Exile on Drain Street
I don't like living in the English countryside. You can't get a decent Latté, and it smells funny.
Belting along the poo-strewn country lanes today, with a fine aerosol of cow-ordure spraying off my rear tyre, I cycled over one of those round Victorian drain covers the English haven't bothered to replace in 110 years. There was a sudden hiss, and progress came to a halt. A sliver of rusting metal had gone through both sides of the tyre. Tyre and choob ruined. RUINED! Net loss: £20.00. :mad: |
I would bet living in the City would increase your overall cost more than £20.00 each month!
Lou |
What the Victorians did for "Snafu21"! on ITV tonight!
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I may have to write Her Majesty a stiff note.
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Originally Posted by bhkyte
(Post 10863602)
What the Victorians did for "Snafu21"! on ITV tonight!
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... the colonisation of New Zealand, and the punitive sack of Benin...
I quite like the Steampunk movement, a blend of Jules Verne ( as portayed by Hollywood) and er, something else. http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/steampunk/ and of course, the 'Faun' folding bicycle of 1896. http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=152554 |
Originally Posted by rbrian
(Post 10864989)
What did the Victorians ever do for us? I mean, apart from steam power, electricity, telegraph, indoor plumbing, accurate timekeeping, accurate mapping, the bicycle...
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The drain cover was less likely to damage your internal hub gear than a thingy at the back of the bike that changers gears,whats is it called again.
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A Disraelia.
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Originally Posted by bhkyte
(Post 10867116)
Or the Romans,other than.............................................peace......................
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Peace is much over-rated. People spend their money on iPhones, instead of transport infrastructure. Bring on plastic drain covers.
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That's true enough. I see all kinds of cool gadgets on the Military channel. Where would we be now without our hostile endeavors?
Now what the heck was this thread about? |
Originally Posted by BikeKraft
(Post 10906216)
Now what the heck was this thread about?
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Originally Posted by snafu21
(Post 10905612)
Peace is much over-rated. People spend their money on iPhones, instead of transport infrastructure. Bring on plastic drain covers.
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Drain covers are much over-rated.
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Originally Posted by snafu21
(Post 10906991)
Drain covers are much over-rated.
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Originally Posted by snafu21
(Post 10894757)
A Disraelia.
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I love the way monty python relates to all things human and drain covers
...and I love chinese ....and I want to know why Sid wants to be a woman |
Benjamin Disraeli collectible figurines are much over-rated.
Eschew these fripperies. They have no place upon a bicycle. |
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