You lot think you are old?

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You lot think you are old?

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Getting on a bit,done,finished,washed up?

Time to recalibrate. :thumbup:

The 43rd Classic Motorcycle Racing Register is just around the corner in Pukekohe, and it's joined by a 97-year-old rider who never stopped being young. Video in the link below.


https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/02/01/97-y ... r8tNX0LiIg
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Skub wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:21 pm Getting on a bit,done,finished,washed up?

Time to recalibrate. :thumbup:

The 43rd Classic Motorcycle Racing Register is just around the corner in Pukekohe, and it's joined by a 97-year-old rider who never stopped being young. Video in the link below.
Good for him :)
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It's Bantam not Bantum!
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:43 pm It's Bantam not Bantum!
Down there it'll be pronounced 'Bintim'. Poor country, can only afford one vowel.
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97, so I have another 21 years to go to match him. I'll do my best, but I'm not making any promises
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Horse wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:18 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:43 pm It's Bantam not Bantum!
Down there it'll be pronounced 'Bintim'. Poor country, can only afford one vowel.
I've been practising... "iggs binny"
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Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:22 pm 97, so I have another 21 years to go to match him. I'll do my best, but I'm not making any promises
You is well old Guv! I'm only 73.....

I met Len Vale-Onslow when he must have been 90 or more, he was still riding on the road at 99....
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 10:15 am
Horse wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 1:18 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:43 pm It's Bantam not Bantum!
Down there it'll be pronounced 'Bintim'. Poor country, can only afford one vowel.
I've been practising... "iggs binny"
Talking of which, was on the news that iN Zid has an egg (igg) shortage. When I was out there, they cooked eggs into everything. "Trifle? Have an igg." Well, almost.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64267741
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David wrote:
You is well old Guv! I'm only 73.....
And sometimes I feel it!
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There's a few guys in their 90's who show up at the RockStore, plus an 80yo with a ZH2.
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Horse wrote: Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:10 pm ]

Talking of which, was on the news that iN Zid has an egg (igg) shortage. When I was out there, they cooked eggs into everything. "Trifle? Have an igg." Well, almost.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-64267741
Bird flu?

That's half the breakfast buffet in the average motel up the swanny.
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