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by kiwikrasher
01 Mar 2024, 18:35
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 506997

Re: Work

... like me. That's what makes it worse, the moral here is toast. Really our biggest gripe is not that production is still trickling on, but that we were given a definitely time frame only 6 weeks ago and they've just gone against everything they said.
by kiwikrasher
29 Feb 2024, 18:47
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 506997

Re: Work

the really bumhole part is when they bought our facility our redundancies were paid to them as part of the settlement, as our previous owners had a very generous enhanced redundancy policy. The current owners pride themselves on being a "Low Cost Operator" ...
by D41
29 Feb 2024, 15:28
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Richard Lewis
Replies: 1
Views: 76

Re: Richard Lewis

RIP.
Apparently him & Larry David were born in the same hospital three days apart, and grew up hating one another. It's weird how things pan out, isn't it?
by kiwikrasher
29 Feb 2024, 15:03
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 506997

Re: Work

... to the company not getting the contract renewal, I thought, I'll hang in out here, it's only going to be another 6-8 months. That was the line we were being fed. February 2023 rolled passed, still producing, MOC's raised to push out statutory maintenance and inspections, due to impending cease ...
by Stonesie
18 Feb 2024, 20:19
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2
Replies: 33
Views: 74966

Re: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2

... Great The bike feels more sure footed than on the 80/20 Bridgestone's and maybe slightly more nimble, yet strangely more stable. The Bridgestone's were prone to the odd little slip on damp patches but the Dunlop's encouraged confidence with no slips at all, I had to remind myself "New rubber ...
by duke63
15 Feb 2024, 21:17
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Replies: 1570
Views: 269767

Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread

Deep into a Rishession.

Were the Tories not telling us before Xmas we were NOT in a recession?. More lies.

Meanwhile British Gas reports profits up tenfold.
by kiwikrasher
10 Feb 2024, 02:48
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18622
Views: 2266194

Re: What are you doing today ??

Kid free city weekend. We were supposed to go camping but my back still isn’t up to it. Though it felt fine after a few drinks last night 😂
by Stonesie
08 Feb 2024, 16:01
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2
Replies: 33
Views: 74966

Re: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2

... any problems, when we got there he went out solo on the roads he grew up on riding like a teenager, still loving the tyres. My last Dunlop's were Qualifier 2 on the Daytona 650 and they were okay unless it was damp, modern Dunlop's are much better. With that offer I'm getting a pair fitted ...
by kiwikrasher
04 Feb 2024, 10:34
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18622
Views: 2266194

Re: What are you doing today ??

... bloody steep. Took 1.5 hrs to get down as Jess was pretty nervous going down (so lots of waiting). Getting out was only an hour as the others were more confident climb up so not as many delays. For me it was worth it. No one else agrees (lol) Beautiful clean swim hole and little waterfall ...
by Stonesie
04 Feb 2024, 01:49
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2
Replies: 33
Views: 74966

Re: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2

A little update, The first service has been done and they looked in to the bikes gremlins (SOS system and oil level faults) and found that there were several communication errors logged so did a full software update which can take up to 4 hours usually but sometimes needs the bike to stay overnight ...
by StMarks
20 Jan 2024, 14:31
Forum: Religion, Politics, and other Unmentionables
Topic: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread
Replies: 1570
Views: 269767

Re: The Daily Post Election Politics Thread

... winter. We lost no end of embarrassing files.. " It occurs to me, if some of the antics that our contemporary politicians currently engage in were proposed for "Yes Minister" scripts back then, they would probably be rejected as being too outlandish.?
by Cav
10 Jan 2024, 15:54
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 506997

Re: Work

... reprimanded me for numerous time last year. Such satisfaction from that it's hard to convey. But anyway, the presentation went very well and we were also complimented on our delivery, the plan and the presentation itself. All round it was a huge success! And now the real work starts, planning ...
by kiwikrasher
06 Jan 2024, 21:42
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What ails you today?
Replies: 1636
Views: 558973

Re: What ails you today?

Back on shift today, didn’t test positive at all and feeling a lot better. No 100% but my role hasn’t been backfilled so the management and myself were keen for me to be back out. In a mask till the cough disappears though.
by Frankie
06 Jan 2024, 20:40
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11962
Views: 1557558

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

... per above I went to wheel my bike out, thought it was still chained up, would not move. Front brakes stuck fast! Last weekend when I went out they were binding, they freed up and all was good for the day. Anyway today I stripped the lot down, the state of the calipers and the pots as well as the ...
by Kwacky
06 Jan 2024, 16:09
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
Replies: 11962
Views: 1557558

Re: What did you do to your bike today ??

A quick spin on the kwak. The roads were cold and greasy.

It's been washed. A quick polish of the metal and plastics and some acf50

I wheeled the MV out and made sure the brakes weren't stuck. The front were a little sticky.
by Stonesie
24 Dec 2023, 00:09
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Work
Replies: 1094
Views: 506997

Re: Work

... it because it's a safety issue... IF you go out and have an accident the first thing that F-ing guy will do is deny that you told him that you were tired." There is supposed to be a 10 hour limit on mandatory night shift work on driving jobs, you can go beyond that on a voluntary basis ...
by Cav
19 Dec 2023, 14:36
Forum: Events
Topic: Silverstone
Replies: 12
Views: 47388

Re: Silverstone

... agree with everything said above. It's flat yet somehow you can't see exit curbs resulting in never fully using the track. I did a 2.26 and there were at least 5 seconds easy to be picked off that because of poor visibility and track knowledge. There was at least a further 5 seconds off just from ...
by kiwikrasher
18 Dec 2023, 12:22
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: What are you doing today ??
Replies: 18622
Views: 2266194

Re: What are you doing today ??

... teenage daughters clothes shopping. Gave them my credit card, left them too it. Went and did some Christmas shopping. Headed back to the shop they were in, as I stroll in, the fire alarm goes off. Same tone as our offshore general platform alarm. Work mode activated 😂 Clothes shop had stereo blasting, ...
by Stonesie
17 Dec 2023, 22:30
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2
Replies: 33
Views: 74966

Re: NEW Bike day-ish, GS Round 2

... this bike and even my grumpy friend Gaz says that I look so comfortable on it he's seriously considering one. It was nice in East Yorkshire, we were dropping gifts off in Bridlington (sun)
by Cav
16 Dec 2023, 19:02
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Rattling the charity tin
Replies: 20
Views: 58459

Re: Rattling the charity tin

I'll be thinking of you tonight mate! Last time I checked you were the biggest fundraiser too so fantastic work!

Best of luck tonight, we're proud of you 👏