A2. Ninja 250R?

Unfortunately, they can't always.

 

Apparently, and it seems that they have quite a following (amongst the
burds especially) now?

The funny thing is, while we have been just casually looking at bikes
she seemed pretty convinced she didn't want a cruiser or sports bike,
going for anything naked and traditional looking (like my REB or even
this CB 250). As soon as it had any sign of plastic on it that stopped
it looking like a motorbike (in the traditional naked sense of a bike)
that was that. The worst offenders being the latest BMW RT's, Pan's
and Wings etc). ;-)

However, I think she compared this 250R to one of those Goth looking
guitars, where she agrees it might not be the most practical thing to
have but looks that you either love or hate. The 250R leaves *me* cold
because I'm not motivated at that level (although I can see how some
might appreciated it).

She would also like a traily [1] but we know how difficult they are to
keep (see KTM stolen). And that is another factor with the 250R and
here (Nth Londun), having something less desirable might just mean you
can hang onto it longer (shame but sad fact)? A neighbour (2 doors
along) has had 3 sports bikes stolen out of his front garden over a 2
year period whilst my CB Two Fifty has parked in the same place. All
very well having something nice, till you find it's gone when you try
to go to work one day ... :-(

Move to a less pikey area, possibly. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

[1] She had a Yamaha PW50 then TY80 as a kid.

 

Doesn't have one I'm afraid TOG, a bit too old for that.

All the best ..

T i m

 

Hearts of gold, eh?

Mmmm...

Well - I have to admit I've only met one of them face-to-face and she
was entirely charming.

But then I haven't noticed her posts leaping all the way from idle
banter to vitriolic excoriation in a single bound, as seems to be the
norm.

We'll see after the 6th, I guess!

 

Mine was a he and likewise.

I said hearts of gold Grumpy, not that they were mentally stable and
to be honest I'm not surprised. Any idea how much yer brain is shaken
about at 175 mph or when constantly thumped down from a wheely? ;-)

Wossat then?

All the best ..

T i m

 

Yep. That got missed. Fair play to her.

 

Piss-up at the Black Horse, Hulland Ward - ain't you coming?

 

That's North of Derby Grumpy!

I aint got a passport or nuffink! :-(

All the best ..

T i m

 

Really?

I thought folk would think it was weird?

We are a pretty open-minded family (especially on the Wifes side) and
her Mum and Dad were always nothing but perfect inlaws to me.

No matter what hair brained or strange idea you came up with they
would just offer support and best wishes. It wasn't like they didn't
care (because they did) but they didn't find the need to dash any
hopes and fantasies, just because they didn't think they were a good
idea or the right thing to do (even if they though so secretly).

My first experience of this was not long after meeting my current wife
(their daughter) and we had gone about on my little CG125. She had
only been on the back of her Dads bike round the block as a kid so I
think this brought it all back to her.

So, we saw a nearly new XT350 but didn't have all the funds to buy it.
So, wife_to_be makes a quick phone call to her Mum.

"Mum, we are in a motorbike shop and seen a bike we like, can I borrow
£1000? Ok, we will be round in 10 minutes .. thanks Mum" .. ;-)

Unfortunately they are both gone now.

Thanks for your thoughts Mike.

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. Along similar lines the MIL had tripped on a paving slab (at
about 70 years old) and smashed her right elbow. I was part in her
repair re taking her to / from the hospital for various things.

After she died and was cremated I suggested to the missus I might like
the remains of her elbow, being Titanium it wouldn't have been
destroyed at the Crem and I could have it cast into a little neat
block with some suitable words on it as a keepsake? She thought I was
sick. I bet her Mum would have rather I'd made it into an anvil or
something and bashed the crap out of it!

 

Thanks Grumpy. She loved her Nan very much (and her Gran who luckily
is still alive [1]) and although she wasn't always the most gentle of
people (generally spoke her mind etc) was always very supportive of
her family (and indirect family like me). ;-)

Because of that there was nothing I wouldn't do for her (them) in an
instant and just loved the opportunity to repay all their kindness and
support.

Little things like when they went away for a weekend the wife and I
secretly re-plumbed their toilet cistern so it could be flushed easier
with her ever worsening arthritic hands. We would always get the
phone-call Sunday evening, asking if it was us that had been round
then telling us off for 'bothering' ... ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

[1] She's going line dancing with her 70+ year old Gran later!

 

JPEG!

 

Confused me, too.
Easily done, like...

 

Noo, look, if you have two grandmothers what do you call them to
distinguish between them?

Ok, some might say "Nanny Mable and Nanny Joan" but we used "Nan" to
mean the Wife's Mum and Gran to mean mine.

See, simple eh? ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

 

Oooo, you be careful Andrew, you sometimes get what you wish for!

All the best ..

T i m

 

Emma calls my mum "Grandma" and Lisa's mum "Nana", so it's not that
unusual, I'd have thought.

 

I did a similar thing, as did most of my friends.

 

One of my nans died when I was two weeks old. I never realised how much
confusion this saved me until now.

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Dunno. My mothers parents both pegged it before I was born.

Or as my oldest brothers kids do - mothers mother is 'Tannie'
(Afrikaans for grandmother) since his wife was born in SA. Other one
(my mother) is 'gran'.

Or as another brothers kids do - mothers mother is 'gran' the other is
'nanny'. So it's not *that* odd..

Phil.

 

It seems not so far ...

How normal. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

 

LOL!

Yes, but think about all the boiled sweets you missed out on, and the
additional Xmas socks and hankies!

All the best ..

T i m