Irritations - dump here thread

[jimbur]

That was the .
The turds for the roses.

Fine oak furniture covered in rose petals :U

Remember I did say it would have been in a slurry:U

[jimbur]

I reckon they sew some labels on with nylon fishing line.

[Manuka Jock]

Remember I did say it would have been in a slurry:U

Except that it was not .
People did come out of their homes to scoop up the horse apples for the garden :2tsup:

[jimbur]

Except that it was not .
People did come out of their homes to scoop up the horse apples for the garden :2tsup:

Yes used to do it myself but I was talking originally of the time when horse drawn transport was the norm and the streets would be ankle deep in slurry.
Cheers,
Jim

[jimbur]

ps in the city centres that is.

[Manuka Jock]

Yes used to do it myself but I was talking originally of the time when horse drawn transport was the norm and the streets would be ankle deep in slurry.
Cheers,
Jim

No slurry for ya , sorry :D.

This is about New York , but ,
A horses is a horse of course ...... :p

The normal city horse produced between fifteen and thirty-five pounds of manure a day and about a quart of urine, usually distributed along the course of its route or deposited in the stable. While cities made sporadic attempts to keep the streets clean, the manure was everywhere, along the roadway, heaped in piles or next to stables, or ground up by the traffic and blown about by the wind.
The Environmental Literacy Council - The Horse & the Urban Environment (http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/578.html)

[wheelinround]

I reckon they sew some labels on with nylon fishing line.

On slurry :oo: those poor seamstress :p


The normal city horse produced between fifteen and thirty-five pounds of manure a day and about a quart of urine, usually distributed along the course of its route or deposited in the stable. While cities made sporadic attempts to keep the streets clean, the manure was everywhere, along the roadway, heaped in piles or next to stables, or ground up by the traffic and blown about by the wind.

This of course for cyclists of today would be a great advantage, back then when riding bikes it used to adhere to sides of rims and stop breaks from gripping, sling off tyres all over your back, stick to shoes make roads slippery and traction impossible used to put the wind up when going round corners at full pelt and the back end slid out.

[jimbur]

Add rain and tread in :D

[Manuka Jock]

On slurry :oo: those poor seamstress :p



This of course for cyclists of today would be a great advantage, back then when riding bikes it used to adhere to sides of rims and stop breaks from gripping, sling off tyres all over your back, stick to shoes make roads slippery and traction impossible used to put the wind up when going round corners at full pelt and the back end slid out.
Cuts down on road carpet burns when they can off their treadley tho :U

[wheelinround]

Cuts down on road carpet burns when they can off their treadley tho :U

Memories of fellows sitting in class covered in it after there fall :yuk:

[Manuka Jock]

As a kid , I always wondered why the night cart man didn't clean up his horse's droppings , after all , he got everyone else's :roll:

[Manuka Jock]

Memories of fellows sitting in class covered in it after there fall :yuk:

and then they pass it around at football practice :U

[wheelinround]

and then they pass it around at football practice :U

Or slide into where the dog has been ....or grabbing the ball after a lucky bounce only to end up with it on hands ..........glad I only played soccer but that was bad enough clean up boots or the ball.

[jimbur]

Or slide into where the dog has been ....or grabbing the ball after a lucky bounce only to end up with it on hands ..........glad I only played soccer but that was bad enough clean up boots or the ball.

Played soccer against an agricultural college and they'd only just moved the cows off the pitch. Sliding tackles were interesting if you're into scatology.:D

[artme]

Have some of us not strayed a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONg way off topic??

[Manuka Jock]

Is there a topic ? :U

[Harry72]

Idiot colomist/writers/survey's who think everyone pushes a desk for a living...

[Blue-deviled]

No slurry for ya , sorry :D.

This is about New York , but ,
A horses is a horse of course ...... :p

They still clean up about eight tons of turds a day from the Parisian streets - all done with interesting vacuum trucks. Mostly from dogs these days....

[Manuka Jock]

They still clean up about eight tons of turds a day from the Parisian streets - all done with interesting vacuum trucks. Mostly from dogs these days....

" What !!! poodle poop ? Don't you dear put that around my roses " :o

[Blue-deviled]

" What !!! poodle poop ? Don't you dear put that around my roses " :o

Not 'pure' enough for you?!

[jimbur]

The use of the word "FUN". Everything seems to have to be fun, whether it's mildly satisfying or intensely pleasurable. Holidays are fun, reading is fun, work is fun, hill climbing is fun. Whatever the activity there seems to be a 'fun' way of doing it. The bloody election rampage will be fun next.:((
Cheers,
Jim

[Blue-deviled]

The use of the word "FUN". Everything seems to have to be fun, whether it's mildly satisfying or intensely pleasurable. Holidays are fun, reading is fun, work is fun, hill climbing is fun. Whatever the activity there seems to be a 'fun' way of doing it. The bloody election rampage will be fun next.:((
Cheers,
Jim

Organised fun is worse.

[jimbur]

" What !!! poodle poop ? Don't you dear put that around my roses " :o

Alas, I don't think it's used for treating white leather these days. Nothing like industrial applications to keep the streets clean.

[Sebastiaan56]

OK, this ia a wind up but

I hate those cowards who yell at my staff and then when I get them on the phone come over all sweets and roses. Cowards...:((:((:((

[Enfield Guy]

The lack of customer service and product knowledge that is so prevalent in business today.

Insurance companies
Banks
Telecommunications mobs
Car dealers
The list is virtually endless

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Manuka Jock]

Not 'pure' enough for you?! ???

[jimbur]

Whatever the activity there seems to be a 'fun' way of doing it. The bloody election rampage will be fun next.:((

And it is: Opposition Leader meets billy-cart. Crazy fun ensues. (Seen in The Age today)

[Blue-deviled]

???

'The pure', was the Victorian term for the dog byproduct that you don't want on your roses.

[jimbur]

The lack of customer service and product knowledge that is so prevalent in business today.
ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It really takes you by surprise when you meet someone who both knows what they are talking about and enjoys solving your problem.

[Manuka Jock]

'The pure', was the Victorian term for the dog byproduct that you don't want on your roses.
Cheers :)

I would have thought that 'impure ' would have be more accurate ,
but then again , they were a weird mob eh :U

[Manuka Jock]

It really takes you by surprise when you meet someone who both knows what they are talking about and enjoys solving your problem. Bunnings have recently opened up a branch here in Dunedin.
There is a young bloke assigned to work in the tolls dept. He is a bit out of his depth lost , not up on the general use of some of the gear , let alone the difference within a product range.
He has a background in saw mills and timber production . From talking with him , he knows his stuff .

Out in the bulk timber store , there is a lad who knows nothing at all about wood products ....... :rolleyes:

[rsser]

The lack of customer service and product knowledge that is so prevalent in business today.

Insurance companies
Banks
Telecommunications mobs
Car dealers
The list is virtually endless

ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, but they make the ATO help folk look good.

Actually they are good.

Here's mine: first time I came up to Hotham to stay, and park, overnight, I hit the entry at 2.40pm, and was charged for that day's entry and the next.

The sod in the box could've let on that if you come in after 3 you only pay for the next day. I could've waited and had a fag and saved $30.

(Posted from Dinner Plain; sunny day and fresh snow.)

[Blue-deviled]

Have some of us not strayed a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONg way off topic??

Are you getting annoyed?

[Enfield Guy]

Ah, but they make the ATO help folk look good.

Ah, that reminds me. I need to ring them to deal with an estate issue. That should be fun.

Another thing that bugs me is automated robot voices that don't give you the option you need.

[Chief Tiff]

Cold callers, particularly pre-recorded nonesense that use auto-dialers. Whenever I receive one of these calls my daughter learns a new profanity....

[jimbur]

Bunnings have recently opened up a branch here in Dunedin.
There is a young bloke assigned to work in the tolls dept. He is a bit out of his depth lost , not up on the general use of some of the gear , let alone the difference within a product range.
He has a background in saw mills and timber production . From talking with him , he knows his stuff .

Out in the bulk timber store , there is a lad who knows nothing at all about wood products ....... :rolleyes:

I wonder if the head bun in Dunedin has been in the army?

[Manuka Jock]

i wonder if the head bun in dunedin has been in the army?
Yeah , I reckon :U

[Allan at Wallan]

Telstra robots assisting with phone numbers that can't understand anything

... e.g. when customer clearly pronounces a name
for example "Ubeaut Products" the robot
might reply "Was that "Shepparton Motor Repairs"
or some other crazy variation.

They should spend some of their six billion bucks profit putting
real people on the phone.

Allan

[Sturdee]

Cold callers, particularly pre-recorded nonesense that use auto-dialers. Whenever I receive one of these calls my daughter learns a new profanity....

That stopped when I went on the Do not disturb register.:)

Peter.

[jimbur]

They should spend some of their six billion bucks profit putting real people on the phone. Allan

I did talk to one of their real people once - absolutely useless but he did defuse the situation by making me laugh when he said, "I hear your anger sir".
Cheers,
Jim

[Blue-deviled]

That stopped when I went on the Do not disturb register.:)

Peter.

That register irritates me as well. It should be a 'do call' register, not the other way around.

I'm convinced that there is sponsorship in voice recognition software and the directory enquiries. Just as with pait internet searches, the wrong business always seems to be given!

[jimbur]

The sod in the box could've let on that if you come in after 3 you only pay for the next day. I could've waited and had a fag and saved $30.
(Posted from Dinner Plain; sunny day and fresh snow.)

I hope you told him he'd just blown any chance of a tip:D

[Dave50]

computer updates..............the thing remains on all day then as I want to use it then it chooses that time to update slowing the net down and then wanting to restart to install the updates, someone should blow updates up! :~

[Manuka Jock]

I use the "check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install " them option .

[Dave50]

yep good Idea but it's just a pain in the butt, should do it while I'm not using it! it has the time!

[jimbur]

The list is now so long I can't be bothered to see if this one has come up. Perhaps I should add long threads versus short memory.
The errant apostrophe drives me up the wall. Shops that sell kebab's or other possessively modified products, centuries being described as the 1800's for example. I won't even go into its and it's.
Jim

[nihilism]

They stopped making hazelnut rolls.

Anyone got some spare plutonium for the time machine?

[artme]

Hard shelled tacos.

I have resisted using an apostrophe for the sake of Jimbur's blood pres's'ure.:D:D

[jimbur]

Hard shelled tacos.

I have resisted using an apostrophe for the sake of Jimbur's blood pres's'ure.:D:D

How kind:U

[underfoot]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts) :?
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,:cool:
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt. :((
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

[kiwigeo]

what i cant understand is why dose everyone feel the need to wear really tight Lycra suits to ride there bike.

if it not possible to ride in normal clothes.

I regularly ride 70 - 100kms on my road bike. The advantages of lycra? Ever tried cycling into a head wind with a pair of board shorts ballooning out with the wind and a T shirt blowing up around your man boobs? Ever jumped off a bike after a long ride in "normal" shorts and wondered why your crotch feels like you've been sitting on a razor blade for a couple of hours?

Anyway whats the difference between a bike wearing lycra and an AFL player wearing those ridiculously tight shorts??? Why cant THEY wear normal clothes?

Here's a pick of me in my lycra about to set out on a 70km ride.......I cant see what the problem is.

[kiwigeo]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts) :?
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,:cool:
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt. :((
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

Um arent they disposable razors?? ie you use 'em and then chuck 'em away??

[kiwigeo]

Was listening to some guy from Monash Uni on ABC Radio a couple of weeks ago who was in to designing bicycles from high tech materials. He was talking about a crowd in Geelong that build custom bicycles to order, from thing like titanium etc. Prices were in the $20,000 range:o

The frames on those bikes are hand built....and the quality of build is second to none.

Ive just spent $10,000 on a new bike....yeah its a lot of money but Ive spent the last 25 years slogging in a job that keeps me away from home half my life and the working conditions aren't the best...Ive got to the stage in my life where I can sit back and spend a bit on toys so why not??? For some its V8's or wood working machinery....for me its classy bikes (and woodworking machinery).

[kiwigeo]

that's for the aerodynamic gain. Some of these eejuts ride at almost 30kph and need all the help they can get.

My pet hate...pedestrians who have no idea how fast a cyclist can move...the ones that bother to look before they cross see you coming and then they start crossing the road no matter how fast you're going. Half of them do the same with cars....

My average speed out on a ride is around 30km/hr.......on a moderate grade I'm doing around 50k/hr and if I'm really hooping it the Garmin can be reading up to 70k/hr (only done on an open road with no cars in sight).

My average speed going UP hills.....around 12k/hr but we wont talk about that. :(

[Manuka Jock]

hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again
now ya tell me :p

[kiwigeo]

I use a milk crate to saw on.:D


What do you do with all the half milk crates....??

[Chief Tiff]

Now we're back on the subject of pushbikes......

.....cyclists who have those flashing front and rear lamps as their sole means of lighting.

"It makes us more visible...."

No it doesn't. What it does do is make it incredibly hard for a motorist to judge a cyclists speed and direction with any sort of accuracy when it's dark.

(Actually, it does make you more visible; but only to my "embecillic fornicating onanist" radar.)

I'm also pretty sure it's illegal.

[kiwigeo]

In SA the law states that bikes must carry a steady or flashing white light to front and steady or flashing red light to rear and the light must be visible from 200m.

I run a flashing and a steady beam 320 lumen LED light on front of my bike and a flashing unit on the rear. If you cant seem me coming then you'd have to be blind.

That said bike riders who ride at night without any form of lighting deserve all the abuse they get from motorists...and in my case other cyclists.

[jimbur]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts) :?
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,:cool:
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt. :((
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

In my experience they fall off on the first shave but then I have a tough beard. Wonder if you can smoke the exotic plant extracts?
Cheers,
Jim

[Woodwould]

Wonder if you can smoke the exotic plant extracts?
Cheers,
Jim

Please let us know your findings once you've tried it.

[rsser]

Re push bike lights, I use flashing front and rear for the very simple reason that so many motorists don't seem to register a vehicle smaller than a car. I could start a rant about their cavalier attitudes but won't.

Flashing headlights aren't legal on cars in Vic but modulating intensity ones are AFAIK.

[jimbur]

Re push bike lights, I use flashing front and rear for the very simple reason that so many motorists don't seem to register a vehicle smaller than a car. I could start a rant about their cavalier attitudes but won't. .

I saw push bike flashing lights for the first time a few weeks ago. They took me aback but as the driver said, at least you can see them.
Cheers,
Jim

[rsser]

Yeah.

My motorbike has to run its headlight acc to Vic law and I can tell you that when the globe blew and I rode for a few days without it, cars were much less likely to notice me. I put one of those high efficiency units in and that helps - except for bl**dy women in 4WDs in the mid-Eastern suburbs. They cut you off after seeing you or they don't even look.

OK, not all women and not all 4bies, and some men, but the pattern is striking.

I usually catch up with them at the lights, stare into their door window, and then slowly reach out and fold the wing mirror in. Too subtle?

[jimbur]

Had a flaming argument with a woman once at the lights with her husband tryimg to pretend it wasn't happening. So long ago that I can't remember what it was about but I can still see him getting lower and lower in his seat.
Cheers,
Jim

[snowyskiesau]

Diposable razors...
the ones with the lubricating strips (impregnated with exotic plant extracts) :?
Apparently designed to improve our shaving experience,:cool:
when what they really do is expand a few days after contact with water,
ensuring that the shaver is unusable before the blades become blunt. :((
hint....scrape the strip off and it shaves again

What I don't understand is that the lubricating strip is behind the blade. So what's it for? lubricating your face for the next shave?

[rsser]

Had a flaming argument with a woman once at the lights with her husband tryimg to pretend it wasn't happening. So long ago that I can't remember what it was about but I can still see him getting lower and lower in his seat.
Cheers,
Jim

In the 70s it'd be Mercs that'd actively work to screw you.

I used to fantasise about a metal water pistol filled with brake fluid :p

[jimbur]

What I don't understand is that the lubricating strip is behind the blade. So what's it for? lubricating your face for the next shave?

You do get a very smooth shave if you put the blade in upside down.
Jim

[jimbur]

In the 70s it'd be Mercs that'd actively work to screw you.

I used to fantasise about a metal water pistol filled with brake fluid :p

It's amazing how some makes of cars develop an antagonistic nature and bring out the worst in you. They should be recalled for attitude training.
Cheers,
Jim

[rsser]

You do get a very smooth shave if you put the blade in upside down.
Jim

Yeah, I've found that too.

[Ashore]

God botherers who knock on your door at 0900 this morning (wednesday) when you didn't get to bed till 0500 after installing a new modom and wireless network system .
Not only knock but ring the bell several times ...Agggh

[Ashore]

I usually catch up with them at the lights, stare into their door window, and then slowly reach out and fold the wing mirror in.
How times have changed , it was a boot into the door once .
Guess bikies are getting soft :D:D:D

[rsser]

Must be getting old if I'm opting for a message over revenge :-

I do admit to an act of rage once though, when at a beach car park was blocked by a flash vehicle. Took forever to wriggle my car out and just accidently dragged the car key down the length of the offender's panels.

[Woodwould]

Must be getting old if I'm opting for a message over revenge :-

I do admit to an act of rage once though, when at a beach car park was blocked by a flash vehicle. Took forever to wriggle my car out and just accidently dragged the car key down the length of the offender's panels.

... and years later, he recognised you riding your bike round a corner in the High Country and decided to take you out. How it all escalates!

[jimbur]

How times have changed , it was a boot into the door once .
Guess bikies are getting soft :D:D:D

It's far more pleasurable to imagine his paint slowly peeling off together with the phone calls to manufacturers etc etc. Besides you might scratch your boot.
Cheers,
Jim

[jimbur]

God botherers who knock on your door at 0900 this morning (wednesday) when you didn't get to bed till 0500 after installing a new modom and wireless network system .
Not only knock but ring the bell several times ...Agggh

A friend of mine would let them in, allow them have their say and then tell them it was his turn now. He locked the door first of course.
The other method which has been tried was the marijuana buns.
Cheers,
Jim

[Chief Tiff]

I run a flashing and a steady beam 320 lumen LED light on front of my bike and a flashing unit on the rear. If you cant seem me coming then you'd have to be blind.


This is the part my brain doesn't comprehend: why have a flashing light as the only illumination source? When it is dark and you can't see the item the light is attached to, you cannot tell how fast and in what direction the item is travelling unless you are willing to spend several seconds staring at the ruddy thing; time which is better spent concentrating on other things that may be happening on the road. In fact, the brighter the flashy light, the harder it is to judge if it isn't constantly illuminated. Plus, flashing lights are without a doubt distracting. Why can't you just switch them to constant; is it a fashion or lifestyle thing?

I occasionally cycle to work. My lights do not flash. I have also never worn Lycra cycling clothing. Maybe there is a link...

[Chief Tiff]

New rant: computer programs or applications that require multi-case alphabetic and numeric passwords that you are required to change on a regular basis but can't use any of the previous 50.

[Blue-deviled]

I saw push bike flashing lights for the first time a few weeks ago. They took me aback but as the driver said, at least you can see them.
Cheers,
Jim

They can be seen from a very long way away. I've only been knocked off the bike during daylight, so the lights may indeed work!

[Blue-deviled]

In my experience they fall off on the first shave but then I have a tough beard. Wonder if you can smoke the exotic plant extracts?
Cheers,
Jim

Are you sure you haven't been smoking them already>

[jimbur]

Are you sure you haven't been smoking them already>
Only chewed

[Blue-deviled]

'Key Performance Indicators'- which are, of course, performance indicators withoutt 'key' in front of them...

Benchmarking - fine for the shed-dwellers, but the military, or suits?

People on the radio saying, 'look'.

Impacting all over the place...

Truck Nuts, thongs in winter (in the parts of the country where it gets cold), 'colour coded' bumpers, chickens with multiple combs, cooked burssel sprouts, a scarcity of brandy butter outside the festive season, 'original' names for babies, large stickers on cars as an expression of individuality, leaf-blowers, rough-cut paper on books, pizza's and dvd's, 'low fat' milk (come on, anthing else with only 4% fat would be advertised as a good thing), olympic swimming, socks.

[Blue-deviled]

Only chewed

Which can lead to this sort of behavior : YouTube - ZIL screw drive (2)

[Chief Tiff]

Sigh. Yes, the flashy lights enable you to be seen...but only in brief glimpses. The point I am trying to make is that as well as knowing where a bike is right now, I'd quite like to know where it is going to be when I am close enough to hit it. In daylight it's not a problem as I can see a bike and work out its speed and direction. At night I can also see a red or white light, and work out where it's going and how fast, providing the light is constant. You know, just like the lights on a car or a motorbike.

At night if all I can see is a flashing light then this could happen:

"Look! Pretty light!"

"Oh, wheredit go?"

"There tiz! Over there!"

"Oh. 'sgone again."

"Hey! Now its over there!"

"Gone again."

"Ok, turning now, check mirror, indicate, road clear after this car, turning now....AAAAARRRGGGHHH WHERE THE **** DID THAT ****ER COME FROM? WHERE'S HIS ****ING LIGHTS THE STUPID ****ING ****?!?!?!?"

"No, I'm not going to apologise for nearly dirtying my tyres with your head; put your ****ing lights on properly. Now go and change your Lycra."

[kiwigeo]

God botherers who knock on your door at 0900 this morning (wednesday) when you didn't get to bed till 0500 after installing a new modom and wireless network system .
Not only knock but ring the bell several times ...Agggh


The last one that knocked on my door interrupted a ceiling painting session.....after climbing down the ladder I answered the door with a paint roller on an extension pole......the pole was just long enough to reach his trouser leg so he left with one leg of his trousers painted nice white.

[kiwigeo]

Plus, flashing lights are without a doubt distracting. Why can't you just switch them to constant; is it a fashion or lifestyle thing?



Yes they're distracting.....that's exactly what they're supposed to be.

A fashion or lifestyle thing.....maybe for some but for me its about staying alive and taking a responsible attitude towards other road users. Giving hand signals at intersections is considered uncool by many cyclists (and motorists) but I do it for the same reason I light up at night.

[jimbur]

Now go and change your Lycra."
That's why lycra is worn is it? Never thought of it as being leakproof:D

[kiwigeo]

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

[Woodwould]

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

All that ridiculous nonsense should be banned too.

[Chief Tiff]

Agreed. Lycra clothing should be limitted to certain sports only and in minimal amounts. A good example could be women's volleyball...:)

[Rum Pig]

Yeah.

My motorbike has to run its headlight acc to Vic law and I can tell you that when the globe blew and I rode for a few days without it, cars were much less likely to notice me. I put one of those high efficiency units in and that helps - except for bl**dy women in 4WDs in the mid-Eastern suburbs. They cut you off after seeing you or they don't even look.

OK, not all women and not all 4bies, and some men, but the pattern is striking.

I usually catch up with them at the lights, stare into their door window, and then slowly reach out and fold the wing mirror in. Too subtle?
:roflmao: You need to come to Darwin for a ride. We call motorcycle riders temporary citizens(not because of there riding skills because of the other drivers) and road rage is taught in driving schools instead of learning how to drive:doh:
I love it when someone decide to have a go at me I just look at them and then blow them a kiss and the reactions are normally priceless:U.
I once got into a driving argument over a to##*r who throw rubbish out the window and hit my car:~ he thought he would be tough and stop indicating he would like it to get physical but I have never seen someone drive away so fast when he seen me stop as well:o

[Rum Pig]

While ranting about driving.
I hate how every one now is driving road trains and no one can negotiate a corner without using the whole bloody road. What happened to the days when drivers knew how big their cars are and could drive around corners on their side of the road:~

[jimbur]

Here's some lycra...and not a bike in sight :D

Footballers, role and fashion models for the nation:D

[AlexS]

:
I once got into a driving argument over a to##*r who throw rubbish out the window and hit my car:~ he thought he would be tough and stop indicating he would like it to get physical but I have never seen someone drive away so fast when he seen me stop as well:o
I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.

[rsser]

Ha, love it Alex. Nicely done.

...

Just discovered the new cleaner was taking a solvent cleaner to the burr walnut piano, the french polished cedar chests of drawers ..... arggh!

[jimbur]

Ha, love it Alex. Nicely done.

Just discovered the new cleaner was taking a solvent cleaner to the burr walnut piano, the french polished cedar chests of drawers ..... arggh!

Great work Alex.
Want to borrow a spade Ern?:o
Jim

[rsser]

Thanks Jim.

She'll fit in the wheely bin.

[Rum Pig]

I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.
:2tsup::2tsup: Not so brave when face to face are they:no:

[Woodwould]

I used to ride a tandem with a blind mate. We had an orange thrown at us (accurately) by someone from a busload of young footballers. Now a tandem on the flat can travel pretty quickly on the flat, especially when it's adrenaline powered. At first, the occupants of the bus thought it was pretty funny watching these old blokes on a bike chasing them, but when we caught them, passed them an blocked them at the next set of lights, and told the driver what had happened, and that he wasn't going anywhere until we spoke to the bloke who threw the orange, we soon had a very embarrassed young bloke being ear-dragged out by his coach.

Brilliant! Better than keying the bus Ern-style.

[rsser]

OK, I was young and full of rage.

Now I'm older and only half full.

[jimbur]

Thanks Jim.

She'll fit in the wheely bin.

:U Make sure you dispose of the solvent in an environmentally friendly manner.
Cheers,
Jim