piston197

Signed up to the "new forum" last night as thought it was the new version of this one ? and this one was gone forever bit of a fiddle getting into the new one, initially do not like the format, will be interesting to see if this one continues ?

I can remember the Will Beverage and Emil Lindqvist incident where Will attacked Emil outside the pit gate while he was still sat on his bike and broke his collar bone, meaning he could not take his place in the re-run could be me mis remembering a shovel for a broom !!

Cheers Vince, my son also Sam, cannot recall the incident, so either he was not there or my foggy memory is passed down to the next generation, must have been some other rider, but sure it happened, just got the wrong guy ? I can remember the volunteer trying to hang on to the shovel

Maybe, that's what happened to me as I have got older , still think you are a youngster and can fight the world !, but will see my son on Wednesday who regularly came with me and see how he remembers it 🤔 Think the shovel was a gesture/warning and no one actually got hit with it

Yes it was Sam ! got clattered off on bend 2 and picked up the shovel and was ready for the opposing rider when he came back round after the race was stopped .

Not only that, but with a business account the bank charge you to pay in cash, take out cash, every card transaction and every deposit or ATM transaction, so not even cash is free from bankers greed ( if it goes into the system) Currently with my business account if I pay in £1000 cash it costs me £7.50p, if I get outside the bank ( what bank is still open)and decide I do not need the £1000 cash after all and pay it back in , it costs another £7.50p, so end up £15 down for nowt, if we can all take cash, pay out in cash, we cut the greedy b****rds out ! Santander was the last bastion of free business banking, but no longer £10.90 admin charge every month, .90p every cheque deposit ATM or card transaction, and fees for paying in cash which now is largely done with your card at the post office as they have shut most of their branches !!

It is the unusual moments I seem to remember A certain poster on this forum's son going after an opposing rider with a marshall's shovel at a Newport Mavericks meeting Will Beveridge attacking Emil Linqvist and the subsequent fracas Scott Smiths bike ending up on the rake of the passing tractor as a celebration wheelie went wrong Least able Karlsson brother having a dust up with the start marshall Frank Smart and Robin Aspergen racing each other ( tentatively) in the opposite track direction in just boots, underpants, helmet and gloves Just hope I remembered these incidents correctly It all seems somewhat sanitised these days

probably got fed up with the online service provider taking a cut out of the price ? bad enough with cards, but some of these "booking agents" really take the pi$$h, if you give someone a tenner, you are a tenner down and they are a tenner up, if you pay them by Paypal or similar either it costs you more than a tenner, or the recipient gets less than a tenner !

Think you answered your own question there, all reliant on technology and a fully charged phone, in my world a £20 note trumps all of that, especially when internet signal is poor. My wallet is a battered old leather one and always easy to find, don't need to go scrolling through my pockets to find it . If I go into any establishment or car park and it is digital or card payment only, I vote with my feet. None of these systems were brought in to aid the public, they were foisted onto us by the banks and technology platforms ( Apple, Google, Paypal, Klarna) to skim profits off every transaction

actually saw this at the post office, youngster with 3 parcels to post, code on phone for parcels for post office to scan and print a label, she did the first one, had problems with the second as battery was low, but got it done and then the battery went on the phone before the 3rd parcel code was scanned. Post office worker suggested paying for the 3rd parcel, guess what ? "my card is on the phone, have not got the address details as it is on my phone and I don't carry cash" I post about 20 parcels a week, do the payment with Parcels2go online, print the label at home, and stick it on the parcel, it takes about 2 minutes for the post office to scan and post half a dozen parcels ! Fail to prepare, prepare to fail; !

Years ago you got held up at queues while little old ladies fumbled in their purses for small change, only getting their purses out after they had packed all of their goods, now you get held up by 30 year olds fumbling with their phone trying to find their credit card, "E" ticket, loyalty card etc, just handing over a £20 note is actually quicker , especially if you have the foresight to have the money ready !

Joined in 2010, still had a local team then, and went regularly to almost all home matches and a few away, then 2012 it all changed when my team folded, now an occasional meeting attendee if happen to be near a still functioning team, but follow all results avidly

and these Falcon |Shocks | Speedway Front Fork Dampers

And Swindon VMCC Moonrakers ran an autojumble at the Abbey on the Easter bank holiday Mondays. Our local cattle Market site runs car boot sales every Sunday, an autojumble 3 times a year, motorcycle training, Lorry park every evening as well a regular livestock auctions, franchises the cafe, and a local motor club uses it for a special test for a car club rally There were similar opportunities available for the Abbey as well as Speedway and Greyhounds, but if these opportunities are not utilised , it is easy to make it look like it adds no value to the community and is not viable

It will just be the latest move by the slimy slippery Osborne operation to point to Speedway being not supported in the Swindon area, there should be a caveat from the council that the Studley Grange site should be up and running for 2 years before any talks can be held with regard to any further development of the Abbey Stadium