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(Msg. 31) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:05 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:32:47 +0000, Champ <news RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:19:36 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
><Salad.Dodger RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
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>>On Feb 12, 7:21 pm, SD <salad.dod... RemoveThis @idnet.com> wrote:
>>> 2. Get the ultimate commuting machine ready for the morning. Hopefully
>>> it'll run on all six pots. If not, it'll have to be the Wing.
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>>It did. A bit reluctantly, but then, it hadn't moved since July.
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>>I'd forgotten quite how rubbish the brakes were, too.
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>heh.
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>Have you got a hose on the way now?
Never going to be that simple though, is it?
One hose gone will inevitably be an indicator of others on the way,
then during dismantling Dodger will discover that the clutch
hydraulics are linked to the power steering pump and the air
conditioning, requiring at least 220 lines to explain the intricacies
of dissasembly and why he's once again managed to lay his bike across
three acres of prime Docklands real estate in a thin layer of assorted
componentry.
Probably.
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:24 pm
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"SD" <salad.dodger.DeleteThis@idnet.com> wrote in message
news:61e9ttF1p4h6jU1@mid.individual.net...
> Jumped on the B'bird tonight to come home.
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> Key in, start, clutch in, into first, and off we go.
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> Rather more quickly than I'd hoped.
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> I'm sure I should have let the clutch out again by now, too.
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> The clutch hose has split, where it goes from flexy rubber tube to
> solid metal pipe.
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> The journey home, with *no* clutch, was hilarious.
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> Ho hum.
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> To do list:
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> 1. Fit new clutch hose - a proper, braided, jobby, I suppose.
> 2. Get the ultimate commuting machine ready for the morning. Hopefully
> it'll run on all six pots. If not, it'll have to be the Wing.
http://shop.wemoto.com/index.dyn?oid=5834019
Shows clutch hose as £29.50
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:36 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:15:58 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx RemoveThis @gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Feb 13, 12:34 pm, Champ <n... RemoveThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:47:34 -0800 (PST), darsy <dar... RemoveThis @gmail.com>
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>> >heh. I can imagine it. Actually, central London's a lot smaller than
>> >it looks, particularly on the tube map - I tend to walk almost
>> >everywhere. Even walking from St.Pauls to Soho or King's Cross only
>> >takes 25-35 minutes.
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>> Walking is massively underated for lots of things, not least that it's
>> a very good form of exercise - puts your heart in a very good zone.
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>I walk (at least) 50-60 minutes per day - that's got to be healthy,
>right?
Very. If you walk at a decent brisk pace (and I imagine you do),
it'll put your heart in the 'fat-burning' zone of around 120~130bpm,
which is excellent for your metabolism.
It also very good for your muscular/skeletal system. I'd not had a
moment's back ache until I stopped walking 15~20 mins to work and back
each day - now it's something I have to 'manage'.
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I don't know, but I been told, you never slow down, you never get old
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:36 pm
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Champ wrote:
> Walking is massively underated for lots of things, not least that it's
> a very good form of exercise - puts your heart in a very good zone.
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> I live in the centre (ish) of a small provincial town, and always walk
> pretty much everywhere within the town itself. The whole place is
> accessible within 30 mins.
An excellent way for a poodlefaker to meet the ladies. 
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:36 pm
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CT wrote:
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> darsy wrote:
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> > On Feb 13, 8:52 am, "CT" <m....RemoveThis@christrollen.co.uk> wrote:
> > > I had to use the Met. Line last night. Since I've stopped working
> > > in London, this is now a fairly rare occurrence. TFFT, is all I
> > > can say.
> >
> > I don't think I've ever knowingly used the Met. Line.
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> Occupational hazard when you live in Harrow.
V (for it is she) wants to move to Pinner. The commute from there to my
office, using the Met line, is actually longer than the trek from the
arse end of Berkshire. What's up with that?
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:36 pm
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CT wrote:
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> I think it's Bill Bryson, in one of his books, that mentions about
> tourists wanting to get from Regents Park to Great Portland Street and
> going on the tube via Baker Street.
Or Embankment to Covent Garden via Leicester Square.
Insanity.
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:38 pm
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ogden wrote:
> V (for it is she) wants to move to Pinner. The commute from there to my
> office, using the Met line, is actually longer than the trek from the
> arse end of Berkshire. What's up with that?
it's god telling you to get out on your bike more.
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(Msg. 38) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:46 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:15:58 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx DeleteThis @gmail.com>
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>I walk (at least) 50-60 minutes per day - that's got to be healthy,
>right?
Well yes - apart from the length of your legs, obviously. Keep that
up and you'll be 3'6" in ten years.
And the air quality in The Smoke. You /do/ wear a Tokyo-approved
filter mask, don't you? That would benefit the people around you as
well, so perhaps not.
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(Msg. 39) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:47 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:06:57 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
<Salad.Dodger.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 13, 1:05 pm, Pip <gingerblokeNOS....RemoveThis@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
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>> Probably.
>
>;-p',',',',',', to you, matey.
You know it's da troof though, dontcha? It ain't just the Wing, you
know.
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(Msg. 40) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:59 pm
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ogden wrote:
> V (for it is she) wants to move to Pinner. The commute from there to
> my office, using the Met line, is actually longer than the trek from
> the arse end of Berkshire. What's up with that?
First Great Western in "not the worst train operator" shocka!
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(Msg. 41) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:20:48 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
<Salad.Dodger.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>Fettleship of the 'bird; the Two Hondas; and Return of the Wing.
You, coat, now.
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:08:28 -0800 (PST), darsy <darsyx DeleteThis @gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Feb 13, 3:59 pm, SaladDodger <Salad.Dod... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Feb 13, 3:09 pm, ogden <og... DeleteThis @pre.org> wrote:
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>> > Or Embankment to Covent Garden via Leicester Square.
>>
>> <raises hand>
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>> When I first started at the Pru - I used to go Cannon St to Chancery
>> Lane, via Monument and Bank.
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>you daft/lazy sod.
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(Msg. 43) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:20:48 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
<Salad.Dodger.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Feb 13, 3:47 pm, Pip <gingerblokeNOS....RemoveThis@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote:
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>> You know it's da troof though, dontcha? It ain't just the Wing, you
>> know.
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>Oh, I do. Mined ewe, the Blackbird has been very well behaved for the
>last eight years.
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>If you're interested, there's a new GL1500 maintenance blockbuster in
>the pipeline at the moment.
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>Swing-arms, clutches, electricals, brakes - it's got the lot.
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>Perhaps I could go for a LOTR-esque Trilogy:
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>Fettleship of the 'bird; the Two Hondas; and Return of the Wing.
Marvellous.
>I could cast Brad Pitt as me. You could be played by Andy Serkis.
And a sucker punch at the end.
<round of applause>
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ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R 600 racer
My advice as your attorney is to buy a motorcycle
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(Msg. 44) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:34:18 +0000, Champ <neal.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:20:48 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
><Salad.Dodger.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>>I could cast Brad Pitt as me.
Of Pip.
>You could be played by Andy Serkis.
But when he's got hair he's quite cute. Completely wrong for the role
of Pip.
I suggest Geoffrey Bayldon.
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(Msg. 45) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:48 pm
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On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:49:55 +0000, Lady Nina <spamtrap2 DeleteThis @ntlworld.com>
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>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:34:18 +0000, Champ <neal DeleteThis @champ.org.uk> wrote:
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>>On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:20:48 -0800 (PST), SaladDodger
>><Salad.Dodger DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>I could cast Brad Pitt as me.
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>Of Pip.
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>>You could be played by Andy Serkis.
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>But when he's got hair he's quite cute. Completely wrong for the role
>of Pip.
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>I suggest Geoffrey Bayldon.
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