Cheers scuttler some reading for tomorrow!!

God I hate nerds!! Gutted , someone told me it had a SR-71 and a space shuttle on there!! Oh well still going to head there for a few hours, cheers

Cookie dough bar is on the list, going for the taxi from JFK as muggings here will have an extra 20kg case to pull and stress level will be off the scale!! Also we are going to do Rocker and Empire as that is Mrs S choice

Great advice breatheeasy, was thinking a yellow cab from JFK so I could site see ??, it will be around 1pm ish, I am from up North so undergrounds aren`t my strong point , usually hang on to my London mates shirt tails and let him go at 100mph!! Ellis Island is on my to do list , that sounds disappointing on the helicopter rides. Jesus so much to see and so little time in which to see it!!

Cheers all , Will have to start planning an itinerary as I think winging it may be a waste and I don`t really want to factor a 5 mile walk to get from A to B. Food menus look good for recommended eateries, looking at the tip tax situation I think I might as well double everything to be on the safe side!!

Cheers so far people for the excellent replies that I was hoping for, will look them all up was thinking Central Park being much like any other park and possibly a waste of half a day?

Stay strong mate, too far away to offer help up in Cumbria, but great to see the fellowship of man , still strong as ever on this forum, great offers so far.

Can’t decide between the mum and the daughter

50 yr old here and remember it well, big part of growing up , “the gang” used to sit in the local ww2 pillar box passing them round while one would read out the stories, then came the game changer we found A5 sized import with full pen, and money shots!! Then moved into the shipyard and joined the porn club for 30p a week, you could loan a mag for a week then return it, he used to put it in a book booked out to you, the organiser was doing so well he had regular trips to Amsterdam to source new material, one of the lads had that much in his loft at the digital changeover rather than despise of it he plastered it all into the walls as he converted it into a bedroom , someone will get a ten year collection one day,happy days!!

Hi,
It is loaded with footpaths and bridleways around there, I would head across the racecourse and pick up the paths to Lakeside going over Great Allotment, Bigland Heights to Low Gate ,I would head down Brow Edge Road looking for a small path on the left towards the bottom that will get you under the main A590 , I would then go to the Motor Museum for a cake , coffee or lunch, if I fancied a pub I would cross the River on a foot bridge then head right to the Swan at Newby Bridge for a couple of pints and a meal. I would cross the bridge and main road then head up over Canny Hill either picking up new paths working your way back or re join Brow Edge Road and retrace your steps.
Got to be up around the 10 mile mark I am guessing. Enjoy your few days away.

Weeksy was that the one that was regarding leaving a fanny mark on plastic and leather furniture? I remember laughing so much and showing the Mrs it :D

I have had one Weetabix with skimmed milk, 3 brazil nuts , one cappuccino and I`m on over 450 calories, 800 calories a day,that is a very sad existence!!

Every time I go to my garage I ride out on myTrek Farley 9 , from a choice of 6 various bikes,where I ride it I’m kind of glad it’s got Blutos on

A friend of ours does not have one, he smells like a damp dog, you know when he`s in a room :-)

All in one at those ages, especially with the size of the main bed, but as said depends if it is a jobsworth on reception. Turned up at a Premier Inn in Scotland with my bike the other week , Guy on reception says no bikes in these hotels, I said, ” sorry you had better look on your website where it says we are bike friendly and you`re more than welcome to put your bike in your room ” hardly acknowledged us after that. Good Luck!!

Maybe a WBA season ticket and put the remaining £200 in a card for half time pies :-)

3 putting machines in a six year spell off one sister in law, I don`t play golf!! and off the other many various Guinness branded bits of tat , this years was a small passport sized man bag, I hate Guinness!! Wife will not let me buy them crap in return!!

Yep, going to feel like I`m buying my own present!!

I was 50 three weeks back and got £350 off various family members to treat myself to something like this, put it in a cup on the side and I have dipped into it rather than visit the hole in the wall ,alas there was £25 in it this morning that will be gone tonight after a few pints!! Always happens :-)

That`s a belter, if only I had some spare coin sat around, enjoy :-)

Not waiting 24 hrs to receive something I had bought!

:D wait4me ,50 on 1st August I can guarantee she still won’t know by the 2nd

Until reading this thread I really hadn’t appreciated how much of a tangled mess I’d amassed in my 49 yrs, after a ten minute stint with my nail scissors in my hotel room last night I woke this morning to an extra two inches I’d never seen , adding that to the hair hopefully not getting trapped between my roll of fat and my Lycra could be a win win, now I’m just going to see how long it takes Mrs S to notice !!

Looked at mine the other day in the loft , September 1983 VSEL apprentice Fitter n Turner £36.00 per week.

I looked that young at 16 never went out or did much, used to tear off the corner of the pay packet pour out the 6 £ coins to live on and throw the pay packet full of notes in the draw.

Then I sprouted, discovered beer and women and the rest was history!!

Dont waste any time cleaning your own car if you have struck a deal over the phone, cleaned and valeted my old car ready for the trade in cleaner than Id ever had it the salesman did not even leave the showroom to look at it , just asked for the keys.

Cheers for the link paton , one of the most fascinating books I`ve ever read The forgotten highlander.

If my last going out casual shirt was short sleeved then my soon to be work shirt will be short sleeved, I don`t care too much how I look I base it all on comfort , which does wind the better half up fairly often.

Not sure on the truth as not written a CV in well over 20 years but good friend is a high flyer in big corporations and he says they use “robots” to read the CV before a human gets anywhere near it, any buzz words missing and you are committed to the scrap heap by the robot, if this is the case what a sad, sad world we have out there, no wonder idiots are appearing on every rung of the ladder, good luck in gaining new employment Dan!!

Rab Spark purchased 2 months ago , my go to jacket, just used it on a 3 day ride fits nicely in back pocket. No vents but never overheated in it as yet!

Be better next week Nobeer the second half is shut for a week next week to tarmac it!! Broken after 103 from Newton Stewart to Gretna Green in a monsoon for the first four hours!!

Not us Gary yesterday was our day, going to be grim grim to Gretna!!!

Finished Newton Mearns to Newton Stewart today , rode a fair bit of the Sustrans 7 tying in our main bits , luckily ignored it and went to Straiton and rode one of the nicest climbs and roads I’ve ever ridden down to Newton Stewart, all previous advice massively appreciated by myself and mates, broken now with a potential 100 tomorrow

My go to bike, but every ride is slow as everyone from 10yr old kids to 80 year old blokes want to talk about it!!

My go to bike, but every ride is slow as everyone from 10yr old kids to 80 year old blokes want to talk about it!!

Gone are the days in the Shipyard when a £10 MOT could be bought for £20 without anyone seeing the vehicle from a guy who acquired a book from a friend of a friend, and those that would go through the ball ache of swapping over 4 wheels for MOT day then swapping back to there worn tyres. This happened but I did not use either of these facilities :-)

Stole that cheers Flashy , that will come in handy!!

Nice and slow with as many pub stops as possible and after two in the sun the rest will follow, the man who drinks with the CEO goes a long way!!

Welcome, a word of warning they will hit you hard with headers like that on here!! try, How can I go cycling with my dog, or similar may attract the correct responses.

Can not help but know where you are coming from. No full switch here also, got it off my dad, can not say my two daughters are too chuffed to have inherited it off me!! None of us are too big as we all exercise to keep it off but just wish I could be like the wife and say I`m too full to finish that instead of sat waiting for her to say that before polishing off her half full plate.

Send a group email out to all colleagues asking if anyone saw anything then assess how people react following it.