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The excuses thread
Switters wrote:
The trick to moguls is unweighting the board at the right time. ....and to be as fit as a racing whippet. Steep, powder, trees, ice, crusty - fine. Bloody great, **** off, man high, mogul fields I've always found to be, er, bloody hard work. Not that I've been for a few years mind. :-( -- Alex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:26:52 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" wrote:
Switters wrote: The trick to moguls is unweighting the board at the right time. ...and to be as fit as a racing whippet. Steep, powder, trees, ice, crusty - fine. Bloody great, **** off, man high, mogul fields I've always found to be, er, bloody hard work. Not that I've been for a few years mind. :-( How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. -- Champ What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:21:22 +0000, Champ wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:26:52 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" wrote: Switters wrote: The trick to moguls is unweighting the board at the right time. ...and to be as fit as a racing whippet. Steep, powder, trees, ice, crusty - fine. Bloody great, **** off, man high, mogul fields I've always found to be, er, bloody hard work. Not that I've been for a few years mind. :-( How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. You're assuming he'd be welcome then? |
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Champ wrote:
Alex Ferrier wrote: Switters wrote: The trick to moguls is unweighting the board at the right time. ...and to be as fit as a racing whippet. Steep, powder, trees, ice, crusty - fine. Bloody great, **** off, man high, mogul fields I've always found to be, er, bloody hard work. Not that I've been for a few years mind. :-( How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. Heh, love to. checks thread title Unfortunately this effin' credit crunch has ****ed my income stream up, good and proper. Looks like I'll be looking for work of some sort or another, to stop eating into my capital. Don't think a boarding trip atm 'works' for me in that sense. Ho hum, mebbe next year. -- Alex BMW R1150GS DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8 Windy's "little soldier" |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:33:56 +0100, Ace wrote:
The trick to moguls is unweighting the board at the right time. ...and to be as fit as a racing whippet. Steep, powder, trees, ice, crusty - fine. Bloody great, **** off, man high, mogul fields I've always found to be, er, bloody hard work. Not that I've been for a few years mind. :-( How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. You're assuming he'd be welcome then? heh. I am aware that it's your place, not mine. But it was a bit chicken and egg as to who I should ask first. -- Champ What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:37:27 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" wrote:
How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. Heh, love to. checks thread title Unfortunately this effin' credit crunch has ****ed my income stream up, good and proper. Looks like I'll be looking for work of some sort or another, to stop eating into my capital. Don't think a boarding trip atm 'works' for me in that sense. FFS. An Easyjet flight. A couple of days of lift tickets. Some beer money. Ho hum, mebbe next year. You say that every year... -- Champ What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Champ wrote in news:303ir49iule05e8hipaionsquat7hli94c@
4ax.com: How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. Hey, thanks, I'd love to! We'll bring the dogs too. I think I can swing three weeks, since it's such a good season. (What's with the subject line, btw? I almost missed this!) -- Jeremy R1200RT |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:01:14 GMT, "Jérémy" wrote:
Champ wrote in news:303ir49iule05e8hipaionsquat7hli94c@ 4ax.com: How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. Hey, thanks, I'd love to! We'll bring the dogs too. I think I can swing three weeks, since it's such a good season. heh. -- Champ What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger ZX10R | GPz750turbo | GSX-R600 racer (for sale) | ZX10R racer (broken) neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:59:40 +0000, Champ wrote:
How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. You're assuming he'd be welcome then? heh. I am aware that it's your place, not mine. But it was a bit chicken and egg as to who I should ask first. Yeah, I see that ;-) |
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On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:00:48 +0000, Champ wrote:
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:37:27 -0000, "Alex Ferrier" wrote: How do you fancy a long weekend, at the beginning of April? I'm going out to Ace's place, and my regular board buddy has dropped out. I'll be taking it very easy, and haven't been for two years myself, so you'd not have to worry about remembering how to ride. Heh, love to. checks thread title Unfortunately this effin' credit crunch has ****ed my income stream up, good and proper. Looks like I'll be looking for work of some sort or another, to stop eating into my capital. Don't think a boarding trip atm 'works' for me in that sense. FFS. An Easyjet flight. A couple of days of lift tickets. Some beer money. Quite so. And if he's that hard up he can just do the cooking to avoid eating out. Whether we join him for dinner is another matter altogether. Ho hum, mebbe next year. You say that every year... He needs a better excuse, for sure. A weekend's boarding for, what, around 150 notes? Where's the problem? |
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