Banal .. Open to any topic on and off topics etc

[homeless]

Always get a chuckle when I see the cyclist today on their way to work etc in their lycra.
When racing I could only wear my riding gear etc when racing except for the knickers with the chamois insert.
Never had the fancy gear, started on mothers bike including the shopping basket and then transition through second hand bikes and gear.I think the only new gear I had was a near pair of wheels my girl friends dad built for me before riding the Melbourne boards in the Australian Championships and then in one race we had the big fall and I was one of them and broke my collar bone and got many LARGE splinters in all parts of my body. They had to cut them out with a razor blade.
Even had to ride on smaller gears etc as my dad said I did not need the fancy gear if I was good enough. Gave up after a major fall whilst training at 70MPH and got sick of my dad giving me hidings (I stripped a nut changing gear to build the track bike into a road bike to race that weekend) was taking to me with the inner cable of a brake line. I dropped him three times before he gave up and I never put my leg over a bike till I was about 65.
How times change. Must admit my kids never got a hiding just a look and a chat used to do the trick

[T1 Terry]

Dottles, can you check out my scone thread please?

Done

Watching the boys on bikes and loving the scenery as usual .... Saw 2 big eagles today having a feast on the side of the road.

Ive gotta say, the road from Ivanhoe to Balranald had the most wild animals we have ever seen in one area. Heaps of goats, pigs, birds of prey, foxes, emus, all sorts of different roo and wallaby breeds and crap loads of live stock. The sad part was the number of blood stain patches on the road where some creature had met its end, not a lot of bodies though so who ever or what ever cleans up does a good job

[Riverlander]

Just got back from a quick trip over to Tumby Bay with the Compass van. ( Last trip before I sell it ) Just on the outskirts of Cowell at 2 pm a big roo flashed across the front of us and his mate went straight into the side of the van. Put a couple of ripples in the side and took off the wheel arches. Just cosmetic damage but will get it fixed as it is insured. Could have been worse if I had hit the big one. New Ranger towed well but it is fairly thirsty.
Cheers John

[Dot]

2am on the road you must be bonkers Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[GoinBush]

Put your seeing eye glasses on Dottles.

[Dot]

Put your seeing eye glasses on Dottles.

Just testing to see if smart ass Steve or Ray would pick it up (thats my story anyway)

[Dot]

Come on Brian, now we all want to see a pic of you in your Lycra with the built in bum padding and frontal extras I hope the pants were red ones, they are so unforgiving

[GoinBush]

Sounds like his father was very unforgiving

[Dot]

Sounds like his father was very unforgiving

What you would call "a bully bastard" bur at least Brian got the last fist in.

[BernieQ2]

Today in Maryborough I bumped into some old friends they are in their 80s .
Old mate told me he was in court yesterday for a traffic infringement . Never been booked in his life before .
Turns out his wife bought him a radar detector on ebay for $20 . all good till they went on a trip to Rocky he decided to plug the detector in for the trip . So along comes mister plod traveling in the other direction and promptly turns his car around and gave chase .
Well old mate was not aware that radar detectors are illegal to use which said officer tells him as he wrote him up .
Now in court he also said to the magistrate that he couldn't see what he had done wrong as he thought that using it was saving himself from driving over the limit . After some smiles from the judge he handed him a fine of just under $500. So ok he thought just pay the fine on the way out and write this up as another experience in life, but no when he went to pay the fine there was another $185 for court costs. Not now a happy traveller .
He can smile...as he says what else can I do?
I thought it was worth sharing .
Bernie .