barrybaines

This is a bit long but i had the time too read through it and would say it`s worth the effort.... REST OF THE WORLD VERSION: The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building and improving his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies from the cold. THE END -------------------------------------------- THE BRITISH VERSION: The squirrel works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the squirrel is warm and well fed. A social worker finds the shivering grasshopper, calls a press conference and demands to know why the squirrel should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate, like the grasshopper, are cold and starving. The BBC shows up to provide live coverage of the shivering grasshopper; with cuts to a video of the squirrel in his comfortable warm home with a table laden with food. The British press informs people that they should be ashamed that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so while others have plenty. The Labour Party, Greenpeace, Animal Rights and The Grasshopper Council of GB demonstrate in front of the squirrel's' house. The BBC, interrupting a cultural festival special from Notting Hill with breaking news, broadcasts a multi cultural choir singing "We Shall Overcome". Ken Livingstone rants in an interview with Trevor McDonald that the squirrel has got rich off the backs of grasshoppers, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the squirrel to make him pay his "fair share" and increases the charge for squirrels to enter inner London . In response to pressure from the media, the Government drafts the economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti - Discrimination Act, retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The squirrel's taxes are reassessed. He is taken to court and fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as builders for the work he was doing on his home, plus an additional fine for contempt when he told the court the grasshopper did not want to work. The grasshopper is provided with a council house, financial aid to furnish it and an account with a local taxi firm to ensure he can be socially mobile. The squirrel's food is seized and re distributed to the more needy members of society, in this case the grasshopper. Without enough money to buy more food, to pay the fine and his newly Imposed retroactive taxes, the squirrel has to downsize and start building a new home. The local authority takes over his old home and utilises it as a temporary home for asylum seeking cats who had hijacked a plane to get to Britain as they had to share their country of origin with mice. On arrival they have tried to blow up the airport because of Britain 's apparent love of dogs. The cats had been arrested for the international offence of hijacking and attempt bombing but were immediately released because the police fed them pilchards instead of salmon whilst in custody. Initial moves to then return them to their own country were abandoned because it was feared they would face death by the mice. The cats devise and start a scam to obtain money from peoples credit cards. A Panorama special shows the grasshopper finishing up the last of the squirrels' food, though Spring is still months away, while the council house he is in, crumbles around him because he hasn't bothered to maintain the house. He is shown to be taking drugs. Inadequate government funding is blamed for the grasshopper's drug 'illness'. The cats seek recompense in the British courts for their treatment since arrival in UK . The grasshopper gets arrested for stabbing an old dog during a burglary to get money for his drugs habit. He is imprisoned but released immediately because he has been in custody for a few weeks. He is placed in the care of the probation service to monitor and supervise him. Within a few weeks he has killed a guinea pig in a botched robbery. A commission of enquiry, that will eventually cost

what that i`ve never bent mine! or that I could afford the raptor stuff? beleive me I can`t but theres always a way! And as I always say my bike seems too have a forcefield around it sometimes! shame it wasn`t there Saturday, maybe the bike just wanted a rest

I`m well surprised i`ve never bent mine! Have managed too total one nice cast peg and the hanger still survived, but if I do break anymore pegs or the hangers i`ll definatley be replacing with the Raptor kit

Yep good too hear it mate hope all is well Beleive it or not I met your Aunt in Moriston (sp?) hospital after my injury very strange coincedant i`d say!

find bike? find house keys! Inform parents what hospital i`m in wash blood off bike and clothes new levers new bars re-bend exhuast

Sorry I haven`t looked at the 125`s and this may be a great idea for said bike Hope we get a reply from someone with a 125 that has one?

Well if yours had been touched by "BarryBaines" i`m sure you wouldn`t have any issues! seriously though for the UK ATF has too be the best and cheapest first stop of action as a regular oil change! I`ve heard a few people turn therre noses up at it. But not only is it cheap but it`s great as most of you think my bike is a nail but it still produces photo`s

hmmph nice too see the youth vote going world wide and rightly so! As i`ve just come into it obviously i`ve heard of DL and family any natuaraly will go to the home land. But favorite rider I`ve ever watched (tv or real life) has too be Mr. Bou. Good luck too you kind sir in your new venture, i`d say world champ 08

lets just hope your not the one paying the fuel bill!!

Was the point that was made too me a moment ago. Sarcastically I said well theres the reason for the 4RT then! but obviously the truth is they are just a gimmick and as we have a witness saying they look crap too I may withdrawl my statement about buying one!

Look very much the same as the ones i`ve used on mark your own trials seem too last well sometimes jam up a little but a little tap sorts that out

Now i`m hoping that tomorrows new location will not destroy my bike of course, but were can I park the damn thing?

I shall enquire about the SXS version in the morning, if they are available and a reasonable price i`ll buy one and report back

Not sure if you can buy them seperatley but the ones that come with Diadora stone 2`s are very good and i`ve washed mine a fair few times now just let `em drip dry tough! maybe worth contacting DIADORA direct? I did have my first pair wear through but one email later had a new pair out too me free of charge the next day I will add though that I very rarely use them now due too just treating the boots too a good old waterproofing after each clean

I don`t know a lot about cameras but I have used r2w`s camera`s a fair bit now and have been thinking about buying the updated version of his "cheap" camera. This is the best price I can find too HERE A lot of the shots on r2w`s page untill recently are from the S5500, and I have yet too see anything but brilliant reveiws for this little gem

Well you have the best land too play on IMO have a look on HERE plenty of info and a lot of trials in the area listed

Radycool do a great sticker kit that do just the job As seen HERE

easiest way I find is click the quote button on the bottom of the post you are going too quote then remove any of the unwanted text via the magic of deletion! or you can do it the way copemech says: or of course a combination of the two if you wish too quote more than once in the same post

Yeah, I'm selling my bike, I specifically put in the ad on the front page that it hadn't been ridden by barry as a major selling point . Sorry Barry, brilliant crashes though! Bob Thats amazing! being used as a selling point! fame at such a low low and sad level!

Well the Beta had the same kind of symptons yesterday after a little tumble I checked and changed the plug too no avail then I set R2w loose on the carb who gave it a good clean and a slight adjustment on the float height ( I had over done the adjustment) and it now runs better than ever! although you say you`ve cleaned it all out lots i`d say make sure you go through the whole system slowly and systamatically eliminating each and every part

I`ll happily test anything for the strength qualitys!

Welcome aboard, yours photo`s have come out and very nice too! I think there are a few French people on here so hopefully you should get some info that your after.

I beleive you can buy it from Beta/Lampkins (depending on where you are) as a "slide in unit" or you can buy it by the bag or in sheet form from almost anywere BVM, trialsbits etc etc in my veiw and what i`ll do next is a combo of a sheet lock wired round the baffle then suff the loose stuf in around it

definatley from me! but then I do spend most of my wages your way! why is it whenever I buy a new set of spare levers I go straight out and bend the ones on the bike! thanks for sorting that out by the way

hopefully I will be able too ride this next year what with it being in my second year I hope i`ll have enough experiance too give it a go plus with a bit of luck i`ll be living in the greater land myself by then