Merci monsieur TOG

And mine, the short version:

Friday:

Bought petrol, rode to Clacket Lane, met Higgins & Mick Carley, bought
petrol, rode to dover, prayed cameras on M20 weren't active, got to
Dover, bought petrol, bought 55 Euros for 50 quid, got on ferry. Had
beer. Chased Hog flat out down various autoroutes, parked up, unloaded,
washed & styled hair, went to bar, piled some Jews, drank hideously
expensive Leffe, drank wine, ate a distinctly ropey dinner, hit the
Leffe again, went to bed some time between 3.30 and 5.30.

Saturday:

Got up, felt wobbly, ate bread, stood by coffee machine drinking
espressos til felt less wobbly, talked bollocks, fired up bike. Followed
Cab to diesel-only garage. Followed Cab past Total garage, watched
orange light for signs of flashing. Went to Ieper, drank beer by
accident, saw dog on motorcycle, vowed to stop drinking beer by
accident. Ate free chocolate in shops, choked up a bit at Menin Gate,
miraculously led people back to France, extinguished orange light with
petrol. Washed & styled hair, stood in sun drinking beer, sat indoors
drinking beer, ate much much better dinner, drank wine, drank beer, went
to bed around 3.30.

Sunday:

Got up, shat solids, loaded bike, rode to Calais, got on ferry, had diet
coke (and beer). Rode home, end of story.

Not a bad weekend at all. If only I could remember the details.

 

Aye, thanks to Sutcliffe for organising.

 

Sorry, I don't do paranoid.

 

£3k

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heh...

 

Di asked me who I kept trying to buy a bike from. "Was that Wessie" was
her case of mistaken identity, rofl.

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To be fair, I didn't know that the garage was a diesel only place. No
bugger told me and you all fucked off. So I assumed that you'd all
changed your minds.

 

ginge scribbled:

I am, and I probably am a bit paranoid.

What does a burglar want? A house guaranteed to be empty for a known
period that has stuff easy to resell.

They can sit on their arses in front of a PC drinking beer and find
that info, or drive round in a shonky Cavalier for hours at night time.

<shrug>

If you're not bothered, be happy, but I object to people trying to
persuade me to change my opinion.

 

Curmudgeon alert!

What an odd stance to take.

 

Well, Ginge has a nice arse, too, I suppose but I don't think that one's
his...

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Veggie Dave
UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08
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Sah!
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Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

Alex Ferrier scribbled:

There's normal discussion and then there's OTT "discussion".

The OTT people have had it pointed out to them before, but they're
getting old, I suppose its to be expected.

 

So tell me again, how is seeing a picture of your bike from a meeting
last weekend going to let them know whether your house is empty now?

In reality, it's _very_ unusual for individual houses to be targetted,
except by using the manual, or more usually foot-powered, method. Walk
round estate, observe light patterns, watch for people leaving, etc.
Imagining that any burglar is ever going to scour the internet for
clues as to whether people are home is firmly in the bounds of
paranoid fantasy.

Why do you bother talking to anyone then? Your above statement sounds
just like "Don't talk to me - I'm not interested".

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<snip>

You are des AICMFF tin-foil hats.....

 

Just to throw a fly in the ointment, the photos of your bike's reg no
usually appear on the Interweb *after* you've got home again.

 

You bat for the other side too? Well I never.

 

Just trying to get into the gay Paree spirit.

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UKRMHRC#2 BOTAFOF#08
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POST PRODUCTION http://www.iq18films.co.uk
Toxic Shock Syndrome Gets More Girls Than Me

 

But, maybe the potential burglar is a timelord, not thought of that
had you.

 

I tried too. He ain't budging.

P.

 

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

You're saying there's a risk he'll have that fucking awful Tate bint
with him?

Fair play, frag. That's not a risk worth taking.