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From: Colin Irvine on 6 May 2010 20:01 On Fri, 07 May 2010 00:22:46 +0100, Owen squeezed out the following: >On Fri, 07 May 2010 00:07:25 +0100, Colin Irvine ><look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: > >>On Thu, 06 May 2010 23:48:04 +0100, Owen squeezed out the following: >> >>>On Thu, 6 May 2010 13:45:37 -0700 (PDT), Stephen >>><stephen.packer(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>>On 6 May, 20:14, Colin Irvine <l...(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote: >>>> >>>>> And of course US steaks are largely full of growth hormones and >>>>> antibiotics. Ugh! >>>> >>>>Well, that may be the case... but the restaurant (chain) serving some >>>>of >>>>the best tasting steaks I've eaten is in the US; Morton's. >>> >>>Mortons? Marina had a steak at Mortons and was so impressed with the >>>steak knives, she asked where she could buy a set, they sold her one. >>>We have a set of Mortons steak knives in the dining room top-drawer, >>>they work great, used one last night. >> >>You need steak knives? Buy less pikey steaks instead. > >But it was Waitroses finest fillet... In which case using a steak knife is akin to using a fish knife - simply an affectation. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: Mac on 6 May 2010 20:07 On May 7, 12:19 am, Owen <peric...(a)ntlXXWorld.com> wrote: > Something that would be really useful would be a list of contacts that > might possibly have crash space for a British rider/traveller. It > would certainly help make the whole project more affordable. I could > recipricate if any come over here to Blighty. Dunno how that would > work? I would refer the honourable gentleman to a post I made up there ^^ <Quote> "I also got a lot of local help from the MSTA (Motorcycle Sports Touring Association). I got drunk with a few of them, dragged round their favourite twisties, given route advice and bed for the night. http://www.sporttouring.us/forum.php - Forum http://micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/hsta - old but still kinda active mailing list." </Quote> I recommend them as a genuinely friendly & helpful bunch (except for info on bike rentals or insurance as a foreigner they are all US bike owners, theyve never had to do either). Americans who own "Sports Touring" bikes (VFRs, FJs, BMWs, Sprint STs, Pans & the like). Average age must be 45-50 ish. Last years two week trip based round Staunton VA. I stayed with three of the members. Drop an email into the mailing list - it's worth a punt at the least.
From: Mark Olson on 6 May 2010 20:22 Owen wrote: > On Thu, 06 May 2010 18:25:03 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> > wrote: > >> Owen wrote: >>> Something that would be really useful would be a list of contacts that >>> might possibly have crash space for a British rider/traveller. It >>> would certainly help make the whole project more affordable. I could >>> recipricate if any come over here to Blighty. Dunno how that would >>> work? >> If by some chance you end up in the glorious midwest you have a >> standing offer of bed and grub at my house. Probably not worth >> riding here from California just for that, though. >> > Im open to offers... > > The mid-west is a big area... Where are you? Minnesota. Ya know.
From: Owen on 6 May 2010 20:32 Ive bought a gurhka kukri for camping/chopping wood/skinning mountain lions, etc. So Ive sorted my essentials... -- Owen
From: Mark Olson on 6 May 2010 20:40
Owen wrote: > Ive bought a gurhka kukri for camping/chopping wood/skinning mountain > lions, etc. So Ive sorted my essentials... Mountain lions, pah. Think about getting a gun- waving that slicer at a bear will only amuse him. The local bears are eager to work on lowering their handicap. Usually if you let them play through, they're no trouble, don't know why the cop didn't know that. http://wcco.com/pets/bear.shot.kiled.2.1679195.html |