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Stuff that, they should just re-release the original. Doesn't need a remake.

YES. Made all the hairs on my arms stand on end just thinking of it

Started Christmas early because we didn't have enough space in our suitcases for all the gifts - f**k yeah, got Pom Pom by Ariel Pink on vinyl (including a free digital download)

Obligatory http://moblog.net/media/j/a/g/jaggysnake/schindlers-lift.jpg

Merry Christmas to all my favourite TMBF'ers! And I guess Merry Christmas to the ones I'm kinda indifferent about too. The ones I don't like can go chew on a glass bauble

Yeah, we'll be in again. Will pay up whenever I remember my Paypal password... Not sure at this point if we'll be there for just a day or for the whole thing, but Crystal is setting herself a deadline of having a CB1100 in time for the rally so failure to attend is most certainly not an option! Oh, and don't worry Joe - I'll make sure we have a spare eyeliner pencil this year

Mine: 1. Memento 2. Yes 3. Orlando 4. Battle Royale 5. The Wall 6. Lost In Translation (someone has to like it) 7. Let The Right One In 8. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (Jim Carey, lulz) 9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. Up Christmas round: Father Christmas (Raymond Briggs)

I miss my G-Con 45

I find that the main factor in whether or not HD or Blu Ray make a difference is how many shits you give - personally I give very very few

We should have a monthly meet up where we complain about them young'uns.

It goes two ways, I figure... Either you'll be buying a second hand bike in which case you won't get much choice on colour, you'll just have the one that is available and at the right price, and therefore no guarantee that your boots will "go with it" or You have enough money to buy new or wilfully pay over the odds on the second hand market just to get your colour of choice, in which case you can afford to buy a second pair of boots that do go with the bike! All of my original kit was either black, white, or green - went fine with my old black bike. Not so good with the two red bikes that I have these days! Still, keeps the road out quite effectively which is all that really matters. If I cared how I looked on my bike, I wouldn't be riding around looking daft on a tiny little CG

Amen to that. Mine was cheap-ish and I do or don't like it depending on which way the wind is blowing, probably would've done a lot more miles by now if I'd spent the same money on a Bandit instead!

That makes that simple, then

Damn you, I was trying to find that picture!

Amen to that! I'll watch it when it comes out on Netflix or Prime. Ideally while drunk so it doesn't irritate me too much.

What's this, you've run out of excuses so you're hiring a Private Investigator to find some new ones for you?

It'll be luck of the draw for me, even if I can only make a day trip then I'll be there

Conviced my boss to donate some toys! Now got another 16 bears... Not sure they'll all fit in my drybag

Hahahaha, oh wow... That says it all, really

I am truly surprised that we've made it to page two without any crude "rear entry" jokes. I'm disappointed in all of you.

Aww, spoilsport. Can't you just add a wordfilter to the forum that replaces "Rally" with "Gravy"?

To Dragons Den! I quite like the idea of this. Switch the 125 engine in for the week commute and then stick the 600 in for the weekend rides Just have to make sure the brakes and tyres are are up to the 600 spec. That's the other bit that would help you shift them despite costing more than the average 125 - all of the road presence and decent quality setup of a 600, but on a 125. No fecking about with silly little tyres as narrow as a bicycle I think that weight would be the genuinely tricky thing, if you wanted to make something that wasn't slow as hell with the 125 engine. If anyone wants to nick my idea and take it on Dragons Den, go for it (it's not like I would have a clue what I was doing) - all I ask is that you remember me when you need to hire someone to market the thing

It'd be pretty awesome if one of the manufacturers made a frame that could accommodate several different engines, say a 125, 300, and a 600, and then sell the bike (minus engine) and engines separately. Make it nice and straightforward to carry out the swap, and there you go - buy one bike and it'll see you through CBT, A2, and the early days of your full licence, all for less money than buying a new bike each time. Nice bit of repeat business for the manufacturer because they know that you'll be buying the next few engines from them - who needs brand loyalty when you can have a captive market, much easier to work with And they could probably price it a little bit above the sum of its parts, the long term saving for the customer in theory offsetting the initial hike in start up costs... and if you make the real money on the sale of the frame and 125 engine then make an increasingly slim margin on the other two, you sustain your profits thanks to all the folks that either give up or trash the thing (or it gets nicked) before getting to their DAS Of course it might look a bit funny to have a 125 engine in a frame made to fit a 600, but I'm sure that something clever could be done with it.

Based on the common knowledge that all Northerners bleed gravy, that statement has some deeply worrying implications http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/sick/sick-puking-smiley-emoticon.gif

Awesome, I'll keep an eye out for you