Have a laugh at my expense

[Phatakwacka]

For those of you who had to listen to me dripping-on on Sunday, my loyal son has been playing



Thanks for your advice/input/commiserations/p*ss-taking

Don't forget the coil, please, Simon

[Scotty]

[karl von fatboy]

LOL - got the eyes spot on Rod

Karl

[BNM]

If (only i'd bought a proper harley)

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being conned, don't try to flog the bike,
Or sat by the road, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too cool, nor talk too much sense:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and BSA owners
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by sports bike riders to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And not rattle on about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on while you push it to a lay-by
Except the Will which says : Recovery will be here soon,
If you can talk with members of the Riders Club and keep your virtue,
' Or ride with Evos and Twin Cams and yet not lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;

You'll have bought a shovel, my son!

[the_monster]

It is the way of the shovel, that every now and then, it feels duty bound to give you an unexpected opportunity to sit by the road side and appreciate it beauty.