BRITS in BMW MOA

[Threeteas]

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On the day England won the test series against the West Indies, Cricket, The Movie!!!
Everything you need to know to understand the game...only not.

 

[Threeteas]

Are you still registered to vote and do you bother?

Local elections are coming up as are European elections. Do you even know who your European candidate is and who is running?

I'm here and haven't got a clue, so how do you manage, or don't you?

 

[Threeteas]

Last post.

Ta raa!

 

[lockster]

Fare Ye Well lamble

it would appear our mentor and eloquent Brit Mr lamble has left for the shores of old Blighty. This does not mean the thread has to fold. All those born under the George Cross should stand up and continue our fight to educate our Yankee cousins in all matter British. Stiff upper lip and all that.
Lockster

 

[Dutchman]

Missing in action....

Where's the scouser gone then.....?

 

[lockster]

he said that being in the UK kinda made being an MOA member obsolete, and having been chastised by the forum for some thing he said he thought what the hell and called it a day. So that leaves the rest of us to soldier on.

Lockster

 

[Dutchman]

Oh well.....

Fair enough.....couldn't understand his accent anyway........

Been here for about 5 years now but never been to US......planning a bike trip over there sometime soon & thought MOA might provide some interesting information/contacts etc....

Bet I'm the only MOA member based in Scotland.....?

Dutch

 

[tonkandy]

Fair enough.....couldn't understand his accent anyway........

Been here for about 5 years now but never been to US......planning a bike trip over there sometime soon & thought MOA might provide some interesting information/contacts etc....

Bet I'm the only MOA member based in Scotland.....?

Dutch

Where in Scotland? I lived in Aberdeen in the late seventies, but didn't enjoy it too much. On the other hand I did some mapping in the Hebrides (Mull, Islay and Skye) and that has got to be some of the most beautiful country on this Earth

 

[Dutchman]

Where in Scotland? I lived in Aberdeen in the late seventies, but didn't enjoy it too much. On the other hand I did some mapping in the Hebrides (Mull, Islay and Skye) and that has got to be some of the most beautiful country on this Earth

Based in Edinburgh.....travel all over......

Homesick............?

Take a look here.

Dutch

 

[lockster]

Memories

Well it would seem we have all lived in Scotland at some point... I did my time in Faslane, vomited in Helensbourgh a few times and ran from Dumbarton screaming when I woke up, but that was so a past life ....
If you come out to the US why not try New England, hard to describe how breath taking it is in Autumn. Beats the pennines at that time of year... Oh Ilkley how I miss thee !

Lockster

 

[lockster]

Stat

Hi Statdawg

Are you thinking of the Finger Lakes this year ?
Do you fancy the Pemi River in NH with the Yankee Beemers ?
Wife and I are doing a NB, NS and PEI tour in 2 weeks time ?
What are your plans for the summer ?
I am riding with a new club that run out of Port Jervis, do you fancy tagging along. They can get pretty quick with few stops. 2 weeks ago we did 400 miles ..
Any way hope your well and the bike is running as it should

Mick the brit

 

[lockster]

Statdawg

The Pemi River is this weekend Statdawg so the wife and I are going straight north west. I will be leaving work late and arriving around at the camp ground around 12 or 1 am. I have a route already planned for Saturday to ride up Mount Washington and then return Sunday. Its the weekend after were going to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. We have a surprise birthday part to attend in North Reading on the Sat and on Sun we head off north to just above Saint John, NB
I am all excited about it, I have not done a big trip since I bought the bike when I went from Boston to Charleston, SC .. that trip was 2450 miles, this should beat that one.
As soon as I get an opportunity I will find out where you are Chris and give you a holla and we can go out exploring. Patti and I were camping out in Tobyhanna 2 weeks ago just for one night with some friends.
Will catch up soon oh and colour in the catskill is in my camp diary book also

See you soon

Mick

 

[lockster]

The Pemi River Campout

Well my trip up north did not end as I had planned. The access road to the campsite left a lot to be desired. So when I came through to leave for home on my GS, fully ladened with wife on rear we hit some deep mud and slid the front end. It was about 5 mph so no harm to bodily functions, just loss of pride and lots and lots of mud. Only real casualty was a Vario pannier. New part $69 .
So now I have to ride to MA to pick up my residual luggage, go to my friends house for tool support and then to a surprise birthday party. The day after start my tour up through New Brunswick to Nova Scotia and PEI. back over the tops as we say in Yorkshire to Albany where upon I have friends putting me up from Bermuda so some social activities. After which will be the journey home.
Hope the rest of you are having more luck than me

Lockster

 

[Threeteas]

Just popped in to leave you with some Lancashire Hot pots, sorry, hot spots

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It appears someone left the cat flap unguarded at the border fence, so I sneaked this post through. Seems that devoid of an alien to take a pop at the natives have plunged to new depths of inanity, so the debates (and I use that term completely incorrectly in light of some of the discourse) is not missed. The geography and riding on the other hand are missed. Still it's a small world (even smaller if you think it ends at the border), so one day I may get back. I've just broken in to Tetley's PR side to look at doing something extraordinary with the Three Teas idea, but early days...anyway, missing you already!!!!

 

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Yet another place to add to my growing list of places I must ride!

 

[Threeteas]

Where's the scouser gone then.....?

Oi, just saw this. Staffordshire, not Merseyside. So a Midlander, not a Brummie, not "Blok Kuntray" and certainly not a Scouser.

Question Dutchman. England/English Germany/German Italy/Italian Greece/Greek

Holland or Netherlands - Dutch? Where does 'Dutch' originate from as a name for the language of Holland. What changed, the name of the country?

Only other three I can think of where there seems to be no Country/language name correlation is Gaelic, for some of Scotland and of course there's Twaddle, the native language of the USA TV news and sports presenter and then there's Bollox, the international language of those in power, like Esperanto, only full of bollox.

 

[Dutchman]

.......and certainly not a Scouser.

.....I stand corrected!

Nederlandmeister....

 

[Threeteas]

.....I stand corrected!

Nederlandmeister....

So, how does "Dutch" come to be the term for the language, or the people?

Anything to do with Deutschland and the Germanic tribes of yore, or the Jutes perhaps?

Also, what's the origin of, "Well I'll be a Dutch man's uncle" as an idiom for incredulity?

What do Dutch uncles do/have that should warrant that?

I see you are in "Edin-berg". I'm waiting to hear about a job there. Love the place.

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[Dutchman]

So, how does "Dutch" come to be the term for the language, or the people?

.....sorry lamble....you appear to have confused me with someone who gives a flying banana about a language/nationality/culture that is not mine....I'm sure Google will provide all the answers.....

I'm as English as you are & Dutch(man) in name only....

Slainte...

Dutchman

 

[Threeteas]

.....sorry lamble....you appear to have confused me with someone who gives a flying banana about a language/nationality/culture that is not mine....I'm sure Google will provide all the answers.....

I'm as English as you are & Dutch(man) in name only....

Slainte...

Dutchman

Couldn't have told me that at a better time..Holland 2 England 0 half time, however if you are in Scotland at least they lost to Norway.

Anyway, packing now to ride to York in the morning, then into Northumbria for a weekend around Hadrian's Wall and Holy Island (lindisfarne).

Strange choice of name then.