Wellington KB Ride Sunday 5 September Photos Here

[merv]

Ok we had quite a good ride with about 30 turning out to accompany our Northern guests. We took the route proposed by Jim2, which was much the same as our July ride route.

Morning tea at Flying Fish in Martinborough, followed by lunch at Wild Oats in Carterton this time.

Martinborough is a motorcycling mecca - there was our ride going on, I spotted some Ulysses guys on the way over, saw Chris Parkin with a few friends outside Martinborough hotel as we arrived, the Triumph Rat riders were at Flying Fish when we got there, plus Mark Dunn and friends. Then the TSS ride crew went by.

I rode in the middle group with Paul in the lead on his Guzzi. The road was a bit mucky in places compared to when we last did it and as noted by Hitcher yesterday.

I still never got to meet Mr & Mrs Hitcher nor Celticno6 who was MIA again as he said he would be. Whatever, we had a great time anyway.

What about this guy in the pic - man does he looked trashed, you'd think he was white trash wouldn't you.

[merv]

Now for the rest of the pics.

For those that wanted names on the pics:
I may not get this all right, but:
First pic that's White Trashes bike next to Hamish's BMW with Lynda's Monster next to that and then Alan's GSXR. That's Quasievil walking away in the black beanie.
Second pic from left is Hamish, Cajun, then Alan (is that right?), then Slingshot and Lynda behind my VFR which is next to Quasi's 636.
Third pic Lynda with Adrian (not a KBer but a Ulyssian - rides the PC800), Slingshot and Mrs Slingshot, Quasi, Cajun and Slingshot's bikes and PaulinNZ just pulling up on the Guzzi.
Fourth pic - now self explanatory.

Geez this is getting tiring, no wonder we don't normally label our pics.

[merv]

The system is only letting me post 4 pics at a time now, used to do 8. Are we meant to put them in the gallery or something, that wouldn't be so much fun.

First pic that's Mangell6 riding up on his FZ1.
Second pic Stonechucker and Lynda (she gets in most of the photos) and Mangell6.
Third pic Mangell6 with his hat off.
Fourth pic - Ross off the GS1200ss talking to PaulinNZ.

[merv]

Good turnout to welcome the Northern boys, that's for sure.

First pic Blakamin with his CBR400.
Second pic that's Mr Melon's ZX6R that he bought off of Mrs Doug Green (Viv when are you going to sign up to KB?).
Third pic - Mr Melon, then its Blakamin, Cajun and Jim2 with Jim's TRX850.
Fourth pic - Gunner (VTR250) and et al's (996) bikes, Mooch's 748 then Adrian's PC800. Gunner standing behind the bikes.

[Yamahamaman]

Thanks for the pictures Merv

[merv]

Who is that woman that keeps getting in the pictures?

First pic general line up.
Second pic BusaJim's Busa.
Third pic no need for comment.
Fourth pic Loosebruce's TL1000S.

[Blakamin]

Some pics from yesterday and today

[merv]

Thanks Yamahaman, they're still coming.

First pic Quasi talking to Deano with Deano's SP1.
Second pic Jeff's GSX and help me who's Norton? That was the last of the pics at the first meeting point at Caltex Rimutaka in Upper Hutt
Third pic onto Featherston and the first stop after the Rimutakas. My VFR behind Paul's Guzzi.
Fourth pic Mangell6 arriving.

[Blakamin]

And another one... and one from yesterday again

[merv]

Now after meeting Quasievil for the first time I had to say to him he doesn't look anything like the pic in his avatar.

That MV1000 is a nice looking bike.... where's Ago?

First pic general gathering at Featherston.
Second pic Gunner and et al arriving.
Third pic more of general gathering.
Fourth pic Dion on the MV outside the Flying Fish at Martinborough where we stopped for morning tea.

[toads]

Hi there Merv, I don't spose you could put some names in with those photos so us that haven't met yas all can put faces to the names! cheers

[merv]

I'm only on the 56k modem at home so this will take a while.

About as long as that Triumph - that is one large motorcycle.

First pic Mark Dunn talking to LooseBruce on the left and ? talking to PaulinNZ on the right.
Second pic who's that you're talking to Lynda and Blakamin opposite the Flying Fish
Third pic other than Paul I don't know these guys.
Fourth pic the Triumph (and I don't know the rider).

[merv]

Hi there Merv, I don't spose you could put some names in with those photos so us that haven't met yas all can put faces to the names! cheers

I might have to let Lynda do the fine tuning on that as she's better at names than me and she knows everybody as well.

I'll keep posting the pics and maybe I'll have time to go back later and edit some names in, just thought I'd better get the pics posted so those on the ride can see them.

First pic who's that on the CBR as that's not Mark Dunn.
Second pic Hamish's BMW sneaking into the pic next to Slingshot's, Mr Melon's, mine' and Paul's bikes and is that Deano talking to LooseBruce?
Third pic Cajun appears here in his banana leathers with Stonechucker and Mr & Mrs Slingshot.
Fourth pic Lynda is the one getting the caffeine charge in a can.

[merv]

Great with digital cameras you can just keep snapping eh.

First pic general shot at Wainuioru.
Second pic LooseBruce and Deano with a couple of guys I don't remember their names.
Third pic general shot and still some I don't remember the names of.
Fourth pic general shot.

[merv]

Still more pics at Wainuioru.

That's a nice Kawasaki Mr Melon has now.

Love Lyndas horns, they look hot.

[merv]

Gas stop at Masterton for those that needed it.

You're getting used to who's who now so I'll cut the commentary.

[merv]

Now here's the last pic. Later at Carterton I was too busy eating to take any more and then headed home.

[merv]

OK better go and have a shower now and get ready for Father's Day dinner.

[Posh Tourer :P]

Hi there Merv, I don't spose you could put some names in with those photos so us that haven't met yas all can put faces to the names! cheers

And more importantly, who goes with which bike?... :D

[StoneChucker]

Part 1 of 2...

[FROSTY]

how about a ride report somebody. :wacko:
If I gotta suffer at least I wanna know what I missed out on.

[StoneChucker]

Part 2 of, erm 3 actually :doh:

[Zed]

Good effort with the photos Merv - did YOU get time for any socialising? :)

Looked like a decent size turnout too, the more the merrier.

So, did the Auckland guys keep up with the front pack on the rides? I know Loosebruce would have been up there regardless of his unfamiliarity with your roads!


Zed

[StoneChucker]

That pic of the red Ducati, from behind, was all I saw all day... Sheesh! That bike hogs the road, won't let ANYONE pass :msn-wink: hehe

I thought it was a really nice ride today, and the weather was great, only a few spots on the way home. As you may know, there were three groups organised, sight-see'rs, medium and fast. Now, I thought I was relatively fast, but I quickly learnt that you need to be certifiable to qualify for the fast group :eek: Still, the big group gives a feeling of security from any tickets, so I got to give it a good go up the Taka's :niceone:

Nice to meet all of you who I met, and I'll catch you all on Thursday night.
Dave.

[MD]

Thanks for the pics Merv. I wanted to hang around and meet you and the other KBers, but our group was kitted up ready to go when you all pulled up at the Flying Fish and I had pressing Father's day commitments to get home for. Hope to be at the next track day Dean, Bruce and all, see ya then.
Cheers
ps- get a bit breezy on the home run did it!

[toads]

neat to see what you and your bikes look like, I must say the bikes look well cared for and much loved!, awesome riding gear you all wear too, noone had jandals or T-shirts! Glad you had a successful and enjoyable weekend, hopefully Quasi and Cajun make it home safely too, cheers L

[Ms Piggy]

how about a ride report somebody. :wacko:
If I gotta suffer at least I wanna know what I missed out on.
Ditto :mellow:

[Paul in NZ]

Um.... If you read through Merv did a pretty fair description... If was an increasingly nice day and despite the Cold Kiwi being on, nearly every bike in the lower North Island was out on the road!

Not much chance you could mistake my Guzzi for something else (the fluro stripes are a dead give away) and towards the end, I'm fiddling with the tank bag. (blue black spidi NT tour jacket. (yes, we were well dressed, it was chilly this morning)

The weather was increasingly favourable, the people were consistently wonderful, the car traffic was light and i didn't get a ticket. In short! A bloody good day out!

The pace in our middle group was set by me (which was possibly a mistake - not my idea - blame Jim2) and the road surface was a little dodgy here and there so I was in take it easy mode. However, with such a large group, silly riding is certain disaster! besides, we had seen a lot of mufti cars an I was in the box seat for a ticket (I know what that penguin the others push in to check for killer whales feels like now)

The red VFR is Mervs and there are no piccies of him because he took most of the others!

So! Not blinding fast (even for a Guzzi) but a very nice day, and to my knowing, no one binned it! Bikes ranged from an ably ridden GN250 to the latest and greatest ridden with various degrees of ability! It was a bloody good day out! Take a bow Wellington KB.

[merv]

I appear in some of Blakamin and Stonechuckers pics - short dude, jacket red on top black on the bottom.

OK finished dinner now, I might go back and edit some of my comments to add names that I know.

[Two Smoker]

Good effort with the photos Merv - did YOU get time for any socialising? :)

Looked like a decent size turnout too, the more the merrier.

So, did the Auckland guys keep up with the front pack on the rides? I know Loosebruce would have been up there regardless of his unfamiliarity with your roads!


Zed
Bruce is a welly boy, thats why he is so damned fast :wacko:

[LB]

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What a great day/ride!

Thanks for the piccies everyone. You've got most people okay Merv - the guy with the yellow GSX11 is Jeff, can't remember the names of Mr Hyabusa and Mr GS1200SS sorry. PC800 guy is Adrian. Other GSX750 was Alan.

It was nice to see some of the newer members (et al, Gunner, Blakamin, bevsta) along as well as some of the longer-standing (I was going to say "older" but decided against it!) members.

I'll try to put some words together during the day (at work) and post them here.

I had a very small group to lead, we had a good ride with it taking me ages to catch up to Bevsta after each intersection (the reason I overtook you Bevsta was that I wasn't sure that you knew the route so easier to be in front of you at intersections where we needed to turn). Jeez mate that GN goes well!!

We had good weather, it was very warm (relatively speaking) and the only rain was when we were heading back home over the Takas, though Quasi who left the top of the Takas before us had some shit weather on his way to Paraparaumu.

Great company, safe riding, and reasonably good roads (thanks for the pre-warning re the roads Hitcher).

I even managed to keep up with the back of the medium group some of the time!

Jim2 - thanks very much for your organisation (particularly re the weather) and I'm very pleased you were able to make it on the run.

Jazbug and CSL - sorry you couldn't make it, but I'm sure there'll be more.
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[White trash]

Went to "Twisted" at Phoenix on Saturdy night. Got home at 6:15.

Went to pick the kids up from the babysitters at 7:30. Rode with Quasi and Cajun to Upper Hutt.

Colapsed with a Red Bull and cigaretts. Deciding that a hoon to the top and back was about as much as I could handle. For the first time I couldn't keep up with Deano.

Went home.

The end.

[White trash]

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What a great day/ride!

Thanks for the piccies everyone. You've got most people okay Merv - the guy with the yellow GSX11 is Jeff, can't remember the names of Mr Hyabusa and Mr GS1200SS sorry. PC800 guy is Adrian. Other GSX750 was Alan.



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The busa rider is BusaJim, the GS1200SS is Ross.

[merv]

neat to see what you and your bikes look like, I must say the bikes look well cared for and much loved!, awesome riding gear you all wear too, noone had jandals or T-shirts! Glad you had a successful and enjoyable weekend, hopefully Quasi and Cajun make it home safely too, cheers L

This is not the sunny Metropolis of Gisborne down here, we have to contend with 10 deg kinda days blowing 40km/hr with a windchill kind of thing - so thermals it is with a good covering of gear on top. I even put the liner back in my jacket before I left home.

[White trash]

neat to see what you and your bikes look like, I must say the bikes look well cared for and much loved!,

Ha ha ha! Did you not see the shot of mine?

[Deano]

A brief rundown.

Great day, I was a bit late after waiting for Hayden on his gixxer to turn up (he always seems to be late).

It was a shame WT and Hayden didn't carry on from the top of the Taka's, but they were all partyed out from the night before.

Cos of WT's state of mind and body, I was nominated for lead rider of the quick group.

So, we left Caltex and headed off feeling very keen to hit 'the hill'. Five minutes into it, Barry came hurtling past on his ? Aprilia RSVR - I did a bit of a double take as he wasn't part of the group ride but obviously just out scratching an itch. For those who don't know him he is pretty darn quick, so we commenced the chase, and lo and behold, come round a corner and here he is on the other side of the road eating dirt. The road was a bit messy in places at Kaitoke, and he must have lost the front end and low sided. Lucky nothing wasn't coming the other way or it would have been a lot worse. First (and only) bin of the day, but as he wasn't part of the organised ride I guess it doesn't count (except to Barry of course) No major damage, he turned back so we carried on.

Got to featherston after a good blat over the hill, and LooseBruce informs me of a cop we overtook in a plain Telstar....doh, hope there is nothing in the mail this week !!

After we regrouped in Featherston, headed to Flying Fish for a coffee. A few more bikers there, said the usual g'days, talked some bs and headed on our way again.

I led the quick guys on a bit of detour out of Martinborough (whoops, track knowledge not the greatest) so we hooked back up and found ourselves in the middle of the main bunch. These guys (and gals) were tootling along at a good pace, and not wanting to upset anyone, the quick guys filtered through in an orderly fashion to the front. The Gladstone Cliffhanger was good but the road was a bit messy in places.

Further on some cow cockeys were herding a couple of cattle along the side of the road so we putted past them, the next obstacle was some more farmers trying to catch a sheep and lamb with their farmdogs - we were cruising along a bit quicker this time and Bruce told me later he got a great view of the inside of my exhaust trying to pull the TL up.

Stopped at Masterton for gas, on to Carterton for lunch where Lynda gave a speech (mostly about bloody Ducati's and accessories - she's a walking advertisement).

Then off back up the Taka's where we pretty much went our separate ways.

Thanks to Jim2 for organising the route etc. Great to meet Quasi and Cajun, and to see Bruce again. (saw enough of him in my mirrors the whole day).

Nice to meet some more KBers for the first time, sorry to those I didn't get to talk too.

Cheers to Merv, Stonchucker and Blakamin for the pics.

Roll on Thursday for the bundi night.

[James Deuce]

For behaving yourselves and not "binning" it.

Thanks to Merv, Blakamin, and Stonechucker for the pictures.

Thanks to Deano, Paul, Mike, Lynda and Hamish for looking after your respective groups so well.

Special mention to Cajun for being sensible and heading back to Wellington due to fatigue.

Thanks to Deano for the write up.

[merv]

A brief rundown.

So, we left Caltex and headed off feeling very keen to hit 'the hill'. Five minutes into it, Barry came hurtling past on his ? Aprilia RSVR - I did a bit of a double take as he wasn't part of the group ride but obviously just out scratching an itch. For those who don't know him he is pretty darn quick, so we commenced the chase, and lo and behold, come round a corner and here he is on the other side of the road eating dirt. The road was a bit messy in places at Kaitoke, and he must have lost the front end and low sided. Lucky nothing wasn't coming the other way or it would have been a lot worse. First (and only) bin of the day, but as he wasn't part of the organised ride I guess it doesn't count (except to Barry of course) No major damage, he turned back so we carried on.


OK so that's what happened, someone mentioned to me an Aprilia was binned and I said I didn't think there was an Aprilia on our run when we left Caltex.

[merv]

Hi there Merv, I don't spose you could put some names in with those photos so us that haven't met yas all can put faces to the names! cheers

OK toads I've done my best at editing the posts to include the names but with 30 turning up in what is a relatively new group seems like we don't know each other yet even with help from Lynda, WT and et al. Others told me their names at the time but who remembers names in a crowd 5 seconds later? Not me.

[merv]

And more importantly, who goes with which bike?... :D

How's it looking to you now?

[merv]

Good effort with the photos Merv - did YOU get time for any socialising? :)

Looked like a decent size turnout too, the more the merrier.

So, did the Auckland guys keep up with the front pack on the rides? I know Loosebruce would have been up there regardless of his unfamiliarity with your roads!


Zed

Plenty of time for socialising because it was a reasonably short ride with plenty of stopping - we didn't go all the way to Castlepoint or anything like that. Good turnout of about 30, to start with at least. All in all a good day and the weather was better than forecast.

[Posh Tourer :P]

How's it looking to you now?

Very good :) Thanks for that :)

[loosebruce]

Firstly thanks for the turn out guys, great to see such a wide variety of bikes and riders, secondly i lived in welly for 20 odd years and never had no one to ride with, were the hell av ya all been, nah just kidding, was great to catch up with some familar faces and meet lots of new ones.
Special thanks to Jim2 for the ride, and Paul in NZ for the break in param on our way down, i'm hoping to make it to the bundi night, time will tell, and the bill on fixing the TL up will tell as well :blink: .
The ride itself was fantastic, myself hadn't had a heck of alot of sleep and was a bit blury eyed on the way to caltex, but they soon opend when barry came hurtling past on the RSVR (which wasn't his), bad luck on the bin barry but i've seen his handy work in fixing bikes up, ala my K2 600.
To be honest i had never been out matrinbourgh way and was shocked at the quality of roads out there, more so to my comment of where have you guys been, it's more like where the hell have i been???
I stuck with deano most of the way in the fast group and busajim, kerry on his gixer1100 and glen on his R6 was never that far behind, glad the weather held off to the end, i turned to go back up the rima's at the end and it started raining when i was almost at the top.

Topped off an excellent but tiring day with a good homecooked meal (beats pizza everynight) and then watching a bit of superbike racing and thank god for prime the MotoGP with deano, cheers mate!

Will be down for sure for the Vic bike day at manfeild, should be dragging a few other aucklanders down with me to...........

Until next time, stay safe guys n gals, and cheers for the pics to merv and stonechucker.

[toads]

This is not the sunny Metropolis of Gisborne down here, we have to contend with 10 deg kinda days blowing 40km/hr with a windchill kind of thing - so thermals it is with a good covering of gear on top. I even put the liner back in my jacket before I left home.

It's got little to do with the weather that some people around here don't wear protective gear, I was commenting on your general togetherness !! You all looked very well prepared and an altogether styly bunch

[James Deuce]

It's got little to do with the weather that some people around here don't wear protective gear, I was commenting on your general togetherness !! You all looked very well prepared and an altogether styly bunch


We don't smell very good though. Wait 'til we get smell-o-vision digital cameras. Then you'd wish you'd never even seen us.

[toads]

We don't smell very good though. Wait 'til we get smell-o-vision digital cameras. Then you'd wish you'd never even seen us.

Well I'm sure Lynda won't love you for including her in that generalisation Jim LOL, awesome photos you guys, thanks for sharing

[matthewt]

That MV1000 is a nice looking bike....

Hmmm...... I want one !!!!

[LB]

I led the quick guys on a bit of detour out of Martinborough (whoops, track knowledge not the greatest) so we hooked back up and found ourselves in the middle of the main bunch. These guys (and gals) were tootling along at a good pace, and not wanting to upset anyone, the quick guys filtered through in an orderly fashion to the front. The Gladstone Cliffhanger was good but the road was a bit messy in places.

Stopped at Masterton for gas, on to Carterton for lunch where Lynda gave a speech (mostly about bloody Ducati's and accessories - she's a walking advertisement).

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I couldn't figure out how come you guys passed us after the golf course ( :confused: ), now I know! Very considerate overtaking, thanks guys. :2thumbsup

Hey, someone has to keep Ducati in business - the GP boys ain't doing much for sales!! (even though Capirossi led for about 10 seconds at Estoril!)
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[LB]

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Thanks heaps to everyone for posting the photos. The one of me coming into Wainuioru is great Merv, it's now my wallpaper both home and work and has been emailed round almost every motorcyclist in creation.

Merv, I think you've more or less got most names right.

The whole weekend was a real buzz. Let's hope this coming weekend is fine.

Quasi: you up for a coffee at Taumarunui Saturday?

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[LB]

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Merv: Yep, that's Dion on the MV 1000 at M/Borough, and the 748 belongs to Mooch. The red 996 belongs to et al. You've done a great job with the names.

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[merv]

It's got little to do with the weather that some people around here don't wear protective gear, I was commenting on your general togetherness !! You all looked very well prepared and an altogether styly bunch

Maybe we've just got older and have got past the riding in jandals and T-shirt thing. Until 1973 I could ride around town without a helmet on (great way to dry your hair after a shower - I had hair then too and didn't live in Welly), then they made it compulsory no matter what speed zone you were in so I guess I've been sensible for over 30 years now.

[Blakamin]

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I couldn't figure out how come you guys passed us after the golf course ( :confused: ), now I know! Very considerate overtaking, thanks guys. :2thumbsup


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Yeah... that had me wondering for a long time :eek:

[Paul in NZ]

Yeah... that had me wondering for a long time :eek:

I saw them headed off down there and thought WTF????

I was guessing it was either a short cut (nope), I'd miss read the ride instructions (nope), a cunning ruse to ride some great roads real fast without us (nope) or they missed the turn off (yup) and missed the chance to annoy the golfers....

Cheers

[Motu]

So how come someone on a black Commando was able to go unnoticed apart from Merv's camera?

[Blakamin]

So how come someone on a black Commando was able to go unnoticed apart from Merv's camera?

We noticed alright! couldnt miss it!

[merv]

So how come someone on a black Commando was able to go unnoticed apart from Merv's camera?

I shook hands with the guy, and as usual in a crowd promptly forgot his name. It wasn't someone I had met before. I was hoping someone would come forward and tell us his KB name so I could post it, but no such luck so far. I tried to take a pic of most of the bikes there.

[Paul in NZ]

I'm even sadder Merv...

Had several chats with Commando man and the couple on the big GSX (also british affectionados) as I have a similar affliction and I either forgot to ask OR promptly forgot... Still... It was my birthday so...... :stoogie:

Cheers

Paul N

[merv]

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Hey, someone has to keep Ducati in business - the GP boys ain't doing much for sales!! (even though Capirossi led for about 10 seconds at Estoril!)
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I haven't watched my recording yet, but did Cap knock Biaggi off or did Biaggi hit Cap? They both reckon the other guys was to blame as usual but it sounds like Cap got hit from behind and even our road code is clear on blame there.

[merv]

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I could hear your Neptune pipes coming about 2 weeks away so had no problem lining up on the road to get that pic. Glad you liked it.

[merv]

I'm even sadder Merv...

Had several chats with Commando man and the couple on the big GSX (also british affectionados)

Woman's name was Chrissie is all I remember.

[Velox]

Oh man! Sounds like an awesome day! I was stuck at home doing a stats assignment, hating every moment of it and the sun was shining and I knew the hill would be dry and it was horrible! And to make it worse, one of my mates popped in who had just been over the hill (in a car) and said there's been about 40 bikers up the top! Stink stink stink. Next time eh.
Good work with the pics though Merv! Looks like you all had a bit of fun!

[LB]

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Jeff's a KBer - help us out here Jeff!!
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[jeff]

CHRIS - IS THE RIDER OF THE BLACK MK111 COMMANDO,ALSO RIDES A 800VX (DIDN'T LIKE TO START THAT DAY) THE NORTON DID.

JEFF

[LB]

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Hey - I've dragged you into your second posting - sneaky of me eh!
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Anyway, it was neat to see you and Chris along.

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