Jim2 - if you are gonna be a sesquipedalian, why is your avatar a duopedalian?
Der gummikuh man
Jim2 - if you are gonna be a sesquipedalian, why is your avatar a duopedalian?
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
on the up
Nice try PT - but you've missed the meaning of the word there. It's got nothing to do with the avatar.Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Slower than Ixion
If you can hang out a couple of months (and the withdrawls aren't too bad) the wait till after "summer", prices come down as does demand, so good deals are to be had.
On Trade Me alone cbr250rr/zxr250 that were selling for about the $3k mark over winter are getting over $4k atm (even in this weather, go figure). So bikes that are going for about $8-~10k could well be within you price range if you hold out.
Of course if you sold a kidney and had an extra 1k to play with you could get spuds baby which is already at winter prices.
Hayden - Evidence that even the mediocre can achieve great things.
((U+C+I) x (10-S))/20 x A x 1/(1-sin(F/10))
Der gummikuh man
Early 17th century. From Latin sesquipedalis “measuring one and one-half feet,” from the stem ped- “foot.”
I was looking for a 7-footed duck picture, but I suppose I'll settle for 1.5 feet....
I'll buy a beer if you can find a good picture of either...
and furtherfftopic:, what does the sesqui- part deal with, given the collection of words here ? It seems to be 1.5, but where's the 1.5 in the latter few???
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
Forum whore
It isn't actually:
sesquipedalian \ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yun\, adjective:
1. Given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"
2. (Of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; as, "sesquipedalian technical terms"
--sesquipedalian, noun:
A very long word (a foot and a half long)
The verses of Stephen Hawes are as full of barbarous sesquipedalian Latinisms, as the prose of the Rambler.
--Robert Southey
A set of sesquipedalian exclamations.
--W. Roberts
Nice to hear from you btw - how's it all going?
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Forum whore
Yeah I know - I'm going to get the ol' CBR600 rotting in the gargre going in the next couple of weeks. I'm going to re-register it and chuck it on trademe to try and bolster the finances.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
on the up
Actually, you're both right.
This is of course, due to that interesting little habit of English to borrow words from others languages and imply their own perverted meaning to it:
from Dictionary.com:
Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, a foot and a half long, hence inordinately long, from sesqui, one half more, half as much again + pes, ped-, a foot.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Forum whore
No we're not. PT has the root correct. I have the modern usage correct - ahhhh feck it, I'm sick of conflict. I'm changing it.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Der gummikuh man
(I got all that definition - what I gave was the origin - see edited post)
Not bad actually thanks, it's a bit of a shock being back in Auckland after living with only 1 other person on an island for most of a month (apart from 2 trips into Fitzroy (shop + wharf, and NOTHING else, literally..)) I was getting to enjoy being out in a very low stress, easy-paced environment....The only downside was the island politics - there's some real characters out there on the barrier....
Sorry to hear 'bout the TRX - diesel is pretty slippery stuff - apparently a good insect repellant though...(tip from the ferry crew - if you are on a boat, sleep close to the engine...)
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
on the up
Feckless - that's too easy...
How about insouciant, or irreflective, or even inefficacious?
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Der gummikuh man
I was perverting the usage (initially unintentionally). I'd still like to see a 1.5-footed duck though....
Anyone see the irony here?
Technically, C6 was right in that we were both correct, as you say yourself, but correct with different aspects (or right about different things, which is pretty pointless really....)
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
on the up
Actually, I used to feed a pigeon that had half a foot missing years ago when I used to lunch in Te Aro park...
Nah, I was just being a wanker, cause it's late and I'm bored...:sly:
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Der gummikuh man
ah yeah there are plenty of bodily challenged pigeons round the uni quad.....
Makes you wonder.....
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
Der gummikuh man
temerarious frondeur??Feckless - that's too easy...
How about insouciant, or irreflective, or even inefficacious?
or schismatist even?
Or for a bit of lightness, blithe spark plug?
Queiro voya todo Europa con mi moto.... pero no tengo suficiente tiempo o dinero.....
unless you can prove it.
I wouldn't go near the XJR1200 (although it's a sexy looking machine). The reviews I've read have been terrible and a guy in work with me has just bought a spanking new one and thoroughly regrets it. Here's some of the words and phrases he used this morning when I asked him what he thought of it:
Boring
Over priced
Wobbles at speed
Crap Ohlms suspension (non adjustable-Yam own Ohlms)
Far too heavy
Looks nice though
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
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