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Old 13 Feb 2011
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Smile Hello to you all

Hi I found the Horizons site two years ago and was amazed at what you where all up to!......If only. Well what do you know i have been offered voluntary redundancy !!! now i have just one more hurdle THE BOSS.....
{ my lovely wife } but things are looking good !!
I have traveled a good deal for work and have been fortunate to do so,but not on a motorcycle.It would be good to attend one or more of the meetings to be fully infected , reading Jupeter's Travels ,Sam Manicom and other such
wonderful tales, many on the Horizons site inspire us all?
Keep safe and all the best ..... Spero.
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Old 14 Feb 2011
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Hello, mate!

Welcome to the HUBB!
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Hi Spero,

Welcome to many peoples dream page, including me.
Forgive me my ignorance. But how does one became a gold member, by contributing only one post? Is it a question of age, location, sex, income, kind of motorbike, colourblindness, baldness, nationality or what.
In case of being overweight, I may qualify.
Keep working on your bosses opinion, sounds familiar for many of us.
Good luck.

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To become a Gold Member (shades of Austin Powers!), you just need to pay for Gold membership; use the link below and scroll down or just go to the membership section on the main page. It doesn't matter how many posts you have (as far as I know?!). I was very happy to do this; this site has been an excellent source of information!


http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/store/
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Thanks for the welcome.

Great to receive your replies,as for the gold bit i thought in for a penny in for a Gold Member, just wanted to help out . Grant and Susan have done a fantastic job with Horizons. All the best Spero.
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Hello thank you for the welcome .I have a grumpy uncle who lives in Umbria if he had ridden a motorcycle maybe he would not be so grumpy? I love Italy,all the best Spero
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Thanks for the welcome,yes i know it looks odd being a gold member but i just wanted to help Grant & Susan along they have done a great job with Horizons. All the best Spero.
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