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RE: Are you an oldtimer?
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The fairing is the plastic surround that streamlines modern motorcycles and keeps most of the wind a......
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November 22, 2002 10:01
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And for me, motorbikes with kick-starts and no fairing. 80 mph on a 1930 Rudge! Bliss! Richard Engl......
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November 22, 2002 01:46
RE: Ultra-crepidarian
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I suspect that we all have opinions about most subjects; whether or not we have knowledge has little......
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November 22, 2002 01:43
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You can't be "...a titch negative..." - that's like saying that you're "...a small negative...". Y......
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November 19, 2002 13:57
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I set an examination once for Travel Agents where one of the questions asked them to calculate earni......
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November 18, 2002 01:27
RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese!
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I didn't suggest Spanish since this phrase is not, of course, a true rhyme. "...pasa..." does not rh......
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November 18, 2002 01:23
RE: Are you an oldtimer?
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Good manners! Richard English...
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November 17, 2002 02:26
RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese!
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I can't help with the butterfly, but did you know that if you said, in French, "To the water it is t......
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November 16, 2002 12:11
RE: Have a nice voyage, Cheese!
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"Bon voyage, fromage" is, of course, French. Richard English...
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November 15, 2002 12:10
RE: Come ride with me
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This is a misconception. The situation you describe has given rise to the rarely heard term, "hoars......
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November 15, 2002 12:04
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Yes. And the analogy goes further. One drives a carriage and pair or other horsedrawn vehicle. Inde......
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November 15, 2002 02:35
RE: I'm a literalist...
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Simply to be awkward I ferquently treat teenage slang expressions literally. The current favourite,......
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November 13, 2002 23:17
RE: Oxymorons
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It was, in fat, rare for Tom Lehrer to try to force a rhyme. Most of his lyrics scan and rhyme perfe......
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November 13, 2002 23:10
RE: By the numbers
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Yes, I have ridden a trike of probably the most precarious type. I used to have a 1935 Rudge Special......
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November 12, 2002 01:32
RE: By the numbers
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The expression "quadricycle" (abbreviation "quad") is perfectly correct and this kind of vehicle was......
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November 11, 2002 01:41
RE: The Celebrated Popping Sprog of Manitoba Provence
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I have never heard the expression used in the UK in quite this way, although "sprog" is a common eno......
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November 10, 2002 02:24
RE: "Proper Attire Required..."
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I have ridden motorcycles ever since I was old enough so to do. When I went to Martha's Vineyard a f......
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November 07, 2002 23:02
Less and Fewer - a new slant in "The Times"
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An article recently appeared in The Times whose author was trying to make the point that the disctin......
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November 07, 2002 12:13
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"Quad bike" Richard English...
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November 06, 2002 22:55
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Two things. The best English pubs have two or more bars the names of which vary but "public" and "s......
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November 06, 2002 22:46
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