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From: wadley@mullauna.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Gregory Robert Wadley)
Subject: forwarding msg from Germany
Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
Distribution: aus
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 23:07:15 GMT

Someone asked me to post this message, as they can't seem to get through ...

--------------------------- Message follows --------------------------------


  Hello Australia !!!

  This is my first posting to an australian group, and it's
  a delicate one:

  I'm trying to find the former girl-friend of a friend of mine.


  Explanation: 
    Once upon a time, he loved her and she loved him. Then, there
    was some trouble, and he left her. Now, about 3 years (or so)
    later, he is very sorry about his behaviour and wants to see
    her again (and apologize). He is really VERY sorry, as since
    I know him (about a year now) he speakes hardly about something
    else but her. The problem is: She has moved away (from England
    to Australia) and he hasn't her address or her phone number. He
    doesn't even know the city she now lives in.
    
    Now, that's the point where I decided to help him: I'm trying
    now to find out the place where his love now lives (or at least
    her phone number). And now I ask the australian net.community
    to help me help him. He doesn't know about this posting, he 
    doesn't even know about my quest for her. Please keep this 
    search secret !!!! 
    
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  Description:
    Hm... that's difficult. I don't know her. I know nothing about her.
    I just know her name (maybe even the spelling is wrong):


                            Joanne Firth 


    And I know that she must be working for a group of hotels, the

  			Crown Hotels Int. Ltd. 
    
    She *may* be working in the management there (or somewhere else). 
    That's all I know.

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  Please send all hints or addresses via E-Mail to me.
  Please keep this search secret.

  Any help would be great.
  Thank you in advance.

  Michael

   
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Newsgroups: aus.general
From: matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan)
Subject: Re: Too Much Riding??
Organization: AODC, though I don't speak for them.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 06:55:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.012239.14701@trl.oz.au> phil@trl.oz.au writes:
>
>Too Much Riding??
>
>Have any fellow riders had the same problem I have?
>
>Over the last couple of months I have been suffering from a sore neck.
>I have had X-Rays of my neck and it appears that there has been more than
>usual neck ware, this has meant that a nerve has been pinched in my neck
>and giving me pain down one arm. The doctors can not tell why my neck has worn.

Yeah, me too.  It feels like a pinched nerve anyway .. I haven't been to the
doctor.  I thought it would be due to the riding too, by it is probably
aggravated in my case by tennis and carrying a heavy gear-sack on one
shoulder.

>My question is: Has this high speed air effected my neck? I like riding but
>I like don't like pain. Are my riding days over?
>Has any one else had the same problem?
>What do you fellow riders think.

I've been thinking of doing a Nigel Mansell - he injured his neck
badly in an accident early in his career, and since has done neck
strengthening exercises regularly.  You can see the result I think ..
his neck would not be out of place on a rugby forward.

Regards,
	-Matt
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Ducati's & the like...
From: gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (ua.ude.ebortal.reficul@hterag)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 05:43:35 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University


I was riding my pushie (my rehab. machine after my accident :-( ) through
I nice set of twisties just out of Melbourne metro when a Ducati DESMO 
wooshed past. Boy was I disappointed. He was going pretty hard but the
thing sounded like a Suzuki Mighty Boy... Once was a time when the only
joy of being scared off your pushie into the gutter was listening to
the Ducati's ride off into the distance.  :-)

Those ADR people have a lot to answer for. You thought they could've 
exempted Ducati's? Suppose Harley's are the only one's left...

Gareth.

gareth@lonely.for.the.sound.of.a.nice.ducati

-- 
gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: jef@quark.ansto.gov.au (J. E. Fearon)
Subject: Re: Hello
Organization: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:16:30 GMT

In article <david.1@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU> david@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU (David Watkin) writes:
>Well I would say that most of us are back at work so "WERE THE HELL IS 
>EVERYBODY" . I hope everybody had a happy and safe holiday.
>                         DAVE.


Well not ALL of us >:) ..... I am relaxing in Bloomington Indiana till Easter
muhahahahahaha .. the only thing I miss is my bike :\

cheers 
Hope you all had a happy new year and a merry x-mas
Jason.
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Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: phil@trl.oz.au (Phillip Bouchier)
Subject: Too Much Riding??
Reply-To: phil@trl.oz.au
Organization: Telecom Research Labs.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 01:22:39 GMT


Too Much Riding??

Have any fellow riders had the same problem I have?

Over the last couple of months I have been suffering from a sore neck.
I have had X-Rays of my neck and it appears that there has been more than
usual neck ware, this has meant that a nerve has been pinched in my neck
and giving me pain down one arm. The doctors can not tell why my neck has worn.

My question is, could the cause of this pain be the continous high speed wind
against my face together with the heavy fibre glass helmet I use. I am
37 years old, I started riding at 19 years of age, and had a bike for nearly
all that time. I would estimate that I have accumulated 190,000km. I have
enjoyed many tours over many holidays where these tours I have traveled long
distances e.g. 5,000km. The bikes I have used are Honda CB350, CB750 and a
Suzuki GSX1100. These bikes do not have fairings.

My question is: Has this high speed air effected my neck? I like riding but
I like don't like pain. Are my riding days over?
Has any one else had the same problem?
What do you fellow riders think.

Philip Bouchier
From: tony@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Tony Molina)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: speed cameras and bikes (tasmania)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:47:12 +1100
Organization: University of Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

cbaker@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Christopher Paul Baker) writes:

>Just a quick query from a 'new' bike rider (still on my L's).
>Tasmania are just about to introduce speed cameras (ala Victoria style)
>and I was wondering if it is possible to be 'caught' on a bike.
>It is my impression that these cameras work by photographing the front
>of the moving vehicle and reading the number-plate.  Seeing bikes have
>no numberplates on the front, how are they checked?
>Just curious.  Sorry if this subject has been touched on recently in
>this group.  As I said above, I'm a newie and haven't been reading this
>group for very long.

As a Victorian rider (although recovering from an "accident") I can confirm
that as most cameras are setup to photograph from the front, that the
bike will be photographed but unidentified.

I was recently riding home one night when I was momentarily stunned by
a flash of light photographing my bike from a police speed trap on the
side of the road. My heart sank and thoughts of returning to public
transport came rushing to me (I was only a little over the limit but
I've accumulated a few demerit points). A little further down the
road when I had collected my thoughts I remembered that having been
photographed from the front I was safe! Safe that is assuming their
photo technology is not good enough to enlarge the rego sticker in my
fairing screen  :-)
 
Take care,

Tony
From: twb@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Tony Basaranowicz)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Too Much Riding??
Date: 11 Jan 93 23:34:44 GMT
Distribution: cs
Organization: Comp Sci, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan) writes:

>I've been thinking of doing a Nigel Mansell - he injured his neck
>badly in an accident early in his career, and since has done neck
>strengthening exercises regularly.  You can see the result I think ..
>his neck would not be out of place on a rugby forward.

>Regards,
>	-Matt

I'm not sure if that's entirely the case, as I remember reading in a GP
mag a while back that there wasn't much you could do to build up strength
in the neck since due to the muscles there (or lack of). I think if there's
anyone out there who knows something about anatomy (like a biomed student)
then maybe they can shed some more light on this.

Still, Mansell's neck *does* look fairly beefy...

Tony Basaranowicz,                          .. v For Sale v ............ o
RMIT Dept. of Hospitality & Cons. Sci. ....... Suzuki RGV250M ....... _ /\,\
twb@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au          ............... MRA #927 ......... (_)> (_)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: david@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU (David Watkin)
Subject: test
Organization: University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:43:30 GMT

Don`t you just hate tests posts.
I am seeing if my new sig file will work, By the way I put a new set of bars 
on my Harley over christmas, I put on some drag bars, ha , you dont see that 
very often on a Harley.
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From: nxh109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au (Nicholas Hauser)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Yamaha WR200 (Canberra or Sydney)
Date: 12 Jan 1993 01:33:55 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: world
Reply-To: nxh109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au (Nicholas Hauser)
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.15.51


Bike is currently in Sydney. Phone (02) 905 1287

One beautiful WR200, just over 1 year old.
Immaculate condition, with little use.
Acerbis plastic
New tyres.
Best dirt bike I've ever had.
Selling due to lack of use.
Offers around $3500.

Nick Hauser.

Ph work (06) 249 0037
email  nxh109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au
From: Neal Gowen <gowen@rsbs0.anu.edu.au>
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Too Much Riding??
Date: 13 Jan 1993 04:50:44 GMT
Organization: RSBS Australian National University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.39.30
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
X-XXDate: Wed, 13 Jan 93 23:52:04 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.012239.14701@trl.oz.au> Phillip Bouchier,
phil@trl.oz.au writes:

>Too Much Riding??
>
>Have any fellow riders had the same problem I have?
>
>Over the last couple of months I have been suffering from a sore neck.
>I have had X-Rays of my neck and it appears that there has been more
than
>usual neck ware, this has meant that a nerve has been pinched in my
neck
>and giving me pain down one arm. The doctors can not tell why my neck
has worn.
>
>My question is, could the cause of this pain be the continous high
speed wind
>against my face together with the heavy fibre glass helmet I use. I am
>37 years old, I started riding at 19 years of age, and had a bike for
nearly
>all that time. I would estimate that I have accumulated 190,000km. I
have
>enjoyed many tours over many holidays where these tours I have
traveled long
>distances e.g. 5,000km. The bikes I have used are Honda CB350, CB750
and a
>Suzuki GSX1100. These bikes do not have fairings.
>
>My question is: Has this high speed air effected my neck? I like
riding but
>I like don't like pain. Are my riding days over?
>Has any one else had the same problem?
>What do you fellow riders think.

Well Phillip, you are not alone.  I suffered from the same problem. 
It started after a ride back from the Bathust races in the early '80s.
I was riding my old XS750F then with low bars and a replica R100RS
fairing. (BTW I have a few on you in age and years riding too).

Well the trip back to Canberra that year was dogged by lots and lots
of traffic. I was constanly passing car after car. I think the
combination of a heavy helmet, a top heavy bike, the forward riding
position and having to do hundreds of head checks over my right
shoulder before overtaking, contributed to my problem.  The next day
when I got up my neck was stiff and my left arm had gone numb.
Diagnosis was a pinched nerve in the neck.

With physio and neck exercises the problem went away.  My current
bike, an XJ900, has more of an upright riding postion and I don't get
the problem as much now.  The numbness usually occurs with too much
keyboard work!!!  So I know when to be carefull.

My only concern now is whether I will get the problem when I buy the
bike I am coverting now, a ZZR1100.  Maybe I'll just put up with the
pain.
As Chrissy Amplett one said, "it's a fine line between pleasure and
pain" 8-)
Neal G.
_______________________________________________________
Neal Gowen (XJ900 and TY250B)   MRA #204 ;  Ulysses #2458
"Grow Old Disgracefully"
Australian National University
email:  gowen@rsbs0.anu.edu.au
voice:  61 6 249 2942 fax:  61 6 249 2603 
snail:   GPO Box 475 Canberra
______________________________________________________
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: jbm@hal.trl.OZ.AU (Jacques Guy)
Subject: Advice on selling a bike or two ... or three please
Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 04:53:39 GMT

Friends of mine from overseas came to Australia recently 
(on boxing day), bought themselves a motorbike each, and
went touring. They're expected back in Melbourne on 
February 10th, and will sell their machines there before 
leaving. Those bikes are one Suzuki 650 DR (bought new),
and two BMWs "Paris-Dakar", bought second-hand with
7000 to 8000 km on the clock. Any advice on the best
way to go about it?
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: cbaker@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Christopher Paul Baker)
Subject: speed cameras and bikes (tasmania)
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 03:02:07 GMT

Just a quick query from a 'new' bike rider (still on my L's).
Tasmania are just about to introduce speed cameras (ala Victoria style)
and I was wondering if it is possible to be 'caught' on a bike.
It is my impression that these cameras work by photographing the front
of the moving vehicle and reading the number-plate.  Seeing bikes have
no numberplates on the front, how are they checked?
Just curious.  Sorry if this subject has been touched on recently in
this group.  As I said above, I'm a newie and haven't been reading this
group for very long.
Chris Baker
University of Tasmania
From: jon@ephor.tusc.oz.au (Jon Eaves)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Stay Upright Courses
Date: 5 Jan 1993 10:06:26 +1100
Organization: TUSC Computer Systems Pty Ltd.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: ephor.tusc.oz.au

Hi Net-people,

  After attending the Stay Upright Course (Advanced Defensive) in 
  November at Philip Island and was really impressed,  I have booked
  in again.

  The next course is being run on Saturday 16th January, but includes
  a 4 hr theory night on Thursday 14th January.

  For all those who are interested the phone number is

	(03) 431 2828

	or toll-free

	(008) 249 953

  They can fax you an application form and require a $50 deposit to
  secure a place in the group.

  There are about 6 places left on the Saturday course, there is also
  a Sunday course (17th) that has 6 places left.

  Hope to see people there. (I'll be going on the Saturday Course)

  PS : You can also contact me with any questions (ph: (03) 840 2222)

-- 
------------------------< Jon Eaves [jon@tusc.oz] >----------------------
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 - Alvaro Fangioni, after failing to negotiate a tricky bend at Le Mans.
--- TUSC Computer Systems, 666 Doncaster Rd, Doncaster, Victoria 3108 ---
From: tony@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Tony Molina)
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ducati's & the like...
Date: 13 Jan 1993 14:40:57 +1100
Organization: University of Melbourne
NNTP-Posting-Host: ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (ua.ude.ebortal.reficul@hterag) writes:


>I was riding my pushie (my rehab. machine after my accident :-( ) through
>I nice set of twisties just out of Melbourne metro when a Ducati DESMO 
>wooshed past. Boy was I disappointed. He was going pretty hard but the
>thing sounded like a Suzuki Mighty Boy... Once was a time when the only
>joy of being scared off your pushie into the gutter was listening to
>the Ducati's ride off into the distance.  :-)

I know what it's like Gareth. I too am back to riding my pushie as 
therapy for my badly bruised (by a red Corolla) leg. The problem is
that whenever I hear a motorbike exhaust approaching I absentmindedly
reach for the right "power twist" which turns out to be missing on my
10 speed racer  :-)
 
>Those ADR people have a lot to answer for. You thought they could've 
>exempted Ducati's? Suppose Harley's are the only one's left...

The ADR people should also think about the safety aspect of having all
these whisper quiet vehicles going about. I've never felt as vulnerable
nor had as many close calls as I have now since riding my totally silent
"stealth" pushbike  :-)
 
Take care,

>gareth@lonely.for.the.sound.of.a.nice.ducati

tony@home.waiting.for.the.insurance.coy.to.fix.his.bike. 
 
tony@ariel.its.unimelb.edu.au

Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: brent@socs.uts.edu.au (Disco Inferno Curtis)
Subject: Re: speed cameras and bikes (tasmania)
Reply-To: brent@socs.uts.edu.au
Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
Date:  8 Jan 93 00:29:39 GMT

cbaker@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Christopher Paul Baker) writes:

 >Just a quick query from a 'new' bike rider (still on my L's).
 >Tasmania are just about to introduce speed cameras (ala Victoria style)
 >and I was wondering if it is possible to be 'caught' on a bike.

I know I'm a nag and lacking in spirit but...

If you are on your Ls then I think you should be more concerned with 
defensive riding than avoiding speed cameras.

I hope that Tasmania's traffic is light enough so that you don't come 
to grief. I had a small lapse in my defensive riding the other day
and nearly had a collision. I was rather angry with myself for getting
in to a position where some wally in a car could squash me. He tried
but missed! :-)

                       Brent.

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Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
From: david@hawkesbury.uws.EDU.AU (David Watkin)
Subject: Hello
Organization: University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:21:51 GMT

Well I would say that most of us are back at work so "WERE THE HELL IS 
EVERYBODY" . I hope everybody had a happy and safe holiday.
                         DAVE.
Newsgroups: aus.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ducati's & the like...
From: cchd@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (Huw Davies)
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 07:54:38 GMT
Organization: La Trobe University

In article <1993Jan11.054335.12709@lugb.latrobe.edu.au> gareth@lucifer.latrobe.edu.au (ua.ude.ebortal.reficul@hterag) writes:

Bits about Ducatti's sounding like Mighty Boys!!!! deleted...

>Those ADR people have a lot to answer for. You thought they could've 
>exempted Ducati's? Suppose Harley's are the only one's left...

In theory :-) new HD's should meet the same sound levels. (Just noticed
that HD might be ambiguous - HD = Harley Davidson, not Huw Davies!)

>gareth@lonely.for.the.sound.of.a.nice.ducati

I don't think this e-mail address works - just as well - you're in for a
lot of abuse from Ducatti riders.....

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  Melbourne Australia  | sense, but rich in so many other ways
Newsgroups: aus.tex
From: giles@promed.com.au (Giles Lean)
Subject: Obtaining TeX, LaTeX and Fonts in Australia
Organization: Pro Medicus, Melbourne, Australia
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 06:53:58 GMT

Folk,

	What is the best way to obtain TeX, LaTeX and suitable fonts
in Australia?  Is there an archive site, or someone who is prepared
(for a copying fee ;-) to prepare a tape?

	There was no mention of Australia in the comp.text.tex FAQ. :-(

	(This site runs SCO Unix (no comments please) and the most
convenient tape format is DAT if that helps or hinders ...)

Thanks,

Giles

P.S. I made a few archie queries, but I don't really know what pieces I need.
-- 
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Newsgroups: aus.acs
From: ianst@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
Subject: From _The Cairns_Post_
Organization: Qld Dept Primary Industries
Distribution: aus
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 09:29:19 GMT

At least I *know* that this one was previously at large in the world
(the CP acknowledges _Australian_Financial_Review_ for it), so apologies
to all you financiers who have already seen it.
----

On the merits of combining golf with pleasure [sic - and they probably
meant it too :)].

One of the reasons given for golf being so popular with business people:

"Golf is the only game where old cricketers can finally score a century."

 							(CP 8 Jan 93)


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