Yep I would. I’d be a little nervous about displaced manhole covers if it was an urban area, but it looks fairly rural so you’d probably be alreet.

Have seen a pair of apaches land at Halfpenny green airport near Stourbridge before. The UK army run some I think.

We used to get socks issued. No longer.

Cool video, like Danny a lot.

It’s not surprising that a world class (world’s best?) trials rider can work wonders on a really lightweight motorcycle though, surely?

Tenner in Kingswinford, Sims barbers. Recommended. Third time now, having moved into the area.

If we’re talking dashboards of our previous motors, I was jealous of the lot of you when driving my first car; any dashboard at all would have been an improvement!

Although ‘car’ is also stretching it a bit 🙄 seemed a good idea at the time…

This.

+1

Ok boomer

10-4, dinosaur.

So, can I get a coffee to go?

see also, “Almost impossible”

Not to mention, approximate ETA…

Just voted. Starmer/Rayner

Snap 👍🏼

What pickup have you got that carries 2 adults and 5 kids ??

Lol, brainfart. Three kids, three. Jeez, five? Could you imagine?!? 😳🤪🤯

This is one thing my pick up is great at. Two adults, five kids, comfortable, five bikes on the tailgate, with the canopy door open. It’s slightly less secure than a lwb van, but I found that it was a lot cheaper (and more comfortable/higher spec inside for the equivalent price point) than my options crew cab van wise. I’d love a decent van, but the truck gives more bang for the buck, for sure.

I think in reality, a 40 mile range would suit a lot of people for a lot of the time.

Perfect second car territory; let’s hope there’s a glut and no one wants them to bring residuals right down 😎👍🏼

I find it all quite confusing, especially with a younger generation now flooding the workforce at my place of work, whom I have a supervisory and pastoral responsibility for.

However, I’ve found that most of the time, Wheaton’s law serves me well.

@Houns 👍🏼 Always good to know where serves Wye Valley…

That was not an attempt at progress.

Well, that depends on your perspective. It’s easy to mock other people’s belief systems isn’t it? Fancy believing something that is clearly a fantasy and devoting your life to it. What a weird thing to do…

have a chance in hell of achieving them. Which usually means researching what the hell it is you’re trying to do and having a half decent and serious attempt at it

You know that this was his second rocket flight, and that the first one worked successfully, right? I’m not taken by the chaps motivations but I’ve got to admire his chutzpah. I’m glad that humans take risks. It’d be a rubbish world if they didn’t.

Why?

Entertainment value?

Serious answer; if the people like the Wright bros and those like them had just thought “**** it, it’s a dodgy idea, I think I’ll just ride my horse instead” the world would be a much more dull place.

Doing something badly is easy.

In fairness, he built a steam powered rocket that was capable of powering a human being safely up to several thousand feet (just not safely back down 😳) That’s actually pretty impressive; I don’t think I could do it. He just took a bit of a risk with his landing system which failed to pay off, big time. RIP Mad Mike, you entertainingly bonkers, if slightly misguided individual.

It’s just that all of these lunatic theories seem to involve a mad evil conspiracy which invariably involves Jews

That’s a leap! See your point though. I’m going to look at GoldFinger in a completely different light now…

Just to highlight this word in the op “…unexpectedly…”

Damn those blindfold carpark magical mystery tours! 😂

Nope. Just stay out of muddy fields in RWD cars. It won’t end well, especially if any slope is involved. The ‘thrust vectoring’ ability of FWD has a significant advantage in such conditions.

I would say chose the objects of your inspiration more carefully than he did.

Or at least pack a reserve chute.

Also, it doesn’t lock out where I set it properly unless I physically move the lever back to its default position.

Lube, or replace your cable 👍🏼

Spin as in wheel spin (fair enough) or spin as in 180 spin (crikey)?

Either way, the solution is to not take the your ‘ultimate driving machine*’ into a muddy field. They really aren’t for that, whatever the tyres.

*until conditions are wet, or snowy, or muddy…

Boak.

I think I’ll stick to my 33 year old one.

Agreed. A good name, ruined.

There’s a built in flaw with a gas tight suit…

I do hope no one tries one on without the requisite BA.

Security thing I suppose.

Is there a Godwins law equivalent for all conspiracy theories leading back to antisemitism

Genuinely puzzled; how is that antisemitism?

How would your ex run a big house on minimal income?

This. I bet she’s got some ideas, and I’ll bet you won’t like it.

Not a fan of sofas much either.

I guess it depends on who you’re looking at sitting on the sofa with…

When not working I’ll wear jeans (😱apparently my first faux pas) during the day, then after the kids are in bed and the evening jobs are done I’ll usually change into jogger type bottoms, as they are comfier for snuggling on the sofa for the evening. Then naked for bed, obvs 🙄. Other half has the same sort of routine, including nakedness, pleasingly; which in my (admittedly fairly limited) experience, is quite unusual for women, I’ve found.

That may well be true for some people. In my case I need it to absolutely silent before I can sleep, I can’t even have a ticking wrist watch in the bedroom!

You’re absolutely right. But as to why you’re right, lies in people’s psyche, rather than in some inherent physical difference between people. You could, if you wanted or needed to, get over the ticking clock thing, but you choose not to, and that’s fair enough.

This is probably not going to be enormously useful, but I’ve learnt that it’s a mental attitude thing. People get in a similar tiz about sleeping during the day when working nights; employing black outs, white noise, fancy earplugs and the like. None of this is the issue; it’s worrying about being woken that is the problem. Everyone wakes multiple times during a sleep; it’s what happens next that’s important. People who sleep badly wake up and immediately become aware and stressed that they’ve woken up. This them means they think about it and raise their level of consciousness as a result. It’s a bit of a vicious cycle. I’ve helped my other half get out of this pattern somewhat; the key is learning to do a kind of mental shrug, turn over and drop off again, without engaging any thought processes. The key is the realisation that being woken is not the issue, it’s the staying sleepy and going back to sleep that is important. This is a LOT easier to say than do, and needs practice, preferably when your not worrying about anything else.

Good luck.

I just want to clarify; are the people who are saying ‘raw Japanese selvedge’ being daily mash style ironic or are they serious? It’s all a bit ‘artisan coffee/log burners/overpriced watches‘ isn’t it?

Wear what you want; if you’re an over 40 male in a relationship nobody cares except you and possibly your kids and partner (in which case ask them, not us) what you’re wearing anyway 🙄😂

Drax was having an impact in that they are using so much it’s driving the price up for everyone else.

That iPad must hella suck up the juice! 😳

Reading Chewkw’s post and coming up with the ‘fried chicken trope’ possibly says more about the reader and his/her internal biases than it necessary does about Chewkw’s intentions, which are, at best (and as always) unclear.

you know the ones that always go for KFC/McDonald.

If he’d have said just ‘KFC’, or ‘fried chicken’ then the criticism may have been more valid, but including McDonalds leads me to believe that he meant the ‘Chavs/ working class types go to Maccies/KFC’ trope, rather than any race thing.

I could be wrong, but I’m inclined to give the benefit of the doubt, rather than scream ”racist! Burn him!”.

So you *are* having more fun than when you were with your ex, it’s just yuor idea of fun isn’t jet skiing and partying, it’s being in a new relationship.

Actually, the main plus of being out of the previous relationship is having a decent, healthy relationship with my boys, which was proving impossible within it.

The fact that I am now in a far healthier relationship is an unexpected bonus.

My point is, if you have small children that you should be taking responsibility for, a playboy lifestyle probably isn’t realistic.

Too many* men walk away from relationships and use it as an excuse to walk away from their parental responsibilities as well. And then whinge when they are made to pay maintenance.

And as for ‘MGTOW’; Just wow. Any bloke that thinks that’s a reasonable worldview needs to take a serious look at themselves.

Would also like to second (third?) the ‘don’t assume that you moving out would be best’ advice. It’s outdated and sexist. You are an equal partner in regards to parental responsibility.

*Obviously loads don’t, too, but it definitely happens.

So someone who can afford it gets loads of free food.

Welcome to capitalism, where if you are rich enough, you get EVERYTHING for free.

**** off now and live a life of jet skiing, partying, biking and tinder. Everyone’s a winner.

I’m sure that this is a facetious comment, but speaking as a dad who moved out from the family home when the kids were 3 and 4, I’m afraid to report that working hard enough to sustain a home large enough to have the boys there, then taking on my share (50%) of the parenting did not leave much time for jet skiing and partying, and as soon as you are honest about having a kid, your Tinder success rate will take a nose dive too. It ain’t a bed of roses if you actually take responsibility for the stuff that you should, is all I’m saying.

Was still the best decision I ever made though. My relationship with my lads is more healthy and happy than it ever could have been, and I’ve entered a new relationship now (with my eyes open) with a woman who is incredible and my equal or better in every way, yet for some reason seems to quite like me.

Tend to agree although Covid19 doesn’t seem to incapacitate all people to that level

Because Covid-19 has more in common with the common cold (the four other endemic human corona viruses cause common cold symptoms) than with influenza maybe?

Temp of 40deg (really quite incapacitating, although everyone is different) is extremely unlikely with a ‘common cold’ type virus.

Get well soon, do Breaking Bad from the start (whether or not you’ve seen it before) 👍🏼

I’m determined to finish this, before Friday

Noice!