Modern Vespa

I only eat them when they rhyme with other food on the plate. For instance:

I did some roasted sprouts the other day - gorgeous. Over here they sell them still attached to the stalk - they survive fresh for ages. By the time you're left with just two at the end of the stalk it looks rather rude...

Speaking of magnificent food, nothing like enjoying lasagna prepared and served by the Master Chef himself.

A nice little sprout recipe

Take a pound of sprouts and shred them
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a A wok and then sauté a finely sliced red onion until caramelised. Add 2 cloves of sliced garlic, a little chopped ginger and cook another minute then add the sprouts. Stir fry until crisp, then add a handful of chopped almonds, a splash of soy sauce, a tablespoon of white wine or rice vinegar and a chopped red chilli. Stir until combined.
At the last minute add a teaspoon of sesame oil
Delicious.
Kitty
X

Suitable for vegans jimC too!

Sprinkle with some toasted sesame seeds too if you like.

Had it happen to me a few times now. The worst was a bloke in a honking great 4x4 (suv) He drove at me 3 times, then pulled into a garage, I followed him and had a chat through the one inch gap in his window. Apparently I was riding like an idiot. No, I was filtering past stationery traffic and when traffic started approaching me I pulled in to a gap of at least 20 feet. A gap he'd promptly filled, and then continued to drive at me.

When I pointed out that he was using his car as a weapon he told me I was an idiot. I pointed out that I found him brainless. He replied that that was better than being an idiot. I invited him to think about what he'd just said, jumped on the scoot and rode on.

Plenty of mates have said I should have kicked his mirrors off!

As for sprouts. Barely cook them, serve them up in hot gravy. Watch in delight as pained expressions start to appear on the faces of your guests and their stomachs expand like Mr Creosote.

Photo montage of Sundays annual Toy Run to the local hospital, to deliver presents to the childrens ward. A certain white GTS at the front of the scooter snake of 80 or so riders

Classic put down that was probably wasted on the brainless idiot

at 1pm today I started my lunch hour having bought no xmas presents for the missus

at 2pm today I ended my lunch hour having bought 7 xmas presents for the missus

my arse never left my comfy seat

I never had to talk to another soul

I'm not wind swept or wringing wet through

I'm calmness personified

man alive, I love the internet

+1 It is a wonderment, for sure. And Amazon makes it too, too easy!

Mrs Aviator did her shopping (Christmas and otherwise) the old fashioned way. We brought back 50 lbs more luggage from the US than we departed with!

Petition signed.

Amazon are bugging the hell out of me as my Chrome Book still hasn't arrived.

Officially sulking now.

Bah !

Birreh !

The people sending out the poppies at the tower are bugging the hell out of me........my Mother got hers nearly 4 weeks ago despite ordering 1 week after I did. My order number is in the first 1700.......when I asked what the plan for sending them out was they told me that they are being sent out by area.....I live in the same town as Mum. Fuckwits couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery!

My friend in Stevenage got hers last week.

For no reason other than I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it....

Cool. Charlton Heston and Stephen Boyd on the set of Ben Hur. Sort of part of the set of 'stars on their Vespas'

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ben+hur+vespa&biw=1366&bih=599&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nr6JVN7iEsr_Upi9gpAL&ved=0CCAQsAQ#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=zVPMs2xh4qWOJM%253A%3B_Cil8Exg9erhUM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.romeartlover.it%252FCineci05.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.romeartlover.it%252FCinecitta.html%3B730%3B440

The legacy of Python is hard to shake - when I see a photo of a Roman Centurion I find I can't help myself saying...

Welease Wodger!
Welease Wodewick!
Stwike him centuwion, vewwy wuffly!

When I used to do a veeerrrry dull job estimating plumbing tank and drum specs for building projects, three of us young lads in the office could only get through the days by peppering our days with Python scripts.

We've not had ours yet either mate.

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/men-begin-idly-browsing-amazon-2013112581396

Guilty

Welease Wodger!
Welease Wodewick!
Stwike him centuwion, vewwy wuffly!

Graham

oh, and if I had a pound for everytime someone calls me Brian, or Monty!
Graham

Carter rides nicely
Very nicely

Carter?
Detective Carter?
Something you'd like to tell us all Kittysaz?

Keep up at the back

:p

I'm so glad you got Carter.

Got Carter.

Hilarious.

Bill x

We spent a very interesting evening watching The Alabama 3 at the Brixton Electric ( formerly the Fridge ) in Brixton last.

The first support band - The Peckham Cowboys were truly terrible.
We tried to leave but as we were "stamped" in we couldn't. 30 mins of pain.

The second support band "The First" were so much better as they a clue as to what songs should should be about.
You know stuff like verses, choruses, hook lines etc.

Then were treated to a unsubtle mix of country, acid house, blues, soul, gospel, rock, dub, euro trash disco rave and some preaching thrown in for good luck.

Just insane but worth waiting 2 hours for.

It was one of the most crazy stage shows I've ever seen and Genie was suitably impressed also.

Bill x

At Last....

I've run the last of that fateful tank of French fuel out of the scoot.

I delivered all of the "local" Christmas Cards by Vespa with my daughter as La Postina.

100 miles now since the rebuild and no problems. Looking good but I do need to get a long run under my belt to dispel any confidence issues!

Fantastico!

Well done, great job on the rebuild. Persistence and determination saves the day! (hope I can say the same for my studies)

620 mile round trip to Edinburgh on Saturday to watch a game of hockey (and my team lost). Murrayfield rink has a colourful late 1930's Art Deco Streamline Moderne façade though, which made the trip worthwhile..

Good to know you're back on the road mate

So last night I finally got hold of my Toshiba Chrome Book and my internet connection fell over.

I was very angry.

Bill x

I'd be apoplectic

There was a bit of dribbling and cursing anything that got in my vision.

I did my crunch.

Bill x

Well, bugger.

After a near miss early this year, my company again tried to win a contract working with the MoD in southwest England. I was penciled in on it for around two months "on site". Went as far to get the security pass started even... and we didn't win it, again. Oh, we won on every technical category (again) but lost out on cost. I was kinda hoping that this would come through as I could meet up with some of the Skoks that I've already met, and maybe meet many more.

I'll keep on trying!

Oh that's really annoying.

I'm sorry.

Bill x