Fear of death or injury

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Fighter Aircraft relate to Motorcycles better than anything else imaginable. From what I've read many WWII pilots acquired military surplus Harleys in order to continue their comradery with their buddies after the war. You're all smart guys and would know that anyways so why would fighter aircraft be off topic with bikes and the fear of death? This is all a good read so far.

Any one here read "A Question of Honor"? Enormously good book regarding the Kosciuszko Squadron during the BoB.

Ferret, I see none of the words on Carlins' list present so what's the cut off?...Crap maybe?

+1 on that, flying and riding a motorcycle or bicycle - in a higher performance envelope - definitely have a lot in common. I dinna see any of Carlin's words, either.

Lets discuss this for a moment.

What is the point of eliminating any term that may suggest a bodily function? No progress in this world of ours was ever made by denying the natural processes. Medical science would not have advanced, technology would not move forward; removing references to natural functions stems from a desire to deny the fact we ourselves are natural creatures. Now if it's an epithet or just plain foul language for the purpose of insulting someone, that's another matter.

I love to trash talk, and it's been my direct, personal experience that most racers, from World Champions on down, use the most excoriating kinds of langwidge. Why, I've heard one feller (just call me Breckinridge right now) let loose with streak of langwidge that would bring blue ruin to anyone which was inside earshot. And that cuss had three World Championships under his belt. We was trying to fix something which was wrong with his mechanicals. (This is a true story).

Jest about nine outta ten of your averidge racers will use up ever' one of Senor Carlin's words in the first sentence out, and then after that they'll serve up a string of variations on them words which will curl yore hair and bring tears into yore eyes.

It's just my experience that the majority of yore so-called outstanding and exceptional type use every kind of different langwidge relating to body parts, yore personal ancestry, yore religin, and yore part of the woods than jest about anybody.

Besides, Thanksgiving was over last November so does that mean we have permission to say pee?

+1 on that, flying and riding a motorcycle or bicycle - in a higher performance envelope - definitely have a lot in common. I dinna see any of Carlin's words, either.

Lets discuss this for a moment.

What is the point of eliminating any term that may suggest a bodily function? No progress in this world of ours was ever made by denying the natural processes. Medical science would not have advanced, technology would not move forward; removing references to natural functions stems from a desire to deny the fact we ourselves are natural creatures. Now if it's an epithet or just plain foul language for the purpose of insulting someone, that's another matter.

I love to trash talk, and it's been my direct, personal experience that most racers, from World Champions on down, use the most excoriating kinds of langwidge. Why, I've heard one feller (just call me Breckinridge right now) let loose with streak of langwidge that would bring blue ruin to anyone which was inside earshot. And that cuss had three World Championships under his belt. We was trying to fix something which was wrong with his mechanicals. (This is a true story).

Jest about nine outta ten of your averidge racers will use up ever' one of Senor Carlin's words in the first sentence out, and then after that they'll serve up a string of variations on them words which will curl yore hair and bring tears into yore eyes.

It's just my experience that the majority of yore so-called outstanding and exceptional type use every kind of different langwidge relating to body parts, yore personal ancestry, yore religin, and yore part of the woods than jest about anybody.

Besides, Thanksgiving was over last November so does that mean we have permission to say pee?


God Red Mist,

If find all of your posts rather compelling as I do Spaceman's.

What surprises me is that I find your (blatantly intentional) mis-spelling of words not only evocative, but charming. A bit like reading Chaucer or Dylan Thomas.

I wouldn't change a thing in the way you write, in fact it would be like adding water to wine, it would dilute it and ruin it.

The best thing about this forum is not the bike we're all tirelessly discussing, but the characters, the personalities, and the banter we all share.

On this note. Let's not get too anal about petty swearing (please) as I think it adds as much to a story as it (possibly) detracts from the the decorum in a very tight knit and close forum such as this

We all get on, and no venom is ever spat.

Let's just keep it sensible but not stifle 'spirited debate'.