Modern Vespa

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A&A

Women's intuition?

Chocolate schnapps and triple sec: a liquid, boozy Terry's Chocolate Orange

it wasn't me it was MV-Bot.

gin and italian vermouth with a drop of bitters and two ice cubes.

Lynchburg Lemonade, a favourite, my recipe...

Shot Jack Daniels, shot Cointreau, Angostura bitters topped up with lemon juice and ice with a cherry. Toxic.

Bloody huge single Islay malt - see my new thread on the Unity ride.

Whooooooa! It's gone!

(I must finally be getting a life)

Creme de menthe in a pint glass is where its at

How very 'Ground Force'!

What's nice with a nice cup of tea ?

Bill X

Sugar in tea?

A biscuit? A piece of cake? An episode of Dad's Army?

more specific please. not any biscuit will do. mine's a bourbon cream or a nice biscuit. i'm not averse to cucumber sandwiches either. lots of butter and no crusts on white bread only please.

Biscuit charts:

1. Milk chocolate digestive
2. Bourbon cream
3. PINK PANTHER WAFERS!

Don't like custard creams or Hob Nobs.[/list]

Weirdo

Aye, but these "freaky eaters" have their uses: my good lady doesn't like them either, which means they're one of the only types of biscuit she'll have in the house - result!

Assuming your missus is scottish, is it legal for her to not like oats ?

I thought that dissing oats was like renouncing the spirit of Mel Gibson, and would certainly lead to you being thrown out of lovely scotland and having to come to grotty england as a refugee.

It's always cocktail hour somewhere in the world...cheers...jacq

Greetings, Donklers! Important tidings:

* The Oxford Street Borders is closing down
* Everything is half price
* I've bought Vroom By The Sea

Who wants to borrow it when I'm done? (I might save it for my hols so it could be a while.)

I've read it, Very funny but unlike the Dead Zone he doesn't die in the end.

I'm happy this evening, there's a brand new Mid Summer Murders on.

Ford Ka News. Ford put thier prices up recently but my contact still has one white Ka Studio available at the old price of £7500 otr and because it's landed in the country prior to the increase it's price won't change.
So it's mine for the taking.

Small car sales are really high so I'll get Belgium out of the way then put the Fox in the Autotrader.

More Vespa talk tomorrow.

Bill X

Oh aye, she's fine. Big fallback for Scottish folk is to undermine things as pale imitations of the real thing:
[hams up accent]"Oats?! Thats no' real oats! When Ah wis a wean we used tae pit salt in wur oats an' keep them in wur socks in case we got guttin' durin' the 25 mile trek tae skale."[/hams up accent]
Never fails.

Was the trek though the snow...uphill...both ways?

That's the how we hear the story 'round here, but generally delivered in, perhaps, a Western Pennsylvania accent...which isn't nearly as charming. (No offense to anyone from W PA.)

pulling a toboggan laden with coal to heat the one-room school so we didn't freeze to death during lessons

You actually had lessons ? Wow. I was raised by wolves.

Bill X

I know I'm going to get kicked out of Dodge for this but if the weather is crappy on Sunday I may take the Fox and it takes 4.
Hangs head in shame.

Well I will stick a second pair of waterproofs and soldier on 8) ; if the rest of the 125 crew are not going to ride just give me a shout.

if it's raining hard i'll don my waterproofs as well and pootle up the slow route with the A-crew. at the moment the weather forecast is for light rain showers.

Motorway in the wind and rain is not fun ESP on a featherweight lx

I'm just hoping that the air show at Fairford isn't totally washed out like last year - and that I won't have to park my bike on muddy grass, which gives me the horrors.

I was looking forward to going to fairford until I saw it was £35

Most air shows are around £20 and you get a lot of show for your money at RIAT.

I'm going for broke with the Friends of RIAT grandstand package...most of which got refunded last year...

What am I saying ? I'll be there on the Hornet regardless of the weather conditions.

Yes I actually said that.

Bill X

Just been out for a run and it looks like the bloomin' end of the world out there!

Bloody horrible.

Re Sunday - M11 is fast but boring... whatever the weather.

Can we cane it up there and cruise back ?

Bill X

Also lets get another meet up sorted out within the next month or so ?

Who isn't away and has a free Sat/Sun in August ?

Hey what ever happened to Suit Scoot? Last time he posted (long time ago ) he was scooting hither and thar. Well more hither Anyone seen him lately?

Sorry not seen him for a while.

Well I had a lovely day with a run up to Barking to meet Tailor Marc at his place of work and oooh'd and arrr'd at his 300 with it's new white seat cover. Very nice.
I would have got there quicker but the Blackwall Tunnel was closed so through the Dartford Tunnel and in on the A13 it was but I didn't mind because I wanted a long run.
Charming fellow and oddly enough very well dressed.
After that a quick visit to Bluewater for a coffee and a panini then went shopping for shirts. Yes, hard to believe isn't it.
Then a nice little run down to a beautiful village in the middle of Kent called Lenham where a friend of mine has a English Mastif that needed walking.
Well I say walking but it's more like a - let him free in the paddock and follow him around of a bit until he barges into you. He is bloody huge and lollops around like a small Donkey and you havn't seen slobber like it.
His bark is like Whhhhooooa sound. Cute though.

I really enjoyed the Hornet today. I don't think I'll be needing a 250 or 300 quite yet.

Love and Rockets

Bill X

Mr Village, I think your absolutely right about sticking with the 200. I had one and moved up to the 300 last year. OK the 300 is quicker but it ain't faster

Having looked closely at a couple of 300's they aren't as well built as the 200's and 250's and I'd love to know why that is.
They are built in the same factory I'm guessing ?
I mean the motor on the 300 is great with loads more torque than the 200 but other than bit more top end I don't think I'm missing much.
Maybe in a year or so when they have sorted out the build quality.
I do that that red though.
Strokes chin.

Bill x

Saw a yellow 300 the other day. Wowee.

I chased after it. It looks good. I though it would be like mobile custard but actually its hot.

Anyway, on the Donk side, I'm currently talking to a friendly screen printer.

How do people feel about fleeces, hoodies, that sort of piffle, with the Skok on the front or back?

I've even found a hoodie which has those nifty thumb holes in the cuff for all of us long armed gibbons who ride!

donkwear omg

can we fondle the fabrics and check the fit and build quality of the garments before signing up?

I have asked for a sample to see what they come out like but they look nice.

I need something to go under the jacket come winter, so why not?

i love the idea of a thumb-hole hoodie. is it fleece?