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Re: Mr Scott Cheggs

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I seem to have found someone's green GT200 in my garage so I've rolled it out, washed it, leathered it, polished it, vinyl coated the vinyl bits and glass guarded the fly screen then put it away for the night.

I wonder who it belongs to ? Clues anyone ?

Bill X

Either you won the Vespa lottery or perhaps the Vespa fairy visited you.

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Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber BMW R1200 RT Big Red Joined: UTC Posts: 21293 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote One Armed Bandit I've had plenty of fairies visit me in my time but sadly they never bring gifts. Talking of lottery, someone in the UK has just won 165 Million Quid on the Euro Lottery. Anyone you know ? Bill X

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Sammy is back at home, half bald, chomping through anything that is put in front of him. Yay!

I met Charles this morning in Scootech, hope you get the GTS sorted!

EDIT from Charles's other thread:

charlesm wrote:

Well, Lawrence, the mechanic was involved in an accident on his way back from doing an MOT as I arrived this morning (having just bumped into Doug at the shop - Doug, Lawrence appeared about 2 mins after you left). The car involved pulled out to turn right as Lawrence was overtaking (at some speed by the looks of the damage to the car).

Anyway, Lawrence was a lucky man as he had no damage to himself despite coming off the bike with nothing other than a short sleeve shirt and helmet on. The car involved turned up at the shop to exchange details and try to explain that it was the bike/Lawrence's fault.

The man waiting to pick up his bike from the MOT was obviously inconvenienced but took it well and I had to take a back seat and leave my bike there until he is well enough to think straight and have a look at it.

All in all a frustrating morning, but hey ho.

Charles.

Hope Lawrence is OK. Oh dear. Just spoke to Dave, Lawrence OK but still shaken up... as you would be. It appears it was a classic filter and car turns right scenario.

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Huskyteer Veni, Vidi, Posti Honda NC700D Integra Joined: UTC Posts: 5027 Location: London, UK	UTC quote DougL wrote: Sammy is back at home, half bald, chomping through anything that is put in front of him. Yay! That'll learn him - start being picky about your food and you'll end up in a strange place with tubes stuck in you! I'm so glad he's home safe after frightening you like that.

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it sounds like Sammy weighed up the pros and cons of being a fussy eater, and decided that his new look isn't worth it. so pleased to hear he's back to normal (in everything but appearance).

we saw lawrence just yesterday - i'm glad he's okay. given the size of him it's not hard to imagine that he'd do substantial damage to a car, no matter what speed he hits it at.

next door has been renovating since .... hmm, i'm having to think back through the mists of time ... I believe they started around December. They're still going at it, only now they've moved all the sawing/planing/grinding and other activities requiring noisy power tools, into the back garden, for me to listen to all day, all week how they can have a 3 man crew on site five days a week and still be renovating a 3-bedroom flat after 7 months, is beyond me.

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Red Shoes

Maybe he had a ch,ch,ch,ch change of colour ?

I'm glad Lawence is alright although it sounds like he took a big hit today.

I havn't got the heart to tell him that my handlebars are pissed after he did such a fine job of replacing the fork leg and change the fuel pump.
Some of the bubble rap was still attached to the mudguard when we arrived to collect it so it's not a myth.
He is such a lovely man to have work on your scooter.

Alice I think you should replace your avatar with that picture. Foxy Bowie ?

Good to know that Sammy is home and back to normal. Yay !

I've finished The Forever War. The last 1/4 of it was pretty good but the rest felt a bit cut and shut. 6 out of 10.

Bill X

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Bill Dog eeeee bip BMW R1100RT The Problem Child Kymco Downtown 300 - I'm not the Uber BMW R1200 RT Big Red Joined: UTC Posts: 21293 Location: South East Great England of Britishland	UTC quote Plum Yes ! Gimme a chance ! I've been away for two days and you are next on the list of things to attend to !! Bill XX

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stickyfrog Moderatus Rana MP3 250 and 2 MP3 500s Joined: UTC Posts: 22664 Location: Nashville, Indiana	UTC quote 6/10 for The Forever War? I would give it an 8. My wife, however, is 2/3 through and is looking at me funny for recommending it. I guess it doesn't take much to impress me.

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Roost/Chickens

Is anyone else watching the ever expanding phone hacking scandal with increased horror at the depths these journalists, editors and private investigators have sunk to while trying to pursue the elusive"exculsive" ?

Could this be the initial stages of the fragmentation of the Murdock Empire or at least the selling off of his newspaper interests in an attempt to dissociate himself from the whole nasty sequence of events ?

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Bill-

Yes, I've been reading some of the coverage of the Murdoch business. Wish I could say I was surprised, but not really. While I'm sure they hide behind the "People's right to know", there is no question in my mind that it is all for selling newspapers and corporate profits. Greed and lust for power create interesting situations.

But then, all these violations of peoples' privacy and bribes were done to pander to the general public's prurient interests.

I wouldn't shed a tear or breathe a sigh if this brought the News Corp and Mr Murdoch to total ruin.

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Unusual for this to get to page three. Nasty weather huh?

I spent the day putting the cylinder kit on the LX. The engine is on my dining room table ready to go in with the Forcemaster 2 CDI. Hopefully it will work this time! Need to do an oil change. It will be interesting to see how the performance increases, if it does. I've commuted on the little beast all week, the bitubo on the front has made a huge difference and it's quite happy to sit at an indicated 65mph on the A12..

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I look forward to the 'improvement' reports.

I'm now just twiddling my thumbs, VERY impatient to get on the plane to take me where I want. 30-odd hours to go. Tick-tock.

Some thoughts on a separated domiciled relationship...

The gaps are good, very good for doing your own stuff at your own pace. They utterly suck for your peace of mind when looking forward to when you might be close together.

Deranged.

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singing in the rain

after goung up to odsal top to see the bradford bulls win a couple and lose a few more ..... we were sitting 4th from bottom .... huddersfield 4th from top today .... we turned up not expecting much n by fuck where we wrong ......... 22-0 up at half time ..... still not holding our breath weve been here before ...... 36-0 at full time ...

WOOOOHOOOO .... got home all cold and wet but feeling great ... will be praying for rain in 3weeks time

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Re: Roost/Chickens

Bill Dog wrote:

It would make me happy to see Murdoch brought down. He's a sleaze merchant and his name shouldn't be in the same sentence as the word 'news'.

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Well, K's GTS had a busy weekend.

Saturday I got up at 5AM and set off for the air show at RAF Fairford. A very wet morning gave way to a gorgeous afternoon complete with Vulcan, Spitfire and Red Arrows.

Sunday I was marshalling for the Sunbeam MCC's 'Garden of England' run, starting and finishing at Headcorn Aerodrome. Some lovely little roads which I will have to steal for an MV ride. Spent much of my day standing at a junction, in a hi-viz, getting rained on, but the old boys (and several girls) had a whale of a time and it was a pleasure to see the bikes. For my assistance, I received a sort of horse brass thing which I'll have to mount somewhere somehow.

(The GTS exhaust seems a bit loud suddenly, but I'm sure it's just my imagination. It couldn't possibly be that every bike that enters my possession immediately starts falling to pieces. Right?)

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genie Gobshite Shiva Kymco Downtown 300i the 'Dolphin Noise' Joined: UTC Posts: 14960 Location: London UK	UTC quote alice, the exhaust killer. no, i'm sure it's your imagination. a rather lazy weekend during which the scooter remained under cover in the front garden. sunday consisted of blackberry-gathering on the marshes in the morning, food prep in the afternoon, and a lovely evening bbq-ing under the gazebo with neighbours.

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Alice, if it is noisy, get it over to me and I'll sort the collar out. I'd hate it to melt a brake line or loom. A good way to check it is to start it and let it idle and put a cloth over the outlet. If you hear a hiss from the join area, then it's the gasket.

On another note, I have taken leave of my senses and splashed out on the house. I left a decorator sanding the front window sill and came home to find the whole front undercoated. Wow. Nice and white, no peeling paint. Also got a quote for double glazing at the back from two companies which I'm going to accept, so hopefully no more chills this winter....

This winter the inside...

Next year, the roof!

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