High mileage

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Huw

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• Nov 18, 2005

• #21

""Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk ;¬)"" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Huw wrote:
>
>> That must have been the day I towed England, Scotland and Wales out of
>> the path of some madman towing the Isle of Wight
>> recklessly...............
>
> Now you're just being silly!
>
> :¬)

You don't believe me?

Huw

 

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Mother

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• Nov 18, 2005

• #22

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:51:44 -0000, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>>> That must have been the day I towed England, Scotland and Wales out of
>>> the path of some madman towing the Isle of Wight
>>> recklessly...............
>>
>> Now you're just being silly!
>>
>> :¬)
>
>You don't believe me?

I remember you - snotty sort telling me I couldn't leave the
Isle-of-Wight parked off Pembroke - I would have told you to get
knotted but had a mouth full of rope...

 

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Richard Brookman

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• Nov 18, 2005

• #23

....and Mother" <"@ {mother} @ spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:11:48 GMT, "Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk ;¬)"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Pah, call that hard work?
>> I once towed an entire north sea drilling platform from Falmouth to
>> the Shetlands by coast path in a Series I!
>
> Right...
>
>
> I once had to pull the Isle of Wight out of the way 'cos the Queen
> didn't like the view of Cowes from her cabin on Britania. Didn't have
> the luxury of a Landie mind, had to throw a rope 'round the bugger and
> pull it wi mi teeth...
>
> You try tellin' that to the kids today...

Teeth? Luxury...

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Roberts

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• Nov 18, 2005

• #24

Richard Brookman wrote:
> ...and Mother" <"@ {mother} @ spake unto the tribes of Usenet,
> saying...
>
>> On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:11:48 GMT, "Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk ;¬)"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Pah, call that hard work?
>>> I once towed an entire north sea drilling platform from Falmouth to
>>> the Shetlands by coast path in a Series I!
>>
>> Right...
>>
>>
>> I once had to pull the Isle of Wight out of the way 'cos the Queen
>> didn't like the view of Cowes from her cabin on Britania. Didn't
>> have the luxury of a Landie mind, had to throw a rope 'round the
>> bugger and pull it wi mi teeth...
>>
>> You can't tow the Isle of Wight away - its firmly attached to the big
>> island by gas, water, main pipes electric & phone cables.

 

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Martin Edwards

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• Nov 19, 2005

• #25

>I
> think the idea was to enable a near 90 degree turn, but they could also
> be use on a spinning wheel when stuck.
> --
> hugh

We used to have a nuffield tractor. Used it to push the wrecks off a stock
car track.

fun party piece as follows.........

put foot on clutch.

stand hard on single side brake of choice

engage 2nd

give hand throttle full welly

pop clutch.

the front wheels would lift off the ground and the breast would do a full
pirouette before the wheels touched down again!!!!!!

Always got a cheer from the crowd!!!

 

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[email protected]

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• Nov 20, 2005

• #26

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 22:29:03 -0000, "Martin Edwards"
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:
clutch.

>the breast would do a full pirouette before the wheels touched down again!!!!!!
>
>Always got a cheer from the crowd!!!
>
A tittillating effect, did you have to milk it much?
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