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Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 14:26 GMT
Looks like I'm getting a nice Black Blackbird, just need it collecting.
Best quote so far is £90 from Willenhall (West Midlands) to Flookburgh
(South Lake District).
Anyone do it for less? Can't be ridden, needs new tyre. Would prefer someone
who is fully insured!

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Dan White - 03 Aug 2007 14:32 GMT
> Looks like I'm getting a nice Black Blackbird, just need it collecting.
> Best quote so far is £90 from Willenhall (West Midlands) to Flookburgh
> (South Lake District).
> Anyone do it for less? Can't be ridden, needs new tyre. Would prefer
> someone who is fully insured!

Ummm, what's wrong with using a mobile tyre fitter, then riding it home?

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mr p - 03 Aug 2007 14:35 GMT
> > Looks like I'm getting a nice Black Blackbird, just need it collecting.
> > Best quote so far is £90 from Willenhall (West Midlands) to Flookburgh
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Ummm, what's wrong with using a mobile tyre fitter, then riding it home?

90 quid would pay for the new tyre 'n' all..
Dan White - 03 Aug 2007 14:37 GMT
On Aug 3, 2:32 pm, "Dan White" <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
<snip>

>>L Ummm, what's wrong with using a mobile tyre fitter, then riding it home?
>
>90 quid would pay for the new tyre 'n' all..

And by the time you got home, it would be scrubbed in. Result!

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Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 14:55 GMT
>> Looks like I'm getting a nice Black Blackbird, just need it collecting.
>> Best quote so far is £90 from Willenhall (West Midlands) to Flookburgh
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> Ummm, what's wrong with using a mobile tyre fitter, then riding it home?

<pessimist mode>
Organising a tyre fitter, then riding such a fast bike with a new tyre on
roads I am not use to, then a motorway and probably it would rain. I'd die.
</p>

Train fare, paying a premium for the tyre, plus the time it takes to train
there, ride back.  £90 is worth it.  First quote was over £200, which is
probably a price I would have considered collecting it in the pickup.

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ginge - 03 Aug 2007 15:05 GMT
> <pessimist mode>
> Organising a tyre fitter, then riding such a fast bike with a new tyre on
> roads I am not use to, then a motorway and probably it would rain. I'd die.
> </p>

WTF is a bike for if not to ride it?  Particularly as a motorway is the
safest type of road going.
darsy - 03 Aug 2007 15:13 GMT
> > <pessimist mode>
> > Organising a tyre fitter, then riding such a fast bike with a new tyre on
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> WTF is a bike for if not to ride it?  Particularly as a motorway is the
> safest type of road going.

hahaha - you so funny.

--
d.
ginge - 03 Aug 2007 15:21 GMT
> > > <pessimist mode>
> > > Organising a tyre fitter, then riding such a fast bike with a new tyre on
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> hahaha - you so funny.

?

I really can't think of a safer place to get used to a new bike.  Plenty
of lanes, no corners, no oncoming traffic.
Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 15:26 GMT
>> <pessimist mode>
>> Organising a tyre fitter, then riding such a fast bike with a new tyre on
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> WTF is a bike for if not to ride it?  Particularly as a motorway is the
> safest type of road going.

I hate Motorways!  Its full of BMW's and Audi's.

By the time I had got down there on a train full of screaming kids, I'd not
be in the mood to ride.  It was bad enough getting the wife's MGF from
Stockport.

Also I haven't ridden for 12 months, so would like to get back into it
gradually.

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CT - 03 Aug 2007 15:31 GMT
> I hate Motorways!  Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Also I haven't ridden for 12 months, so would like to get back into
> it gradually.

You don't sound like you're cut out for a Blackbird, tbh.

Have you considered a scooter?

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Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 16:05 GMT
>> I hate Motorways!  Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Have you considered a scooter?

I had no problem with the GSX1100F, which I bought 3 months after passing my
test.  I had a crash in 2004 (on a GS550M) and damaged my elbow, which still
causes pain when I ride.  Which is why I sold the GSX, but then I went to
the docs and had an x-ray.  Nothing out of place or wrong, most likely a
weak muscle (oh..suit you sir).

Hence wanting to get back into biking.

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Hog - 03 Aug 2007 16:07 GMT
>> I hate Motorways!  Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> Have you considered a scooter?

He sounds like little more than BGN fodder

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Champ - 03 Aug 2007 16:19 GMT
>> I hate Motorways!  Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>
>You don't sound like you're cut out for a Blackbird, tbh.

Sounds to me like the Blackbird is the *perfect* bike for him :-)
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Bear - 03 Aug 2007 16:41 GMT
> Its full of BMW's and Audi's.

Oh Christ, another apostrophe fuckwit :(
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ginge - 03 Aug 2007 16:59 GMT
> > Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>
> Oh Christ, another apostrophe fuckwit :(

Ha'vent you noticed tho's apostrophe fuckwit's are everywe're, and its
all-way's worse on Friday's....!

Somebody shoed call the Punctuation Police!!!!!!!?!?!!?!!
Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 20:02 GMT
>> > Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
>Somebody shoed call the Punctuation Police!!!!!!!?!?!!?!!

I don't know, when it comes to rules like speed limits, they are out
the window, but break language rules like punctuation and spelling,
then there's hell to play.
Drew.H

In the garage: MZ ETZ125, GS550MZ x 2
Departures: GSX1100FJ
Arrivals: CDR1100XXX
Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 20:05 GMT
>>> > Its full of BMW's and Audi's.
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>Departures: GSX1100FJ
>Arrivals: CDR1100XXX

Oops, no sig sep.
I'll try again.

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Arrivals: CDR1100XXX

Bear - 03 Aug 2007 20:10 GMT
> >then there's hell to play.

To *pay*, you plonker.

> >In the garage: MZ ETZ125, GS550MZ x 2
> >Departures: GSX1100FJ
> >Arrivals: CDR1100XXX
>
> Oops, no sig sep.
> I'll try again.

FFS man, sort yourself out.
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Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 20:18 GMT
>> >then there's hell to play.
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
>FFS man, sort yourself out.

I need a drink.  There is another mistake in there too.
On a brighter note I found my old MIB number, after downloading 4
years of UKRM.
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mr p - 03 Aug 2007 20:24 GMT
> In article <03v6b3939utvv8gsq8ja0qpimdoqeao...@4ax.com>, Drew.H says...
>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
> FFS man, sort yourself out.

I've had a brain wave, why doesn't the OP just ride with an ilegal
tyre FFS ?
just don't fall off or get pulled... and make the apropriate
allowances if it's wet.
from what he says about being a bit nervous, I'd say a worn out tyre
is less likely to kill him than falling off at high speed due to lack
of care or practice
Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 20:38 GMT
>> In article <03v6b3939utvv8gsq8ja0qpimdoqeao...@4ax.com>, Drew.H says...
>>
[quoted text clipped - 18 lines]
>is less likely to kill him than falling off at high speed due to lack
>of care or practice

I've already made the decision to have the bike transported, all I
wanted to know was if anyone knew someone cheaper.

I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
in the garage. Besides I just found out I need new leathers :o(
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steve auvache - 03 Aug 2007 20:48 GMT
>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train,

Not frightened of a bit of danger are you biker boy?

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Drew.H - 03 Aug 2007 21:03 GMT
>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train,
>
>Not frightened of a bit of danger are you biker boy?

No, I'd just fall a sleep and end up in Milton Keynes, or worse.

And less of the boy, I'm a proud Granddad!
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Beav - 03 Aug 2007 22:15 GMT
>>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train,
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> And less of the boy, I'm a Chubby Granddad!

Post corrected.

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Drew.H - 04 Aug 2007 10:25 GMT
>>>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train,
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Post corrected.

Complements will get you nowhere.
Grimly Curmudgeon - 04 Aug 2007 00:06 GMT
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Drew.H
<ecotackQnospamQ@googlemailQspamlessQ.com> saying something like:

>Besides I just found out I need new leathers

Shrunk in the rain, eh?
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Ace - 04 Aug 2007 07:44 GMT
>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
>back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
>in the garage. Besides I just found out I need new leathers :o(

Pip, I say PIP, old chap. Seems to be something wrong here - someone
claiming an MIB# is failing to demostrate the essential blackness
within.

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Pip - 04 Aug 2007 08:03 GMT
>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
>>back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>claiming an MIB# is failing to demostrate the essential blackness
>within.

Noted, GoldTapBoy.

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Catman - 04 Aug 2007 08:46 GMT
>>> I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
>>> back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> Noted, GoldTapBoy.

Standards are slipping everywhere.  The lights are going out all over
the empire etc etc etc..

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Drew.H - 04 Aug 2007 10:23 GMT
>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
>>back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>claiming an MIB# is failing to demostrate the essential blackness
>within.

I'm out of practice, but the bike is the right colour 110154264218.
Wicked Uncle Nigel - 04 Aug 2007 23:15 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Drew. H
<ecotackQnospamQ@googlemailQspamlessQ.com> typed

>>>I don't want to spend 4 and a half hours on a train, then ride a bike
>>>back in the rain with a bald tyre. I'm to busy, I need to make space
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
>I'm out of practice, but the bike is the right colour 110154264218.

Can I just point out that the new toy is black?

Thanks.

I realise that I am lacking in the general blackness-of-outlook
department. And many of my clothes are of other, inferior hues.
Nonetheless, since the entrance barrier appears to have been lowered, I
request; nay DEMAND! my MIB #.

Especially since I'm not the sort of c.nt who fails to snip sigs.

I await your response, etc, etc.

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Hog - 04 Aug 2007 23:19 GMT
> Can I just point out that the new toy is black?
>
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>
> I await your response, etc, etc.

You haven't even posted any pics of it yet, well not according to the cheesy
server which isn't the german swerver IYSWIM

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 04 Aug 2007 23:22 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed

>> Can I just point out that the new toy is black?
>>
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>You haven't even posted any pics of it yet

That's because I haven't taken any. It's a black GTR1400. Look at the
Kawasaki website and imagine a fat bloke sat on it. How hard could that
be?

I may get around to taking some tomorrow, would you prefer me clothed or
au naturel?

>, well not according to the cheesy
>server which isn't the german swerver IYSWIM

IDSWYM, and cannot understand the pikeyness that makes you not hand over
10 euros to the Pickelhaube server forthwith. But that's probably just
me.

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Kawasaki GTR1400

Hog - 04 Aug 2007 23:49 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
[quoted text clipped - 20 lines]
> I may get around to taking some tomorrow, would you prefer me clothed
> or au naturel?

I think it's best you stay behind the camera.  Perhaps one of Sharon's
friends would volunteer to model?  I have one in mind I just can't recall
the lady's name.

>> , well not according to the cheesy
>> server which isn't the german swerver IYSWIM
>
> IDSWYM, and cannot understand the pikeyness that makes you not hand
> over 10 euros to the Pickelhaube server forthwith. But that's
> probably just me.

Oh I pay my E10 it's just that by an unfortunate twist of fate I ended up
with Tiscali as an ISP temporarily who block nntp and nntps. Motzarella are
kind enough to open some non standard ports.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 04 Aug 2007 23:53 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
>> I may get around to taking some tomorrow, would you prefer me clothed
>> or au naturel?
>
>I think it's best you stay behind the camera.

You're very wise.

> Perhaps one of Sharon's
>friends would volunteer to model?  I have one in mind I just can't recall
>the lady's name.

I suspect you're thinking of Mel. I'll ask. Stranger things have
happened.

>>> , well not according to the cheesy
>>> server which isn't the german swerver IYSWIM
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>with Tiscali as an ISP temporarily who block nntp and nntps. Motzarella are
>kind enough to open some non standard ports.

I'm mildly surprised that you, of all people, would fall into that trap.

Physician, heal thyself!

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Hog - 05 Aug 2007 00:09 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

>> Oh I pay my E10 it's just that by an unfortunate twist of fate I
>> ended up with Tiscali as an ISP temporarily who block nntp and
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> trap.
> Physician, heal thyself!

I was duped I tell you!

<sheds tear for ol' Freenet>

Actually I was misled by a little sales rascal called Stuart Dover

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 05 Aug 2007 00:11 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
>
>Actually I was misled by a little sales rascal called Stuart Dover

Brother of Ben?

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Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

Hog - 05 Aug 2007 00:14 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>
> Brother of Ben?

I'll feed them in and you.....

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Hog - 05 Aug 2007 00:13 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> I suspect you're thinking of Mel. I'll ask. Stranger things have
> happened.

It was a lady who attended your "garden party" a couple of years ago.

Those 'leccy screens are rather good fun dont you think. Hours of harmless
fun on a K11.

There hasn't been a decent replacement for said Beemer so far, parent
company having lost the plot.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 05 Aug 2007 00:17 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
<hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
>> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog
>> <hogSPAM@freenetCHIPS.co.uk> typed
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>
>It was a lady who attended your "garden party" a couple of years ago.

That'll be her.

>Those 'leccy screens are rather good fun dont you think. Hours of harmless
>fun on a K11.

Oh yes.

>There hasn't been a decent replacement for said Beemer so far, parent
>company having lost the plot.

There is now...

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Hog - 05 Aug 2007 00:23 GMT
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

>> There hasn't been a decent replacement for said Beemer so far, parent
>> company having lost the plot.
>
> There is now...

They just need to sell 10,000 of them this year and fill the breakers with
cheap parts. 32kg more too but hallelujah it has a 6th gear overdrive, the
one thing the K needed most.

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Andy Bonwick - 05 Aug 2007 08:39 GMT
>I realise that I am lacking in the general blackness-of-outlook
>department. And many of my clothes are of other, inferior hues.
>Nonetheless, since the entrance barrier appears to have been lowered, I
>request; nay DEMAND! my MIB #.

I think I should be allowed one as well. I've got a tinted visor on my
crash helmet and a black baglux cover on my bike so that should be
enough.

Did you realise that the person you're asking for a MIB# has purple
wheels one of his bikes? Even my bike's got black wheels.
Hog - 05 Aug 2007 08:48 GMT
>> I realise that I am lacking in the general blackness-of-outlook
>> department. And many of my clothes are of other, inferior hues.
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Did you realise that the person you're asking for a MIB# has purple
> wheels one of his bikes? Even my bike's got black wheels.

Black Bandit <check>
Black leathers <check>
Black gloves <check>
Black helmet <check>
Black boots <check>

Black Heart <check>

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Adie - 05 Aug 2007 11:08 GMT
>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Drew. H
><ecotackQnospamQ@googlemailQspamlessQ.com> typed
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
>Can I just point out that the new toy is black?

and what difference does that make? its Men IN black not ON black.

>Thanks.

no worries. I do hope you welcomed the hooligans who turned up this
morning in your dressing gown.

Champ was feeling delicate as it was.
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Wicked Uncle Nigel - 05 Aug 2007 14:08 GMT
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Adie
<spam@bonwick.me.uk> typed

>no worries. I do hope you welcomed the hooligans who turned up this
>morning in your dressing gown.
>
>Champ was feeling delicate as it was.

I was already dressed. I did briefly consider changing back into my
dressing-gown, but it didn't really seem worth it.

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DR - 03 Aug 2007 19:16 GMT
>>> Looks like I'm getting a nice Black Blackbird, just need it collecting.
>>> Best quote so far is £90 from Willenhall (West Midlands) to Flookburgh
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>roads I am not use to, then a motorway and probably it would rain. I'd die.
></p>

You'd be fine.  Once you get back up past Preston on the M6 it's just
a big fast road, although I know Plod can be a bit oppressive around
Lancaster.  Riding on roads you're not used to is part of the fun, and
you shouldn't be bothered about rain if you're a true Cumbrian.  The
bike will only go as fast as you want it to, too.

Do it.  YKIMS

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gomez - 06 Aug 2007 09:56 GMT
> The
>bike will only go as fast as you want it to, too.

Reall?  If only all bikes were like that.

ITYM "The bike will go as slow as you want it to,too".
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Pip - 06 Aug 2007 11:01 GMT
>> The
>>bike will only go as fast as you want it to, too.
>
>Reall?  If only all bikes were like that.

Here, you need this: "y"

I've been aware of the desire to go much faster.  When late, tired,
bored or just plain wanting to get out of the present location.  The
A34, for example - the next crest is visible and I want to be *there*,
*now* - not in ten minutes, after going all the way down this side and
then all the bloody way up that side.  

The M180 going out of sCunthorpe is a case in point- rolling along at
140+ (the white lines appear solid, unbroken, at that speed, you know)
- and it just keeps damn unrolling along - for mile after mile after
bloody unending mile.  The A15 going towards Lincoln off the M180 is
even worse - it must run dead straight and pretty much flat for 20
miles.

The Bandit 12 was a revelation on urban motorways when making progress
- see a gap in whatever lane, twist - in the gap - twist - in the next
one ... and so on.  That's OK, but one can rarely have the potential
for too much speed.

>ITYM "The bike will go as slow as you want it to,too".

And in many cases, slower.  Running out of spark plug, for example.

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gomez - 06 Aug 2007 11:31 GMT
>The M180 going out of sCunthorpe is a case in point

Even though I was dragged up not far away I am proud to say I have
never been to Sunny Scunny although I have passed it many times.  I
would say the M180 qualifies as the most boring road in the country.
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Pip Luscher - 06 Aug 2007 19:13 GMT
>>The M180 going out of sCunthorpe is a case in point
>
>Even though I was dragged up not far away I am proud to say I have
>never been to Sunny Scunny although I have passed it many times.  I
>would say the M180 qualifies as the most boring road in the country.

Have you never driven down the M11?

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