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From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 17 May 2010 09:58 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> typed >"ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message >news:MPG.265b2c96eedc6a4b98a2ff(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> >> Anyway, why do you care? It's his bike, his insurance, his problem, >> right? > >Don't you have any kids? Ogden? Kids? <shudder> -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Switters on 17 May 2010 10:02 On Mon, 17 May 2010 13:45:41 GMT, Beav wrote: > "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message > news:MPG.265b2c96eedc6a4b98a2ff(a)news.eternal-september.org... >> Kevin Stone wrote: >>> >> Mine is only �70 fully comp. >>> >>> > You're not a 17 year old on a 125, are you? >>> >>> Probably not... >>> >>> I did pay over a grand when I was about 21 though, so it's only fair. >> >> Anyway, why do you care? It's his bike, his insurance, his problem, >> right? > > Don't you have any kids? Don't tell me: he couldn't possibly understand otherwise?
From: ogden on 17 May 2010 10:17 Switters wrote: > On Mon, 17 May 2010 13:45:41 GMT, Beav wrote: > > > "ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message > > news:MPG.265b2c96eedc6a4b98a2ff(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >> Kevin Stone wrote: > >>> >> Mine is only £70 fully comp. > >>> > >>> > You're not a 17 year old on a 125, are you? > >>> > >>> Probably not... > >>> > >>> I did pay over a grand when I was about 21 though, so it's only fair. > >> > >> Anyway, why do you care? It's his bike, his insurance, his problem, > >> right? > > > > Don't you have any kids? > > Don't tell me: he couldn't possibly understand otherwise? At 17 I had two part-time jobs - one in a newsagents, the other delivering pizzas. That paid for me to buy and insure a TZR125. Kids today, etc. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
From: Champ on 17 May 2010 10:52 On Mon, 17 May 2010 15:17:31 +0100, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >> >> Anyway, why do you care? It's his bike, his insurance, his problem, >> >> right? >> > >> > Don't you have any kids? >> Don't tell me: he couldn't possibly understand otherwise? heh. Nailed. >At 17 I had two part-time jobs - one in a newsagents, the other >delivering pizzas. That paid for me to buy and insure a TZR125. > >Kids today, etc. Quite so. My generation (and Beav is older than me) bought and insured our own vehicles with our own money. I don't really see why it should be any different now. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: steve auvache on 17 May 2010 11:05
In article <MPG.265b21a4a42d982b98a2fd(a)news.eternal-september.org>, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> writes >Kevin Stone wrote: >> >> He's about to hit 17 and wants a 125. >> >> >> >> Which insurance comp will be cheapest? >> > >> > There's only one way to find out. >> >> Indeed, but as I've now checked with 4 and they're all over �500 it was time >> to ask. > >I think I paid about 450 quid TPFT on a TZR125 when I was 17, and that >was 16 years ago. Adjust that for inflation and see how your quotes look >in comparison. A fiver for TPFT on a 125 LD when I was 16. Wages as an apprentice was 5 guineas. -- steve auvache VN750 Third gear has scope. SR250 The SpazzTrakka (Improved). |