General Chit Chat

[Bruce Rioja]

nah, ive talked myself into it now. it would be tempting fate too much to not wear one after all that thought. i bought my brother one for xmas which i was thinking of borrowing but maybe ill just hire a sweaty smelly one over there, keep my hat on underneath it.

The one thing I detest about going go-cart racing is when you have to put a helmet on that someone else has had their sweating bonce in. Euuurghh!

[89bwfc89]

Just read a very sad story about a little girl and a skiing accident, please wear a helmet!!

[Bijou Bob]

To quote the salesman who sold me my first decent bike helmet:

"Hello, I'm Steve. So, Have you got a head worth fifty pounds or three hundred pounds"?

Well then Steve is a thieving con artist. Cos safety wise they both have to pass the same stringent tests.

At the time they were rated by the ACU as gold and silver, so at the time, he was right. Now there is a single safety standard, however I'd sooner have a helmet which passes the tests by a considerable margin than one that scrapes through. I also want a quiter helmet, one that fits properly and is comfortable, which generally means better quality materials and is therefore more expensive.

[thebish]

To quote the salesman who sold me my first decent bike helmet:

"Hello, I'm Steve. So, Have you got a head worth fifty pounds or three hundred pounds"?

Well then Steve is a thieving con artist. Cos safety wise they both have to pass the same stringent tests.

At the time they were rated by the ACU as gold and silver, so at the time, he was right. Now there is a single safety standard, however I'd sooner have a helmet which passes the tests by a considerable margin than one that scrapes through. I also want a quiter helmet, one that fits properly and is comfortable, which generally means better quality materials and is therefore more expensive.

and one with bluetooth, heated ear flaps, self demisting visor, pop-down sun-shade, little cups with straws strapped to the sides so I can drink as I ride, full ventilation, integrated neck wind-repeller, a little helicopter blade on the top and a little cannon...

[Bijou Bob]

I always bought Avg but they changed the shell shape which changed the fit. I wear an ARAI now but to be honest, I dont rate it.

[Harry Genshaw]

I always bought Avg but they changed the shell shape which changed the fit. I wear an ARAI now but to be honest, I dont rate it.

I'm not surprised. You'll look daft sat in your Merc with it on!

[Bruce Rioja]

You have a helmet shaped head though.

[Bijou Bob]

It feels like it Bruce after 8 or 9 hours squeezed into it!

[Annoyed Grunt]

Sick of this snow now......

[89bwfc89]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

Yup. I'm keeping out of her hair. I'm thinking of going down the pub nice and early.

[Bruce Rioja]

I got my annual text message off of an old flame.

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

Yup. I'm keeping out of her hair. I'm thinking of going down the pub nice and early.

It's like you're single-handedly trying to keep romance alive for all of mankind !

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

Yup. I'm keeping out of her hair. I'm thinking of going down the pub nice and early.

It's like you're single-handedly trying to keep romance alive for all of mankind !

I know! The sacrifices we make, eh?
(tbf I did find a rather funny birthday card and scribbled out the Birthday after Happy and replaced it with Valentine's. That took some effort, especially the forking out of £1.95 for the card in the first place)

[ohjimmyjimmy]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

Yup. I'm keeping out of her hair. I'm thinking of going down the pub nice and early.

It's like you're single-handedly trying to keep romance alive for all of mankind !

I know! The sacrifices we make, eh?
(tbf I did find a rather funny birthday card and scribbled out the Birthday after Happy and replaced it with Valentine's. That took some effort, especially the forking out of £1.95 for the card in the first place)

OK stop it now, you're just making us all look bad

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Anyone doing anything nice for their other half today? I got a handmade card!

Yup. I'm keeping out of her hair. I'm thinking of going down the pub nice and early.

It's like you're single-handedly trying to keep romance alive for all of mankind !

I know! The sacrifices we make, eh?
(tbf I did find a rather funny birthday card and scribbled out the Birthday after Happy and replaced it with Valentine's. That took some effort, especially the forking out of £1.95 for the card in the first place)

OK stop it now, you're just making us all look bad

[bobo the clown]

Romance isn't dead, it's just taken the form of a leopard.

[General Mannerheim]

I bought her a bracelet for xmas which she lost last weekend, so I got a replacement and had it sent to her. no cards or meals out - its tough working away sometimes...

[Dujon]

Interrupting this plethora of self-aggrandisement (what a mushy lot you are!):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/21457904" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Lydia Ko rules OK.

11 birdies, 1 eagle plus, unfortunately, 3 bogies. The other three holes were completed in regulation.

She's already won the Canadian, New Zealand and N.S.W. open competitions. I wonder if any of our TW golfers would like to take her on - even from the ladies tees? Lydia is 15-years of age.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Interrupting this plethora of self-aggrandisement (what a mushy lot you are!):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/golf/21457904" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - Lydia Ko rules OK.

11 birdies, 1 eagle plus, unfortunately, 3 bogies. The other three holes were completed in regulation.

She's already won the Canadian, New Zealand and N.S.W. open competitions. I wonder if any of our TW golfers would like to take her on - even from the ladies tees? Lydia is 15-years of age.

The title of the thread, Duj old chap, is General chit chat. Yon post (there ^ above) is specialist chit chat. Indeed it is sooooo specialist it needs time to breathe after being opened.

PS I don't do golf, I'm with the 'a good walk spoiled' party.