[NSC] In my life so far I still HAVEN’T done this….

[DavidinSouthampton]

How much do you reckon you would have to drink to vote Conservative?

Quite a bit - 5 pints and a bottle of Laphroaig (sp?)

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Your loss, try it before you shuffle off. Cat & Fiddle Macc to Buxton.

Would have passed all the traffic 2 miles in on my Yamaha 350LC, sadly road now infested with Speed Cameras. Back in the day was good IOM TT practice...

Sorry Double Post! Wish I still had my Elsie...

Back in the 80's I regularly took part in the Beachy Head Grand Prix and the Littlington TT
Both were bat-shit crazy - pretty much flat out - about a dozen of us - before 9am on a Sunday morning.
Ride over to Eastbourne for meet, then up and over Beachy Head, down to Birling Gap, East Dean, up & over, down to Exceat and turn inland.
Whizz up through Littlington, turn left at Lullington and over "Ballaugh Bridge", turn left back to Seaford and then down the front for a cuppa and a bacon roll in the Cafe.

How none of us ever got seriously hurt was a miracle - it was seriously ballsy stuff.

 

[BLOCK F]

My advice would be to not choose a victim wearing flip flops for your first attempt. This requires extremely high levels of fitness and specialised techniques.

Choose someone who still wears Crocs and bite him to death.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

Actually, I have:

 

[StonehamPark]

I've never seen the Albion lose at The Goldstone.
100% win rate.

 

[robinsonsgrin]

been married
had children ( made that decision v early doors)
had a tattoo
smoked
taken drugs...
seen the film titanic!

those are things i can live without... but seeing the northern lights and doing the zip wire across the quarry in wales are very much on the to-do list...

 

[jakarta]

Back in the 80's I regularly took part in the Beachy Head Grand Prix and the Littlington TT
Both were bat-shit crazy - pretty much flat out - about a dozen of us - before 9am on a Sunday morning.
Ride over to Eastbourne for meet, then up and over Beachy Head, down to Birling Gap, East Dean, up & over, down to Exceat and turn inland.
Whizz up through Littlington, turn left at Lullington and over "Ballaugh Bridge", turn left back to Seaford and then down the front for a cuppa and a bacon roll in the Cafe.

How none of us ever got seriously hurt was a miracle - it was seriously ballsy stuff.

Whitchurch (Shropshire) to Sandiway (Cheshire) on the A49. About 30 miles of lovely twisting roads, a 750 Norton Commando Caff Racer and a chance to see if it could be done without dropping into 2nd gear (if lights were OK) - well I was 23, single and I didn't give a shit.

6AM is the time to do this sort of thing BTW. A bit of a IOM TT morning practice feel, possibly the best bike ride of my life.

Mrs Jakarta did NOT approve when I shared this many years later...

 

[zeemeeuw]

What the hell happened?

Took the quick way down a ravine on my mountain bike, broke wrist, 7 ribs and a couple of bones in my hand. Totally recommend wearing a helmet when cycling, without mine I would probably wouldn't be writing this now.

 

[NorthLainer]

...found what I'm looking for.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

How have you managed to avoid them all your life? A kumquat or rambutan I could understand, but apples and pears. Even as a child?

By dint of being a weapons grade stroppy shit as a child I expect.

 

[Grizz]

Haven't flown a Spitfire:

All arranged at Boultbee Goodwood pre COVID by Mrs Jakarta as a 60th Birthday Present.

Who knows when it may happen now?

To quote Captain Darling "Made a note in my Diary, it simply says Bugger..."

Having flown one 5 years ago for my 40th I can absolutely assure you it is f**King phenomenal! It is everything you can dream of and more. After 10 mins of flight over the south downs and the pilot turned round and said, do you want a go then, fulfilled every single childhood dream/desire I ever had. It was indescribable. I sincerely hope you get to do it and revisit this thread afterwards and go, yep, I know what you mean now.