Nicking off Tolkien

[Rumil]

Hi Beth and Thinlomien,

I don't think I know any people with 'public' LoTR nicknames, though there was one guy who was known as Gollum behind his back, which was rather cruel but did suit him.

On the bikers subject, the shooting was dreadful and its not the first time that it has happened, but I don't think its fair to condemn all bikers because of this. I used to share a house with couple of Bulldog Bash biker attendees, one of whom once won the coveted 'dog bike' award for the most disgracefully manky motorbike to manage to make it to Long Marston. They were both great chaps and would never have hurt a fly, and weren't Angels, or indeed angels as long as one didn't object to disassembled bike engines in the sink!

After all

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost

Cheers,

Rumil

[Lalwendë]

Bikers, even those few who call themselves Hells Angels, are very different over here. They're mostly nice people, sure they like a beer and noisy bikes and metal, but they're generally decent blokes. And a lot of them are fond of Lord of the Rings too - my bro was a biker and a Tolkien fan, and what's more he had a mate named Bilbo

[Bêthberry]

yeah, there's 'good' and 'decent' bikers over here, too, Lal. The poor bloke who was murdered has also been described by police as "a man of good character" without any police record on either side of the pond.

What got me is the idea of all these noisy, smelly bikes revin' up in Shire-like country.

Way back in the '90's there was a computer game or program (can't recall exactly what it was, as I never used it--just heard people talk about it while I played 'Lunar Lander') called "Gandalf."