Re: FOAK coffee machines

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:25:50 -0000, "flash" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>"Ace" <seesig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:05:34 +0000, Verdigris <verdigris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm a little surprised you and he aren't more interested in drugs, since
>> >you both seem to be thrill-seekers. (Not sure about Ace since I haven't
>> >met him.)
>>
>> We met quite a few times back in the Sarret era. But as for being
>> thrill-seekers, I'm not actually sure it's true. In many ways, the
>> 'thrill' of speed is gained from the knowledge of the skill it's
>> taking you to do it and the level of concentration and control
>> required.
>>
>> For example, While I love haring round twisty mountain roads at
>> "stupid" speeds, I absolutely _hate_ going even half the speed on
>> fairground rides. Not being in control is just acary, and I don't like
>> to be frightened.
>>
>>
>Riding pillion scares the *** out of me. Never again.
>
I don't mind going pillion on the back of someone that I know is fast,
it's being sat behind someone who isn't a fast rider but feels
obligated to try to show me how good they are.

Examples of this are Champ taking me round the TT circuit when I was
more than slightly pissed, great fun and not at all worrying. Alex
Ferrier taking me round the TT circuit in the rain and showing me that
his ABS worked, great fun and not at all worrying, Ace trying to keep
up with Champ through about 50 miles of hairpins in France, great fun
if a little worrying (1). Numerous other people taking me on the back
and making me wish I was the one riding the bike.

(1) Triumph lard arse with panniers versus gixxer thou. The Triumph
lard arse was dragging its guts on the floor almost every corner we
came to. I wasn't in the slightest bit scared but I did think that
sooner or later Ace might lose a footrest due to them making horrible
noises on a regular basis.
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