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Penny

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    Aprilia Tuono Factory, Ducati Multistrada 1100S
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    Lancashire

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  1. Why would you do that to someone? I wouldn't! I wouldn't mess with Christmas at all. Its the one time of year that families can look forward to being together. Making up stories, giving false hope, then letting people down, then turning up unannounced is a recipe for disaster. As fozzie implies - we dont live in the movies!! Agreed! Although if she'd known he wasn't due home back in September say and this was an unexpected turn up for the books, it would have been nice to surprise her! But she's always thought he would be at home, so to ruin her Christmas now when it's only weeks away is pretty bad IMHO. And it's something I feel really strongly about as my Christmases are generally awful, so sorry if I'm getting a little too angry lol
  2. Do it!! I'm a massive Who fan and a 6 year old would remember the cool Dalek he built with his dad forever
  3. Why would you do that to someone? My mum cancelled Christmas on me once two days before Christmas and it was horrible. Nothing like spending Christmas Eve in tears to say "I love you". Luckily someone took me in else it would have been Christmas Day and my own and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. My mum's dead now and I'm spending Christmas Day alone this year and yeah, I wouldn't wish it on the poor guy's wife who already hasn't seen him for months, it would break her heart. You really think his wife's gonna be happy to see him on Christmas morning after he totally ruined Christmas for her two days previously? She thinks he's coming, now he actually is, leave it as that lol and see it as a massive stroke of luck.
  4. Sounds like she was though... I don't get it...you weren't going to be home for Christmas but you were too chicken to tell her, now you are going to be home for Christmas but you're going to lie to her for the next 6 weeks? It's worrying you're happier lying than telling the truth about the same piece of information! I think if you'd told her weeks ago couldn't be home for Christmas it wouldn't be so bad but it's mid-November now and getting close to Christmas, you could make her really miserable for the next 6 weeks. However, if she'd thought all along that you wouldn't be home for Christmas it would have been awesome to keep quiet and surprise her. But lying to her when she has always expected you'd be there is pretty low, and not telling her you wouldn't be home for Christmas is even lower! If your boss hadn't changed things for you, when were you actually going to tell her you wouldn't be home for Christmas??
  5. Oh and great pics, you look very cool Glad your confidence is starting to increase! You're doing it right; small steps, little bit of progress, increase in confidence, repeat
  6. The link from Photobucket will already have the IMG tags included, then if you clicked the IMG button on here and posted the link in, it would have added another set of IMG tags. Probably.
  7. I wasn't going to go but got invited today and couldn't refuse! I'm going on Wed 26th. I'm hoping some of the 2015 bikes will be there so I can have a sit but doubt they will be
  8. It is compulsory!!!! It is compulsory!!!! Yep, rules of the road apply to all road users! I was being sarcastic. I even pointed it out a couple of posts down: If they were getting round the roundabout without interfering, I wouldn't be complaining. It's when I have to brake in the middle of a roundabout when it's my right of way because a cyclist hasn't given way to me when he should have done. I can imagine the reaction a cyclist would give it if was a car doing the same! Because they never dismount and walk along the pavement?? Again, if they did I wouldn't have an issue! They ride on the road when it's most convenient for them (even if there's a cycle path) then jump on the pavement and CYCLE ON IT when it's most convenient for them, when the lights are on red etc. On the odd occasion I filter, I wouldn't undertake then overtake then undertake and weave in and out of traffic?? And neither do the vast majority of bikers, they filter either in the middle of a dual carriageway or overtake on a single carriageway but have one line and stick to it. They can also out accelerate every other road user and therefore get out of the way of traffic, whereas cyclists put themselves in everybody else's way and don't give two hoots that they've inconvenienced everyone else.
  9. That is rather the impression I've formed. I've had a go at a few and upset myself because I've clicked at things that apparently are not hazards, because I'm so anxious not to miss anything, and then tried to avoid that and not clicked enough - haven't failed as such but certainly haven't left myself a margin of error. When I come to do the real thing I will need to be much better, as I'm bound to drop a few points because of nerves. It does seem to be very much about working out how to pass the test, as much as actually being able to pass the test. I agree, I've done the test and it's all about how to "play the game". If you could sit with an actual person and talk them through the hazards you perceive, you would get a different score than the one given by a computer program. Best thing to do is get a CD-ROM of the test (sounds a bit old school now, not sure what format they now come in) and learn how and when the program is expecting you to click.
  10. I do most of that on my motorbike. Does that make me a bad person? No comment.
  11. That Top Gear episode was amazing where they made the cycling adverts
  12. http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/263/213/c40.jpg
  13. thats the older pinlocks... the new ones are large enough to be out of the line of sight. this is my current helmet - the Pinlock is way up out of the sight line: My old Shoie had the top of the pinlock right in the line of sight when leaning forward on a sports bike Ah right, that's good to know, thanks! Yes, that's what I found, it was totally in the line of vision and was very off-putting when riding.
  14. I do occasionally but I still hate cyclists When I ride my push rod I try to cycle on cycle paths or trails at all times, or quiet country lanes away from traffic...if I do have to cycle on a road I try and stay out of everyone's way and observe the rules of the road as I would in my car/on my bike. There's loads of really wide and clean cycle paths near where I live but you still get the lycra-clad MAMILs thinking they are Bradley Wiggins who choose to cycle on the road because it's easier for them and they don't care that they are holding traffic up as lorries and buses can't get past them. They go through red lights because it's too much hassle to take their clip-on shoes out of their peddles. Don't give way at roundabouts as they don't want to lose speed. Jump on and off the pavements at will depending on what is most convenient for them. Overtake or undertake and weave out of traffic depending on what is most convenient for them. Ride two/three abreast so they can talk to each other. Some of what they do is illegal, a lot of what they do is just rude, selfish and discourteous. THAT'S why people don't like them. Plus it's the majority, not the minority of cyclists I see on the roads that behave badly.
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