Chopper or Tomahawk?

[Hardrock93]

Hopefully not posted before: a nice little bike-related animation from Northern Ireland.

http://www.youtube.c...ature=spotlight

 

[Shaun]

What a lovely story. Made me well up a bit at the end. Awwwww.

<Note: I'm not a big softy OK!!!!>

 

[MontyVeda]

perfect, just... perfect

 

[Arch]

What a lovely story. Made me well up a bit at the end. Awwwww.

<Note: I'm not a big softy OK!!!!>

Yes you are!

Lovely little film. Or really, one ought to say, fillum.

 

[vernon]

Superb!

 

[upsidedown]

Awww what a lovely little film.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I thought it was going to have some horrid ending, like someone pushed him off it and nicked it.

 

[Yellow Fang]

£32 for a Raleigh Chopper in 1975 apparently.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091206081501AARfKH9

How much is that in today's money? You could buy six pints of beer and have change for £5 when HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy came out. Mars Bars cost 6p in 1973, while Milky Ways cost 3p.

Hmm, strange, only £209 according to the Bank of England website:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/inflation/calculator/flash/index.htm

Still, GDP has more than doubled since 1975, adjusting for inflation, so presumably that £32 probably felt more like £418.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=phNtm3LmDZEO_Y5Udz-7uSw#gid=1

New Chopper IIIs cost £250 these days:
http://www.raleigh.co.uk/ProductType/ProductRange/Product/Default.aspx?pc=1&pt=9&pg=4754

It was certainly a great gesture. I was never as kind to my little brother.

 

[funnymummy]

What a sweet story, made me go all teary eyed - But that's just between me & you Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!