Dropping Things On The Auckland Motorway..

**ching_ching** · 27th September 2004, 12:51

Hey NC30,

Claim insurance. When you get the cheque put it down as a down payment on a 2005 model bike come next year ($1700- ... f&*k me chap!).

ching

**MrMelon** · 27th September 2004, 13:40

My disc lock somehow managed to bounce out of the rear compartment of my bike somewhere between Wellington and Palmerston North yesterday

**jrandom** · 27th September 2004, 13:41

What model phone is (was...) it?

I carry a Sony Ericsson P800 (only because my employer was silly enough to purchase it), $1600 in the shops IIRC, and it's an annoying, unusable pile of junk. I'd much rather have a $150 phone that's actually easy to make calls with. The PDA features are rubbish and I don't bother using it as one. In fact, I don't even 'txt'. It's a TELEPHONE, for goodness sakes. I have to flip open the annoying little flippy thing and find a pen to work the touchscreen with every time I want to make a call (the flimsy stylus has long disappeared, and the on-screen buttons are too niggly to work with my fat fingers). I hate the damn thing with a vengeance (just not quite enough to spend my own money on a better alternative).

For $1600 you can buy a good little mobile phone, a very nice digital camera and a Pocket PC. Why on earth spend the same money on a 'convergent' device that attempts all three functions and fails miserably?

**Hooks** · 27th September 2004, 14:13

Originally Posted by MrMelon

My disc lock somehow managed to bounce out of the rear compartment of my bike somewhere between Wellington and Palmerston North yesterday

It's probably chatting with my RH mirror just south of the Foxton Trestle !! It flew off heading to Pram on Saturday .....

**Blakamin** · 27th September 2004, 14:21

Originally Posted by Hooks

It's probably chatting with my RH mirror just south of the Foxton Trestle !! It flew off heading to Pram on Saturday .....

and the head of the bolt of my brake caliper! i know its somewhere between Pram and Manfield!

NC · 27th September 2004, 15:13

Originally Posted by ching_ching

Hey NC30,

Claim insurance. When you get the cheque put it down as a down payment on a 2005 model bike come next year ($1700- ... f&*k me chap!).

ching

Heh I wish, I just did all the insurance calls and payments and I come out of the whole deal with a $399 phone... I'm so fucken stoked

Mr Melon: It's hanging out with the one I dropped...I think they have a comune somewhere.

Jrandom: It was a 8310.

**Slim** · 27th September 2004, 17:35

Did you get that tyre fitted ok at GP Trading??? I almost said hi, but you seemed in a bit of a hurry to get a time/pickup sorted with Gary & get out of there.

NC · 27th September 2004, 17:40

Originally Posted by Slim

Did you get that tyre fitted ok at GP Trading??? I almost said hi, but you seemed in a bit of a hurry to get a time/pickup sorted with Gary & get out of there.

Heh! Hello

I was wondering why this chick was hardout smiling at me

Ah yep, but I was looking at the wheels today when I found one of the weights on the garage floor, they have all fallen off

**Slim** · 27th September 2004, 18:23

They're open Saturday mornings - get yourself down there then if you can't during the week.

NC · 27th September 2004, 18:27

Originally Posted by Slim

They're open Saturday mornings - get yourself down there then if you can't during the week.

Ah wicked. Thanks for that

They appear to be a good shop though, KK put me on to them.

**Sensei** · 27th September 2004, 20:31

NC30 you got to get out more ! $1700 5year's life on a C/Phone ? That's Sad . I think there are Group you could join to Help with your Addicttion

SENSEI

**Aucker** · 27th September 2004, 20:36

Originally Posted by Cajun

Nc30 i normal have everything safe so don't drop anything

so do i, but the wind has opened my bag a few times and things have fallen out...poor chicks in mourning man!

LB · 28th September 2004, 05:21

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It wasn't a good weekend for losing things off people/bikes - the devils' tail that sticks on the back of my helmet fell off (the cotton that holds it onto the sucker broke, the sucker stayed on) coming into Martinborough on Sunday. However one of my mates (coincidentally the one who bought me the horns/tail for my b/day!) was behind me and he stopped and picked it up for me.

I once lost my throwovers at Sanson and didn't realise, but once again a mate picked them up (I was young and silly then, nowadays I cable tie them onto my rear footpeg brackets).

Hope you can get all the numbers back NC30.
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