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On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:58:52 +0100, St. wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote in message
> news:488df5df$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:16:53 +0100, St. wrote:
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>>> Yes, a weird episode in my life, but like I mentioned, I learnt a
>>> lot.
>>> After I was released, I never rode a motorbike again.
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>> I can see how that might have been the result....
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> Heh. Yes, well, crap happens, and in my case, I couldn't ride a
> motorbike again. And I didn't, and haven't, since. Even though it was
> heaven for me as a young guy. Boys will always be boys though, and even
> now I'm tempted at an older age. ;)
I don't know about over there, but over here there is a tendency for
middle-aged guys to decide to do something like this (part of the so-
called "mid-life crisis").
I've been tempted myself, but I don't trust my balance enough.
Jim
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:04:18 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:38:52 +0100, Jim Henderson
> <nos### [at] nospamcom> did spake, saying:
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>> On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:19:54 +0100, Phil Cook wrote:
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>>> http://www.waterscape.com/map
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>>> Just to demonstrate how far around you could get.
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>> Cool, thanks for that. :-)
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> Heh the sort of thinking that comes from living on a canal town and
> having a canal-boat builder just over the road. On the downside the
> permanent moorings have gone up in price at the moment because British
> Waterways are trying out a new system of auctions in order "to gauge the
> true market value of them" one of the reasons houses with attached
> mooring rights are so popular.
That makes sense to me - seems somewhat similar to the idea of a "lake
house" that was common in the area I grew up in.
Jim
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