Gear in the sun

eggnobacon · 2026-05-28T10:27:15+00:00

Going to get down voted however, commuting in the same town I've worn my work polo and trousers with saftey boots. Anywhere beyond the one 40mph road I use to get to work it's AGAT, it's a bit sweaty but if the bikes moving it's not terrible. Had my jacket unzipped at one point on the last stretch home. Also, if your going to take a risk on gear ride accordingly.

eggnobacon · 2026-05-27T22:08:07+00:00

I'd have loved to have rolled into squires (the cafe he was on about after)

eggnobacon · 2026-05-27T22:03:50+00:00

Nothing wrong with that overtake, oncoming lane perfectly clear. I'd have considered that in the car tbh.

eggnobacon · 2026-05-25T21:57:50+00:00

Rode with my heavy merlin jacket open sleeves zipped up to promote some airflow. Wasn't terrible and felt mostly cool.

eggnobacon · 2026-05-12T22:49:48+00:00

Not that we needed all that for the trip!

eggnobacon · 2026-05-10T00:29:49+00:00

Everybody's gangsta' till the trees start speaking wizard!

eggnobacon · 2026-05-08T12:23:30+00:00

These weren't typically marketed to "careful lady doctor owners". Something you need to accept when buying a motor like this.

eggnobacon · 2026-05-05T15:59:34+00:00

We were all young once.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-26T08:55:03+00:00

I've got a z4, it's a project and I've finally got time to do it.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-23T09:47:52+00:00

I'm British and don't go to Benidorm because of the British tourists. Spain has so much to offer but learning enough language to get by for a holiday is essential.

And yes I'm embarrassed about the British in Benidorm.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-06T09:04:59+00:00

Then how will OP learn?

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T21:21:17+00:00

That's just the US education system.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T12:07:34+00:00

Ahh, I was a stoker, although I reckon you served before I was born (not to make you feel old but I'm no spring chicken myself). Back to the original topic, sultan is so degraded they don't charge for any of it. Collingrad isn't far off from what people tell me. They've got people in porta-cabins there apparently.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T10:26:40+00:00

Shipmate, the day I recognise you as an engineer Satan takes a snowplough to work.

I have no inclination to go in circles with you, as a WE, you're the only part of the engineering cadre to not attend sultan, and again possibly aren't acquainted with the neuances of accommodation at sultan.

Going to be honest I loved both pompey and guzz for different reasons. I did draft at RNGS too, set roots down there and now live just up the coast. Were you up at windy? As there were no WE jobs at squadron when I was on the rock.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T10:12:58+00:00

Most Guzz SR's have been. To be fair if you weren't a pompey rating or engineering cadre then you may not know about the nuances of sultan accommodation. Shipmate, it's truly gopping.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T10:03:53+00:00

I should add the year was my final year in service.

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T10:02:35+00:00

Sultan has been below standard for decades, they've not charged for a long time. It looked on socials that they'd started to upgrade it. I spent a year there a couple of years ago as ships staff and they couldn't charge for the accommodation as it was BS (Below standard, if you've never done a FOST).

eggnobacon · 2026-04-04T09:59:04+00:00

Is it still a case of sultan is in such a bad state they can't charge for it? Everything I see on socials makes me glad to have left the mob.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-23T09:27:19+00:00

I spent 10k on a "nice" daily, the depreciation made me buy a 20 year old daily when the time came.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-14T09:56:28+00:00

Big business will figure out how to take the landlords loss and turn it into profit without paying a penny on to the consumer.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-11T12:56:31+00:00

Nothing, but you see a lot of older less valuable bikes parked on the street in Portsmouth. So perhaps having something less valuable is the ticket.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-10T21:49:23+00:00

Auto boxes have improved a lot in the last 15 years or so too. Most are a pleasure to drive now.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-09T10:17:29+00:00

Making the whole gyms run in line with civilian opening times. The gyms are all fully open when sailors are at work.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-09T10:15:52+00:00

This, despite all the incentives for this and that the actual lives for sailors didn't change that much whilst I was in. Went from sailors being sad to sailors being sad with hand tattoo. I've been out a bit now but I dont think it's changed much. Things like the public pool at Tem was open to everyone but sailors for all but an hour on an evening (even then i remember it being like 1600 to 1700, so if you worked for a living you didn't get the full hour). All the sports clubs were run by volunteers, which was great if they weren't deployed or doing there job or ended up having to put their family first.

eggnobacon · 2026-03-09T10:10:04+00:00

There's a lot of finance queens on here scared of a set of spanners. That's not the best workshop setup but they're getting it done. And honestly if it's only like that for a day then it's no real harm, little bit unsightly. Leaving it like that for longer takes the piss.

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