tergal

i can never work out what i meant to use, Tyres/tyre is the Brit spelling of it , tire tires is the US spelling ?

welcome to a country ( Australia) that uses Brit/US spelling plus metric and imperial tis a confused place some days

Neil_B

Sorry, since I should be in the Pittsburgh area it will be the Yellow and Black of the Terrible Towel. Fortunately the good football and hockey teams make up for the baseball club. The Pirates are so bad I understand PNC Park asked to be traded.....

Neil_B

I should visit Australia and ride with you blokes. However, I fear you would mock my accent. Compared to many Americans, I sound British.

tergal

Americans have such interesting accents, each state can have it's own slight twist it is interesting. In Australia you have people like my self with light---barely any accent and then the ones with that really strong generic accent that you expect.

BAH
I am so going to get rained on tonight .

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iforgotmename

Funny...you do have a bit of an accent...just sayin.

Neil_B

It's not the stereotypical "Philly" accent heard in Rocky and mocked everywhere. Unlike most East coast cities, people in the Philadelphia area pronounce "r" in words - compare us to folks from Havahd or New Yawk or Balmah Mahyland. Also I find it helps me control my stutter to speak very deliberately and pronounce words carefully. Tom Stormcrowe says I sound exactly like my posts.

Mr Sinister

You look sad... You need a CUP to cry in... It worked for me.

Mr Sinister

Where is Havahd? If you mean the school, its Hahvahd. Or did you mean Hartford Conn.?

Boston Accent ~ I Pahked my cah in the gahrahge at hahvahd yahd.

tergal

Honestly Neal always looks a bit upset in his photos ( least in the few i have seen ), i put this down to two things

1 and most important , i don't know him well enough yet.

2. he has practiced that look so that we all don't know he is actually pissing him self laughing at the rest of the world


joking aside, if you ever come to Australia let me know Neil, but try to aim for spring or autumn.

iforgotmename

Woy not summah?

tergal

weirdo
Nah, summer here is hot sticky and gross. Spring and autumn tend to be lovely 24C days with blue clear sky winter is nice here as i the day it is cold just cool. but you often get lots of wind and rain .

Mr Sinister

Let me see if I can remember this....

24c = (24 x 9)/5 + 32
24c = 216/5 + 32
24c = 43.2 + 32
24c = 75.2f

Had to earn temp. conversion for HVAC work.

tergal

Googleis your friend

bye bye off to ride home , =)

Gravity Aided

"Tires" is the US spelling , Color as opposed to colour , etc.

Gravity Aided

Sad looks often go with that jersey .

Ken_onabike

They're in short supply around here I'm afraid. More likely to run over feral cats

It's not my fault ! I had a Dickensian upbringing.. One bowl of gruel a day and a wrap over the knuckles with a 3' ruler if you couldn't spell Historian correctly. We had inches, feet, yards and miles in those days, and we purchased butter by the pound. Petrol (gasoline to you guys) was sold by the gallon and milk came in pints. And then someone came along and changed it all.. It's all very confusing.

It's a plan ! Get your knees done then come on down. Just not in summer as it's far too hot and sticky here in Queensland to make it fun . Never mind the accent, I spent two weeks in Ft Washington PA on business a couple of years back so I'll translate for tergal if he has a problem.

tergal

Bleh i talk to more people from the US on a normal day than i do Australians

funrover 

Wow you are tall!!! I could fit inside that triangle!! Nice bike!

Seattle Forrest

Good looking cat. Mine isn't afraid of my bike, but she doesn't like it to come out. The cat thinks the bike should stay in the corner, but she admits it's useful for static electricity.

tergal

static cat.... dont let it near your computer then =) . Gecko ( the cat yes named after a lizard) he is the biggest carry on , when ever i bring the bike inside to do work on it at night he sits in the corner and makes some rather pathetic sounds .