so whats the motion?......"we the people, being of sound mind, (argueably, but only after morning coffee!), & bike, (fargin japanese tourists!), do hereby raise a frothy & welcome yonder expate,(even though he's a seppo & stole one 'o our wimmin & rides a tandem .....), in spite of the fact that his countymen elected a moron, (but at least he doesn't look like Mr. Sheen!) to these shores & to this thread, provided he doth contribute nothing of any significance, ( can't have him making the rest of us look bad!), doth ***** stir at every given oppotunity, (not just at taswegians & Kiwis, although they are easy targets!), doth not talk to bikeshop boys, doth fervently hope that Lance falls off in next years TDF,doth get frequent PM's from the mods regarding his 'behaviour'........all those in favour....say aye
(actually, anyone who votes loses their thread privileges, cos that measn you could 'be bothered', which goes against all the principles that made this thread great!)

Hitchy