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I once had a test ride on one of these[^] when they first came into the UK in the 70s. It was a brute of a bike in its day.
For touring it had to be one of these[^] and was the first bike I bought after passing my test.
After selling the R90S I bought one of the first of these[^] when they came to the UK. BMW at Park Lane drove me to their predelivery centre at Hounslow to collect it and have my mugshot with the bike published in their in-house magazine.
Finally, I spent a while travelling around north Africa for three months on my BMW with a mate of mine who owned one of these[^].
I've never had a bike since then. I miss them.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Be careful to wish for the right model, this[^] is also a Royal Enfield.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Auntie has a timelapse video[^] of it being raised upright. You have to admit, it's an impressive bit of engineering but my word, the cost of the salvage is eye-popping and it's not over yet. I hope the subrogation rights are more watertight than the ship was.
Was it true that Cap'n Coward Francesco Schettino stood alongside dangling the bridge key and said (Italian accent inserted) "Itser okay, I taker her back now."
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Why can I see Ebay in a few weeks time "Cruise Slightly Used", I think it has got to be broken up for scrap but the cost of it! (some thing like 50 Million £) to salvage it? Glad I'm not a Lloyds name!
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That's what I can't work out. Who is picking up the tab for it? It can't be the Italian government as they don't have that much money in the country? 
The scrap value is disproportionate to the salvage cost. I can see a spin off in TV documentaries but that won't make that much in comparison. Add a bit for those Christmassy snow scenes in a bubble, the ones you shake, possibly some Schettino cuddly toys, some new coffee on the menu at Costa called Concordia In A Cup, should pull in a few quid more.
If it was insured at Lloyds did they ring the Lutine bell?
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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SeptimusEjjog 151576 wrote: That's what I can't work out. Who is picking up the tab for it?
Quote: Costa Crociere, .... Parent company Carnival has said that “substantially all” of the ship removal costs and the costs of these and any future claims will be covered by its insurance.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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Good point, the cost I think must be met by the insurers (or the re-insurers or the re-re-insurers) my flatmate used to contract for re-insurer and he explained it to me as the insurance company has a limit (an excess if you will) if exceeds that the re-insurer who has a bigger excess takes the hit if it's outside of their excess and so on until reaches Llyods in the end. 
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Sorry, but it's worse than that - you are out by an order of magnitude! £500m so far[^]
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Oh, I thought £500m as I was typing it and though no it can't be went back and deleted the 0, silly me! need more caffine!
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I think you're partly right. I believe the scrap value is worth about £50m.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
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Still phone numbers though, These days you have to pay for your car to be scrapped (in the UK), why do I see E-bay (or if there desperate Gum Tree) getting it! 
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To Paraphrase: cheaper to lower the Mediterranean.
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I think it might have been cheaper to build a tank round it, empty it, and then dismantle it in situ... 
And, the locals would get a new "very-deep-end" swimming pool! 
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SeptimusEjjog 151576 wrote: of it being raised upright. You have to admit, it's an impressive bit of engineering
Not really, one bloke made it go in the other direction a lot quicker.
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Good one! 
The signature is in building process.. Please wait...
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If the engines work on direct current, all they had to do was turn the batteries around.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The captain is on the boat, off the boat, or perhaps he connected AC/DC to the batteries?
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Got an invoice from DomainRegister (domainregister.com.au) for the renewal of a domain. On closer inspection it was the .com version and not the .com.au one that we use.
The dogs wanted 250 bucks to register the domain for 2 years.
A quick whois cleared any uncertainty.
It is available for 8 bucks elsewhere. Not a bad profit margin. I also hear more scummy actions[^]on the interwebs about these elephants.
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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At least you would be getting somethign for your money, if not a lot.
I seem to remember (and I can't find a link anywhere) that there was a company in the US in the 1990s that was sending companies invoices for the cost of invoicing them, and charging $100 or so per time. IIRC they were getting about 50% of these paid, once they contacted the accounts dept a month later to ask where the payment was! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: they were getting about 50% of these paid,
The President of our organisation was wanting to pay this. I told him to wait until after the due date and if our web site was still working he could give me the cash!
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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I bet you don't get it! 
Perhaps you should send him an invoice for saving him money? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: I bet you don't get it!
I can always disquise it in my next invoice
I don't speak Idiot - please talk slowly and clearly
"I have sexdaily. I mean dyslexia. Fcuk!"
Driven to the arms of Heineken by the wife
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False invoice scams are still disgustingly common because it takes so long for the courts to get around to stomping on the scumbags. Ken White at Popehat's been collecting data on one of them since 2010, and the sunshines have only just started getting cease and desist orders from a few state Attorney Generals late last year.
http://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/anatomy-of-a-scam-investigation-chapter-thirteen/[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Pam and I are just crazy about these guys[^]
We use them for all our registrations.
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