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Message started by LondonThing on 02/26/07 at 16:34:22

Title: Its been a while but im back..... :-)
Post by LondonThing on 02/26/07 at 16:34:22

Hey all, been out of the loop for a year or so now. Just to say Hi again to all and tell you how happy I am coming back onto the forum for the first time and seeing its still alive and kicking :-)... Heres a little Jem to share with you all, I found on ebay and is still for sale...

Savage powered Cafe racer..... cool!

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Post by Greg_650 on 02/26/07 at 21:00:32

Welcome back Govnor...

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Post by georgekathe on 02/26/07 at 21:40:03

spelt & pronounced "Guvnor" Geoff, but nice sentiment. :)

george

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Post by Greg_650 on 02/26/07 at 22:06:17

georgekathe wrote:

spelt & pronounced "Guvnor" Geoff, but nice sentiment. :)

george

Ahhight!

8)

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Post by Rockin_John on 02/26/07 at 23:03:34

LondonThing wrote:

Hi LondonThing,
I'm new since you've last been around. Was there supposed to be a link to the bike in there?

I found this picture a while back:

http://www.catoosatrading.com/images/vehicles/cycles/savage_pics/savage_cafe.jpg

Pretty slick IMHO. Looks like fun huh?

Title: Re: Its been a while but im back..... :-)
Post by georgekathe on 02/27/07 at 14:36:25

goldarn it, Gregg - if I'm gonna correct your English (heavy emphasis on English) I oughta get your name right!

sorry ;D george (I might object to the word limey but I definately come from the place where guvnor is spoken & have the dialect to prove it!)

note I don't say accent - you lot have the accent - we invented the language - you're the lot who screwed it up. tire for tyre, jeeze!

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Post by TVR on 02/27/07 at 15:19:06

georgekathe wrote:

spelt & pronounced "Guvnor" Geoff, but nice sentiment. :)

george

Always thought it was more like "Guvnuh"
But won't argue that point. Rednecks don't understand half of the Queen's English. A friend of mine, who is a Mick, asked me if I wanted a poke. After seeing my expression, he said it was an ice cream cone in Ireland. I was relieved to say the least.

Title: Re: Its been a while but im back..... :-)
Post by georgekathe on 02/27/07 at 22:50:35

never heard an ice cream cone called a poke - must be Irish (who also can't speak English - but then as I'm a cockney neither can I). I always thought a poke was slang for a screw (& not the kind you fix wood together with!) ::)

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Post by Paladin on 02/28/07 at 06:23:25

LondonThing wrote:

Hey all, been out of the loop for a year or so now. Just to say Hi again to all and tell you how happy I am coming back onto the forum....

You were gone? But enough about you, how's the bike doing? Last pictures are from nearly two years ago: http://www.savageriders.com/gallery/London.htm

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Post by TVR on 02/28/07 at 06:31:45

georgekathe wrote:

Thats what I was thinking too.

Title: Re: Its been a while but im back..... :-)
Post by Paladin on 02/28/07 at 06:44:34

A poke, noun, as in a pig in a poke, is a small bag carried as a wallet/purse/catchall. From Anglo-English to Middle English to Southern USA. The dialect of the American South is closer to the Original Middle English than is the Modern English English.

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Post by TVR on 02/28/07 at 08:26:22

Paladin wrote:

Interesting. When I wasn't wild about doing something, I always said it was better than getting "poked in the eye."

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Post by Savage_Rob on 02/28/07 at 10:02:52

TVR wrote:

Interesting. When I wasn't wild about doing something, I always said it was better than getting "poked in the eye."

I've always heard it put as being "better than a sharp stick in the eye".

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Post by Greg_650 on 02/28/07 at 14:30:37

georgekathe wrote:

Wrong agin. It's spelled GEEZ.

:P

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Post by TVR on 02/28/07 at 16:53:16

Savage_Rob wrote:

I've always heard it put as being "better than a sharp stick in the eye".

Yeah, thats what I say too. Just...ohh nevermind

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Post by georgekathe on 02/28/07 at 17:08:22

I might be wrong on Geez, but stand by Guvnor, Gregg! :)

Incidently - very learned & interesting paladin - knew expression pig in a poke (as in buying a pig in a poke" but not the rest of definition. :)

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Post by Savage_Rob on 03/01/07 at 08:47:33

I'd always heard it as "Don't buy a pig in a poke", meaning you shouldn't buy anything sight unseen. I've read it originated in 15th or 16th century England.

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Post by Salad_Shaker on 03/01/07 at 12:05:38

Hm. How does that apply to buying on e-Bay?

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Post by Savage_Rob on 03/01/07 at 12:17:06

Salad_Shaker wrote:

Hm. How does that apply to buying on e-Bay?

No/inadequate photos/description and don't ask questions of the seller... I think that'd be pretty close.