>> In article news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
>> "A & L Lane" bigpond.com> wrote:
>>

>>>> "eggs" sloptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>>>> news:segggleto-DCDFDE.09511513122007@news.optusnet.com.au...

>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tree up, don't do cards (Save the trees, Narelle!), no food shopping
>>>>>> done, but have bought all pressies except for - THE KIDS! Hopefully,
>>>>>> that will happen today as it's getting a leeetle too close to the Big
>>>>>> Day. DH wants us to abandon Christmas and hit the road to look at the
>>>>>> big telescope at Narrabri instead. Usually, I'd crack him over the
>>>>>> head
>>>>>> for that kind of idea, but seeing as Christmas will be with HIS family
>>>>>> instead of mine this year .... hmmmm. I wonder how hot it gets in
>>>>>> Narrabri at christmas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> eggs.

>>>> ...

>
>The field is yours at least for a while.

>
>
>You see I'm about to hop into an aeroplane I neither own, nor pretend
>to own (in fact Mr Jetstar owns it) to go home for Christmas in Cairns.

>
>Tomorrow i have to do a few things like get to know our dogs again, fix
>the mower and a few other small bits and pieces that crop up when you
>aren't home for a while.
>
>Then my partner and I will be going out to dinner.

>
>So I won't get to see whatever delightful word salad you produce for my
>delectation until late Sunday or even Monday.

> "Staycalm" ihatespam.com.au> wrote in message
> news:4759e20d$0$13262$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...

>> We had a skip delivered this morning. Not only did the truck driver knock
>> over the letter box - he took it! It's gone!!!!
>>
>>

> Hi Liz,
>
> How awful for you. I can really sympathise. My Mum has been through
> something similar.
>
> A telegraph pole beside her driveway had to be replaced and Aurora came to
> do the job. Her fence was half demolished because the truck was too big and
> a flowering shrub (about 3 metres high and 1 metre wide) she had been
> nurturing for 12 years was completely destroyed. The worse thing - the pole
> is still there as "our truck is too big for your driveway lady so we will be
> back with a smaller truck" 2 weeks later no sign of them.
>
> Pity they didn't realise the truck was too big before they did all the ...

>
> The field is yours at least for a while.
>
>
> You see I'm about to hop into an aeroplane I neither own, nor pretend
> to own (in fact Mr Jetstar owns it) to go home for Christmas in Cairns.

>
> "Marco" gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:913e7d95-23ec-4fad-9baf-
>

>> So if you were riding around on say a 250cc commuter bike, you'd
>> expect to use a lot less fuel given they're not supposed to be
>> performance models?

>
> Pretty much.
>

> I was reading a copy of Two Wheels yesterday and noted that the fuel
> economy figures of some of the bikes mentioned were pretty bad - in
> the 6-7l/100km range. Granted, these were fairly powerful sports
> bikes (don't ask makes and models, I can't remember) but I still found
> that pretty surprising for vehicles which, after all, only weigh a
> couple of hundred kilos and have engines of 1000cc of less in the
> majority of cases.
>
> So what's the story? It doesn't make sense to me that a small
> engined, light bike would record similar fuel consumption to a bigger
> engined, heavier shopping trolley type hatchback. Is it just that the
> bike engines are in a higher state of tune, or does the fact that they
> rev harder use more fuel?
>