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vulgarandmischevious wrote

Grandparent now. Which I suppose officially makes me An Ancestor

 

Amen, brother.

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Well I was out yesterday and I wore leathers and summer gloves. Your
mileage evidently varies.

Shitty damp weather today though, but my online garage sale's doing
great business so who cares!

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He's a well-known hater of cold. You should see how much kit he wears
for snowboarding...

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You big nesh jessie, you.

Down to Kent and back last weekend in jacket, jeans and trainers.
Unlined cheap old gloves.

Toasty warm.
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I dunno, we'd have probably just dropped the "acting" from APO.

Three current members of 600 Sqdn (as the unit was renamed) have Gulf
War II medals.
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Cold doesn't really worry me. Except when it's icy, obviously. I really
dislike riding in the rain, though.

 

My worst accident was on a bright sunny day at about 28 deg C. Go
figure.

So long as I'm upright and nobody's injured, I'm happy.

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Champ wrote

Fog, I don't like riding in fog, or driving for that matter. Cold and
wet I can insulate and against.

 

vulgarandmischevious wrote

Yes but there is good last makers and there is good boot makers and they
are not necessarily the same bloke.

I has been a few years since I trod that particular road but as I recall
you get them working together from the same place but not always.

 

Aye, might have made giddy heights of FO by now. Appropriately
enough as that was what they used to say to us...

Egsakerly. Plus Op Telic prob.

 

That dear old chap, vulgarandmischevious tugged on his pipefull of old
shag and said:

That /can/ be the case, but generally you get the lasts made by the
last maker to match your foot and then you own the lasts - you then go
around the shoemakers until you find one you like.

 

I was out on the outfit yesterday. Jeans, Berghaus fleece, open-face helmet
and no gloves whatsoever.

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platypus

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

 

platypus wrote

Yebbut you're a nutter, that sort of behaviour is expected.

 

"Tell us again what you did in the War, Ancestor."

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platypus

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

 

platypus wrote

That rings a rather loud bell, where is it taken from?

 

I'm not mad, it was a perfectly reasonable thing to do. I was just nipping
round to the local tyre place to get new tyres on the trailer wheels, and
popped in to the new local bike shop[1] while I was at it. Perfectly
pleasant, balmy day, no snow or anything.

[1]This lot: http://www.v-tenmotorcycles.com/

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platypus

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

 

It isn't, it's just the old "What did you do in the War, Daddy?" with
"Ancestor" and "again" to give artistic verisimilitude.

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platypus

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

 

platypus coughed up:

"the fuzzy-wuzzies did not like the cold steel up 'em"

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Look on the bright side. You could have been French.