Seen this on another forum

only aussies do road signs lol

If your wanting to know what weather is on the way as in rain or snow then you can't go wrong with this link, you can see the weather front coming over and its very very accurate.

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Hi guys,

So on Friday, coming home from work, the bike cut out on me pulling away from some lights in first. When I tried to restart, it just wouldn't.

It took about half an hour to get it started but every few meters it would cut out again.

Eventually I found I could bump start it (easier than kicking it) when this happened providing I was still moving and I limped the bike home that way.

During this, the rev meter was doing funny things (identical to the video below to save me trying to describe it).

I've currently got the bike in the garage with the heater pointed at it and the casing off (let the heat in better) to try and dry it out in case that's the issue.

Does anyone have any better ideas?

Just in case it helps, the bike is a yamaha YBR 125 09 plate (so no Carb).

Thanks in advance!

Video to someone else's rev issue, but this is identical to the one I was having during the ride home Friday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThNWpwGrN2w

I have checked the spark plug and it seems ok.

Given that Man United failed miserably to qualify for Europe this season (shut it!) my brother Jason and I have not had any Euro awaydays. We decided to put this right and booked a weekend in Dusseldorf some time ago. Along with our mate Mark we are off from Manchester Airport on a 7am flight tomorrow morning, returning at 9.40pm on Sunday night.

We have booked into a nice hotel near Altstad (Old Town) which is well known for ....

Quote:... Almost completely destroyed during World War 2, it was rebuilt according to historic plans on its foundation walls, which makes it look like a real historic town. Today the old town is a popular shopping mall and at night and weekends turns into the so-called “longest bar of the world”. Within one square kilometer, you will find about 260 bars, coffee shops and snug brewing houses.

Woke up, no snow or ice anywhere so brilliant, I can go to work. Get ready for work, come downstairs to find snow has begun falling. The bike's become covered quite quickly (I take the cover off when I wake up to hang it up to dry before going for a warm shower) but it's melting on the roads. Decided to chance it on a slow ride into work (though eventually, slow would be forced upon me). Getting out of town there's an Asda and traffic was stopped on the road outside it, which is a bit off because usually my lane is clear (not many people go to Bath on that road I've found). Slow filter through 2 miles later to the lights at the Shaw junction to realise the hold up is just the sheer number of panicking drivers suddenly going for the car instead of other methods of transport.

Going along the top road between Box Fiveways and the A4 was very picturesque with the snow on the hills and the golf course, but I couldn't enjoy it very much as, being a fairly unused road, the ice was thick. Very slow riding (could have probably pushed the bike quicker) up and over back down into Bath. Then in Bath it was even worse, everyone was boxing in the yellow boxes, covering keep clear, trying to close the bus lane....

If we were to believe the car drivers I do believe the end is nigh.... Either that or they do love a good panic...

Either way, be safe out there monkey's!

So the end of this week marks the end of the first month since myself and Doris (my other half (that I'm sure the likes of JJ and Yogi would say better)) obtained the keys to our first proper house.

I'd like to have said it's been fun but, over the last few weeks it has been more busy than fun, working to some tight deadlines over Christmas which included how long I could use the help of my brother for electrics (he's the electrician in the family so was the natural choice for updating some of the sockets and wiring) and some coursework that was due in this month.

The first week of having the house was spent preparing a battle plan for war. Neither me nor Doris like wallpaper (to me, it's more hassle to maintain than its worth whereas with paint, if I get bored I can paint over it. Simples. The initial joy of having the keys in our hands turned to business on the Tuesday, where we* decided what colour the walls should be for the living room, bedroom, her office (my office I was happy with the paint colour and intend to put up a few posters and whiteboards for research anyway) and the hallway (kitchen and bathroom were tiled and looked good). We decided what we were doing with the floors (all but the bedroom are laminate) and what we wanted upgraded sockets wise (so we could inform my brother who could get the parts at trade price for us).

My brother arrived on the Saturday and we began work the best way. Waiting for the Virgin man to come and install the broadband and Tivo box (which had, accidentally, been booked in for the Saturday morning). So we started by waiting for him to arrive so we could turn the electrics off when he'd gone.

Me and Doris started stripping the current wallpaper while Lionel (brother) started hammering and drilling and making his mess sorting the electrics out. After the wallpaper came the painting (a job Doris enjoyed because she could paint away while I stressed out over the fact I wasn't getting coursework done and was holding wires for Lionel).

By Christmas eve everything that needed painting had been painted, floorboards replaced and all electrics complete. Doris headed off to her parents for the holidays and me and Lionel returned to our parents, though I was only a brief visit.

On the 27th, I returned to the house to begin moving stuff out of the flat (approx. 1 mile away by walking through the park). With no car, and only the motorbike, it was a case of 'binbagging' everything and carrying it over to the house. Over the 2 days this took, I believe I reached a peak of 7 times questioning if I could bungee some of the bigger boxes to the back of the bike to transport...

All of this got dumped into the living room/Stig's current holiday home to keep my office clear for coursework which I then worked on until Doris returned on the 3rd. Following Doris' return, we went to choose our carpet** and kitchen appliances***. Due to the cost of the latter, it was decided 'how hard can it be' to fit my own carpet and save the expense of a carpet fitter.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

All in all, it took all of last week to get the carpet fitted, though admittedly nothing was done on the Monday or Tuesday (Monday back at work and finished late, Tuesday went off for a spot of indoor cricket). Fitted the gripper and underlay Wednesday and got tired so didn't bother with the carpet until Saturday just gone when, with the brilliant help**** of Doris, I only managed to slice my fingers with the carpet knife 4 times. Thankfully, despite some difficulties given it being my first time fitting a carpet, it hasn't gone too bad and, other than some dust from moving things back in that needs hoovering up, it looks decent. It doesn't look professionally done, but it doesn't need redoing for a while either. So I'm happy with that.

After the carpet I put the bed back up and moved some of the furniture in to make space in other rooms. Which was lucky. Because on Saturday (when I wanted to fit the carpet) I got dragged***** shopping for sofa's. We ended up with a sideboard from the first shop (don't ask me how you're supposed to sit on a glass sideboard, I have no idea!) and a very nice 3-seater, 2-seater and armchair for about £300 from a British Heart Foundation shop. In all honesty, it seems charity shops have some very good furniture round this neck of the woods for very decent prices (Dorothy House in Melksham had some lovely leather sofas (a pair) for about £100 with minimal wear).

These sofa's, Doris lovingly****** decided, could be delivered tonight between 5pm and 8pm. To a living room still full of binbags. On a day she won't get home from work till about 6ish. So guess which muggins******* ended up staying up late moving bin bags out of the living room into my office upstairs to make space for the sofa's and which muggins******* ended up then having to come to the office early so they can leave early to be in for the delivery (which, despite leaving work early and getting home for 5, won't turn up till 8)?

So, despite being a month into the house, it isn't yet a home. Still lots to do, some painting of banisters and skirting boards to do (that can't be done with the crap everywhere) and some furniture to arrive but it hasn't been too bad. I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend******** watching all the stuff I've been recording on the Tivo and not doing much else.

*I got the occasional word in on the decision
**I got to agree the colour
***I got feck all say beyond 'we should have gas not electric'
****I've been paid to say it was brilliant
*****Kicking and screaming
******I think she's trying to give me a heart attack from stress
*******No prizes offered or implied. For full Ts&Cs of guessing please refer to someone who cares
********That is until a certain person decides we need to go shopping for something else that we don't have the space for, nor do we need at this moment in time.....

Happy Burpday Kingy, hope you had a great day.

I kid yee not ...

http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/clydeba...-1-3654297

Quote:A CLYDEBANK man has been charged in connection with three assaults after a spate of drive-by potato attacks.

The 18-year-old was charged following three separate incidents in which potatoes were allegedly thrown at pedestrians from a car in the Clydebank area.

Two people were injured during the attacks, which took place on December 29.

A 13-year-old girl had a potato thrown at her on Mountblow Road, leaving her with serious facial bruising while a second woman said she thought she had been shot.

The NHS worker, 32, who did not want to be named, told the Clydebank Post that she ‘keeled over’ in the middle of the street outside the Twisted Thistle pub on Dumbarton Road after being struck by a raw baking potato and a tub of coleslaw.

She added: “I’ve never heard of anything so ridiculous. In my line of work you hear a lot of crazy stories but this tops them.

“I was so shocked - it was terrible. I actually thought I had been shot by a BB gun.”

Inspector Natalie Doherty, of the Clydebank Community Investigation Unit, confirmed that officers were pursuing a positive line of inquiry in connection with a second man.

She added: “Whilst initially the males involved may have deemed this a boyhood prank, the consequences were clearly not considered and as a result two females including a 13-year-old child have been left injured.”

I've only gone and bought my self a new telly for the front room

It's a Samsung 50" smart led UE50H5500 and I also bought a Sony HT-CT370 sounsbar with wireless sub to compliment it nicely.

Can't fault either for the money, the picture is crystal clear and the soundbar has a nice amount of bass to give you that cinema feel.
It's also bluetooth so I can link it to my phone and play my stored music.

For £750 for the two I think it's a good buy and would recomend both.

I was looking at a Sonos soundbar. Now the sound quality from those is very good indeed but I couldn't justify the price at £599, then when you couple that with Sonos sub at another £599 it makes it a very expensive job.

Happy birthday mate. Hope you have a good 'un.




... Also hope I've got this right as I've trusted an email from FB!