Alternatives to flying

[The Lone Gunman]

I've never been brave enough to ride bikes.

After I landed on my head falling off an ancient James motor scooter we drove up & down the back lane when I was a kid.

Sort of put me off, especially the picking bits of red ash out of my wounds...

When I were a lad (sorry TwATTy) I came of me pushy at full tilt on a black ash (sort of dry asphalt) track. I was wearing shorts and a cap sleeved T at the time. Took weeks for all the tulip that was embedded in my skin to come out even after the scrubbing that the nurse did (that fookin hurt). Scabs and puss for months.

[oraclesmith]

Friend of mine did just that. Went over the handlebars and grabbed the front wheel. Chopped his thumb off !

[ASB]

You should try a 120mph tank slapper. TL1000 not called the widow maker for nothing.

I used to have an H2 Kawasaki. That was like a pig on blancmonge. Then I moved on to an early Z650. I think the frame was made out of papier mache. Truly lethal.

[Joe Black]

I have cycled round the Arc de Triomphe.

OK, on the pavement

Did that a few times some years ago, along with Place de la Concorde which is also fun, on a Jap sports bike. Mind you I was a bit younger, and a bit of a speed-freak then, so weaving through the traffic at 60-70 seemed a cool idea at the time.

Has anybody tried it? How far afield does it work?

Parameters: spend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at home in UK; work Mon-Fri. So in general, arrive Monday before lunch, leave Friday after lunch.

Or should I write my own timetable instead of trying to be an employee?

I tried doing the Euro-tunnel route for a couple of months on a previous contract, Brussels-London. Was quite quick and given the 1hr difference could leave circa 6am EST and get to work round 9:30.

In the end though went for the Eurostar option even though it added another hour or so, simply cause I could let the train take the strain so to speak.

[wendigo100]

Going through life worrying about what might happen is not living in my book, if I choose to drive at 100mph in the outside lane throughout my life and save myself 30 minutes a day that’s extra time I can spend with my family and its a risk I’m willing to take.

No comment required!

Good thinking, ginger!

[expat]

Nice idea AtW. Any agents here who would like to tell me how many teleworking contracts they've got on the Siebel technical side? I can tell you how many I found when I did a search, for "telework" or "teleworking" and no other keyword.

Did I miss the bit where people came up with teleworking contracts???

[EternalOptimist]

I very nearly wiped out a VW Golf in my Jag when I put my foot down on the exit from a roundabout heading into Leeds on a wet Monday morning. That woke me up. The look of terror on the VW drivers face was a classic!!!

You proud of that ?
you @rse hole

[EternalOptimist]

Was it you in the VW, EO?

You should have put a spell on him & turned him into a toad...

Nooooo
No VW for me o green and scaley one

but sh!te drivers p!ss me off
politically correct t0ssers p!ss me off


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