Irritations - dump here thread

[kiwigeo]

I use a milk crate to saw on.

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,
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,
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

[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

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