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From: DavidR on 19 Dec 2009 21:32 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote > DavidR wrote: >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote >> >>>>> Perhaps you could tell us why you object so strongly to a perfectly >>>>> reasonable concept? >>>> >>>> Asking the person making the proposals to give their reasoning first >>>> is a strong objection is it? >>> >>> Not at all, but they are so clearly written there is no need to. >> >> The requests are clearly written, true... I still don't see any >> reasoning. > > I would have thought it glaringly obvious; Not at all. Otherwise I wouldn't be asking. <...> > Now it has reasoning. I look forward to your response. You have replied only in the manner of a religious believer. I can accept that you're not a scientist or statistician. Nor am I. But substance is absent. Ok, let me suggest that all motor vehicles should have a flashing warning light when going at over 30mph. It's a brilliant idea - and glaringly obvious (to me). Now, you could dive in straight away and say it's stupid. Or you could ask about the content of my head. If I then said that driving motor vehicles at over 30mph in built up areas is a safety hazard and this measure "would"(*) increase safety, would you accept that as an answer? Well, it's an answer. And it's on a similar level to the one that you gave. But it's not an answer any sensible person should accept for taking the proposal seriously. So you need to try harder. (*) I use quotes here because it is the word you used - as though the measures proposed offered a guarantee of success. > -- > Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist -- DavidR - a tax payer, and user of a variety of private and public transport aids.
From: MasonS on 20 Dec 2009 06:41 On 20 Dec, 01:30, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Phil W Lee wrote: > Or how about this from The Evening Standard :- > > "A City fund manager has been knocked down and killed in a collision with a > cyclist on his way to work. > Nick Bancroft was a year away from retirement when the accident happened > just yards from his £2 million Holland Park home". > That was more than *two years* ago. How many thousands of people have been killed by cars since then? The number of peds killed by cyclists per annum is between 0 and 1. More people are killed putting their trousers on - keep trying. -- Simon Mason
From: MasonS on 20 Dec 2009 06:49 On 20 Dec, 01:01, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > So presumably, in your cyclist deranged mind, anything written in The > Indepandant is 100% true, but anything written in the Daily Express must be > false? > > However, the point is that the claim was made by Transport Select Committee > and simply reported by the Express. I suppose you are one of those dumb mugs who phone in their premium rate line polls. "Has Labour lost the plot on immigration?" Phone this number for yes at £1 a minute. Yesterday's poll results. "Is it time to deport all Muslims?" Yes 99% No 1% Says it all really. -- Simon Mason
From: MasonS on 20 Dec 2009 06:53 On 19 Dec, 17:17, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > In article <59f26541-7ca4-45b9-8db5-35eeb70303e2 > @b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>, Mas...(a)BP.com says... > > > What would you put in your lorry's tank, eh? > > Do think before engaging gear. > > Diesel which, unfortunately for you, doesn't need to come from crude > oil. > > -- > Conorwww.notebooks-r-us.co.uk > > I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. Good man! At last you accept there is a difference between fuel from crude oil and its carbon emissions and fuel from bio sources and their emissions. We're making progress at last. -- Simon Mason
From: MasonS on 20 Dec 2009 07:01
On 20 Dec, 01:18, "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > Phil W Lee wrote: > > "The Medway Handjob" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> considered > > Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:04:36 GMT the perfect time to write: > > >> I like people to see I'm a clueless idiot with an attitude problem, > >> and I'm not going to let anyone stop me proving it. > > > Or words to that effect. > > Typical pathetic cyclist attempt to have a go. > > I didn't actually say that did I fuckwit? > > -- > Dave - The Tax Paying Motorist Do you have a truce on cyclist hunting on Xmas Day? They do around here - I am usually at work that day and no there are no lorries or van drivers in sight. Bliss. -- Simon Mason |