Ducati fans. Which are the real landmark sports bikes?
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Rocket Pepper said:
ICMFP?
I Claim My Five Pounds?
Don't get it. Is it a compliment, or one of those accidental gay moments?
It was intended as a joke - no one is that complementary on a forum about someone else unless they know them (or maybe it was one of the accidental gay moments you refer to), according to your profiles you live very close to each other and you have similar posting styles... a joke... never mind, keep arguing friends I Claim My Five Pounds?
Don't get it. Is it a compliment, or one of those accidental gay moments?
dern said:
It was intended as a joke - no one is that complementary on a forum about someone else unless they know them (or maybe it was one of the accidental gay moments you refer to), according to your profiles you live very close to each other and you have similar posting styles... a joke... never mind, keep arguing friends
Hey Dern dude, I'm not the one arguing. As for ICMFP, maybe I'm stupid but I don't see how such an acronym relates to a relationship of any type between anyone. Does it really stand for 'I Claim My Five Pounds'? Consider me totally confused by such language. At least 'dude' is fathomable, dudes and dudesses
Rocket Pepper said:
As for ICMFP, maybe I'm stupid but I don't see how such an acronym relates to a relationship of any type between anyone. Does it really stand for 'I Claim My Five Pounds'?
Yes indeed. It was an expression I first heard on uk.rec.motorcycles. I can't imagine it originated there but traditionally it was supposed to punctuate the spotting of some spurious character identification and if you were the first then you could claim your prize which was, for some reason, five pounds. For example (should any be required which I suspect not ) if someone constantly says "I don't believe it" you could justifiably say "you are Victor Meldrew and I claim my five pounds". Anyway, given your (if you'll excuse me) somewhat gushing re beemer-5 post it occurred to me that it might be funny to suggest that you were actually one and the same... ...I'll get my coat
the AICMFP acronym is an ancient net chat phenomenon - originally came from a newspaper or radio show IIRC where members of the public had to identify a particular person in the street - and the prize was, unsurprisingly, £5.
Well before the Internet - but pretty common amongst people who use computers too much - proffessing ignorance suggests you're either too cool to use the net that much, or you're bluffing
Well before the Internet - but pretty common amongst people who use computers too much - proffessing ignorance suggests you're either too cool to use the net that much, or you're bluffing
dern said:
Yes indeed. It was an expression I first heard on uk.rec.motorcycles. I can't imagine it originated there but traditionally it was supposed to punctuate the spotting of some spurious character identification and if you were the first then you could claim your prize which was, for some reason, five pounds.
...I'll get my coat
The earliest recognition I have of claiming the five pounds was from the Daily Mirror, circa 1965....I'll get my coat
You are Chalky White and I claim my five pounds .
A mirror employee would parade daily at a pre advertised seaside resort with a copy of the paper under his arm , he needed to be approached with the famous saying to get the hand out .
I suspect Beemer and Rocket have earlier memories
On topic , great thread , a mate has a Paso and raves about the thing
blade7 said:
Beemer-5 said:
Apologies mate, but dimwit Bladey seems intent on ruining every thread he goes on.
As someone here said on Sunday, in a PM mail to me, he needs to grow up a bit.
For the benefit of the forum, i will ignore the irrelevance from now on in.
You're living in a dream world, Mr ss50.As someone here said on Sunday, in a PM mail to me, he needs to grow up a bit.
For the benefit of the forum, i will ignore the irrelevance from now on in.
Chilli and Rocket now know different, but fine.
Whatever you wish.
Rocket Pepper said:
Beemer-5 said:
Preferably, including places like Laguna Seca CA, Riverside CA, Spa Belgium, Brands Hatch and Donington Park.
Many are stateside photos from living there in the 1980s.
The rest are UK bikes.
Cheers.
Rocket Pepper said:
With a bike collection like yours, past and present, maybe you and the misses wouldn't mind a Napoleon? That'll confuse plenty I'm sure. Oh no, another accidental gay moment! Well, Napoleon's more bi than gay..........
Ta for the great pic's Beemer.
ps, you look fantastic naked
Now now, some will believe it!Ta for the great pic's Beemer.
ps, you look fantastic naked
For the record-and just to satisfy you, Mr blade7, i have never claimed i beat anyone of note, simply that i have club raced in the UK and USA.
The USA production bike class racing was on things like my GPZ1100 (twin shocks model) and my late 70's Ducati 900SS, so i have never claimed that the bikes were all that fast, either.
Probably the best bikes i raced were my TZ250 and TZ350, both air and water cooled models, but again club level was all i reached.
Ian, you don't need to counter. I don't know you from Adam, nor do I know Blade, but as nice a bloke Blade may be, it's got to be Blade's loss if he doesn't see the value of your contribution here.
I'm slowly working my way through the pic's you sent me. I'm waiting for he invite too, lol. The Fantic chopper is something I want to see, and I'm saving that pic till later. Like I said. I'm digesting them slowly. And thanks.
Blade, come on man, kiss and make up. This is the bike thread right?
I'm slowly working my way through the pic's you sent me. I'm waiting for he invite too, lol. The Fantic chopper is something I want to see, and I'm saving that pic till later. Like I said. I'm digesting them slowly. And thanks.
Blade, come on man, kiss and make up. This is the bike thread right?
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