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  #1
Higgins
 
Default XL 500

My brother picked up a fairly shabby XL500 last year and, after a
winter's hibernation in his shed, this is the result.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9818916...57600719760933

Pretty smart, methinks.
 
  #2
Wicked Uncle Nigel
 
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Higgins
<the.best.names.are.gone@gmail.com> typed
>My brother picked up a fairly shabby XL500 last year and, after a
>winter's hibernation in his shed, this is the result.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/9818916...57600719760933
>
>Pretty smart, methinks.


Blimey, not 'arf!

Great job. I hope he enjoys it.

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SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
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  #3
Gyp
 
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In message <46915c3e$0$8721$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
Higgins <the.best.names.are.gone@gmail.com> writes
>My brother picked up a fairly shabby XL500 last year and, after a
>winter's hibernation in his shed, this is the result.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/9818916...57600719760933
>
>Pretty smart, methinks.


Even the patio's tidy
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  #4
Wicked Uncle Nigel
 
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp
<Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> typed
>
>Even the patio's tidy


Are you *sure* you're not married?

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando

 
  #5
Gyp
 
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In message <qkgFa8xCFWkGJAsT@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes
>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp
><Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> typed
>>
>>Even the patio's tidy

>
>Are you *sure* you're not married?
>


Well, in the mid-day tyre-cooking heat today, I was cheerily cutting up
sheets of non-slip matting to line all the cubby-holes in T's new cage.
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  #6
Wicked Uncle Nigel
 
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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp
<Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> typed
>In message <qkgFa8xCFWkGJAsT@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes
>>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp
>><Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> typed
>>>
>>>Even the patio's tidy

>>
>>Are you *sure* you're not married?
>>

>
>Well, in the mid-day tyre-cooking heat today, I was cheerily cutting up
>sheets of non-slip matting to line all the cubby-holes in T's new cage.


You're married.

You must have been pissed, but somehow she's slipped it past you.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando

 
  #7
platypus
 
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Gyp wrote:
> In message <qkgFa8xCFWkGJAsT@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel
> <wun@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Gyp
>> <Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> typed
>>>
>>> Even the patio's tidy

>>
>> Are you *sure* you're not married?
>>

>
> Well, in the mid-day tyre-cooking heat today, I was cheerily cutting
> up sheets of non-slip matting to line all the cubby-holes in T's new
> cage.


Impressed. Does she have a litter tray, or do you take her for walkies?

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  #8
Gyp
 
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In message <QCdki.20541$p8.15306@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >, platypus
<monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

>> Well, in the mid-day tyre-cooking heat today, I was cheerily cutting
>> up sheets of non-slip matting to line all the cubby-holes in T's new
>> cage.

>
>Impressed. Does she have a litter tray, or do you take her for walkies?


She doesn't understand the W word
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  #9
Champ
 
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:24:00 +0100, Gyp <Gyp@gyponline.co.uk> wrote:

>>>Even the patio's tidy

>>
>>Are you *sure* you're not married?
>>

>
>Well, in the mid-day tyre-cooking heat today, I was cheerily cutting up
>sheets of non-slip matting to line all the cubby-holes in T's new cage.


I know she's been a bit out of control recently, but are you sure a
cage is really necessary?
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  #10
Gyp
 
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In message <f4q293lhh1jkim27bie64l7ni98v1m6k08@4ax.com>, Champ
<news@champ.org.uk> writes

>I know she's been a bit out of control recently, but are you sure an
>iron maiden is really necessary?


No other option makes sense, really
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