Trains of thought; sprockets to sex

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Trains of thought; sprockets to sex

#1 Post by MartDude » Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:12 pm

I had a conversation yesterday with a friend about gearing & sprocket sizes. This led me to memories of my days (1979 - 80) as a courier - did the first few months of on a '63 BSA A65 which had sidecar gearing, i.e. smaller front sprocket. This then took me to where I lived at the time, Levenshulme (S. Manchester). Which took me to whom I lived with - a nice, but wonderfully mucky, lass from Bolton.


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Re: Trains of thought; sprockets to sex

#2 Post by D-Rider » Wed Jun 16, 2010 12:15 am

MartDude wrote:I had a conversation yesterday with a friend about gearing & sprocket sizes. This led me to memories of my days () as a courier - did the first few months of on a '63 BSA A65 which had sidecar gearing, i.e. smaller front sprocket. This then took me to where I lived at the time, Levenshulme (S. Manchester). Which took me to whom I lived with - a nice, but wonderfully mucky, lass from Bolton.


Strange things, the workings of the mind and memories
I worked as a courier when I left school. My bike had broken down so they lent me a 50cc step through.
The bike was slow and I was slower - trying to find street addresses I didn't know in the age before navigation systems.
I lived darn-sarf - a long way from manc-land. I never knew a mucky lass from Notlob - the (supposed) palindrome of Bolton.
I lived with my mum and dad.

Quit the courier job after about a week .... the offer of a "proper" job came through ........

So similar .... yet so less exciting in just about every respect :smt005
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