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[bauble]

An internet search shows one as being sold for £45,000 so you had better snap it up John.

Gerard, your enigmatic posts keep me puzzled!

Bikes? Velocipedes?

How about Claud Butler, Farrell, Hetchings,?

Or perhaps you refer to Norton, Triumph, Velocette.

Le bauble.

[Gerard C]

Sorry John, I was mentioning a funny thing from the poster, not you of course.
I dont know if its the same in England but here you can find easily false ads - which is illegal afaik - whose purpose is only to keep the market prices high. We discovered that years ago by trying to reach every poster in a well known news paper specialized in classics…
At the end of the day the market price is the amount of money you have in hand for a sold good.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by bauble

Gerard, your enigmatic posts keep me puzzled! Bikes? Velocipedes?
Or perhaps you refer to Norton, Triumph, Velocette. Le bauble.

Hi, Ami Robert! I was referring to the big brands you named, including AJS, Vincent and so on. We use to say that a strange "malédiction" is on our motorbikes industry because we had really "bad luck" with big displacement engines! Even when trying to fit a Citroën GS engine in a BFG custom frame or more recently with the Voxan brand. Nothing to do with voodoo!

[Gerard C]

Bob, if its almost freezing, windy and rainy too where you are standing, you can have a look here: capripowermeetingpics.weebly.com/collect...chlumpf-25-juni.html
Copyright on every doc.

[Mike Bell]

Is there anyone young enough on here to know why cars are being retro-fitted with incredibly bright LED number plate lights? Usually the sort of car driven by someone wearing a back to front baseball cap......

They not only shine a white light to the rear, which is surely illegal, but are so bright the number plate is not able to be read. Ah, maybe that’s the reason.....

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Is there anyone young enough on here to know why cars are being retro-fitted with incredibly bright LED number plate lights? Usually the sort of car driven by someone wearing a back to front baseball cap......

They not only shine a white light to the rear, which is surely illegal, but are so bright the number plate is not able to be read. Ah, maybe that’s the reason.....

I'm certainly not young enough to explain why Mike, but suspect that it's because they can. The bulbs are freely available (along with those also illegal coloured sidelamp bulb these annoying people also appear to love so much).
I can answer the question you didn't ask: Why do they wear their baseball caps back to front? It's because they don't know if they're coming or going!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

I'm certainly not young enough to explain why Mike, but suspect that it's because they can. The bulbs are freely available (along with those also illegal coloured sidelamp bulb these annoying people also appear to love so much).
I can answer the question you didn't ask: Why do they wear their baseball caps back to front? It's because they don't know if they're coming or going!

They probably don't even know when they are going to come!

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

I can answer the question you didn't ask: Why do they wear their baseball caps back to front? It's because they don't know if they're coming or going!

Young man ! I wear my baseball cap back to front in the sun as the peak gets in the way when I am using my various video cameras

[grantp]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Young man ! I wear my baseball cap back to front in the sun as the peak gets in the way when I am using my various video cameras

Yeah, that.

That said the nearest thing I have to a baseball cap also has built in neck protection so, when that is in use, turning the peak around does not help with using cameras in any way ...

[bauble]

Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Young man ! I wear my baseball cap back to front in the sun as the peak gets in the way when I am using my various video cameras

You've got a baseball cap???????????????????

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by bauble

You've got a baseball cap???????????????????

With all the race meetings you've been to Bob, you must have obtained a freebie one somewhere along the line!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

With all the race meetings you've been to Bob, you must have obtained a freebie one somewhere along the line!

I have several John, but you never see me wearing one.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by bauble

I have several John, but you never see me wearing one.

I'm sure I did once, or was it a Bob the Builder hat?

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by grantp

That said the nearest thing I have to a baseball cap also has built in neck protection so, when that is in use, turning the peak around does not help with using cameras in any way ...

Indeed…

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by bauble

I have several John, but you never see me wearing one.

Surely Burberry or someone must make one in a tasteful tweed? Or, you could always commission a bespoke one in the Family Tartan...

[E.B]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

Surely Burberry or someone must make one in a tasteful tweed? Or, you could always commission a bespoke one in the Family Tartan...

From the land of sheep and bothered llamas..... https://www.hillshats.co.nz/collecti...-leather-peak/

Some reversible ones available.... I presume that means they can be worn backwards too

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by E.B

From the land of sheep and bothered llamas..... https://www.hillshats.co.nz/collecti...-leather-peak/

Some reversible ones available.... I presume that means they can be worn backwards too

When I was a little by (which is/was a very long time ago) my my mum bought me some reversible shorts. One way around they were white with red stripes but if you turned them inside out they were white with blue stripes.
For some reason, she actually bought me two identical pairs which somewhat defeated the object!
(Thinking back, I think this was probably when my 'problems' started...)

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by bauble

I have several John, but you never see me wearing one.

I thought back-to-front baseball caps, usually in beige, were obligatory for Corsa drivers... It's to protect you whilst drifting in Tesco's car park.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

I thought back-to-front baseball caps, usually in beige, were obligatory for Corsa drivers... It's to protect you whilst drifting in Tesco's car park.

... with the obligatory arm out of the driver's window pointing to the sky

[E.B]

Originally Posted by VIVA GT

When I was a little by (which is/was a very long time ago) my my mum bought me some reversible shorts. One way around they were white with red stripes but if you turned them inside out they were white with blue stripes.
For some reason, she actually bought me two identical pairs which somewhat defeated the object!
(Thinking back, I think this was probably when my 'problems' started...)

Maybe it was because you wore them back to front seeing they were reversible?

[bauble]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

I thought back-to-front baseball caps, usually in beige, were obligatory for Corsa drivers... It's to protect you whilst drifting in Tesco's car park.

Amongst my souvenirs I have a photograph of Felipe Massa that I took, and he signed for me, he also gave me a Ferrari cap (I will not use the term 'baseball) autographed by himself and Fernando Alonso. Far too precious too actually wear, not even the cap!

Mind you I would wear a baseball cap if only I knew which way it went on.

Reversible shorts, Viv? A bit awkward in the gents if taken short, when the zip was at the rear. Quite difficult I would imagine.

By the way surely over this side of the Atlantic we should be discussing Rounders Caps.

[Robyn Slater]

Originally Posted by bauble

By the way surely over this side of the Atlantic we should be discussing Rounders Caps.

I wonder what the Dutch give to occupants of their podiums.

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by E.B

Maybe it was because you wore them back to front seeing they were reversible?

I've never been backwards in coming forwards...

[bauble]

Originally Posted by Robyn Slater

I wonder what the Dutch give to occupants of their podiums.

So that is what Verstappen has on his …… head?

[grantp]

As the words "cap" has come up, as it were, I assume those of us of a certain age will remember the strips of caps that children used to be able to buy for toy guns back in the day.


Oh for the days of innocence when children were children and Mr. Plod wore a smart uniform that was readily identifiable and mostly "proceeded" on his beat on foot.


Toy guns, caps, the pen knife ...