Common Man wrote:

> On Sat, 5 Jun 2004 14:19:13 +0100, "nemo" >
> wrote:
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>>I don't bother with soya milk much now, but my favourite used to be Plamil
>>with cocoa and carob flour added, with a little muscovado sugar.
>>
>>When I went touring on my motorcycle, a huge white BMW R75/6 BTW,
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> Nice bike!

I'd like to get one or two of those older 'R' series
BMWs, but business will need to pick up for me first,
as much so I can buy a house with a bigger garage as so
I can buy the bikes themselves.

For now, I content myself with my one 1992 K75-S.

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>>I used to
>>take some in a crown-cap beer bottle with a plastic re-seal on and I was
>>sitting on the bike once in a layby drinking this when the police pulled up
>>and wouldn't believe it wasn't beer.
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>>They wouldn't be told and refused to try it so in the end I poured some on
>>the ground and said "There! Does that look like beer?" They agreed but
>>looked *very* disappointed. I suppose I was lucky they didn't do me out of
>>spite for litter for pouring it onto the ground!
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> A friend of mine ran into something similar many years ago. The local
> police where pulling over a lot of people suspecting that they were
> drinking and driving. So he filled some beer bottles with ginger ale
> and recapped them.
>
> Soon enough he got pulled over as you did, and he poured out the
> contents to prove it wasn't beer. The police officer wasn't amused in
> the least. My friend then threw the empty bottle onto the floor of
> the car. The police officer then proceeded to write him up for having
> an open container! The judge apparently had a sense of humor and
> threw it out.
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>>Happy daze!
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>>Now you know the dangers of drinking soya milk! )
>>
>>Nemo
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