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A coordinator is now not required any more because of the lack [of] work. All membership administration is done on the website by the members, National Raids will finish after this year, this is because they take a lot of time and effort to put together but only reach a couple of hundred members a year.

Ben Gray
Riders Association of Triumph



Hmmmm...."made redundant" by the home computer and/or the kiosk, huh?!

Hate to say it, but welcome to the brave new world of self-service, there Ben.
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The future of sales and service......

"Hello!!!" [an echo sounds]...Hello...Hello...Hello! "Anybody HERE?!" Here....Here....Here.

[a disembodied and somewhat robotic-sounding voice suddenly chimes in]

-"Welcome to Triumph Of Utopia! How may we help you today?"

"Well, I'm looking to buy a motorcycle, but I'm not sure if I want a Yamaha or a Triu..."[interrupted mid-sentence by disembodied voice]

-"Thank you for your interest in Triumph Motorcycles. Which model will you be buying today?"

"Well, I'm not really sure. I would like to know more about this one over here which I kind'a..."[interrupted mid-sentence]

-"Please insert your credit card into the kiosk located to your left, and make your choice of purchase at this time."

"But I'm not ready to make a purchase quite yet. I have some questions regarding that..."[interrupted mid-sentence]

-"Thank you for your interest in Triumph Motorcycles." NEXT!!!"
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(ahh...the personal touch)

Now...what I would like to know is with the manufacturing base of the U.S.A. apparently being sent "off-shore", and with the service industry jobs seemingly taking the "same boat" lately....where will the new jobs for the next generation of Americans(and evidently Brits too) come from?

I don't know....but I'm sure glad that at 55 I'm not any younger than I am.

Cheers,
Dwight
("Plastics, my son. Plastics!")

Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)