Well Jayne and I did our CBT yesterday and it did not go well. Apparently we are not yet at the standard where we are not a danger to ourselves and the rest of humanity if we go out on a motorbike. Fair enough. Neither of us had ridden a geared motorbike before and trying […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
Busy weekend
May 7th, 2018 · No Comments · Life
We have had a busy and eventful weekend, by our standards.
Tags: Domesticity
On the road again
March 12th, 2018 · Comments Off on On the road again · Life
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Today I arranged to take my scooter in to get the seat lock sorted out. I went down to the lock-up to get it and tried the key before going out and of course it worked first time. It was inevitable really. I […]
Tags: Scooter
Scooter dilemma
March 7th, 2018 · Comments Off on Scooter dilemma · Life
Last week I came home from work to find my scooter on its side in the front garden. With all the bad weather I thought it might have blown over, with the wind getting under the cover and treating it like a giant sail. Jayne thought that someone might have tried to nick it, and […]
Tags: Scooter
Worth the weight
March 7th, 2018 · Comments Off on Worth the weight · Life
Last week at the hospital, my doctor was very, very upset with me for putting on 8kg since the last time I saw him, and I have been feeling bad about that. I even avoided chocolate all weekend out of guilt. Tonight I weighed myself at home on our hi-tech scales and they had me […]
Tags: Medicine/Health
The invisible man
February 21st, 2018 · Comments Off on The invisible man · Life
One thing that nobody warned me about when I decided to become a scooterist was that you become a non-person as far as traffic lights are concerned. A couple of times I have been sitting at a red light that just never changes because the bike does not get detected by the induction loop under […]
All you can eat statistics
February 21st, 2018 · Comments Off on All you can eat statistics · Life
One of the good things that the UK government does is to make piles of its datasets available on the internet. I find it quite easy to get lost in piles of data, making odd connections or discovering unexpected things. This evening I have been looking at vehicle statistics, which are here.
Tags: Cars·Electric Cars·Statistics
Obligatory summary of 2017
January 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on Obligatory summary of 2017 · Life, Music
Come the end of the year I believe it is customary to post a round up of the previous 12 months, or they take your blogging licence away or something, but I never really got round to it and now that 2018 is three weeks old already it is probably too late.
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Broom Broom
January 22nd, 2018 · Comments Off on Broom Broom · Life
This weekend I added to my list of travel options for getting around town, by buying a scooter. I intend to keep the mighty Vulcan for cycling, and and intend to walk into the town centre some of the time, but its nice to have a bit more choice, especially when I am in a […]
And pigs might fly
December 16th, 2017 · Comments Off on And pigs might fly · Life
I was watching the news today and they had a royal expert on there. Incidentally, that must surely be one of the most pointless jobs in the world, along with royal corresponant. Anyway, they were talking about wedding of whichever prince it is that is getting married next year – I am being vague because […]
