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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 1:23:11 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote:
The degree of harm is the same or didn't you understand that? Do you think the two pensioners are going to get prosecuted? I doubt if either of them will be doing it again. |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 14/05/2020 13:23, Pamela wrote:
On 13:01 14 May 2020, Bod said: On 14/05/2020 12:58, Pamela wrote: On 12:49 14 May 2020, Simon Mason said: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:48:12 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote: On 06:45 14 May 2020, Bod said: Former parish councillor and a retired teacher, both 62, are spoken to by police amid claims they blocked a woodland path with rocks and branches. The pair, former parish councillor Anna Hacket-Pain, and retired teacher Wendy McLachlan, both 62, suggested the youngster was breaking lockdown rules by travelling to the beauty spot, and trespassing on private land. He argued that he only lived a mile away, that they had no more right to be there than him, and that as residents of different households they should not have been out together. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...3/Two-retired- women-spo ken -police-amid-claims-blocked-cyclist-paths- rocks-branches.html A few branches as seen in the video hardly constitute a trap. Just be glad the Covid vigilantes didn't string a wire across the path. Why have the police paid them a visit then, if their obstacles were harmless? Routine inquiry no doubt. I very much doubt the two ladies are going to get prosecuted. After all, twigs and branches like those fall from trees all the time and block paths without harm to users. But they admitted putting the branches there, so they obviously didn't fall from the trees. Anything else you want to make up? The degree of harm is the same or didn't you understand that? Do you think the two pensioners are going to get prosecuted? Probably won't be prosecuted, but they've been warned by the police that their actions were dangerous. You trivialise their action. They are a couple of silly old bats who act like they own the path. -- Bod |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 13:02 14 May 2020, Simon Mason said:
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:59:09 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote: On 12:49 14 May 2020, Simon Mason said: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:48:12 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote: On 06:45 14 May 2020, Bod said: Former parish councillor and a retired teacher, both 62, are spoken to by police amid claims they blocked a woodland path with rocks and branches. The pair, former parish councillor Anna Hacket-Pain, and retired teacher Wendy McLachlan, both 62, suggested the youngster was breaking lockdown rules by travelling to the beauty spot, and trespassing on private land. He argued that he only lived a mile away, that they had no more right to be there than him, and that as residents of different households they should not have been out together. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...3/Two-retired- women-spoken -police-amid-claims-blocked-cyclist-paths-rocks-branches.html A few branches as seen in the video hardly constitute a trap. Just be glad the Covid vigilantes didn't string a wire across the path. Why have the police paid them a visit then, if their obstacles were harmless? Routine inquiry no doubt. I very much doubt the two ladies are going to get prosecuted. After all, twigs and branches like those fall from trees all the time and block paths without harm to users. Yes - you often get rocks falling from the sky, Rocks are naturally found on the ground. Not that I saw any placed on the path by the two pensioners. Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? I recall various techniques learnt by off-road cyclists for jumping a bike over branches and such like. I think the Daily Mail must be short of good copy and resorting to stories of false indignation. Soon the Mail will have a front page story about a 12 year old firing a catapult at a bird's nest in a tree. Of course there has to be a video which is what this is all about. |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote:
Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 13:49 14 May 2020, TMS320 said:
On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote: Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. If that's the case in this situation, maybe the cyclist should find a nice quiet tarmacked lane and ride there, avoiding all that nasty mud and all those highly dangerous twigs to say nothing of terribly slippery leaves. |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 14/05/2020 14:00, Pamela wrote:
On 13:49 14 May 2020, TMS320 said: On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote: Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. If that's the case in this situation, maybe the cyclist should find a nice quiet tarmacked lane and ride there, avoiding all that nasty mud and all those highly dangerous twigs to say nothing of terribly slippery leaves. Or maybe the old bats should get a life. You are a practicing contrarian who just likes to have digs at cyclists, even polite ones like in the case we are discussing. Maybe YOU should get a life too. -- Bod |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 2:11:33 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote:
On 14/05/2020 14:00, Pamela wrote: On 13:49 14 May 2020, TMS320 said: On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote: Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. If that's the case in this situation, maybe the cyclist should find a nice quiet tarmacked lane and ride there, avoiding all that nasty mud and all those highly dangerous twigs to say nothing of terribly slippery leaves. Or maybe the old bats should get a life. You are a practicing contrarian who just likes to have digs at cyclists, even polite ones like in the case we are discussing. Maybe YOU should get a life too. -- Bod Maybe car drivers could also avoid roads with bridges over them in case some chavs start lobbing rocks off them? |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On 14/05/2020 14:00, Pamela wrote:
On 13:49 14 May 2020, TMS320 said: On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote: Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. If that's the case in this situation, maybe the cyclist should find a nice quiet tarmacked lane and ride there, avoiding all that nasty mud and all those highly dangerous twigs to say nothing of terribly slippery leaves. A few days ago you wrote "Perhaps you converse with dummies and the hard of thinking in your other forums but, I'm sorry, you'll need to think in a more logically coherent way here." Was this one of those "do as I say, not do as I do" directives? |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 2:00:16 PM UTC+1, Pamela wrote:
On 13:49 14 May 2020, TMS320 said: On 14/05/2020 13:31, Pamela wrote: Isn't the whole point of off-road riding to contend with obstacles? No. There are some that want to enjoy the countryside and some that want to conquer the countryside. If that's the case in this situation, maybe the cyclist should find a nice quiet tarmacked lane and ride there, avoiding all that nasty mud and all those highly dangerous twigs to say nothing of terribly slippery leaves. Maybe car drivers could also avoid roads with bridges over them in case some chavs start lobbing rocks off them? |
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Women 'laid traps for cyclists'
Bod wrote:
On 14/05/2020 13:04, Kelly wrote: Simon Mason wrote: On Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 12:30:25 PM UTC+1, Kelly wrote: Asked about the incident, Mrs McLachlan refused to comment. I wonder what that could point to? Guilt and regret, usually. Nice one... I'd forgotten about the regret. Yes, that usually included among your feelings when you've done something that know you shouldn't have. I'm sure that you've regretted some things in your life too, it's a human thing. I certainly have, but I'm trying to cut down - there's only so much ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret that a poor soul can comfortably take. I know that I have. I regret not burying the bodies deeper very good. |
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