General Chat

have you watched american hotrodthey do one with bikes as well i think its called american hogs

Yes Angela, on discovery "American Chopper". Some very skilled metalworking, shame they don't put it to use making a proper motorbike!

Watercolour painting, model boats(sailing type 18th c types) Fishing sea and fresh, and my allotment. Who has time for work?????? Len

Len, where do you fish? (I used to do model boats - RC electric)

aah but thats the americans for you all mouth and no trousers or is that taste

Sorry Andy I meant with wood but unfortunately I don't do much in the winter as I have no workshop and it is kind of hard to do in the cold and snow. :-)) Neil

Angela, I can't understand why anyone would spend 150k dollars making a bike that looks like a bad dream and handles like a shopping trolley! But as you say they are Americans, taste being an unfamiliar bedfellow for them!

hey louise do you go to spiritulist church im really in to all kinds of hippy things as my husband says

andy do you think people actually ride them or just polish them on a sunday afternoon

Hi All You all sound a very creative lot!! Mine include reading, my local!!, films especially British ones, history, architecture, music one of my biggest loves, gigs and my beloved Glastonbury festival!! Sarah

Angela, I think they do polish them, and then gloat at their own reflection in the tank! I write as an ex ZX9R owner - 147mph on the road at the back of Newmarket racecourse! (Oops naughty!)

Andy is that a big bike im not very knowledgeable about things mechanical even though im married to a mechanic if it starts in the morning and can get me from a to b then im happy but i do enjoy watching those programs i think my husbands trying to get me a bit more interested so when he talks about them i dont have a complete blank expresion durrr

I also paint ceramic ornaments and lights( I used to fire my own but dont have my kiln anymore, I enjoy photography, my digicamera has been my best buy for a long time. I used to walk a lot, especially in the Lake District but those days are no longer, unfortuneately. I am thinking of having a go at card making, next. June xx

Angela, 900cc Kawasaki, big, green like Kermit the Frog! I loved it! But it had to go when I got to 9 points on my licence! I once saw 167 mph on the speedo in Belgium 4 years ago - how exciting! Now I'm pushing 58 and I think I should slow down a bit, so now it's a touring bike that will only do 125 , and is happiest at 80 -90.

I used to have other hobbies but geneaology has kind of pushed them out of the way! Still ring the church bells one evening and on Sundays, but the sailing has gone by the board (not helped by the fact that the sailing club closed and anyway on my last outing there I capsized, bending the Enterprise centreboard and breaking the seat fastenings. No skill, time or money to fix it at the moment). :-(( Oh, and walk the dogs at weekends. But the CB radio and airband scanning have taken a back seat as well.

andy never mind at least you still get to ride and take in the scenery now instead or a blur of green

Hi Andy I used to be a motorcyclist and had a stable of half a dozen vintage machines in various stages of restoration. Now I drive a 14 year old car which I need to lug around my camera equipment which weighs a ton. I used to do oil painting but found photography quicker - and more competitive. I am also interested in gardening and wildlife. My witch hazels have just come into bloom. Also an avid reader of scientific books and magazines. My 80 year old hips are in good nick so I walk a lot. Len

Not in any order Playing cricket Cycling I commute and also holidays - not racing. I am also chairman of our Parish Council which is taking up more and more time. Bob

Reading, films, cross-stitch, knitting, crochet, astrology and gardening. Heather

Caligraphy, gardening, furniture restoration. Anne xx