Chargeride
Well-Known Member
A perfect storm of promises to help friends with house improvements, grandchild birthdays, rescuing pigeons from fireplaces and a leaking roof has kept me off the bike this week.
In my 'retirement' I trained to be a boiler installer, got the qualifications and I really should have done it years ago, what a different life I would have had, I was a 9-5 software writer, under the thumb of a salaryman and to make things worse I was sat on the top floor of a building with a panoramic view of the sea and the Welsh mountains.
Running out of annual leave within months, even though I was up to 7 weeks of it, by scooting off into them every sunny day and then being stuck in the office for the rest of the year.
This job, if I had it as a normal income allows me to take time off at will, there is nothing sweeter than freedom once youve tasted it.
Even the van I use now to transport the bike about is a tax write off.
Anyway, I guess most people here are past that pesky employment stage.
The link here is that I fitted my friends boiler in exchange for all the parts off his efatbike which he returned to its original acoustic form.
So I'll be building another efat for the wife and even though she doesnt want one, Im convinced the first ride, fire, smoke, bits falling off or coming loose will convert her forever to the clan.
Were going through media driven hysteria in the UK at the moment.
Dont panic buy fuel!!! They said with the resultant massive queues at garages, now its hilariously christmas dinner shortages..its still september.
So the daughters partners cousin rolls up in a Tesla with an ebike on the back in the middle of this and it brought home the possibilities of e-things being a way out of fuel reliance with a bit of local inginuity.
I realise they are a million other ways that setup still needs the infastructure of society, but for getting about , battery power really does open up a small crack to escape from the clutches of the oil barons.
Just a ramble sorry, no rides to report.
In my 'retirement' I trained to be a boiler installer, got the qualifications and I really should have done it years ago, what a different life I would have had, I was a 9-5 software writer, under the thumb of a salaryman and to make things worse I was sat on the top floor of a building with a panoramic view of the sea and the Welsh mountains.
Running out of annual leave within months, even though I was up to 7 weeks of it, by scooting off into them every sunny day and then being stuck in the office for the rest of the year.
This job, if I had it as a normal income allows me to take time off at will, there is nothing sweeter than freedom once youve tasted it.
Even the van I use now to transport the bike about is a tax write off.
Anyway, I guess most people here are past that pesky employment stage.
The link here is that I fitted my friends boiler in exchange for all the parts off his efatbike which he returned to its original acoustic form.
So I'll be building another efat for the wife and even though she doesnt want one, Im convinced the first ride, fire, smoke, bits falling off or coming loose will convert her forever to the clan.
Were going through media driven hysteria in the UK at the moment.
Dont panic buy fuel!!! They said with the resultant massive queues at garages, now its hilariously christmas dinner shortages..its still september.
So the daughters partners cousin rolls up in a Tesla with an ebike on the back in the middle of this and it brought home the possibilities of e-things being a way out of fuel reliance with a bit of local inginuity.
I realise they are a million other ways that setup still needs the infastructure of society, but for getting about , battery power really does open up a small crack to escape from the clutches of the oil barons.
Just a ramble sorry, no rides to report.
Now, couple of words on how we do the Critical Mass in Poland.
It may be some time before I get out again but what a way to close out September if this was my last ride! At least I will be able to watch the Rallycross at a later date as it was being filmed so that will be something to look forward to! Its not the same as being there but I made the right choice today!
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