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From: Mrcheerful on 29 Mar 2010 10:49 damduck-egg(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:52:39 +0000 (UTC), boltar2003(a)boltar.world > wrote: > >> On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:36:45 +0100 >> damduck-egg(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: >>> You would have loved the situation I came across yesterday, Half >>> dozen vehicles doing about 10 mph up a gentle rise. They were stuck >>> behind one of those underpowered Horse boxes who in turn was unable >>> overtake a gaggle of cyclists . Give them their due they eventually >>> pulled over and let My Little Pony and Chauffeur pass. >> >> Let me guess , the horse box then proceeded to the dizzying heights >> of 25mph before running out of puff? :) >> >> B2003 > > You must have been there. > To be honest it was not the only mobile road blocker about, There > seemed to be a rash of tatty white vans about yesterday. Professional > car boot sale traders I would think. One I was in two minds to ring > crimewatchers about ,really tatty transit pulling a very shiny > tourist caravan and no reg on the back. Too small a caravan to be > lived in by Pikeys so it didn't look right. > > G.Harman so why did you not ring the police? That is what they are there for.
From: mileburner on 29 Mar 2010 11:19 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:81bs56F75cU2(a)mid.individual.net... > On 29/03/2010 15:00, mileburner wrote: >> Derek C wrote: >> >>> Most cyclists are slow and quite narrow, so can be safely overtaken if >>> the road is wide enough and if they keep well over to the nearside. >> >> While this is true, many drivers will not leave the space they ought to >> if >> they can see there is a chance that they can squeeze through. Keeping >> well >> over toward the centre ensures that they will only pass if there really >> is >> enough space and if they do sidewipe, there is somewhere to go. Gutter >> riding is not an option if you want to stay alive and well. >> >> > > Well I've managed it in about 53 years of cycling. My uncle lived until he was 93 and smoked 20 Woodbines a day from the age of 14.
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 11:32 "Man at B&Q" <manatbandq(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:62c5da4b-be40-4e75-b139-8508afe848dc(a)g19g2000yqe.googlegroups.com... > On Mar 29, 1:52 pm, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> How does that work when the appointment has been brought forward? > > Leave earlier based on the new time. If it's a lst minute change and > the the new appt time doesn't allow you to get there on time allowing > for traffic then reject it. > When the appointment is the arrival time of an aircraft on which a venerable, arthritic and incontinent close relative is travelling rejection is not always an option.
From: Happi Monday on 29 Mar 2010 11:34 On 29/03/2010 14:34, mileburner wrote: > It sounds like Mr Tandem did everything correct but was victim to an angry > driver. I corrected your error.
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 11:34
"mileburner" <mileburner(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message news:hoqa8b$268$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > <boltar2003(a)boltar.world> wrote in message > news:hoq78r$ol8$1(a)speranza.aioe.org... >> Only oncoming traffic prevented me from >> passing them which was probably lucky for them as I wouldn't have given >> them much of a wide berth if I had. > > It sounds like Mr Tandem did everything correct but was victim to an angry > driver who was running too late to be courteous :-( Boltar doesn't have to run late to be discourteous. |