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- From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
- Subject: Re: *** The Triumph Name ***
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.161153.6196@i88.isc.com>
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- Organization: INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, Naperville, IL
- References: <3880164@hpcc01.corp.hp.com> <1992Nov16.152849.3979@bnr.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 16:11:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.152849.3979@bnr.uk> datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild) writes:
- >Well, that about sums it up.
- >
- >I _want_ a Triumph.
- >
- >BTW, I rode to Hinckley on Sunday (15th of Nov, '92) to ogle the Triumph
- >factory. I was going to take a piccy too. I was very disappointed. I don't
- >know what I was expecting, but all it was was a large industrial type unit
- >with a lot of smoked glass frontage and security cameras. There wasn't even
- >a badge or name on the main building front. It was listed on the map of the
- >estate as J S Bloor, and it was very Blooring. Apparently they are going to
- >expand as there was a J S Bloor sign on a vacant bit of land to the left of
- >the building.
-
- Oh, so he's using the "Bloor" alias again, eh?
-
- Just a word to the wise: Lest ye be caught purchasing a motorcycle
- of legendary (nay, Biblical) distemper, be forewarned what
- the "J S" in "J S Bloor" actually means:
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- Julian Spagthorpe
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- Ah, real motorcycles again.
- --
- Jonathan E. Quist INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
- jeq@i88.isc.com '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094 Naperville, IL
- There are many things a person should experience in a lifetime.
- Among them are an infant's first cry, and an infant's first laugh.
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