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From: Sean_Q_ on 7 Nov 2009 18:57 http://www.ratbike.org/pages/793gn250.htm SQ
From: S'mee on 7 Nov 2009 20:14 On Nov 7, 4:57 pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > http://www.ratbike.org/pages/793gn250.htm > > SQ The gun carrier was cool. The bike? too silly.
From: BrianNZ on 7 Nov 2009 22:06 Sean_Q_ wrote: > http://www.ratbike.org/pages/793gn250.htm > > SQ Haven't seen the bike, but I was watching bren-gun carriers in action last week at a military vehicles display. I just checked my pics to see if it was the same one, but the one I was watching was # NZ23625. My younger brother rode a GN 250 for years.....until it was unridable through lack of maintenance, then it was to costly to fix.....
From: Sean_Q_ on 7 Nov 2009 23:08 BrianNZ wrote: > Haven't seen the bike, but I was watching bren-gun carriers in action > last week at a military vehicles display. "In action"? I'm wondering why NZ needs bren guns (and carriers) at all. To defend your shores against hordes of North Koreans? It's not like you're in Ireland, where you could be telling a story like this: Oh I am a merry ploughboy, and I plough the fields all day, 'Till a sudden thought came to my mind, to join the I.R.A. And we're off to Dublin in the green, in the green With our helmets glistenin' in the sun, Where the bay'nets clash and the rifles crash, To the echo of a Thompson gun. [Note: when I'm sober, which is some of the time, I am a staunch monarchist and all for the British Crown and all that. However, at a certain BAC (somewhat above the legally impaired limit) a curious transformation takes place, whereupon I have been known to belt out songs of the Irish Revolution such as the above at a conspicuous volume. If I'm with friends they tend to either bury me in something soundproof (like a pile of coats) or drag me to a place of safety, meaning out of earshot of any Brits, Orangemen, or United Empire Loyalists in the vicinity. SQ
From: BrianNZ on 8 Nov 2009 00:53
Sean_Q_ wrote: > BrianNZ wrote: > >> Haven't seen the bike, but I was watching bren-gun carriers in action >> last week at a military vehicles display. > > "In action"? I'm wondering why NZ needs bren guns (and carriers) at all. > To defend your shores against hordes of North Koreans? It's not like > you're in Ireland, where you could be telling a story like this: > > Oh I am a merry ploughboy, and I plough the fields all day, > 'Till a sudden thought came to my mind, to join the I.R.A. > And we're off to Dublin in the green, in the green > With our helmets glistenin' in the sun, > Where the bay'nets clash and the rifles crash, > To the echo of a Thompson gun. > > [Note: when I'm sober, which is some of the time, I am a staunch > monarchist and all for the British Crown and all that. However, > at a certain BAC (somewhat above the legally impaired limit) > a curious transformation takes place, whereupon I have been known > to belt out songs of the Irish Revolution such as the above > at a conspicuous volume. If I'm with friends they tend to either > bury me in something soundproof (like a pile of coats) or drag me > to a place of safety, meaning out of earshot of any Brits, Orangemen, > or United Empire Loyalists in the vicinity. > > SQ "In action" = driving around a gravel pit shooting blanks at low flying planes doing mock 'strafing' runs. Also having a play with the blanks were the German crowd shooting their MG-42 on the AA tri-pod and of course, Jeeps mounted with .50 cal and .30 cal machine guns. I think there might be more military vehicles in private hands than in the armed forces. :) Soviet T-55...NZ$80k landed......i need some OT.! No need to defend our shores....I'm sure the politicians will just sell us to the highest bidder..... Money , not war. :) |