Simple things you just can't do
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Krhuangbin said:
I can NEVER, ever, remember how to spell Tuesday properly. I have to check it every time - E or U first
Also Imminent, as in about to happen. Never get it right
For frequently used words with awkward spellings I make up memory aids. Wed-nez-day. Tew-ez-day.Also Imminent, as in about to happen. Never get it right
Try it. It's bee-ah-you-ti-ful
I've been riding motorcycles for nearly 45 years but I can't pull a Wheely.
Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
toon10 said:
It's "restaurant" for me. Even now just typing it, I got the usual spell check wavey line. I'm nearly 50 ffs.
My brain sees it as resturant, that looks right to me. Its one of those words that I know im spelling it wrong and will check, but once I check, why can't i spell it correct next time I write it?DickyC said:
Krhuangbin said:
I can NEVER, ever, remember how to spell Tuesday properly. I have to check it every time - E or U first
Also Imminent, as in about to happen. Never get it right
For frequently used words with awkward spellings I make up memory aids. Wed-nez-day. Tew-ez-day.Also Imminent, as in about to happen. Never get it right
Try it. It's bee-ah-you-ti-ful
t at it. croyde said:
I've been riding motorcycles for nearly 45 years but I can't pull a Wheely.
Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
Same here, apart from once when I had a fairly large lady on the back of my ZX9R. Front wheel came up over a gentle bridge and I carried the wheelie for about 600 yards, including going up the gearbox. Always had sports bikes but never managed it again. Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
Apparently, there are 2 types of motorcyclists, those who can do wheelies and those who wish they could do wheelies.
Sigmamark7 said:
croyde said:
I've been riding motorcycles for nearly 45 years but I can't pull a Wheely.
Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
Same here, apart from once when I had a fairly large lady on the back of my ZX9R. Front wheel came up over a gentle bridge and I carried the wheelie for about 600 yards, including going up the gearbox. Always had sports bikes but never managed it again. Inadvertently yes, when going too fast, but that gentle just smoothly riding and just like that pop one. No high revs, just as if you are defying gravity.
Lads doing it on bicycles down the high street, keeping on one wheel for 100 yards or more whilst dodging angry motorists, pedestrians and buses, pee me off! Partly because I'm a little bit jealous
Apparently, there are 2 types of motorcyclists, those who can do wheelies and those who wish they could do wheelies.
Never been able to do it on a mountain bike either, fall off the back or not enough height.
Cotty said:
toon10 said:
It's "restaurant" for me. Even now just typing it, I got the usual spell check wavey line. I'm nearly 50 ffs.
My brain sees it as resturant, that looks right to me. Its one of those words that I know im spelling it wrong and will check, but once I check, why can't i spell it correct next time I write it?motco said:
Why is it that a proprietor of a restaurant is a 'restaurateur' not 'restauranteur' ?
I don't know, but he introduced us to Limoncello on the house because he was a prisoner of war in England and had a better time here than he would have had in Italy. This was a good few years ago.Sorry, what was the question?
Sleep on time or be on time for anything. No amount of staying up or organising then winding down gets me to sleep. I have to be shattered to sleep. And once I'm asleep, I'm such a deep sleeper (and partially deaf to boot - what alarm clock?) that I have to have someone shake me to get me to arrive back into the world of the living. If not, I stay asleep till stupid hours.
Being on time for most things is an event for me in itself.
Being on time for most things is an event for me in itself.
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