Many years ago, we were in a bar watching a Grand Prix, German friend asks first born (about 4) if he liked Michael Schumacher, straight away he answered

“No, he’s a dirty cheating Nazi”.

Friend laughed it off and child later re-briefed not to repeat things he had heard, wasn’t from me so not sure where he had picked it up from.

I don’t get the hate for Twitter, as others have said, you can control what you get in your feed, only follow stuff you are interested in, my case is cycling and all forms of motor racing, I dont see anything else as I’m not looking for it. It is a bit like saying you’ll never use a library as they have books in you don’t agree with, just move along to the stuff that interests you and follow that. The Daily Mail though, is a different kettle of fish……

Check the LCD display for condensation, it was a common problem and warranty job, although they may have resolved it by now (says a 2020 390 Duke owner, on my 3rd replacement!).

Try Nordic Socks, I like them!

Been a fan since the mid 80s and was hoping to see them on the latest tour, which was cancelled. Really sad news and I echo the comments above. My favourite was The Spirit closely followed by On a Storytellers Night. 

@Richmars,

Don’t believe everything you see on the tv, there were 6 aircraft out there, it was a case of sexing it up for the audience.

walowiz, check out rexworthywatches on Instagram. He did a brilliant refurb on a Seiko pogue for me, was really well priced and is a complete Seiko expert.

Join the military, as long as false intelligence dossiers are not found, you will not have to go off and kill people. However you can get to drive oil tankers, ambulances, fire engines, do passport control, stop dams leaking with sandbags, stop people in dinghy’s trying to float over here, cover for prison officers, set up emergency hospitals and give injections during a pandemic, provide security for international sporting events, the list is almost endless, good luck!

Kier Starmer going for a spine and personality transplant?

tpbiker,
Have you bothered to ask the lobster if it wants to be rescued, I doubt it, chances are it’s a kamakazi lobster and that’s all it wants in life is a pot of boiling water. Would you do the same for a fly in a shop window?

You are all a bunch of freaks, the only proper lid on a mince pie is a bin lid, Satan’s food, along with marizpan and marmite….

Not read the OP, but what you need is an Ooni pizza oven or whatever is made by Anker after you have done a clean install of your central heating system to 28psi front and rear.

I think he was one of those players liked and respected by friend and foe alike

Absolutely, played hard, played fair, just like rugby should be played, a fierce adversary on the field, a complete gentleman off it.

This is a sad day, RIP Doddie and condolences to your family and friends, a legend of the game and taken too early by **** crappy MND, the legacy will live on.
(From a staunch Englishman)

Chrismac

The monarch still has and uses huge powers. They can have laws changed to suit themselves. Charles has done this as PoW to protect his financial interests. The monarch has the power to sack the government and rule by decree if they want to. All this going to see the monarch to be invited to form a government is because of the powers they have, not just theatre.

Go on then, what laws have they changed?

ginkster,

The lack of depth to cover gaps is the issue, not the gender or religion (or any other aspect) of the person causing the gap.

It wasn’t my intent to intimate that, I’m probably not putting my argument forward clearly. Imagine a squadron of mixed sexes, once confirmed to be pregnant, the female loses her flying medical category and is confined to ground duties, post birth add maternity leave, it is a considerable time before they can assume flying duties (if they wish to). Whilst off flying duties, others have to pick up the slack (assuming there is capacity to do that), therefore the effectiveness of the squadron is reduced. For Air Traffic, Fighter Control and engineering, some of the exec roles are fundamental to the running of that org and you cannot parachute people in to fill easily. For eng, once pregnant, they are put onto light duties, not allowed to work with petrol, oils and lubricants, therefore someone has to cover the duties. Yes, males do out of areas (like all others), Career Managers try to send them at the end of tour, so that there is no disturbance to the losing unit. For a flying sqn, it is highly unlikely that someone would be sent as a individual augmentee mid-tour. I get your point about illness/compassionate leave, the issue is you cannot reasonably expect it to occur and is an inevitability of the human race.

I get your hope that one day the RAF will have more redundancy to cover this, however I think that is wholly unlikely as we do more (or as much as now) with even fewer.

Chewkw mentioned about religious insistence, I have seen this twice, not UK military, but another nation, who military refused to operate during a certain religious observance.

That is exactly the outdated, white male orientated view the seniors are trying to eradicate.

Excellent assumption there and if you are serving, you are OoD D&I training because I am not.

The lack of depth to cover gaps is the issue, not the gender or religion (or any other aspect) of the person causing the gap.

Which is the exactly my point. If I have 10 personnel working for me and some are off due to pregnancy or due to religious observance, who covers the gaps, the few that are left because now the laydown of the workforce has fundamentally changed.

That might be true but in most cases can be accommodated in a training setting. In an operational setting then a soldier can break their fast and make the days up at another time.

Not everyone trains on every RAF unit, some safety critical roles such as Air Traffic Control or engineering would not and therefore it does have in impact on output and may affect training for others.
As for fast breaking, not in my experience of the UK or the Middle East, but then you state ‘soldier’, I stopped working with the Army 10 years ago and your experience may be more up to date than mine.

Ooo… we’re onto religion as well now are we?

The comment about Ramadan was based on my experience of personnel being declared unfit to work due to the dietary and limited rest they are able to achieve during that period. Also spending 6 months attached to an Arab nation in conflict, that resulted in a substantial degradation in their operational effectiveness.
If you are serving, you will no doubt know that Operation Deny Christmas kicks in almost every year!

RN as well?

Nope, RAF.

Everywhere I go, all units are doing the same, if not more, with fewer uniformed personnel. The higher echelons not only have scrambled egg on the peak of their SD hats, but all over their faces…..

In a few years time, when a significant proportion of my Squadron are unfit to work through pregnancy or observing Ramadan, which agency do you call to get temporary staff when something kicks off and you need a response?
It is a noble aspiration to fully reflect society, however you then do not get an armed force that you would expect and pay taxes towards.

p.s. Creamies in other branches as well.

A very nice Garmin watch at Christmas…..

My first car, a Mk4 1500cc Triumph Spitfire in British Racing Green. I thought it was a sports car, it wasn’t. It was a collection of some metal but mainly tinworm that I spent ages trying to get rid of, I failed miserably but I learnt that every journey was an adventure and chances of arriving at the destination was 50/50 at best.

I have an Osprey Talon, it’s great but leaks like a tea bag in the rain, factor in the cost of a cover, otherwise your wine gums and spare socks end up as a gloopy blob.

Black Circles giving 20% off selected tyres, which is nice as I got an advisory on my MOT today for a tyre near the legal limit.

Crap, another reason that 2020 sucks, RIP

Jamie Whitham
Steve Parish
Martyn Ashton
Danny MaCaskill

Thank you😁

Done😁

And me!

Used to go there every few months for work, only took the bike a few times as I got the impression that it was frowned upon! There are a few trails, there used to be a downhill course that was used for a world cup event years ago on the south side, but the drops on it were way beyond my skills, especially as I was on my own and the thought of dying of hypothermia with broken bones on a mountain side as I’d stacked it and no one knew where I was. There used to be a Riverside pathway to Castle Linderhoff (worth visiting anyways), I spent most time pounding tarmac, the climb back from Garmisch was a latic acid killer. Last time I was there was 5 years ago, so things may now be different, plenty of other stuff to do and see around there though, especially if you are willing to drive a little, I loved the area.

Where does you lap go when you stand up.

In a touching tribute, pole dancers are being flown at half-mast tonight.

Noooooo

Don’t want the Israeli Picchu to win…..

Wow, this is tense……

I’m dithering, I want to see Cyprus again just to make sure.

Johnny Depp does Bet Lynch?

Hungary for the win!

Finnish backing dancers from the SS?