Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
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From: Ace on 17 Nov 2009 15:27 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:54 -0800, Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: >Salad Dodger wrote: >> Black, with white-wall tyres, one of those >> SoftFatHeritageSpringBobtail things. >> >> Fair enough, but this had fringed leather saddle and saddlebags, >> together with leather tassles on the bars, and leather fringes on the >> foot boards. Truly hideous. > >You've just described the kind of bike I like. With true style and >character. And completely[1] unique, right? >Not like them new-fangled space-age looking sportbikes. Haha. [1] Yes, I know, but this is a septic after all.
From: Twibil on 17 Nov 2009 15:39 On Nov 17, 11:56 am, Sean_Q_ <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > > > You forgot to mention tundra (a kind of stony, barren arctic desert) > and maple trees. Tundra, yes, but Maple teees? I thought you'd already boiled 'em all down into syrup and shipped 'em south.
From: Andy Bonwick on 17 Nov 2009 16:09 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:18:17 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:54 -0800 (PST), zymurgy ><zymurgy(a)technologist.com> wrote: > >>On 17 Nov, 08:38, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:45 -0800 (PST), Twibil >>> >>> <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >Heh. It's actually because it rains there most of the time so the UKRM >>> >types have far more non-riding time on their hands for social >>> >networking. >>> >This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities. >>> >>> Universal? > >>Pretty much. > ><shrug> I can think of several ukrmers who aren't grumpy. Most the >ones I get on best with, in fact. Some of us even laughed when we were stood outside a German police station waiting to be taxed for naughty riding. There weren't too many smiles when they first nicked us and took our keys and reg. documents though..
From: Champ on 17 Nov 2009 16:40 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:26:08 -0800 (PST), zymurgy <zymurgy(a)technologist.com> wrote: >Maybe i'm confusing 'having an opinion' with being grumpy ;) Heh. Maybe. But seriously, I would say that the likes of me, Darsy, Andy B, Ogden, to name but a few, aren't grumpy. Of course, one of my closest friends is Burnt, and he's *only* ever grumpy on here. -- Champ We declare that the splendor 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: zymurgy on 17 Nov 2009 17:36
On 17 Nov, 18:19, boots <bo...(a)despammed.com> wrote: > On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:47:53 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ says: > > >On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:42 -0800 (PST), turby <keens...(a)hotmail.com> > >wrote: > > >>C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using > >>archaic technology. > > >But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it. > > +1 <AONTL> Oh and put MyFaceTwitter in that category too. Paul. |