Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

The ruble has collapsed and interest rates there have soared, the Chinese real estate bubble is one pinprick away from popping and taking down the lending banks along with the life savings of hundreds of millions of workers. If totalitarian regimes use wars to distract their populations from hard times at home, the world is in for a bumpy ride. Putin has his war, but is it soon to be Xi’s turn?

On a not totally unrelated note, my Lithuanian citizenship was restored this morning, so I am now a citizen of the EU. And I plan to take up residency somewhere there in the next few years after finishing up our travels. If there is anything left!
 
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The ruble has collapsed and interest rates there have soared, the Chinese real estate bubble is one pinprick away from popping and taking down the lending banks along with the life savings of hundreds of millions of workers. If totalitarian regimes use wars to distract their populations from hard times at home, the world is in for a bumpy ride. Putin has his war, but is it soon to be Xi’s turn?

On a not totally unrelated note, my Lithuanian citizenship was restored this morning, so I am now a citizen of the EU. And I plan to take up residency somewhere there in the next few years after finishing up our travels. If there is anything left!
All very plausible WW2 scenarios, add in THE BOMB and the personalities involved plus the coming US election nightmare, what a world.
 
Braved the strong winds this morning, although being westerlies not so bad down on the east coast, for my coffee and bacon bap on Lacey Prom. Riding back home into the wind, and uphill, certainly challenged the poor little darling.
 

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Might want to blow the picture up Quentin:oops:
Was a joke, Peter! Obviouslt a bad one :cool: Thought about it because I'd seen an Air Crash Investigation on a big B2(?) stack last week. The most costly air disaster in history - US$2 billion. The pilots jettisoned literally about .5 sec before it disintegrated in flames on the runway!
 
Was a joke, Peter! Obviouslt a bad one :cool: Thought about it because I'd seen an Air Crash Investigation on a big B2(?) stack last week. The most costly air disaster in history - US$2 billion. The pilots jettisoned literally about .5 sec before it disintegrated in flames on the runway!
Ahh, right, right, my bad. I was a bit confused....
Hey Shajota, what brand are your saddlebags on the Jota?
Thanks
Bottler
Hey Bottler, those bags are "Wild Heart". A fairly cheap set I got on the Internet (Ebay I think) a couple years ago. Won't look where they are made but prob same place as dearer ones! The dry bag concept as panniers is brilliant, wish I had them years ago, no more wet gear from a sudden tropical downpour. The bags have heaps of straps and buckles for attaching and adjusting and are very sturdy. I saw a couple of different sorts at Bellingen last year, Marty had a set and I think maybe Hooksey? They might have been able to look at options in shops, I don't get that up here:(
 
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