Battery: an encomium

It is with great sadness that we announce that Battery may not survive
the winter.

Battery was supplied with a brand new Ducati 750SS in October 1997,
and his survival into his tenth year and 28,000th mile has already
surprised many.

Battery himself did not expect to live this long. He is proud to have
outlived Chain and Sprockets, and their successors. It has come as a
surprise to him that Clutch and even Brake Pads have shown greater
longevity.

Battery has always been kept fit by his loyal friends Alternator and
Regulator/Rectifier, both of whom are still active. Others have been
let down by these comrades, but not our Battery. However, he still
remembers with bitterness the betrayal of Spark Plug.

This winter, though, looks like being Battery's last. The recent cold
snap led to an embarrassing discharge, and not even Charger could
bring him back to full health, leading one to conclude that his
illness is, indeed, Terminal[1].

The final indignity was that today, despite a good long 80-mile run
two days previously, he could not wake up Engine, who had to suffer
the indignity of a push-start.

Nevertheless, he has been a good and faithful servant and if the
weather warms up, he may enjoy another few weeks or months of service.
Thank you.

[1] Sorry about that.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
TOG@toil.?.murray.invalid typed

<removes hat, stands with head bowed>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

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 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

<TOG@toil>; <>; <>
wrote in message

<snipped the witty eulogy>

..

"Encomium is a Greek word which, in a general sense, means the praise of a
person or thing. While keeping this general meaning, "encomium" also names
several distinct aspects of rhetoric: * A general category of oratory * A
method within rhetorical pedagogy* A figure of speech. As a figure, encomium
means praising a person or thing, but occurring on a smaller scale than an
entire speech."

I had to look it up...

 

I was wondering, but cba to look it up ... thanks.

 

As it was TOG posting I read it as "econimum" initially

 

In

<snip>

http://www.thehenshouse.co.uk/

 

Threadstopper coughed up:

I thought he typed Meconium.

Seemed more appropriate

--
Dan L

http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

You sod ;-)

 

Bless. Can you not find lighter duties and sort of put Battery out to
grass like a pit pony?

--

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Gilera Nordwest Yamaha WR250Z |
| Gilera GFR Moto Morini 2C/375 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Workshop door stop, that sort of thing.

If it was a cell door then Battery could possibly accumulate a bit of
self-respect.

 

Relating to the Ducati battery, Immodium seemed to fit.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Pip

Become more positive and less negative, you mean?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

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 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Might have to charge a bit for that.

--
_______
..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing)
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10
`\|/`
`

 

<TOG@toil>; <>; <>
wrote in message

Wotcha.

It's my belief that Magneto may have done 'im in - never trusted them 'magic
spark' machines.

 

Where's Professor Xavier when you need him, eh?

Ali

 

TOG@toil, ,
wrote:

He wasn't the only one.

 

Hatstand.

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

As it's TOG, "meconium".

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative.”

 

That would be pale orange, I think.

Ali

 

Greenish-black, ITYF.

(Yes, yes, I know.)

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative.”