UKRM Run 2010
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From: zymurgy on 3 May 2010 05:37 On May 3, 7:12 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus > > <monotr...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed > > >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > > >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > > > >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > > >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > > >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > > > >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use > > >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. > > > I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than > > circumspect use of said conveyance? > > > Well? WELL? > > He didn't get nicked *as well*? Please say it's not so :-) heh, I know the answer to this, but I believe the story should be told by the man himself .. ;) Paul.
From: Salad Dodger on 3 May 2010 05:56 On Mon, 3 May 2010 10:08:06 +0100, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> wrote: > >Just for you Nick, here's Manston's report for Sunday at 4.50pm. > >EGMH 021650Z 01025G36KT 6000 RA BKN012 06/05 Q1010 I should have brought me cossie.
From: Tim on 3 May 2010 06:04 In message <pd7tt5l1j4s3jhnm7t01fkds5qejoad029(a)4ax.com>, Salad Dodger <salad.dodger(a)idnet.com> writes >On Mon, 3 May 2010 10:08:06 +0100, Tim <tim(a)nospam.osvif.demon.co.uk> >wrote: > >> >>Just for you Nick, here's Manston's report for Sunday at 4.50pm. >> >>EGMH 021650Z 01025G36KT 6000 RA BKN012 06/05 Q1010 > >I should have brought me cossie. It explains why I felt a bit chilly. -- Tim
From: YTC#1 on 3 May 2010 06:19 On Mon, 03 May 2010 02:14:14 -0700, platypus wrote: > On 2 May, 23:33, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> > wrote: >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus >> <monotr...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed >> >> >> >> >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel >> >> >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >> >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older >> >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed >> >> >> >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of >> >> >>55mpg (gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg >> >> >>(two-up into the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). >> >> >> I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned >> >> just shy of 30mpg. >> >> >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use >> >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. >> >> I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than >> circumspect use of said conveyance? >> >> Well? WELL? > > Keep your hair on. I was only doing 157. Miles or KMH ? -
From: platypus on 3 May 2010 06:54
On 3 May, 11:19, YTC#1 <b...(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 03 May 2010 02:14:14 -0700, platypus wrote: > > On 2 May, 23:33, Wicked Uncle Nigel <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> > > wrote: > >> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus > >> <monotr...(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed > > >> >On 2 May, 21:51, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...(a)idnet.com> wrote: > >> >> On Sun, 2 May 2010 21:43:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel > > >> >> <w...(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, The Older > >> >> >Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> typed > > >> >> >>Enjoyable few days' riding, all the same. The K managed a best of > >> >> >>55mpg (gentle pootling around on Saturday) and a worst of 40mpg > >> >> >>(two-up into the howling sodden sodding headwind outside Calais). > > >> >> I hate you. The run down on Friday (at an average 85mph) returned > >> >> just shy of 30mpg. > > >> >The Alfa does that if I sit at 120mph all day. More circumspect use > >> >sees low 40s and 500+ miles from a tankful. > > >> I believe you have something to tell us regarding slightly less than > >> circumspect use of said conveyance? > > >> Well? WELL? > > > Keep your hair on. I was only doing 157. > > Miles or KMH ? - I feel it would be mean-spirited and ungentlemanly to descend to nitpicking over units. Suffice to say that it was in a diesel car, and I'm neither in jail nor the gutter press. |