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I almost took out a car last night. Like proper 'ramming him off the road' taking him out. ( Muppet! ) I'm going to say this here because I truely believe now that there are people who genuinely don't appreciate how blind lorries are: Lorries have a *huge* blindspot level with the cab on the side opposite the driver (the left for UK lorries, and the right for most foreign ones). Don't, for goodness sake, sit along side lorries on their blind-side because the driver cannot see you. |
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Whose bright idea?
I just rode home from Sarah's place, and man was that a stupid idea! It's dark, the roads are wet, it's *really* flippin' windy, and I opted to go on the M25 and the A12, rather than the A414 (figuring that brightly lit, populated roads would be a safer bet than quiet, twisty roads where if I did come off I could lie there for hours before being found). Pretty much all the worst possible conditions for a novice-rider to be out in. I almost got blown over twice, I spent most of the M25 fighting to stay in my lane and in the end I was crawling along at about 55mph and lying as flat to the petrol tank as possible because if I went faster or sat up even slightly I seemed to get blown sideways harder. I've honestly never been so terrified in my life :-( The only thing I can honestly say was good was that I was forced to keep my wits about me and not panic under the intense pressure... |
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To kill...
I'm feeling mocked by... well, I don't know who. Some kind of supreme being maybe. Anyway, why am I feeling mocked? Well because I've seen this... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/xv-535-virago_W0Q It's cheap. It looks awesome, and it's exactly the model and size of bike I want with all the customisations I think look amazing, and none of the ones I think look a bit rubbish... oh, and it's dirty-cheap! So why are they selling it *now* and not in a couple of months time when I'll actually have my licence and the money to pay for it. Darn you world! Darn you to heck! |
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Braiiins!
So... who's not busy next Saturday: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/community/feat |
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Hat trouble.
Well my attempts at dying my new Judge hat have ended in the new, well-fitting hat now just looking grubby and being a size smaller. Back to the drawing board... and an army surplus shop. |
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Update - Apparently of the 200-250 mirrors I had on board at the time, 50 were salvagable :-/ The Boss isn't best pleased and I now have to write out a statement of what exactly happened. Suddenly I'm wondering if I shouldn't have just hit the child instead. I suspect life would be much simpler if I had. |
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Well if I was the superstitious type I'd be concerned at the prospect of a lifetime of bad luck... however, in the greater scheme of things I'd guess I made the right decision to risk breaking over 200 mirrors (and in fact break or damage over half that) rather than run over the small child in Harrow. I think I'm getting soft in my old age. Update - Boss isn't best pleased and I now have to write out a statement of what exactly happened. |
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About time too!
Finally! It feels like someone is listening to the words that are coming out of my mouth regarding timed deliveries, especially to Canary Wharf: First case - Second case - four drops. First case - three drops, last Friday. Tomorrow - I suddenly feel like my complaints, bitches and moans about previous runs have been addressed. Still, this is just one run. I'm tempted to book leave for when the regular TM is off again. |
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Gave my telephone number to a reasonably cute girl in Cardiff today... sadly it was accompanied by my name and address because I'd just witnessed some tosser in a white van (not me I might add) come screaming out of a yard and smack in to the side of her car. She was pretty shaken by the shock of it but I think having a witness give over their details to her helped calm her down a bit. Blatantly the other guys fault though as there's no way he wouldn't have seen her had he either bothered looking or been travelling more slowly instead of blasting out of the gate as if the twat owned the road. Girl did everything she could to avoid the collision (swerved and put her foot down) but still... |
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I'm in Cardiff tomorrow and I won't be on a tacho. Anyone likely to be around and feel like having me drop in for a cuppa about 11-ish? Answers in the form of a text are always preferable. |
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Following in the footsteps of my previous links to Scroobius Pip vs. Dan le Sac and their single "Thou shalt always kill!" I now have their latest single on permament loop in my head - The Beat That My Heart Skipped I also reckon that sherbertsaucers and nothingtoyou will appreciate one of his other songs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KnGNOiF |
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Meme Answers
There were 3 quotes that no-one appears to have guessed. They were - #2 - ""Two die, two get married. Kind of evens things up." is from 633 Squadron. #6 - "How can I be calm in your... stupidity? STUPIDITY!" is from Firefox. #10 - "Now lady, believe me, this is the only situation that I would ever ask you to do this, so take off your fucking clothes." is from Inside Man which is a quality film and I'm actually surprised none of you lot have seen it. So there you go :-) |
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And the dream slips further away...
Noticed a conspicuously flat tyre on my Golf today, so bimbled down to Formula 1 Autocentre to get the apparent puncture fixed. Bloke in the garage shows me the nail that caused it, then notes that the tyre itself is pretty unevenly worn, and that it's the same on the other side. Two new tyres cost £70. I asked him to rotate the tyres as well (i.e. put the ones on the back on the front and then put the new tyres on the back). He agrees to this, but then comes back to me moments later informing me that legally he's not allowed to do this as the rears are so badly and unevenly worn as to almost be illegal too. Bugger. So it needs two new tyres on the rear, the wheels need realigning, the exhaust is blowing and needs replacing, the front brakes are badly worn and need pads and discs replacing. It also makes a really annoying squeal from the fan belt when the engine is cold and an equally annoying tapping noise when it's warmed up. This all needed doing before the end of October as that's when the MoT is due. Basically, the old girl is really on her last legs, and to that end, I've just blown what money I'd saved up for a bike on another car (a P-Reg Fiesta... small = cheap to run, cheap to run = better to run along side a bike), although at least the lessons are all still paid for. It's still a bit depressing really, knowing that my dream of buying a bike is now looking highly unlikely before next year, but at the end of the day I *need* some form of transport for work and I won't have a bike licence until the 2nd of October at the earliest. I suppose, in a way, this is a blessing in disguise as buying a bike in October, just as the really harsh winter weather sets in was probably not the wisest of plans. |
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AA Breakdown Policy appears to be awesome. It either covers my car, regardless of who's driving, or at no extra cost it covers me, regardless of what I'm driving or a passenger in... including a motorbike! Winnar! This pretty much means that I can probably afford to run both a bike *and* a car at the same time! |
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Why does my head have to be so big? I saw an amazing hat in Camden today. Absolutely perfect for Judge. It was a Communist Russian naval officers hat, the sort that has the really wide brim. Man, I love those hats, but unfortunately it was about 4 sizes too small for me which was really gutting. Instead I settled for a hat very similar to my old one, but with a really cool cap badge. I may well stain/dye it black or maybe brown. Sadly, however, it appears that the Stables Market of Camden is progressing towards the inevitable redevelopment what with all-but-one of the shops under the arches being closed and/or relocated. Thing is though, people protested when they redeveloped the smaller bit on the other side of the arches, but now all the shops are filled again, and some of the shops have dressed their fronts up a bit, it actually looks pretty good, so I'm not sure that the Stables Market will lose out too much by being tarted up. I think the only thing that will hurt, rather than help, the area is if they decide to demolish any of the actual brick buildings that are down that way. If they go then that really will hurt the character of the area. |
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Car Insurance... what a rip
I've just noticed that my fully comprehensive insurance for the last year has included a compulsary excess of about £200 in the event that my car is written off or damaged in an accident. Given that my car is worth about £200 anyway it has now occured to me that I could have saved myself a fortune by just opting for 3rd Party, Fire and Theft. Speaking of saving a fortune on car insurance, by shopping around I've managed to halve the renewal quote I've had from Direct Line which was around £520. Let this be a lesson to you all. All I've got to worry about now is whether or not my car will actually pass another MoT. |
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I just got an invite to join a Facebook group named "Campaign to ban UK Domestic flights". Why on Earth would you want to ban something like that? What's wrong with being able to get from London to Edinburgh in less than an hour, and for significantly less than the cost of either driving or getting a train? Let the passengers take to the air and leave the roads and rail networks free for freight. |
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Goddamit! Between roadworks on Regents Street, roads being shut for Princess sodding Diana's memorial (meaning all the traffic is shifted elsewhere) and retarded glaziers that hardly speak English, London was really shitty today. Oh, and don't get me started about the silly bitch of a Police officer that tried to intimidate me by flashing her badge at me on the A12 on the way home. Then I get home and my Dad starts being a self-righteous dickhead. I thought Friday's were supposed to be awesome. Grrr! >:-( That said, I'm in Norwich on Monday. Never been there before, but I hear it's nice :-) |
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Bored.
I feel like doing a film meme: #1 -"There was a demon that lived in the air. They said whoever challenged him would die." The Right Stuff (got by pickettywitch)#2 -"Two die, two get married. Kind of evens things up." #3 - (singing) "Put that thing back where it came from or so help me... so help me, so help me and cut." - Monsters Inc. (got by xavin)#4 -"Lotta people go through life doing things badly. Racing's important to men who do it well. When you're racing, it's life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting." - Le Mans (got by xavin)#5 -"I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is." The Thing (got by overload74)#6 -"How can I be calm in your... stupidity? STUPIDITY!" #7 -"We didn't hurt that crocodile. He was fine when we left." Flight Of The Intruder (got by pickettywitch's Dad... apparently)#8 -"No man amongst you is fit to judge... the mighty art that I have wrought." From Hell (got by harrytc)#9 -"The enemy can not press a button... if you have disabled his hand! Medic!" - Starship Troopers (got stupendously quickly by harrytc)#10 -"Now lady, believe me, this is the only situation that I would ever ask you to do this, so take off your fucking clothes." Film titles please, and if you're feeling cocky, who spoke the line. |
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Shell-shocked.