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When my father was shot down in 1942 on his way to Bremen, he parachuted into the little Dutch village of Stavoren, and was soon rounded up by the Germans (there being no resistance escape organization at the time).
When they asked my father to get in a motorcycle sidecar, the driver patted his motorcycle and said, " Goot bike. BSA. Dunkirk," BSA one of thousands of motor vehicles left during the evacuation from Dunkirk beaches
in 1940.
Apologies for being off thread again but I thought bike lovers may appreciate the story.
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How´s this for "pore filling"  Definitely not a pore man's gun or finish.
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You definitely wouldn't wear bowling shoes shoot'n it..
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Danke, Herr Koenig-- BMW- Bavarian Motor Werke- But when the Brits evacuated Dunkirk and left their gear behind in their blind panic to escape Der Blitzkreig-- How was it that they had BMW bikes anyway?
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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I might- but they would be custom black Johnson & Murphy bowling shoes- old "Blue Eyes" once defined a "Dork" as a man wearing a navy blue suit with brown wingtips-- That is a beautiful butt shot indeed-one any man would be proud to shoot!!!
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Danke, Herr Koenig-- BMW- Bavarian Motor Werke- But when the Brits evacuated Dunkirk and left their gear behind in their blind panic to escape Der Blitzkreig-- How was it that they had BMW bikes anyway? A better definition of a "Dork" might be someone who cannot tell the difference between a BSA and a BMW motorcycle. nial
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RWTF, BSA is British Small Arms, which made motorcyles before the war and quite a while after it. I don't know about blind panic. The British Expeditionary Force was assisting the French and Belgians against the German blitzkreig, to sustain the French at almost any cost. The Canadian 1st Infantry Brigade was ready to sail from Dover. The British somehow managed to withdraw 338,000 men from the beaches, a logistical miracle under the circumstances.
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How´s this for "pore filling" Definitely not a pore man's gun or finish. That's a technical tour de force but not to everyone's taste despite it being obviously very expensive to achieve. Years ago I was shown a gun in the NYC Beretta Gallery that had been a custom job for some guy who then didn't want it. It had my stock dimensions perfectly. The finish was so "over the top" I thought they were showing me a plastic stock! They were only mildly offended.
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Some have an eYe for class and some don't.
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Danke, Herr Koenig-- BMW- Bavarian Motor Werke- But when the Brits evacuated Dunkirk and left their gear behind in their blind panic to escape Der Blitzkreig-- How was it that they had BMW bikes anyway? It's normally a cold day in Hell when I say something nice about the Brits. However, this insult is totally unjustified. For bravery they are second to none. The evacuation at Dunkirk was a miracle of courage and organization. Yes they got lucky in that the Germans didn't press their assault all the way for some unknown reason. Whatever the Germans did or didn't do the Brits would have continued to carry on regardless. There have been times when I hated their guts but never have doubted their courage and fortitude in adversity. nial
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