Originally Posted by NighthawkNZ
Double shot!!
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
Anarchic Wild Child
Yeah .. I watched some woman on a largish scooter the other day - completely disregarded the roundabout rules and nearly got squished by a 4X4 coming around .. then sat on the wide medium strip passing the queue (wobbling around like she was new to riding) and looking for a place to get back in before the next roundabout (the queue was STOPPED so there was no way back in). Some simple soul took pity on her and let her in when the queue moved ...
These people either learn or die. Unfortunately option two puts up our ACC fees.
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Forum whore
if i see him again i will point him in your direction
Forum whore
Half society's problems originate from when calling aspade a spade fig a fighoe a hoe became politically (and/or socially) incorrect.
FORCE V4
Was it an old Honda GL145? If so it was probably Renegade Master
...Full throttle till you see god, then brake.
Grumpy Old Bastard
You mean by running over him and helping him "out" of this world..?
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
Anarchic Wild Child
I wonder how many people who say that actually know what "a spade" means ...
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Forum whore
its a digging implement favoured by gardeners
Anarchic Wild Child
No, in the phrase "to call a spade a spade" it is not a garden implement
There are lots of arguments on this one ... it does seem to have origins in Ancient Greece, where "to call a fig a fig" meant to speak honestly without beating about the bush" - the commonly accepted meaning of the phrase today.
However, this particular phrase seems to have come to us via early 20th century America where a "spade" was a derogatory term for an American Black ... and "to call a spade a spade" was the prhase used by white racist Americans, especially in the South, reacting against what they saw at the time, but would not have called it that, the shift towafrds political correctness.
Most people use it today to mean to speak honestly, but the particular phrase "to call a spade a spade" is inherently racist.
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
Forum whore
I've edited my post just to keep you happy.
(Doesn't have quite the same ring to it though).
Forum whore
Just like humans...
Grumpy Old Bastard
I would say "WAS" inherently racist rather than "IS". Modern usage does not carry the racial slur - indeed I doubt many people would know the origin of it as you have so ably outlined to us.
Just my opinion y'know...
. “No pleasure is worth giving up for two more years in a rest home.” Kingsley Amis
SH1 rider
+1 and so does wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_call_a_spade_a_spadeIt is evident that the word spade refers to the instrument used to move earth, a very common tool. The same word was used in England and in Holland, Erasmus' country of origin
Anarchic Wild Child
Huh ??? Since when did keeping each other happy become a requiremetn of KB???I've edited my post just to keep you happy.
(Doesn't have quite the same ring to it though).
I appreciate the sentiment, but that was quite unecessary.
"So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."
In the riders seat
It was used well before the early 20th century , the word "spade may have been used as a racists term a lot later on but that phrase had nothing racist about it when it was originally used
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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