Your rants here.

Feltup

Had that too but in the dark in winter 15miles from home. Knocked on a couple of doors and a lady answered and helped me patch one tube up with duck tape which just got me home, she was a star!

Gizmo_

Office.

Someone asks Gizmo a question, as the font of all knowledge (and source of many opinions that may or may not be based in fact). A "what does *this* system do?" kind of question.

Gizmo responds "I'm sorry, that's a new one on me and I don't know. But if you find out can you let me know?" (paraphrasing).

Why oh why do people then stand there, looking at me blankly? Do they expect me to wait ten seconds and then go "Nah, only mucking you about. It does *this*" ? Fools.

veronese68

Gizmo_ wrote:

Office.

Someone asks Gizmo a question, as the font of all knowledge (and source of many opinions that may or may not be based in fact). A "what does *this* system do?" kind of question.

Gizmo responds "I'm sorry, that's a new one on me and I don't know. But if you find out can you let me know?" (paraphrasing).

Why oh why do people then stand there, looking at me blankly? Do they expect me to wait ten seconds and then go "Nah, only mucking you about. It does *this*" ? Fools.

Annoying, I grant you. Not as annoying as people that ask me something I do know the answer to, then disagree when I tell them. If you think you know the answer why the hell are you asking me?
Most people are phucktards.

vermin

msmancunia wrote:

fill_uk wrote:

fill_uk wrote:

Came down with a virus while at work and had to ride/push 12 miles home with a splitting head and raging temperature. My normal 50 mins took 2 hours.

Its bloody chicken pox!! my kids have given it me. Turns out i only had a mild dose as a kid and have got it again. Adults get much worse symptoms than children so my two boys are running round like nutters covered in spots and im slowly falling apart.

Oh you've got my sympathies - I caught it when I was 18 and sitting A-levels, and then again when I was 30
Antihistamines, lots of calamine lotion (Caladryl is the best as it sticks to your skin and doesn't flake off), and cool baths. If you've got them in your mouth then ice pops and very cold drinks really help.

And try not to scratch or pick as you'll scar. Easier said than done though....

I got it at 30 too. Couldn't retain fluids so dehydrated badly. Hallucinated, lost consciousness and woke up in hospital on a saline drip. Have fun.

CiB

Veronese68 wrote:

Annoying, I grant you. Not as annoying as people that ask me something I do know the answer to, then disagree when I tell them. If you think you know the answer why the hell are you asking me?

Are you married to my wife?

vermin

aclivity wrote:

A familiar tale

I was 8 when I got my first "road bike". It was a BSA Falcon with 3 Sturmey Archer gears. Loved it. That was in the (very) early 80s road cycling boom. Now road cycling has come around again, there must be a good market for something similar.

Blacktemplar

Fecking. Bike. Shop.

Shiny new Colnago CLX 3.0 ordered, deposit paid, IFC arranged. Sweaty-palmed with anticipation. Bike shop phones to say "sorry sir, we don't actually have that in your size and can't get one anywhere. We've refunded your deposit and cancelled the IFC"

Grrrrrr. Back to square one.

I hate being impatient.

veronese68

CiB wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Annoying, I grant you. Not as annoying as people that ask me something I do know the answer to, then disagree when I tell them. If you think you know the answer why the hell are you asking me?

Are you married to my wife?

Is she a blond bigamist that stays away from home a LOT?

CiB

Veronese68 wrote:

CiB wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Annoying, I grant you. Not as annoying as people that ask me something I do know the answer to, then disagree when I tell them. If you think you know the answer why the hell are you asking me?

Are you married to my wife?

Is she a blond bigamist that stays away from home a LOT?

No, no and no. worth a shot though.

Kieran_Burns

Answer phone

"Good afternoon <company name> Kieran Burns speaking"

"Can I speak to Kieran Burns please?"

ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! feckityfeckityfeckingfeck

I swear I am am going to answer "Yes I'll just put you through.... <pause>.... Kieran Burns here"

CiB

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Answer phone

"Good afternoon <company name> Kieran Burns speaking"

"Can I speak to Kieran Burns please?"

ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! feckityfeckityfeckingfeck

I swear I am am going to answer "Yes I'll just put you through.... <pause>.... Kieran Burns here"

Thinks <must phone Kieran Burns again...>

Gizmo_

CiB wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

CiB wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Annoying, I grant you. Not as annoying as people that ask me something I do know the answer to, then disagree when I tell them. If you think you know the answer why the hell are you asking me?

Are you married to my wife?

Is she a blond bigamist that stays away from home a LOT?

No, no and no. worth a shot though.

Sounds like he's married to my fiancée...

Perhaps it's just a design fault, or "they all do that, sir..."

msmancunia

CiB wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Answer phone

"Good afternoon <company name> Kieran Burns speaking"

"Can I speak to Kieran Burns please?"

ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!! feckityfeckityfeckingfeck

I swear I am am going to answer "Yes I'll just put you through.... <pause>.... Kieran Burns here"

Thinks <must phone Kieran Burns again...>

Someone at Salford Quays has set up a little cycling group - we're not big enough to be a club yet. Looked on the distribution list today and one of the other addressees is one Kyren Burns. Doppelganger, maybe?

Ben6899

Well that kinda spoilt my ride. I turned down a steep One-Way hill against the flow - by accident. When I realised, I checked for traffic and slowed RIGHT down to get to the bottom. This is a very quiet road up to a handful of houses.

Anyway, this lady makes a point of standing in the middle of the road to halt my progress...

Lady: "You can't come down here."
Me: "I know. I realised at the last minute, you can see I've slowed right down."
Lady: "Because my kids walk to school this way. They look right, but not left."
Me: "I realise this. I can assure you this was on my mind so I was being very careful until I could edge onto the main road."
Lady: "My mother was knocked down by a cyclist. She broke her hip and lost her leg."
Me: "I'm sorry about that, but not all cyclists go around knocking people over."

And she carried on...

Me: "Look. Don't lecture me."
Lady: "Oh. Don't lecture YOU?"
Me: "That's right, don't lecture me."

Then she came really close...

Lady: "Well I'm a cop and there's CCTV here and we'll find you.
Me: "OK."

Then she walked away along the footway. I went in the same direction, 30 seconds later and she bloody well spat at me. I'm really angry; okay I should have dismounted, but I also didn't have to give her the time of day. I did though and she took advantage.

Mr Sworld

Not a 'cop' then?

Ben6899

Mr Sworld wrote:

Not a 'cop' then?

I think if you're a Police Officer in the UK you don't: a) refer to yourself as a 'cop'; or b) spit at people in public.

Mr Sworld

Ben6899 wrote:

Mr Sworld wrote:

Not a 'cop' then?

I think if you're a Police Officer in the UK you don't: a) refer to yourself as a 'cop'; or b) spit at people in public.

Tawt then...

bails87

Ben6899 wrote:

Mr Sworld wrote:

Not a 'cop' then?

I think if you're a Police Officer in the UK you don't: a) refer to yourself as a 'cop'; or b) spit at people in public.

Yeah, I had a prick almost crush me against railings when he followed me into a buses and bikes only zone in his Range Rover and overtook through a ped crossing pinch point. He then made an illegal right turn into a closed car park. Seeig as he was stopped at the gates as I was wheeling my bike past I told him to leave more space. He told me he was "a policeman" and he'd have me done for shouting in the street if I didn't go away. when I volunteered to go with him to the police station down the road, where he could present himself to those officers as "a policeman". Oddly enough he didn't want to do that.

I think genuine officers have a habit of staying calm, staying quiet and letting you get on with getting yourself into trouble. Rather than getting into slanging matches in the street.

hoolio

I think some police officers wouldn't want to spend an hour filling out the paper work either.
Isn't it an offence to claim you're a police officer if you're not?

Kieran_Burns

For God's sake.

They resurfaced a stretch of poor road a few months ago with the smoothest stretch of tarmac I've ever seen. It was just bloody marvellous to cycle on.

They
Have
Tar
Sprayed
It

Tar spray.

On a brand new stretch of smooth tarmac

It's now like cycling on the fecking fields next to the road, and they're ploughed!

bails87

hoolio wrote:

Isn't it an offence to claim you're a police officer if you're not?

Yes, which is exactly why I invited him to come to the police station so he could explain to "his colleagues" how he was driving illegally when he nearly killed me before claiming he was a police officer and threatening to arrest me for an imaginary offence.

king_jeffers

Ben6899 wrote:

Lady: "Because my kids walk to school this way."

Ugh... worst thing of all... she has kids. Kids who will probably be exactly the same if not worse. Government really needs to impose a license to breed.

Went to the cinema last night, noticed a family of four sitting not far away, all with their feet up on the chair in front, mobile phones flashing on and off all the way through. Dad testing out his torch "app", FFS bunch of plebs. No manors, consideration - nothing, plebs, plebs, plebs.

Sharkyssurfers

good damn internet connection!!!!, I cant watch the TT as it keeps buffering and im already 15 mins behind.

veronese68

King Jeffers wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Lady: "Because my kids walk to school this way."

Ugh... worst thing of all... she has kids. Kids who will probably be exactly the same if not worse. Government really needs to impose a license to breed.

Went to the cinema last night, noticed a family of four sitting not far away, all with their feet up on the chair in front, mobile phones flashing on and off all the way through. Dad testing out his torch "app", FFS bunch of plebs. No manors, consideration - nothing, plebs, plebs, plebs.

This is true. On a few occasions in the past I have been complimented on the behaviour of my children by parents of badly behaved children. One look at the behaviour and attitude of the other parents explains everything.

rubertoe

To the guy who told me the TT results on the way home. Thanks.

I had been trying to avoid everything til I go home and was going to watch as live. That put that plan to heed!Hhe was however very pleasant and we chatted for a bit.

I wonder if he is on here? it was at about 4:50 you were in full Cervelo kit riding a (yellow steel thing) in east finchely and you turned off at the Finchely Vue.

flamite

Was I in the wrong??

2 lane Queue of traffic on embankment wbound stopped at red light by chelsea br, i cycle down the blue cycle lane, 2 cars from front is a BMW 5 series with 3 coppers, car in front is indicating left, so I cut in between popo and car in front so as not to get cut off then just as I a role upto stop line I know the lights pretty well and knew they were turning so rolled through, if a millisecond early.

Think nothing off it suffering into headwind then aware of something next to me, thing it's a drafting fairy but its my friends in 5 series giving me evils. I ask what, they they start mouthing off about cutting in front of them (whilst they were stationary and stopped at the lights) I explained danger of left turning cars and they kept having a go... I dismissively waved them off, then they kept driving inches from my wheel (dangerous driving in my op)

Seriously do they just hate cyclists? What did I do wrong? Apart from almost jump a red- which they didn't mention?? I didn't want to indicate as in those situations scooter might appear and I need both brakes

#rant over

First.Aspect

Given that ASL's include filtering lanes, one would imagine it to be legal to filter to the front of a queue.
Personally, and if I've understood the situation, the behaviour of the officers in an unmarked vehicle is worrying and I'd follow it up.

rick_chasey

Puncture.

I'm appalling at anything mechanical.

Took me 25 minutes to fix.

Cycling would be 10/10 if you never had to maintain your bike.

Also noticed my hub is a little loose.

cyclingprop

Rick Chasey wrote:

Puncture.

I'm appalling at anything mechanical.

Took me 25 minutes to fix.

Cycling would be 10/10 if you never had to maintain your bike.

Also noticed my hub is a little loose.

*AHEM*

MTFU

davis

King Jeffers wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

Lady: "Because my kids walk to school this way."

Ugh... worst thing of all... she has kids. Kids who will probably be exactly the same if not worse. Government really needs to impose a license to breed.

Went to the cinema last night, noticed a family of four sitting not far away, all with their feet up on the chair in front, mobile phones flashing on and off all the way through. Dad testing out his torch "app", FFS bunch of plebs. No manors, consideration - nothing, plebs, plebs, plebs.

Quite. All those proles with nary a manor to their name. Tsk. I have Jenkins unleash the hounds. :-)

Seriously though, I can't stand the cinema for this reason. The last time I went to the cinema it was 7 quid (probably lots more than that now!) and the film was ruined by a family with no consideration for anyone else. One lass wouldn't stop talking on her mobile.