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Postby winger » Fri May 05, 2006 6:58 pm

B'Ham?????

Christ Rich what was all that about,at the very least we could have come and taken the piss!!! assumeing you were in your uniform!!!

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Postby Gromit » Fri May 05, 2006 7:15 pm

winger wrote:B'Ham?????

Christ Rich what was all that about,at the very least we could have come and taken the piss!!! assumeing you were in your uniform!!!

Chris


:lol:

We had a lunchtime gig at the B/ham Conservatoire in town.

Lots of young, female students around - and on the first really warm day of the year too :shock:

There are times when I just hate my job ;)

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Postby Boxadog 2000 » Fri May 05, 2006 8:23 pm

My daily commute is 35 miles each way 5 days a week, i can gurantee at least 3/4 scary moments each week due to drivers on the phone.

I am considering a bag full of 1/2" whitworth nuts to lob over my shoulder as I go past.

Hope you mend well and soon.

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Postby Gromit » Fri May 05, 2006 8:35 pm

Bob - I've been considering the possibility of developing (or getting someone else to) an EMP transmitter. Basically, if someone on the road pisses me off, a quick blast of electromagnetic pulse energy to totally fry their electrics will leave them stranded. Their phone/CD player/DVD/engine Fi & ignition/air-con all rendered useless in about 2 milliseconds. And they won't even know what hit them. :D

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Re: Another one down...

Postby Me-109 » Fri May 05, 2006 9:07 pm

Gromit wrote:I blast the horn again but, like before, there's no evidence of her wish to avoid me.


Perhaps she'd have noticed you indicting angrily if you'd been on an S?! :lol:

Sorry to hear about the off. Depending on NCBs etc, it used to be 25% loading for a claim. Protected NCBs are certainly useful 'added' insurance. But then Fully Comp helps as well... :roll:

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Postby Blackal » Fri May 05, 2006 9:13 pm

Boiled potatoes are the answer!!!


(if you're really pi55ed off - you don't need to boil them first :shock: ).

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winger

Postby winger » Fri May 05, 2006 9:18 pm

I know a very well known road racer,who's made a few visors in his time,when on the way to a race meeting in his transit van had a fraca's and threw ten quid in 2 bob pieces!!! at the offending motorist!!!

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Postby Archie » Sat May 06, 2006 9:00 am

I heard an automatic centre-punch on a car window works wonders for ventilation!

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Postby gus » Sat May 06, 2006 12:05 pm

Bloody hell richard!
Glad your OK,ish!
Not a good thing to be wearing plaster at the start of the summer. :lol:
I,ve been knocked off my pushbike a couple of times by twats on phones.None of them stopped,even though i actually made contact with them.
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Postby hjr1100s » Sat May 06, 2006 3:24 pm

It's a women, she's on the phone ......

'efasive manouvres'!!!!

Hope you'll recover soon, and the bike too.

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Postby Nigel » Sat May 06, 2006 8:53 pm

Sorry to hear your off Rich. :(

I've noticed in recent months people on phones (90% Van/truck drivers and Women) getting more and more noticeable :x


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Postby boxerpan » Sat May 06, 2006 10:23 pm

Nigel wrote:Sorry to hear your off Rich. :(

I've noticed in recent months people on phones (90% Van/truck drivers and Women) getting more and more noticeable :x


Nigel

It's mainly because there are no traffic officers left to implement the penalties, therefore the penalties may as well not exist.
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Postby adamski49 » Sat May 06, 2006 10:57 pm

boxerpan wrote:
Nigel wrote:Sorry to hear your off Rich. :(

I've noticed in recent months people on phones (90% Van/truck drivers and Women) getting more and more noticeable :x


Nigel

It's mainly because there are no traffic officers left to implement the penalties, therefore the penalties may as well not exist.


[Devils advocate mode on]
Weigh this up against speeding on minor roads without fear of meeting a traffic car. Unfortunately we can't have it all ways.
[Devils advocate mode off]

Richard, Sorry to hear about your off but, as annoying as it is, it's not that bad if you got up and rode away and you've gone that many years without a claim.

Personally, I'd get some of those premiums back and make a claim. I must've recouped at least half my total riding insurance premiums when I wrote off the GSX-R. If you look at it that way it suddenly makes it look fairly cost effective.

Cheers

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Postby Gromit » Sun May 07, 2006 8:37 am

adamski49 wrote:
Personally, I'd get some of those premiums back and make a claim. I must've recouped at least half my total riding insurance premiums when I wrote off the GSX-R. If you look at it that way it suddenly makes it look fairly cost effective.

Cheers

Adam :)


Good point, well made.

I rang my insurers yesterday, but they're only open for claims mon-fri (wtf?). With going off to France in 3 weeks' time I'm hoping to at least get the bent/busted parts fixed by then (cosmetic bits can wait).

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Postby m25jambuster » Sun May 07, 2006 11:21 am

I have had a look at my policy docs and have found that due to the amount of NCB i have that my NCB is protected and gauranteed. If yours is the same I think I would go with the claim and let them fund the repair. If there is a subsequent increase in premium it is likely to be low compared to the value of the repair cost.
Just a thought.........!


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