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From: Tony Dragon on 2 Dec 2009 15:45 The Medway Handyman wrote: > mileburner wrote: >> "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in >> message news:iDpRm.10863$Ym4.5745(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... >>> Phil W Lee wrote: >>> >>>> But don't let the facts confuse you - just get your polluting cage >>>> to the junkyard, where it can be safely recycled into something more >>>> appropriate, and the danger of it's presence in public areas can be >>>> removed. >>> Good idea - I'll run my business from a bike or use the bus. I >>> wonder why I didn't think of that? >> I saw a local painter and decorator using an old trades bike the >> other day. Those ones with a small wheel at the front and a big >> basket. He had paint tins and brushes and carried an advert with his >> name and phone number. >> I thought it was quite a good idea. > > But then you are a cyclist. > > Where did he put the ladders? > > He stands on the bike? -- Tony Dragon
From: mileburner on 2 Dec 2009 15:46 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1ja44zx.1n8mp0l16h8w8wN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > mileburner <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > >> > Where did he put the ladders? >> >> I didn't see any. Perhaps he just does interiors, and externally, >> bungalows and ground floor flats. > > Was he nine feet tall then? No, like you, he stood on a soap box :-)
From: mileburner on 2 Dec 2009 15:50 "The Medway Handyman" <davidlang(a)nospamblueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:AVyRm.11057$Ym4.8058(a)text.news.virginmedia.com... > mileburner wrote: >> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:1ja3r1o.u298q3122wbk6N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... >>> mileburner <mileburner(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 can't recall doing any of those things myself. > > That will be caused by the half melon helmet being too tight. > > I recall seeing all of those things on a regular basis. So do I, but it does not mean that it is David Lang or Steve Firth doing it.
From: mileburner on 2 Dec 2009 15:52 "Squashme" <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:c2655ba6-8e41-4393-a7b5-a8b43246794c(a)s31g2000yqs.googlegroups.com... > 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. I try to avoid it myself, while Steve Firth is looking for someone to blame.
From: Keitht on 2 Dec 2009 16:04
Conor wrote: > In article <X-mdnZNOfpjnDIvWnZ2dnUVZ8tRi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Keitht says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <h6mdne0ffun_yIvWnZ2dnUVZ8ixi4p2d(a)bt.com>, Keitht says... >>>> Conor wrote: >>>>> 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? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> your alzheimer's is getting critical >>> You failure to provide proof is noted. >>> >>> >> Twas yourself that equated 'caravan' to 'gypsy' - not me. >> Check your posts from a few weeks back. > > I know what I wrote. > Good, so no probs then. -- Its never too late to reinvent the bicycle |