Modern Vespa

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phwoar!!!! nice one alice!!!!!

i'm just off to take wilma down to kelvin's we're going to swap the 'S' seat for a normal one, I'm going to hand over the keys, MOT certificate, and registration documents .... and then i'm off to meet a mate at Spitalfields for tea and sympathy and retail therapy

So Husky goes and buys a rocketship huh ? Well done that girl.
Is it me or are we all trading up these days ?
April the 4th.
Happy for you.
Billy-no-scoot

wilmer is now officially a 'scooter for sale'. i was berated by Kelvin for letting the front shock get into a terrible state i thought she was handling a bit squirrely...

I know an idiot with £400. Private joke.
Billy-no-scoot

Hello folks! It's the season for new steeds all right

I had a nice ride back from the dealer's getting acclimatised to the high perch, then a really lazy day on Sunday when I only left the house to see Howard onto the long road back to Dorset

Very happy. Very scared of scratching my BRAND NEW baby.

Mine has currently developed a scraping noise whenever I turn left... mysterious, can't see anything out of place.

Red 300 not in until Jan 09, but think I will trade up and trade in when it does arrive, if only to keep up with the rest of you.

Incidentally, icy again today but only at the top corner of my road, which is a really ghastly spot - cars always skid there, and last year I helped a lady on a scooter who tried to turn in and went straight smack over. I go the other way!

just had a lovely ride home on the 'Loper .... wow. it is as smooth as a Cadillac full of butter. by comparison, riding the ET4 feels like going over Niagara falls in a barrel. I see what bill means about needing a bit of time to properly bond with the larger scoot tho - there is a LOT more weight in the bottom and its going to take me a few days to get properly to grips with throwing it around corners. right now i'm riding it in a very ladylike manner.

I knew it wasn't me being a bit wierd. They are totally different to ride aren't they. But isn't the transmission smooth. mmm lovely.
Ride safe.
Billy-no-scoot

it took me a little while to get used to my gts after the et4s.

originally i felt as if i was sitting 'in' it rather than 'on' it, and it felt quite big.

now it feels exactly right.

just be careful when you're parking it. the weight can catch you off guard if you lean it over too much when you're pushing it.

the ride is quite a bit higher .... i can flat-foot the ET4 easily, but not the GT.

had my first go at the ramp .... it is a bit of a battle to get it up there, and i can see myself growing some fine biceps, but i managed unassisted. something sturdier will be built after christmas, but the existing ramp is holding together for now. one nice thing about the 12" wheels is that i can roll the scooter right out over the kerb and into the street when i bring it down out of the garden, rather than having to turn it around on the pavement and ride it out of somebody's driveway like i did with the ET4.

and i see exactly what you mean about the weight kam ... i'm going to need to be extra careful

Once the bond has been achieved with those GTS you really can throw them about... silky smooth and very forgiving..... enjoy.

If it's not freezing cold or pissing down with rain this Friday I fancy a ride/meet somewhere then a coffee and a muffin.
Anyone around ?
Billy-no-scoot

it's my birthday on friday .... i'm giving a lecture on technological determinism on friday morning, and seeing students for tutorials all afternoon.

"technological determinism" - that's garbage in garbage out, right? This topic is a shining example.

Bum

Billy-no-scoot

But in a world of unpleasant surprises, I enjoy the predictable pub bollocks this thread represents.

Member of the Society for the Preservation of Talking Rot

Oh yes.

Bill, don't know about Friday, I've got three bikes that need MOTs...

mmm, not quite... technological determinism is the idea that dominant technologies have their own logic of development, and that technological progress is directly responsible for social and political change, shifts in forms of expression and human cognition, etc.

social constructivists would say that it's not the technologies themselves, it's what we do with them... but that argument doesn't stand up all that well when you hold it up against things like Moore's Law, which essentially states that technology is marching forward regardless, and dragging us along with it, ready or not.

so .... hmm ... actually maybe it is 'garbage in garbage out' ... cheers jim, you just saved me 3 hours

In the words of Paul Whitehouse - anyone fancy a pint ?

I'm sure pretty much every word went straight over my head



Art is subjectve isn't it ?

Billy-no-scoot

Genie, i presume you've read The Question Concerning Technology, and Other Essays by Martin Heidegger ?

I read it for my MA and its bloody great

woooooo. the Interloper is rather powerful. It does not like my mostly 30mph commute, and on the one or two sections where i can exceed that speed without being a complete arse, I found it had magically accelerated to 60mph with very little help from me. quite mysterious.

I am going to need to carefully cultivate a kind of zen-like state of speed limit observation. my attempts this morning were not as successful as i'd like :

'patience, grasshopper. .... [*ahem*] patience, grasshopper .... f**king PATIENCE, GRASSHOPPER' ....

will attempt to drive more daintily on the way home this evening.

i had martin's tome in my hand just the other evening

bloody hell, there's some brainy people in tonight.

It must be a slow news week in the UK for a lunch thread to go 17 pages.....

I have read Janet and John Book 4. Does that count ?

I love the bit when John says "Watch the dog Jump Jane"

That's my favourite part.

Billy-no-scoot

Roger Red Hat and Jennifer Yellow Hat are where it's at these days.

Dammit I'm so out of touch.

And now Play School is Play Bus. Your'e messing with my history man.

Nostalga isn't what it used to be huh.

Billy-no-scoot

this isn't any old thread, len, it's our 'project thread' ... the idea is to keep it on page one for as long as possible. it stopped containing any useful information a very long time ago

Why not re-name it Donkie Skok Scooter Club Project Thread ?
Just a thought.
Billy-no-scoot

I vote for a new title too, either:

"Piffle" or "Pub Bollocks" or "The United Colors of Donkei Skok"

i like the new title...

673 posts and 5988 views on "piffle" ,I do like that word..... LMAO

Piffle? Piffle you say? I'll give you piffle Sir!

Oh, I just did....

I'm worried we're not wasting enough of this bandwidth

how about i post this morning's lecture here? i bet you're all gagging to hear about technological determinism. Free packet of After Eights to the first person who can tell me what Moore's law is all about. NO GOOGLING!!

Somfink abart tekinkal stuff advancing quiklie and replassing de art of dayte shyte u just bought and stuff but in a sertain tyme fyame.
Billy-no-scoot

Oh now your'e asking... as far as i can remember its along the lines of, since we invented scilicone chips, the prcesssing power of machines has doubled every 2 years and will continue to do so for ever.... or somthing like that.

Its been a long time since a had to think about this sort of thing