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From: Bob Scott on 15 Mar 2007 13:53 Brian <blecnospam(a)tesco.net> writes > >Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was >invented and first produced by the Japanese. >I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity. >uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic? > You're a ducati owner, aren't you? It was a ducati salesman who looked out of the showroom at my SFC parked outside & sniffed something about how japanese bikes have no character. Hmm, if I buy the cheap 906 Paso I was offered will I have to sneer at my own SFC for not being Italian? -- Bob Scott
From: Pip Luscher on 15 Mar 2007 17:17 On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:50:27 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam(a)tesco.net> wrote: >> >Hi there Brit bike lovers ! >> > >> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover". >> >> >> -- >> Tim > >Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was >invented and first produced by the Japanese. >I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity. >uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic? Surely a classic is a classic regardless of country of origin? What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic, which doesn't exist. Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though. -- -Pip
From: Austin Shackles on 15 Mar 2007 17:37 On or around Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:17:15 GMT, Pip Luscher <pips.computer(a)spammers.foad.ntlworld.co.uk> enlightened us thusly: >On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:50:27 GMT, "Brian" <blecnospam(a)tesco.net> >wrote: > >>> >Hi there Brit bike lovers ! >>> > >>> Not always a good start. "Classic" does not equate to "brit bike lover". >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tim >> >>Sadly there are many on this group who seem to think that the motorcycle was >>invented and first produced by the Japanese. >>I actually think that the group should be re-named for clarity. >>uk.rec.japanese.motorcycles.classic? > >Surely a classic is a classic regardless of country of origin? > >What you seem to want is uk.rec.motorcycles.british.classic, which >doesn't exist. > >Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though. not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike. -- Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that Travel The Galaxy! Meet Fascinating Life Forms... ------------------------------------------------\ >> http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ << \ ...and Kill them. a webcartoon by Howard Tayler; I like it, maybe you will too!
From: Pip Luscher on 15 Mar 2007 17:54 On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:37:50 +0000, Austin Shackles <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS(a)ddol-las.net> wrote: >>Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though. > >not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike. My old CZ had a tickler. Actualy, so does my Villiers-powered scythe mower. -- -Pip
From: platypus on 15 Mar 2007 18:53
Pip Luscher wrote: > On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:37:50 +0000, Austin Shackles > <austinDITCHTHISFORBETTERRESULTS(a)ddol-las.net> wrote: > >>> Feel free to set it in motion. It might need a hefty boot, though. >> >> not to mention various arcane actions with ticklers and suchlike. > > My old CZ had a tickler. Actualy, so does my Villiers-powered scythe > mower. My 1995-reg Dnepr outfit had ticklers. Good they were. -- platypus "Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative." |