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From: The Medway Handyman on 11 Dec 2009 20:07 OG wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1jal32t.8ws62r1rid3x2N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... >> OG <owen(a)gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote: >> >>> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:1jakty3.2ltpnpoqzeioN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... >>>> OG <owen(a)gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> "NM" <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:0c924182-cf0a-4ac6-ad27-0a7bcce02d86(a)g12g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >>>>>> Some of you may recall about three weeks ago I posted about an >>>>>> accident my friend had where a cyclist collided with her car in >>>>>> Catford and ended up draped across the bonnet his bike still >>>>>> strapped >>>>>> to his feet. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That was the one where she pulled across his path and he screwed >>>>> up the >>>>> avoid, yes? >>>> >>>> No no no no no no no, yes. >>>> >>>> Or. >>>> >>>> It was the one where she waited perfectly positioned on her side >>>> of the road, waiting for all traffic, including the cyclist that >>>> she had made careful observation of, to clear the location before >>>> she turned right into a side road. Unfortunately the cyclist >>>> completely lost his mind and >>>> increased his speed to exceed 30mph, as he did so he lost control >>>> of the >>>> bicycle and crossed over onto the wrong side of the road. There he >>>> hit the car involved from the nearside by cycling in a wide arc >>>> across to his right and back to his left to strike the bonnet of >>>> the car over the nearside wing. Throughout this manouever he >>>> maintained his speed of over >>>> 30mph and startled the poor dear with his excess speed and reckless >>>> riding. >>>> >>> >>> Oh, is this silly fiction corner? >> >> I'll put you down for a "whoosh" shall I? > > Sorry Steve, it's just hard to tell when it's your posts. > > Some people just can't carry irony. Some people aren't bright enoughto understand it. -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist
From: The Medway Handyman on 11 Dec 2009 20:20 Judith M Smith wrote: > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:49:56 +0000, Phil W Lee > <phil(at)lee-family(dot)me(dot)uk> wrote: > >> Marc <initial.surname(a)btintenret.com> considered Thu, 10 Dec 2009 >> 22:25:26 +0000 the perfect time to write: >> >>> Tim Dunne wrote: >>>> On 10/12/2009 8:05PM, NM wrote: >>>> >>>> 8<... bollox. >>>> >>>> Liar. >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> >>> It was a bit obvious wasn't it? The idea that he had a friend! >> >> I'm not sure - didn't he say she'd written and demanded money from >> the cyclist? >> Given her previously noted record of crashing into the cyclist by >> driving at him on the wrong side of the road, the menaces part is >> obvious, so I don't think him having friends like that is all that >> unlikely. >> >> The idea that the cyclist admitted liability is well up to his usual >> standards though. >> Unless that was after she "sent some of the boys 'round"? > > > There is of course another possibility: > > What he has said is totally accurate. > > Did you find what he said unpalatable - is that your problem? Almost certainly. Why else would they resort to such idiotic arguments and personal abuse? -- Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist -- Q. Why don't they put pockets in lycra cycling shorts? A. Because cyclists never put their hands in their pockets.
From: Señor Chris on 11 Dec 2009 20:32 JNugent wrote: > > Does his credibility vary depending only on whether it chimes with what > you wish to believe? Surely not? > No, his credibility is permanently stuck at zero. The entire episode is a complete fantasy.
From: NM on 11 Dec 2009 21:09 On 11 Dec, 17:33, Happi Monday <ha...(a)munday.com> wrote: > I think you are talking total bollox! (ie. you are making it up). > And only a total idiot would admit liabilty. Well he is a cyclist so the pattern fits.
From: NM on 11 Dec 2009 21:09
On 11 Dec, 19:58, "OG" <o...(a)gwynnefamily.org.uk> wrote: > "NM" <nik.mor...(a)mac.com> wrote in message > > news:0c924182-cf0a-4ac6-ad27-0a7bcce02d86(a)g12g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... > > > Some of you may recall about three weeks ago I posted about an > > accident my friend had where a cyclist collided with her car in > > Catford and ended up draped across the bonnet his bike still strapped > > to his feet. > > That was the one where she pulled across his path and he screwed up the > avoid, yes? That was the interpretation you put on it at the time, not the actual reality. |