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"JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message
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> mileburner wrote:
>
>> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> That presupposes that motorists are stupid enough to want to cycle. Why
>>> on earth would any sane person want to do so?
>
>> Health, fitness, cost, respect for other who want to breath clean air, or
>> just for plain enjoyment. I am sure there are plenty of other reasons
>> too.
>
> You were doing fine until you used the word "respect"...
>
> When one thinks of how many people, rules and situations for which too
> many cyclists have absolutely no respect (not even for themselves, it
> sometimes seems), that word is resonant with irony.

It was *only* one of the reasons. Perhaps it would have been better to say:
respect for the environment.


From: mileburner on

"The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> OK. Explain to me how much a tax disc for a cycle is?

This is irrelevant, because a tax disc cannot be issued for a non-motorised
bicycle.



From: mileburner on

"Peter Grange" <peter(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>>How much is a tax disc for a push bike?
>
> Dunno, what's that?

Maybe someone should start selling them.


From: mileburner on

"The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> I'm not advertising my business. I only work in a very specific area. I
> have no idea where anyone here lives, and if they are a cyclist they
> wouldn't employ me anyway - which suits me.

That reminds me of when I was browsing a car dealers forecourt a while back.
I saw a car which took my interest and the salesman/owner came out and said
to me "you wouldn't be able to afford that mate". Little did he know that I
was interested in buying and I had enough money in the bank at the time to
write a cheque for the price on the screen. I walked by and bought
elsewhere.


From: mileburner on

"The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> mileburner wrote:
>> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
>> message news:SIDRm.11223$Ym4.7974(a)text.news.virginmedia.com...
>>> Squashme wrote:
>>>> On 2 Dec, 16:28, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve Firth) wrote:
>>>>> mileburner <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Why is it the cyclists who seem to have a complete inability to
>>>>>>> correctly apportion blame?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Possibly because cyclists tend to see safety as more important
>>>>>> than blame.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, cyclists see whining on about safety as important. However they
>>>>> don't have a clue about safety. Otherwise they would not ignore red
>>>>> lights, place their safety above that of pedestrians, and cycle
>>>>> down the blind sides of large vehicles.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll take your pronouncements about safety seriously the day that
>>>>> cyclists place safety above their own convenience.
>>>>
>>>> I certainly find being dead rather inconvenient.
>>>
>>> The only good cyclist is a dead cyclist.
>>
>> That comment certainly highlights the problems that cyclists face on
>> the roads.
>
> Then they should keep off them.

So that The Medway Handyman can selfishly use the roads as he sees fit,
because he has paid a few hundred quid in tax?

I don't think so Sonny...