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From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 17 Jan 2010 11:14 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 08:20:42 -0700, vulgarandmischevious <vulgarandmischevious(a)gmail.com> wrote in <3ma6l5ddik6i67pjrqebqijdbcn4qelf4a(a)4ax.com>: > "Dr Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan.Reid(a)brunel.ac.uk> wrote: >> Had another racing friend killed in a similar accident with a car >>in 1981, Ian but the surname is eluding me. He stored my GS550 for me >>while I was Down South, but he was killed before I got the chance to go >>around to his place to pick it up so I never saw him after I returned. > Did you get the bike back? Yes. Had to buy a new battery as it had been "borrowed" for a racing bike. We were a fairly tight racing community in Adelaide; another friend had my X7 with my explicit permission to race it -- he won the SA 250 Production championship that year. -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: darsy on 17 Jan 2010 12:20 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:17:46 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:53:30 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>>>Even shagged a Tassie woman... >>> >>>did you get a map? > >><applause> >>Especially coming from the other side of the world. Didn't know that >>phrase had made it that far. > >Dunno about anyone else, but I learnt it from reading Fred Gassit >crtoons, which were syndicated in a UK bike mag for years. I've no idea how it reached me General obnoxious osmosis, i expect. -- d.
From: TMack on 17 Jan 2010 14:59 Dan L wrote: > Dan L wrote: > >> Fraser Johnston wrote: >> >>> >> <snip> >>>> >>>> I lusted after Chewits and a Liverpool home strip in 1984. Doesn't >>>> mean I'd want either now. >>> >>> For me it was Kathleen Turner until I saw her on the telly the other >>> day. Barf. >>> >> >> Hmm, I quite like 1980's Kathleen Turner, but haven't seen anything >> of her for many years, sound like the passing of time hasn'y been >> kind. >> >> I saw a recent-ish weird film with Cybil Shepherd in it not so long >> ago, she's become quite porky in her old age (mind you, so have I) > > Bad forn 'n all, but having Googled Kathleen Turner I have to agree. > Harridan. Rheumatoid arthritis (and the drugs used to control it) plus alcoholism have not been kind to her appearance/ -- Tony '04 Ducati ST3, '08 DL650GT, 97 TW200, '87 semi-rat LS650, OMF#24
From: Kevin Gleeson on 17 Jan 2010 17:09 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:17:46 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:53:30 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>>>Even shagged a Tassie woman... >>> >>>did you get a map? > >><applause> >>Especially coming from the other side of the world. Didn't know that >>phrase had made it that far. > >Dunno about anyone else, but I learnt it from reading Fred Gassit >crtoons, which were syndicated in a UK bike mag for years. Ahh, that would definitely explain it then :-)
From: Kevin Gleeson on 17 Jan 2010 17:10
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:19:01 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:52:16 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>>I had a great time in Tasmania, as I've probably said before. >>> >>>Even shagged a Tassie woman... > >>Pfftt. Let me start counting :-) > >Hey, I was only there for two weeks! I'll beat you on that anyway. The day I arrived in London 3 years back (never been there before), got picked up by this cute French girl. Thought that was pretty cool. "Hello Sir, welcome to the United Kingdom, would you like a shag?" |