Unobtainium ...

There are some things you know you will get , and some things you know you will never get . At Christmas , given the fact you ’ re into your sixties and it is impossible for anyone to buy you something unique or original , you know you will get socks and underpants . Which at the end of the day is of course very practical because you ’ ll always need them . Or book vouchers ... and again , you ’ ll find something out there that you ’ ll want to read . Again , practical ... but not really exciting as being handed an envelope isn ’ t the same as being handed a large , oddly-shaped container . But hey , you ’ re getting something for nothing so no complaints . So yes , I know that the next time there is a hayfever-inducing small pine tree covered in lights sitting in the corner of the living room I shall be in for an exciting three-pack of grundies . A black pair , a white pair and a grey pair . But at the other end of the “ things you ’ ll get and things you ’ ll never get ” scale is the only motorcycle I have ever seen that threatens the MV Agusta F4RC for absolute drop-dead gorgeous lines and eyewatering power ... the MV being the desire of my life , which I know I will never get because my income is modest and my savings are equally modest . And now I can add the Ducati Panigale V4 1409 to the “ I ’ ll never get one ” list ... which takes the “ list ” to two . This motorcycle is quite simply stunning and I have a picture of it on the wall now ... beside the MV . What the hell are those Italian designers drinking late into the evenings to come up with breath-taking lines like that ? Whatever it is I ’ d like a barrel of it , please . Well , ok , add that to the list ( now up to three ) of “ things I will never get ”. However , having absorbed the technical information about the 1409 ‘ duke ’, I am rather pleased to know there is something I will never get and I ’ m happy about that ... a letter from the infringement bureau informing me I was logged