Captain

...... a meeting in Temora a few years ago.

Given recent developments as exposed in the NES, Turbo has today issued the following statement while standing on the steps of Qantas House, which was read to the crowd by his legal advisor.

"Turbo says that your money is in good hands, and based on Vlad's recent sabre rattling Turbo's currency experts had been able to convert the entire holding into Ukrainian Hryvnias as a rate of 9.14 to the Aussie (instead of the usual 8.43657 ..... so we have made a good quid already). "This offers our syndicate a remarkable opportunity to make a killing" said Turdy "Because if Russia invades, the Hryvnia is predicted to go to about 81 to the Aussie and we'll make a 900% windfall. While the entire investment has moved offshore, we further advise that Turdy has been asked to retain his seat on the Board here because of his prowess in the investment community".

At that point some pimply faced Porsche driver wearing a $5,000 Armani suit whispered into Turbo's shell-like and our super sensitive microphones heard Turbo say "...................

Turbo wishes to advise his investors that there are no worries with the money, he just can'remember where he put it.That really doesn't matter anyway - it's only petty cash now; he shorted Bitcoins on the futures market two months ago and is currently looking through brochures of 40 passenger yachts, and...........

...... a re-covered Drifter fitted with a reconditioned 40 cc McCulloch.

But there was an elephant in the room, as Turbo's skin is grey and wrinkly, he has big round flat feet, and Turdy had shorted his Bitcoins against a sweet deal offered to him by some bloke in the dunny of a restaurant in Lygon St, where Turbo had bought a job-lot of Qantas and Brown & Roote shares that were in a cardboard box which was a collector's item, having been personally autographed by all of the Morans, Eddie Obied, Christopher Skase, Alan Bond & Nathan Tinkler.

"They'll be OK" said Tubb "As the guy who sold them to me was a real nice bloke, Joycey is the right knome to bring Qantas back to life and Brown&Roote will make a comeback, so based on that advice I doubled down on the shorting and ask you to stick with me, boys and girls NTTIAWWT, until we .....

............ "Poop & another 4-letter word" said Brine "I have shares in MHRS#37, and in BIHITCI and also in Turdy'sFTI, so it looks like my mate (and Financial Advisor) The Turdster's Financial and Marital Advice Pty Ltd, has stitched me up well and good."

"Double poop & another 8 letter word" interjected Ahlox "As I own 49% of The TF&MAP/L, which for tax purposes is located within my selfie-administered Superannualaviation Scheme & was recommended to me by .............

known to have slightly better chances of being able to be converted to a real currency than winning loto.....but Turdy was siting atop the good ship Mt Gox which was supposedly unsinkable and has a captain of impeccable training.....in driving a tractor.... but really what could go possibly go wrong? Turdy in an attempt at due diligence asked to see the captains passport and noticed immediately that the photo looked quite unlike the captain, but he countered that it was old and at a time in my life when I desperately wanted to look like a Tanzanian and the best way of achieving that was to live there....but im over that and quite comfortable now being a Bangit holmer......Seemeed Ok to Turdy and so he turned his inquiring mind to completing due diligence and started to focus on.....

...... due dili-do.

"Now youze are speaking my lingo" cried Nanna, who also took Bitcoins and Amex, but added 2% for the latter (and had a meeting schedule this afternoon with her accountant to evaluate what will be the surcharge for those that pay with Bitcoins).

"How did you know that my holding company was Mt Gox Possum Skins Inc" asked Turdy who thought that his ownership of Mt Gox Possum Skins Inc was well hidden behind a veil that involved Turdy's Family Trust Inc, Bange it Holme IT Corporation Inc, Moorabbin Horse Racing Syndicate #37 and ............

........ Tubb accepted a contract from an unidentified Russian buyer (with the initials VP) to supply the first of a number of 40 ft containers of possum skins which are to be paid for in Bitcoins (even though Tubb's ammo supplier wants payment in the old fashioned $Au).

"While it is unfortunate for the possums around here and they will be crapping themselves (which devalues the skins a bit), this contract is vital to the Aussie, Victorian and Ye Olde Bange Holme economies and it has proven that I am a happening interweb savvy type guy who is getting with the program to move away from them crappy gold based currencies to Bitcoins, which are backed by that more valuable and important commodity, which is .........

Why would the Aussie Gyro Nationals be set on a date that clashes with Natfly?

I can understand the desire of an organisation like ASRA to want to be separate to RA-Aus, but surely they know that they are competing in some way for the same potential owners and there has always to date been good representation of Gyros at Natfly.

I hope that both events don't suffer.

.....nuts.He picked this up from Turbo adopted it from his Mentor may years ago when he was having a problem making a sale.

 

"Grab 'em by the balls and their hearts will follow" said the wise old Menotr, who................

........ was a member of the AUF/RAA Board during the bad old days.

"That has always worked with the membership, who don't care what you do to 'em as long as they can just keep flying"

But at that very moment, there was a flash of light and ..............

...... the Harlot responded as he knows Eeeen well.

"No, that is definitely not true" said Lotti "But he does slick down his hair, & groom other parts of his body, with a fat possum, which he holds by the .............

.... Four Skins, as each of El Ratto's was worth 4 possum skins.

With Mavis's departure (on a course of 245 & not above 2000 ft .... as that is all the Can and the Axe were capable of), Nanna moved the mixture of her broom to full rich, cracked the throttle open, threw her leg over the handle and ..........

....we sitting around squabbling about this? Why don't we all just kiss and........

..... make up while wearing our makeup, then have a bit of a fondle with the lights dimmed."

This was typical Rec Frying Moderatti speak by Loxley and reflects what they get up to in the exclusive Moderatti section of this website, which is locked well away from "normal" members and is cleaned twice weekly because of the mess on the floor.

"I like the 12 Incher's post # 8698" responded Brine, as I .............

The last time I saw the document it was in my opinion benign and simply sought an undertaking of a representative member to 'do the right thing'. Previously the confidentiality undertaking was an onerous document and required the representative member to treat all Board meeting information as confidential, this was a real problem as it justified the allegations of secrecy from the members.

The undertaking was subsequently changed to basically require the representative member to respect confidentiality where it applied to genuinely confidential matters.

However I have a problem about a duly elected member of the Board then, after they have been declared as elected, not being given access to Board items to which he or she has a clear right and responsibility, until they sign some agreement that is presented to them after their election.

I suspect that it can be argued that RA-Aus has no right, at any time, to prevent an elected member's representative from gaining access to information that will allow him or her to get on with their elected job.

I recall only a year or 2 ago that some Board Members were locked out of access to the Board section of the RA-Aus website and the Board email system because those Board Members would not toe the line, and in an attempt by the OBC to force them to do so. Surely this "Confidentiality Agreement " signature requirement is more of the same, although almost certainly more benign.

Regards Geoff

It's not a matter of accepting secrecy, like most people I have little choice but to work with the system we have which also goes for councils, state and federal governments and any governing body. Your the one that is dreaming.

It is clear (crystal) that members have the right to all information that they desire in an organisation that is structured such as RAA.

As I have previously advised on one of the threads here, a group of us concerned members paid for a Solicitor's and QC's opinion on this question prior to the Feb 2013 EGM when the entire secrecy issue was a big burr under our saddle.

I, personally, accept the need for some items to be considered in-camera by the Board (but not to hide behind the secrecy provisions to disguise poor management, as was the case in the past), however any member has the right to any data if they press for it.

Regards Geoff

............ that post # 8696 by Tinky Wink sounds a bit like some by Emmy. Could they perhaps be one and the same person (sic)?"

(And who are Timidarse & Clitoris anyway? queried Ratso)

"Erky Perky "responded Turbo.

"Chucky Wucky" answered Bafta.

"In that case, given those responses, I must have it wrong ..... for the first time this century." said Robin of Loxley "But if that is the case, why are ..............

....... igbay ScarOay iticismcray."

"Don't worry about doing that" yelled the Rodent "Don't react and just stay cool like I always do, because criticism should be like water off a (Madge) Mallard's back .............. and I reckon that the MotzartPerve is more to blame than you are, anyway."

"I agree" responded Madge "As it was Motza that got Occy all wound up so that his undies started to chafe and .......................

The rat's gonna get me, I'm sure... - for me, being part of the travelling experience on the 'bike is very similar to flight. I admit, I find Thrusters, Drifters, and sailplanes much more bike-like than the Lightwing GR-912 I flew...

And further .......... the big similarity for me between Aviation and Motorcycles is the absolute need to "stay ahead of the machine", and the enjoyment that results when you get that right.

If either get ahead of you, you are stuffed .......... and that is a real buzz to be in control of.

Regards Ratso

I agree RL and I reckon that "Individual & Personal Responsibility" should be the cornerstone of Aussie Law.

In all my motorcycle riding, sailplane flying and UL activities I have always left strict instructions with my family that NOBODY is to be sued in the event of an accident, on the basis that I have chosen to pursue the pastime precisely because it is more fun because there is some inherent risk, that I will maintain the machine, I will evaluate all data and I will make all decisions on whether to "go" or not.

I flew sailpanes out of Tocumwal and Coryong where the organisations provided a morning weather briefing. As you would know, when you are chasing cross-country conditions in summer out there it is easy to get a day that over-develops when you are actually searching for an optimum day that "almost" over-develops, yet some were willing, if not keen, to always blame the briefing and the briefer if it all turned to custard.

In these days where everyone is looking for an excuse and rapists can mitigate if they ever had an ingrowing toenail as a kiddie, individuals actually taking responsibility for their own decisions and actions is pretty unique, and getting more so.

Regards Geoff

And then although he is really the member's friend, Madge's 10 years of Latin, as learnt at Townsville middle school & practiced thereafter at a fundamentalist catholic house of ill repute, came to the fore and he said "Pass on by, there is nothing to see here, et vescere bracis mere because stercus accidis, and ...................

........... looked like her and he was pretty Jolly.

"Te futueo et caballum tuum" responded Madge to Occy the speech policeman "You cupis homines, as you are a mundus excrementi."

"Jaberrooters eunt domus" said Madge and Motza in chorus.

"Well" responded Occy "I have never been so insulted", then he used a few big words that Ratpoo didn't understand, couldn't spell & is therefore unable to report accuratartively.

"Insulted? OK, well try this" they answered and the NES contributors were shocked to hear Madge the Magnificenti f'n Qti Boardo Representati say ".................

What do you think of these Phil? How'd you like to slide into those at 100 kph or more .... or even have a car change lanes on you and push you into it while you are still on the bike?

I have no idea how this would work, but it's so unfeasible, I'm sure the govt would give it a go. You won't grow much hay in a drought, once the hay has begun to rot, it's useless as feed. Even if they use available hay sources, the market for hay would then be inflated, and there wouldn't be any affordable hay for stock, they start growing crops just to produce hay (it's in demand) instead of food crops . Then the price of cereals and meat goes up, people complain about the cost of living and then want pay rises, it's starting to hurt my head.

I was involved in a safety discussion on these .............

I'd take an Armco barrier any day in preference to a cheese grater, and I have hit a couple of armcos, including at Mt Panorama in the '70's.

The answer is to take the Armco all the way to the ground and not leave that motorcyclist extrusion dye/die opening along the bottom.

The big discussion back when I was heavily involved was how do you stop guys from bouncing off the Armco barrier back onto the racing line and then getting cleaned up by following machines. I'd guess that the cheese grater type barrier would stop that as you would be wrapped around those vicious little green posts that seem to deform but stay in place even when a truck has cleaned them up and the wire has been stretched.

The biggest issue at Mt Panorama, apart from no run-off except at Murrays and Hell corners, was that the channel posts that supported the Armco stuck up about an inch above the top of the Armco and the posts had been cut off leaving a rough serrated edge from a wobbly hand held oxy cutter, so if you came off & slid along the top of the armco, the protruding channels would fillet you.

Regards Geoff

But by the same token, you can't claim a moral right to represent the majority without the endorsement of the majority.

When an election has been held? What rot. Your argument is unsound. You lose.

And all this from someone who fancies himself as being much smarter than the average dill motorcyclist and therefore who has pretentions of being one of the self evaluated and self-appointed intelligencia. Your arguments on this issue alone disqualify ya.

Regards Geoff

I'm taking the Indian from South to North in August, (the same one that I went Perth Sydney a few years ago (1918 model Powerplus Single but I will probably build and fit a twin engine to it this time ( the more common powerplant).

Keep us posted on this South to North trip of yours and what will be the route and timing.

And I second you all about those bloody cheese-grater wire barriers. That would have to be the worst & most inappropriate bit of industrial design for motorcycles.

You've decried the existence of 'self-appointed representatives' - yet the one Board member who is adopting that exact position on the basis of the support of 67 of more than 9,5000 members of RAA appears to have escaped your wrath. 12 of 13 Board members are quietly getting on with the business of pulling RAA out of the excrement it threw itself into while one has run his flag up the Maypole for his personal agenda.

There you go jumping back into character again.

Surely even you can see the difference between someone who appoints themselves to represent us, and someone who submits themselves to due process and is elected fully in accordance with the constitution of RA-Aus.

He was ELECTED. It is not up to you to appoint yourself the arbiter of the non-existent sub-category of how many votes you think it takes to make that kosher.

He was elected, he is elected and he has every right & responsibility that is conferred on someone who is elected.

I know a number of Board Members who express an opinion and Madge is no different. It is ridiculous for you to claim otherwise and it looks like it is you who have the personal agenda of attacking him just because he speaks his mind here and elsewhere on an issue or 2. As just 1 of a number on the Board, I am satisfied with the processes involved and I am willing to defend his right to hold an opinion or three.

But for you to claim that somehow he is less elected because of the number that voted in the f'n Q election is perverse.

Regards Geoff

........ riding across Commonwealth Avenue bridge in Canberra with 5,000 motorcycling mates in line astern behind you ........ .

I see that you added a bit to your post # 270 and respond as follows:

I was one of the 5000 in that ride, although down the back with the unedumacated ones. My mates and I were supporting the principle of the issues, not our self appointed representatives and we buggered off as soon as the speeches and self promotion kicked off.

Having seen him ride quite often, Graham C was, and still is, at the right hand of God when it comes to road racing. He was at the Island Classic last year, I think to promote his book, and I was able to say g'day. Thought that he might come back and ride with the NZ team this year, but no such luck.

I have been over to most of the NZ Street Races. Well worth it.

Now, all of this agreement and conviviality is making me dry reach. So let's get back to bluing.

Regards Geoff