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mcatrophy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:21 pm (Monty Python anyone?)

ionbeam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:17 pm

mcatrophy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:59 pm

ionbeam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:48 pm ...
You forgot to stop and have a fag on the way to the loo. Keep your pecker up.

That's beginning to sound like the caricature of English speech that appears in low budget American TV programs . But at least you are trying .

In Boston airport while my brother-in-law is getting ready to board his flight back to the UK he yells, 'have you got a fag?' Sister-in-law tells him that phrase doesn't mean the same thing here in the US. As he is moving past the gate attendant he yells, 'keep your pecker up'. SIL distanced herself from him as they boarded. That's the source of my comments.

Me mum-in-law steadfastly had boots and bonnets on her Austins and MGs here in the US. Right. And tea happens every afternoon with scones. The tea is made with the leafs in the pot and served with milk. My wife can't make it through the afternoon without her tea. It was impossible for me mum-in-law to leave the house without her scarf. Home made Christmas pudding always came with silver charms. It always came as a shock to American guests when they found leafs in the tea and bit into a charm at desert. After a number of rounds of PIMMS everyone found it funny. Within the confines of their Victorian house it was a little transplanted corner of the UK. (PIMMS is a blast during the evening and it's a real headache the next morning.)

My wife's sister still has such a cockney accent that I'm not always sure she is speaking English. MIL had a sweet, mild London accent that everyone loved to hear.

Bugnatr wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 11:44 am You'd be surprised how often the traction control light comes on in my Prius.

mcatrophy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:59 pm

ionbeam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:48 pm ...
You forgot to stop and have a fag on the way to the loo. Keep your pecker up.

That's beginning to sound like the caricature of English speech that appears in low budget American TV programs . But at least you are trying .

Abercrombie FJR wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:25 am

mcatrophy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:59 pm

ionbeam wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:48 pm ...
You forgot to stop and have a fag on the way to the loo. Keep your pecker up.

That's beginning to sound like the caricature of English speech that appears in low budget American TV programs . But at least you are trying .

I was in the US Air Force during early 80 at Lakenheath Air Force base England working in fuels. We had two old blokes delivering ground fuels onto the base everyday and I learned everything about the other English I needed to know. Their favorite saying was " Bloody Yanks, over paid, over sexed, and over here". I'm not sure why I never went off base and had a couple pints with them. I'm thinking I would've learned even more.

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 7:47 pm Threadshitters all of you!

Calling English peculiar is an oxymoron, doncha think? J/k there mr atrophy. Just teasin. And I do remember your post about crossing that stream/river while On the bridge.

Uncle Hud wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 6:34 pm

mcatrophy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:21 pm (Monty Python anyone?)

Benny Hill ... for the ladies in underwear.

Hppants wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:27 pm Ok - the mystery has been solved.

It's the end of sugar cane cutting season. They load the trucks in the field, and they haul it to the mill. And when they get on the roads, they track all the mudd, soot, and crap with them. Suffice it to say the roads are gritty now.

So today, I'm riding out in the country. The weather is perfect, nice north breeze, about 60 degrees. The old red girl is running right, and most peeps are apparently at work, at the bar, or not f@$king here. The road is curvy and I'm all by myself.

I come upon a left hand sweeper. It's marked 35, but I know this curve well. The cane is cut to the field on the left. I can see all the way around the curve and there ain't nothing in sight. I lean the girl over in 3rd gear, and just past the apex, I grab a hand full of throttle. She plants the chassis and all of a sudden, stand up a bit. I look down to see the tell-taled light. Good thing and saving grace for the habitual "outside, inside, outside" lane position. No problem, I've got 10 plus feet of lane to work with. I back off for a split second, countersteer, and hit it again.

Maybe the T/C IS what I thought it would be.....

Madmudder wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:52 pm

ionbeam wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:21 pm

Madmudder wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:05 pm

wheatonFJR wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 4:47 pm I don’t pull wheelies either. However, I assure you that when 2-up, that front comes up a lot faster than I ever thought it would when whacking the throttle open for a quick pass. (Is there any other kind?)

I thought that was the sole reason for riding 2 up!

I packed up a fairly large tool kit and went over to nearby neighbor Speedjunkie's house to work on his bike. Successful work was done during the afternoon. Speedjunkie says, let's go for a ride, Island Pond road is a hoot. I put my tool kit on the rear rack and tied it on. Off we went. Island Pond was a hoot. I hit one of the really sharp corners really hot, braked hard and gassed it coming off the apex while leaned over into foot peg sparking country. With the weight on the rear rack my '04 popped a huge wheelie while I was still leaned over Things got real exciting for a few split seconds. Forget the passenger for wheelies, put a heavy tool bag on the tail rack and you will be good to go. Too good to go sometimes. I never knew I could ride a unicycle right up to that point. Stark terror can make a fast student out of ya. The last thing I wanted to do was slam the front wheel down until I had the cornering under control.