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rayofleamington
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Post by rayofleamington »

Ever been a motorcyclist with long hair
yes, but certainly not a 'biker' (not that I dislike bikers, just that I wasn't one as I only had a 100cc 2 stroke on L plates :lol:)
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block :(
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Post by Judge »

Some of the nicest people I have ever met were 'bikers' :D
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Post by MoggyTech »

Judge wrote:Some of the nicest people I have ever met were 'bikers' :D
Ditto. Ever noticed that 99% of Harley Bikers love the Moggy. Most of my mates are bikers, great crowd, nothing is ever too much trouble for them.
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Post by rayofleamington »

Ditto. Ever noticed that 99% of Harley Bikers love the Moggy.
Doesn't that go for everyone over 60? ;-)
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Post by alainmoran »

rayofleamington wrote:
Ditto. Ever noticed that 99% of Harley Bikers love the Moggy.
Doesn't that go for everyone over 60? ;-)
Also goes for chicks ... the minor is SUCH a chick magnet :o

I think it is the curves ;)

Heh, that's what did it for me :D

Although, my last g/f did comment a lot on the vibrations, so who knows :o
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Post by Judge »

rayofleamington wrote:Doesn't that go for everyone over 60? ;-)
I beg your pardon!!!!!! :evil:
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Post by alex_holden »

Judge wrote:
rayofleamington wrote:Doesn't that go for everyone over 60? ;-)
I beg your pardon!!!!!! :evil:
You definitely went over 60 when you were leading the LEO convoy!
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Post by Kevin »

newbie baiting is unfair and unnecessary. it was suggested to me that i should ease my way in! should i bow my head when i walk into the same room as the clique???
Oh dear I didnt realise we were seen to be like that :oops:
The clique situation is not always what is seems and can just be a group of people discussing a problem or issue without realising that there is a new face at the meeeting, a think we try to avoid at all costs at our branch meetings, but you have to remember that some established faces are often too shy to speak to new faces and this can give the wrong impression.
Weathergirl if you are local to me come along to one of our branch meetings and you will just find a bunch of Moggie enthusiasts (in the main) glad to chat to new faces and bore you to death on our favorite subject :D .
As for the board I was not aware that there was a clique :o or is that something else I was not invited to become part off :wink:
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Post by Judge »

Kevin wrote:Weathergirl if you are local to me come along to one of our branch meetings and you will just find a bunch of Moggie enthusiasts (in the main) glad to chat to new faces and bore you to death on our favorite subject :D .
As for the board I was not aware that there was a clique :o or is that something else I was not invited to become part off :wink:
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Ditto 8)
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Post by weathergirls »

Kevin wrote:
newbie baiting is unfair and unnecessary. it was suggested to me that i should ease my way in! should i bow my head when i walk into the same room as the clique???
Oh dear I didnt realise we were seen to be like that :oops:
The clique situation is not always what is seems and can just be a group of people discussing a problem or issue without realising that there is a new face at the meeeting, a think we try to avoid at all costs at our branch meetings, but you have to remember that some established faces are often too shy to speak to new faces and this can give the wrong impression.
Weathergirl if you are local to me come along to one of our branch meetings and you will just find a bunch of Moggie enthusiasts (in the main) glad to chat to new faces and bore you to death on our favorite subject :D .
As for the board I was not aware that there was a clique :o or is that something else I was not invited to become part off :wink:
Climbs back under Large stone in a cool dark place 8)

i am sure that each and every one of you are lovely helpful people, its the keyboard that brings out the worse in some.

ive been on forums where things kick off. (not me)
if the forum subject is not important to me, i just leave.
this forum is not like that at all. i just felt it was gonna be my turn.

if im fair, i wrote what i felt about forums in general because the subject was up there to be commented on.

ive never been on the 'wrong end' before on any forum except sport
:oops: but i expect that on there.

i dont want to actually apologise for my comments but i think i was too harsh for this forum. in general tho, it applies.

btw
i shall get that tie and practice that handshake
:D
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Post by Judge »

Regalia does some very nice ties :wink:
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Post by bpr81a »

Judge wrote:Regalia does some very nice ties :wink:
Including a very nice Silk one (new Line)

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Post by dunketh »

Anyone else notice that ties are a magnet for baked beans? They seem to leap clean off your fork onto them.
I find it amazing given the area they occupy. Imagine, your chest coverage is probably 95% shirt and only 5% tie yet food always gets the tie.

Maybe we should make overalls and oil rags out of old ties thus negating the chance of spillage anywhere else?
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Post by Kevin »

Anyone else notice that ties are a magnet for baked beans? They seem to leap clean off your fork onto them.
Just Baked Beans :wink:
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rayofleamington
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Post by rayofleamington »

Maybe we should make overalls and oil rags out of old ties thus negating the chance of spillage anywhere else?
I've made oil rags out of ties but didn't find them much use - T shirts are much better for soaking up oil (whether they are brand new or in your rags box :roll:)
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Jan 06: The Minor SII Africa adventure: http://www.minor-detour.com
Oct 06: back from Dresden with my Trabant 601 Kombi
Jan 07: back from a month thru North Africa (via Timbuktu) in a S3 Landy
June 07 - back from Zwickau Trabi Treffen
Aug 07 & Aug 08 - back from the Lands End to Orkney in 71 pickup
Sept 2010 - finally gave up breaking down in a SII Landy...
where to break down next?
2013... managed to seize my 1275 just by driving it round the block :(
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Post by CXW »

"I was brought up to give up my seat to a lady on a bus,open doors to let them go first,and ensure they walked on the inside of the pavement away from the gutter and not lets forget respect for the elderly."

As a girl, I was brought up to open the door for whoever needed it opening, give up my seat to anyone who might need it and generally act in a considerate manner towards people regardless of their gender. Really sad that anyone feels the need to assert themselves by rejecting courtesy rather than graciously accepting it :(

It is a fine line between a close and friendly community and a clique, so perhaps it's inevitable the line is sometimes unwittingly crossed. Only met a couple of MMOC members so far, but looking forward to meeting more based on my current experiences.
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