Insurance - 29 is the new 25

Do you mean by that, that my insurance is cheaper, expensive or about
normal? Personally I think it's a little on the high side but about
right for my age/experience/ncb given the market.

And Solihull doesn't have the crime rate of Birmingham despite being
nearby, so that makes it a bit lower. Central Birmingham would be a
no-no I think.

 

I couldn't add the Z200 to my existing multi-bike policy, as it was too
small - the separate (classic)(FC) policy (Carole Gnash/Equity Red Star)
covers me for any other bike.

 

Just **** off. ****.

 

WTF do you live?

Out of curiosity I tried a quote for a Gixer Thou on insurance2000.
£476.00 to you sir, FC including riding other bikes. I'm 32 with 6 yrs NCB

 

sweller secured a place in history by writing:

My current Carole Nash policy (which was 25% cheaper than everyone else)
had to be reissued three times because of errors in the wording - use for
commuting, use with a pillion and an incorrect mileage limitation: Read the
small print.

 

you're really not adjusting at all well to being middle-aged, are you?

 

I'm not middle aged... I'm younger than Champ FFS.

 

sure you are.

so's he.

http://www.middleage.org/definition.shtml

 

Harrow, Middlesex.

Just for the hell of it, I put my details into insurance2000 (I'm with
H&R
already) and got a quote for £316.40. I'll give them a call tomorrow, I
think.

 

See below.

Interesting. Not sure I agree with it but interesting anyway.

If you take this definition:

"middle age is that point in your life when you shift from seeing the
future in terms of your potential and begin to see it in terms of your
limitations."

Then I'm definitely not middle aged.


However, given that (bike accidents and self inflicted stuff ignored)
I'm only likely to make it to 90 or so, based on my family history, then
I'd suspect that I've no choice but to accept myself as being middle
aged.

In reality, I have no problem with my age and it just amuses to me to
appear to. 30 was tough for me but 40 doesn't bother me in the
slightest.

I'm still looking forward to the future on the grounds that I expect it
to be better than the present. I don't expect anything about me
(excepting my lack of will to move from where I live) to limit my
ability to achieve my potential.


Is that enough denial for one post?

 

just face it - you're a grumpy old fucker, and that's all there is too
it.

 

If you take that definition then I've been middle-aged since I was about
15.

 

Well, I'm not denying that...

 

just as well. Personally, I think a lot of the "middle-aged" thing is
all in the mind - I still think of myself as young, even though I'll
be 37 this year.

It helps enormously that the waitress in the café we frequent here at
work has a habit of referring to me as "young man".

 

I couldn't agree more. Don't you find that having teenage kids around
(isn't he close to that?) makes you feel older though?

If it wasn't for my kids I suspect I'd feel younger than I do.

Heh!

 

they're 10 and 14. They're not *my* kids, though...

 

Same difference though; they're around you and you see their view of
life which throws your attitudes and values into sharp contrast. Or not
as the case may be.

 

they sit around all the time playing the PlayStation, watching TV and
reading comic books.

I do the same, but leave the word "comic" out of the sentence.

 

I'm dreading teh dark day when my lad can beat me at PS2 games. Am only
keeping ahead at the moment with late night practice.

 

?