What is hacking you off today?

[Mad Cyril]

Bikes are dangerous but love riding them. However my wife is a nurse and worked at a and e for a stint and since then I've been banned from owning one. It's not fair.

I have been watching the TT and even with the protective gear I wouldn't fancy these riders chances in a stack.

 

[pottster]

I have been watching the TT and even with the protective gear I wouldn't fancy these riders chances in a stack.

Falling of a bike isnt a problem wearing correct kit, it's the solid objects you melt into which gives you a bad day

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

And that is the issue with I of M TT, no run offs and lots of walls, trees, posts etc.

 

[Ricey]

Many deaths each year and they spin the same old arguments of whether it should be cancelled. Every rider knows the risks and make the decision to ride.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Many deaths each year and they spin the same old arguments of whether it should be cancelled. Every rider knows the risks and make the decision to ride.

My mate lives there and says it is crazy. Loads of accidents involving visitors.

 

[Ricey]

My mate lives there and says it is crazy. Loads of accidents involving visitors.

Up on the mountain stretch I expect.

 

[londonblue]

They will indeed suffer. I worked with a guy years ago who collided with a car and got knocked off his motorbike. It was hot and he was only wearing lightweight (work) trousers. All the flesh was flayed from the lower part of one shin as he skidded across the road. After the amputation the surgeon told him the damage to the bone was repairable, but the loss of tissue was too great.

So wear protective gear on motorbikes. IMO it should be compulsory just like the helmet.

I remember when the law was changed to make helmets compulsory. There were protests against it. Amazing how far we've come.

I'm not a motor cyclist, but when I see someone riding one in a t-shirt and shorts I just want to scream at them.

 

[LCBB72]

Prince Andrew wanting his 'Respect' back .

 

[MK Shrimper]

The new Mayo & Kermode podcast. Two films reviewed, two TV programmes, annoying as hell adverts and an "add on" that you have to pay for. Not a fan.

 

[BALDY]

The new Mayo & Kermode podcast. Two films reviewed, two TV programmes, annoying as hell adverts and an "add on" that you have to pay for. Not a fan.

I am now listening to the podcast.

For a great fun night Mark Kermode appears at The British Film Institute each month.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I am pretty sure for the second time in a row my M&S fishcakes which were supposed to be haddock and then cod actually contained salmon and I ****ing hate salmon.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I have been unable to park on my driveway since 25th May because the water board dug up the pavement to fix a leak.

They haven't found the leak yet but there is a nice hole filled with brown water outside my house.

 

[JAL]

The A127 and Wickford earlier this morning.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Another puncture in sodding Aylesbury. Awaiting the tyre fitter who is coming from Wembley.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Still waiting for the tyre fitter. There's three blokes standing close by chatting, one looks disturbingly like Fred West. He's dead right?

 

[Mad Cyril]

Still waiting for the tyre fitter. There's three blokes standing close by chatting, one looks disturbingly like Fred West. He's dead right?

He's probably saying to his mates 'that truck driver looks like Peter Sutcliffe'

 

[kaymac]

I am now listening to the podcast.

For a great fun night Mark Kermode appears at The British Film Institute each month.

Always found Kermode a pretentious prat…

 

[Mad Cyril]

Always found Kermode a pretentious prat…

I don't have an opinion on Mark Kermode but many critics come across rather poorly - the worst are those that try sand make themselves the centre of attention.

 

[Massimo Giovanni]

Critics can often be ponces when they have little direct experience of what they are talking about.
Food critics who have only their own consumption record as experience in food/catering are not good.
Film critics, music critics, art, or theatre critics who have never acted, sung, played or written etc themselves are just that, ponces in the main, living off other's graft and craft.

 

[Napster]

Critics can often be ponces when they have little direct experience of what they are talking about.
Food critics who have only their own consumption record as experience in food/catering are not good.
Film critics, music critics, art, or theatre critics who have never acted, sung, played or written etc themselves are just that, ponces in the main, living off other's graft and craft.

What a load of bollocks. I can recognise good woodwork even if I’m not a carpenter.