Go the Big 50 Boys!

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 09:05

Well.......?

(This is a bump, in case you're wondering...)

:"nervously biting fingernails while waiting to hear" emoticon/smiley

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 09:29

I could go "Bumpetty doodah, bumpetty-aayyyy" again, or Blakamin could move this to the "Events" forum where it belongs....

(Didja notice the way I boldened Blakamin's name, to accord proper respect to him? Didja?)

**Silage** · 7th January 2005, 09:55

Originally Posted by dangerous

Also yarned to the new dude from Chch (1200SS) what was his handle?

Yeah, good to meet up with you (Dangerous) and others in Nelson. I should post a newbie on the newbie page. We had a good ride bak to Chch. My mate cleaned up a seagull at 110kph just out of Kaikoura-he never flinched.

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 09:58

Originally Posted by Jimmie

Yeah, good to meet up with you (Dangerous) and others in Nelson. I should post a newbie on the newbie page.

Hi, Newbie! Welcome to KiwiBiker! :spudwave:

Originally Posted by Jimmie

We had a good ride bak to Chch. My mate cleaned up a seagull at 110kph just out of Kaikoura-he never flinched.

Did he cook it first, or just eat it raw, feathers and all?

**James Deuce** · 7th January 2005, 10:04

I just rang Mrs Mangell, and they made it back last night at 11:45pm, and had to ford rivers of water and rubble on Greys road, which they weren't quite expecting.

They have now headed off to the Johnsonville finish line, and are in the process of checking in.

Viffer - up the meds bro. You don't need a Guilt complex as well.

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 10:12

Originally Posted by Jim2

I just rang Mrs Mangell, and they made it back last night at 11:45pm, and had to ford rivers of water and rubble on Greys road, which they weren't quite expecting.

They have now headed off to the Johnsonville finish line, and are in the process of checking in.

Kewl.

Thanx, Jim!

Originally Posted by Doctor Jim

Viffer - up the meds bro. You don't need a Guilt complex as well.

Aren't on any at the moment - just enjoying the wave of mania....

The Guilt is because I looked forward to the guys visiting (don't get many visitors - prolly on account of The Mania, or maybe The Boringness), so I'd planned to be a GoodHost(TM). However, My inexperience and excitement at having RealLiveSemi-CaptiveGuestsWhoWereAlsoBikers took over, so I bored them senseless with my life history and sundry bullshit. :"yawning almost to the point of death" emoticon/smiley
At least we didin't get to politics or religion or anything like that...

**manuboy** · 7th January 2005, 10:22

Congrats to all those hardy souls who Big 50'd their way into the Big 50 books. I'll be one of you one day. Of course, if Hitcher loans me his bike i'd do it just for a weekend ride... instead of the "owww_my_wrists_fest" the SV would make it (i need to harden up eh...).

The Guilt is because I looked forward to the guys visiting (don't get many visitors - prolly on account of The Mania, or maybe The Boringness), so I'd planned to be a GoodHost(TM). However, My inexperience and excitement at having RealLiveSemi-CaptiveGuestsWhoWereAlsoBikers took over, so I bored them senseless with my life history and sundry bullshit. :"yawning almost to the point of death" emoticon/smiley
At least we didin't get to politics or religion or anything like that

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's):

a) Move Islands (or at least out of that crazy outfit you reside in)
b) Stock Speights Old Dark in large amounts
c) Have "Man Den". XBox, Sky, Large Screen, Beer Fridge, Tools tools and more tools.

**Hitcher** · 7th January 2005, 10:31

Originally Posted by manuboy

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's)

YARGH!! No, no, NO!!

Provisos. No apostrophe needed. Proviso in this context doesn't "belong" to anything or anyone. It also isn't a contraction (i.e. a shortening such as isn't or can't).

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 10:47

Originally Posted by manuboy

I'd visit ya (with a few small proviso's):

Editor's Note to Hitcher:
His provisos could instead be written "provis'o's", if they were "provisions" ???

Originally Posted by SVBoy

a) Move Islands (or at least out of that crazy outfit you reside in)
b) Stock Speights Old Dark in large amounts
c) Have "Man Den". XBox, Sky, Large Screen, Beer Fridge, Tools tools and more tools.

(a) Yeah, the weather sux, the drivers are loco.

(b) Would a couple of Speights Summer Ale and a few more Macs (Gold, Blonde) do, at a pinch?

(c) Have PS2, large-ish Loewe screen with 120W/channel 6.1 sound system, beer in fridge, and some tools. Unfortunately, most of these are adjacent to the Man Den, rather than in it. :disapint:

**manuboy** · 7th January 2005, 12:18

YARGH!! No, no, NO!!

Provisos. No apostrophe needed. Proviso in this context doesn't "belong" to anything or anyone. It also isn't a contraction (i.e. a shortening such as isn't or can't).

Right, has everyone got that? There will be an exam at 4:00pm. Those who fail and so fail in Hitch's efforts to take us back to skool will hve his golden dictosaurus wand waved at our bikes, the result being they all turn into STX1300 machines. For someof you, this will be an upgrade :wink:

(a) Yeah, the weather sux, the drivers are loco.
(b) Would a couple of Speights Summer Ale and a few more Macs (Gold, Blonde) do, at a pinch?
(c) Have PS2, large-ish Loewe screen with 120W/channel 6.1 sound system, beer in fridge, and some tools. Unfortunately, most of these are adjacent to the Man Den, rather than in it.

Close enough on all counts, discounting the Macs Blond. Bleh. That's settled then. You move, i'll bring round some Old Dark and some lego?

**vifferman** · 7th January 2005, 12:25

Originally Posted by manuboy

Right, has everyone got that? There will be an exam at 4:00pm. Those who fail and so fail in Hitch's efforts to take us back to skool will hve his golden dictosaurus wand waved at our bikes, the result being they all turn into STX1300 machines. For someof you, this will be an upgrade :wink:

Close enough on all counts, discounting the Macs Blond. Bleh. That's settled then. You move, i'll bring round some Old Dark and some lego?

Got plenty of lego, apart from all the little bits eaten by the couch and the vacuum cleaner.

**manuboy** · 7th January 2005, 12:28

I was gonna post this link (although it's probably been done b4) in an effort to improve our shoddy Unglush, but i entered my post, and it didn't pull me up on proviso's. Bugger eh?

Actually, neither did MS Word...

SpellCheck

LB · 7th January 2005, 14:39

Originally Posted by Jim2

I just rang Mrs Mangell, and they made it back last night at 11:45pm, and had to ford rivers of water and rubble on Greys road, which they weren't quite expecting.

They have now headed off to the Johnsonville finish line, and are in the process of checking in.

Viffer - up the meds bro. You don't need a Guilt complex as well.

Great news - thanks Jim2

**matthewt** · 7th January 2005, 17:29

Originally Posted by vifferman

I feel like such a dick, and such an inhospitable host; first I kept them up all night long yabbering away about all sorts of crap, then I made them late this morning. And I could have at least given their visors a damned good Plexusing before they left. My bad.

Ha, it's fine. I hadn't seen you in nearly 10 years so a bit of catching up was good. Besides, Wednesday was the "easy" day, only 820 k's. You didn't make us late leaving, I had an upset stomach and felt like crap so was moving fairly slowly.

**matthewt** · 7th January 2005, 17:32

Originally Posted by dangerous

Yeah.... I seen emm, at Nelson. It was bloody hard to here were we were with the races on one side and a bloody noisie generator on the other, but I chattered to Mangell6, saw Matthewt hiding behind him (sorry we dident have a yarn Matt) and the only bugsplat I saw was on Mangell's jacket.... were the fuk were you Bugsplat?
Also yarned to the new dude from Chch (1200SS) what was his handle? Others I meet were Saslex, Nordieboy, Stevo and

again C'n'C

Good to meet you dangerous, Bugsplat was Steven who was wearing the lovely blue cap.