Extra-early forward notice: 2008 Unaugural

[BT Humble]

The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.

Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
as well.

In short, the Unaugural is an annual gathering of aus.moto people in a
paddock on my farmlet near Tarago, NSW. Weather permitting, we have a
bonfire of sufficient size to provide a reasonable simulation of
Armageddon. There is overnight camping, awards for various
achievements (such as longest distance travelled to attend), and much
drinking of alcohol and telling of lies.

Think of it as the best parts of fishing, once one gets rid of all the
useless folderol of lines, hooks, bait and water. (And fish).

Here are some photos from the most recent event (the 5th Unaugural),
earlier this month:

http://hok.smugmug.com/gallery/2806294#149827229
http://www.smallsolar.org/BTH/Unaugural/
http://Peter-T.smugmug.com

There's even a FAQ, here:
http://tinyurl.com/2mlbzo

Hoping to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, in 2008!


BTH

[bikerbetty]

"BT Humble" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> as well.
>
> In short, the Unaugural is an annual gathering of aus.moto people in a
> paddock on my farmlet near Tarago, NSW. Weather permitting, we have a
> bonfire of sufficient size to provide a reasonable simulation of
> Armageddon. There is overnight camping, awards for various
> achievements (such as longest distance travelled to attend), and much
> drinking of alcohol and telling of lies.
>
> Think of it as the best parts of fishing, once one gets rid of all the
> useless folderol of lines, hooks, bait and water. (And fish).
>
> Here are some photos from the most recent event (the 5th Unaugural),
> earlier this month:
>
> http://hok.smugmug.com/gallery/2806294#149827229
> http://www.smallsolar.org/BTH/Unaugural/
> http://Peter-T.smugmug.com
>
> There's even a FAQ, here:
> http://tinyurl.com/2mlbzo
>
> Hoping to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, in 2008!
>
>
> BTH

Wouldn't miss it for the world, BTH!!! ( I know the way there now, despite
your crappy directions <giggle> and won't miss the turn-off next time, ha
ha, PLUS - the Unaugural was seriously the best 'rally-intro' that someone
like me could ever have had! It was fantastic - people I sort of knew....
not too far from home.... felt safe and fantastic, and I had a ball! Thank
you so much - BTH & Minx are fab hosts!!!!!

betty

[Marty H]

On May 24, 8:31 pm, BT Humble > wrote:
> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> as well.
>



please tell me Lycra is banned...

mh

[Aeek]

On 24 May 2007 05:53:20 -0700, Marty H > wrote:

>please tell me Lycra is banned...

no difference from leathers.

[smack]

Too early to pike?

[Peter]

> Wouldn't miss it for the world, BTH!!! ( I know the way there now,
> despite your crappy directions <giggle> and won't miss the turn-off
> next time, ha ha, PLUS - the Unaugural was seriously the best
> 'rally-intro' that someone like me could ever have had! It was
> fantastic - people I sort of knew.... not too far from home.... felt
> safe and fantastic, and I had a ball! Thank you so much - BTH & Minx
> are fab hosts!!!!!
>
> betty
>
>



I agree on all points BB and have made a note in my calander so as to be
able to organise the following week off and not wake everyone with an early
departure.

On the Sunday, May the 4th be with you.

:-P

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.motorcycles on 24 May 2007 05:53:20 -0700
Marty H > wrote:
> On May 24, 8:31 pm, BT Humble > wrote:
>> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>>
>> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
>> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
>> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
>> as well.
>
> please tell me Lycra is banned...

Only on the motorcyclists.

Zebee

[Theo Bekkers]

BT Humble wrote:
> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo,

May is an awkward time for me, nothing happening that would get me two weeks
away from home, the minimum time I would need to attend. And I've been in
aus.bicycle for ten years or more, not a recent blow-in like you and Zebee.
:-)

Theo

[BT Humble]

smack wrote:
> Too early to pike?

Yes, I'm afraid so. The accepted technique is to say you'll be
attending right up until the day before, then either claim a
mechanical fault (like, for example, losing the key to the shed door)
prevents your attendance, or just not turn up at all and keep a low
aus.moto profile for a couple of weeks.

You're an old hand at that kind of thing, I shouldn't need to tell
YOU! ;-)


BTH

[BT Humble]

Marty H wrote:
> On May 24, 8:31 pm, BT Humble > wrote:
>
> > The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> > Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> > aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> > forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> > as well.
>
> please tell me Lycra is banned...

Don't worry Marty, when your dick drops off from riding a 250 wearing
lycra makes it grow back!


BTH

[BT Humble]

Aeek wrote:
> On 24 May 2007 05:53:20 -0700, Marty H > wrote:
>
> >please tell me Lycra is banned...
>
> no difference from leathers.

Apart from the abrasion resistance, density, flammability and chemical
composition, by Jove you're right! ;-)


BTH

[Bean Long]

BT Humble wrote:
> Aeek wrote:
>> On 24 May 2007 05:53:20 -0700, Marty H > wrote:
>>
>>> please tell me Lycra is banned...
>> no difference from leathers.
>
> Apart from the abrasion resistance, density, flammability and chemical
> composition, by Jove you're right! ;-)
>
>
> BTH
>
>
If lycra is banned I might not be up for that longest distance ridden
award! I can't do that distance without lycra!!! :-)

--
Bean


Remove "yourfinger" before replying

[BT Humble]

Theo Bekkers wrote:
> BT Humble wrote:
> > The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> > Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> > aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo,
>
> May is an awkward time for me, nothing happening that would get me two weeks
> away from home, the minimum time I would need to attend. And I've been in
> aus.bicycle for ten years or more, not a recent blow-in like you and Zebee.
> :-)

Oh, so you're the squatter saying that your claim to the land is
validated by your longer tenancy now? ;-)


BTH

[Marty H]

On May 25, 8:29 am, BT Humble > wrote:
> Marty H wrote:
> > On May 24, 8:31 pm, BT Humble > wrote:
>
> > > The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> > > Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> > > aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> > > forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> > > as well.
>
> > please tell me Lycra is banned...
>
> Don't worry Marty, when your dick drops off from riding a 250 wearing
> lycra makes it grow back!


I thought 1000cc made it grow back...

thats what salesman told me

mh

[Theo Bekkers]

BT Humble wrote:
> Theo Bekkers wrote:

>> And I've been in aus.bicycle for ten years or more, not a recent
>> blow-in like you and Zebee. :-)
>
> Oh, so you're the squatter saying that your claim to the land is
> validated by your longer tenancy now? ;-)

Well, it worked for some of our early settlers. Australian that is, not
aus.bicycles.

Theo

[BT Humble]

Marty H wrote:
> On May 25, 8:29 am, BT Humble > wrote:
> > Don't worry Marty, when your dick drops off from riding a 250 wearing
> > lycra makes it grow back!
>
> I thought 1000cc made it grow back...
>
> thats what salesman told me

Nah, riding a 1000cc just means that you don't notice its absence any
more.


BTH

[Iain Chalmers]

In article . com>,
BT Humble > wrote:

> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> as well.

No giving them the "longest distance per cc" award tho!

(I think you might want to make a whole pile of "hard luck" trophies so
you can give one to everybody who pedals in!)

big (known to lurk in a.b...)

--
"Everything you love, everything meaningful with depth and history,
all passionate authentic experiences will be appropriated, mishandled,
watered down, cheapened, repackaged, marketed and sold to the people
you hate." Mr Jalopy quoting Hooptyrides (on jalopyjunktown.com)

[BT Humble]

Iain Chalmers wrote:
> In article . com>,
> BT Humble > wrote:
>
> > Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> > aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> > forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> > as well.
>
> No giving them the "longest distance per cc" award tho!
>
> (I think you might want to make a whole pile of "hard luck" trophies so
> you can give one to everybody who pedals in!)

I made a special "Longest Distance (bicycle)" trophy when Aeek said he
was coming, and then he never turned up!

I had to give it to my nieces and nephew, for their frenetic 2 hours
of riding clapped-out bicycles around the paddock. They liked it,
though. ;-)

http://peter-t.smugmug.com/gallery/2807173#149907714


BTH

[Moike]

BT Humble wrote:
> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> as well.
>
> In short, the Unaugural is an annual gathering of aus.moto people in a
> paddock on my farmlet near Tarago, NSW. Weather permitting, we have a
> bonfire of sufficient size to provide a reasonable simulation of
> Armageddon. There is overnight camping, awards for various
> achievements (such as longest distance travelled to attend), and much
> drinking of alcohol and telling of lies.
>
> Think of it as the best parts of fishing, once one gets rid of all the
> useless folderol of lines, hooks, bait and water. (And fish).
>
> Here are some photos from the most recent event (the 5th Unaugural),
> earlier this month:
>
> http://hok.smugmug.com/gallery/2806294#149827229
> http://www.smallsolar.org/BTH/Unaugural/
> http://Peter-T.smugmug.com
>
> There's even a FAQ, here:
> http://tinyurl.com/2mlbzo
>
> Hoping to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, in 2008!
>
>
> BTH
>
Hmmmmm That creates a dilemma. Do I ride the motorcycle or the bicycle?

I think I might be washing my hair that weekend.

Moike

[Aeek]

On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:34:59 GMT, Moike > wrote:

>Hmmmmm That creates a dilemma. Do I ride the motorcycle or the bicycle?

Ride the bicycle and strap the motorcycle to the rack , or the other
way round if you're not that hard core.

[TimC]

On 2007-05-25, Moike (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> BT Humble wrote:
>> Hoping to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, in 2008!

Hmmm, shall have to investigate when I hook up teh interwebz.

> Hmmmmm That creates a dilemma. Do I ride the motorcycle or the bicycle?
>
> I think I might be washing my hair that weekend.

Zebee, where's your picture of the moto towing the moto? And do you
think it would be trivial for the moto to tow the bicycle?

I tried once to tow a bicycle with my bicycle, but it fell apart
miserably. About 1km in to my 12km trip home. Yep, locked the second
one against a pole, and caught the train next day.

--
TimC
You must realize that the computer has it in for you. The irrefutable
proof of this is that the computer always does what you tell it to do.

[smack]

In that case, I'll definitely be there.

[Alan Pennykid]

But do the cyclists get access to the booth?

Al

"BT Humble" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> The date will be May 3, 2008. Please mark your calendars.
>
> Given the number of aus.motorcycles people who have colonised
> aus.bicycle (Zebee, Theo, Me, Lemmiwinks, Tex, +anyone else I've
> forgotten), it seems only fair to invite the aus.bicycle people along
> as well.
>
> In short, the Unaugural is an annual gathering of aus.moto people in a
> paddock on my farmlet near Tarago, NSW. Weather permitting, we have a
> bonfire of sufficient size to provide a reasonable simulation of
> Armageddon. There is overnight camping, awards for various
> achievements (such as longest distance travelled to attend), and much
> drinking of alcohol and telling of lies.
>
> Think of it as the best parts of fishing, once one gets rid of all the
> useless folderol of lines, hooks, bait and water. (And fish).
>
> Here are some photos from the most recent event (the 5th Unaugural),
> earlier this month:
>
> http://hok.smugmug.com/gallery/2806294#149827229
> http://www.smallsolar.org/BTH/Unaugural/
> http://Peter-T.smugmug.com
>
> There's even a FAQ, here:
> http://tinyurl.com/2mlbzo
>
> Hoping to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, in 2008!
>
>
> BTH
>

[BT Humble]

Alan Pennykid wrote:
> But do the cyclists get access to the booth?

Most bicycles are also painted, Al.


BTH

[bikerbetty]

"The Happy Drunk" > wrote in
message ...
>
> I will be there,........
>
> almost a year should give me heaps of time to think of a piking exuse.

Don't you dare!!!!!

betty