From: sleazy on
On 2010-02-27 09:51:31 -0500, turby <keensurf(a)hotmail.com> said:

>
> Perzackly. It doesn't take long for rental fees to add up to the price
> of a bike. You can ship for a reasonable fee, but arrival time is too
> arbitrary.(*) Flying is best but expensive. That's why operations like
> Knopf are a good thing.
>
> (*) One woman shipped her bike _12_ weeks before her trip and it
> _still_ didn't get there on time.

I saw that horror story and vowed it would be air freight if it went.
I'll be on the same damn plane with it. Sea shipping wasn't much
cheaper and much more non time sensitive.

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sleazy

From: doetnietcomputeren on
On 2010-02-27 18:51:22 +0100, wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> said:

>> I'm wondering how many European countries it would be possible to
>> visit and stay with UKRM'ers
>>
>> I can think of at least 10.
>>
>
> 18 so far, if you split the UK up & include that idiot from Gibraltar

Really? That many?

UK = 5 (6 if you include Gibraltar as a country)
NL, BE, FR, ES, DE, CH = 6

There's that part time poster in Poland.

That's a generous 13. So where else does the group have resident
representatives?



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From: wessie on
doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote in
news:2010022719455111967-doesnotcompute(a)gmailcom:

> On 2010-02-27 18:51:22 +0100, wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> said:
>
>>> I'm wondering how many European countries it would be possible to
>>> visit and stay with UKRM'ers
>>>
>>> I can think of at least 10.
>>>
>>
>> 18 so far, if you split the UK up & include that idiot from Gibraltar
>
> Really? That many?
>
> UK = 5 (6 if you include Gibraltar as a country)
> NL, BE, FR, ES, DE, CH = 6
>
> There's that part time poster in Poland.
>
> That's a generous 13. So where else does the group have resident
> representatives?
>
>
>

I was only counting UK as 4: W, E, NI & S

there's the bloke in Greece, dwb in CI, porl etc in Oz, is Big Tony in NZ
still? Mark in Canada, although not posting of late; USA various; gaz on
the Isle of Man

Then, if we recognise Catalunya as a separate state we can go to 19

Oh, then there's des, so 20

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wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS
From: Colin Irvine on
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:05:23 -0800 (PST), Thomas squeezed out the
following:

>On Feb 27, 8:20�am, doetnietcomputeren <doesnotcomp...(a)gmail.com>
>wrote:
>> On 2010-02-27 17:17:38 +0100, Scraggy <scra...(a)abuseisgoodforyou.org.be> said:
>>
>> >>> If you're anywhere near SW London, email me. Beers and board await.
>>
>> >> Thank you, kind sir. I shall. But please, for my edification, (I don't
>> >> wish to be insulting,) when referring to you, which part of your
>> >> moniker gets the emphasis - The, Old, or Gentleman?
>>
>> > Both
>>
>> > hth
>>
>> > BTW, if you venture further north( northern English/Welsh border) then
>> > then bed and beer is also available plus some really good roads.
>>
>> I'm wondering how many European countries it would be possible to visit
>> and stay with UKRM'ers
>>
>> I can think of at least 10.
>
>So, umm, how many of said UKRM'ers have eligible daughters?

Heh. Make yourself at home, why dontcha.

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From: doetnietcomputeren on
On 2010-02-27 20:05:25 +0100, wessie <putmynamehere(a)tesco.net> said:

>>>> I'm wondering how many European countries it would be possible to
>>>> visit and stay with UKRM'ers
>>>>
>>>> I can think of at least 10.
>>>>
>>>
>>> 18 so far, if you split the UK up & include that idiot from Gibraltar
>>
>> Really? That many?
>>
>> UK = 5 (6 if you include Gibraltar as a country)
>> NL, BE, FR, ES, DE, CH = 6
>>
>> There's that part time poster in Poland.
>>
>> That's a generous 13. So where else does the group have resident
>> representatives?
>>
>
> I was only counting UK as 4: W, E, NI & S
>
> there's the bloke in Greece, dwb in CI, porl etc in Oz, is Big Tony in NZ
> still? Mark in Canada, although not posting of late; USA various; gaz on
> the Isle of Man
>
> Then, if we recognise Catalunya as a separate state we can go to 19
>
> Oh, then there's des, so 20

I suspect that your definition of Europe differs greatly from mine,
hence my puzzlement.



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Dnc