the next generation.

What the ****? It was only yesterday I wore ripped jeans with no socks and a bryllecream comb over. Cause James Dean did.

Apparently, Joey Essex & Olly Myrs do too.

Am I’d too young to be old? Christ.

T’was always the way, particularly with blizzard.

You could get a boxed Diablo 3 for pittance, but everything else is Blizzards responsibility so paying £32.99 straight into their bank makes better business sense.

I suppose.

Aye, Trainspotting.

I thought this would be about commissioning a bronze hat & beard?

Is there a statue and a place to pay homage? Bloody should be.

I don’t know why, I felt I had to, rewatched the dimbleby lecture in full just now.

Left alone in the house, for once I can’t wait for the missus to get in.

Rubbished.

It wasn’t his books, per se, that inspired and affected and changed me. It was his response to the world, all the quotes we will be reading over the next few days show to me that the way I perceive the world is absolutely fine.

I reel this out whenever the opportunity arises, particularly with disbelieving children:

“It’s still magic, even when you know how it’s done”.

He will be a very sorely missed presence in my life.

Well, one thing I’ve learned here:

I’m looking forward to becoming a parent in the next few years but OTHER PARENTS ARE MENTAL.

Look at you lot!

I look forward to receiving my membership to the “mine is better than yours” club.

I love coming on here. It’s like looking at what life is like in my future.

I’ll choose laminate!

:-)

Another +1 for the distribution centre & hq staff. It’s easy to just blame the drivers, but the folk that resolve my queries come back with the most random conclusions.

“It was scanned in at Birmingham AND Coventry then delivered to Aberdeen after being held in Northampton?”
“Yeah, the floor staff weren’t sure whether it was supposed to be an empty box with just an invoice”.

Their ability and willingness to direct dial depot managers is beyond brilliant. Especially on Fridays.

“ELVIS, WAS A HERO MOST BUT HE NEVER MEANT SHUT TO ME”

Y’Know. Fight the Power.

My missus brought an “overnight bag” that first date.

Success! I thought.

She’s still here. It’s been 6 years.

“Branch elevates Phantom to the ideal listening angle for all your movements and states of trance.”

About the stand you can buy for extra money.
Wow.

Reign Of Fire.

Whaaaaat!?

Oh, and yet another vote for Glasgow “Flat Roofs”.
My favourite though, of all time, for various reasons is the Station Bar in Fort William.

It is as follows: without fail.
Enter pub, march to the bar.

Do not acknowledge anyone but the female attendant. Real hard pubs don’t employ men.

Ask for a pint of heavy. You will be asked which one, your response is “the cheapest”.

Drink half of it in one. Buy a Bells and say “one for you too love”.

Roll a fag.

Pick a spot and stay alive as long as you can. I can only speak for Scottish pubs with flat roofs.

Edit: You know what, I love a dodgy pub. IME though, you really have to be alone, or “away” with another 10 000.

+1 :D for flasheart joke

Joy Division…

*Gasp.*

I can move a couple tons of pulses/oats/seeds off pallets and hulf it up a couple flights of stairs

We have a lot of one-week-school-leavers not managing manual labour very well.

A hard working attitude is completely lost on this current lot.

“Sorry , you want me to WORK? Naw”.

Another vote for Connor Oberst. There’s about 10 albums of beautifully arranged, written, performed but poorly sung songs.

Lua, Gold Mine Gutted for two. But that’s coke for you.

The whole political climate would make him very cross.

Green?

Ginger.

Just had a laugh thinking of someone pushing up to the top, getting on and thinking “something isn’t right…”

Spectacular bump. Just got 7 & 8. Particularly for the card game in 8 .

Definitely going to have some moments playing 7 again, it’s been about 10 years since I played them. Good times.

Frank. I always say the sign of a good film is if you’re thinking about it a week later. I am.

Particularly how it handled mental illness and how laughter is the only thing to do sometimes.

Fassbender at the end broke my heart a bit. A proper good fable in there.

Within 4 seconds of Mrs.C and my mum being in the same room I am ready to commence stress induced immolation.

I can’t even go on…. Without losing… Hair.

CAN YOU BOTH NOT TALK ABOUT ME AS IF IM NOT HERE AND YOU BOTH KNOW WHATS BEST OMFG WHERE’S DAD!?*
*Married, again. Not to my mum. Lucky arse.

I’m basically 14 whenever mum comes to stay.

Nah, they’re all nepotistic, conceited, Machiavellian fraternisers with less regard for privacy and discretion than in any profession I know.

Comprehensive bunch of control-freak ****.

IME, obviously. And not where I am now, obviously.

Me and Mrs. C were discussing, mostly, the negatives of them showing up at UCI events, I was thinking specifically of Ft. Bill downhill. Sure they can say “no drones” but what can they do?

The cheaper they get, the more there are. It’ll be as prevalent as the selfish stick next. No typo.

PH33.

The Ben Nevis postcode.

“You got your end mate?”
“Aye, got it”.

Smash. Cue a very broken display cabinet.

Never say you do when you don’t!

This year I’m earning minimum wage because of all the perks having a no stress, no worry, 35hr a week job allows me.

My ambition and ability will see me through just fine when I make the change, again. Some people are snobs, some jealous. Mrs. C works a 4 day week for about 10k more than me. We are very happy.

^+1 Derek. I absolutely believe that if you believe in any intangible force to guide your actions-luck, fate, karma – you may as well believe in a God or a dolphin or whatever.

I am fine with theist.

Spin – Member
To the OP: Are you an agnostic theist then?

If that can be reduced to “I believe there could be a God, maybe, I’m fine believing there is & I’m certain there’s something” them yes. As much as I would be fine believing in unicorns, minitaurs and ghosts if it helped me with life.

30 days, 7-7 heavy labour.

2 days rest. Then

30 days, 7-7 heavy labour.

Minted though.

Reminds me of the worst part of working for a big chain.

“Two tubes and two puncture repairs, £35” I understand why it cost that much but Mrs. Ridgeback Commuter never did.

Edit: Happened