Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
Sean_Q_
is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting
volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people
(United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only
nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure
there are lots more).
SQ
Rob Kleinschmidt
Socialized medicine and gun control.
No arguing with the correleation.
Wicked Uncle Nigel
<Rkleinsc...@aol.com> typed
Dentists.
"All be speaking German if it wasn't...".
Huge arses.
Guns.
There, that's covered everything.
This thread is now closed.
Thanks.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"
can you see the light of need shinin' in my eye?
YTC#1
More people capable of using a computer over here.
--
Bruce Porter
XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX750W, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
doetnietcomputeren
<w...@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said:
>>> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population
>>> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting
>>> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people
>>> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only
>>> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure
>>> there are lots more).
>>
>> Socialized medicine and gun control.
>> No arguing with the correleation.
>
> Dentists.
> "All be speaking German if it wasn't...".
> Huge arses.
> Guns.
>
>
> There, that's covered everything.
>
> This thread is now closed.
>
> Thanks.
You forgot:
"I'll 'ave you"
"Laden or unladen?"
--
Dnc
Nagarjuna's Cataskoti clawed me!
> Why is UKRM more active than Reeky?
Arguing with each other is the only right the bloody sods have left,
so they masterdebate 24/7...
Twibil
>
>
> Socialized medicine and gun control.
> No arguing with the correleation.
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.
BryanUT
Oh look, krusty is trying use proper English. Pathetic. Like a
northerner trying speak with a proper southern drawl.
He can't even accept is own heritage, gee I wonder why?
Oh, and to answer Sean's original question, motorcycle riders in the
UK actually ride their bikes, in all kinds of weather, they ain't some
piece of butt jewelry [1].
[1] guilty as charged
tomorrowat...@yahoo.com
> motorcycle riders in the
> UK actually ride their bikes, in all kinds of weather, they ain't some
> piece of butt jewelry
Fuck, then, I've been riding on the wrong side of the damn road. No
wonder all those assholes in cars have been honking at me.
Catman
--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Sean_Q_
> 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.
That's something else I've wondered about...
SQ
Cab
> Oh, and to answer Sean's original question, motorcycle riders in the
> UK actually ride their bikes, in all kinds of weather, they ain't some
> piece of butt jewelry [1].
Quite, otherwise we'd never get chance to ride the bloody things.
--
Cab :^) - "It's not a fookin' budgie, you daft tart!"
Z1000ABS : http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm (just for WUN)
The ALL NEW ukrm website : http://www.ukrm.info
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
The Older Gentleman
Buggroff.
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
The Older Gentleman
I think WUN covered it nicely.
There's a ot of goodstuff about reeky. The worst, by a long way, is the
interminable banging on about politics and blacks, which tends to be
x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
Sean Hamerton
VBG.
--
SeanH - '01 Fazer 600 in black | '97 GSX-R 750 SRAD.
Andy Bonwick
<noway...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Nov 16, 2:52�pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Socialized medicine and gun control.
>> No arguing with the correleation.
>
>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.
>
Or is it that most reekie posters are corporate whores who aren't
allowed to post during work time?
>This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities.
It's not universal.
Cunt.
Eiron
It's just that Americans don't understand irony.
Perhaps we need to add more smileys for their benefit.
--
Eiron.
Champ
<noway...@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?
--
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
CT
> I think WUN covered it nicely.
>
> There's a ot of goodstuff about reeky. The worst, by a long way, is
> the interminable banging on about politics and blacks, which tends to
> be x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
> alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
The German server doesn't seem to carry that one.
Dang!
--
Chris
Salad Dodger
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
>alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
Champ
I read in the paper yesterday that even Texas is thinking about
dropping the death penalty.
Sean_Q_
>>> This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities.
>> That's something else I've wondered about...
>
> Buggroff.
Oooooog, just at bit... *touchy* this evening, are we? Of course,
Twibil named no names, but if the Foo shits...
SQ
CT
> The Older Gentleman wrote:
>
> >>> This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities.
>
> >> That's something else I've wondered about...
> >
> > Buggroff.
>
> Oooooog, just at bit... touchy this evening, are we? Of course,
> Twibil named no names, but if the Foo shits...
Sheesh - Eiron was spot on earlier!
--
Chris
TOG@Toil
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk
>
> (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> >x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
> >alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
>
> In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
Good point, well made.
And then, of course, there's KrustyUS, with his endless Jewish
Conspiracy theories, Drain Man with his ditto 9/11 drivel, some
fruitloop who bangs on about niggers all the tme, and they all seem to
x-post this crap to half a dozen different groups.
Sean_Q_
SQ
ogden
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:19:02 +0000, Salad Dodger
> <salad....@idnet.com> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk
> >(The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
> >>alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
>
> >In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
>
> I read in the paper yesterday that even Texas is thinking about
> dropping the death penalty.
Only because they haven't met des yet.
--
ogden
Krusty
> On 17 Nov, 09:19, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk
> >
> > (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> > > x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
> > > alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
> >
> > In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
>
> Good point, well made.
>
> And then, of course, there's KrustyUS
<g> Thankyou!
--
Krusty
'03 Tiger 955i '02 MV Senna '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)
Switters
<sigh> It's a cliche that yanks don't get irony, but thanks for helping
out with that one.
TOG@Toil
> TOG@Toil wrote:
> > And then, of course, there's KrustyUS
>
> <g> Thankyou!
>
Yer welcome ;-) He's been banging on in rmt about how one should
always replace tyres with whatever was used for OE fitment, which has
caused a certain amount of polite laughter.
Mark Olson
He's only a Yank by contact.
Cab
*whooooooosh*
โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม
> 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.
Also, consider the price of gasoline in the US vs. "petrol" in the UK.
I can day trip up to Giant Forest and back home for less than $7.00.
If a Limey sod rode the same distance out of London and back, it
would have cost him the equivalent of $28.00, and what would he have
seen?
Potted palms in Bristol?
No wonder the yobs are pissed off all the time.
S'mee
Well it's bullshite...any punk that wont ride in the rain is a posoure.
(or howe'erthefeckyouspeilthat)
S'mee
I'd fling one your way but it seems I'm not wearing them at the
moment...just left the kitchen after cleaning it.
S'mee
Indeed cant' you tell by his accent?
CT
> Also, consider the price of gasoline in the US vs. "petrol" in the UK.
>
> I can day trip up to Giant Forest and back home for less than $7.00.
>
> If a Limey sod rode the same distance out of London and back, it
> would have cost him the equivalent of $28.00, and what would he have
> seen?
>
> Potted palms in Bristol?
>
> No wonder the yobs are pissed off all the time.
Heh, whilst those figures are true[1], I don't think that there are
many ukrmers that ride motorcycles because they're cheap to run. A
tank-full will do me 150 miles, and if that costs me �20, so be it.
[1] Currently 1.10/litre == �5/UK gallon == $7/US gallon.
--
Chris
S'mee
Maybe written irony...but what would I know, after all I dont' "Get"
fashion whether it's motorcycles, clothes, music, cell phones etc.
Y'all just baffle me with the bullshit in yoru lives, hell I dont'
even like starschmucks, baseball OR football. a stranger in my own
land I am.
S'mee
Oh lookie! The Chickenhawk (pursuer of young men for sex) morphed
again!!! wow, what a surprise that is.
S'mee
> TOG@Toil wrote:
> > On 17 Nov, 09:19, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk
>
> > > (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
> > > > x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
> > > > alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
>
> > > In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
>
> > Good point, well made.
>
> > And then, of course, there's KrustyUS
>
> <g> Thankyou!
Sorry about the confusion but if we called him shit head he might like
it.
doetnietcomputeren
>> �> Heh. It's actually because it rains there most of the time so the UK
> RM
>> �> types have far more non-riding time on their hands for social
>> �> networking.
>> �>
>>
>>> This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities.
>>
>> That's something else I've wondered about...
>>
>> SQ
>
> Well it's bullshite...any punk that wont ride in the rain is a posoure.
> (or howe'erthefeckyouspeilthat)
"Poser" - not difficult.
--
Dnc
Eiron
> On Nov 16, 5:32 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...@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.
>
> Also, consider the price of gasoline in the US vs. "petrol" in the UK.
>
> I can day trip up to Giant Forest and back home for less than $7.00.
>
> If a Limey sod rode the same distance out of London and back, it
> would have cost him the equivalent of $28.00, and what would he have
> seen?
If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
than you've had hot dinners.
--
Eiron.
S'mee
Yeah, but it did help clear my sinus's.
Note: one really shouldn't belly laugh with mouth full of coffee and
plugged sinus's at the same time.
Thankyou: Management
ogden
> bMA A3U ;Q7`A KXA wrote:
>
> > Also, consider the price of gasoline in the US vs. "petrol" in the UK.
> >
> > I can day trip up to Giant Forest and back home for less than $7.00.
> >
> > If a Limey sod rode the same distance out of London and back, it
> > would have cost him the equivalent of $28.00, and what would he have
> > seen?
> >
> > Potted palms in Bristol?
> >
> > No wonder the yobs are pissed off all the time.
>
> Heh, whilst those figures are true[1], I don't think that there are
> many ukrmers that ride motorcycles because they're cheap to run. A
> tank-full will do me 150 miles, and if that costs me £20, so be it.
Petrol, like most things in life, costs "some money". Big wah.
Last time I did a road trip, I think I spent less on fuel than I did on
speeding tickets. Result!
--
ogden
CT
> Last time I did a road trip, I think I spent less on fuel than I did
> on speeding tickets. Result!
Yes, but you (and the other AlpineStars) are "special".
--
Chris
Rob Kleinschmidt
> If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
> he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
> than you've had hot dinners.
So you ride around acquiring culture ?
darsy
I have absolutely no idea how much fuel costs per gallon, although I
was mildly surprised to see that my car took >�70 to fill up last
time.
The bikes? Fuck knows - never really tried to work out the fuel
consumption.
--
d.
Simon Wilson
It's about �4.95 for your English gallon at the moment. Or $8.30 in
funny money.
My bike currently costs 10.3p/17.2c mile, which I only know 'cos I do
the same journey on it every day (absorbing *loads* of culture as I go).
It was until recently a lot worse than that.
--
/Simon
Champ
<proud>
--
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
Champ
Dispensing it.
turby
> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population
> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting
> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people
> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only
> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure
> there are lots more).
C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using
archaic technology.
The Older Gentleman
<Uncomfortable feeling that Turby may have put his finger on it>
--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple
Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
Colin Irvine
>On 17 Nov 2009 16:28:40 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>ogden wrote:
>>
>>> Last time I did a road trip, I think I spent less on fuel than I did
>>> on speeding tickets. Result!
>
>>Yes, but you (and the other AlpineStars) are "special".
>
><proud>
via <crestfallen> and <indignant>
--
Colin Irvine
ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5
http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
YTC#1
At that would be different from HDs.... how ?
--
Bruce Porter
XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
Eiron
The old creative accounting trick.
What about the 4p/mile for tyres, 1p/mile for clothing etc?
And as you're commuting you should include some of the fixed costs too.
--
Eiron.
ogden
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:01:08 +0000, Champ squeezed out the following:
>
> >On 17 Nov 2009 16:28:40 GMT, "CT" <m...@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>ogden wrote:
> >>
> >>> Last time I did a road trip, I think I spent less on fuel than I did
> >>> on speeding tickets. Result!
> >
> >>Yes, but you (and the other AlpineStars) are "special".
> >
> ><proud>
>
> via <crestfallen> and <indignant>
not to mention <somewhat in a hurry to cross the Rhine>
--
ogden
darsy
>On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:30:07 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
><Rkleinsc...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>On Nov 17, 8:14�am, Eiron <E1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
>>> he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
>>> than you've had hot dinners.
>>
>>So you ride around acquiring culture ?
>
>Dispensing it.
"Have a smile for breakfast; you'll be shitting joy by lunchtime"
--
d.
Champ
wrote:
heh.
But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it.
vulgarandmischevious
>if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it.
They're hateful, all of them. I read one at the moment, and it's
seven kinds of shite.
Rob Kleinschmidt
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:30:07 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
>
> >On Nov 17, 8:14 am, Eiron <E1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
> >> he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
> >> than you've had hot dinners.
>
> >So you ride around acquiring culture ?
>
> Dispensing it.
Are there recommended antibiotics ?
BrianNZ
> TOG@Toil wrote:
>
>> On 17 Nov, 09:19, Salad Dodger <salad.dod...@idnet.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:10:48 +0000, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk
>>>
>>> (The Older Gentleman) wrote:
>>>> x-posted to all sorts of obscure groups like
>>>> alt.texas.right.wing.raving.loony
>>> In what way does that differ from alt.texas ?
>> Good point, well made.
>>
>
> <g> Thankyou!
>
...All Krusty's are the same....?? :)
BrianNZ
>
:) I forgot you Poms were sticklers for that sort of thing.Maybe thats
why there are more posts on UKRM.....lots of 'correction' posts?
darsy
>On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:10:42 -0800 (PST), turby <keen...@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Nov 16, 2:44�pm, Sean_Q_ <no.s...@no.spam> wrote:
>>> The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland population
>>> is about 60 million. And yet UKRM has a significantly higher posting
>>> volume than Reeky, which represents at least 400 million people
>>> (United States + Canada + UK + New Zealand), those being the only
>>> nationalities I personally know to be contributing, although I'm sure
>>> there are lots more).
>
>>C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using
>>archaic technology.
>
>heh.
>
>But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it.
the maddest bit is, they could be done properly if someone with 1/2 a
clue about UX had a go at doing one. Every single one I've tried looks
to have been "designed" by some open source LAMP-muppet, using the
appropriately named Gimp for the badly formatted graphics (and don't
even get me started on the ones that have anim-GIFs instead of
smileys...)
--
d.
โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม
> > �> Heh. It's actually because it rains there most of the time so the
> Well it's bullshite...any punk that wont ride in the rain is a posoure.
> (or howe'erthefeckyouspeilthat)
If you're talking about S'mee, it's spelled "pussy"...
ogden
If only you knew an unemployed developer.
--
ogden
Leszek Karlik
[...]
>> But if web forums are the future, I don't want any part of it.
> the maddest bit is, they could be done properly if someone with 1/2 a
> clue about UX had a go at doing one.
Nah, no amount of UX will change the fact that web forums are a
single point of failure waiting to happen and are easily retromoderated
by the administrators and/or users.
Usenet is failure- and censorship-resistant, which is it's best point
and most significant flaw at the same time.
--
Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik
NTV 60
โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม
> If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
> he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
> than you've had hot dinners.
If I was in London, I would leave the motorbike parked and take the
Tube to
cultural sites until I overdosed on them.
However, there is far more to enjoying life than looking at statues
with pigeon shit on them, or looking at a paintings of British kings
who were really queens.
Like I said before, for $5.00 USD, I can ride my motorbike and enjoy
this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Forest
I have a free lifetime pass to all national parks in the USA, so it
costs me nothing to get in.
Afterwards, I can stop at Burger King and have two double
cheeseburgers and a senior citizen coke for $2.46.
Such a deal. And the illegal alien cooking my meal just adds to the
ambiance, like a Paki or Hindoo in London would...
Salad Dodger
wrote:
>turby wrote:
>> C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using
>> archaic technology.
>>
>
>At that would be different from HDs.... how ?
There was one of those monstrosities parked in front of our office
today.
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. Not very practiclal in the UK in November,
either.
Twibil
>
>
> <sigh> It's a cliche that yanks don't get irony, but thanks for helping
> out with that one.
And it's another cliche' that Brits invariably act condesending, even
when they're making it all up as they go along. (He's Canadian.)
BTW: rumor to the contrary; "Canadian" isn't a synonym for "North
Dakotan". Canadians have their very own little country up there; even
if it *is* mostly composed of snow, beer, hosers, and pine trees.
I hear they're even going to install a traffic light in Toronto real
soon now!
Twibil
>
>
> So you ride around acquiring culture ?
Yes, but rarely anything that a good antibiotic can't handle.
The Older Gentleman
The Older Gentleman
zymurgy
> On Nov 16, 2:52 pm, Rob Kleinschmidt <Rkleinsch1216...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Socialized medicine and gun control.
> > No arguing with the correleation.
>
> 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.
heh. Nice.
> This also explains the universally grumpy UKRM personalities.
True. Could be worse though. Try living in Ireland for even worse
rainfall induced grumpiness.
Paul.
zymurgy
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:45 -0800 (PST), Twibil
>
> <nowayjo...@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.
>
Pretty much.
Paul.
Sean_Q_
zymurgy
Say a what. 1p a mile for clothing ? Only if you're shopping at
Lidl ..
Paul.
The Older Gentleman
<fx: tips hat>
Much obliged.
Sean_Q_
> Canadians have their very own little country up there; even
> if it *is* mostly composed of snow, beer, hosers, and pine trees.
You forgot to mention tundra (a kind of stony, barren arctic desert)
and maple trees.
SQ
zymurgy
I was behind one today on the A1 North. He was giving it a fair amount
of stick (like over 100MPH), and I was a bit surprised.
He was chastened by a pearler of a lane 1 overtake when I saw an
opportunity that was just too good to miss ...
Paul.
Sean_Q_
>> At that would be different from HDs.... how ?
>
> There was one of those monstrosities parked in front of our office
> today.
>
> 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. Not like them new-fangled space-age looking sportbikes.
SQ
Champ
>Pretty much.
<shrug> I can think of several ukrmers who aren't grumpy. Most the
ones I get on best with, in fact.
--
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
zymurgy
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:54 -0800 (PST), zymurgy
>
> >On 17 Nov, 08:38, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
> >> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:45 -0800 (PST), Twibil
>
> >> <nowayjo...@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.
Most of the BHaLC aren't. But let's face it, if you're not
argumentive, or hold (and are willing to defend) a polarised view,
then there's little point posting to UKRM.
In terms of flaming/conflict it's not a patch on what it was though.
Maybe i'm confusing 'having an opinion' with being grumpy ;)
Paul.
Ace
>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.
Twibil
>
>
> 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.
Andy Bonwick
>On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:54 -0800 (PST), zymurgy
><zym...@technologist.com> wrote:
>
>>On 17 Nov, 08:38, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:45 -0800 (PST), Twibil
>>>
>>> <nowayjo...@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..
Champ
<zym...@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.
YTC#1
> On Nov 17, 8:14 am, Eiron <E1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม wrote:
>
>> If that Limey started in that London and spent $7 on fuel,
>> he could get more culture and see more sights in an afternoon
>> than you've had hot dinners.
>
> If I was in London, I would leave the motorbike parked and take the
> Tube to
> cultural sites until I overdosed on them.
A normal person would park the bike and walk, oh, I forgot , yanks don't
do walk.
>
> However, there is far more to enjoying life than looking at statues
> with pigeon shit on them, or looking at a paintings of British kings
> who were really queens.
>
> Like I said before, for $5.00 USD, I can ride my motorbike and enjoy
> this:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Forest
Been there, done that.
>
> I have a free lifetime pass to all national parks in the USA, so it
> costs me nothing to get in.
It costs someone, so that must mean you live in a socialist state. On
hand outs are you ?
>
> Afterwards, I can stop at Burger King and have two double
> cheeseburgers and a senior citizen coke for $2.46.
Subsidised, defo looks like the USA has grabbed socialism by both horns.
--
Bruce Porter
XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail
POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8
"The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly"
http://www.ytc1.co.uk
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
YTC#1
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:23:12 +0000, YTC#1 <b...@ytc1-spambin.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> turby wrote:
>>> C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using
>>> archaic technology.
>>>
>> At that would be different from HDs.... how ?
>
> There was one of those monstrosities parked in front of our office
> today.
Was KrustyUS on the tube ?
>
> 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. Not very practiclal in the UK in November,
> either.
Totally gay, defo KrustyUS :-)
zymurgy
> 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...@hotmail.com>
> >wrote:
>
> >>C'mon. It's Usenet. Brits have always been more comfortable using
> >>archaic technology.
>
>
<AONTL>
Oh and put MyFaceTwitter in that category too.
Paul.
Rob Kleinschmidt
> > If I was in London, I would leave the motorbike parked and take the
> > Tube to
> > cultural sites until I overdosed on them.
>
> A normal person would park the bike and walk, oh, I forgot , yanks don't
> do walk.
We jog incessantly though. To build and maintain our
attractive sexy bodies and six pack abs which perfectly
complement our sparkllng white, absolutely straight toothed,
perpetual smiles. Features you can never hope to possess
except in your pitiful and pathetic dreams.
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 ?
wessie
news:1j9ccmj.iay6511lqrl9eN%totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk:
> Sean_Q_ <no....@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...
--
wessie at tesco dot net
BMW R1150GS
โอม มณี ปัทเม หุม
> 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"...
platypus
> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:50:54 -0800 (PST), zymurgy
> <zym...@technologist.com> wrote:
>
>> On 17 Nov, 08:38, Champ <n...@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:32:45 -0800 (PST), Twibil
>>>
>>> <nowayjo...@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...
c...@nospam.netunix.com
Others are Flopsey, Mopsey, Cottontail and Peter.
--
03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
Twibil
> 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...