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What up from the States - breadlord - 08-08-12
OK, I've been here a month now and I'm frigging bored.
* Everyone rides Harleys. Everyone thinks they're great
* Everyone is retarded
* I tried to rent a bike. All they had were Harleys. I didn't bother.
* It's getting to the point where I might bother.
* I need a Michigan bike license to buy a bike
* To get a Michigan bike license I need a Michigan car license, since the bike is an entitlement on a car license
* Everyone is trying to sell me something
* Can't go to the pub, because there are no pubs
* Can't get bladdered because you need a car to get anywhere
* If you *do* go to a bar there's always a lad in there, so it costs a dollar to take a piss.
Miss Blighty, miss my bike, and I miss people with a properly developed sense of proportion.
What's been going on 'round here, then?
Re: What up from the States - JZS 600 - 08-08-12
Jesus, sounds grim!
What did you go there for anyway,,,,,,
Re: What up from the States - steeeve66 - 08-08-12
which bit of the US are you in? I go a lot - usually to the East Coast where they're more 'european' and easier to get along with; plenty of bright people and beautiful country as well, for my 40th i rode a bike through the Blue Ridge Mountain and the Appalachian area and it was stunning.
even on a Harley (and they really are sh*te)
Re: What up from the States - breadlord - 08-08-12
(08-08-12, 04:45 PM)JZS 600 link Wrote: What did you go there for anyway,,,,,,I work for a consultancy. We're consulting for Mercedes. For the next three years... Hopefully I'll just be here for 18 months.
Re: What up from the States - JZS 600 - 08-08-12
I see,,,,
Well, hopefully it'll be life enriching!
Re: What up from the States - Tiberius Onklevaart - 08-08-12
(08-08-12, 04:22 PM)breadlord link Wrote: * Can't get bladdered because you need a car to get anywhere
You'll need the car to get home if you DO get bladdered
Re: What up from the States - alan09 - 08-08-12
(08-08-12, 05:04 PM)steeeve66 link Wrote: which bit of the US are you in?lol er michigan springs to mind :lol
Re: What up from the States - steeeve66 - 08-08-12
(08-08-12, 08:59 PM)alan09 link Wrote: [quote author=steeeve66 link=topic=4141.msg33993#msg33993 date=1344441893]lol er michigan springs to mind :lol
which bit of the US are you in?
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I guess the key is the word 'Michigan' which was used several times in the original post...
I'll get me coat :o
Re: What up from the States - rustyrider - 09-08-12
Might be worth getting a local licence (or license as they insist on calling them) anyway. Guy I know bought a place in Florida to use as a holiday home and let out when he wasn't using it himself. Also bought a car but found they wanted stupid money for insurance because he held a foreign licence. He was told the easiest thing would be to get a local licence. He found he could book his test the same day, and it consisted of driving out of a carpark, round the block (right turns only so no crossing the flow of the traffic) back into the carpark and reverse into a space. That's it, nothing else and he got himself a Florida licence.
From the way most Yanks drive, I wouldn't think it'll be any harder to get a bike licence either.