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Recipe of the day:

Take one stripped down Daytona 675...

Add a 3D printer...

Mix well...

Enjoy...

My dear old mother's at the age where she's always telling me which of her friends has died recently.  The other day I went round to her place and she said "Remember Ethyl?  Well, she just died.  Remember Bill?  Well, he just died.  Remember Mary?  Well, she just died".

"Mum!"  I shouted.  "Get off the roof, and give me that gun!"

My wife seemed upset when I went out last night and left her at home polishing my medieval battle costume.  I can't think why.  She's always going on about wanting a night in, shining armour.

Most weekends I go out and spend some time at my wife's grave.

Luckily she thinks I'm digging a fish pond.

I decided to try and do something about it after my previous post, so I went into my browser (Microsoft Edge) settings and blocked all media autoplay.  I haven't seen a video ad since.  For sites where I do want videos to start automatically, such as YouTube, I can set them as exceptions to the rule individually.  Fingers crossed that I have seen the last of these ads.

I've taken up speed reading. I can read 'War and Peace' in 20 seconds. 

I know that's only 3 words, but it's a start.
 

in my case, when the ads appear I'm unable to use my mouse to move the curser to a new location when writing a post.  Rather, the curser moves, but when I click on it with it in a certain position and start typing, the words just appear where it was previously.  The only way to navigate around the post, and go back to edit miss-spellings etc as it's being written is by using the arrow keys, which is a pain in the butt at times.  Anyone else seen this?

I had a strange dream where I was helping this black robed guy with a scythe clear the frost off his car.

I was de-icing with Death.

I had a strange dream where I was totally surrounded by pregnant women going into labour.

It was a midwife crisis.

I had a strange dream where I was swimming in a fizzy orange ocean.

I wondered if it was real life, or just a Fanta sea.

"That's not a three banger...

... This is a three banger!"

And this is a flywheel!

Just now, webfact said:

 

RIP

Arguably their best known song, it was their biggest international hit.  Written by Ocasek, but sung by bassist, and co-founder of the band, Benjamin Orr, who passed away in 2000 aged just 53.

Just now, wgdanson said:

Deed poll or typo?

Not a typo.  He changed his name.  His three sons by his first wife still have the surname Otcasek, while the younger two are named Ocasek.

The Cars were a great band for their time.  RIP.

I went to a bar last night and there was a fat girl dancing on a table.

"Great legs!" I said. 

"Do you really think so?" she giggled back.

"Sure.  Any other table would have collapsed by now".

Sent from my hospital bed.

I can't end the day on such a serious post as the previous one, so here's a unicycle drag event for your viewing pleasure:

21 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

The standard throughout though I think is pretty high and reflects the passion we all have for motorcycles .. Not to mention informative as I've learned stuff off here that I wasn't aware of and discovered bikes that I'd never heard of before .. and we all seem to share a love of things mechanical so have mentioned to fit planes , trains and automobiles in as well .. I'll bet VocalNeal never thought it would run this long when he kicked it off .. I echo you're sentiments Guzz' keep up the good work men ..

I'll second that.  This is a highly informative thread, and, apart from the very rare troll visiting every so often, has got to be one of the most pleasant on TV, especially given its length.  I can't recall a post ever being removed, or any input needed from the mods, even though the content doesn't always follow what it says on the lid.  I think anyone with a love for motorcycles also has one for well engineered machinery of any type, especially if it makes a lot of noise, and/or flames, making this the perfect thread for sharing such beasts.  Like yourself, I've learned a lot of stuff here, not only from what others post, but also when I see a nice bike/plane/aero engine/etc on the internet and look up some info on it before posting a picture.  I'll see your echo and raise you one.  Keep it up.