tiredwithtwins

sing us another song, uncle bix!!!!

Bix

Simone,
I'll go whereever they'll have me

Actually since that thread I passed my driving test at first attempt at the ripe old age of 49 having never driven before so rather pleased with myself

Simone

Ah, well, see.... we only took the one bike that is half a mountain bike, with 7 gears.
To be honest, I think you'd get funny looks on a 'normal' dutch bike here. It's only mountain bikes and bmx's(kids and teenagers).
And, you'd probably need more than 3 gears.

Hills.... well, there's not that many... Here they'd call them slopes, but in Holland they'd be hills... But the bike paths usually aren't that bad. They sort of stay by the main roads/railways, so are quite flat.

Bikes kan be bought at Kmart etc from about $150. Haven't looked around in any other shops yet, but will do, cos we're going to buy another one(only brought the one, and it's actually a pretty annoying one).

Yes, if you do bring it, clean it. We just washed it down with the hose, so no sand or grass on it. Was a bit greasy still,but that's not important.

tiredwithtwins

hey...congratulations!!! my other halfs ex wife failed her driving test last week for the second time...*snigger*
I can drive but never passed my test yet....and found out the other day the dates for booking at the moment in sheffield are somewhere round january!!!!

bundy

You're joking! How bad is that?! At least you survived it. Luckily there are no hills in Cambridge and even if you had no brakes, you'd probably be ok. What had you done to them to make them snip your brake cables??!!!!

Bix

Sue,
This must be my favourite of all time.
I have been known to do a rendition or two of the chorus on a night of intoxication


I know a fat ole policeman, he’s always on our street
A fat old, jolly red-faced man, he really is a treat
He’s too fine for a policeman, he’s never known to frown
And everybody says he is the happiest man in town

*Laughter*

ksct97

<ouch> sound bad... i've had several scraps with my bike, one time i was cycling on ice, trying to brake as i was going to go around a corner, sliding towards a car and finally ending up underneath it! but worse one was coming down a bridge, car overtakes me and immediately turns left, no chance for me to brake in time! and everything kinda slows down for you... you know you're gonna hit, but there's nothing you can do! so he turns and i go over the backpart of his car... they did stop to see i was ok, and when i "groggily??!" said yes, he chucked me a couple of pounds for my broken head light and went off on their way!

Covenant

All right, is it just me, where's that Sam, I'm waiting for the latest On the Buses installment!

tiredwithtwins

...nothing that im aware of...but there were about 200 of us living in those tower blocks (and i dont think cctv was invented back then!!) so I never found out who/why!

thats life i spose.....

Bix

Thanks Sue.

Yeah the wait times are a bummer
You can say you will accept cancellation dates but guess theres no way you could do that with your busy life.

Simone

Oh, congratulations!!!

Nah, you can't stay here, already offered that to Sander!
Btw, Sander, you can't stay between about 15 december and 15 january, cos that's when my parents in law are coming!! :scared:

bundy

Yes, it's that feeling when you know you've reached the point of no return and the last though going through your head is 'this is gonna hurt' which is invariably true. Tarmac is depressingly unforgiving to skin and bone.

Covenant

Some sick and nasty people out there. Oh well I suppose what goes around comes around.

tiredwithtwins

hehe.....d'ya think many people turn up with kids in tow? Do you think the examiner would let us stop for 'toilet breaks'!??

Bix

Tales of the 487 are suspended until further notice

I think KSCT took that ride and kidnapped Sam