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Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60)

From "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.laptops.thinkpad
Subject Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60)
Date 2013-01-31 22:38 +1300
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs Adam wrote:
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> What did we ever do before there was online shopping? :-)

I know. It's crazy when you think back huh? I remember back in about 1985 
when the clutch in my beloved 250cc Triumph Tigress scooter got to the point 
where there was no adjustment left and slipped so much it became unridable.

I had a 'big bike' as well but the Tigress was a nifty thing. Wiki reckons 
it would do 70mph but a couple of times I clocked mine at close to 80mph. I 
used to have to travel 8 miles of unsealed roads before I hit tarmac back 
then and it was *sooo* much fun when I had to cross a ridge of gravel 
[usually due to oncoming cars] at >50mph with 10" wheels! It actually 
handled quite well and I really liked it. Wiki says they suffered from 
mechanical issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Tigress/BSA_Sunbeam 
but mine was as reliable as you could wish for.

Anyway, as you know I live in NZ. Around 1985 Triumph didn't really exist 
but I contacted the ex-Triumph dealership motorcycle shop in Auckland and 
was told that no parts were available and I was up a certain creek... So 
sad! I kept it for a while but when I moved house I had to part with it and 
I sold it for $20 to a guy who reckoned he had the same engine in a go-kart. 
:(

A couple of years later I heard that he'd sent to England to some little 
side-street engineering company who made after-market parts for them and had 
replaced the clutch, given it a lick of paint and made a small fortune 
selling it to a collector!

If people weren't so self-serving he could have told me of this company and 
I'd still have it to this day - and still be riding it (I don't have a 'big 
bike' anymore due to a really bad back but could still ride the Tigress due 
to the upright riding position) - rather than it sitting in a collection. 
Also - and back to the point - if we'd had teh intarwebs then I could have 
Googled and discovered it for myself. I really liked that scoot. There 
haven't been many 'step-throughs' made that can keep up with open-road 
traffic comfortably.

LOL, rather OT but you asked the question. ;)
-- 
/Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long, way when religious belief has a 
cozy little classification in the DSM."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)

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New to laptops Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-17 17:20 -0500
  Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2012-12-18 10:50 +0000
    Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Christoph Schmees <cjws@nurfuerspam.de> - 2012-12-18 19:31 +0100
      Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-18 19:24 -0500
        Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Christoph Schmees <cjws@nurfuerspam.de> - 2012-12-19 11:36 +0100
          Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
        Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-23 10:28 +0000
          Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-25 22:30 -0500
            Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-26 09:51 +0000
              Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-26 21:52 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> - 2012-12-28 11:38 +0000
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-31 14:54 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2013-01-04 06:29 +0000
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-04 17:22 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-12 13:15 +1300
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-14 19:46 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-26 10:56 +1300
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-28 19:42 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-29 16:00 +1300
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-01-29 21:21 -0500
                Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-01-31 22:38 +1300
                Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-02-04 00:22 -0500
                Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "~misfit~" <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> - 2013-02-09 14:56 +1300
                Re: OT: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2013-02-10 00:57 -0500
    Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-18 19:24 -0500
      Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "Tom Rutherford" <tom@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-19 20:28 -0500
        Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
          Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) News <News@Groups.Post> - 2012-12-20 17:00 -0500
            Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 17:19 -0500
              Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) News <News@Groups.Post> - 2012-12-20 17:24 -0500
        Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Ardent <iam@here.com.invalid> - 2012-12-23 08:16 +0530
          Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) "Tom Rutherford" <tom@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-23 15:20 -0500
      Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) parv <parv000@yahooWhereElse.com> - 2012-12-20 07:35 +0000
        Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <adam@address.invalid> - 2012-12-20 16:43 -0500
          Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Joe <joecool1029@gmail.com> - 2013-01-04 15:18 +0000
            Re: New to laptops (Thinkpad T60) Adam <newsgroup@invalid.invalid> - 2013-01-04 17:22 -0500

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