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cyclingprop

Ben6899 wrote:

When I went to leave the house this morning, some fool has put a massive rock outside our front door. It took me ages to roll it away!

Note to Ben: You are NOT Jesus.

rick_chasey

Yeah - the women in the mini - I was eyeballing you because you side-swiped me.

That you didn't notice me either before you did that or during, suggests you should TAKE YOUR SUNGLASSES OFF.

Topaxci

Irrationally annoyed by indicators this morning, or the lack of them.
Three times on my short commute did I come to a stop at junctions and roundabouts only for the car I had stopped for to make a left turn, out of my path, without any indication. Leaving me sitting stationary like a numpty :x

I know it's one of those things we have to live with, but this morning for some reason it just really wound me up.

bunter

Me, taking a tight corner at the bottom of a steep V shaped dip in a narrow wet country lane. I look up and...
You, overtaking me with no space, no visibility and not enough room to pass. What exactly were you planning to do if a vehicle was coming the other way?

Oh, and thanks for sounding your horn after you had finally passed me, well done!

rick_chasey

To the chap who was drafting me yesterday.

You're a wuss and a liar.

I saw you on my wheel for a good 3-4 minutes before I commented that you shouldn't be there.

Your response that you weren't drafting, but merely 'passing' did not wash.

And have some grace, you were probably twice my age and the only one of the two who lost their cool and was swearing.

optimisticbiker

Amazon's delivery service, Yodel? (ex-DHL isn't it?). Why bother knocking when you can throw it over the back gate and let it sit in a puddle where I find it late last night as I'm putting the rubbish out (was it so hard to put a card through the door). Fortunately other than the damage to the carton from a 10ft+ drop and the puddle it sat in the contents weren't damaged (A Game of Thrones - Season 1 on blueray, so i can enjoy the visceral and gory bits again in high def).

Not so lucky was my wife's book and DVD, ordered 2 days before mine, and delivered, we assume but no one's been out there since Monday, at the same time... the DVD was OK but the book was somewhat damp. Being taken up with Amazon as I write.... :evil:

Ben6899

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Amazon's delivery service, Yodel?...

I had the same experience, but luckily it worked out OK like your DVD. I bought the classic, wooden-box version of "Risk" for my girlfriend for Christmas. Had it delivered to my parents' house as that was where we spent the holidays.

So yeh, in December it rains and snows and never really gets dry. So if you're delivering an item which is clearly wooden at that time of year, what's the plan of action? Exactly! Leave it at the back door and give the card option a swerve, the wood will be fine, I'm sure it wasn't expensive or bought for any special occasion.

It's just lucky my mum found it (by chance) and got rid of the wet packaging so no harm was done.

FUCKWITS. And Parcelfarce are worse.

Specialized Needs

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Amazon's delivery service, Yodel? (ex-DHL isn't it?). Why bother knocking when you can throw it over the back gate and let it sit in a puddle where I find it late last night as I'm putting the rubbish out (was it so hard to put a card through the door). Fortunately other than the damage to the carton from a 10ft+ drop and the puddle it sat in the contents weren't damaged (A Game of Thrones - Season 1 on blueray, so i can enjoy the visceral and gory bits again in high def).

Not so lucky was my wife's book and DVD, ordered 2 days before mine, and delivered, we assume but no one's been out there since Monday, at the same time... the DVD was OK but the book was somewhat damp. Being taken up with Amazon as I write.... :evil:

Perhaps Amazon need to use polythene envelopes more?

To be fair to our local Yodel delivery, as long as it isn't a massive parcel (where it wouldn't be left anyhow), it comes via a local subcontractor in their car. If no one is in, they drop a card with their mobile number on it and we can either rearrange delivery, or pick it up from their house that evening at a convenient time. Apart from CollectPlus, this is the most convenient delivery process I've experienced.

suzyb

Yodel were featured on Watchdog recently about just such issues. They even showed cctv footage of an xbox (iirc) being thrown over a gate.

suzyb

I've had a scratchy throat for a couple of days. I think I may be coming down with a cold

And you Mr / Ms JMB Travel bus driver are an utter f***wit. Move over and slow down when you pass cyclists. Do not just barge past giving as little room as you decide the cyclist needs.

nation

Yodel used to be HDNL which used to be Littlewoods. They bought out DHL's depots when DHL got out of the national delivery business.

They're awful.

The problem is that Amazon doesn't tell you what delivery company they're going to use until after you've placed the order. I tend to cancel any that come up with HDNL/Yodel and either try again later or just use somewhere else.

Applespider

One of my neighbours has put up a set of jangly windchimes... I'm told they are supposed to be soothing! <grrrrrrr>

clarkey cat

5 punctures in 3 days.

On different bikes too... weird. Must be all this rain throwing up all the crap.

Mr Sworld

Arrggg....

Wiggle have their roadshow trailer at work.

Must not buy kit, must not buy kit...

Sailorchick

Had a stupid mare step out in front of me today whilst I was overtaking another cyclist.

Its a one lane section of road so lady is chatting to her mate on the right handside of the road and just steps out without looking towards direction of traffic once. I see it happening so shout a warning, brake and swerve around her (whilst avoiding the cyclist I've just passed). Get a lovely shout of 'you weren't fooking looking where you were going!!' from said lady. She really didn't like me explaining that the only reason we didn't collide was because I was actually looking. I was only doing about 15mph but 12stone+ of me, bike and pannier is gonna hurt both of us at that speed and next time it might be a car!

On the plus side it did get my adrenaline going for the uphill half of my commute!

SimonAH

Applespider wrote:

One of my neighbours has put up a set of jangly windchimes... I'm told they are supposed to be soothing! <grrrrrrr>

This is where the air-rifle is your friend

Kieran_Burns

SimonAH wrote:

Applespider wrote:

One of my neighbours has put up a set of jangly windchimes... I'm told they are supposed to be soothing! <grrrrrrr>

This is where the air-rifle is your friend

super-glue surely?

veronese68

I'm shrinking!!! I was 6'2" in my younger days. I think the fact that my back is mullered has caused it but over the last 20 years I have lost an inch.
My 13 year old son, however, is doing quite the reverse. He's gained another inch in the last month and is now a hairs breadth off the 6' mark. He'll be taller than me in 2 months at this rate. Should I stop feeding him?

merkin

Veronese68 wrote:

I'm shrinking!!! I was 6'2" in my younger days. I think the fact that my back is mullered has caused it but over the last 20 years I have lost an inch.
My 13 year old son, however, is doing quite the reverse. He's gained another inch in the last month and is now a hairs breadth off the 6' mark. He'll be taller than me in 2 months at this rate. Should I stop feeding him?

I don't think it is possible to stop feeding a 13 year old boy as he will simply eat the furniture or something. I would,however, recommend you give him a good thrashing while you still can before he gets too big. Maybe stop feeding him, then beat him for eating the furniture?

veronese68

merkin wrote:

I don't think it is possible to stop feeding a 13 year old boy as he will simply eat the furniture or something. I would,however, recommend you give him a good thrashing while you still can before he gets too big. Maybe stop feeding him, then beat him for eating the furniture?

Excellent ideas, thank you. I already have to fight dirty when beating him as he's strong as an ox. A bit of malnutrition should redress the balance a little.

suzyb

Yet again Mother has pointed out I don't need a new bike. Now she's knows I'm thinking about getting a new one she'll take every opportunity to point out I don't need one.

I'm tempted to start going out every weekend, getting blotto and coming home loudly to point out there are worse things I could be doing with my money.

Mr Sworld

suzyb wrote:

Yet again Mother has pointed out I don't need a new bike. Now she's knows I'm thinking about getting a new one she'll take every opportunity to point out I don't need one.

I'm tempted to start going out every weekend, getting blotto and coming home loudly to point out there are worse things I could be doing with my money.

You're Scottish. Surely that's normal?

bails87

Mr Sworld wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Yet again Mother has pointed out I don't need a new bike. Now she's knows I'm thinking about getting a new one she'll take every opportunity to point out I don't need one.

I'm tempted to start going out every weekend, getting blotto and coming home loudly to point out there are worse things I could be doing with my money.

You're Scottish. Surely that's normal?

Just at weekends? That's restrained!

redvee

suzyb wrote:

Yet again Mother has pointed out I don't need a new bike. Now she's knows I'm thinking about getting a new one she'll take every opportunity to point out I don't need one.

I'm tempted to start going out every weekend, getting blotto and coming home loudly to point out there are worse things I could be doing with my money.

How old are you? Sounds like you're still a teenager

Can I rant at Mother Nature? The rain yesterday morning turned the dry, dusty lane into a muddy lane which on the way to work wasn't an issue as I had mudguards but riding home at 3am the mud had dried in the guards and was rubbing on the tyre all the way home.

suzyb

redvee wrote:

suzyb wrote:

Yet again Mother has pointed out I don't need a new bike. Now she's knows I'm thinking about getting a new one she'll take every opportunity to point out I don't need one.

I'm tempted to start going out every weekend, getting blotto and coming home loudly to point out there are worse things I could be doing with my money.

How old are you? Sounds like you're still a teenager

Too old to be living with my parents. Too poor not to be.

And I feel like a teenager more often than not (and not in a good way).

merkin

And I feel a teenager more often than not (and not in a good way

Ftfy :shock:

Ben6899

Some terrible road craft (from other cyclists) on display in Regents Park this afternoon. I usually do a few laps at the end of my rides and I am seriously considering knocking it on the head.

CiB

Ashley Young. What a waste of oxygen. Farkin diving cheat.

Ben6899

CiB wrote:

Ashley Young. What a waste of oxygen. Farkin diving cheat.

He isn't on his own. Diving is very prevalent in today's game. Unfortunately.

CiB

Ben6899 wrote:

CiB wrote:

Ashley Young. What a waste of oxygen. Farkin diving cheat.

He isn't on his own. Diving is very prevalent in today's game. Unfortunately.

Bollox. Man Ure sadly are good enough to win properly, to show how it should be done, to set the example. Instead they've shown in the last week that to get that all important first goal from which there's no way back for clubs of the stature of villa, QPR etc, the answer is to dive on the floor like a pansy, making sure that you stretch the left leg out to ensure that at least an appearance of contact can be inferred. United's impending PL victory this season is soured and lacking in credibility after this farce and last week's. I was hoping for an exciting run in, or at least an example of how the best team won it in the end. That's all gone now. It's down to who can con the ref the most. Fark em.

I spend a bit too much time these days watching under 14s and under 9s football and it's there, the play-acting, the theatrical over reactions, the rolling about clutching the left ankle after a gentle nudge in the back. Clubs at the top should be setting the standard and being part of the solution, not the root cause of the problem.

Diving in football is no different to RLJing. Just because everyone else does it doesn't make it right.

Watch Tom Daley I mean Ashley Young's comedy dive here.