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I was wondering if they take any of the product ideas and suggestions posted here under consideration. My initial guess is that they should, but probably do not.
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I know through several channels that they in fact do, but so not participate. Which is good.

That said, their engagement, as I understand it, is primarily from a dealer management and brand management perspective. Not to find out what the next thing a bunch of people on the Internet think they should develop. That strategy was tried once before, and it was called 'Snakes on a Plane' an we all remember how that turned out.
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Enough is enough, I have had it with these motheruckin modern Vespa owners on this motheruckin' forum!
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these motheruckin modern Vespa owners ...!
gotta love that accent, Kate
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Enough is enough, I have had it with these motheruckin modern Vespa owners on this motheruckin' forum!
Makes me think back to the days before word processors and spell check. Think about Fort Rucker, Alabama and Freudian slips on the typewriter

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Jack - We have some sensitive souls on this forum so I thought I'd spare them the F.

It used to be that films were redubbed in the UK to avoid bad language. This lead to some hilarious scenes where people called each other "airhead", "motherlover", or "frigface" as they machine gunned each other.

Bad language is nothing compared to violence! But violence is more tolerated.
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do you know i totally didn't notice the absence of the 'f'. i just thought that kate had finally reached the end of her tether and was ordering a basket of grapes to be sent round.

or maybe it's just my gutter mind. anyway, it reminded me of this:

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get it away, get it away! Make it stop!!!
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Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
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That made me think of the song by Flight Of The Conchords:

Mother Uckers! Messing with ma' shiii...
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Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
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That made me think of the song by Flight Of The Conchords:

Mother Uckers! Messing with ma' shiii...
Read the words on my ATM slip, they're all mutha uckas and they're uckin' with your shi'
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That made me think of the song by Flight Of The Conchords:

Mother Uckers! Messing with ma' shiii...
Read the words on my ATM slip, they're all mutha uckas and they're uckin' with your shi'
LOL, don't get me started.

I'm gonna juice the mutha ucka

There's too many mutha uckas
Uckin' with my shi-

He's gonna wake up in a smoothie
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TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
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TechGuy9707 wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
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Enough is enough, I have had it with these motheruckin modern Vespa owners on this motheruckin' forum!
I'm really surprised at how well the accent comes out in this statement. It's like Sam himself is saying it.
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ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
Does it affect our our grade?
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genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
first off, you're a teacher?
Second, that triangle really makes me sad.
Third, really, you're a teacher?
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genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
I had to read it four times before I got it. What's more, I've seen that trick before, many years ago, using the triangle layout but a different phrase. There's something about the triangle layout that tricks our brains into missing the duplicated word.
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genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
I had to read it four times before I got it. What's more, I've seen that trick before, many years ago, using the triangle layout but a different phrase. There's something about the triangle layout that tricks our brains into missing the duplicated word.
Most folks are 'chunkers' with visual input of words, rather than reading them linearly word, by word. So you see the chunks of phrasing, but your brain doesn't register immediately the duplicative word until you go over it line by line.
You would be able to do this with any shape, not just triangles, because the shape further visually groups the words together.
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if they do monitor it they need to man (or women) up and fix that guy from San Antonios problem.
https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic52799
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Anybody remember Fud Pucker the Mother Trucker?
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(Old news to the Brits)

I'm not a pheasant plucker
I'm the pheasant plucker's mate.
And I'm only plucking pheasants
'Cos the pheasant plucker's late.

(Sheesh, that was harder to write than to say!)
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A good one for those who impose pre-ordained limits:

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Re: Does anyone from Piaggio monitor ModernVespa?
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TheO.Z. wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
OK... don't mind the walking/typing dead here. Asleep at the keyboard day dreaming about Paris in the the spring. Nerd emoticon
ah! you got it then. about 95% of my students don't when i show it to them.
first off, you're a teacher?
Second, that triangle really makes me sad.
Third, really, you're a teacher?
i'm so sorry about the triangle it makes me very very happy, that triangle.

i'm a university lecturer. so no, not a teacher, really, just a windbag
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Oh ok. Heheh. Windbag, check.

I generally catch things like those triangles very quickly and it gives me discomfort to see something that's off like that.

Only with word though. I do terrible with image related tricks like that. Optical illusions and whatnot.
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Enough is enough, I have had it with these motheruckin modern Vespa owners on this motheruckin' forum!
So you bought an ugly Honda?
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Re: Does anyone from Piaggio monitor ModernVespa?
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I was wondering if they take any of the product ideas and suggestions posted here under consideration. My initial guess is that they should, but probably do not.
I would say that they certainly follow Modern Vespa, I may even know that to be a fact. I have referred threads to who I deem the proper peep's to assist Vespa owners regarding parts/service problem threads.

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genie wrote:
TechGuy9707 wrote:
Must be a euro thing... I have no clue what this triangle thingie means.
what does the sentence in the triangle say?
Wha? emoticon I had to read it twice before it finally registered.
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If anyone from Piaggio is reading this, can I get one too? Come on! I'll be nice, I promise!
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That would be nice to get a long term longer however I think you have to work for it or earn it which Rex did with his song Vespa. Naw you know what i rather buy it ride it and enjoy it. To much work the other way (hand outs). Just my 2 cents.


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i agree with peabody99 above. the guy from san antonio is getting absolutely screwed over. i usually just read these forums but i had to join just to give my two cents. i really hope piaggio is monitoring these forums because that just isn't right. and i can't imagine it would be to good for business. i have to say that situation (and my past experience with my dealer) have almost got me ready to abandon vespa forever. anyone ridden the new honda 150?
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Your dealer is your problem - not Piaggio/Vespa. Your contract is solely with your dealer. Choose such dealer wisely FFS.
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genie wrote:
......ordering a basket of grapes to be sent round.
Uhhh...what does it mean in your English parlance to "order a basket of grapes to be sent round"..in the spirit of what WM was saying?

Just trying to improve my English.
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Genie was suggesting that Kate would be taken off by men in white coats and hospitalised - grapes are the 'accepted' fruit to take to someone in hospital. Kate, naturally, would need a huge basket of them - it takes many grapes to make wine. Ah, there's a knock at the doo
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I see. Thanks j.

Leave it to the experienced university lecturer to condense so much "deep meaning" into a compact phrase.
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Ah, there's a knock at the doo
ROFL emoticon

Jim, I didn't know you were this funny.
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jimc, you are only partially right. my problem is with my dealer service but also with the manufacturers dealings with some warranty claims. now the other rider, dgibsonmusic, i think has a legitimate claim with the dealer and the manufacturer. i know everyones a bit defensive about there scoot, including myself, but my god. i feel really bad for this person. and then he's got people telling him he's needs to quit griping. i'm sorry but that situation is very very wrong and it seems i'm not the only one who thinks so. back to the topic, i am truly curious if piaggio monitors this site. it would make sense. feedback straight from the source. hello there piaggio if you're reading this
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I'm now convinced they do monitor MV. When I checked the Bellia Italia Rally web site logs today, there were two hits from the Piaggio ISP in Pontedera. Thanks, MV, for making Mother Piaggio aware of the Rally!

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