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   Andrews to badgolferman   
   Re: did this group die?   
   09 Nov 24 19:44:21   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: andrews@spam.net   
      
   badgolferman wrote on Sat, 9 Nov 2024 18:09:39 -0000 (UTC) :   
      
   >>If someone walks up to him saying "I know everything about Goldwings   
   >>because I drive one myself", badgolferman would know he is a poser.   
   >   
   > Speaking of Goldwings, when I first got mine I noticed on various   
   > websites the spelling alternated between Goldwing, Gold Wing, and   
   > GL1800.  Of course GL1800 is the official model of the motorcycle, and   
   > mine is a 2002 GL1800A which denotes one with ABS.   
   >   
   > I asked the guy who sold it to me whether it was a Goldwing or Gold   
   > Wing and he told me Goldwing.  He referred me to the manual and the   
   > trim pieces on the bike which say Goldwing.  I have seen the Honda   
   > website which says Gold Wing, but frankly I think that was designed  or   
   > edited by someone who doesn't know the history of the motorcycle.  I   
   > don't really know, other than what the LCD display, manual and placard   
   > on my bike say -- Goldwing.   
      
   Hi badgolferman,   
      
   You just made my point perfectly for me, in that I don't know a damn thing   
   about Honda bikes - so I don't even know myself if it's a Gold Wing or not.   
      
   I see Honda advertises at their bike site it as a "Gold Wing"...   
      
      
   But your point is well taken that I don't know a damn thing about   
   GoldWings/Goldwings, and you can tell because I don't know the terms.   
      
   Yet....   
      
   I do know the difference between "riding" a bike and "driving" it.   
   As do you.   
      
   Anyone using the term "driving" a bike is a noob so if they then claim to   
   know everything about it (as the Apple trolls do for so many things), then   
   they're just posers.   
      
   Which is my point.   
      
   These Apple trolls  (Lewis, Jolly Roger, Alan Baker, Alan Browne, Chris,   
   Haemactylus, Joerg Lorenz, JF Mezei et. al) merely parrot Apple marketing.   
      
   They don't actually know anything - about anything.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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