Insewerance

Few benefits of being an aged old fart but a renewal quote from BMW
Insurance of £104 fully comp, two bikes, £50 excess and agreed value
for the SOBMW. Reasonably chuffed, £2 a week.

Boxerboy.

 

Blimey, that's good. That's for the R80RT and the F650GS, right?

The Doctor has been rolling her eyes because I bought a bike on eBay
while we were in Chile. Well, it was another TS250ER to use as a donor
bike for the restoration project. In very nice order, seemingly, and
only £500.....

Chile was magic, again. Currently sitting in the BA lounge at Sao Paulo
airport. Flight leaves in another 75 minutes. Waved the Amex card and
got three very cut-price biz class upgrades. Number One daughter is very
excited.

Told her this is her last treat before uni. After this, she's on her
own, and if she gets a taste for the good life (we spent the last 2
nights in Santiago in a 5-star hotel) she'd better figure out how to
fund it herself.

The Doctor, having risen at 4.30am for our early morning flight from
Santiago to SP, was a bit fuddled when the breakfast trolley came round,
and when asked what she'd like to drink, demanded a glass of white wine.

<fx: horrified look from stewardess>

"But eet is not eeeven nine een ze morning!"

We bought 14 hats in Chile.

 

I was having a continental breakfast at Les Voyagers Hotel in Montbrun
and the gentleman next to me was drinking beer. I made some comment
about beer so early in the morning, and another patron asked, "So you
drink beer after noon?" "Yeah." "He drinks it before noon. What's the
difference?" He had a point.

 

I've lost count of the times I've had a full English breakfast and a
pint of lager at 10am when I've been on holiday. It's hardly a crime.

 

Whenever I'm on holiday and have to be up early for an excursion, I make
a point of scoring a G&T in the bar before the pickup time.

I mean, just because I'm on holiday, doesn't mean all of my usual
routine has to go out the window.

 

It's because of this attitude that you've been selected to enter the
Tuareg Rally. Don't let us down.

 

Clearly you are sensible people.

Hj

 

In message

Bier ist wie brot

 

the hotel I stayed in Bouillon, Belgium had a bottle of champagne next to
the orange juice on the breakfast buffet table.

 

Yebbut... When I got done for crossing the white line shortly after
entering France, the flics made me breathe into one of those gadgets.
I suddenly remembered that I'd had a large beer for lunch less than an
hour earlier. The cop looked at the tester, then showed it to his
superior. The superior said something like, "throw it away." I got the
feeling I was borderline, and if they wanted to they could have really
fucked me over. Just another reminder why I (almost) never drink and
ride.

 

Yep
Phoned up this morning to pay and as I was feeling a bit devilish
asked

"How much extra to add a GS1200 if I was thinking of buying one (i'm
not I am skint)?"

" The policy would rise to £151 Sir!'

<stunned>

"The other bike I was thinking of was the new 1000 sports bike?" ( I'm
not see above)

" Please hold sir the computer says i must consult a member of the
underwriting team!"

< 2 minutes of skaters waltz>

" Sorry to keep you waiting the quote would be £171.35 but we would
have to increase your excess to £75"

< Double stunned!>

Seems codgerdom has its rewards but there is a bit of me that wonders
how long policy prices will stay that low when geriatric snails with
the reaction time of a brick, like me, start smashing up hyper bikes.

Anybody lend me £10k for a new bike?


Boxerboy

 

Only two are for me. The Doctor bought one, Number One Daughter bought a
couple, and the rest are small woolly Andiean thingies for colleagues in
the orifice.

 

<Shuffles feet>

 

How many hats do you own?

 

Beer: so much more than just a breakfast drink

 

"No! Stop! ... that's like saying Pradas are just shoes or vodka is just
a morning beverage!"

 

I saw my version on a t-shirt once.

Probably at some beer festival or other...

 

My version was pronounced on television by an attractive woman with
great tits.

Thus, I win.

 

"You say potato, I say vodka" is her best line.

 

You're making me google it now...

Yeah, OK. I'll give you that.