not using my bike much these days . knees don’t help but thats not reason enough.  just too much going on and if honest cycling isn’t at top of agenda at moment.     see lots of cyclists on roads around here.mostly in lycra with helmets and gloves going at fair rate. other are kid son bikes mainly on pavements  and often doing the modern craze of ‘wheelies’. wife nearly getting knocked dover by one coming out of boots chemists.  cycling on pavements technically illegal  but isn’t enforced here in clacton and surrounds .  neither is parking on grass verges come to that lol.  cycling is good for health ( unless you get hit by one!) and many  do it for  charity  too. though last  cycle group here  was  about road safety and environment issues  called ‘naked bikers’ seems its held annually . first time  we found out when was we came out of a turning an found ourselves  following naked.apart from shoes and back packs , bikers . wife noted only one female .rest all male lol

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hi.welcoem to site.most are friendly though sadly there a few whom cant stand each other and it can descend into a farce of insults. best  to leave and come back later .  nudity is best not mentioned as irrelevant here but each to own.  I am not allowed  to be nude as it frightens wife …lol

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hi. welcome to chat room.  sceptical is  spot on. though some nice friendly folk use room it has a few   you may find best to avoid.   probably same in  other chat rooms too.  however do say hi  when around .  we don’t bite. well at least not  until dinner time..lol  

cant answer for my brother whom owns a harley ‘fatboy’  . he wears  crash helmet . decent riding boots and  leather jacket. jeans  are some sort of  woven material  also used  in racing cars . carbon fibre based I think?   as  an ex  police motorcyclist  an traffic officer he has seen  many  incidents  cars. bikes and pedestrians.  not  aware w get 40 C here in UK but have seen him in all his gear  at 29 C .and yes he was hot and sweaty .. not a good look.   I  have commented  about  motor cyclists  and he  says two sides  to a coin as card drivers  do not look for them etc however he also admitted  a lot of bikers  do  exceed limits and drive as though road rules do not apply.   one stretch of road along old A13 in essex  had numerous bikers  getting hurt until  highways  had dozen or so  keep left bollards  installed and  herring bones .no overtaking double lines etc  and accident rate dropped to ‘zilch’    as an ex biker myself i am aware drivers  do not look for  bikers  but  bikers them selves are biggest influence in  reducing accident to selves .

everybody will have own views on  politics.  nations are defined by the people within.  comment on Powell is point of view. he was probably before his time. even his ‘racist’  comment on rivers of blood over immigration proved  almost prophetic ( policemans head almost severed to be used as a  football etc)   freedom to move  is not a right as such.  all areas in world are ‘owned’ by somebody or a collection of  people ( called governments)  though  one may in an idealistic  world think one ought to be able to wander  anywhere around globe doing as we wish. reality is  different due to rules we adhere to (  well most of us) .  one has no more right  pitch up a tent in somebodies garden than one does to move into  another country to suit oneself in most cases .  current world trends  are  altering this at moment  with EU seemingly intent of removing any ‘ownership’  rights and  saying  all must share etc.  community ? socialism? etc  even communism has point of view one may or may not agree with but all things change given time.  It may even seem at odds that such ideas as nation are being set aside to  get a ‘bigger’  ( nation?)  community of  countries.  economics of  each area (or country) can be destroyed or raised by  ‘free’ movement of  people.  such are the difficulties of modern world.  conflict occurring as normal where  different ideals. religions etc meet  and have opposing views.   high population levels as always being base for most  issues but no  real way of  checking  growth or dealing with it  has arisen as  nearly all modern  world economics is based on such. ( called growth)   can we but hope that in time a more suitable way forward can be arrived at that  meets say halfway .  compromise often being resolution of  many issues.

welcome to  site. many are nice and friendly but as in all chat room  we get a  number whom seek to annoy or cause issues.  you will get to know these given time.

you probably feel unsure at moment as new and not chatted to anybody.  that will change as soon as you say hi in main room and throw in 2pence worth of comment  or just hello.

it can take a while before you sort out  good form bad .  private messages  form men are often to  be expected sadly and  nearly  all are unwanted .. sure you can understand why.

try and chat to  females in room  first. they   often know whom to  avoid and whom will chat  freely and  nicely. good luck .do hope you enjoy it. failing that get back to me and i  will suggest another chat  site.

dont recall seeing  you in chat room?  so  can’t think what to ask other than ..why not..most  are ok and  nobody bites ..well so far .

with the Cuba crisis Russia won that power play though media etc were tall it had backed down. Russia and USA  made a deal. ( only just coming to light ) so USA could save face.

while we  may have psychopath running N Korea. we  can’t compare with Trump. yes . he can act oddly and is  far more self centred and outspoken than  his former leaders. he  has a full range of level headed staff around him whom for example won’t simply sit back and allow him to ‘push’ a nuclear button on a whim.

much of this is sabre rattling. the only worry here is if the Korean nutter fail to listen to China and russia giving direction and thinks  he can actually take on ( at the moment)  worlds leading  military  power and live!

so rest easy, odds are very unlikey usa will cause  any heavy reaction even if its warships are attacked by Korea . probably a  dozen or so cruise missiles in return  to  let him know he can’t  throw his dummy into USA playground without rebuke.  on Koreas  part despite  what appears to be  full obedience to his every whim by his military .. there will be increasing worry for him that if he pushes too far  ..his own staff may take him out. thus nullifying risks to selves and families  etc. wonder if He has food tasters  in place as well as body guards ?

still  an issue .  we have made a democratic  decision and  we will be made to suffer for it ( EU has openly said  so ) however already  we have  back peddling  by government  e.g.  immigration  not to be restricted for at least  5 years. all ongoing EU rules etc to be adopted  and so on.   we have to start  wondering if  with new government in few  years time . no real changes to immigration control etc  another referendum will be held .  having suffered badly by leaving  made to go cap in hand to EU asking to rejoin?         thus  allowing EU to say it was right all along and remainers  pushing  leaving  voters to  set aside  any thought of self  governance  or independence  as economic  needs outweigh  sovereignty  and desire for  freedom etc.   one   tries not  to be cynical  but wonder if  government  is quietly  paving way  for UK  ltd  to fail  after leaving  in order to do vote  right way?  after all didn’t we see Ireland having to vote again and again until it voted ‘ correctly’.

dogs can become part of family to a surprising degree.  we lost ours and  there is a huge vacuum at first.  many pictures that show her enjoying life .  we keep her in our memories and hearts.   sorry for your loss.  those whom do not have loving pets  will not understand. its  a bit like not understanding  relationship and affection  if not a parent.  

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