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Offline steve hawkins

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2009, 09:06:07 AM »
I'll have it.  Can you mail it to me...... ;)
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Offline Bengt_Phorqs

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2009, 12:31:01 PM »
When I was working in Yemen back around the turn of the century we had several kidnapping events.  I recall the time that a Dutchman was kidnapped and the tribe that snatched him just could not get anyone to pay his ransom at all.  After keeping him for about 4 or 5 months they swapped him to a tribe near the capital of Sana'a for cash and a hostage to be named later.

Is anyone interested in a Husky 410 dirt bike?
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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2009, 03:41:52 AM »
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When I was working in Yemen back around the turn of the century we had several kidnapping events.  I recall the time that a Dutchman was kidnapped and the tribe that snatched him just could not get anyone to pay his ransom at all.  After keeping him for about 4 or 5 months they swapped him to a tribe near the capital of Sana'a for cash and a hostage to be named later.

Is anyone interested in a Husky 410 dirt bike?

OK...any preference on who you want kidnapped?  ;)
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Offline Bengt_Phorqs

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2009, 07:45:55 AM »
Oh no, I don't want anyone kidnapped, but I sure wish some of these greedy farking bastidges in Washington DC would stay out of our pockets and quit messing with our freedoms.  I wouldn't swap the US Constitution or our Bill of Rights for anything!

I did swap my first bike ever, a 100cc Kawasaki Trail Boss with a ten speed transmission for a 350cc Jawa with a pretty cool sidecar.  Turned out to be a really bad swap but I was able to sell it to an Air Force officer after he messed it up on the test ride.  He ran into the only light pole on the parking lot, turned to me and said "well, I guess I bought it, didn't I?"  Being the proper enlisted man that I was I replied, "Sir, yes sir!"   ;D
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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #19 on: July 01, 2009, 12:05:47 AM »
With a little help from me, my wife has just swapped a Ford Ranger pickup for a BMW 318i. Sure is nice to drive something that doesnt rattle so much!
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balibeemer

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #20 on: July 01, 2009, 12:07:55 AM »
Best swap of mine - swapped out my Norwegian wife for an Indonesian one!
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Offline montmil

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2009, 03:04:22 PM »
Welcome "home", Collin!

I'v been wondering about you, for the last few days, as you've been AWOL from the asylum. Hope it's "just business' that has kept you away.

Glad to have you back with us.

Monte
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Offline Lucky_Lou

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #22 on: July 01, 2009, 04:39:36 PM »
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Best swap of mine - swapped out my Norwegian wife for an Indonesian one!
I will bet there was a price to pay!!!
Lou
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balibeemer

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #23 on: July 01, 2009, 07:57:55 PM »
Monte - It is good to be back! and it's not only work keeping me away.
I've just "found" an 81 LS for a new buddy here (he will, no doubt, be joining this happy band of brothers soon)
I'm also restoring a R25/3, trying to train an Englishman to make Biltong and workwise, just being a sinister suit - Oh, I nearly forgot - got the wife a 318i (one of those 4 wheel things) so now we have 6 wheels in the family und zey all haf ze liddle roundel from Munchen on zem.
And I will be posting more often!
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balibeemer

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #24 on: July 01, 2009, 07:59:38 PM »
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I will bet there was a price to pay!!!
Lou
You are exactly right Lou. The biggest price was not having to eat endangered species any more!
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TXRider60

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #25 on: July 18, 2009, 10:24:42 PM »
Haven't done that much swapping,,. Biggest exception would be my Vespa P200, which I got in trade for a very early model Honda Civic in fair condition.  Still have the Vespa and hope to refurbish it soon-- and I'm sure it's held its value better than the Civic has.  Note to Ed Miller: I would be a sucker for an accordion trade, but I already have two accordions...  
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Offline Ed Miller

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Re: What was your best swap??
« Reply #26 on: July 20, 2009, 10:44:40 AM »
The Pogues are my favorite accordian band.  OK, they're a band that uses an accordian.  Irish punk/rock/drunk/violence music.

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