Your Anti-Rants here

surrey_commuter

behind the Palais a chap on a moped moved aside to let me into the ASL. Freshley emboldened at Trafalgar Sq I asked a trainee cabbie if I could squeeze past and he said "of course mate" and duly did so.

corriebee1

End of last week.

Cycling up Hills Road in Cambridge, and stop at a pedestrian crossing. I always make sure i'm uber responsible at crossings as there are literally hundreds of idiots who charge straight through them every time.

Lights change and off i go. I was passed a hundred yards or so up the road by a bus, the driver of which honks his horn and gives a huge grin and a thumbs up as he goes past! As i got to the next lights and passed on the right he had his window open and said "I always see you stop at the lights! Well done mate!"

A couple of days earlier, there was a police officer/special constable/whatever standing 10 yards past each of the ped crossings on Hills Road waiting to pull folk over. It's a shame that it is needed, but it is.

msmancunia

Just found a roasted and salted maggot in a bag of Asda's Roasted and Salted Pistachios.

This post is in this thread because I'm just glad that I didn't find half a maggot...

mroli

This morning, commuting heading west along the A315. Felt the presence of someone taking my wheel - doesn't normally bother me as I don't mind people drafting as long as they don't ride so close I can feel their breath. I pointed out holes and obstacles like a good person and he stuck there for a fair while and as I turned off right, said "pleasure riding with you, thanks!" and I thought "ah, that's nice"...

redvee

Half way through the working week, one more day till it's over.

dhope

redvee wrote:

Half way through the working week, one more day till it's over.

:evil:

redvee

dhope wrote:

redvee wrote:

Half way through the working week, one more day till it's over.

:evil:

Failed to mention I went back to work yesterday after six days off, then back to work next Wednesday when I finish tonight.

menthel

Rant: wife away until Sunday.

Anti-rant: man cooks 2 home made burgers of awesomeness and washes them down with a westmalle dubbel. There may also be another beer (can't remember which) in the fridge.

Mmm, burgers and beer. Oh, and some cycling on Eurosport!

menthel

Karmaliet tripel it would seem. I will sleep well tonight!

MrSweary

Nearly run off the road tonight by a c*ck in a Audi.. Anti-rant? It happened right outside my house and the Audi twunt lives just across the road.

Currently deciding whether to let their tires down or just write them a nice letter asking them what the actual f**k they were doing nearly knocking me off in a effort to get home 2 seconds faster.

redvee

Got my name down for this next year and free entry too. I had entered before the date was announced.

http://www.greatwestonride.com/index.htm

menthel

menthel wrote:

Karmaliet tripel it would seem. I will sleep well tonight!

This and the preceeding beer have not left me on top form this morning...

veronese68

MrSweary wrote:

Nearly run off the road tonight by a c*ck in a Audi.. Anti-rant? It happened right outside my house and the Audi twunt lives just across the road.

Currently deciding whether to let their tires down or just write them a nice letter asking them what the actual f**k they were doing nearly knocking me off in a effort to get home 2 seconds faster.

Audi drivers, say no more. I was nearly squished by one with quite a distinctive number plate a couple of months ago, recognised it as the same twunt that tried to wipe me out a couple of years ago when I was on a motorbike. Saw the car recently parked not far from my house, now I know where he lives. I haven't done anything yet but am sorely tempted to leave a note telling him to be more careful around vulnerable road users as I know where he lives. Might make him think twice.
I hate my Audi, maybe its that hatred that makes them drive like twunts.

slowbike

was running a bit late on the ride in this morning ... but didn't push too hard .. came across a lad riding the same way as me (this is very unusual) - caught him up on a climb (:D) and then dragged him a long for a mile or so, he then took his turn and our combined pace was higher than my usual ... so several PBs along the way

vermin

No commute tomorrow morning

Because

kurako

Extended ride home. 25km in just shy of an hour. About half of that I think was getting through the Kensington/ Hammersmith clusterf*ck. Hammersmith to Barnes and a quick jaunt from Richmond Gate to Kingston Gate in the gloaming. Got there just as a lady was opening the gate to get her car out. So nice not having to fight through traffic.

redvee

vermin wrote:

No commute tomorrow morning

Because

I hope I don't repost this in the Rants thread as an earworm tomorrow :shock:

PerformingMonkey

Last day in the office before two weeks off. First real break since Christmas.

£32 for a return flight to Dublin (not for the whole two weeks).

Mountain bike cleaned and polished ready for trip to Wales.

Just accepted an offer on my house. Last tie to the ex-wife!

davis

Mull.

veronese68

^^^ Very nice.
It was beautiful in Bushy Park this morning, bit of low mist over the pond and the deer were all getting a bit frisky in the background.

gbsahne001

Come back from holiday and find that work has installed a shower

elbowloh

gbsahne wrote:

Come back from holiday and find that work has installed a shower

Where your desk used to be?

msmancunia

The Gareth Thomas biography I transcribed is finished and in a bookshop/tax-dodging internet book retailing site near you and I've just been given a new transcription job on a book about football managers. The dulcet tones of Roberto Martinez await me this weekend. Given that the proceeds from this little sideline have so far paid for an iPad, half a car and a new iron I am pretty happy. Even paid tax on it too, unlike some tax-dodging book internet retail sites....

redvee

If you'd ditched the iron and iPad you could have bought a whole car ;-)

EKE_38BPM

I know what an iPhone, an iPod and an iPad are, but what is an iRon?

asprilla

New bike has been dispatched.

CiB

I cycled in today. It was raining. I got soaked. It was fun.

surrey_commuter

Brand new CR1 got a kink in front tyre after 30 miles so over 20mph felt like going over rumble strips... why is this an anti-rant? well rather than swapping for similar tyre I upgraded to Conti GP4S for just £43. I am getting to rather like Evans in Canary Wharf

CiB

Isn't it nice to be able to listen to a nice cosy chat on the wireless between two good friends discussing the return of a Labour govt, without the interviewee constantly being interrupted or heckled for daring to put forward an opinion or maybe outlining some plans that even my dog thought maybe they don't quite add up? It's nice that the interviewer puts the question - something like 'how nice will the labour govt be to kittens, poor children and old ladies?', then sits back to let her good chum the shadow minister ramble on uninterrupted save for the chummy giggles - you can almost see one hand gently resting on the other's shoulder as they smile at each other.

Thanks Martha and Yvette for a real challenging political interview. Let's hope that WATO can continue this new sense of chumminess & of letting the interviewee make his / her point without being shouted down, harangued and punched & kicked to the floor for not being of the correct hue, over the next couple of media love-ins I mean Party Conferences..

Kieran_Burns

It's always a good day when you get a blatant grin from an attractive lady overtaking you in traffic.

(I'd passed her earlier when the traffic was slow moving, she came past again when it opened up)

So... when the traffic snarled up once more on an uphill stretch I just had to get out the saddle and give her the patented "Arse Clench" (TM) as I overtook