Anyone remember Comerfords in Thames Ditton??(reminiscence)

[MP]

Oh yes Comerfords. I worked there for a while but in the early 60s. It was great mixing with loads of well known trials riders and road racers. I was only 16 and in awe of them, I went on to race both Grass track and Road racing.
The Len mentioned from Kingston was I believe Len from Kingston Motocycles, where I also worked for a while. I drove an ancient sidecar combination which we used to collect motorcycles for repair etc. It was hairy and I remember that the brakes did not work well. Just as well it didn't go very fast.
My very first bike was a Brand new BSA C15, that I later traded for a BSA 500 Shooting Star (From Comerfords) I actually raced that bike at the Silverstone 1000 production race, against the likes of Phil Read, Derek Minter and many other of the greats of their time. I was so short of cash that we had to sleep in the pits the night before, it was freezing cold and pouring with rain. On race day the scrutineers said my front tyre did not have enough tread and because I could not afford a new one, they agreed I could turn it round as it was a predominantly a right hand track. Try that today! GREAT TIMES and GREAT MEMORIES.

[SteveL]

Stuff

JHC. How do you manage to dig up an 11 year old post?
That's special that is.

Steve

[YTC#1]

Post by SteveL

Stuff

JHC. How do you manage to dig up an 11 year old post?
That's special that is.

There has been a bit of this going on across NGs recently

[ukrmbot]

Post by MP
Oh yes Comerfords. I worked there for a while but in the early 60s.
It was great mixing with loads of well known trials riders and road
racers. I was only 16 and in awe of them, I went on to race both
Grass track and Road racing. The Len mentioned from Kingston was I
believe Len from Kingston Motocycles, where I also worked for a
while. I drove an ancient sidecar combination which we used to
collect motorcycles for repair etc. It was hairy and I remember that
the brakes did not work well. Just as well it didn't go very fast. My
very first bike was a Brand new BSA C15, that I later traded for a
BSA 500 Shooting Star (From Comerfords) I actually raced that bike at
the Silverstone 1000 production race, against the likes of Phil Read,
Derek Minter and many other of the greats of their time. I was so
short of cash that we had to sleep in the pits the night before, it
was freezing cold and pouring with rain. On race day the scrutineers
said my front tyre did not have enough tread and because I could not
afford a new one, they agreed I could turn it round as it was a
predominantly a right hand track. Try that today! GREAT TIMES and
GREAT MEMORIES.

Shameless re-post from Ixieland, but aposite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0LnNP7mw7XY#at=236

Phil Read is in this, but Mike "the bike" Hailwood did the business.
I hate Mallory park.

Cheerz,

Rod

[ukrmbot]

8<...

Rod

Hrrm, missing a p & I can't even spell my own name right. Shoot
me down in flames. Time I hit the pit methinks.

Cheerz,

Rob

[Mitch]

Very fond memories; collected my spanking new orange RD200DX from there on a
sunny day in 1976. Nervous as hell as everyone was watching but did'nt stall
it! The size of the place was jaw dropping, each room had perhaps a hundred
or more bikes and there were I think three rooms. A sad loss.

[Mike Headon]

Post by Mitch
Very fond memories; collected my spanking new orange RD200DX from there on a
sunny day in 1976. Nervous as hell as everyone was watching but did'nt stall
it! The size of the place was jaw dropping, each room had perhaps a hundred
or more bikes and there were I think three rooms. A sad loss.

I bought a 350 Ajay from them. When I got it home I found it was a 500
and had to pay extra insurance!
Pride and Clarke, Brixton was also a great place for nosying around.

[Eiron]

Post by Mike Headon
Pride and Clarke, Brixton was also a great place for nosying around.

http://goo.gl/maps/SjYPc
or
http://www.realclassic.co.uk/opinionfiles/opinion07053100.html

[Ace]

On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 08:49:31 +0100, Mike Headon

Post by Mike Headon
I bought a 350 Ajay from them. When I got it home I found it was a 500
and had to pay extra insurance!

British build quality - someone fitted the wrong motor. Of course,
there was some other poor sap riding round on a 500 that never quite
gave the top speed quoted...

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Ace
British build quality - someone fitted the wrong motor. Of course,
there was some other poor sap riding round on a 500 that never quite
gave the top speed quoted...

<G>

[PipL]

Post by Ace
British build quality - someone fitted the wrong motor. Of course,
there was some other poor sap riding round on a 500 that never quite
gave the top speed quoted...

At a guess, 90% of the motorcycling public woud have suffered a similkar
problem.

[s***@yahoo.com]

Post by PipL

Post by Ace
British build quality - someone fitted the wrong motor. Of course,
there was some other poor sap riding round on a 500 that never quite
gave the top speed quoted...

At a guess, 90% of the motorcycling public woud have suffered a similkar
problem.
--
Pip

In spring of 1971, my brother and I came from the states to travel Europe. We had designated London to find a shop to buy a couple bikes to use for a couple months. We had a motorcycle magazine published in the states that had an advertisement from Comerfords. We ended up buying a couple new BSA 250's. Mine was the Victor and my brother got the Gold Star. We had them set up and came back to get them. Drove them into London where we were staying at a B & B near Victoria Station, then shortly left for the continent. We put 4,500 miles on those bikes before returning to Comerfords. They were crated and shipped to the states where I met them in Chicago. I still have all the paperwork as well as the bikes. I think of that whole adventure very fondly and with a few chills brought on by a couple close calls in the Alps. Sorry to hear Comerfords is no longer there.

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by s***@yahoo.com
Sorry to hear Comerfords is no longer there.

Went down in the late 1970s/early 1980s, IIRC.

They were a big dirt bike dealer.

[l***@gmail.com]

Comerfords is now CI Sport in Leatherhead

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by s***@yahoo.com
Sorry to hear Comerfords is no longer there.

Went down in the late 1970s/early 1980s, IIRC.
They were a big dirt bike dealer.
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Honda CB750F2 CB400 Four CB250 CB125Sx2 CG125 Triumph Street
Triple Guzzi California Yamaha 660 Tenere Suzuki TS250ERx3
More garages needed....
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

[m***@gmail.com]

Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

[YTC#1]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

[jeremy]

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

Why the harsh & disbelieving response?

[YTC#1]

Post by jeremy

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

Why the harsh & disbelieving response?

UKRM mode

And the spelling pissed me off :-)

[Eddie]

Post by YTC#1

Post by jeremy
Why the harsh & disbelieving response?

UKRM mode
And the spelling pissed me off :-)

That's a bit ruff, isn't it?

[Colin Irvine]

Post by Eddie

Post by YTC#1

Post by jeremy
Why the harsh & disbelieving response?

UKRM mode
And the spelling pissed me off :-)

That's a bit ruff, isn't it?

I'm sure the internet police will feel his collar.

[Mark Olson]

Post by Eddie

Post by YTC#1

Post by jeremy
Why the harsh & disbelieving response?

UKRM mode
And the spelling pissed me off :-)

That's a bit ruff, isn't it?

<applause>

[Mike Fleming]

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

[YTC#1]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

[Mike Fleming]

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

[Thomas]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.

Squier is a brand owned by Fender and it's spelt Squier. Most of the
time, it gets spelt "Squire", including by people who are selling
their beloved instruments and only have to read it off the headstock.

[YTC#1]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

Yes.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender and it's spelt Squier. Most of the
time, it gets spelt "Squire", including by people who are selling
their beloved instruments and only have to read it off the headstock.

Ta.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

Yes.

Ah, that's OK, I was wondering whether I'd been whooshed or you had.

[YTC#1]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the bike
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

Yes.

Ah, that's OK, I was wondering whether I'd been whooshed or you had.

I'm always whooshed

[Thomas]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with

a

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by m***@gmail.com
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

No, and I doubt you worked there either, as you can't spell the

bike

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by YTC#1
name correctly

90% of guitarists and bassists who own Squiers can't spell the name
correctly. Mind you, the ones who don't own them can spell it, so
perhaps that just says something about the IQs of Squier owners.

Whoosh

I'm sorry, do I need to explain that more slowly?

I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender brand
guitars. Same diff.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender brand
guitars. Same diff.

No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.
But I doubt that French-made Brough Superiors will be more desirable
than British-made Brough Superiors though.

[Thomas]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender brand
guitars. Same diff.

No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cost of a
Squier.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender brand
guitars. Same diff.

No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cost of a
Squier.

A Japanese Squier? JV Strats go for about double the price of MIM
Strats.

Like I said, it gets complicated.

[Thomas]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:53:49 -0700, Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier

is a knockoff.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender

brand guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cost of a
Squier.

A Japanese Squier?

Yes.

Post by Mike Fleming
Like I said, it gets complicated.

It really isn't.

From Squier's web page:
http://www.squierguitars.com/about/

"Squier is the launching pad for beginners"

"by 1982 the Squier name had resurfaced as a low-cost "value brand"
alternative"

"over the past 25 years, its main focus and most successful approach has
always been to be the "value brand" alternative to its big brother,
Fender."

Even MIM Fenders, which are played by many professionals and are far
better instruments.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:53:49 -0700, Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier

is a knockoff.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender

brand guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cost of a
Squier.

A Japanese Squier?

Yes.

You do know that Squiers haven't been made in Japan for decades, don't
you? Korean, Indonesian and Chinese Squiers aren't as highly valued.

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming
Like I said, it gets complicated.

It really isn't.
http://www.squierguitars.com/about/
"Squier is the launching pad for beginners"
"by 1982 the Squier name had resurfaced as a low-cost "value brand"
alternative"
"over the past 25 years, its main focus and most successful approach has
always been to be the "value brand" alternative to its big brother,
Fender."
Even MIM Fenders, which are played by many professionals and are far
better instruments.

You really don't know much about Squiers, do you? Stick to drums.

[Thomas]

On Sun, 05 Jun 2016 03:43:19 -0700, Mike Fleming <{mike}@tauzero.co.uk> =
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Post by Mike Fleming

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Post by Mike Fleming

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:53:49 -0700, Mike Fleming

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Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squ=

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Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

is a knockoff.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fende=

r

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

brand guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for =

example.

Post by Mike Fleming

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cos=

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Post by Mike Fleming
of a

Post by Mike Fleming

Squier.

A Japanese Squier?

Yes.

You do know that Squiers haven't been made in Japan for decades, don't=
you? Korean, Indonesian and Chinese Squiers aren't as highly valued.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
Like I said, it gets complicated.

It really isn't.
http://www.squierguitars.com/about/
"Squier is the launching pad for beginners"
"by 1982 the Squier name had resurfaced as a low-cost "value brand"
alternative"
"over the past 25 years, its main focus and most successful approach =

has

Post by Mike Fleming
always been to be the "value brand" alternative to its big brother,
Fender."
Even MIM Fenders, which are played by many professionals and are far
better instruments.

You really don't know much about Squiers, do you? Stick to drums.

I only know what pros, dealers, and Squier themselves tell me:

"Squier is the launching pad for beginners, pointing intermediate and =

advancing guitarists toward their ultimate goal=E2=80=94owning a Fender!=
"

If you paid as much for yours as any comparable Fender model, you were =

hoodwinked.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

On Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:07:01 -0700, Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

On Fri, 03 Jun 2016 13:53:49 -0700, Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier

is a knockoff.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender

brand guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for

example.

Post by Mike Fleming

Not over here, they're not. Mexican Strats are about twice the cost

of a

Post by Mike Fleming

Squier.

A Japanese Squier?

Yes.

You do know that Squiers haven't been made in Japan for decades, don't
you? Korean, Indonesian and Chinese Squiers aren't as highly valued.

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Mike Fleming
Like I said, it gets complicated.

It really isn't.
http://www.squierguitars.com/about/
"Squier is the launching pad for beginners"
"by 1982 the Squier name had resurfaced as a low-cost "value brand"
alternative"
"over the past 25 years, its main focus and most successful approach has
always been to be the "value brand" alternative to its big brother,
Fender."
Even MIM Fenders, which are played by many professionals and are far
better instruments.

You really don't know much about Squiers, do you? Stick to drums.

"Squier is the launching pad for beginners, pointing intermediate and
advancing guitarists toward their ultimate goal—owning a Fender!"

Then you know only a tiny part. Have you actually read anything of
what I've written? Japanese Squiers aren't made any more. The way to
compare desirability, therefore, is to look at the second-hand market,
where Japanses Squiers go for about twice the price of MIM Fenders.

Post by Thomas
If you paid as much for yours as any comparable Fender model, you were
hoodwinked.

Why on earth would I want to buy such dull crap as Fenders or Squiers?

[w***@gmail.com]

I worked in motorcycle sales at Comerfords in Thames Ditton in the 60s safely its a Ford car distributor now. Do you remember Bert Thorne, Peter Wilson, Don Howlett as the main sales people. It was a pleasure to be able to ride bikes like the BSA Gold star up and down the Portsmouth road. Great memories.
Pete Ward.

[ogden]

Post by w***@gmail.com
I worked in motorcycle sales at Comerfords in Thames Ditton in the 60s
safely its a Ford car distributor now. Do you remember Bert Thorne,
Peter Wilson, Don Howlett as the main sales people.

I'd have to ask my grandparents, but they're all dead.

[boots]

Post by w***@gmail.com
I worked in motorcycle sales at Comerfords in Thames Ditton in the 60s safely its a Ford car distributor now. Do you remember Bert Thorne, Peter Wilson, Don Howlett as the main sales people. It was a pleasure to be able to ride bikes like the BSA Gold star up and down the Portsmouth road. Great memories.
Pete Ward.

Zombie thread revival time, this one goes back to 2002

[YTC#1]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
I think what need to explain to a non-musician is that a Squier is a
knockoff.

No it isn't.
Squier is a brand owned by Fender

OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender brand
guitars. Same diff.

No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

How is it pronounced ?

[Krusty]

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender

brand >> guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

How is it pronounced ?

Like sit but without the s.

[YTC#1]

Post by Krusty

Post by Mike Fleming

Post by Thomas
OK, so it's not a knockoff, it's just a cheapo version of Fender

brand >> guitars. Same diff.

Post by Mike Fleming
No it's not. It's far more complicated than that. Japanese-made
Squiers are more desirable than made-in-Mexico Fenders, for example.

How is it pronounced ?

Like sit but without the s.

Constantinople ?

[Krusty]

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why are
you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that post in
the first place?

[Champ]

On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:06:00 -0000 (UTC), "Krusty"

Post by Krusty

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why are
you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that post in
the first place?

14 year old? No - it looks to me like th original was from May 29,
2014 and therefore 2 years old.

Your question still stands, of course

[Krusty]

Post by Champ
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:06:00 -0000 (UTC), "Krusty"

Post by Krusty

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why
are you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that
post in the first place?

14 year old? No - it looks to me like th original was from May 29,
2014 and therefore 2 years old.

That was the last post in the thread[1]. The original, & the post he
replied to, was October 2002.

[1] It was previously revived in 2013.

[ts]

Post by Krusty

Post by Champ
On Fri, 3 Jun 2016 12:06:00 -0000 (UTC), "Krusty"

Post by Krusty

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why
are you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that
post in the first place?

14 year old? No - it looks to me like th original was from May 29,
2014 and therefore 2 years old.

That was the last post in the thread[1]. The original, & the post he
replied to, was October 2002.

He probably googled for Comerfords, and was too happy to find a
discussion about that dealer to notice the age of the post. Which in
this case is less significant, since the thread was about a long gone
dealership. Can't see anything wrong with that.

Worse with replies to equally old threads like "where can I park for
free in Westminster".

[YTC#1]

Post by Krusty

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why are
you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that post in
the first place?

I apologise, I didn't read all the headers correctly

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Krusty

Post by m***@gmail.com
Hi yea I worked there around 66/67 great place had a museum with a
Bruff Superior and some great trials riders. Good memories.

I always ask the question when this happens as I'm genuinely
interested, but never get a reply. I'll keep on trying though: why are
you responding to a 14 year old post, & how did you find that post in
the first place?

Webfoot TV?

[t***@btinternet.com]

Hi
(A story of an older biker coming back to the fold...)
Ahhh, October, and thoughts returning to me of when I was a
bright-eyed 15 yr old despearte to get onto a moped and took the
shittiest of saturday jobs to save religeously for a new Yamaha
FS1E...
My local dealers were Comerfords at Thames Ditton Surrey, (or a small
place in Shepperton or Len somebody or other in Kingston...?) Anyone
remember Comerfords though?
Always made me laugh, on my log book DVLC had them down as
Comes Loads...!
Anyway, those countless Sundays spent cycling 12 miles just to press
nose against window to oggle the rows of bikes (no Sunday trading
then!) and to check out the bikers as they lined up to check each
other out as they passed by the place...
Got the old FS1E in Oct when (finally as after a lifetime) reached 16
in 1974 (Blackcurrant metallic) £180 otr. Looked after it and sold it
for £190 a year later - yes, £10 profit - and it was fully used it
as I passed Moped test on it and carried loadsa mates about on back.
Went on to a Yamaha RD200 Twin... £395.00 otr from same place. Blue,
MkII decals. Wow, what a little burner... Loved it to bits and started
to hunger then for an RD350... But in meantime, had to start full
time work in Kingston (International Paint on Richmond Rd) and those
cold and wet mornings stuck in Kingston traffic did me in. Started
looking for a cheap Reliant Supervan III to use for commuting on bad
weather days as could run off bike licence, (and keep bike) but they
were silly money then - even if yonks old. In end, my Dad helped do a
deal with the Honda Car side of 'Come Loads' and I bought a 30K miler,
1 yr old ex demo Honda Civic 1200 for £1050 and had to sell the RD200
but got £365... to a bloke who wanted to tour Aus on it!
18 months later sold Civic £1200 and bought a new MGB Roadster -
Black. Still have that but only 30k on clock as has been
'fairweatherd' off over the years. So the spirit of my Bikes is in my
MG at least.
But recently moved more rurally and was to get a little Suzuki 4x4,
but with the markets down and low interest on my savings, having to
postpone that and keep my late Father's old Citroen BX 120k+ miler a
bit longer, But need to be more economic as further away from the town
and the BX only does 27mpg... and spits expensive hydralic at every
chance...
Looked at electric bicycles and in search saw a Puch Maxi Super for
£799 new and it got me looking at those scooters... led to considering
an Indian Vespa import at £1049 (with gears!) but now seriously
considering going off to buy a new Hysosung Cruise II at £1449 as they
will not only accept it on a credit card but I can get 0% for 6 months
on the card option too...
So, back to the biking world albeit in moderation, but a 125 with a
MPG of about 90 is better than walking/cycling or any scooter you
could put in front of me... If only I had not got rid of all my gear
over the years... or that lovely RD200
Oh well, just a tale to hopefully keep you all amused...
See you about sometime maybe?
MG

I bought my Tanon inSept `955 engine always went well but bloody bikes brakes were a problem. nibble kept coming of the rear brake cable Glad to see it go at 17 bought my first Triumph tiger 100 then on to my pride and joy the wondeful thunderband. Wish I still had it Tony Payne

[boots]

Post by t***@btinternet.com

Hi

I bought my Tanon inSept `955 engine always went well but bloody bikes

brakes were a problem. nibble kept coming of the rear brake cable Glad to see
it go at 17 bought my first Triumph tiger 100 then on to my pride and joy the
wondeful thunderband. Wish I still had it Tony Payne
WTF the thread that doesn't die, last resurrected a year ago.

[Brownz (via Gurgle Gruppez)]

Post by t***@btinternet.com

Post by t***@btinternet.com

Hi

I bought my Tanon inSept `955 engine always went well but bloody bikes

brakes were a problem. nibble kept coming of the rear brake cable Glad to see
it go at 17 bought my first Triumph tiger 100 then on to my pride and joy the
wondeful thunderband. Wish I still had it Tony Payne
WTF the thread that doesn't die, last resurrected a year ago.

.... and so it should be.

Old threads never die, they just archive.

I wonder if the OP is dead ?

[t***@gmail.com]

You are going back some. Used to pass their plAce every day going to school in Kingston. Long story short via Canada to South Carolina. Used to have a BSA Bantam as a teen and tear up the blacktop to Esher

Tony Lilley
Easley, South Carolina

[boots]

Post by t***@gmail.com
You are going back some. Used to pass their plAce every day going to school in Kingston. Long story short via Canada to South Carolina. Used to have a BSA Bantam as a teen and tear up the blacktop to Esher

Bloody hell the thread that will not die, hello and welcome to 2002 again and
again and again...

[ogden]

Post by boots
Bloody hell the thread that will not die, hello and welcome to 2002 again and
again and again...

It won't die until the nostalgic old gimmers do too.

[Mike Headon]

Post by ogden

Post by boots
Bloody hell the thread that will not die, hello and welcome to 2002 again and
again and again...

It won't die until the nostalgic old gimmers do too.

Yes, I contributed to this thread the last time round. I am a nostalgic
old gimmer for sure - combined age of bike and rider 130.

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Mike Headon
es, I contributed to this thread the last time round. I am a nostalgic
old gimmer for sure - combined age of bike and rider 130.

That'll be the R850R you'll be talking about, then.

[Mike Headon]

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Mike Headon
es, I contributed to this thread the last time round. I am a nostalgic
old gimmer for sure - combined age of bike and rider 130.

That'll be the R850R you'll be talking about, then.

Ehh? You'll have to speak up! I'm 110, you know.
In fact, the oilhead will be VMCC eligible in 5 years.

[t***@gmail.com]

Sup' Bitches

[Brownz (via Gurgle Gruppez)]

Post by Mike Headon

Post by ogden

Post by boots
Bloody hell the thread that will not die, hello and welcome to 2002 again and
again and again...

It won't die until the nostalgic old gimmers do too.

Yes, I contributed to this thread the last time round. I am a nostalgic
old gimmer for sure - combined age of bike and rider 130.

http://www.dignitas.ch/?lang=en

HTH....

[g***@hotmail.com]

I bought an AJS trials bike from them in 1970. I actually used it as a road bike to ride from Farnham in Surrey to Chertsey, where I was a fireman. I loved The Bultaco TSS350 they had on display. I think it was the same one I bought from a well known "dodgy dealer" and raced many years later. I swapped the AJS for a Triumph Formula Cub race bike in 1971 to a man from Cambourne called Lloyd Watson.

[Reg and Mo Bull]

Post by g***@hotmail.com
I bought an AJS trials bike from them in 1970. I actually used it as a road bike to ride from Farnham in Surrey to Chertsey, where I was a fireman. I loved The Bultaco TSS350 they had on display. I think it was the same one I bought from a well known "dodgy dealer" and raced many years later. I swapped the AJS for a Triumph Formula Cub race bike in 1971 to a man from Cambourne called Lloyd Watson.

I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957. I bought my third motorbike from Comerfords a Norton Dominator then eventually part exchanged it for an Issetta "bubble car" brightly coloured yellow.

[Turby]

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

[Mark Olson]

Post by Turby

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

[wessie]

Post by Mark Olson

Post by Turby

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

oh, look, a duffer off

[Gyp]

Post by wessie

Post by Mark Olson

Post by Turby

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

[boots]

Post by Gyp

Post by wessie

Post by Mark Olson

Post by Turby

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

When did it stop?

[Eddie]

Post by boots

Post by Gyp

Post by wessie
oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

When did it stop?

About the time Auvache died, I think.

[YTC#1]

Post by Eddie

Post by boots

Post by Gyp

Post by wessie
oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

When did it stop?

About the time Auvache died, I think.

Harsh , but ....

[Stephen Packer]

Post by Eddie

Post by boots

Post by Gyp

Post by wessie
oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

When did it stop?

About the time Auvache died, I think.

Only a minor respite.

The stench of urine has been increasing over the last five years.

[WUN]

Post by Eddie

Post by boots

Post by Gyp

Post by wessie
oh, look, a duffer off

Has UKRM started to smell of wee?

When did it stop?

About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

[Kevin]

Post by WUN

Post by Eddie
About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

Time flies.

I'd had a couple of exchanges with Steve on here but hardly knew him at
all. I'm still trying to work out how I, and a couple of other other
UKRM reprobates, ended up carrying him in to the crematorium.

I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

[Ben Blaney]

Post by Kevin
I'd had a couple of exchanges with Steve on here but hardly knew him at
all. I'm still trying to work out how I, and a couple of other other
UKRM reprobates, ended up carrying him in to the crematorium.

Thanks for doing that. I wasn't able to get to his funeral.

Post by Kevin
I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

Blimey, he must have packed on weight then, because last time I saw him he was about 8 stone, I'd guess. Not notably tall, was Steve, and he was proud of his svelte physique (he posted many times about how the women of the world were in awe of his magnificent posterior).

Truth is, coffins are heavy.

[Kevin]

Post by Ben Blaney

Post by Kevin
I'd had a couple of exchanges with Steve on here but hardly knew him at
all. I'm still trying to work out how I, and a couple of other other
UKRM reprobates, ended up carrying him in to the crematorium.

Thanks for doing that. I wasn't able to get to his funeral.

Post by Kevin
I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

Blimey, he must have packed on weight then, because last time I saw him he was about 8 stone, I'd guess. Not notably tall, was Steve, and he was proud of his svelte physique (he posted many times about how the women of the world were in awe of his magnificent posterior).
Truth is, coffins are heavy.

[nods] They are indeed. By 'He' I meant the weight we were carrying.
There was nothing left of my brother once the cancer had taken him apart
but 'he' was still heavy when we carried him in.

On a lighter note, L just asked me why I was laughing and it was your
comment in brackets which I don't remember Steve posting.

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Ben Blaney
Truth is, coffins are heavy.

I help carry a friend's a few years ago. Crem. He'd stipulated a basket
weave one, for which we were all profoundly grateful.

Coffins and crems: many present here will know Niall Rowan, and that
he's a pro fire tester.

Anyway, he once had to fire test a coffin designed for crems. All the
handles and fripperies are made of plastics and the like, painted to
look like brass and other metals, and the test was to make certain they
don't give off too much (or any) toxic fumes when they burn.

So the test was duly done, the fumes measured, and Niall submitted a
report (it passed!) to the coffin maker, detailing so many ppm of CO2,
so many ppm of soot, so many ppm of other gases, etc etc, and got a call
from the coffin maker asking what 'ppm' meant.

"Parts per million," replied Niall, smoothly.

"Oh!" quoth the coffin maker. "I thought it stood for 'Parts Per Man'."

[YTC#1]

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Ben Blaney
Truth is, coffins are heavy.

I help carry a friend's a few years ago. Crem. He'd stipulated a basket
weave one, for which we were all profoundly grateful.

I've done 3.
And I was shocked at how light they where.
Especially my dad's.

So I can only assume someone is dumping lead in everyone elses.

Post by The Older Gentleman
Coffins and crems: many present here will know Niall Rowan, and that
he's a pro fire tester.
Anyway, he once had to fire test a coffin designed for crems. All the
handles and fripperies are made of plastics and the like, painted to
look like brass and other metals, and the test was to make certain they
don't give off too much (or any) toxic fumes when they burn.
So the test was duly done, the fumes measured, and Niall submitted a
report (it passed!) to the coffin maker, detailing so many ppm of CO2,
so many ppm of soot, so many ppm of other gases, etc etc, and got a call
from the coffin maker asking what 'ppm' meant.
"Parts per million," replied Niall, smoothly.
"Oh!" quoth the coffin maker. "I thought it stood for 'Parts Per Man'."

Sexist undertaker.

[Turby]

Post by YTC#1

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Ben Blaney
Truth is, coffins are heavy.

I help carry a friend's a few years ago. Crem. He'd stipulated a basket
weave one, for which we were all profoundly grateful.

I've done 3.
And I was shocked at how light they where.
Especially my dad's.
So I can only assume someone is dumping lead in everyone elses.

Gold. Trying to take it with them.

[Pipl]

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Ben Blaney
Truth is, coffins are heavy.

I help carry a friend's a few years ago. Crem. He'd stipulated a basket
weave one, for which we were all profoundly grateful.

So long as the corpse doesn't drip...

[Stephen Packer]

Post by Pipl

Post by The Older Gentleman
I help carry a friend's a few years ago. Crem. He'd stipulated a basket
weave one, for which we were all profoundly grateful.

So long as the corpse doesn't drip...

My grandfather, allegedly, used to help an undertaker from time to time
when he was a young man. On one occasion there was a corpse to
move from a bedroom, down a narrow spiral staircase. After a little
thought the conclusion was that the only way to move in the confined
space was slung over my grandfather's shoulder.

As my grandfather carried the corpse down the stairs... the corpse
farted. My grandfather's view was 'if he had enough life to do that,
the dirty bugger had enough life to walk down the stairs on his own'.

In his youth my grandfather was a motorcyclist having owned at least
Rudge and Douglas models (at least these are the ones I've a memory
of him talking about).

[Turby]

Post by Stephen Packer
My grandfather, allegedly, used to help an undertaker from time to time
when he was a young man. On one occasion there was a corpse to
move from a bedroom, down a narrow spiral staircase. After a little
thought the conclusion was that the only way to move in the confined
space was slung over my grandfather's shoulder.
As my grandfather carried the corpse down the stairs... the corpse
farted. My grandfather's view was 'if he had enough life to do that,
the dirty bugger had enough life to walk down the stairs on his own'.

I had a buddy in the army whose family owned a mortuary. The prep room
was in the basement. He talked about being down there alone, working on
a body, when the corpse on the next table would suddenly sit up.
Apparently, bodies that have been in a contorted position for a while
are difficult to keep supine. That alone would keep me out of the
profession.

[Champ]

Post by Turby
I had a buddy in the army whose family owned a mortuary. The prep room
was in the basement. He talked about being down there alone, working on
a body, when the corpse on the next table would suddenly sit up.
Apparently, bodies that have been in a contorted position for a while
are difficult to keep supine. That alone would keep me out of the
profession.

Fuck sake! Me too!

[boots]

Post by Turby
I had a buddy in the army whose family owned a mortuary. The prep room
was in the basement. He talked about being down there alone, working on
a body, when the corpse on the next table would suddenly sit up.
Apparently, bodies that have been in a contorted position for a while
are difficult to keep supine. That alone would keep me out of the
profession.

When I first went to work for what was the Post Office Telephones one of the
guys had an apprentice with him. The usual score was once you were sure they
were at least 1/2 competent was send them off to do jobs on their own and to
call for help if they struggles. They were at the hospital and the apprentice
was duly dispatched to sort out a problem on the extension in the mortuary and
given directions of the the long way to get there. They guy training him then
rushed there by a shorter route so he could be on a trolley under a sheet. How
the fuck he didn't give the apprentice a heart attack...

[jeremy]

In article <rmb0up$340$***@gioia.aioe.org>, ***@millhouse-
communications.co.uk says...

Post by boots
They guy training him then
rushed there by a shorter route so he could be on a trolley under a sheet.

brilliant!

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by boots
They guy training him then
rushed there by a shorter route so he could be on a trolley under a sheet.

<Applause>

[WUN]

Post by Kevin
I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

That was me. I had a dodgy shoulder at the time and I was worried I'd drop him.

[Alan]

Post by WUN

Post by Kevin
I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

That was me. I had a dodgy shoulder at the time and I was worried I'd drop him.

But, it would have been so funny.

[Champ]

Post by Alan

Post by WUN

Post by Kevin
I remember one of us got out of it by pleading a bad back and I should
have said the same as I do have a bad back and he was heavy!

That was me. I had a dodgy shoulder at the time and I was worried I'd drop him.

But, it would have been so funny.

And now I'm put in mind of this
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[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Champ
And now I'm put in mind of this

I knew exactly what that cartoon was gong to be before I clicked on it.
And I still chuckled.

Do old-skool bike rallies still happen (well, OK, not right now, for all
the Covid reasons)? And where does one find out where and when?

I haven't been to a proper rally for at least 20 years, apart from the
Elefant, of course.

That was especially memorable for:

Platy crashing Bonwick's outfit on the way down.

Hog breaking his ankle and not discovering it until he'd got back to
York.

Sweller slashing his hand open on a barbed wire fence and trying to
organise a WW1 Christmas Day re-enactment of a footie match in the snow
with a bunch of Germans.

Steve Loukes deciding it was too cold, in the middle of the night, to
venture out to the khazi and so he shat into a Sainsbury's carrier bag
instead and then dumped the deep frozen turd on the fire we were all
gather around next morning. *Nice*.

Me being afflicted by a dreadful attack of the Chalfonts and then the
old 660 Ténéré I'd bought for the journey roasted its entire charging
circuit and died on the autobanh back home and I sold it to a German
dealer for 150 euros or similar and Carole Nash recovery put me on an
EasyJet flight home from Munich.

[Ben Blaney]

Post by WUN

Post by Eddie
About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

I still miss the silly old fucker. I think of him every time I eat dates. He absolutely loved them. When I was living in the ME, I bought a load of dates for him and delivered them when I next visited the UK. We sat in his uncarpeted living room, looking out on the partially-dismantled Bedford van that he wanted to turn into a trike, drank tea and ate dates and talked. It was a really nice way to spend an hour.

[wessie]

Post by Ben Blaney

Post by WUN

Post by Eddie
About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

I still miss the silly old fucker. I think of him every time I eat
dates. He absolutely loved them. When I was living in the ME, I
bought a load of dates for him and delivered them when I next visited
the UK. We sat in his uncarpeted living room, looking out on the
partially-dismantled Bedford van that he wanted to turn into a trike,
drank tea and ate dates and talked. It was a really nice way to spend
an hour.

I also liked dates and mentioned date & walnut cake

he presented me with one when I arrived at the Black Horse for a BOSM. It
tasted okay but had the texture and density of a fire brick.

I think he got into baking and maybe added a few kilos...

[Champ]

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:17:28 -0700 (PDT), Ben Blaney

Post by Ben Blaney

Post by WUN

Post by Eddie
About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

I still miss the silly old fucker

+1

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Ben Blaney
I still miss the silly old fucker.

<AOL>

I loved his ordination into the Church Of The Holy Cow, so he could put
'reverend' on his driving licence.

[siwilson]

Post by Ben Blaney

Post by WUN

Post by Eddie
About the time Auvache died, I think.

Fucking hell, that was over seven years ago!

I still miss the silly old fucker. I think of him every time I eat dates. He absolutely loved them. When I was living in the ME, I bought a load of dates for him and delivered them when I next visited the UK. We sat in his uncarpeted living room, looking out on the partially-dismantled Bedford van that he wanted to turn into a trike, drank tea and ate dates and talked. It was a really nice way to spend an hour.

Strawberries for me. His description of picking one in the garden and
eating it was wonderful.

I never met him irl. It was quite strange going to the funeral and
chasing the hearse down the dual carriageway.

It was watching how readily ukrm took to the pall bearing that gave me
the courage to do the same for my mum and dad.

[petrolcan]

Post by Ben Blaney

Post by Ben Blaney
I still miss the silly old fucker. I think of him every time I eat dates.

He absolutely loved them. When I was living in the ME, I bought a
load of dates for him and delivered them when I next visited the UK.
We sat in his uncarpeted living room, looking out on the partially-
dismantled Bedford van that he wanted to turn into a trike, drank tea
and ate dates and talked. It was a really nice way to spend an hour.
Strawberries for me. His description of picking one in the garden and
eating it was wonderful.
I never met him irl.

I had the pleasure a few times.

He was just one of those people you could spend time with regardless of
how much shite he was spouting because he did it in such a wonderful
way.

[Mike Fleming]

Post by Mark Olson

Post by Turby

Post by Reg and Mo Bull
I well remember Comerfords having worked in Thames Ditton in 1957.

Jeezus, you're old. I didn't gt my first job til at least 1961.

I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

It was a good year for births.

[The Older Gentleman]

Post by Mark Olson
I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

I'm younger than Olson![1]

*Proud*.

[1] But then, most people are, I now realise.

[Mark Olson]

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Mark Olson
I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

I'm younger than Olson![1]
*Proud*.
[1] But then, most people are, I now realise.

Got me thinking about the global median age. I've been older than
that since about 1979-1980 or so.

About all I can truly say about aging is that I suppose it beats the
alternative of not getting older.

[wessie]

Post by Mark Olson

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Mark Olson
I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

I'm younger than Olson![1]
*Proud*.
[1] But then, most people are, I now realise.

Got me thinking about the global median age. I've been older than
that since about 1979-1980 or so.
About all I can truly say about aging is that I suppose it beats the
alternative of not getting older.

up to a point...

[Mike Headon]

Post by wessie

Post by Mark Olson

Post by The Older Gentleman

Post by Mark Olson
I was born in 1957, so both of you are definitely old farts to me.

I'm younger than Olson![1]
*Proud*.
[1] But then, most people are, I now realise.

Got me thinking about the global median age. I've been older than
that since about 1979-1980 or so.
About all I can truly say about aging is that I suppose it beats the
alternative of not getting older.

up to a point...

I recounted my Comerfords experience in this learned forum several years
ago, and I am not going to risk the (perfectly justified) accusation of
sentimental-old-gimmerdom by repeating it.
I will, however, admit to having helped to bear my mother-in-law's
coffin. And, to forestall the clever remarks, I can assure you all that
she was a lovely person, admired by all who knew her.

[boots]

Post by Mark Olson
About all I can truly say about aging is that I suppose it beats the
alternative of not getting older.

There is that. I'd sooner ache pouring myself out of my pit in the morning
than not be able to ache.