Exams You Say ..?

I've never been very interested in being rich. No, really. This job is
cool because a) I learn lots of stuff on Solaris, b) I work with some
really nice people, c) I get to pay off all the debts from 'The Period'.

Given the choice, however, I'd much rather have the holidays. There was
an article in _Le Monde_ on Tuesday, concerning people like me, 'cadres'
who left the private sector to become teachers. 15% of candidates at
this year's CAPES, come from the private sector. They're fed up with
the mentality of productivity, meetings, shares, profits and so on. Add to
the fact that I think that capitalists are the scum of the earth on a par
with child abusers ... I have a tough time respecting people for whom the
primary motivation is money.

I was in Scotland last month, and bought a copy of _Bike_, the one with
the VFR test, and the opinion seems to be that the new ones aren't as
good as the old ones. Plus .. it's a Honda. I don't like Hondas. OK,
I'll get flamed for that (and might well deserve it), but it's just a
personal opinion: I don't like Hondas. Plus, Italian bikes are sexy. Or
it might be an FJR ...

I _love_ the look of the Futura. Recall also that just before buying my
FJR, I had tested a Futura for a whole afternoon, and fell in love with
it.

In the end, of course, I plumped for the FJR and the rest is history, and
it's a _fantastic_ bike (IMHO) for the usage that I got out of it. I'd
buy another one in a minute, but it's expensive. One thing that's sure,
however, is that SO would be comfy. She's so looking forward to my having
a bike, that she's offered to cough up 50% of the cost. When we came
to Scotland in May, we hired a car at Prestwick and did the B&B thing as far
North as Inverness. She says that the countryside is the best she's ever
seen (and this is someone who speaks five languages, has lived in five
countries, and has used a 30-page passport in the last 36 months), and kept
saying, 'Imagine if we had ridden up that pass on your motorcycle ..'

Putting me in a killfile _never_MS.

 

Wot, no R1?

 

Pay 'em off, then go back to teaching. YKIMS.

 

Shame you don't like Hondas. Sounds like the Blackbird would be ideal. My SO
thinks it's the nicest bike she's been on.

 

The FJR is almost completely unrideable, except by genetic freaks.[1]
And what sort of naive optimist would buy a tourer made by *Aprilia*?

[1] Short-arses and stumpy-legged gits only need apply.

 

You reckon? Des's seemed comfortable enough for me at a svelte 6'2".
Admittedly it was only for a ten minute blast, but I thought it was
fine.

Heh.

 

Dan White

That's not what she told me last time we were riding...

 

We've never been riding you fool!

 

Dan White

You know, you're right, don't think she thought of you at all
nor mentioned you. ;-P

 

Like I said...

I tried one for size a few years ago and the fairing dug into my legs.

 

Yebbut, to be fair, you even make my 6'2", 34" IL look shortarsed and
stumpy-legged...