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Havachatwithhexy... 11-Oct-2005 At 3:17:51 PM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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M8 wrote:
Totally unrelated to an above post but again with the theme;
>Ducatis

On 29/03/2005 gfdonc wrote in a PM to M8 (at the time) about things Buffalo in general:
>Did you ever hear the story about the Ducati going over the edge of the
>South Side? Staff at Cresta lodge were happy to share war stories.

On 30/03/2005 M8iswhereitsat wrote:
>Nah, have not heard about the Ducati.

gfdonc replied:
>The story is that the previous owner - who had generally let the place run down, not paying suppliers and was also in arrears on paying wages - rocked up to the Chalet one afternoon on his brand new Ducati.
>Naturally the staff who were waiting on paycheques took offence to this and so took it upon themselves to hot-wire the Ducati one night. >After a few trips around the plateau (with a few scratches from laying the bike over twice) they decided they may as well go the whole hog and ran the bike off the hang-glider takeoff ramp.
>When everyone had stopped laughing and sobered up the NPWS made them retrieve the bike/parts from the South Side - the issue apparently is still with the courts.