Ben Blaney

Spida wrote:

>Anyway, I'm feeling decidedly morose atm so I'm off for a couple of
>stiff drinks.

That's the best thing. It's a dangerous business, this hobby of ours,
and it does us no harm to contemplate it from time to time.

--
Ben Blaney
GSF1200 VFR800 CBR600 CD200
"We stopped only for fuel"

Richard Sterry

"Ben Blaney" <benblaney@ukrm.net> wrote in message
news:kurmlv812nc16jilfk9788t8hlucrhvus8@4ax.com...
> Spida wrote:
>
> >Anyway, I'm feeling decidedly morose atm so I'm off for a couple of
> >stiff drinks.
>
> That's the best thing. It's a dangerous business, this hobby of ours,
> and it does us no harm to contemplate it from time to time.

Agreed.
--
Rick

Simon Atkinson

The Older Gentleman said:

>Respect to Spida for having to cope with things, but it's another biker
>who (apparently) has crashed without another vehicle being involved, and
>I don't know him, so I don't give a stuff for him.

As someone who has few social skills, I often feel the same way, but
don't feel the urge to post to that effect.

Why do you feel the need to say this everytime someone is looking for a
little comfort after a bad experience?

Just wondering like...
--
Simes
Return address ROT'd...

jsp

The Older Gentleman wrote:

> Respect to Spida for having to cope with things, but it's another biker
> who (apparently) has crashed without another vehicle being involved, and
> I don't know him, so I don't give a stuff for him.

Quite so. It's never nice to heear people have died, and you feel a bit
for those left behind, but then you remember that it happens to a lot of
people all the time so you can't really go there.

Each one, though, does remind me to be just a little careful when out
myself.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

Oldbloke

Simon Atkinson wrote:

<snip>
> As someone who has few social skills,

Ah, that expains your response to Steve Parkes' post last week then

<snip>
--
Oldbloke

2000 Honda CB500
BOTAFOT #140
"He's like Robbo's chubby kid brother"

Martin Watts

"jsp" wrote in message

> Each one, though, does remind me to be just a little careful when out
> myself.

As a newbie it is right that such stories are recounted to some extent.
It's easy to become complacent, especially when reading groups like this
where a, what may be called, 'blazé' attitude tends to prevail. It does me
good to be reminded that I'm doing something dangerous everytime I get on my
bike and that danger is somewhat increased by my relative inexperience.
Passing DAS in January and riding my bike everyday have been some of the
greatest experiences I have had in my 45 years on this planet. It doesn't
do any harm to be reminded that motorcycling could also result in the worst
experience in my life if I'm not as careful as I can be.

I think I'll give myself an extra ten minutes to get to work today.


--
Martin -Yamaha XVS650A (Im a Norfolk boy ... nearest thing I could afford
to a tractor)

Norfolk n' good

www.rockdoctors.org.uk

Champ

On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:10:51 +0100, Simon Atkinson
<fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb> wrote:

>it's not essential to appear in every thread you know...

<shocked>

--
Champ : worse than Bonwick
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 UKRMFBC#2 IHABWTMMJ#3 MCT#5 WG*#1 BONY#40 DFV#8 IbW#17 SBS#34
Racing : www.team-ukrm.com. Vanity Publishing : www.champ.org.uk

Grimly Curmudgeon

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 06:57:07 +0100, Simon Atkinson
<fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb> wrote:

><scribbles furiously in notebook>
>
>This is great stuff - where did you find all this out?

Trial and error, old boy. I've been thrown out of some of the best
houses in Europe.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6? DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#16? FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19

darsy

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:00:39 +0100, Snowleopard
<snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:

>I think its more the effect of being exposed to some of the blokes on
>this newsgroup - not that I would have put Ben in that category.

you're right - Blaney's way too effete to be considered a "bloke".

--
d.

Simon Atkinson

Champ said:

>On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 20:10:51 +0100, Simon Atkinson
><fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb> wrote:
>
>>it's not essential to appear in every thread you know...
>
><shocked>

You don't do so bad old matey... Obviously compared to Bear and Tog you
hardly post at all, but I am sure they both run robots posting into any
new thread that pops up...
--
Simes
Return address ROT'd...

Simon Atkinson

darsy said:

>On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:20:48 +0100, "Monkey"
><Monkey@surfREMOVEbum.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>"Simon Atkinson" <fvzrf@enhaqf.avyqenz.pb> wrote in message
>>news:eg6olvc5ak285qufgooi7kn9ijg72bc8bi@4ax.com. ..
>>> <scribbles furiously in notebook>
>>>
>>> This is great stuff - where did you find all this out? A book of
>>> ettiquette?
>>
>>Mrs Beeton never had it so good.
> ^^^^^^
>
>Pankhurst, you philistine...

All she needed was a good knobbing and husband to keep her busy at home.
--
Simes
Return address ROT'd...

Paul Corfield

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:26:49 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Paul Corfield wibbled ...
>> Do you always find it necessary to make rude and insulting remarks
>> (disguised as smileys) to the blokes on this group? It's not very
>> becoming.

>Given the way most male ukrm posters talk to, and about, women, I don't
>see a problem myself.

I take the point but for some reason it's somewhat irritating. Most of
the women on the group are rather above such comments and while I cannot
recall meeting Claire in person she's obviously a clever person. I'm
sure she's capable of far more subtle and entertaining ripostes.
--
Paul C - "the big camp bastard" (tm d.a.r.s.y)
VFR800 | ZX6R | R1150GS
BOD#5, two#4, BOTAFOT#23, BOTAFOF#4, URMSBC#09, COFF#09
Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:00:39 +0100, Snowleopard
<snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:

>On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 18:20:43 +0100, Paul Corfield
><aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> said
>>Do you always find it necessary to make rude and insulting remarks
>>(disguised as smileys) to the blokes on this group? It's not very
>>becoming.
>
>I thought that was the traditional woman's role round here? You know,
>the only man worth his salt is a slug, general bitterness, that sort
>of thing.

I don't see it that way. As I said in reply to Bear the women tend to
provide a more subtle counterpoint to the male predictable comments. I
rarely detect bitterness from the female posters but maybe that's
because they've already butchered a voodoo doll image of the poster
who's upset them?

Claire's comments just don't become her - even as a joke.

>I think its more the effect of being exposed to some of the blokes on
>this newsgroup - not that I would have put Ben in that category.

Good Evening Cheltenham - May we have the votes from the Snowleopard
Jury?

A gold star for Mr Blaney. Nul points for some of the ukrm blokes.
--
Paul C - "the big camp bastard" (tm d.a.r.s.y)
VFR800 | ZX6R | R1150GS
BOD#5, two#4, BOTAFOT#23, BOTAFOF#4, URMSBC#09, COFF#09
Admits to working for London Underground!

Bear

Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:26:49 +0100, Bear
> <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> >> Do you always find it necessary to make rude and insulting remarks
> >> (disguised as smileys) to the blokes on this group? It's not very
> >> becoming.
>
> >Given the way most male ukrm posters talk to, and about, women, I don't
> >see a problem myself.
>
> I take the point but for some reason it's somewhat irritating. Most of
> the women on the group are rather above such comments and while I cannot
> recall meeting Claire in person she's obviously a clever person. I'm
> sure she's capable of far more subtle and entertaining ripostes.

So your POV is actually that she's not reaching her potential, rather
than any quarrel over content?
--
Bear
These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears
"I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now"
Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)"

porl

"Paul Corfield" <aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
news:ivlplv8e9c5njek4qjfppr52dtna8bar33@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:26:49 +0100, Bear
> <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> >> Do you always find it necessary to make rude and insulting remarks
> >> (disguised as smileys) to the blokes on this group? It's not very
> >> becoming.
>
> >Given the way most male ukrm posters talk to, and about, women, I don't
> >see a problem myself.
>
> I take the point but for some reason it's somewhat irritating. Most of
> the women on the group are rather above such comments and while I cannot
> recall meeting Claire in person she's obviously a clever person. I'm
> sure she's capable of far more subtle and entertaining ripostes.

I think she knows both Cane and Ben quite well so I'm sure they can sort it
out for themselves, I personally think it's refreshing to hear a girl
slagging off blokes that aren't me.

OTOH I'm loving this olympic-standard condescension you're trowelling in and
I want to see much more of it! Can I call you Ma Corfield?

Monkey

"darsy" <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote in message
news:8jhplvouanpqgbr6gkovuvtnpk29ace69t@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 17:20:48 +0100, "Monkey"
> <Monkey@surfREMOVEbum.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> >Mrs Beeton never had it so good.
> ^^^^^^
>
> Pankhurst, you philistine...

Sorry. I'm not old.

--
The nature of Monkey was irresponsible
ZX6R (gaffer tape pending)
CB500 with added gaffer tape
BOTAFOT #121, BBB #2

Snowleopard

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:11:37 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> said

>On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 19:00:39 +0100, Snowleopard
><snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>I think its more the effect of being exposed to some of the blokes on
>>this newsgroup - not that I would have put Ben in that category.
>
>you're right - Blaney's way too effete to be considered a "bloke".

I'm not falling for that line again...

--
Snowleopard *Put the cat out to reply* >^..^<

A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs

Paul Corfield

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 20:49:36 +0100, "porl"
<porlp.removespamtrap@btinternet.com> wrote:

>I think she knows both Cane and Ben quite well so I'm sure they can sort it
>out for themselves, I personally think it's refreshing to hear a girl
>slagging off blokes that aren't me.

I'm sure you're right.

>OTOH I'm loving this olympic-standard condescension you're trowelling in and
>I want to see much more of it! Can I call you Ma Corfield?

Believe it or not I'm not being condescending. And you can call me
whatever you like - you hardly need my permission.
--
Paul C - "the big camp bastard" (tm d.a.r.s.y)
VFR800 | ZX6R | R1150GS
BOD#5, two#4, BOTAFOT#23, BOTAFOF#4, URMSBC#09, COFF#09
Admits to working for London Underground!

Bear

Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 20:49:36 +0100, "porl"
> <porlp.removespamtrap@btinternet.com> wrote:

> >OTOH I'm loving this olympic-standard condescension you're trowelling in and
> >I want to see much more of it! Can I call you Ma Corfield?
>
> Believe it or not I'm not being condescending. And you can call me
> whatever you like - you hardly need my permission.

I went into a Boney M style "Muh muh muh Ma Corfield ..." moment for a
second there ...
--
Bear
These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears
"I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now"
Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)"

Hog

"Snowleopard" <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
news:m6vplv4fsl7fepj2ev4788117j3svgkap7@4ax.com...

> I fall for
> the wounded bird every time -

Q the assorted ramblings of the UKRM walking wounded.
Get thee behind me Porl.

--
Hog
hogTIED@ukrm.net (remove bondage to reply)
'89 R100RS '02 GSXR1000K2
BOB#5 COFF#22 BOTAFOT#122

Champ

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 22:59:48 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I don't mean you, or indeed some ukrm females, but lately I've begun to
>reach the conclusion the overwhelming majority of women are
>untrustworthy, mendacious, manipulative and mostly out for themselves.

I don't agree with this

>but the eternal "men are
>such unreliable bastards" thing, spoken as if women are blameless, has
>begun to wind me up of late.

but I do agree with this. Which is why I pick Charders up on it every
time.
--
Champ : worse than Bonwick
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 UKRMFBC#2 IHABWTMMJ#3 MCT#5 WG*#1 BONY#40 DFV#8 IbW#17 SBS#34
Racing : www.team-ukrm.com. Vanity Publishing : www.champ.org.uk

Snowleopard

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:41:14 +0100, "porl"
<porlp.removespamtrap@btinternet.com> said

>
>"Hog" <hogTIED@ukrm.net> wrote in message
>news:bjj08k$jmpe1$1@ID-105725.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> "Snowleopard" <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:m6vplv4fsl7fepj2ev4788117j3svgkap7@4ax.com...
>>
>> > I fall for
>> > the wounded bird every time -
>>
>> Q the assorted ramblings of the UKRM walking wounded.
>> Get thee behind me Porl.
>
>My shwoulder is hwurty.

Phone the Czech bird then!

--
Snowleopard *Put the cat out to reply* >^..^<

A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs

Snowleopard

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:35:47 +0100, "Hog" <hogTIED@ukrm.net> said

>"Snowleopard" <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:m6vplv4fsl7fepj2ev4788117j3svgkap7@4ax.com.. .
>
>> I fall for
>> the wounded bird every time -
>
>Q the assorted ramblings of the UKRM walking wounded.
>Get thee behind me Porl.

LOL. Not this time, mate.

--
Snowleopard *Put the cat out to reply* >^..^<

A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs

Lozzo

Snowleopard fascinated us all by saying...
> Bear said :

> >You are me and AICMFF hours of sitting there playing with my own tits.
>
> I don't really enjoy that, though, they're not one of my more
> erogenous zones. Can I play with the inside of my arm instead?

<makes notes>

"Snowy: Inside of arm, not tits"

</mn>

--
Lozzo
'95 Kawasaki ZZR1100D, '97 Kawasaki GPZ500S, '83 Honda CB250RS
Big Zed Little Zed Dead shed
New to ukrm? : www.ukrm.net/faq/ukrmscbt.html
"He's not big and he's not called Tony"

Champ

On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:47:29 +0100, Snowleopard
<snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:

>On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:41:14 +0100, "porl"

>>My shwoulder is hwurty.
>
>Phone the Czech bird then!

Are you going to break it to Snowy, Porl, or shall I?
--
Champ : worse than Bonwick
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 UKRMFBC#2 IHABWTMMJ#3 MCT#5 WG*#1 BONY#40 DFV#8 IbW#17 SBS#34
Racing : www.team-ukrm.com. Vanity Publishing : www.champ.org.uk

Bear

Champ wibbled ...
> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:47:29 +0100, Snowleopard
> <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:41:14 +0100, "porl"
>
> >>My shwoulder is hwurty.
> >
> >Phone the Czech bird then!
>
> Are you going to break it to Snowy, Porl, or shall I?

Oh dear ... has she binned him for binning himself?

That would be a shame.

Mined ewe, he's been much funnier the last couple of days ... maybe it's
for the best
--
Bear
These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears
"I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now"
Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)"

Champ

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 03:08:50 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Champ wibbled ...
>> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:47:29 +0100, Snowleopard
>> <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:41:14 +0100, "porl"
>>
>> >>My shwoulder is hwurty.
>> >
>> >Phone the Czech bird then!
>>
>> Are you going to break it to Snowy, Porl, or shall I?
>
>Oh dear ... has she binned him for binning himself?

That's not my understanding of Porl's domestic arrangements, no.
--
Champ : worse than Bonwick
GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer
GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T|F)#35 UKRMFBC#2 IHABWTMMJ#3 MCT#5 WG*#1 BONY#40 DFV#8 IbW#17 SBS#34
Racing : www.team-ukrm.com. Vanity Publishing : www.champ.org.uk

darsy

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 03:08:50 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Champ wibbled ...
>> On Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:47:29 +0100, Snowleopard
>> <snow_leopardSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:41:14 +0100, "porl"
>>
>> >>My shwoulder is hwurty.
>> >
>> >Phone the Czech bird then!
>>
>> Are you going to break it to Snowy, Porl, or shall I?
>
>Oh dear ... has she binned him for binning himself?

the implication is that any such phoning would be by intercom.

--
darsy

Ace

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:57:35 +0100, Lozzo <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

> Snowleopard fascinated us all by saying...

>> I don't really enjoy that, though, they're not one of my more
>> erogenous zones. Can I play with the inside of my arm instead?
>
><makes notes>
>
>"Snowy: Inside of arm, not tits"
>
></mn>

<makes note>

"Lozzo: unbridled optimism, mad as a coot"

</mn>
--
Ace (bruce dot rogers at roche dot com)
GSX-R1000K3, CB400F2
BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, UKRMSPC#1, DFV#8, BOTCdV#1

darsy

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:06:10 +0100, Power Grainger
<czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:07:13 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:

>>she's obviously prospecting to join Charder's "All Men Are Pigs"
>>gang...
>
>You just want us to be interested in your pork, don't you?

no ginger's ever been near my pork, and no ginger ever will, damnit!

--
darsy

Power Grainger

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:21:07 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:06:10 +0100, Power Grainger
><czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:07:13 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>>she's obviously prospecting to join Charder's "All Men Are Pigs"
>>>gang...
>>
>>You just want us to be interested in your pork, don't you?
>
>no ginger's ever been near my pork, and no ginger ever will, damnit!

and this ginger certainly ain't going to, have nay fear.
--
Claire Grainger
ZXR400 DFWAG#5 TWA#8 IbW#21

darsy

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:40:58 +0100, Power Grainger
<czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:21:07 +0100, darsy <darsy@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>no ginger's ever been near my pork, and no ginger ever will, damnit!
>
>and this ginger certainly ain't going to, have nay fear.

*phew*

--
darsy

Halla

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:09:21 +0100, Marina
<marina@pericles.demonXX.co.uk> blethered:

<snip>
>True, true. We have had a conversation here in Mayes Mansion that
>went:
>
>OWEN: If you said I had to choose between me and my bike, I'd sell the
>bike but I'd hate it.
>ME: And me too. Anyway, I'd never issue that or any other ultimatum -
>it doesn't work, long term, and I'm not the type of person who would
>ever ask such a thing anyway.
>
>I'm sure similar conversations go on in households across UKRM,
>despite what public personae encourage people to put forward as their
>views.[1]
>

Hehe. The conversation here was more like:

SO: If it was a choice between you and golf I'd give up golf. If you
said I had to sell the bike though I'd divorce you bloody quickly, and
wonder if you were ill.

Me: Quite right too.

<snip>

Paul Corfield

On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:05:17 +0100, Power Grainger
<czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:

>So, Paul - are you coming to the EOSM? Will we meet? I promise to be
>sweetness and light, if you promise not to sound like my Dad,
>lecturing me on how 'nice young girls' should behave.

Depends on the weather - I won't be there Sat night but may toddle up
for breakfast.

I wouldn't dream of telling you how to behave as I'm sure you know far
more about it than me. Perhaps I'm just tired and grumpy [1] or scared
of getting a punch on the nose ;-)

[1] yes, yes no change there then - just before darsy and Bear chime in
with a reply.
--
Paul C - "the big camp bastard" (tm d.a.r.s.y)
VFR800 | ZX6R | R1150GS
BOD#5, two#4, BOTAFOT#23, BOTAFOF#4, URMSBC#09, COFF#09
Admits to working for London Underground!

Paul Corfield

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:19:32 +0100, Bear
<bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:

>PS. In case you weren't aware, Paul's a *lovely* bloke, so it's sort of
>ok coming from him ... he's a sort of Auvache-in-waiting, a ProtoOldGit
>if you will ...

Oh thank you. Time to plan my exit from this world if that's the
prospect that lies in front of me.
--
Paul C - "the big camp bastard" (tm d.a.r.s.y)
VFR800 | ZX6R | R1150GS
BOD#5, two#4, BOTAFOT#23, BOTAFOF#4, URMSBC#09, COFF#09
Admits to working for London Underground!

William Grainger

In article <kk1slv0qpsn5skeg4uivn1in6s3onqrhc1@4ax.com>,
Paul Corfield <aooy65@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:05:17 +0100, Power Grainger
><czgraingerNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>So, Paul - are you coming to the EOSM? Will we meet? I promise to be
>>sweetness and light, if you promise not to sound like my Dad,
>>lecturing me on how 'nice young girls' should behave.
>
>Depends on the weather - I won't be there Sat night but may toddle up
>for breakfast.
>
>I wouldn't dream of telling you how to behave as I'm sure you know far
>more about it than me. Perhaps I'm just tired and grumpy [1] or scared
>of getting a punch on the nose ;-)

kneecaps is more likely with Claire...

Bear

Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:19:32 +0100, Bear
> <bastardUNDERSCOREbear@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >PS. In case you weren't aware, Paul's a *lovely* bloke, so it's sort of
> >ok coming from him ... he's a sort of Auvache-in-waiting, a ProtoOldGit
> >if you will ...
>
> Oh thank you. Time to plan my exit from this world if that's the
> prospect that lies in front of me.

heh

I meant it in a caring, sharing sort of way
--
Bear
These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears
"I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now"
Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)"

Bear

Paul Corfield wibbled ...
> Perhaps I'm just tired and grumpy [1]

> [1] yes, yes no change there then - just before darsy and Bear chime in
> with a reply.

Someone needs a hug
--
Bear
These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Bears
"I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now"
Bear's Current Paw Track: Dust Junkies: "Movin' On (Mega Bubble Dub)"