"Paul - xxx" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Nick came up with the following;:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ly/4472642.stm
>
>
>

Speechless, huh?

steve auvache emerged from their own little world to say

> Nick wrote
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ly/4472642.stm
>
> Who?
>
>

some poet

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Salad Dodger
<(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:47:33 +0000, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>
>>He certainly accomplished more in those 34 years than most people
>>manage in a lot longer though.
>
>"... accomplished more ..."?
>
>He got paid to drive a car through some woods now and again, ffs!

That's a *little* unfair, old chap.

He was World Champion at it, which (regardless of what you think of it
as a sport) is an achievement.

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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:59:54 +0000, Salad Dodger
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:47:33 +0000, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
snip>

>>He certainly accomplished more in those 34 years than most people
>>manage in a lot longer though.
>
>"... accomplished more ..."?
>
>He got paid to drive a car through some woods now and again, ffs!

He entertained a few people for a small amount of time. Compared to
George Best he didn't manage all that much.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Bonwick <(E-Mail Removed)>
saying something like:

>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:59:54 +0000, Salad Dodger
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:47:33 +0000, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>snip>
>
>>>He certainly accomplished more in those 34 years than most people
>>>manage in a lot longer though.
>>
>>"... accomplished more ..."?
>>
>>He got paid to drive a car through some woods now and again, ffs!
>
>He entertained a few people for a small amount of time. Compared to
>George Best he didn't manage all that much.

I don't suppose his liver's much use to anyone though.

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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 14:46:43 +0000, Grimly Curmudgeon
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
>drugs began to take hold. I remember Andy Bonwick <(E-Mail Removed)>
>saying something like:
>
>>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:59:54 +0000, Salad Dodger
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:47:33 +0000, Ben <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>snip>
>>
>>>>He certainly accomplished more in those 34 years than most people
>>>>manage in a lot longer though.
>>>
>>>"... accomplished more ..."?
>>>
>>>He got paid to drive a car through some woods now and again, ffs!
>>
>>He entertained a few people for a small amount of time. Compared to
>>George Best he didn't manage all that much.
>
>I don't suppose his liver's much use to anyone though.

It might be of some use as an example of a totally ****ed organ for
medical students.

In article <2oWhf.4825$(E-Mail Removed)>, Nick made up the
following gibberish:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ly/4472642.stm

Missed this but heard from a cow-orker, earlier.

"'Kin ell!" was my reaction.

Talented bloke, he was.

RIP, dude.

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Ben wrote:

> > > He certainly accomplished more in those 34 years than most people
> > > manage in a lot longer though.
> >
> > "... accomplished more ..."?
> >
> > He got paid to drive a car through some woods now and again, ffs!
>
> Not many people are prepared to dedicate enough time and effort to a
> career to become the best in the world at it.

I have and I'm now looking for something new to do.

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"Nick" <nick.aird......@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ly/4472642.stm

"Smithers!"

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