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BGN - 28 Aug 2007 19:23 GMT

<http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>

While downloading a load of Podcasts on my Nokia n95 this evening I
noticed story two from Reuters "Oddly Enough" And Finally podcast.

The story I'm talking about starts at about 1m04s - there might be an
advert before it.

In Bhopal it appears that a load of motorcyclists seem to play a
rather fun game of football on a load of 125's or similar.

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SteveH - 28 Aug 2007 19:25 GMT

> <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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> In Bhopal it appears that a load of motorcyclists seem to play a
> rather fun game of football on a load of 125's or similar.

They're amateurs.

http://www.dvrbs.com/camden/CamdenNJ-MotorcyclePolo.htm

Playing it on V-twin Harleys looks 'challenging'.

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Brownz (Mobile) - 28 Aug 2007 19:52 GMT

>> <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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> Playing it on V-twin Harleys looks 'challenging'.

Not amateurs, I think you'l find they all have poor eyesight.

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Whinging Courier - 28 Aug 2007 19:59 GMT

> > <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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> They're amateurs.

And N95s are shite.

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BGN - 28 Aug 2007 20:18 GMT

>> > <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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>And N95s are shite.

My one isn't.

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elyob - 28 Aug 2007 21:30 GMT

>>> > <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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> My one isn't.

Has it improved then, because I remember you saying something about it being
shite before.

The phone I had was quite good on what it should do, just god awful battery
life. And the GPS was a gimmick from what I could see.

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BGN - 29 Aug 2007 07:53 GMT

>>>> > <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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>Has it improved then, because I remember you saying something about it being
>shite before.

I've never said the phone was shite ever. I've only said the battery
life was horrid. But the battery life is no longer a problem since
I've employed Charger At Work(tm) technology.

>The phone I had was quite good on what it should do, just god awful battery
>life. And the GPS was a gimmick from what I could see.

IT's good for geotagging.

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DDastardly - 28 Aug 2007 20:35 GMT

When I worked as lowly motorcycle instructor for CSM in Bristol we
used to play it on XL125 and twist and gos, the secret is to play the
man on the bike not the ball as self preservation takes over and they
end up letting you have the ball before you take them out.

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OH- - 28 Aug 2007 21:13 GMT

> <http://www.reuters.com/news/video/videoStory?videoId=64523>
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> In Bhopal it appears that a load of motorcyclists seem to play a
> rather fun game of football on a load of 125's or similar.

I read about something similar on a site devoted to Soviet motor
vehicles. It seems to have been popular there. Special Motoball
bikes were produced (with shifter on both sides but no brake
pedal) and IIRC they could have up to 30 000 spectators.

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