Andy

Too late. The signed Lance Armstrong poster is already on it's way

Dave Willoughby? Dodgy ACU geezer? Ebay username even gives his age away

He was in the BTC results at the weekend, just not perhaps quite as high as you might expect him to be...

A police officer was patrolling late at night off the main road just before midnight. He sees a couple in a car, in lovers' lane, with the interior light brightly glowing. He carefully approaches the car to get a closer look. Then he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a computer magazine. He immediately notices a young woman in the rear seat, filing her fingernails. Puzzled by this surprising situation, the policeman walks to the car and gently raps on the driver's window. The young man lowers his window. 'Uh, yes, officer'? he grunts. The policeman asks: 'What are you doing sir?' The young man says: 'Well, officer, I'm reading a magazine.' Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat the officer says: 'And, her, what might she be doing?' The young man shrugs: 'Sir, I believe she's filing her fingernails.' Now, the policeman is totally confused. A young couple, alone, in a car with a big back seat, at night in a lover's lane and nothing untoward is happening - unbelievable! The policeman asks: 'What's your age, young man?' The young man says: 'I'm 18, sir.' The policeman asks: 'And her, what's her age?' The young man looks at his watch and replies: 'She'll be 16 in 11 minutes.'

With Donald there? No chance!

According to Twitter, on his way to Japan for WTC

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Any type of table in particular? Dining? Billiard? Coffee?

Been desperate to get out with the camera, particularly before SSDT, but had a s****y knee problem that's kept me pretty much housebound for the past couple of months. However, it seems to be on the mend so thinking about heading down on Sunday. Anybody know how easy it is to get around this Trial? The knee isn't strong enough for loads of clambering about yet, but if it's not too bad and sections are easily accessible I fancy the trip

I fixed them. They were annoying me all wonky.

I made contact with Mr. Beveridge in February after the last round of complaints on here about his service. He did not do me the courtesy of a response. I will not remove or intervene in any further complaint topics except to remove any profanities (justified or otherwise). It's all indexed by Google and I wouldn't want searches for my business to return such negative results...

Just looking through last year's SSDT photos. He almost looks like he knows what he's doing

Don't be surprised if this topic disappears. Every place I've seen it discussed - news sites, social networking and other forums, it's descended into a pitch battle.

The world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make is taking a stroll down his local high street. as he passes by the record shop, a sign catches his eye. 'Just released – new LP "Wasps of the world and the sounds that they make" – available now’. Unable to resist the temptation, he goes into the shop and says: “I am the world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make. I'd very much like to listen to the new LP you have advertised in the window.” “Certainly sir”, says the man behind the counter. If you'd like to step in the booth and put on the headphones, I'll put the LP on for you.” The world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make goes into the booth and puts on the headphones. Ten minutes later, he comes out of the booth and announces: “I am the world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I recognise none of those.” “I'm sorry sir”, says the young assistant. "If you'd care to step into the booth I can let you have another ten minutes.” The world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make steps back into the booth and replaces the headphones. Ten minutes later, he comes out of the booth shaking his head. “I don’t understand it”, he says, “I am the world expert on wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I still can't recognise any of those.” “I really am terribly sorry”, says the young assistant, “I've just realised I was playing the bee side.”

Yup. you've obviously never seen how blatant and damned annoying it is. It's my equivalent of your stance on Pre-65 bikes except I just get annoyed. I've never yet reached the full on coronary stage.

The downside is that Italian Observers are second only to French Observers when it comes to cheating in favour of their riders and no-stop is going to make that a lot easier.

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Barzio this year. Had to look back at photos as they all become a blur, but it's a good venue. Last there in 2009. The Italian world rounds are always my favourite of the year. The Italians are stark raving bonkers, but they are so passionate about the whole thing. There are always big crowds at Italian rounds which makes for a really good atmosphere. They're usually in very beautiful little places off the beaten track so don't expect a five, four or even three star hotel (can't help with camping, I'm afraid), but you'll always find great little bars and restaurants. It's a ski area so you'll probably find plenty in the way of accomodation at reasonable rates if you don't want to camp. The loop at Italian World Rounds tends to be longer than most others (can't remember how long it was in Barzio last time), but they usually lay on buses for spectators. No need to buy tickets in advance. You just turn up, pay up and ticket includes bus pass - if it's a round that involves buses. Oh, and the venue has a pretty impressive cable car. I remember this because that big scardy poof Miller just about cut the circulation off in my arm hanging on to me, terrified out of his wits going up in it Last time in Barzio...

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Ryanair's Micheal O'Leary arrives in a hotel in Dublin, he goes to the bar and asks for a pint of draught Guinness. The barman nodded and said, "That will be one Euro please, Mr. O'Leary." Somewhat taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over his money. "Well, we try to stay ahead of the competition", said the barman. "And we are serving free pints every Wednesday evening from 6 until 8. We have the cheapest beer in Ireland" "That is remarkable value" Michael comments "I see you don't seem to have a glass, so you'll probably need one of ours. That will be 3 euro please." O'Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat. "Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra 2 euro. - You could have pre-book the seat, and it would have only cost you a Euro." "I think you may to be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this frame please" Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can't squeeze in he complains "Nobody would fit in that little frame". "I'm afraid if you can't fit in the frame you'll have to pay an extra surcharge of €4.00 for your seat sir" O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up. "I see that you have brought your laptop with you" added the barman. "And since that wasn't pre-booked either, that will be another 3 euro." O'Leary was so annoyed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on the counter, and yelled, "This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the manager". "Ah, I see you want to use the counter," says the barman, "that will be 2 euro please." O'Leary's face was red with rage. "Do you know who I am?" "Of course I do Mr. O'Leary," "I've had enough, What sort of Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!" "Here is his E mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9 and 9.10 every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free, until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only 10 cent per second" "I will never use this bar again" "OK sir, but remember, we are the only hotel in Ireland selling pints for one Euro"

Fit like loon? A few from your neck of the woods on here

Blimey. I know websites need advertising to pay the bills, but c'mon....

Did you have a pint with him?

I didn't know the Trials community had so many Soft Cell fans.....