tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post7045016443866407084..comments2023-11-02T03:09:59.235-07:00Comments on I'm not gay: Bike ThievesLouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10954188299682856196noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-63612445985414352832008-03-08T13:07:00.000-08:002008-03-08T13:07:00.000-08:00Amanda - That sounds like quite a jolly evening to...Amanda - That sounds like quite a jolly evening to me. Faux-Irish bars can always be relied on for the start of an adventure.Louchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954188299682856196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-4685410915193730912008-03-05T13:49:00.000-08:002008-03-05T13:49:00.000-08:00Oh Louche, I MISSED the poker. Our hosts – in a ra...Oh Louche, I MISSED the poker. Our hosts – in a rare blindspot moment – dumped us off at a mall. A colleague and I did the only sensible thing and retired to the faux-Irish bar. By the time we emerged, having botched the meeting time, the Hold 'Em championship had commenced AND, as further punishment, we could no longer wrangle costumes for the Miners and Trappers' Ball.<BR/><BR/>Moral: malls are bad, BAD, I say.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise Alaska is great fun.Amanda Castlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162220092001064401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-57600914486163219702008-03-03T09:28:00.000-08:002008-03-03T09:28:00.000-08:00Amanda - I think I will be investing in insurance ...Amanda - I think I will be investing in insurance for any future bikes. I wonder if I can put some sort of trap on the seat that chops things off if you sit on it with out disarming it.<BR/><BR/>Hope the poker is going well in Alaska.Louchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954188299682856196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-35507057414235384842008-03-03T08:29:00.000-08:002008-03-03T08:29:00.000-08:00Oh dear, I just remembered that "ride" means somet...Oh dear, I just remembered that "ride" means something quite different over there.<BR/><BR/>My (now ex) hubby was not stolen. Though I would have been better off, perhaps, had he been.Amanda Castlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162220092001064401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-79264621129167155962008-03-03T08:28:00.000-08:002008-03-03T08:28:00.000-08:00GB: England has a thriving black market for hot cy...GB: England has a thriving black market for hot cycles (especially college towns, I'm told).<BR/><BR/>Hen Wen – the world's ugliest bike – was stolen from me under a High Street CCTV camera. The Thames Valley police reported: "Oh, we don't put film in that one. And even if we did, we wouldn't bother running the tapes for your cycle."<BR/><BR/>Oxford's finest...<BR/><BR/>I bought bicycle insurance when I lived over there (about 15 pounds annual, tagged onto the homeowner/renter policy). At least once a year, my ride and all my gear would be nicked – despite the precaution of two locks – so the numbers crunched out wonderfully.<BR/><BR/>Louche, condolences from Alaska!Amanda Castlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16162220092001064401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-91376943719282448642008-03-03T02:35:00.000-08:002008-03-03T02:35:00.000-08:00GB - I'm sure some swarthy type will manage to get...GB - I'm sure some swarthy type will manage to get some cash for it - it was a rather spiffing red bike.Louchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954188299682856196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18599908.post-69534406591862488842008-03-02T04:08:00.000-08:002008-03-02T04:08:00.000-08:00Bad luck. Is there a second-hand market in stolen ...Bad luck. Is there a second-hand market in stolen bikes? I would find that surprising.Gorilla Bananashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044093013423635830noreply@blogger.com