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From: The Medway Handyman on 1 Dec 2009 15:21 Peter Grange wrote: > On Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:50 -0800 (PST), NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> > wrote: > >> On 1 Dec, 07:11, "mileburner" <milebur...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >>> "The Medway Handyman" <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >>> messagenews:uwZQm.10410$Ym4.451(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... >>> >>> >>> >>>> SW wrote: >>>>> On 30 Nov, 01:02, "The Medway Handyman" >>>>> <davidl...(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>>>>> Peter Grange wrote: >>>>>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:03 +0000, %ste...(a)malloc.co.uk (Steve >>>>>>> Firth) wrote: >>> >>>>>>>> Peter Grange <pe...(a)plgrange.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>>> Here's something you could try to test the theory. Stop the >>>>>>>>>> next pavement cyclist that you see and ask them to ride >>>>>>>>>> where they belong. >>> >>>>>>>>> Try telling the next motorist parked on the pavement to get >>>>>>>>> his hulking great car off the pavement and on the street >>>>>>>>> where it belongs. >>> >>>>>>>> When I see a driver driving down the pavement at 25mph I shall >>>>>>>> tell them off. >>> >>>>>>> Good luck with stopping him. >>> >>>>>> Wouldn't need to. Cars have registration plates & can be easily >>>>>> identified if they break the law. Cyclists don't, because they >>>>>> don't pay to use the roads. >>> >>>>> Unless they pay council tax. >>> >>>> Motorists also pay council tax - and road tax. >>> >>> Whoop-de-do! >>> >>> Although on the local housing estate where plenty of the residents >>> are >>> unemployed and live on benefits and do not pay council tax, they >>> still >>> manage to run untaxed cars on the road. >> >> Clearly all the residents you mention are breaking the law with the >> same impunity as most cyclists. > > How come, aren't they all easily traceable? They are - and their cars are being crushed in huge numbers. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
From: Adrian on 1 Dec 2009 15:51 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> Ah right, so bike races that last for a couple of weeks and cover a >> huge distance are for kids while car races that last a couple of hours >> are for groan-ups? > Don't talk to me about poxy bikes races. Medway Council allocated £25K > to have the Tour De France come through the towns - and ended up > spending £480K. > > Entire bloody area was closed to traffic all day, couldn't go anywhere > and the bit we saw lasted about 5 minutes. It's odd, isn't it, how people who go to see a bike race spend longer watching cars go by - more of them, even - than bikes.
From: Peter Grange on 1 Dec 2009 16:32 On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:19:02 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >Conor wrote: >> In article <hf2fc9$c0a$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner >> says... >> >>> Not true, they are as identifiable as anyone (unless they are >>> wearing a full face balaclava or hoodie). >> >> Well the highest number of CCTV in the world hasn't helped the Police >> catch more criminals so how good is being able to give a half arsed >> description going to be? > >"He was wearing half a melon on his head, had sunglasses like Spiderman, >skin tight pink lycra shorts and hairy legs". > >Not much use, all cyclists look like that. Bollocks
From: Peter Grange on 1 Dec 2009 16:33 On Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:16:47 GMT, "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote: >mileburner wrote: >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >> message news:tuZQm.10409$Ym4.7966(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... >>> >>> 100% of cyclists are uninsured >> >> Not true. 3rd part cover is available for about �25 per year. > >OK, what percentage of cyclists have it? > >> & untraceable. >> >> Not true, they are as identifiable as anyone (unless they are wearing >> a full face balaclava or hoodie). > >True, the have to number plates. Ah So.
From: Conor on 1 Dec 2009 18:04
In article <D9SdnfxCJ5g0_4jWnZ2dnUVZ8qpi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Keitht says... > > Conor wrote: > > In article <hf2fic$col$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, mileburner says... > > > >> Although on the local housing estate where plenty of the residents are > >> unemployed and live on benefits and do not pay council tax, they still > >> manage to run untaxed cars on the road. > > > > How do you know they're unemployed? Are you basing it solely on the > > virtue that they live on a council estate? > > > > and this from someone who can only equate 'caravan' to 'gypsy'? > Where did I do that? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally. |