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Old May 22nd 15, 07:17 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On 22/05/2015 18:17, Tarcap wrote:


"Bod" wrote in message ...

On 22/05/2015 16:59, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 6:55:34 PM UTC+1, The Medway Handyman
wrote:

Do try to concentrate. I'm a handyman. I drive all over town all the
time going from job to job - including rush hours.


"Rag and bone"

Gay male prostitute? hence *Handyman* ;-)

Amazing, isn't it? The psycholists always revert to insults when losing
an argument.
Still, I suppose if they must play on children's toys, it would be too
much to expect them to behave like adults.

Jeez! it was a *joke*. You silly boy.
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Old May 22nd 15, 09:26 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"Bod" wrote in message ...

On 22/05/2015 18:17, Tarcap wrote:


"Bod" wrote in message ...

On 22/05/2015 16:59, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 6:55:34 PM UTC+1, The Medway Handyman
wrote:

Do try to concentrate. I'm a handyman. I drive all over town all the
time going from job to job - including rush hours.


"Rag and bone"

Gay male prostitute? hence *Handyman* ;-)

Amazing, isn't it? The psycholists always revert to insults when losing
an argument.
Still, I suppose if they must play on children's toys, it would be too
much to expect them to behave like adults.

Jeez! it was a *joke*. You silly boy.

You insult people as a joke? Do you find yourself often getting a smack in
the mouth? Ever wondered why?

  #33  
Old May 22nd 15, 10:54 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"Mrcheerful" wrote
On 22/05/2015 12:27, TMS320 wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote
On 21/05/2015 23:29, TMS320 wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote

Then they must all be in garages. I've been keeping 'em peeled for
cyclists lately. Population of Medway 260,000. How many cyclists did I
see today as I drove around?

One.

Then it's very straightforward. If they're that non-existant, you can
stop
whining about cyclists using up road "paid for" out of your valuable
vehicle
tax.

That's not the point. It doesn't matter how small a rodent problem is.


Lots of rodent species are cuddly and being encouraged to breed. It's the
sewer rats in motor vehicles that need culling.


and then the majority of the population would die within a short space of
time and we could go back to the middle ages, great. Without motorised
transport there would be no bicycles either, so be careful what you wish
for.


We didn't jump from the middle ages to today without a long intervening
period of development so your vision of doom is unlikely. But it's
interesting that you took it that all motor vehicles are filled by sewer
rats. Could be a sign of a guilty conscience.


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Old May 23rd 15, 09:17 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Fri, 22 May 2015 18:17:20 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

****wits


Thanks greatly grand sir for that great honour.
And now, just for you, I am working towards the further awards from you
of being degenerate, noxious and depraved.
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Old May 23rd 15, 09:22 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Fri, 22 May 2015 13:11:46 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

****wits.


Why do people insult others?

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself.

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Old May 23rd 15, 08:48 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"Peter Keller" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 May 2015 13:11:46 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

****wits.


Why do people insult others?

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself.


That is utter bull****.



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Old May 24th 15, 09:48 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Sat, 23 May 2015 20:48:16 +0100, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:

"Peter Keller" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 22 May 2015 13:11:46 +0100, Tarcap wrote:

****wits.


Why do people insult others?

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of
yourself.


That is utter bull****.


Didda wumble wumble.
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Old May 24th 15, 04:34 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Tue, 19 May 2015 16:51:39 +0100, Bod wrote:

This week on Business Scotland Colin Blane checks out the business
behind one of the most remarkable inventions of the industrial age ..
the humble bicycle. Over the years, cycle sales have been through some
ups and downs but for the last decade or so the push-bike has been
pushing ahead again. A recent report suggested cycle use in Scotland was
up 32 percent since 2003. Colin talks to a number of people who've
saddled up to take advantage of the surge in cycling.



There were 3,500 pedal cyclist KSI casualties in the year ending
September 2014, an increase of 8 per cent compared with the previous
year for Great Britain.


What was the increase in Scotland?
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Old May 24th 15, 07:02 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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On Wed, 20 May 2015 09:14:39 +0000 (UTC), Peter Keller
wrote:

On Tue, 19 May 2015 19:51:00 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 19/05/2015 16:51, Bod wrote:
This week on Business Scotland Colin Blane checks out the business
behind one of the most remarkable inventions of the industrial age ..
the humble bicycle. Over the years, cycle sales have been through some
ups and downs but for the last decade or so the push-bike has been
pushing ahead again. A recent report suggested cycle use in Scotland
was up 32 percent since 2003. Colin talks to a number of people who've
saddled up to take advantage of the surge in cycling.


Scotland currently has a cycling mode share — the proportion of journeys
made by bike — of just one percent, a figure that hasn't budged since
the 1980s.

A 32% increase on 1 is 1.32.

Ha ha ha ha ha!


Shows how just giving percentages without a base can be misleading.
Absolute numbers tell a better story.



Oh - so saying that "There was also a big increase in pedal cyclist KSIs which
rose 18% in spring 2014" is misleading is it?


Safety in numbers - I believe it is called.

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Old May 24th 15, 07:07 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Judith[_4_]
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On Wed, 20 May 2015 07:20:16 +0100, "Tarcap" wrote:



"Phil W Lee" wrote in message
.. .

Bod considered Tue, 19 May 2015 16:51:39 +0100
the perfect time to write:

This week on Business Scotland Colin Blane checks out the business
behind one of the most remarkable inventions of the industrial age ..
the humble bicycle. Over the years, cycle sales have been through some
ups and downs but for the last decade or so the push-bike has been
pushing ahead again. A recent report suggested cycle use in Scotland was
up 32 percent since 2003. Colin talks to a number of people who've
saddled up to take advantage of the surge in cycling.


Damn, I thought that was a commute report and referring to gradients
from the subject line!
That would be quite a climb, although I suppose after 12 years, you'd
get used to it and acquire suitably geared equipment!

Yet again, PhilWLee demonstrates his uncanny ability to misunderstand what
has been written.
I wonder if this pitiful disability clouds any judgements he makes in his
day to day workings as a high court judge?



Is he a High Court Judge: I thought he was a barista?

 




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