In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , John Stumbles
writes
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Kevin Brady"
saying something like:

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Thomas Purzig (sp?)

Read it. It'll change the way you see things for the better.
Yep. You'll realise that it's got buggerall to do with Zen and sodall
to
do with bikes. A useful life lesson.

Which is pretty much what Pirsig says in the introduction!

AH, but GC is a biker, and expected more

Then he should read the introduction!

When all else fails, read the instructions ...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...


--
geoff

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , Mary Fisher
writes

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message , John Stumbles
writes
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Kevin Brady"
saying something like:

"Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" by Thomas Purzig (sp?)

Read it. It'll change the way you see things for the better.
Yep. You'll realise that it's got buggerall to do with Zen and
sodall
to
do with bikes. A useful life lesson.

Which is pretty much what Pirsig says in the introduction!

AH, but GC is a biker, and expected more

Then he should read the introduction!

When all else fails, read the instructions ...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of it.


--
geoff

Mary Fisher wrote:
"raden" wrote in message
...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of
it.

yes, the real puzzle is why so many never learn this stone obvious
fact.

In message , Mary
Fisher writes


Which is pretty much what Pirsig says in the introduction!

AH, but GC is a biker, and expected more

Then he should read the introduction!

When all else fails, read the instructions ...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of it.

When most things are straightforward, they're unnecessary for men - they
have better spatial awareness than women

--
geoff

In message .com,
writes
Mary Fisher wrote:
"raden" wrote in message
...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of
it.

yes, the real puzzle is why so many never learn this stone obvious
fact.

Will you bugger off ?

I'm trying to wind wor Mary up, and you're not helping one little bit

--
geoff

"Owain" wrote in news:1108300784.30482.1
@echo.uk.clara.net:

| This is because
| Yerra pikey
| Mikey the bikey pikey.

But is Mikey a tykey bikey pikey dressed in Nike?

Owain

Nah, Essex, shellsuit. white ish socks

pikey mike

On 13 Feb 2005, mike ring wrote
"Owain" wrote in
news:1108300784.30482.1 @echo.uk.clara.net:

Mikey the bikey pikey.

But is Mikey a tykey bikey pikey dressed in Nike?

Nah, Essex, shellsuit. white ish socks

pikey mike

With a bike.

--
Cheers,
Harvey

"raden" wrote in message
...
In message .com,
writes
Mary Fisher wrote:
"raden" wrote in message
...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of
it.

yes, the real puzzle is why so many never learn this stone obvious
fact.

Will you bugger off ?

I'm trying to wind wor Mary up, and you're not helping one little bit

Aww, sorry Geoff, carry on winding :-)

Mary

--
geoff

"raden" wrote in message
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In message , Mary Fisher
writes


Which is pretty much what Pirsig says in the introduction!

AH, but GC is a biker, and expected more

Then he should read the introduction!

When all else fails, read the instructions ...

Real men don't RTFM Mary ...

That's why they don't understand the task and make such a ******** of it.

When most things are straightforward, they're unnecessary for men - they
have better spatial awareness than women

Thst sentence is qualified by its first few words.

What about when things AREN'T straighforward?

:-)

Mary

--
geoff

"Owain" wrote in message
...
NT wrote
| In Ladakh a while back some friends were travelling in a taxi -
| the ubiquitous Austin Ambassador - when its throttle cable broke.
| The driver fished around and brought the end of the cable in
| through a hole in the dash and drove on, working the throttle
| with one hand whilst steering with the other. The front seat
| passenger was given the job of changing gear.
| You've definitely won the contest No-one will top that, I'd almost
| stake my beloved circular saw on it.

My mother tells of the time, well before I was born, when my father whilst
driving said "hold this" and handed her the steering wheel which had come
off the column.

It's okay, you can keep the circular saw.

Spouse once drove his motorbike home by winding the throttle cable round his
thumb ... but from listening to other bikers that seems quite a common
story.

The worst journey I ever had was when, as a passenger, I was driven from
Leeds to London by a chap with extremely poor vision (I don't KNOW how he
got away with it) in the filthiest weather imaginable. His wiper motor
wasn't working and he kept putting his hand under the dash and moving the
wipers manually ... just every now and again you understand, it apparently
wasn't necessary all the time because his nose was pressed to the screen.

It was a few years ago but he was still doing 85+ mph and I don't think I
was the only worried passenger. His upholstery changed colour ...

Mary

Owain

Harvey Van Sickle wrote in
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Nah, Essex, shellsuit. white ish socks



With a bike.

Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

(but the top box will hold a 24 pack)

mike

"mike ring" wrote in message
. 1.4...
Harvey Van Sickle wrote in
:


Nah, Essex, shellsuit. white ish socks



With a bike.

Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

You mean it won't go where you want?

Mary

On 13 Feb 2005, mike ring wrote
Harvey Van Sickle wrote

pikey mike

With a bike.

Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

(but the top box will hold a 24 pack)

Glad so see somebody's got their priorities right...

--
Cheers,
Harvey

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:41:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Oi! No wimmin!! There's secret blokey things being spoken of!

Lime plaster repairs?

Oh ok then, as you were.

Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel

Anna
~~ Anna Kettle, Suffolk, England
|""""| ~ Lime plaster repairs
/ ^^ \ // Freehand modelling in lime: overmantels, pargeting etc
|____| www.kettlenet.co.uk 01359 230642

Anna Kettle wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:41:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Oi! No wimmin!! There's secret blokey things being spoken of!

Lime plaster repairs?

Oh ok then, as you were.

Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel


Ohhhhhh no it's not! ..........I just don't know where mine is.

Si

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
Anna Kettle wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:41:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Oi! No wimmin!! There's secret blokey things being spoken of!

Lime plaster repairs?

Oh ok then, as you were.

Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel


Ohhhhhh no it's not! ..........I just don't know where mine is.

With the tape measure?

Mary

Si

"Mary Fisher" wrote in news:420fdd88$0$2654
:


Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

You mean it won't go where you want?

Mary

Well, with 12 litre of girly lager hung out beyond the back wheel it can
get a bit eatanterish, but better than if the 24pack is in me.

mike

"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
Anna Kettle wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:41:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel

Ohhhhhh no it's not! ..........I just don't know where mine is.

There's a frood who really _should_ know where his trowel is.

With apologies to the late, great Douglas Adams.
It had to be said.


--
Gill

"mike ring" wrote in message
. 1.4...
"Mary Fisher" wrote in news:420fdd88$0$2654
:


Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

You mean it won't go where you want?

Mary

Well, with 12 litre of girly lager hung out beyond the back wheel it can
get a bit eatanterish,

? I've nevwer heard that word!

But I like it :-)

Mary

"SmileyFace" wrote in message
...


Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel

Ohhhhhh no it's not! ..........I just don't know where mine is.

There's a frood who really _should_ know where his trowel is.

With apologies to the late, great Douglas Adams.
It had to be said.

And I wish it had been me ... :-(

Mary


--
Gill

In message , mike ring
writes
Harvey Van Sickle wrote in
:


Nah, Essex, shellsuit. white ish socks



With a bike.

Well, more of a speedy shopping trolley; that's why I get flamed at
rec.motorcycles.

(but the top box will hold a 24 pack)

Hooray, BOTAFOT next weekend then

--
geoff

SmileyFace wrote:
"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in message
...
Anna Kettle wrote:
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 09:41:31 -0000, "Mungo \"two sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
Yah boo sucks. My trowel is bigger than your trowel

Ohhhhhh no it's not! ..........I just don't know where mine is.

There's a frood who really _should_ know where his trowel is.

With apologies to the late, great Douglas Adams.
It had to be said.

Heh

Si

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Mary Fisher"
saying something like:

Which is pretty much what Pirsig says in the introduction!

AH, but GC is a biker, and expected more

Then he should read the introduction!

I would have done, of course.

When all else fails, read the instructions ...

I always do.
--

Dave