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US elections O/T

Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 16, 2024, 10:34 pm

How weird is the US election system? In the primaries, the candidates bag the other candidates in their own party before one is s selected. Then they switch focus and trash-talk their rival from the other party. Then they vote on a Tuesday when everyone is at work.

Leon Novello

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Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 16, 2024, 10:37 pm, in reply to "US elections O/T"

That Carmela Harris had a cunning stunt though

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Posted by Lannis <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Lannis' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 3:18 am, in reply to "US elections O/T"

Actually we vote for 45 days before so-called Election Day, which is just the last day of Election Season ....

You're right about the primaries, though. Democrats can vote in the Republican primaries, so they vote for the Republican that they think will easiest to beat in the general election ....

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 6:41 am, in reply to "US elections O/T"

Americans hold elections and Putin laughs.

Leon Novello

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Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 9:27 am, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

Putin laugh! Yeah.
Den

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Posted by calidavid <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=calidavid' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 1:13 pm, in reply to "US elections O/T"

Just wait for Donald to create a “President for life” position.

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The funny thing is, he's already been President once.

Somehow, while he was President, he forgot to be a Nazi, to eliminate elections,to put blacks back in chains, to destroy women, and to do all the other things people are screaming that he will do.

Set down the Guardian and take two steps back before you get in any deeper ....!

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by Brickboy <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Brickboy' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 2:04 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

He has promised there'll be no more need for elections, among his other interesting claims.

I'll be very interested to see how Americans feel about their country in 12 months to two years' time. Then there's the international status of the country to look at. Time will reveal all: there's really no other test.

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He hasn't promised anything of the sort. You have no quotes, no proof, just a liberal echo chamber of fears and smears.

These things can't be discussed when one side is spouting total BS.

Lannis.

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tells-christians-they-wont-have-vote-after-this-election-2024-07-27/

Just the other day, Lannis, you were saying how great it is on here that we have civilised discussions. A pity you've forgotten that so quickly.

I think it was the philosopher Gilbert Ryle who said that if a person you disagree with makes you angry you are revealing a level of doubt in your own conviction.

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We also heard from Reuters about Russian collusion, about the "pee tapes", and a thousand other things that have not been true.

Americans, including record numbers of blacks, Arabs, and Hispanics are sick of the lies, and being told things that they can see and hear are not true, sick of forever wars over nothing ... And made a change.

As you said, we'll see.

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Someone else said (as a corollary to this) that never is a person more angry than that moment when he realizes he has lost an argument ....

Lannis

I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.

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Posted by Hants Ian <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Hants+Ian' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 2:05 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

Don't read the Guardian! And!

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Posted by Will <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Will' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 4:23 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

Oh Gawd, I thought we'd got over all this! Can we please go back to a more current and less divisive topic, maybe something simple like Brexit perhaps?

Or best of all a discussion of infinite more importance and interest like "Is It True What They Say About Velocettes?"

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Posted by MadMike <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=MadMike' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 4:34 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

How about a debate on the benefits of changing the front sprocket from 15 teeth to 16 teeth on the new Triumph Speed 400, and how many I have for sale.

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

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Yes it is true what they say about Velocettes. They plowed their own farrow. They are a nice machine once you learnt there foibles.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 9:45 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

From a past owner of four Velo's I know all there faults and starting techniques and I still love them.

The oldest rocker in town!

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Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 6:36 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

I would be interested in the 15 / 16 tooth sprocket debate - why do you want to gear it up ?

Oh yes, and how many Speed 400's do you have for sale

Who needs a signature anyway......

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The original 15 tooth sprocket means that you only need five of the six gears as it is so low geared. Changing to 16 teeth raises the ratios and makes first operate just like that on a British bike as well as reducing revs for any given speed.

I commissioned the manufacture of the 16 tooth sprocket in the UK. Subsequently I have sold nearly 80 of them.

Other opinions may be available but this one is always correct.

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How about organising a whip round to finance my old age?
Den

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Posted by John <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=John' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 5:36 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

"Is It True What They Say About Velocettes?"
Yes or no, for example:-
Velocettss are difficult to start, yes if you don't know how, easy when you do.
Velocettes clutches are impossible to understand or adjust, see the answer above.
Velocettes were a breed apart, you might say they are a "marmite" machine.

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Posted by nek <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=nek' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 17, 2024, 7:40 pm, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

When in the trade selling british bike spares I met a lot of Velocette owners, in general you could tell them by a sense of self righteousness, an unkempt often dirty beard, a dirty Mac and an unequalled stingyness unrivalled except by Vincent owners.
I enjoyed breaking up Velos, except for OHC models for which I had a ready market in France.

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Well you never net me, thank goodness. I have never had a beard or a dirty mack. I have never thought of my self as self righteous unlike some dealers I have met now long gone. Oh! I used to own a Vinvent as well.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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Posted by BeezaBryan2 <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=BeezaBryan2' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 18, 2024, 12:20 am, in reply to "Re: US elections O/T"

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Having had 4 velo's I have never had a sense of self righteousness never had a beard and the only mac I ever owned was a Pak-a-mac (60's fold up that fitted in your pocket) to keep me dry when out walking. Never been tight with money and had lot's of Vincent owning friends. Bugger no wonder I never fitted in

The oldest rocker in town!

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Jerry you and I are both here, so must be doing something right.

The light at the end of the tunnel maybe an oncoming train

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