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You are pregnant :shock:0
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I am on registered on tps so when I do get the odd call from the likes of these oiks I feel quite entitled to be rude to them. If they don't like it then, tough, don't call me.
If they are male I sometimes say they sound nice and ask what they are wearing. Seems to unnerve them a bit!0 -
I was gettin three+ dinner time robot calls from a 'mid-sold insurance' company. Kept just hanging up on the robot (assuming it was different companies). Two weeks ago I waited to be connected to a human and totally hulked out on the poor sap. No calls since :-DFCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
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Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
Two days after having my landline installed as part of my VM package I hada phonecall from an insurance company, when I asked them how they got my number they said I'd called them two weeks previoulsy and they were following up the call. When I pointed out that I had only had the landline 2 days they insisted I was the one at fault and not them :xI've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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Hi is that mr xxxx
Yes
I'm from energyxxxxx. Can we talk to you about you energy supply?
Is this a sales call?
No I'm not trying to sell you anything, I just want to ask a few questions.
Ok you won't mind then if I hang up the moment I think you are trying to sell me something.
No not at all
Click.....--
Chris
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Like itSketchley wrote:Hi is that mr xxxx
Yes
I'm from energyxxxxx. Can we talk to you about you energy supply?
Is this a sales call?
No I'm not trying to sell you anything, I just want to ask a few questions.
Ok you won't mind then if I hang up the moment I think you are trying to sell me something.
No not at all
Click.....
Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph
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Every time that they call tell them yes you are interested and then arrange for sales person to visit, but make sure you are out. They'll stop calling after the 2nd or 3rd wasted timeVeronese68 wrote:Anglian Home Improvements.0 -
Sketchley wrote:Hi is that mr xxxx
Yes
I'm from energyxxxxx. Can we talk to you about you energy supply?
Is this a sales call?
No I'm not trying to sell you anything, I just want to ask a few questions.
Ok you won't mind then if I hang up the moment I think you are trying to sell me something.
No not at all
Click.....
I used to be rude to these monkeys.
Then I got a job where I have to cold call.
I feel for these guys. Imagine your job being making those calls...0 -
I've done cold calling and you have a point, but if you repeatedly tell a company not to call you or you sign up to TPS and they still do then it's fair game.--
Chris
Genesis Equilibrium - FCN 3/4/50 -
There is an american comedian / ventriloquist called Jeff Dunham who inspired me one time.
Got a cold call:
"Hello Sir, I would like to ta.."
(click)
Ring ring
"Hello Sir, I just rang you and I think you hung up"
"Did it sound like this?"
(click)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
I just tell them that I'll get the person they really need to talk to, put the handset down off the hook and get back to whatever I was doing before hand... 0
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6 weeks off the bike, put on a stone without even trying :shock:FCN 2 to 80
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Mr Sworld wrote:I just tell them that I'll get the person they really need to talk to, put the handset down off the hook and get back to whatever I was doing before hand...
The really nice thing about this one, is that frequently the person on the other end is connected to an autodialler that doesn't allow them to disconnect.
So you're also performing a public service by preventing them from bothering anyone else.0 -
Wannabe hipster circling hammersmith gyratory on a fixie with no brakes and no foot retention (flat pedals...). Will soon wannabe still alive I fear
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Forgot to put the heater on in the bedroom last night, ffffreezing when I got into bed last night :shock:I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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redvee wrote:Forgot to put the heater on in the bedroom last night, ffffreezing when I got into bed last night :shock:
MTFU
Veni Vidi cyclo I came I saw I cycled
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Dear F*CK-HEAD
Who nearly f"ck:ng killed me. You might want to slow down and look at junctions rather than hammering around them at 30+ mph, whilst hugging the wrong side of the side of the road and driving through the cycle path. Thank you very much for swerving at the last second, though. I really valued those few inches of room you gave me.
YOU FU*KING T*SSER0 -
Broke my cycling glasses this morning. Must have dropped them while tucked under my arm with gloves so I could negotiate shed padlock.
Heard a nasty crunch, turned on helmet light and looked down, little peices of Kaylos frames in the grass. Had them many years
Yellow lenses still intact so will have to take a look for a replacement pair, not needed expense.0 -
the other me wrote:I don't really mind being drafted. I take it as an acceptance that I'm better than you ( ). (I do often why why people bother as I don't punch much of a hole in the wind - I barely topped 10stone after christmas), but I am getting REALLY fecked off with folks drafting close behind me with sodding great strobe lights.
Every time I shoulder check I get blinded. Its dangerous and its very annoying. F*ck Off.
If you're going to tuck your tail between your legs and take a tow at least have the decency not to burn the retinas of whoever you're following.
Its also stoopid. The only thing you're lighting up from there is my ar$e.
Read this a few days ago and thought yeah- don't mind getting drafted but the stobe lights yeah they're really annoying.
That is until every goddam lazy sod down the embankement for the last 3 days in both directions has decided my ar$e is clearly the best view in London and has thusly wheelsucked for the entire 5 miles of it. I shoulder check and all i can see is your grinning mug- Lights or no lights. I'm used to this on occasion, but has there been some sort of organised meeting!
Even a bloke on a Cervelo for a while this morning- and I was knackered and pootling into the headwind!
Men of the Embankement- Do I Look Like Your Personal Fu*king Windbreak! Say hello and take a turn or sod off and MTFU.0 -
What is it with drafters on Embankment? I'm not the fastest and I struggle to have a ride without some guy intimately observing my ass. Even when I stop pedalling and drift to the left they often don't get the message.0
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Over 30 (considered) applications this year. Not one response. Not even a no.
At least when I was a grad I got SOME feedback (i.e. tonnes of No's).
Feel like with 2 years experience I have even less chance. 0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:What is it with drafters on Embankment? I'm not the fastest and I struggle to have a ride without some guy intimately observing my ass. Even when I stop pedalling and drift to the left they often don't get the message.
Happens everywhere, Rick. I have often slowed down to ~15mph in a subtle attempt to rid a drafter, but the plonkers seem happy to sit there making leisurely progress. It's not as bad when you're fresh or feeling good because then you can drop 'em like a stone.Ben
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Grrr... Getting seriously wound up when you easily overtake someone and them they pull up in front of you at a lights, blocking your exit. Would some rudimentary common sense be too much to ask? Perhaps a basic seeding system...Nice weather bike: Fondriest TF2 (white/ black)
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Seeing 3 count them 3 cars on my commute home tonight :roll:
PS. they all slowed and passed with as much room as the lanes will allow
PPS. Am i helping.... much?Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
itboffin wrote:Seeing 3 count them 3 cars on my commute home tonight :roll:
PS. they all slowed and passed with as much room as the lanes will allow
PPS. Am i helping.... much?
And this is a rant? why? you clearly have too much time on your hands Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:What is it with drafters on Embankment? I'm not the fastest and I struggle to have a ride without some guy intimately observing my ass. Even when I stop pedalling and drift to the left they often don't get the message.
Had 1 last night (not embankment though), he decided to sit there, whilst I bore the brunt of the headwind; him on his nice roadbike, me on the bulletproof tank. Got to 22 and still he sat there, wouldn't pass or take a stretch in the front, well until he turned off where our route parted....after 5 miles that is!0 -
I've tried the looking like you're stopping.suzyb wrote:Why don't you come to a complete stop. Or look like you're stopping and when they pass jump on their wheel and sit there.
The cheeky bastards wait till you've knackered yourself in the headwind, and then only jump when you've dropped enough speed that it's serious effort to chase back.
I have turned around and waved a few times; a wafting motion away from my backwheel.0 -
Too fast into a tight bend on my training ride route on Tuesday morning. Came down hard on my hip. Broken 'greater trochanter'. 6-8 weeks to heal. 0
