Your rants here.

Kieran_Burns

Pinched at a crossroads by a knob-jockey last night. I was right alongside of him when he realised he was going to hit the traffic island of course he swerved towards me. His rear wing now has a nice big dent and his protestations of "I gave you enough room" were ignored as it's hard to justify enough room when I'm on the verge and able to punch his car without leaning over the handlebars....

I was a little lacking in the positive karma last night.

bails87

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Pinched at a crossroads by a knob-jockey last night. I was right alongside of him when he realised he was going to hit the traffic island of course he swerved towards me. His rear wing now has a nice big dent and his protestations of "I gave you enough room" were ignored as it's hard to justify enough room when I'm on the verge and able to punch his car without leaning over the handlebars....

I was a little lacking in the positive karma last night.

Glad you're unscathed KB, perhaps a flash card with the image from HC rule 163 would help!

If drivers saw this they'd have to either admit they were too close, or accuse you of having Go-Go-Gadget arms.

London_Falcon

Last nights commute home featured a ninja cyclist with no lights. As I pulled up alongside I glanced across thinking about saying something but he was too busy looking at his mobile phone to bother with. By the time we came to the next set of red lights he had put his phone away so he could concentrate of RLJing at top speed.

Wuckfit.....

Ben6899

Is anyone going to admit to being the utter arseclown who RLJ'd as me and my girlfriend were crossing on the green man last night?

Where Kentish Town Road splits into Fortess Road and Highgate Road, near the Bull & Gate pub: http://g.co/maps/2rt3c. To make matters worse, this complete spunkbubble then headed up Fortess Road, so cutting across traffic heading towards the camera onto Kentish Town Road.

suzyb

argh why does calling anywhere have to be so damn difficult. I mean if Scotland has so many call centres how can the stupid voice recognition thing at Lloyds TSB not recognise the Scottish accent.

Eventually after at least 5 non understandings of letter 7 of my password it rang to put me through to a human operator. Only for there to be none available :roll:

SteppenHerring

Dear cycle supplier X, at least give me a s0dding clue when my TT bike is likely to arrive.

SickAsAParrot

Dipsh*t in one of those giant 'Animal' pick up trucks pulls out from parked outside a shop this moring, but it's so so**ing huge he needs the whole width of the road to pull out, forcing me onto the pavement on the other side of the road. Go die in a fire prat.

optimisticbiker

skinhead pratt in a beat up XR3i on MaidaVale this morning... a "left turn only except buses" lane means exactly that. So don't be surprised when a peloton (ok, about 4 of us) pulls up on your right and means you can't scream off from the lights to beat the traffic (not that you could have beaten the Porsche away anyway). So you had to sit there and wait til someone let you in because of the bus lane you ran out of road but weaving into the bus lane blaring your horn as you later passed us was just stupid you w*nker...

CiB

suzyb wrote:

argh why does calling anywhere have to be so damn difficult. I mean if Scotland has so many call centres how can the stupid voice recognition thing at Lloyds TSB not recognise the Scottish accent.

Eventually after at least 5 non understandings of letter 7 of my password it rang to put me through to a human operator. Only for there to be none available :roll:

Egg's VR refused to accept my cut glass rendition of the extremely-difficult-to-parse sentence "YES" (ok; in flat East Mids) to the point that my a/c with them is now closed.

suzyb

CiB wrote:

suzyb wrote:

argh why does calling anywhere have to be so damn difficult. I mean if Scotland has so many call centres how can the stupid voice recognition thing at Lloyds TSB not recognise the Scottish accent.

Eventually after at least 5 non understandings of letter 7 of my password it rang to put me through to a human operator. Only for there to be none available :roll:

Egg's VR refused to accept my cut glass rendition of the extremely-difficult-to-parse sentence "YES" (ok; in flat East Mids) to the point that my a/c with them is now closed.

That's why I was phoning, to close an account

I'm perfectly happy with their "personal" service, not so much with their "commercial" service.

CiB

suzyb wrote:

I'm perfectly happy with their "personal" service, not so much with their "commercial" service.

I tried hard to be happy with a personal service from the Nationwide some years ago but failed in my quest; three times the v lovely Susan* (loans, mortgage applications, organising the queue to go upstairs etc) rejected my invitations for a night out somewhere nice. Can you believe? Not that I'm still bitter, or wish to rant about her rejections in a public space. It was 15 years ago...



*not her real name. It was Carol.

suzyb

I should have clarified it with accounts.

Anyway, got through tonight...and got told I have to write to my local branch. WTF! it was my local branch that told me I had to call them in the first place :roll:

So appointment booked for a business manager to call me tomorow. Which will be fun..we're getting new windows fitted so finding somewhere quiet to take a phone call will not be easy.

nich

99% of drivers in catford / lewisham can fo.

I usually I have zero issues, but today 3 near misses - worst was the tool in the wrong lane who cut across into my lane without indicating and then beeped a few times.

It's mirror, signal, manoeuvre.

Not manoeuvre, beep, manoeuvre, beep, manoeuvre.

Get Stuffed!

Grr...and I've got a snotty cold.

jds_1981

Drive/cycle like a numpty day today? Not too bad bad a white van man scared me right at the start of my journey by zooming out from behind a stopped bus, then I took out another cyclist who didn't think it wise to look for traffic before jumping a red...

rick_chasey

Still can't undo the nut to get the wheel off my bike to fix my puncture.

RAAGE.

joenobody

nich wrote:

It's mirror, signal, mirror, manoeuvre.

Ben6899

Rick Chasey wrote:

Still can't undo the nut to get the wheel off my bike to fix my puncture.

RAAGE.

Some might suggest, Rick, that you need to MTFU.

On a serious note... what have you tried? I appreciate it'll be difficult to find a long, torque-inducing spanner at that kind of nut size. And if it's that seized. then excess force may well shear off such a small fixing.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Still can't undo the nut to get the wheel off my bike to fix my puncture.

RAAGE.

Some might suggest, Rick, that you need to MTFU.

On a serious note... what have you tried? I appreciate it'll be difficult to find a long, torque-inducing spanner at that kind of nut size. And if it's that seized. then excess force may well shear off such a small fixing.

I've only got a small adjustable spanner.

Will have to get hold of a foot long one. Still.

Just lucky I got the puncture in the last 100m of my journey.

But I'm such a: hateridinginunder5degrees rider, that I want to make the most of the quality weather.

Recon my local Evans might let me borrow their foot long spanner?

sketchley

Rick Chasey wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Still can't undo the nut to get the wheel off my bike to fix my puncture.

RAAGE.

Some might suggest, Rick, that you need to MTFU.

On a serious note... what have you tried? I appreciate it'll be difficult to find a long, torque-inducing spanner at that kind of nut size. And if it's that seized. then excess force may well shear off such a small fixing.

I've only got a small adjustable spanner.

Will have to get hold of a foot long one. Still.

Just lucky I got the puncture in the last 100m of my journey.

But I'm such a: hateridinginunder5degrees rider, that I want to make the most of the quality weather.

Recon my local Evans might let me borrow their foot long spanner?

If you patch the tube rather than replace it, you can fix the the puncture without removing the wheel.

Ben6899

Rick Chasey wrote:

I've only got a small adjustable spanner.

Will have to get hold of a foot long one. Still.

Just lucky I got the puncture in the last 100m of my journey.

But I'm such a: hateridinginunder5degrees rider, that I want to make the most of the quality weather.

Recon my local Evans might let me borrow their foot long spanner?

There's your problem - totally inadequate for anything seized; you need a good quality, accurate tool for this job. If Evans have the necessary bits, then I don't doubt for a minute that they'll help you out. Which is your local store? I guess some will be more capable than others - I get the impression some Evans are just there to sell stuff and not much else.

rick_chasey

Ben6899 wrote:

There's your problem - totally inadequate for anything seized; you need a good quality, accurate tool for this job. If Evans have the necessary bits, then I don't doubt for a minute that they'll help you out. Which is your local store? I guess some will be more capable than others - I get the impression some Evans are just there to sell stuff and not much else.

Fulham. Seem OK.

suzyb

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up :roll:

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

optimisticbiker

suzyb wrote:

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up :roll:

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

News to me... Mine open outwards, but have a restricter to prevent them being opened too far.

clarkey cat

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

have you installed them the right way?

merkin

What with the NHS, the welfare state and now rules on what way windows can open I feel that there is a conspiracy to destroy the whole concept of natural selection. :P
By the way,surely now there is a serious risk of window cleaners and burglars falling into your bedroom?

suzyb

OptimisticBiker wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up :roll:

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

News to me... Mine open outwards, but have a restricter to prevent them being opened too far.

Well that's what we were told. It maybe because we wanted windows that open fully or perhaps a difference in law north of the border. According to the fitters you need to sign a disclaimer if you want them to open outwards .

argh..I just realised I put the date as 12 December 2012 in a letter I sent today. Do corporations like banks generally pay attention to dates on letters. I don't want to wait until december for them to action it.

welkman

Standing at the side of the road, reading an OS map when several cars come along, I try to move out of the way but am still clipped in on the right hand side. What follows is a dance/shuffle across the road in full view of the cars whilst I try and stop myself going over. What a pratt! :oops:

Kieran_Burns

welkman wrote:

Standing at the side of the road, reading an OS map when several cars come along, I try to move out of the way but am still clipped in on the right hand side. What follows is a dance/shuffle across the road in full view of the cars whilst I try and stop myself going over. What a pratt! :oops:

I had a clipless tonight - a wonderfully gentle topple into the grass. Very elegant I thought.

Not.

rjsterry

suzyb wrote:

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up :roll:

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

Just trying to work out why you might want your window open but the blind down :?

BTW, inward opening windows is so you don't have to climb up a ladder to clean the outside pane, not to stop you falling out trying to clean them from inside. Ever climbed an unsecured ladder above 1st floor level?

suzyb

rjsterry wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Why does the law always have to try and save stupid people from themselves.

Apparently it is against the law now to have upstairs windows that open outward, presumably because of all the stupid people that fell out whilst trying to clean them. Which means our new ones have to open inward, which means I have to make a choice between being able to open my windows or have a blind up :roll:

My happiness at new windows is tinged with sadness

Just trying to work out why you might want your window open but the blind down :?

BTW, inward opening windows is so you don't have to climb up a ladder to clean the outside pane, not to stop you falling out trying to clean them from inside. Ever climbed an unsecured ladder above 1st floor level?

I leave that to the window cleaner

In the summer I open my windows but still have the blind (venetian) down. I usually just leave it open a little, the open but still secure position. But on warmer days (for the few we get up here) I open it wider.