I've got a horrible feeling...

No.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

So, come on, how does someone who tries so hard to present some sort of
'hardcore' biker image survive without a bike for so long?

Could it be that you struggle to hold down a job for long enough to
actually pay for one by any chance?

Seems to have been quite a while since anyone was unhinged enough to
actually give you any sort of paid employment.

 

See, that's where you're going wrong. OK, you may find that it's
absolutely fine to sponge off your partner, but I look around me and see
a nice house stuffed full of very nice toys that's very nearly paid for,
a couple of cars and a couple of bikes.

Managing a 'corner shop' does have some advantages. Like a reliable,
fairly respectable income.

'venting' - far from it. I'm sat here with a case of Hoegaarden and a
packet of fags watching you piss off more than a handful of UKRMers with
your unfounded snipes at the Welsh.

 

Heh

I speak as I find... and I found, in the absence of any experience of the
area in question in the past, somewhere I think I'll be making the effort to
explore in more depth, in the near future.

 

But still not enough to buy a car or bike of your own, eh?

Not to mention having to leave your last residence.

 

When have I ever owned a real bike, Mr Pot?

 

Salad Dodger wrote

I bloody did. Horrible it was.

 

Both Wessie and SteveH have some good routes for this area.

 

I know the latter has, cos that was my tour guide for the day. ;-)

 

I took him over the A4059 from Hirwaun to the A40, unfortunately it was
in the Passat, but it was still fun - we managed to pass several cars in
the twisty bits

 

Just shows how little you know.

OK, so it's a pretty damned stressful time at the moment, we're trying
to turn around a company that's going to post a loss next month, which
means some very tough decisions, but I love it. Best company in the
country to work for, IMHO.

Looking at the situation, I think I'm in a slightly better position, I'm
respected within the company and industry in which I work with a decent
track record. I could leave tomorrow and get a position with another
company within a very short timescale. I have no worries - I have a
lovely house in an awesome part of the country, I have 2 nice cars, a
decent bike and next to **** all to pay off on the house.

What do you have? - a rented place in some northern shitehole, a
borrowed Skoda and no job.

 

When the weathers better we'll have to do the Llandovery, Aberaeron route.

 

This coming Sunday would be a good place to start.

 

You can twist and turn as much as you like, but the facts are that you
have some rented shitehole and a cage you scrounge off the missus,
whereas I have my own home, 2 cars I've paid for and a bike - all of
which owe me nothing.

I could jump ship tomorrow and walk into another job. Remind me, how
long is it since anyone last thought you were employable?

My ranting tonight in other threads is more to do with the rights of the
people working for me than mine personally. See, I don't actually give a
toss - I'll go in for 6 hours on a Sunday for double time, but what I
don't agree with is making people go in for a premium rate that's a
fraction of my normal rate. It's not right, I don't like making people
do it, but it's part of the job. That's the only thing I don't like.

BTW, I had a nice bimble on my bike today. When was the last time you
did that?

 

Actually, I did have a real bike last summer. I suppose that was bound to
end badly.

 

Can

 

platypus says...

That's a matter of opinion.

 

Oh come on, it had four cylinders in a row across the frame, acres of
plastic, 17" wheels, a chain and only the one shock absorber. Any more real
and it would be an R1.

 

Can't do this weekend and the following week I'm
hoping to get to Thruxton