Only in France.

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They should have been using mousse filled tyres!

'Hog

 

YAWN.

I notice you didn't answer the question.


"A large part of the underside of tank 5 was found on the runway. It
bore no signs of impact and had been ripped away from the inside towards
the outside"
And:
"Research showed that a projectile penetrating tank 5 could have
generated a hydrodynamic pressure surge but that this could not have
caused the ripping out of the piece of tank found on the runway".

How does this fit in with your theory?

Wouldn't you have thought that a shredded tyre would make some sort of
mark?

 

Never mind. Elvis did it, riding a black helicopter.

 

Half a point each, it was titanium:
"Until October many Concorde aircrew and some investigators thought the
strip was made from aluminium, which the 23-tonne wheel would have
flattened harmlessly. It was a titanium alloy".

 

Heh. Granted. It probably fell off a Gixxer.

 

The Older Gentleman says...

Couldn't have been a Ducati one, not enough dings in the rim.

 

Because he is TOG, and he is always right....

 

Heh. Ain't dat de troof.

 

That was a bit of a bummer, as I was in Leicester [1] then.

[1] Leicester Police HQ. Is it only me that feels guilty whenever in
the presence of plod? And I've nothing to feel guilty about.

 

No. Funnily enough, I had a house warming the other day. One of my
guests bumped in to a local copper and asked him where I lived, and was
given correct directions[1].

[1] I've lived there for 10 days. I'm a marked man, I tell you.

 

and for Paris-hotel fans, I'd say the Hilton is considerably superior
to the Sofitel. Although, the hotel being wholely located inside
another building (CNIT) is a bit weird.

I'm in Paris twice a month, so I imagine we'll end up doing beers at
some point. In fact, I was supposed to be there from this morning until
Wednesday, but the reason for going has been put off for a week, which
is a bit of a ****, as I cancelled a weekend thing away from London
because I was expecting to have to get the Eurostar first thing this
morning, and only found out via a phone call yesterday.

Bloody French.

 

Twice a month! I need never miss an issue of Bike or DiRe again! (I
suppose I could subscribe though

Heh. You've got to love them.

 

True, but they make you pay extra _and_ don't include any of the
freebies that come with a UK-bought copy. Bastards.

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This is why I never subbed. TBH, I'm in the UK often enough (or my
colleagues are over here often enough) to get me the real deal.

 

Ahh, I'm not, you see. Although I suppose I _could_ change the
delivery address to that of a certain roche colleague and get them
forwarded in the internal mail...

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despite my job title having the word "London" in it (well, it's implied
if not explicit), most of our application services and all of our
production people are in Paris, so although the enterprise applications
for which I have responsibility for are developed in London, and used
globally, I need to physically get hold[1] of people in Paris on a
regular basis to ensure things get done. Plus, my line manager is in
Paris, and isn't the easiest person to communicate with on the phone or
email.

I'm not a fucking courier service, you know ;-)

[1] unfortunately "by the neck" is only what I'd like.

 

Get it sent to a UK address, and pay 60 quid for the Royal Mail to
forward everything to your name at that address. That's what I do,
and for my three subscriptions (PB, Classic Cars, PC Pro) it saves me
more than the cost of the forwarding service.

 

I only have one UK subscription (Bike), so it would be a -very_
expensive way of doing it. ISTR that the cost for delivery in Europe
is only +15% or so anyway.

And the freebies aren't worth the hassle anyway, let's face it.

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

Snap.

It fucking rocks.

"We agreed this last month, don't you remember?"

"Oh... OK, then..."

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 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 GTS1000

 

Unfortunately for me a recent conversation went like this:

me: That's not what we discussed, why the **** did you do that?

op1: It's what was on the list to do.

op2: In your writing.

me: Ah.