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Apparently there are 24 of them worldwide.

The bloke in this bbc article is riding to them all on an old 78 Honda four.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-67754709

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Re: Belfast

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Can I get in first with something like: “I saw one Belfast and that was too many?”
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Little known fact. There's a Springfield in every U.S. state apparently.
That's why they chose the name for The Simpsons. IIRC
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Re: Belfast

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I thought this thread would be about the Boney M song
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:50 pm I thought this thread would be about the Boney M song
There's a brown ring round his dick, tra la la la la
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:50 pm I thought this thread would be about the Boney M song
I remember that one.

Right loada shit!
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If he wants to take his own bike to Belfast, Australia he will have to clean every last speck of dirt off his bike, even in the most inaccessible places. It will have to be ©SuperWeeksyClean - the Oz Border staff take it very seriously.
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mangocrazy wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:09 pm If he wants to take his own bike to Belfast, Australia he will have to clean every last speck of dirt off his bike, even in the most inaccessible places. It will have to be ©SuperWeeksyClean - the Oz Border staff take it very seriously.
I remember Andy Forrest getting his Time Attack car sent across and he went on about how much a cuntin job it was to get it through customs and keep them sweet.
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wull wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:33 pm
mangocrazy wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:09 pm If he wants to take his own bike to Belfast, Australia he will have to clean every last speck of dirt off his bike, even in the most inaccessible places. It will have to be ©SuperWeeksyClean - the Oz Border staff take it very seriously.
I remember Andy Forrest getting his Time Attack car sent across and he went on about how much a cuntin job it was to get it through customs and keep them sweet.
Yeah, they are absolutely, totally anal about it.
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Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:38 pm Little known fact. There's a Springfield in every U.S. state apparently.
That's why they chose the name for The Simpsons. IIRC
A quick Google says only 34 states have a Springfield, apparently 46 have a Riverside.
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Pirahna wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 6:36 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 5:38 pm Little known fact. There's a Springfield in every U.S. state apparently.
That's why they chose the name for The Simpsons. IIRC
A quick Google says only 34 states have a Springfield, apparently 46 have a Riverside.
Oh well. Was nearly true.
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Re: Belfast

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Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
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MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:33 pm Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
OTOH, we could all sit around at home and explore the world using social media and Wikipedia, euthenase our pets to reduce our carbon footprint, Facetime our families and eat dandelions eh?
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:angry-argument:
Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:51 pm
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:33 pm Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
OTOH, we could all sit around at home and explore the world using social media and Wikipedia, euthenase our pets to reduce our carbon footprint, Facetime our families and eat dandelions eh?
I think it's coming. Probably not as described in such pejorative terms.

But it's something my kids and others from their generation will have to deal with.

It certainly affects my decisions. I don't expect others to do likewise; that's my choice.
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Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:51 pm
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:33 pm Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
OTOH, we could all sit around at home and explore the world using social media and Wikipedia, euthenase our pets to reduce our carbon footprint, Facetime our families and eat dandelions eh?
Any chance of euthanising family members and talking to pets on FaceTime?
If so, I'm in!
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MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:16 pm :angry-argument:
Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:51 pm
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:33 pm Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
OTOH, we could all sit around at home and explore the world using social media and Wikipedia, euthenase our pets to reduce our carbon footprint, Facetime our families and eat dandelions eh?
I think it's coming. Probably not as described in such pejorative terms.

But it's something my kids and others from their generation will have to deal with.

It certainly affects my decisions. I don't expect others to do likewise; that's my choice.
'O brave new world.....' :(

I'm all for cutting out selfish flying for a weekend on the lash etc and vast cargo ships carrying tonnes of cheap disposable tat half way round the world, but chugging around on an old bike having a bit of an adventure seems a minor problem. (If he turns the CH off while he's on his travels he's probably carbon neutral :lol: ).
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Before returning to the States, my USAF mate Garth identified about 30 or 40 such named places in the UK, then travelled around all of them over about 3 weeks.
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Count Steer wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:51 pm
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:33 pm Riding round and round on a silly motorbike for no reason. That's not going to help us achieve Net Zero.

How self indulgent.
OTOH, we could all sit around at home and explore the world using social media and Wikipedia, euthenase our pets to reduce our carbon footprint, Facetime our families and eat dandelions eh?
Don’t eat the stalks.
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Many moons I wrote a sales tax system for an American client. They have over 80,000 tax codes. And some interesting names.
I found some funny ones which I used to test

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Yorick wrote: Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:23 am Many moons I wrote a sales tax system for an American client. They have over 80,000 tax codes. And some interesting names.
I found some funny ones which I used to test

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