Old blokes who should know better.....
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A quick edit of some of the footage from that ride with the exceptional photo.. This is what some of it is like around that whole area @TheBikePilot & @Rob Rides EMTB
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"Old Blokes Who Buy Too Many Tools"
earlier I was questioning the value of a pair of glasses bought by @Ripping g and then I go a spend a silly amount of money on a pump
earlier I was questioning the value of a pair of glasses bought by @Ripping g and then I go a spend a silly amount of money on a pump
You Saddo !"Old Blokes Who Buy Too Many Tools"
earlier I was questioning the value of a pair of glasses bought by @Ripping g and then I go a spend a silly amount of money on a pump
I bought the makita version a few weeks back, haven't tried it on the bike though ...
GrandPaBrogan
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"Old Blokes Who Buy Too Many Tools"
I hope you've used it IMMEDIATELY on something else as soon as you got home... instead of hanging it on a hook or storing it in a cabinet somewhere.
Otherwise, in a few more years you might end up like me...
*** I'm killing time in a tool shop (dangerous) and I see that special tool that I've always wanted. I get home and I go to hang it on a hook only to see that I already have one there... brand new... un-opened! *** ???
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Yikes... that's a red flag!!I bought the makita version a few weeks back, haven't tried it on the bike though ...
I hope you've used it IMMEDIATELY on something else as soon as you got home... instead of hanging it on a hook or storing it in a cabinet somewhere.
Otherwise, in a few more years you might end up like me...
*** I'm killing time in a tool shop (dangerous) and I see that special tool that I've always wanted. I get home and I go to hang it on a hook only to see that I already have one there... brand new... un-opened! *** ?
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true that!
I buy far too many tools, faaaar too many. I keep meaning to sell the contents of my woodworking shop but still havent got around to it
your "Argh wrong button" *sigh* was priceless
do DEWALT do nice cheap a safety one? Or should I hold out for ALDI's?
You need to start using terms/words like Narly/Drop-in/Sent it/Sic, then the kids will think you're cool and fast.....or not. It's always fun as an old git when you encounter kids who think they've just invented something you were doing years ago.
Back in the 70's we were taking rear clusters apart and bolting the big cogs to chain rings to make ultra low gearing, long before mountain bikes were even conceived. As for building ramps/jumping/mimicking motocross riders.....that pretty much took up the whole summer holidays.
Back in the 70's we were taking rear clusters apart and bolting the big cogs to chain rings to make ultra low gearing, long before mountain bikes were even conceived. As for building ramps/jumping/mimicking motocross riders.....that pretty much took up the whole summer holidays.
he he...just reminded me.....we had an area that was on the edge of a long disused clay quarry that had vertical drops, steep shutes, jumps etc which kept us amused for days during the summer holidays. We only had bikes we largely made ourselves from scrap in the local dump and they regularly fell to pieces. Broken frames, forks, wheels. We called the area.." the bumps" ......that was 60+ years ago.
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man, I love that cos its exactly how I got my bikes when I was a kid cos we didnt have a pot to piss in, in the end I had some pretty nice BMX's I made out of random bits
Gawd, you lot had it easy .. we didn't even have a scrap heap .. never mind being hydrated enough to actually need a pot to piss in .
I feel a Monty Python sketch coming on
GrandPaBrogan
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That was nothing! (here we go, Monty).
When I was young (*cough)... on the rare occasions we were allowed to piss, the only spot I could do it on was against an uphill slope. All roads were uphill back in those days... even both ways. So my piss would always trickle back and wet my bare feet - because I had to eat my shoes... ?
billwarwick
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And you think you had it tough? Shoes? ..luxury!
Bloody Posh people. You lot don't know how easy you had it. Feet ! My feet were long gone by the age of 6. First the toes and then the rest. Slowly sawn off using a hair from my head to make foot chops, then grilled on a rock for 4 hours under the sun. Served on a fresh tasty bed of straight lettuce (which I now call grass) and black beans, gifted by the wild rabbits.
At Christmas, the vet would drop in on the way back from his castration tour with a bag of Meat Balls - one each - we had it good.
GrandPaBrogan
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Oh the tears... the tears... I can’t stop laughing!
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those things are myths!!! like antifa, 10mm sockets and 5mm allen keys
@Zimmerframe @GrandPaBrogan @billwarwick That's nothing ... What would you 3 know about hardship, deprivation and Prejudice? Are you Welsh ?
GrandPaBrogan
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Well lucky you - you spoilt brat. At least you got given meat balls by your posh VET friend - I bet those were always big mashers that came off defeated Spanish bulls, weren’t they?
The only freebie meatballs I RARELY ever get are always stupid small - cuz my friend only happens to be a part-time paramedic. He says he only gets called in when the matador stuffs up, like hardly ever!!
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Akiwi
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Ha, You think you had it tough!.. Where I was brought up, there weren't even any matadors.
GrandPaBrogan
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Not even Matawindows?
Sorry... leftover daddy joke my kids didn’t want! Ouch that was awful bad! ??
Brought up ! BROUGHT UP ! Oh how the other half lived !
We were stuffed in the ground by our footless stumps until our early teans and left to catch passing insects whilst efficiently fertilising ourselves.
Brought up .. pffffff
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fucks sakes
Luxury, we were never allowed to have feet. We had to crawl everywhere; and we never needed to piss as we couldn't afford anything to drink. And you try telling the youth of today, they'll never believe you!
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That's French cuisine for you!!!
Don't worry, I had contemplated going a similar route but was thinking about how posh he was that where they grew up they even called Door Mats "matadoors" ...
Actually, that might not be re-assuring for you ........ but quite the opposite
Laughing, LAUGHING? We never had anything to laugh about........etc.......etc......etc.
billwarwick
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Sorry, I have a cold, and I misread the title. I thought it said "Old Pythons Who Should Know Better"
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