Well glad I have not booked a week away for some winter sun in Spain this week. But at least they have the gear to handle what ever the weather throws at them.

https://youtu.be/V7geXAAZ4Uo

© Sky News Screen Grab How VW Scandal Has Hit Trust In Big Car Brands
 Volkswagen (VW) is to cut its workforce by 30,000 over the next five years as it acts to save costs following the diesel emissions scandal.
 The German carmaker said it was committed to no compulsory redundancies under the union deal, with 23,000 of the positions to go at factories in its home market and the rest in North America and Brazil.
 VW said the job losses were "socially acceptable" as it prepared... to relaunch the brand by 2020 - tainted by the rollout of software in 11 million diesel vehicles that was designed to cheat emission testing. SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE???
 SO IS THIS ALSO SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE........Martin Winterkorn, faced with the company's widening crisis over its rigging of emissions tests, announced his resignation as CEO of Volkswagen Group Wednesday. He is likely to leave with a pension valued around $32 million, and possibly with many millions more, depending on what the board decides regarding his severance payment.
 According to the company's most recent annual report, Winterkorn had amassed a pension worth €28.6 million ($32 million) at the end of last year. And despite the scandal enveloping the German auto giant over its admission that it cheated on its diesel emissions data, compensation experts predict he'll receive it. Yet again the common man and woman getting shafted because of some other CEO FUC-UP. Bet if Adolf had still been around this fucker would not be getting €32 million.

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly-behaved grandson.

He has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets, biscuits, all sorts of things. The grandad is saying in a controlled voice: "Easy, William, we won't be long . . . easy boy."

Another outburst and she hears the Grandad calmly say : "It's okay William. Just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there, boy."

At the checkout the little horror is throwing items out of the trolley. Grandad says again in a controlled voice : "William, William, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes, stay cool William."

Very impressed, she goes outside to where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She says :

"It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole time you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandad."

"Thanks," says the grandpa. "But I am William. The little ba****d's name is Kevin."

Top man Jonathan back to back WSB champion, keep her Lit!

I was in Bordeaux yesterday at my sons place watching Liverpool hammer Swansea ?? well we won.
On the way home roads along the river front was closed as there was a manifestation/protest by bikers.
Must have taken at least 10/15 minutes to pass by. The number of bikers I heard hitting the rev limiter , bloody hell what a racket. I do not know what they were protesting about but I will give it to the French they certainly know how to let the powers that be they are not happy.

GRANDPA GETS AN I PAD
 
 
 
Watch the following short clip that takes less than a minute. In fact it's 32 secs.
 
A daughter is visiting her father and is helping in the kitchen.
 
She asks: " Tell me dad, how are you managing with the new iPad we gave you for your birthday?"
 
This clip is spoken in German but it's totally understandable in any language.
 

Okay this is serious stuff. My Mrs and me have been wed 34 years now, well really 17 years as I spent my working life at sea. I mentioned the fact that mid September I am going on a long weekend from SW France to N Wales to meet up with some mates from the SX forum. She goes ballistic and forbids me to go!!!!!!!
My response is fuck it I am going. Truth be told I want out anyway. For the last 3 years since I retired from the sea all we have done is fucking bitch at each other. Anyone recommend a good divorce lawyer. I am serious I just do not give a fuck anymore.

Has this ever happened to you? This morning I was out having a thrash really enjoying myself. Needed a pee (old age) anyway being in France decided to do what the french do, pulled over and did what I needed to do. Back on the bike and away like a bat out of hell. In A mode and loving it. Closing up on a truck rapidly and just gets past him and the fucker dies on me. Thankfully my slightly, over the national speed limit was enough to keep me out of harms way. I looked at the instrument cluster and nothing. Reached for the ignition key and found it had switched itself off, or rather I had not fully turned it on, diffo an oh fuck moment. Must have been me as it has never happened before and after two more hours did not happen again.[/size][/color]

I was rushed into hospital last week after having blacked out, thankfully nothing serious.
They put me on oxygen for a bit but I kept drifting in and out of consciousness.
I was lying there drifting in and out when I felt the tender touch of a young nurse. She was giving me a wash and I asked her, to see if my testicles were black.
I was getting agitated as she ignored me, so I asked her again. She looked at me blushing and said I am only here to give you a light bed bath and not a full bed wash. I was really getting rattled now so I insisted she take a look. Sheepishly she pulled the sheets back from the bed and had a look at my testicles, carefully she lifted my penis to one side. She gently reassured me that my testicles were okay and normal.
It was then I removed my oxygen mask and thanked her, she had obviously misunderstood my request as what I actually wanted to know was,
Are my test results back.

Spotted an open letter on Facebook yesterday. Guy Martin has said he will not ride the TT in 2016. Guy says he has had time to reflect while he was recovering from his accident at the 2015 UGP.
He is wanting to do other stuff outside of road racing and has decided for now to take a time out.
Good luck to the fella he has been a great competitor for the last 11 years or so. Personally I think he is making the right decision, as a rule road racing takes no prisoners and Guy has had his fair share of big offs.
Lew

The Video gets more interesting about 7 minutes in. I just wish one knew there was no traffic coming the other way. I also wish I had the skill and balls to enjoy this road. The surface is great loads of grip but in my own defence in a few places there are 100>200 foot straight over the edge drops.

Paddy decides to do a bit of DIY. He starts painting the lounge. He is sweating buckets, his wife brings him a cup of tea. Paddy why are you wearing two coats. Don't be so fecken stupid read what it says on the tin.

For best results use two coats.