Is it one of those regrettable ones?

why would anyone need to ?

Well, for the purposes of giving them a job, working out whether they possess good judgement, etc etc etc.

You’re all very quick to judge me on the basis of what you read on an Internet forum, but for some reason you feel I shouldn’t be allowed to judge people on the way the deface their skin. Bit weird, don’t you think?

You see Richmars, your problem is that you don’t understand the difference between a theory and an opinion.

D’ya think Bob? I know so many people that have had tats removed, or bitterly regret having them done. I’d say it’s the absolute definition if short-sightedness to have a very permanent body modification made without considering that you might regret it in only a few short years.

So maybe you’d like to expand on your opinion?

Oh dear countzero, the spelling error you’ve highlighted in an attempt to discredit me was a quote from someone else! Silly billy!

In my experience, the tattooed classes typically share the following characteristics:

– A certain naïveté and badly formed sense of style and taste
– a very short-sighted attitude
– a propensity to adopt a rather immature “two-fingers” attitude to society
– a desperate need to feel part of a niche
– an alarming lack of originality and a sheep-like mentality
– high levels of narcissism and pretentiousness

I hope this answers the questions posed to me in sufficient detail and stimulates sensible debate. :D

Why do you think all tattooed pepole are the same.

They share a lot of similar characteristics. They have lots of different ones, but they share a lot. This allows me to form an opinion based on my opinion of people with those characteristics, and I’m perfectly entitled to do so.

Shibboleth. Please leave these threads alone. so you don’t like tattoos, so some people do. live and let bloody live and stop being a stupid arris when it comes to peoples choices.

Daftvader. How apt. I may have got the wrong end of the stick completely, but isn’t this a thread about not liking tattoos?

And isn’t this a forum where people contribute with opinions and ideas for the purpose of debate?

So on what basis, exactly, do you think you’re in a position to ask me not to post?

Who said the tattooed weren’t easy to outwit?? :roll:

I like tattoo threads, they help galvanise my opinion that tattooed people are easier to outwit. ;)

Off to ride my bike now :p

Though equally, the most intelligent don’t look at single characteristics and make leaps of assumption to come to conclusions about a link.

No, but the most intelligent know that if it looks like a dog and barks like a dog, it’s probably a dog. :roll:

your so original and funny ..have you considered stand up?

My so original and funny what? Oh, did you mean “you’re”??

Pass me my rifle…

Call me old fashioned, but I prefer people to be educated.

… Which, ironically, raises an interesting point. If you look at a cross section of successful people, the most intelligent don’t usually have tattoos.

Of course, there are your David Beckhams – successful primarily for kicking a ball and pouting, but your Bransons, Hawkins etc are largely ink-free. Funny that, innit.

Maybe in Junkyard’s weird and wonderful world…

How about I have some apostrophes tattooed, so Junkyard can borrow them as his keyboard clearly lacks a key… :roll:

You are aware that not all tattoos are clip art, aren’t you?

Durrr… Of course… Some are bespoke, designed and displayed by jeniuses…

Kimbers, I’m struggling to contain my self-righteous indignation at your self-righteous indignation at my self-righteous indignation at the inked classes.

I have beautiful, flawless skin… It would be a tragedy to deface it with some hackneyed clip-art.

Which reminds me, wasn’t someone going to show us the hackneyed clip-art that he’s designed himself over a 24 year period?

24 years… I certainly wouldn’t give him a job – and not just because he’s tattooed… I’ve designed several things so far today and it’s only just afternoon brew time.

Emsz dear – Being so full of holes, do you ever inadvertently leak?

No, but she never loses her car keys… :p

I hate tattoos, I make no secret of it, but the thing I hate most is the self-righteous indignation of the inked when you pass an opinion on it.

For god’s sake, you had a tattoo as some sort of self-expression. An expression is useless if it falls on deaf ears.

So, for the record, my opinion of all tattoos: Chavvy. Cheap, chavvy, short-sighted, foolish chaviness by attention seaking, chavvy chavs hell-bent on confrontation.

I used to have a 1970s Puch roadbike that had similarly useless little mudguards, they were about 6 inches long…

You say the sweetest things Rusty, you seem very sensitive… I like that. Maybe we should hook up… :wink:

Looks like rusty got out of bed on the wrong side… :roll:

I see junkyard’s on his period again… :roll:

For the record, I think that child’s grave is an abomination. If that was next to the grave of one of my relatives, I’d remove it myself. There was an uproar round here recently when wind chimes were removed from a child’s grave that was very close to some houses. The residents, quite rightly, said they didn’t want to listen to clanging chimes at all hours… The odious chav parents were all over the local paper, harping on about how mummy’s little angel could never sleep in a quiet room and the chimes were to help him rest!!!

HE’S DEAD!!! IF YOU WANT TO PLAY MUSIC TO HIM, DIG HIM UP AND BURY HIM IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD!!!!

I think I need to go and ride my bike…

Is there a period where it’s ok to post grief related stuff or should it all be kept away from social media?

I think the first few minutes is fine, as long as it’s accompanied by “His/her family have been informed”, like they do on the news.

Other than that, facebook should be used purely for smutty innuendo, videos of accidents, and photos that hint at a lifestyle more opulent than anyone else’s.

Who needs a hug?

Me! If only so I can post a cloying, gooey facebook post thanking the lovely gawjus peeps on Singletrack for their group hug.

We all ( as a family) post memories and wotnot on FB of her all the time

Stop making me feel like a twunt Emsz! You see, this is why I need recalibrating…

In my defense, as long as you don’t put drivel like in my original post, you should be fine…

Well said Binners… This isn’t helping recalibrate my moral compass though…

I’ve nothing against people indulging in their love of grief, it’s this mawkish one-upmanship that grinds my gears. People seem to want to express the fact that they’re in more pain than anyone else that’s ever lost someone.

I blame Princess Diana.

So we all have to act like you – that right?

You have to admit, the world would be a much better place…

The fact that you see empathy as a weakness is a bit odd, don’t you think?

Not as odd as an inability to detect sarcasm ;)

Have you tried smashing your testicles with the heel of your shoe?

Often… But it’s not something I post about on Facebook…

I set fire to the flowers on those little shrines that appear by the side of the road, to mark the death of a car thief in a police chases

Not if I see it first! Don’t get me started on floral tributes… Why do chavs gaffer tape garage-forecourt flowers to the lamppost after some 15-year-old pot-smoking scrote loses control of his moped because his waist-band is round his knees?? The only flowers he ever liked were dried, crumbled and wrapped in Rizlas!!

Perhaps you should have a loved one die, see how that feels 20 years later?

Bizarrely, the overwhelming majority of humans – myself included – lose our loved ones. It’s down to the fact that our parents, grandparents, and lots of other relatives are all a little bit older than us. So, statistically, they’re going to slip those surly bonds before us.

I’ve lost lots of relatives, and I’ll probably lose lots more, but I don’t post shite like that on Facebook 20-odd years later! Or ever for that matter!

I’ve never been one for empathy, or any of the weaknesses for that matter…

I’d not bother – I use CTF3 tile adhesive, and if you mix it thick, you can “build” out a good 10mm if necessary.

Just take care when you apply it so you get it fairly flat.

.22 air rifle. Job done.

I also use “Cat Stix®”, my own invention, which solves the problem of not always having my HW100 with me. Basically, 18″ lengths of hardwood sticks, around 2″ in diameter. I leave these leaning up against all the trees in my wood.

If I see a cat, I toss a Cat Stix® gently onto the ground next to the cat to persuade it to leave. It’s perfectly safe and humane… In 2 years, I’ve only killed 6 cats using this technique. ;)

Did Cala Bona to Formentor and back last year.

The Formentor ride is spectacular, but I wish they’d resurface it! It’s by far the worst road surface on Majorca, which admittedly, isn’t bad by British standards.

I overtook a car on a descent last week and as I stopped at the bottom, the car pulled up along side. I was expecting a telling-off, but the driver gave me a thumbs up and shouted “brillante” before driving off laughing!

Completely different attitude to the UK, they actually like cyclists as we bring so much money to the island and extend the season by a month at either end.

They’ve just moved into new premises with a big café haven’t they? Right opposite the Pollensa Park Hotel where we stay. Really good guys – helped me out with a stem last year when I sheared a ti bolt. Unfortunately it was bright red and I told him it looked like an Alsation’s cock. I believe they still refer to red stems as dog’s cocks!

We use that map, it’s probably a good idea to have a more detailed one so you can work out where the hundreds of little single-track roads go.

If you’re hiring, just give yourself loads of time for setting up, stem swaps etc… I talked to a few people who loved the riding but didn’t feel comfortable on their bike, so make a real nuisance of yourself when you collect it!

And if I was hiring, I’d take my own saddle and get them to swap it…

Well, back to reality… Day one was atrocious weather, driving winds and hail on the tops. Rode Selva/Coll de Sa Batalla (garage ride) and ‘gingerly’ descended back down to Port De Pollensa (Christ, those roads are slippery when wet). Day 2 was gale-force winds but lovely in the afternoon, long, flat, fast ride round Alcudia, Petra etc.
Did the big ride on Day 3, Sa Batalla, Puig Major, Soller, Deia, Valdermosa, Bunyola, Orient, Selva and home. 100 miles and 10,000 feet in glorious weather!
Highlight was the descent from Puig to Soller – absolutely magic! 14km of constant downhill, huge sweeping bends, perfect tarmac and very few cars. It has to be one of the best descents in Europe…

Don’t think speed was the issue

Seriously? He’d just passed 2 riders and was pinning it to get away. If he’d have stayed behind the first rider he’d have been fine – excellent line and controlled speed… He’d could have learnt a lot from him.

Speed was the ONLY contributing factor. If he’d not been going so fast his road position wouldn’t have resulted in him having to straightline his final corner! :roll:

But I also agree fair play for admitting as it may make others think and save their lives. He is opening himself to prosecution as he blatantly breaks the law, wonder if he realises this?

I think it’s more a case of the Jeremy-Kyle-class/Facebook-generation desperate for his 15 minutes of fame.

He’s probably hoping he’ll get his sock cooked by some little sweat with scraped-back hair, pierced tongue and a sleeve tat that’s foaming at the knickers at the thought of all those retweets.

Shibboleth – If you’re on the early flight out of bristol, we’ll be in the same plane…

I’m flying out of Manchester… 6.30am flight :(

But at least we get a good ride in in the afternoon. And yep, the pic I posted is Sa Colobra. Amazing descent. :)

And if this pic doesn’t get you in the mood, nothing will!

I’m heading there first thing tomorrow and doing all the rides mentioned – 1st afternoon is a ride up to Sa Balata and back to Pollensa, then Sa Colobra on Friday, big ride on Sat (Pug Major, Bunyola to Orient, Col D’Honor) and the lighthouse ride on the last day.

The lighthouse ride is the only one on Majorca that has a poor road surface – it’s a bit of a rattler!