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by macinblack
Sat Sep 07, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwI9O9fiNwM][/url] Akhlys. Pretty much perfection to these old ears. This interrupted my listening of Napalm Death's "Throws of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism" which is pretty damn good. "The Code is Red, Long Live the Code" has actually become ...
by macinblack
Fri Sep 06, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

[urlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwI9O9fiNwM][/url]

Akhlys.
Pretty much perfection to these old ears.
by macinblack
Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Bike Box Wanted - hire or buy?
Replies: 3
Views: 1100

Re: Bike Box Wanted - hire or buy?

Used Polaris hard boxes regularly come up on ebay - One just went for £70. You can hire them for £5 a day at some places.

This is on ebay at the moment.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135177660423?_ul=GB&var=0
by macinblack
Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Congratulations to ...
Replies: 14
Views: 2127

Re: Congratulations to ...

:-bd Outstanding :-bd
by macinblack
Tue Jul 23, 2024 7:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

RIP wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:49 am
godivatrailrider wrote: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:31 am the best live album ever recorded
Good game!

"It's Alive"
No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith.

Anyway, now playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVR4H8UjV3w
by macinblack
Tue Jul 09, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2024
Replies: 120
Views: 14518

Re: BB200 2024

PaulE wrote: Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:09 pm Does that include breakfast? The giant fry up was marvellous last year!
She said of any kind but I didn't think to ask about breakfast.
by macinblack
Tue Jul 09, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2024
Replies: 120
Views: 14518

Re: BB200 2024

Anyone looking to stay at the Wynnstay - Spoke with Pauline today and she is no longer doing meals. Apparently there's a restaurant nearby called Simmons that should be open by then.
by macinblack
Sun Jun 23, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Tour Divide 2024
Replies: 127
Views: 15086

Re: Tour Divide 2024

I see Duncan is making good progress, in the middle of the main bunch :-bd Good progress until it all fell apart. I made the rookie mistakes. Too hard too early, and didn’t get enough food (had food that wasn’t working for me) or rest. So by the time I got to Helena I had saddle sores and neck pain...
by macinblack
Wed May 29, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

RIP wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 4:30 pm
macinblack wrote: Wed May 29, 2024 2:16 pm it tickled me
I was just about to say "Far out, man" when I saw exactly that at the top of the comments :smile:
Yes, they've managed to nail that vibe. I can't imagine they were even born at the time this portrays.
by macinblack
Wed May 29, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

Curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on this - Couldn't be further from my usual listening but it tickled me. Probably brings back memories of music heard in the background when I was a nipper.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=filkCty ... rt_radio=1
by macinblack
Tue May 14, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Rigs of the 2024....TOR Divide
Replies: 40
Views: 4603

Re: Rigs of the 2024....TOR Divide

Hang on, I was expecting this but there's not a single one in that lot :wink: https://media.hswstatic.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50Lmhzd3N0YXRpYy5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJnaWZcL2dldHR5aW1hZ2VzLWVjMjg3OS0wMDIuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjo4Mjh9fX0= Surely there’s an opportunity for a manufacturer...
by macinblack
Wed May 08, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT 24 thanks
Replies: 12
Views: 1172

Re: WRT 24 thanks

Another year, another event that has left me with a warm glow.

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Many thanks to Cat and Karl a weekend of miles and smiles.
Well done Martin.
Good luck Duncan.

Big sloppy kiss to Dee and Stu.
by macinblack
Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4183
Views: 631257

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

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Just picked my birthday present up from Mrs Mac.

Quite cheery.
by macinblack
Thu Apr 25, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT GR's
Replies: 64
Views: 13343

Re: WRT GR's

https://dafarnnewyddstores.wales/takeaway

This might be of interest to people re the shop in Abertridwr.
by macinblack
Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1184
Views: 240845

Re: What are you listening to now?

by macinblack
Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4183
Views: 631257

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Walked into Boots this afternnon and collected my prescription. "Put your card away you old duffer," they said, "You don't pay anymore."

Hadn't thought much about my birthday at the beginning of the month but this put into perspective.
by macinblack
Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4183
Views: 631257

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Just ordered a pinion Broken Road with a Gates belt drive. Hoping it's ready for the WRT.
by macinblack
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: The Welsh Ride Thing - Lonely Hearts Club Ride - Sat 4th May to Mon 6th May 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 5942

Re: The Welsh Ride Thing - Lonely Hearts Club Ride - Sat 4th May to Mon 6th May 2024

Hello Karl,

I'm up for this and happy to drop out if it's oversubscribed.
by macinblack
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4183
Views: 631257

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I was considerably more cheery on my ride today than the bloke I met asking me if I'd seen any car keys. He had ridden 20 miles before he realised they had fallen out of his pocket. I hope he found them but given that half the paths around here are gloop, I suspect that he might be a tad glum at the...
by macinblack
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4183
Views: 631257

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

My hotel has a complimentary cake and biscuit pantry. Big enough win thought I until I went in and discovered that, unbeknownst to me, Tunnocks make a XL wafer.
by macinblack
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 736
Views: 97166

Re: What are you drinking now?

I prefer traditional stout and porters to the "flavoured" varieties but currently enjoying a gallon or two of Badger's Master Stoat - The smell is glorious and the taste not far behind - It reminds me of a Thornton's coffee chocolate. Oh, and yesterday I had one or two draught Guerilla sto...
by macinblack
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 7070

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

I like the look of wind farms and certainly prefer them to our old vista of a colliery and coal refining plant (with it's rotten eggs smell.) We have a small wind farm in view and I would be happy to have more of them around here. I don't find them particularly noisy and their installation didn't ta...
by macinblack
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 5049
Views: 1347253

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

^ Thanks for this one, I've had a look and dipped my toe in for some.
by macinblack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Old chains & cassettes
Replies: 3
Views: 3672

Re: Old chains & cassettes

I've used old cassettes to hold clothing rails in place.
by macinblack
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Replies: 88
Views: 10229

Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE

:-bd