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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?

    You are Manc33 AICMFP.
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?
    Quite possibly - Hatrid.

    There is no such word.The word is "hatred".
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?
    Quite possibly - Hatrid.

    There is no such word.The word is "hatred".
    Well, bareback was only added to the Oxford Dictionary this year.
    How long have you been using it?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?
    Quite possibly - Hatrid.

    There is no such word.The word is "hatred".
    Well, bareback was only added to the Oxford Dictionary this year.
    How long have you been using it?
    You really expect the OED to add a word based on some nonsense written on UD? And a word basically the same as an existing word at that, only wrongly spelled.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Definitely Manc33.
    Ben

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?
    Quite possibly - Hatrid.

    There is no such word.The word is "hatred".
    Well, bareback was only added to the Oxford Dictionary this year.
    How long have you been using it?
    You really expect the OED to add a word based on some nonsense written on UD? And a word basically the same as an existing word at that, only wrongly spelled.
    I don't expect anything.
    I am merely pointing out that the language and words change continually.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,824
    FishFish wrote:
    I went to a 'show' in Bangkok once where a lady put an onion in her bottom.
    That'd bring a tear to your eye.
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  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,496
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Bungle73 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Only if you meant that word in the first place.
    Er what word was meant, other than the one that was written....?
    Quite possibly - Hatrid.
    Is he not the big beardy fella from Harry Potter?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    PBlakeney wrote:
    I could not tell you the like time I got "tooted".
    Maybe a London/SE thing?

    More to do with city riding.

    Since we're doing 'last time I got tooted', I was tooted twice this morning.
    _
  • birdie23
    birdie23 Posts: 457
    I was last tooted last week. Still don't understand why, old bloke in a Merc driving the opposite way down a quiet, wide, country lane to me and a club mate who were riding alongside each other.

    The club also made an appearance on a Facebook group for "blocking the whole road" while riding 2 up taking up half a lane of a two lane road at 9am on a Sunday. Some drivers just feel entitled to the whole road to themselves.

    The suggestion of taxing journeys under 5 miles is ridiculous though. I drive to the supermarket because a full shop is heavy. I drive to the vets because taking two cats in carriers on panniers would be both stupid and dangerous.
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  • benjamess
    benjamess Posts: 159
    birdie23 wrote:
    I was last tooted last week. Still don't understand why, old bloke in a Merc driving the opposite way down a quiet, wide, country lane to me and a club mate who were riding alongside each other.

    The club also made an appearance on a Facebook group for "blocking the whole road" while riding 2 up taking up half a lane of a two lane road at 9am on a Sunday. Some drivers just feel entitled to the whole road to themselves.

    The suggestion of taxing journeys under 5 miles is ridiculous though. I drive to the supermarket because a full shop is heavy. I drive to the vets because taking two cats in carriers on panniers would be both stupid and dangerous.

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  • birdie23
    birdie23 Posts: 457
    One of my cats won't even stand in the backyard nevermind get on my shoulder like that!

    (I would love it though)
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  • 964cup
    964cup Posts: 1,362
    Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

    "Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

    No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    964Cup wrote:
    Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

    "Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

    No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.
    I guess you"ve never had a job that requires a car.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Webboo wrote:
    964Cup wrote:
    Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

    "Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

    No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.
    I guess you"ve never had a job that requires a car.
    Nope. Never been a taxi driver.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Or a health professional.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Point being that most people do not require a car to work in a city centre if they live there.
    I quite happily lived without a car for 5 years. It is different out in the sticks though.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • DavidJB
    DavidJB Posts: 2,019
    Yeah apart from anyone who has kids or family that don't live in the same town...or does anything that revolves a lot of travel...like...bike racing.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    DavidJB wrote:
    Yeah apart from anyone who has kids or family that don't live in the same town...or does anything that revolves a lot of travel...like...bike racing.

    The guy did say 'for local journeys', in city centres, which in fairness, is probably not far from the mark.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    DavidJB wrote:
    Yeah apart from anyone who has kids or family that don't live in the same town...or does anything that revolves a lot of travel...like...bike racing.
    Public transport or hire cars for when required. Trust me, it works out a lot cheaper.
    A car is not required for day to day life within a city.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Don't trust him.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    edited August 2017
    We do a weekly full shop (fridge empty by Saturday morning, no waste) and we don't have a car.

    Three bags of shopping and any bottles in a back pack. No worries.

    And I take my bike all over the country. No worries.

    They're just not needed for city living - all that fuel, tax, maintenance (and loan) money buys a lot of nice bike stuff.
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  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    At least computers will allow safe access for 'dumb machines' to be on the road.
    Humans wont share when there is ''nothing' in it for them.
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    mfin wrote:
    Bad and good drivers kill people.

    Explain to me how someone who is responsible for the death of others is classed as a 'good' driver.

    I can't wait for computer driven cars, at least they'll always be looking at the road for hazards rather than looking at their mobile phone or dicking around with the radio.
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  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    ben@31 wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Bad and good drivers kill people.

    Explain to me how someone who is responsible for the death of others is classed as a 'good' driver.

    I can't wait for computer driven cars, at least they'll always be looking at the road for hazards rather than looking at their mobile phone or dicking around with the radio.

    Paramedic on an emergency call, blue lights and sirens blaring, old woman stepped out into the road, paramedic had no chance to avoid her. Accidents happen
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    johngti wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Bad and good drivers kill people.

    Explain to me how someone who is responsible for the death of others is classed as a 'good' driver.

    I can't wait for computer driven cars, at least they'll always be looking at the road for hazards rather than looking at their mobile phone or dicking around with the radio.

    Paramedic on an emergency call, blue lights and sirens blaring, old woman stepped out into the road, paramedic had no chance to avoid her. Accidents happen

    Accidents simply don't just happen, because there is always a cause thats avoidable. Someone is always responsible for the actions of the car. Its not self driving yet :wink:
    If the paramedic is doing 100mph and then hits someone, because he wasnt driving to the conditions, then the paramedic is to blame.
    Where I live you, see Police cars slowing right down at junctions to have a good look to make sure it is safe for them to proceed. They're prepared to stop if necessary.
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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    ben@31 wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Bad and good drivers kill people.

    Explain to me how someone who is responsible for the death of others is classed as a 'good' driver.

    It's pretty obvious as long as you're not daft enough to think 'good' drivers could never possibly have accidents.
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    ben@31 wrote:

    Accidents simply don't just happen, because there is always a cause thats avoidable.

    That is a sweeping generalisation and doesn't make for good reasoning.
  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    ben@31 wrote:
    johngti wrote:
    ben@31 wrote:
    mfin wrote:
    Bad and good drivers kill people.

    Explain to me how someone who is responsible for the death of others is classed as a 'good' driver.

    I can't wait for computer driven cars, at least they'll always be looking at the road for hazards rather than looking at their mobile phone or dicking around with the radio.

    Paramedic on an emergency call, blue lights and sirens blaring, old woman stepped out into the road, paramedic had no chance to avoid her. Accidents happen

    Accidents simply don't just happen, because there is always a cause thats avoidable. Someone is always responsible for the actions of the car. Its not self driving yet :wink:
    If the paramedic is doing 100mph and then hits someone, because he wasnt driving to the conditions, then the paramedic is to blame.
    Where I live you, see Police cars slowing right down at junctions to have a good look to make sure it is safe for them to proceed. They're prepared to stop if necessary.

    You don't actually believe that every accident is preventable do you? A split second decision to do something like rush out into the road can result in a tragedy. It doesn't take a 100mph collision to kill someone either. Ambulances are very heavy; a collision at a much lower speed, commensurate with road conditions, will result in a massive transfer of energy and a horrible outcome. And the paramedic in question was prosecuted (standard practice in the case of a collision) and acquitted.
  • birdie23
    birdie23 Posts: 457
    964Cup wrote:
    Hatrid is when you take off your headgear.

    "Full shops" are wasteful. Walk or cycle, buy what you need for a day or two, rinse and repeat. Unless you live in the sticks, in which case there is presently no good alternative to driving in many cases.

    No-one able-bodied needs a car in major cities for local journeys.

    Firstly, I don't live in a major city. I live in Britain's biggest cul-de-sac and unless I want to pay a fortune to be transported incredibly slowly by Northern Rail to visit any family or friends or go see any entertainment in my nearest major city (100 miles away), I need a car.

    Secondly, "full shops are wasteful" maybe only if you buy stuff you don't need or don't store your food appropriately. If you only buy things you do need then you save money by not being tempted to buy stuff you don't need while at the shop every other day. I could do it on foot using the method mentioned by someone else, and I did do that when I lived in a place where I didn't need a car for general travel, but I prefer to use the time to spend longer on my Sunday ride (plus, a 24 can box of Coke Zero every other shop is heavy).
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