Did you ever have...

**Big Dog** · 3rd April 2007, 00:44

...one of those mix tapes where your favorite song on the whole thing was cut in half on side one and then restarted for side two?

That is how it felt when I got home from work tonight.

Bike was dancing in the street.
Spectacular sunset form a reasonably clear evening.
Bike softly singing my favorite song.
The melodious cachaphony of an excited and ravenous mile muncher.

I couldn't do it.
Eureka, excuse found! Borrowed gloves need to be returned.
Up to Silverdale to return said gloves.
Now the fun begins, pouring on the power as the bike glides around the corner as fluid and silky as Baileys poured over ice cream.

Never before I felt quite so at one with this particular bike.
The pounding race of the engine even at these low speeds almost metronomic in evenness.
The pulse of the engine quickens mine ans miles are devoured with insatiable hunger.

Even made a terrible cup of coffee in Wellsford seem a reasonable price to pay.

My return to Mairangi bay goes via Kaukapakapa, Wellsford, Helensville, Silverdale and home.

There are no words to describe the how much fun that was except to say it is like listening to your favorite song, one where you know all of the words, all of the harmony, one where even when your feeling a little average you still can't resist a smile, the sort of song you share with your lover under a moonlit sky.

A little disjointed perhaps but I'm still buzzing after a couple of hours.

Today I heard the call of the wild and answered.
You owe it yourself to turn that tape over if ever your find yourself in the same position, take your lady in your arms and make the dance floor your own.

**yod** · 3rd April 2007, 02:04

ummm.....wot??

**Deviant Esq** · 3rd April 2007, 04:59

Originally Posted by yod

ummm.....wot??

You mean "what". The character limit on posts on KB is somewhat larger than the poultry 160 you are allowed on a phone in a text message (though I doubt you use half of those available characters anyway), so there is no excuse purposefully mis-spelling a world just to make it a character shorter. It just looks sloppy. Sorry, rant over, pet peeve.

Nice post Big Dog. One of those rare sublime days where it just all comes together and you just want to keep on going, stay in the groove. Good to hear you've had one!

**fazer** · 3rd April 2007, 08:12

Can I have some whatever your on?

**Drum** · 3rd April 2007, 08:15

Amen BD. I know the feeling. Sometimes it's as if you and the bike are a single entity.

**yod** · 3rd April 2007, 08:45

Sorry, rant over, pet peeve.

no, i mean "wot"
Can i have a go at you about my pet peeve, which is people moaning about that which is completely irrelevant and, by the way, entirely wrong....ever studied linguistic anthropology? development of language?? eg, colour = color, i rest my case.....

**marty** · 3rd April 2007, 09:19

Originally Posted by fazer

Can I have some whatever your on?

he's on a hayabusa mate. 'nuf said.

(note the use of the ' on 'nuf - slang for enough - but 'nough just doesn't look right)

**yod** · 3rd April 2007, 09:28

Is that some new flashy term for laziness?

Mate, I didn't even get School Certificate English after 3 attempts, and not even a south Auckland bogan like me likes seeing the intentional bastardising of a perfectly good language.

no it's not, it's reality and since you quite clearly don't know, I fail to see how you can justify correcting me!

but since we're talking laziness (or maybe ignorance), ill correct your grammar for you since I know it's a pet peeve of yours....y'know...for your future reference....me being a nice kinda guy an all that

south Auckland = South Auckland, always use capitals on a proper name
bastardising isn't a word, bastardisation is
3 attempts = three attempts, you should always write the number if it's small

in the future mate, keep your grammatical opinions to yourself - I dont take kindly to being told how to write by anyone....and I'm guessing you dont like it either.

point taken?????

**Big Dave** · 3rd April 2007, 09:41

Originally Posted by Deviant Esq

Sorry, rant over, pet peeve.

get over it - it's a descriptive expression indicating a feigned colloquialism and appropro for the circumstance.

**jrandom** · 3rd April 2007, 09:46

Originally Posted by Big Dave

appropro

Everyone should have at least one thing in life that they're good at, and Dave, you're a fine photographer.

**Joni** · 3rd April 2007, 09:47

Yup, besides KB is not f***en high school, people can spell things as they like... or have typos now and then... I sure as hell am guilty of the latter often!

**jrandom** · 3rd April 2007, 09:47

Originally Posted by Joni

its not f***en high school...

Pity.

I suspect I would have really enjoyed knowing you back then...

**Big Dave** · 3rd April 2007, 09:51

Originally Posted by yod

but since we're talking laziness

It's degrees of effort too isn't it - dribbling on in a thread like this ain't exactly my opus - it's like 3rd down the list of stuff I'm doing 'right now' - and it gets that kind of effort.

If i'm writing something for publication on the presses - then I bother - and even re-read - for internet dribble that you dicks are reading - i don't particularly care if there be typos and mistooks and shortcusts - as long as can be understood. And the same with the inwards.

Hitcher's having kittens.