nickerbelly

It seems that nowadays, life expectancy is directly related to job success - if you have a shitty, low paid, low responsibility job - you'll live forever! but if you're a high flier with shed loads of cash and all the worlds responsibilities on your shoulders - you'll live just long enough to say to yourself one day - "bugger me - I'm rich!" then you'll cark it

As I have been neglecting my greetings of late, I should like to take this opportunity to say greetings to all new members who haven't been greeted by myself as yet so:- GREETINGS!!!! and welcome

Remember though size isn't everything - up until the government decided to hamstring the armed forces recently, on any major international exercise - other nations used to ask the royal navy to provide their air defence cover, including the americans!! as the fleet air arm and air defence surface vessels of the royal navy were regarded as being the most proffessional and effective in the world!, also the yanks hate going up against british subs on exercise because they nearly always lose. It is pretty impressive though!!

maybe being ladies they have boobs of steel???

Yup - he's an eejit!! he either rides like that for his "15 minutes of fame" on youtube without concern for his or anyone else's welfare, or he has an incredibly dangerous chemical imbalance in his brain like other extreme thrillseekers and cannot help but risk his (and others) life on a daily basis - either way it's going to end in tears!

I make models of old sailing ships!!(mostly during those long winter nights) and I do a bit of fishing (coarse and sea), like to potter in the garden too and lots of walking/swimming to keep fit - used to do triathlons and orienteering in the army - thinking of getting back into orienteering as a senior, cos I'm gettin old(er) now - I also like to take advantage of nature's larder and make a lot of jam/puddings/pickles/wines of various fruity (and sometimes honey!)origins

is that a good job to be in being mobile etc? I thought about it a while ago but you've got to guarantee the work which put me off. I sort of do it as a half job/half hobby - I found that initially it was a bit slow, put lots of business cards in the local training centre and other bike related places, but as people used and were happy with my services, they put the word out with their friends etc and now I find myself with plenty to do. I wouldn't say it's always easy but I do it for the love of it and when I lose the "love" I'll give it up!! Admittedly I'm lucky in that I didn't have to put out much initial outlay and I wasn't totally dependant on having a good workload from day one so I've had an easy ride of it (excuse the pun! )

Butler!!! I'll get you Butler!

I'm self-employed as a mobile bike mechanic!! just can't get enough of two wheels!

Lynn and I don't do valentines either - big american money making scam!!!! we know how we feel about each other and show it every day which is more than enough in my hopinion!! love ya baby

Hey stormy!!, er - that's not a reference to your temperament is it? welcome to the forum

Excellent more the merrier Cool I shall strongly endeavour to make it to the ride out in that case

That is a lovely bike matey , I was thinking of getting one myself until I saw the ZZR which had always been my dream bike

Yeah yeah yeah - WHATEVER!!! - I've done all that stuff loads of times on my ZZR!! - I just seem to have lost all the evidence and proof that I had.

Oh my god!! it's a talking bike!!?? all of a sudden £1700 seems like a bargain!! That was actually quite funny Nickerbelly.... I think I was on a sugar high , no more silly sarcastic humour from me - promise.

Sorry to hear that mate, my dad had diabetes and died from septicemia brought on by his condition, I miss him too - he was kind of a hero to me - was a royal marine/sbs operative and did the beach surveys and was one of the first to land in the suez campaign, used to tell me some amazing stories!! anyway enough of that or this will end up going

Here's a piccie of me and my long suffering wife Lynn

Oh my god!! it's a talking bike!!?? all of a sudden £1700 seems like a bargain!!

Hey dude - welcome to the forum

According to a famous philosopher there are three ages of man:- 1:- TRI-WEEKLY 2:- TRY WEEKLY 3:- TRY WEAKLY I'm not telling you which one I'm in!!

Don't think I'd be able to make the weekend, but would it be alright to tip up for the ride-out day and get to meet you all?

Hiya, welcome to the forum - I do like Scotland partly because it's my ancestral home and partly because of the stunning scenery

Greetings!!! - and welcome to the forum , I'm beginning to wonder if it shouldn't be renamed "Hutch's suzuki forum"

Herro! welcome to Hutch's forum emporium!

But wait! - there's more, there's more!! - welcome from me too