Had quite a damaging upbringing from a parent who themselves had an upbringing far more damaging.
Got a girlfriend pregnant when I was 17 and found out it wasn’t mine when I was 20, I lost ‘my’ son and the woman I thought loved me in an instant and my life turn to siht, I ended up with nothing living in a tiny flat in a rough area and unemployed.
My depression was that bad a times I actually felt physical pain, I hated myself, I hated everybody.
Didn’t seek help, I just withdrew into a dark place and my way of coping with this for the next ten years was drink drugs and violence.

14 years ago I got into a fight on the way home from a Christmas night out, i spent a week in hospital with head injuries and lost the sight in one eye.

Id had enough, I started to think about ending my miserable life.

And then WHAM………. I met somebody beautiful in every way , in an instant life was wonderful again.

It took years to get off and stay off the drugs but I’ve been clean for 6 years,,,, haven’t even touched a cig for 3 ,,,,, but I know I drink far to much (that’s my next challenge)

I’ve had several different councillors over the years and now have the tools to DIY my moments of depression although it does get the better of me from time to time but that’s the rollercoaster called life, i tell myself the ups and downs may be long or short but they do follow each other eventually

At the moment I have a job I don’t like , nice little house with my beautiful partner who has given me an amazing funny energetic 2 year old son. we don’t have much and it’s a bit of a struggle to pay the bills etc but we keep things simple and although I’m the happiest I’ve been for a long time, I’m prepared for the next time life takes a turn for the worst.

Usually an adidas 9
Sent mytrail cross 9s back ,
9.5s fit better with both thin summer/sealskinz socks.

Much prefere them to samhills but not ideal for wet cold conditions.

Food for thought https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/623922.How_to_Be_Idle

I’m tackling a similar problem

Assuming that the bit of soil pipe that remains is the same diameter and you can get the full length of the seal of the connecting pipe work on it I can’t se why it won’t work.

However, my experience with cutting much thicker walled salt glazed clay pipes is that they can crack with the heat/vibration the grinder produces.

If it does crack….

It is possible to get Loos with shorter/different position soils.

Forgot all about Sven vath, he was ace.

Found most of my 90s kissfm intalex tapes last year, spent a few happy hours shazaming.

Also found most of my old punk vinyls, just need a turntable :(

I wouldn’t worry……..

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/living/1755039/train-seats-are-over-six-times-filthier-than-toilets/amp/

Physio made mine.Worse.

2 sessions of Reiki sorted it.

Road cut = slim fit

Latest issue army MTP jackets are good.
Lightweight (paclite) ripstop goretex.
Size up pretty big though

Mine was £30 new off eBay , used for uplifts but not ideal for xc

good info.

Weekend will just be more of a leisurely explore ride with a bit of wildlife photography.

Cheers.

It’s got cold ?

Tis a slippery slope,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Give us an update in 12mnths :|

Weather spoons hashbrowns, obviously cooked inthe same frier as the fish,,,,,,,they deny this tho.

Hashbrowns have no place on an English breakfast plate

Overpriced cups of posh Nescafé former Starbucks etc,,,,,,,,,,, shyte

Wifi thermometer thingy stays in the baby’s room at 17.

The Mrs got a new jumper for her birthday last month,,,,,,, she will get another for Christmas :twisted:

Winter XC rides in woollen half finger gloves, adidas TT ,Stan smiths and Sergio techinni tracky bottoms.

Don’t know how I survived

Frames are Half price atm.

A gram of amphetamine will ha……. Oops.

Apologies, I’m not slating your MA ofchoice.

I took up Thia after an incident that I didn’t want to face again, like you I found class mates decent reasonable people who I would not want to mess with :D

What ever you do, it will be a bonus both fitness and confidence wise. You have inspired me to maybe look into starting training sooner than I thought.

I’m a ciderist, I go to the local once a week and the offy every so often. My choice of religion gives me well being and ………………

Religion is for the weak.

Sold a raft of stuff recently, seems they charge you for postage now, and have been charged on items I listed but pulled due to no payers.
PayPal also charges .
£750 made but ended up with about £500

Also found the non payers had sent me messages on official site but because I’m using the app on iPad I never got them ( technophobe me )

The sooner some entrepreneur developes an eBay clone with half the fees the better

Started Thai boxing about 7 year ago, trained for 2year,,,,,, never been as fit or toned.
Gave it up due to work complaining about black eyes etc ( worked at wigan college at the time)

New job nowadays, soon as little oreetmons old enough I will be training again.

Apart from the fitness side of it I gained a lot of confidence knowing that I could litterly knock **** out of ANYBODYwho fancys a go, I’m not a violent person but Thai defo better/more interesting than other MAs I tried.

Anybody can throw a punch, but when you know how to do it properly and when and to follow it up with a leg Sweep then a knee to the head and an elbow to the collar bone then a ,,,,,,,,,,,, oof

Karate = yoga,,, Thai = street fighting

Utter shite ha, depends

I’ve got a down bag, I use it for glamping.
First part of my sentence defo isn’t tosh, I spent the night under a tarp :D

I very much doubt a youngster will have the nouce to treat a down bag with the care and respect it needs,,,,, much better a synth,cheap number ,,,,,,, NO ?

Edit…..
800g and packs 200x600mm ish.

Don’t bother with down,,,,,, unless your a glamper :lol:

Edit edit, elite1 is about £60

Spent last nigh under a snugpak tarp with a snugpak elite1 bag, bit cold but punching above its weight for temp rating.

Worth noting that they are showerproofish, this has been proven and welcomed,,,, will be buying a lower temp rated elite soon for winter, best for the price bag I’ve used in all my years of roughing it.

Anything by ‘shit the bed’,,,,,,,,,
Little known Liverpool band,,,, can’t think why

TLD shock doctor , think it’s called that
Can remove pads you don’t want, light and not as bulky as others I’ve tried.

New house new baby 2 years ago, bought our first ever tumble dryer (Beko condenser )and was put in a 25×10 conservotaory .
After the first winter of use conservatory was riddled with black mold, even with windows open. waited for summer to arrive and ‘borrowed’ some industrial strength black mold killer and black mold preventer from work. Had to apply it with a tooth brush (every nook/cranny) whilst wearing a hazmat suit, killer first, wash it all off then apply the preventer,,,,,nightmare.

Tumble dryers in the garage this winter.

Yep like mine lots for local trails.
Took it to revolution recently and got down 99% of both reds, bike deffinately compensated for my lack of skill . I’m an average rider, getting on a bit and lack a bit of the old bottle nowadays .

Climbs steep stuff really well with a 150mm fork, don’t really notice any of the reported flex in the frame and I’d say it’s more compliant than my old steel 456. , orange crush and p7 especially when riding hard.

Keep getting urge to buy a 2nd hand FS frame to give me option of swapping bits over but I know it’s really the only Mtb bike I need

For me it’s not an all day mile muncher ( doesn’t claim to be) but it does tick most of my boxes. Tried the TR and found it to long for messing about on.

Full Slx, hope wheels/bb/HS and Yaris and it’s a good weight” Candy orange paint job is very nice in the flesh but I really wish I had used frame protection.

Theirs a mark1 on eBay atm

Hmmm, tried the rammin, didn’t feel right.
The Marin got equally strange axle options , NO ?

Read the BB review last week, value stu’s opinion more so over so called bike experts

Apologies brant.

Not got specs but frontier QR have option for bolt through end caps. Seems this is the bike nobody wants review,,,,,,,,, for that reason alone I’m keen

Owned old ratted Berlngo, got new version on strength of old one

Big mistake ,bag of shite.

Turbo fault, tin box feel to it

External plastics fall off just driving along.

Might just be me tho

Won’t buy another.

I live in Wigan, work in Bolton
Btwin mtbs everywhere in Bolton , don’t see Any in Wigan .

Just got home to thunderstorms,,,,, lucky lucky.

Thoroughly enjoyed it, that little party just icing not cAke

Defo a sound system last neet, could feel the fat bass.

DJ had seriously good taste, wish I’d had a mooch up.

Thought drum and bass was all cheezy pendulum type tosh, lost touch me.

Recommend me some early 90s inspired DNB

Hopefully the lads back on his feet now

Hmm, I had trouble with a spesh ground control. The bead wasn’t ‘uniform’ all the way round I trimmed it with a very sharp scalpel very carefully.
No problems so far.
I’ve also had spesh tyre that was warped from new and had to send it back, not uncommon I believe.
Check the bead on your rim as well for a build up of crud.

Hmmmm, got (front only) judder on my rival hydros and centreline discs. Bikes only a month old and is my first drop bar bike/time I’ve used sram brakes so just thought it was normal,,,, is it ?
Everything tight and torqued ,Degreased pads/discs last weekend with no change.

My experience with the ‘cheaper’ mouldable mouth guards was that you can only really mold them once. And learnt from experience (Thai boxing) that it’s cheaper and less painful to get a proper guard :|

BSTRDS, I’m nowhere near you but will keep my eyes open.

2 bikes robbed from my garage last year, it still hurts.