Snetterton - a rider monkey's view (long)

Andy Wegg wrote

What are you people on? The point of it is the "being there."

Especially something like the 24 which is a Unique event in British
motorcycle racing history and being there you could be a part of it.

FFS you lot aren't going to get many more opportunities like those, near
enough everything has already been done once already. Grab a World
First while you can, be summat to tell your great grandchildren. You
might as well, watching life unfold courtesy of the internet will leave
you bugger all else by way of achievement to boast about.

 

Ignore me completely!! I'm talking mince I suppose.
I was thinking about trying to cut the amount of changes in half was all.

 

<reads ensuing thread>

I guess an apology is order.

Sorry, old chap.
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|_\_____/_| ..73850../..18203.../..3184./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 5 Pts: 90 Miles: 455

 

steve auvache muttered

Indeed. But not everyone can be there, for a variety of reasons.
There's plenty of people here interested to know how Team UKRM are
doing..

 

If I'm doing this (TBC), consider yourself drafted as Web Gofer

 

<withdraws apology>

Aye, aye, Captain.

<goes off to check brownie point balance>

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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73850../..18203.../..3184./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 5 Pts: 90 Miles: 455

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "sweller"

Dig out some old Cheng Shins. No tyre changes and free views of the
grassland.

 

Pneumats, East German bakelite tyres - totally and utterly untrumpable.

 

Will we be allowed to camp Sunday night? It's important you know...

It's going to be worthwhile though.

 

the cont known as Champ says...

As an aside, will you require a generator for the meeting?

 

the cont known as Champ says...

Consider it there for the duration. I intend to be there with my
camcorder to please Auvache.

 

Champ says...

I'll be booking the time from Wednesday evening til Tuesday morning off
work.

 

Would it not be easier to use a quick blog orientated CMS [1], and then
just add text / html into the 'post' section?

If online time is an issue, type it in notepad, then cut, log on, paste,
send. done. Log off.


[1] I can support greymatter, or I already have one installed on my
domain that could be a temporary fetch base etc.

If I'm there, I'll happily bring a wifi/IR/bluetooth laptop and/or PDA.


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Dnc

B1200 - +30bhp ~|~ VS800 - borked
TS150 - squatting ~|~ V2300 - flat cap and rug

MIB#26 two#54(soiled) UKRMMA#26 BOTAFOT#153 X-FOT#003

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ
<> typed

(24 hour race)

<books holiday>

Count me in, matey.

Reserve me a mechanic's pass.

Just don't ask me to tighten anything up.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Likewise me please though I'm happy to help Suze too. Also happy to help
with working out the overall logistics for the weekend.
Thinking it through, camping space could become an issue at this event as
teams pour in. I see that motorhomes can be hired for about a ton per night
in England.
At the very least we might want a bit of space with an awning and a non stop
gas BBQ production line to keep the 5000 fed!

I should get the Bytel decals today and I'll send them over to you with the
sponsorship cheque. I don't mind chipping in a little more for the 24 though
if it looks like we are going to have extraordinary expenses.

One last point of concern, with the race going on all night it's going to be
more difficult to sneak the car out for a lap, but I'm sure we can figure
something.

 

Oh, yes.

There's two possible answers here:

"It wasn't your fault"

or

"Could be useful if we want something removing"

 

Depends on what you mean by "easier".

GPRS is paid for in data transfer terms rather than time online, though
in any case your suggestion is probably cheaper. Hell, I don't care...

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

And me.

 

Cool. It will take quite a bit of organising.

Current thoughts are to take a caravan for the riders to try and
snatch some sleep in their breaks, and put up Elly's 12 bedroom tent
for when crew members are off duty.

I was after an awning recently, but missed out on it. A good big
hospitality area, with tea/coffee/bacon butties available is part of
the plan.

Just get some more stickers with "Pace Car" on them.

 

Don't laptops do plain text? Mine seems to be abl