oggbashan
Dying Truth seeker
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I liked Simon's reasoning on Group C:
OK, this is as usual interestingly hard, and I'm going to start with an odd association: in story 1, the bus conductor is called 'the transport agent'. Not in London, he ain't. So although that story purports to be British, its author isn't. On the other hand the author of story 9 knows quite a lot about old British motorbikes. Not enough. If he knew enough he'd know that the square four, though it looked cool, was a dog, and the rear cylinders used to overheat.
However, while old British people may know about old British motorcycles, I think it's less probable that a woman would be fetishistic about that particular hunk of metal. So I'm betting that, despite the female POV character, the author of 9 is British, male, and over 55.
Oggbashan is a candidate. I kind of suspect The_Fool may also be a candidate, but I can find nothing written by The_Fool. Liar is also apparently male, as is Thee Goat Pig. Right! Quite arbitrarily I'm assigning TheeGoatPig to 5 - he hasn't had a shag for a long time, and you get that feeling from that story. I'm assigning The_Fool to 3 because... well, it's surreal, and so it his nom de plume.
I agree with him about the Ariel Square Four. It was a pleasant touring machine but would not stand being thrashed. However, I had another reason for doubting the age and sex of the author of that piece. An Ariel Square Four in roadworthy condition, despite its flaws, is worth much more than the values quoted. Anyone who had ridden a Square Four would be aware of its faults and its current price (and cursed themselves for not keeping one!).
I didn't think the author of 9 was Gauche. I KNEW I didn't write it.
Og
OK, this is as usual interestingly hard, and I'm going to start with an odd association: in story 1, the bus conductor is called 'the transport agent'. Not in London, he ain't. So although that story purports to be British, its author isn't. On the other hand the author of story 9 knows quite a lot about old British motorbikes. Not enough. If he knew enough he'd know that the square four, though it looked cool, was a dog, and the rear cylinders used to overheat.
However, while old British people may know about old British motorcycles, I think it's less probable that a woman would be fetishistic about that particular hunk of metal. So I'm betting that, despite the female POV character, the author of 9 is British, male, and over 55.
Oggbashan is a candidate. I kind of suspect The_Fool may also be a candidate, but I can find nothing written by The_Fool. Liar is also apparently male, as is Thee Goat Pig. Right! Quite arbitrarily I'm assigning TheeGoatPig to 5 - he hasn't had a shag for a long time, and you get that feeling from that story. I'm assigning The_Fool to 3 because... well, it's surreal, and so it his nom de plume.
I agree with him about the Ariel Square Four. It was a pleasant touring machine but would not stand being thrashed. However, I had another reason for doubting the age and sex of the author of that piece. An Ariel Square Four in roadworthy condition, despite its flaws, is worth much more than the values quoted. Anyone who had ridden a Square Four would be aware of its faults and its current price (and cursed themselves for not keeping one!).
I didn't think the author of 9 was Gauche. I KNEW I didn't write it.
Og
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I was hopin' you'd win, 'cause I'm dyin' to see the AH fantasy Fallen doesn't want to write. 
s. Making a poor girl write something she is 
about writing. 
