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I'm deeply disappointed but I have to cancel this wonderful neeting. I did'nt realize that the Thürigen Tour (which I booked long time ago) is at the same time. Have a good time - hope to see you next year

Good grief Canta-Bunny.........this threat makes me shiver.......

Søren Thank you for your post. I'm still far away from doing fine but I'm working on it Doctors say that it takes usually one or two years to recover. Well - I got now 9 months (other women get a baby during this time ) But the prospects are good and I hope for the best. Looking forward to seeing you in Septembre next year

Hi Jaapilein my Dear I'll try to do my very best.....

You're so welcome, Guy

I try to do my very best...

(Remark: Hu Jintao is the new leader of Chinas communistic party, Yassir Arafat: PLO, Kofi Annan: UN Secretary General.) George W. Bush: Condi! Nice to see you. What's happening? Condoleezza Rice: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China. George: Great. Lay it on me. Condi: Hu is the new leader of China. George: That's what I want to know. Condi: That's what I'am telling you. George: Thats what I'am asking you. Who is the leader of China? Condi: Yes. George: I mean the fellows name. Condi: Hu George: The guy in China. Condi: Hu. George: The new leader of China. Condi: Hu! George: The Chinaman!!! Condi: Hu is leading China. George: Now whaddya' asking me for? Condi: I'am telling you Hu is leading China. George: Well, I'am asking you. Who is leading China? Condi: That's the man's name. George: That's who's name? Condi: Yes. George: Will you or will you not tell me the name of the leader of China? Condi: Yes Sir. George: Yassir? Yassir Arafat is in China? I thougth he was in the Middle East. Condi: That's correct. George: Then, who is in China? Condi: Yes Sir. George: Yassir is in China? Condi: No, Sir. George: Then who is? Condi: Yes Sir. George: Yassir? Condi: No, Sir. George: Look, Condi. I need to know the name of the new leader of China. Get me the Secretary General of the UN on the phone. Condi: Kofi? George: No, thanks. Condi: You want Kofi? George: No. Condi: You don't want Kofi. George: No. But now that you mention it, i could use a glass of milk. And then get me the UN. Condi: Yes, Sir. George: No Yassir! The guy at the UN. Condi: Kofi? George: Milk! Will you please make the call? Condi: An call who? George: Who is the guy at the UN? Condi: Hu is the guy in China. George: Will you stay out of China?! Condi: Yes, Sir. George: And stay out of the Middle East! Just get me the guy at the UN. Codi: Kofi. George: All right! With cream and two sugars. Now get on the phone! (C. picks up the phone.) Condi: Rice here. George: Rice? Good idea. And a couple of egg rolls. Maybe we should send some to the guy in China. And the Middle East.

Oh....................did I?

May I help you TRAVELLER IN THE FAR EAST TRIES ORDERING BREAKFAST Note: this story is about how two people using the English language build up a fine example of miscommunication. Read it aloud to yourself, pronounce it just the way this text is written. Room Service: "Morny, ruin sorbees" Guest: "Sorry, I thought I dialled room service." RS: "Rye..ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen? G: "Uh..yes, i'd like some bacon and eggs" RS: "Ow July den" G: "What?" RS: "Ow July den?..pry, boy, pooch?" G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry, scrambled, please" RS: "Ow July dee baychem...crease?" G: "Crisp will be fine" RS: "Hokay. An San tos?" G: "What?" RS: "San tos. July san tos?" G: "I don't think so" RS: "No? Judo one toes?" G: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo one toes' means" RS: "Toes! Toes!...why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow singlish mopping we bother?" G: "English muffin!! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast'. Fine, yes, an English muffin will be fine" RS: "We bother?" G: "No, just put the bother on the side." RS: "Wad?" G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side" RS: "Copy?" G: "Sorry?" RS: "Copy...tea...mill?" G: "Yes, coffee please, and thats's all." RS: "One minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy...rye?" G: "Whatever you say" RS: "Tendjewberrymud" G: "You're welcome." And now with subtitles, just to be sure... Room Service (RS): "Morny. Ruin sorbees" Room service Translation (RST): "Morning, room service" Guest (G): "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service" RS: "Rye..Ruin sorbees..morny! Djewish to odor sunteen??" RST: "Right! Room service! Do you wish to order something?" G: "Uh..yes..I'd like some bacon and eggs" RS: "Ow July den?" RST: "How would you like them?" G: "What??" RS: "Ow July den?...pry, boy, pooch?" RST: "How would you like them? Fried? Boiled? Poached?" G: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry. Scrambled please." RS: "Ow July dee bayhcem...crease?" RST: "How would you like the bacon? Crisp?" G: "Crisp will be fine." RS: "Hokay. An San tos?" RST: "OK. And some toast?" G: "What?" RS:"San tos. July San tos?" RST: "Some toast. Would you like some toast?" G: "I don't think so" RS: "No? Judo one toes??" RST: "No? You don?t want toast?" G:"I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo one toes' means." RS: "Toes! Toes!...why djew Don Juan toes? Ow bow inglish mopping we bother? RST: "Toast! Toast! Why do you don?t want toast [!!] ? How about an English Muffin with butter?" G: "English muffin! I've got it! You were saying 'Toast.' Okay, fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine." RS: "We bother?" RST: "With Butter?" G: "No, just put the bother on the side." RS: "Wad?" RST: "What?" G: "I mean butter...just put it on the side." RS: "Copy?" RST: "Coffee?" G: "Sorry?" RS: "Copy...tea...mill?" RST: "Coffee? Tea? Milk?" G: "Oh,yes.. Coffee please, and that's all." RS: "One Minnie. Ass ruin torino fee, strangle ache, crease baychem, tossy singlish mopping we bother honey sigh, and copy ... rye?" RST: "One minute. That's room twenty-three, scrambled eggs, crisp bacon, toast and english muffin with butter on the side, and coffee. Right?" G: "Whatever you say" RS: "Tendjewberrymud" RST: "Thank you very much" G : "You're welcome"

Gee Guy, wow, it's marvellous and it makes me a little jealous. I really really would love to join you but I will never get a holiday at this time - nor in February Wish you to have lots of but I´m sure you will have fun anyway

I really don´t fear coldness, but

@ Soren Yes, it was a good time - see you in Scotland @ Slavomir There are. You just have to look for them

Oh Jaapi, don't hang the head Let's work on a survival strategy to get through the dark and bikeless time. Next spring will come definetly Edit says: Just a little bit more than 6 months...

What would you prefer?

Is anybody going to be there? German V11 Meeting 20.-22.6.08 at the Oldtimer Café in Grebenhain (near Fulda) www.oldtimer-café.de http://35229.rapidforum.com/topic=101670910413 http://www.oldtimer-cafe.de/page01.htm

Jaappi, bad boy, it's a fake what should the others now believe of me @ Alex

Hello lads, thank you so much for the nice greeting I'm sure I will have a great time with you. @ jihem I'm just thankful that I've learned from this "elder man" that there a things in life which are much bigger than a tall, blond, blue-eyed man attractive as Robert Redford @ pille no, the problem didn't come up since the Rally so I even can't say if Pauls efforts have been successful @ Alex-Corsa Please don't frighten the life out of me - I'm very shy and NEVER drink alcohol... Jaapilein Du hältst Dich bitte raus

Hi everybody, my name is Freya and have been registered in the german guzzi forum "World-of-Guzzi" since March 2006. In June this year I met Jaap first time at a guzzi meeting in the Eifel (a lovely countryside in the middle-west of Germany). He asked me if I would like to come to the 5th-Anniversary Rally of this forum. Well, I liked and now I'm here. At the age of 14 I had my first contact with Moto Guzzi. There was an elder man (maybe 28?) with a motorbike in the street, tall, blond, blue-eyed, attractive as Robert Redford and my heart melted like snow in the sun But then he started his engine.......wow, what a wobbling and shaking and what an incredible noise!!! From that moment the blond guy was forgotten My decision was clear: I will own such a wonderful and self-willed monster one day. In the following years I had different fights with my parents concerning the driving licence. They would pay for the licence but only for cars, not for motorbikes So I found a student job in an american fast food restaurant and on February, 11th 1982 I passed the examination. Two days later I proudly presented my first motorbike - Moto Guzzi V 50 III. As it was to be expected my parents were enthusiastic about it and since that day espacially my mother has haven a sigh now and then like "Good grief, what did I do wrong?" In 1997 I found my dream at my local dealer. A used Le Mans 850 III. Unfortunatly I sold my V 50, after having fantastic 80.000 km in more than 16 years with her. In September 1999 we planned a trip through the Alps in 2000 and I was looking for a bike which would be lighter and more handy in the mountains than my 246-kg-Le Mans with stubs. I thought of an Aprilia 650 Pegaso but I'm quite small and couldn't reach the ground with my legs. I had several trial runs on Ducati Monster, ST 2, Cagiva etc. but they all didn't fit One day my dealer called me and said with convinction: "I have your bike". "Okay, what is it?" I asked. "I won't tell you" he said, "come here and have a look". I replied "no, tell me immediately what you are thinking about". So he said "It's the new 1100 of Moto Guzzi". "No way!" I answered, "are you completely crazy? My 850 is too heavy and you offer me a V11???" and I hanged up. The next days I couldn't sleep anymore. I decided to have a look and then reject with resolution Actually, on 13th of November 1999 the first Cologne V11 was registered and in may 2000 we had our trip through the Alps. The guys had a lot of fun watching me handling the heavily loaded monster without getting my feet on the ground. But they all were gentlemen and helped me in every critical moment. My Le Mans has over 108.000 km (58.000 on my own) and my V11 34.000 Now trend is going to a third-bike. This will be a french one - Voxan Black Magic. Light, easy to handle and marvellous. And I will never ever sell one of my beautiful italian ladies So I'm looking forward for having lots of fun with nice people in this forum and, by the way, improving my English

Me too Same procedure...

I streched my homeward trip throughout Belgium (ca. 250 km) and hadn't any problems with the gears. But actually the problem has been appearing since one year just at times. So I'm not sure if it's gone but gear changing feels more precisely now.

It was a really really great weekend, I enjoyed it so much, nice people, , all you need for having lots of fun and recreation.... ...well, I had a little headache meantime, I'm afraid one of my two palms on friday night was off but anyway - it was a marvellous meeting and I hope to see all those people again And, Jaapilein my dear, don't think - just do it!!! Here some impressions... @ Paul Minnaert "Always someone is fiddeling on a bike at a meeting" Yes Paul and its feeling quite better now - let's wait and see