I probably have 18 months to 2 years before the wife really gives me the hard word about kids. Is that how it worked for you guys? Did you just crack or what?

Never got the hard word. It just sort of happened.

+1, even if it does cost a plane ticket to get there. In any event, I think Steve Hogg has a setup down there in Mexico. ;)

all 3 were unplanned but much loved.

Until now. THey're bloody weekend sports are eating into valuable ride time!!!

not really a cracking but a mutual, we are getting older, let's do it before it's too late kinda thing. I'm glad I didn't wait any longer, and now wish I'd done it earlier but no complaints. Lived OS for 10 years, now back home and family time.

But basically when your lady wants to, be prepared, their body clocks just hit the alarm one day and you're in for it ! :)

+1 rode everywhere yesterday
+1 I only had to go to uni for 2 hrs instead of 5 hours yesterday
-1 didnt get anystudy done yesterday.

Yeah my lifes relaxed :D

I wanted to be able to get a 24" bmx race bike as well as a new 20". Had to have kids so I had an excuse to keep buying bikes (and a playstation, yet to buy one though). Had a daughter, mrs said no bmx for her, dolly's & clothes. So I went again and got a son.

No, seriously we though it was never going to happen after a few years fo trying. Even the doc said so. We just went for it then, ended up with 2 in justs over 2 years.

I am looking at micro mini bmx & a new 24" race bike though.

Awesome final 15 minutes in the rain.

Refereeing........atrocious.


My outlaws arrived in Paris yesterday about 8 hours before kickoff....the place was going mental!!

Mate, one day she'll walk out of the loo with a pregnancy test stick in her hand saying, "honey, we need to talk!"

You'll never know if it was planned or not, cause THEY hold ALL the power when it comes to breeding.:(

We had a go fer a few years and thought 'oh, well looks like it ain't gonna happen' Then when we stopped trying, we also had 2 in 2 years. My 4 yr old daughter went orf her training wheels when she was 3 and rides a boys Mongoose li'l Goose.
She offers it to me when I don't win a race "it's fast cos it's amalinium daddy"

You get 5k a piece now fer having kids don't you?

yep, I think next financial year it's $5k, this year it's $4k.

Something like that, I think we got $2k for the first one then a few months later it went to $5k, not sure if we got it with number 2 yet, have to ask the wife. Maybe it went towards to bill, she wanted to go private here in Sydney, the grant was maybe just over half (60 odd %) of the cost.

Still off to Clarence St today, but I have lots of good suggestions if that falls through, so thanks.

First, Starbucks is horrible.

Second, as I've said, I fit into that minority category here of people who've never really ridden a racing bike before - it's not as if I could test ride three bikes and work out the nuances of why each might or might not suit me, especially if I feel **** scared at the time, fearing I'm about to crash a 3K bike in the inner city. Last time I was on one I think I felt uncomfortable with drops - if I did test rides this time, if I was to base my purchase on what I felt during the rides, I would surely get an MTB or flat bar hybrid or road bike; I simply don't trust myself to 'know' what's best for me past it seeming to fit and be acceptably comfortable. I will definitely only buy one that feels comfortable, but it seems that I'm not going to be able to replicate any long ride in a test and that in terms of simply sizing, a trainer should give me good feedback.

Now, this post is all just to justify to myself getting a bike this way, but no matter.

Not bad dollars but I think I've left my run a bit late. :rolleyes:

Everyone quickly knock out a couple of kids and Tigger will lay-buy you the TiTephra for 24months until the grants get paid!

Holy crap!

How come there's no worldwide outrage on this: Google for PASCUA LAMA

Our children have no ****in future the way the multinational are destroying everything for a dollar.

Crikey ed - you still with us? Thought you might have up and left with Snoop Dog's posse! :D

You only just worked this out? The human race has 3-4 generations max and then it will go the way of the dinosaurs (just my personal opinion based on general observation) but it will get pretty ugly before the final crunch.

Just hope I'm dead before it all starts falling apart in a big way.

I had a couple of years before it was "let's start a family time", but then it took a couple more years of trying before finally going to seek expert advice which eventually paid off with a top result - our little girl! And I had always thought it was so easy....

after last night, my faith in rock n roll has been restored. You am i = probably the best live band in Aus. do yourself a favour and go and see them next time they are in town!

did ya get some moshing in ? Did you train this morning?

Holy ****ing ****! Is this for real?!?!?!

"To get to the minerals, it would be necessary to break, to destroy the glaciers - something never conceived of in the history of the world - and to make 2 huge holes, each as big as a whole mountain, one for extraction and one for the mine's rubbish tip. If the glaciers are destroyed, they will not just destroy the source of specially pure water, but they will permanently contaminate the 2 rivers running from glaciers so that they will never again be fit for human or animal consumption (because of the use of cyanide and sulphuric acid in the extraction process)."

All you guys changing diapers, I don't know what to tell you. Ours are 13,15,16, and 18. No new baby bonus for us. But we do get paroled a lot sooner than you guys. We could have a kid-free house in as little as 5 years.

Any exhibitionists want to take a photo of themselves slapping on some chamois cream to help this noob out :p

no moshing, just some light " dancing " and reminisng about being 21... ( the last time i saw them i was 21) unfortunatley a lot of ppl at the gig were either a) ppl who like getting things for free, no matter what and b) industry types too cool to smile.... i was up with the die hards at the front ( including ppl that had come from mildura!! - she was nice , remind me to go viewing down there one day....) and dancing it up. unfortunatley ill stand out like dogs nuts on the teevee replay due to being the only guy in a red pullover in a sea of black and brown jackets....

by training do you mean choo choo train, or training as in bike? neither! was up late crying over the mundine - Green fight, and after 5 - 6 hours of standing up (concert + pub) was in no mood or shape to do the 3 X 10 hill repeats that slave driver climbo prescribed, hence ill do them tomorrow morning on the trainer then ride into workies on the MTB via epping nato park.

Found a good use for teenage children - driving everyone home after a spin session in my mates garage one rainy day that turned into a post match piss up. Young fulla got volunteered at 11pm to take the drunkards still in their bibs and jerseys home :D

you wouldnt catch me dead driving my old man home.

OK, it must be time for me to stop mucking about and do some work, especially since I keep seeing funny bum related things in posts. This dude briscoelab lives in a town with a very unfortunate name depending on which definition you want to apply to it.

what about your old man's pissed mates?