On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:13:25 +0100, Don Whybrow
wrote:

I was on the lookout for a square taper, 5 arm spider crank for the
fixie project and was recommended to pay a visit to The Bike Station [1]
in Edinburgh. These folks take in unwanted bikes & bits and recycle what
they can. So, last Saturday I paid them a visit and after a bit of
rummaging around found what I was looking for at the bargain price of £2.

While there, I happened to take a look at the bikes they still had
available for Joe public to buy, well you would wouldn't you. Sitting in
the near empty rack was a nice looking bike for sale at about 10 times
the amount of a couple of other bikes in the rack. After clearing it
with management, I spent an anxious week hoping that no-one had bought
it after I left and hoping that no-one would buy it before I managed to
get there this Saturday in the middle of taxiing the girls to swimming &
ballet. When I arrived someone had it out on a test ride and I waited
for his return hoping that he would not want it. He didn't, so I did.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/4...7af6070a_b.jpg [2]

[1] http://www.thebikestation.org.uk/
[2] From left to right:
Marmite
Bunnahabhain 12yr
Highland Park 12yr
Glenmorangie 10yr (bottle back to front)
Aberlour Vintage Edition 1990
Glengoyn Single Cask
Talisker 10yr
Laphroaig 10 yr
Bladnoch Single Cask 10yr
Lochruan 12 yr
Dalwhinnie 15yr

In bottle cage:
Bladnoch Single Cask 13yr

Three questions:

1) How much (So I know how jealous to be)?
2) Why didn't you phone up and ask them to save it for you after you got
management approval?
3) Did you finish the Talisker before you took the picture?