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(Msg. 106) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:55 am
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Ben wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:58:07 +0000, Andy Bonwick
> <nospam RemoveThis @bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
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>> (1) The old fool who was headmaster when I started there aged 11
>> walked out in disgust before it went comprehensive, he could see the
>> end of the age of wearing a stupid hat and gown all day and he wanted
>> no part of it.
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> Headmasters at my primary school in the 80s and at my comprehensive in
> the 80s/90s both wore gowns and mortar-boards.
The teachers at Robert Gordon's always did that and they carried canes. Of
course this was the 60's and 70's.
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(Msg. 107) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:41 pm
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"Andy Bonwick" <nospam.DeleteThis@bonwick.me.uk> wrote in message
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> On 11 Feb 2008 13:36:29 GMT, dog <dog.DeleteThis@dev.null> wrote:
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>>Sean Hamerton wrote:
>>> I ask because a person I know, I won't call him a friend, currently
>>> riding a CBR125 on which he's managed less than 2000 miles on since
>>> May 2006. He's recently passed his DAS at the age of 21, and seems to
>>> think getting a brand new R6 in May, once he's fleeced his dad for the
>>> deposit, is a good idea.
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>>hmm das. i did the old part one/part two test[1] and the first bike i got
>>after my test was a cbr600.
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>>still not dead.
Well - some of us went from 2 years on an RD125LC to 230kgs of brand new
Honda VF1000 back in '87... [1]
[1] Everyone said I'd kill myself  )
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(Msg. 108) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:43 pm
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Ben wrote:
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> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:58:07 +0000, Andy Bonwick
> <nospam RemoveThis @bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
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> >(1) The old fool who was headmaster when I started there aged 11
> >walked out in disgust before it went comprehensive, he could see the
> >end of the age of wearing a stupid hat and gown all day and he wanted
> >no part of it.
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> Headmasters at my primary school in the 80s and at my comprehensive in
> the 80s/90s both wore gowns and mortar-boards.
Transvestite brickies?
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(Msg. 109) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:39 pm
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:43:16 +0000, ogden <ogden DeleteThis @pre.org> wrote:
>Ben wrote:
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>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:58:07 +0000, Andy Bonwick
>> <nospam DeleteThis @bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
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>> >(1) The old fool who was headmaster when I started there aged 11
>> >walked out in disgust before it went comprehensive, he could see the
>> >end of the age of wearing a stupid hat and gown all day and he wanted
>> >no part of it.
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>> Headmasters at my primary school in the 80s and at my comprehensive in
>> the 80s/90s both wore gowns and mortar-boards.
>
>Transvestite brickies?
Oxford cap.
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(Msg. 110) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:17 pm
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On 12 Feb 2008 08:35:54 GMT, "sweller" <sweller DeleteThis @mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
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>Champ wrote:
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>> Well, how do you account for the fact that I knew loads of blokes aged
>> 18~22 with mid-sized or upwards bikes? Maybe you just associated with
>> the unemployed?
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>I had biggish bikes in my early twenties (when I was on drivers' money).
I had a 650 Yam when I was 18 and stuck on apprentices wages but I was
living at home and working whatever overtime was offered to me.
I must admit to the occasional foray with a petrol can to a local
company who had a 2* pump in their yard and a lock that could be
picked when I was almost out of petrol and a couple of days short of
payday. Needs must etc.. >> Stay informed about: How fast does Darwin work? |
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(Msg. 111) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:23 pm
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:55:07 -0000, "Hog" <hogSPAM DeleteThis @freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
wrote:
>Ben wrote:
>> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:58:07 +0000, Andy Bonwick
>> <nospam DeleteThis @bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> (1) The old fool who was headmaster when I started there aged 11
>>> walked out in disgust before it went comprehensive, he could see the
>>> end of the age of wearing a stupid hat and gown all day and he wanted
>>> no part of it.
>>
>> Headmasters at my primary school in the 80s and at my comprehensive in
>> the 80s/90s both wore gowns and mortar-boards.
>
>The teachers at Robert Gordon's always did that and they carried canes. Of
>course this was the 60's and 70's.
The headmaster, year tutors and anyone with a doctorate wore gowns and
mortar boards at my school but, as stated previously, this was frowned
upon when it went comprehensive in about 1973. One or two carried on
as if nothing had changed but the new headmaster wanted it stopped
because it was a "grammer school thing". >> Stay informed about: How fast does Darwin work? |
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(Msg. 112) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:57 pm
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:17 +0000, Champ <neal.RemoveThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:59:17 GMT, Pip Luscher
><pips.computer.RemoveThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>I don't think my circumstances were that unusual, actually.
>
>Well, how do you account for the fact that I knew loads of blokes aged
>18~22 with mid-sized or upwards bikes?
*Your* circumstances were unusual? 
Really, no idea. Where you lived; the type of workplace you were at;
sheer coincidence.
A I was a technician making my own way, I'm sure I wasn't by any means
the only one, especially if you take into account equivalents in other
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(Msg. 113) Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:41 pm
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On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:57:04 GMT, Pip Luscher
<pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:17 +0000, Champ <neal.DeleteThis@champ.org.uk> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:59:17 GMT, Pip Luscher
>><pips.computer.DeleteThis@spammers.foad.ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>>>I don't think my circumstances were that unusual, actually.
>>
>>Well, how do you account for the fact that I knew loads of blokes aged
>>18~22 with mid-sized or upwards bikes?
>
>*Your* circumstances were unusual?
Well, sure. But I was living on a grant, FFS.
>A I was a technician making my own way, I'm sure I wasn't by any means
>the only one, especially if you take into account equivalents in other
>industries.
There was obviously a bell curve of earnings potential, but as a
student I was certainly a long way from the top of it. My circle of
friends and acquaintances in biking were mostly people who worked in
light engineering and similar - once they'd done their apprenticeship,
they got their old man to sign the HP and off they went on a big bike.
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