Re: where are all the young motor bike taxi drivers gone?
"I don't believe it" whined Wombles. An almost eerily apposite phrase for him to use.
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Another off topic posting by Arsenal, nothing to do with the subject. even less the reference
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lonelywombat
Another off topic posting by Arsenal, nothing to do with the subject. even less the reference
I think you are failing to consider arsenal's situation. I don't read what he posts these days, but from what you and NIrish are reporting, together with arsenal no longer being a Moderator, have you considered that he is suffering from Relevance Deprivation Syndrome? There are plenty of articles online about it.
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I'll have a hotdog with all the trimmins' and the guy on the right. Both to go.
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colmx
Agreed, totally against the laws of physics and completely unbalances the bike
The "grab handles" on the back of the bike are for manoeuvring a bike into and out of a parking position and are absolutely not meant for use in transit.... Its certainly something you will never see a Thai doing.
I have seen Thais using the grab handles; and for me that is the way I do it.
Maybe I will try something different the next time?
Speaking of the laws of physics (my degree is in Physics) I cannot understand how those women remain perched on the saddle while riding side-saddle and not holding on to anything or anyone except for their smart phone?
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In a likely situation when the passenger is rather podgy, simultaneously holding the grab handles while shifting his weight will cause a shift in the centre of gravity and can affect the driver's control of the machine.
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francois
... I cannot understand how those women remain perched on the saddle while riding side-saddle and not holding on to anything or anyone except for their smart phone?
A part of their anatomy probably acts a bit like a suction cup!
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RonanTheBarbarian
I have to say Francois, I would never use the grab handles at the back. When you do that you are leaning back when the driver is leaning forward or to the side, and if he jerks the wheel suddenly you could be knocked off, with very little chance to hold on due to the fact that (because of the laws of physics) the further you are away from the drivers core, the easier it is to be flung off.
Those back grab handles always strikes me as deathly dangerous (especially if you are heavier than the driver, as i most certainly am).
I always grip the driver tightly around the waist when I get on a motorbike taxi . . .
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colmx
Agreed, totally against the laws of physics and completely unbalances the bike
The "grab handles" on the back of the bike are for manoeuvring a bike into and out of a parking position and are absolutely not meant for use in transit . . .
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dinagam
In a likely situation when the passenger is rather podgy, simultaneously holding the grab handles while shifting his weight will cause a shift in the centre of gravity and can affect the driver's control of the machine.
Ah-ha! Well thank you RonanTheBarbarian, colmx and dinagam for confirming and adding extra authority to my comment that:
"Originally Posted by Jellybean →
I simply would not trust the grab handles.
It would never occur to me to use the grab handles, they just look an unsafe way to sit and secure oneself as a passenger on a motorbike, especially when I have problems with my balance. The least sudden movement or abrupt turn of the wheel and, in all probability, and knowing my luck, I would be knocked off the bike with tragic results.
So taking into account the advice already proffered, I shall continue with my campaign to find a suitably handsome motorbike driver, whose waist I can wrap my hands around, but with his consent of course.
;)
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Jellybean
Ah-ha! Well thank you RonanTheBarbarian, colmx and dinagam for confirming and adding extra authority to my comment that:
"Originally Posted by Jellybean →
I simply would not trust the grab handles.
It would never occur to me to use the grab handles, they just look an unsafe way to sit and secure oneself as a passenger on a motorbike, especially when I have problems with my balance. The least sudden movement or abrupt turn of the wheel and, in all probability, and knowing my luck, I would be knocked off the bike with tragic results.
So taking into account the advice already proffered, I shall continue with my campaign to find a suitably handsome motorbike driver, whose waist I can wrap my hands around, but with his consent of course.
;)
Those of you who travel on motorcycles either as rider or passenger have my undying admiration. Not quite as much admiration as for the office girls who ride side-saddle while in their mini-skirt, though.
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DaveyJonesLocker
Those of you who travel on motorcycles either as rider or passenger have my undying admiration. Not quite as much admiration as for the office girls who ride side-saddle while in their mini-skirt, though.
Totally agree, DaveyJonesLocker. Those girls also have my admiration. There’s no way I could ever travel on a motorbike sitting side-saddle and keep my balance.
But while reading the post by Davey with an ‘e’, I noticed in his quote of my previous post, #49, that I stated:
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Jellybean
whose waist I can wrap my hands around
This was, of course, an error on my part. I meant to say, ‘arms’ not ‘hands’. My hands, just for the record, are not that enormous or stretchable. Believe me, I am no Stanley Ipkiss. Thank you for your understanding and have a good day.
;)
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Jellybean
My hands, just for the record, are not that enormous or stretchable.
Wasn't it Donald Trump who was accused if that's the right word of having "small hands" during the 2016 presidential election? I think there was a suggestion that small hands = small "member virile". I have always thought the relationship between the size of different body parts tenuous at best. I saw a pic of a ballet dancer in full kit the other day, and the size of what appeared to be nestling in his jock strap was out of all proportion to the size of his feet. Capacity to fit is always an interesting one. There was that t-shirt popular ten years or so ago that said "I'm auditioning for a new girlfriend. Please yawn" (in our case it would be boyfriend of course).
I think I read somewhere that the correct form when addressing you is "Jelly, Old Bean". Or at least that's how another poster addressed you?
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StevieWonders
. . . I think I read somewhere that the correct form when addressing you is "Jelly, Old Bean". Or at least that's how another poster addressed you?
My forum name lends itself to various combinations, StevieWonders, all of which, so far, I rather like. But between you and me, my particular favourite is Jelly Old Bean. But don't mention it to other members, I'd hate to be accused of favouritism.
And as for the rest of your post, oh my, it is far too salacious for me to comment on. I leave it to other, more qualified, members to remark upon.
And God alone knows what lonelywombat is going to make of this outrageous derailing of his topic. I sincerely hope he lays the blame fairly and squarely where it belongs, Stevie.
:D
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"And God alone knows what lonelywombat is going to make of this outrageous derailing of his topic ... "
You don't need a crazed wombat to take things off topic on this joint . . . doing so is "der rigg er" around here.
As for Jolly Jelly, I'll just stay with 'Mr Bean' ... only two syllables and more sophisticated.
In my mind's best guesstimate -- and I'm going far out of my way to be polite here -- he looks like this:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=mr+be...d502zLZvVMLjM:
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Smiles
You don't need a crazed wombat to take things off topic on this joint . . . doing so is
"der rigg er" around here.
As for Jolly Jelly, I'll just stay with 'Mr Bean' ... only two syllables and more sophisticated.
In my mind's best guesstimate -- and I'm going far out of my way to be polite here -- he looks like this:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=mr+be...d502zLZvVMLjM:
Actually Smiles, now that you come to mention it, I think it was a year ago, while at the Royal Garden Plaza in Pattaya, I had a photo taken of me assuming the same pose and standing next to the waxwork of Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean. And I have to say, there was a striking and uncanny resemblance, which had me in fits of laughter every time I looked at the photo.
;)
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Don't be so self-effacing, JB. You're much better looking than Mr Bean.
Then again, so am I!
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a447
Don't be so self-effacing, JB. You're much better looking than Mr Bean.
Then again, so am I!
Oh! That’s very kind of you to say so, a447. Here, have a free ‘like’.
;)
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