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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Ben6899 wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    In Sydney... was going to do the bridge climb then hire a bike and ride over it.... been raining now 12hours, 25mm/rain an hour and the cloud base is at water level :(.... leaving tomorrow morning :(

    When the weather comes in, in Sydney, it really comes in.
    yep, 120mm of rain in 14hours, the worst for 5 years - just my luck.

    On the + side free wifi in Sydney airport... the only free thing I have found in Oz so far! Its soooo expensive here, at least 50% up on UK prices, no wonder Wiggle et al ship so much stuff here!
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    duplicate
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    On the + side free wifi in Sydney airport... the only free thing I have found in Oz so far! Its soooo expensive here, at least 50% up on UK prices, no wonder Wiggle et al ship so much stuff here!

    This is true. The only thing I found cheaper than over here was a very particular pair of Asics CX running shoes - everything else was the same or more expensive by a good chunk.

    Did you go and see the fake Crown Jewels?

    Now for my rant:

    Some little f***ers have been messing with things they shouldn't mess with and as a result, the Regents Canal at Camden is empty. It could be controlled work by British Waterways, but I very much doubt it.
    Ben

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,895
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Now for my rant:

    Some little f***ers have been messing with things they shouldn't mess with and as a result, the Regents Canal at Camden is empty. It could be controlled work by British Waterways, but I very much doubt it.

    Is that something to do with finding that girls's body? Wasn't that in the Regents Canal?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    They found a body there...
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Now for my rant:

    Some little f***ers have been messing with things they shouldn't mess with and as a result, the Regents Canal at Camden is empty. It could be controlled work by British Waterways, but I very much doubt it.

    Is that something to do with finding that girls's body? Wasn't that in the Regents Canal?

    It was, but at Haggerston which is downstream from Camden. So - and I could be wrong (there was one time in the early 90s) - I doubt these two are connected.

    I kind of hope they are connected though. At least that way, it means some little chavs haven't fucked up the locks.
    Ben

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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They found a body there...

    To be precise, it was a torso :(
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    They found a body there...

    They found a body at Camden!?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    In regent's canal. Gussio's right. A torso.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Okay, I don't want to drag this one out. If it's related to the body they found in Regent's Canal, then I retract the rant.

    BUT the Regents Canal is pretty long and the torso was found downstream - that's why I assumed they're not connected.

    Back to ranting, people...
    Ben

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Okay, I don't want to drag this one out. If it's related to the body they found in Regent's Canal, then I retract the rant.

    BUT the Regents Canal is pretty long and the torso was found downstream - that's why I assumed they're not connected.

    Back to ranting, people...

    Presumably they're looking for the limbs.
    Anyway, quite, back to the ranting.

    ANOTHER day not riding in.

    FFS.

    Circumstances are conspiring against me.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ANOTHER day not riding in.

    FFS.

    Circumstances are conspiring against me.

    Same has happened to my running and riding - just being far too sporadic for my liking for the past two or three weeks. Circumstances, work, weather, injury...

    Start afresh tomorrow!
    Ben

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Ben6899 wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ANOTHER day not riding in.

    FFS.

    Circumstances are conspiring against me.

    Same has happened to my running and riding - just being far too sporadic for my liking for the past two or three weeks. Circumstances, work, weather, injury...

    Start afresh tomorrow!

    Yeah. But a ride after 4 days off is never that fun.

    Weekend rides are best when you have good miles in your legs from that week.
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Sitting in the Volkswagen dealers in Newport waiting for them to replace the Bluetooth module on my car (again!) and all I'm getting is emails and phone calls from accounts to chase customers for overdue invoices. FFS I'm in technical sales, I am not a bloody accounts receivable person, and a VW dealer is not the best place from which to make these calls. Why can it not wait a couple of hours until I get into the office?????????
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    SimonAH wrote:
    Sitting in the Volkswagen dealers in Newport waiting for them to replace the Bluetooth module on my car (again!) and all I'm getting is emails and phone calls from accounts to chase customers for overdue invoices. FFS I'm in technical sales, I am not a bloody accounts receivable person, and a VW dealer is not the best place from which to make these calls. Why can it not wait a couple of hours until I get into the office?????????


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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    SimonAH wrote:
    Sitting in the Volkswagen dealers in Newport waiting for them to replace the Bluetooth module on my car (again!) and all I'm getting is emails and phone calls from accounts to chase customers for overdue invoices. FFS I'm in technical sales, I am not a bloody accounts receivable person, and a VW dealer is not the best place from which to make these calls. Why can it not wait a couple of hours until I get into the office?????????

    doesn't your phone have an "off" button ??
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  • mudcow007
    mudcow007 Posts: 3,861
    hit a dog on the way home last night

    i stopped an check it was ok - the owner was there who apologised for it not being on a lead etc

    i felt really bad though as the dog ran off crying thin i either hit it with my chain ring (eek!) or pedal
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    20 minutes run-around from RBS telephone banking and got nowhere in comparison to less than 2 minutes for a complete answer from First Direct. I rue the day that RBS pulled the direct lines to the branches; I'm close to shutting the account and moving everything to FD. I hope a Canadian goose defecates copiously on the odious pate of Fred Goodwin.
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  • bobinski
    bobinski Posts: 570
    To the copper driving the police van on Brixton Hill who bollocked me for talking to a car driver and told me to stop my yapping or walk on the pavement-she had just ridden into my right leg, albeit slowly, as she pulled off from the junction oblivious to my presence in front and just to the side of her. Didn't hurt but not nice and i was letting her know. Calmly. unlike you!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    DrLex wrote:
    20 minutes run-around from RBS telephone banking and got nowhere in comparison to less than 2 minutes for a complete answer from First Direct. I rue the day that RBS pulled the direct lines to the branches; I'm close to shutting the account and moving everything to FD. I hope a Canadian goose defecates copiously on the odious pate of Fred Goodwin.

    Do it!
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Wore one of my new Planet X merino baselayers for the first time today, and now the jersey that was over it smells like a blocked drain.

    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,915
    bails87 wrote:
    Wore one of my new Planet X merino baselayers for the first time today, and now the jersey that was over it smells like a blocked drain.

    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...

    Was considering bagging one as they are reduced atm, but may now steer clear.
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    To the copper driving the police van on Brixton Hill who bollocked me for talking to a car driver and told me to stop my yapping or walk on the pavement-she had just ridden into my right leg, albeit slowly, as she pulled off from the junction oblivious to my presence in front and just to the side of her. Didn't hurt but not nice and i was letting her know. Calmly. unlike you!


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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    bails87 wrote:
    Wore one of my new Planet X merino baselayers for the first time today, and now the jersey that was over it smells like a blocked drain.

    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
    I've got a few merino base layers and they do get a big pongy, even after light use.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    notsoblue wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Wore one of my new Planet X merino baselayers for the first time today, and now the jersey that was over it smells like a blocked drain.

    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
    I've got a few merino base layers and they do get a big pongy, even after light use.
    PX ones?

    I've had an Endura BaaBaa for ages and that's fine. I can wear it for three commutes without it needing to be washed.
    I'll give the PXs a few washes and dry them out in the fresh air, hopefully that'll solve it. And hopefully my jacket doesn't smell too!
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    bails87 wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Wore one of my new Planet X merino baselayers for the first time today, and now the jersey that was over it smells like a blocked drain.

    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
    I've got a few merino base layers and they do get a big pongy, even after light use.
    PX ones?

    I've had an Endura BaaBaa for ages and that's fine. I can wear it for three commutes without it needing to be washed.
    I'll give the PXs a few washes and dry them out in the fresh air, hopefully that'll solve it. And hopefully my jacket doesn't smell too!
    Not sure what brand actually, Endura or DHB or something like that. I don't have any PX ones.
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  • Mr Sworld
    Mr Sworld Posts: 703
    Something wrong with the Merino if its smelly that fast! Took a Merino baselayer for the GR20 walk. It was still pong free after 9 days....
  • Applespider
    Applespider Posts: 506
    notsoblue wrote:
    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
    I've got a few merino base layers and they do get a big pongy, even after light use.[/quote]

    Pure merino or mixed with manmade? The few bits I've got that are mixed with manmade can get pongy after lightish use. The 'pure' Icebreaker bits I've got don't seem to at all. When I was skiing I wore a HH fleece over a merino baselayer. The fleece got a bit whiffy after day 2, I wore the baselayer alone on day 3 and no smell at all. In fact, it was so cold skiing (-23C) that I ended up wearing my 260 merino top 5 of the 6 days - and it was still remarkably unsmelly by the end of the week.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Snapped my front Road Racer on the way home tonight on the Bristol-Bath cyclepath. All I have left are the struts and the nose piece. Looked for the rest of the guard but it hid itself in the bushes. Off to Evans with a pricematch tomorrow.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Applespider wrote:
    notsoblue wrote:
    Maybe it's just a coincidence, but I know there were some 'pongy' ones in the past...
    I've got a few merino base layers and they do get a big pongy, even after light use.

    Pure merino or mixed with manmade? The few bits I've got that are mixed with manmade can get pongy after lightish use. The 'pure' Icebreaker bits I've got don't seem to at all. When I was skiing I wore a HH fleece over a merino baselayer. The fleece got a bit whiffy after day 2, I wore the baselayer alone on day 3 and no smell at all. In fact, it was so cold skiing (-23C) that I ended up wearing my 260 merino top 5 of the 6 days - and it was still remarkably unsmelly by the end of the week.[/quote]
    All of mine are 100% merino. It's not sweat, it's a smell that's already on the top that's brought out by getting damp.

    I had seen this reported by other buyers of PX merino, and they said it went away after a few washes, so we'll see. I also lived in my BaaBaa for a 4 day MTBing trip (wore it in the day to bike, and at night when it was cold in the tent) and it was still pretty fresh.

    Anyway, RAAANNNNT!!

    DS11 WVN, silver Toyota Avensis estate overtook me as the road split into 2 lanes each way (1: left and straight on, 2: right and straight on), that was fine. I was in primary in lane 1, he was in lane 2. Lane 2 was backed up and stationary, lane 1 was clear, so I carried on, then as I pass him, he changes lanes. He'd overtaken me 15 seconds earlier, but hadn't looked for me (or did, and didn't care) and didn't indicate. Just suddenly pulled out into 'my' lane, hit me as I braked and shouted "Whooooa", pushed me to the kerb, left me almost toppled over with one foot on the verge then floored it to get away.

    I called in at the police station on the way home and was, yet again, met by utter don't-give-a-f*ckery. "He hasn't committed an offence because you weren't injured". Thankyou officer, keep up the good work. :roll: :evil:
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