From: wessie on
totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote in
news:1j9ccmj.iay6511lqrl9eN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk:

> Sean_Q_ <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote:
>
>> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>>
>> >> hosers?
>> >>
>> >> ?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_%26_Doug_McKenzie
>
>
> <fx: tips hat>
>
> Much obliged.
>
>

so, someone with a farming heritage that listens to Rush...

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wessie at tesco dot net

BMW R1150GS
From: โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม on
On Nov 17, 2:48 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote:

> I have to admit that I've enjoyed visiting the British museum
> and a few other London sites, but couldn't you add some
> dancing cartoon characters like Disneyland to liven things
> up a little ?

Well, there *are* some waxen figures of peasants (as I recall) in
Edinburgh
castle that have the faces of the Beatles, so somebody in the UK does
have a sense of "humour"...

From: platypus on
Champ 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.

Yeah. Some of them are sleepy, dopey, sneezy etc...

From: crn on
In uk.rec.motorcycles platypus <monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Champ 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.
>
> Yeah. Some of them are sleepy, dopey, sneezy etc...

Others are Flopsey, Mopsey, Cottontail and Peter.

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76 Honda 400/4 project
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From: Twibil on
On Nov 17, 2:48 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> I have to admit that I've enjoyed visiting the British museum
> and a few other London sites, but couldn't you add some
> dancing cartoon characters like Disneyland to liven things
> up a little ?

I.T.'s a small world after all...