So what have you done today..?

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by figaro, Mar 17, 2012.

  1. Today was the closest i've come to being flattened by an Artic. (not roll) I'm not sure why i didn't get the shakes straight afterwards, maybe just adrenaline. It was unmarked luckily for the driver or would be on the phone for sure.
     
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  2. Chris, how many lives have you used up out of the 9.?
     
  3. I think we have used them all up Pete - many on here, and you included? Definitely been lucky many times, and i think that's typical of a biker of several decades, and this was on a bicycle!
     
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  4. Bought these for my mate. He’s well chuffed.

    Barrina Led Batten Light 4ft, 8 Packs, T5 Led Tube Lights, 2200lm 6500K Super Bright White LED Garage Lighting, Wall and Ceiling Batten Lights, 20W https://amzn.eu/d/03lYC2A
     
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  5. I've decided to return it. It doesn't sound like there's going to be any problem.

    It actually needs about 4"/10cm shortening. Why it was ultimately too much to live with, but also slightly concerning in that I found a chart - possibly by them - with the various parameters to measure - which agrees with my measurement, ie, XL having 69cm sleeves, yet the smallest (XS) still has 65cm sleeves. If I need ~59cm the implication is I have amusingly short arms - yet I've always got jackets, coats, shirts and sweaters that fit off the peg.
    Anyway I'll post back here once I've got one that really fits - touching on who pays for shipping - and if it all works out, I'll probably buy a black one, too.
     
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  6. Nearest we could get to that is meet up and have a sausage sandwich, will have catch up this year Chris :)
     
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  7. Ive put a laugh Chris for the artic roll as not had one in years that's if you can still get them, good to know your still here.
     
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  8. Saw this today fresh from Germany 1 of 47
    customer specials very flashy inside, they are white protection stickers on the trim,

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  9. I've found that clothes made in Asia and intended for that market can sometimes have odd sizing, but it sounds as if those jackets were intended for somewhere else. Is there a big demand for leather 1950s biker gear among the Masai?

    Apparently a reliable way to check if you have average, long or short arms is that your wingspan should equal your height. I am 175cm tall but have a 182cm wingspan and as my right arm doesn't straighten properly due to a badly broken and dislocated elbow when I was 19, it is more like 186cm.

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  10. It's why cyclist have cameras these days, any doing serious mileage anyway. Plenty of motorists getting fined for close passing these days.

    I don't as I barely cycle these days, possibly the closest pass was up Axe Edge from Buxton to Leek, I could read the tyre information he was that close and I still recall it from the many.
     
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