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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
"Gefreiter Krueger" wrote
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:56:10 +0100, TMS320 wrote: "Gefreiter Krueger" wrote TMS320 wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote You couldn't make it up. http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/loc...post-1-5166670 Many years ago, I was cycling after dark and a woman stopped me to ask whether I could see a bollard on a cycle way. I simply answered "no, you have to know it's there". I would have had a Never Ready front lamp at that time. The answer satisfied her and we didn't engage in further conversation. Don't make assumptions. Are you ****ing blind or something? Are you stupid or something? I doesn't occur to you to wonder why a woman might be standing in near darkness waiting to ask someone? She was out walking her dog, saw the bollard, saw the cyclist, and assumed he was blind? No. It is not possible to convey the tone of the conversation in text but I'm surprised it is needed. I know it's difficult but you should try to distinguish real world from newsgroup world. Should you go outdoors the sky will not fall on your head. |
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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote:
ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. |
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ennemm wrote:
On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." |
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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
Pristine Bruise wrote:
ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. You are Dutch. AICMFP |
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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
On Sat, 08 Jun 2013 10:32:17 +0100, TMS320 wrote:
"Gefreiter Krueger" wrote On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:56:10 +0100, TMS320 wrote: "Gefreiter Krueger" wrote TMS320 wrote: "Mrcheerful" wrote Many years ago, I was cycling after dark and a woman stopped me to ask whether I could see a bollard on a cycle way. I simply answered "no, you have to know it's there". I would have had a Never Ready front lamp at that time. The answer satisfied her and we didn't engage in further conversation. Don't make assumptions. Are you ****ing blind or something? Are you stupid or something? I doesn't occur to you to wonder why a woman might be standing in near darkness waiting to ask someone? She was out walking her dog, saw the bollard, saw the cyclist, and assumed he was blind? No. It is not possible to convey the tone of the conversation in text but I'm surprised it is needed. I know it's difficult but you should try to distinguish real world from newsgroup world. Should you go outdoors the sky will not fall on your head. So you don't have a better reasoning then? Mine was totally plausible. -- "Dear Santa, this year please send clothes for all those poor ladies in Daddy's computer, Amen." |
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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
Mrcheerful wrote:
Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. You are Dutch. AICMFP It's a laugh, isn't it? This group, I mean. I believe I did once make the mistake of taking it a little too seriously... but now it's much more fun. -- Alexis "The purpose of life is to be happy." |
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On 08/06/2013 13:28, Pristine Bruise wrote:
Mrcheerful wrote: Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. You are Dutch. AICMFP It's a laugh, isn't it? This group, I mean. I believe I did once make the mistake of taking it a little too seriously... but now it's much more fun. It was funnier when Captain Trollbuster was around. Shame he ran away. -- Dave - Cyclists VORP "It is time for us to say to cyclists 'You want to join our gang, get trained and pay up'. John Griffin, Addison Lee. |
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Dave- Cyclists VORP wrote:
On 08/06/2013 13:28, Pristine Bruise wrote: Mrcheerful wrote: Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. You are Dutch. AICMFP It's a laugh, isn't it? This group, I mean. I believe I did once make the mistake of taking it a little too seriously... but now it's much more fun. It was funnier when Captain Trollbuster was around. Shame he ran away. and Doug, he was always good for a laugh. |
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Cyclist mown down by lamp-post
On 8 June, 11:28, Pristine Bruise wrote:
ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. -- Why do I need to explain, I asked why you posted a news story about cars, with no cycle content, to a cycle newsgroup? You are unable to give an explanation. |
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ennemm wrote:
On 8 June, 11:28, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 21:25, Pristine Bruise wrote: ennemm wrote: On 7 June, 19:25, Squashme wrote: On Jun 7, 5:14 pm, "Mrcheerful" wrote: Piatkow wrote: The article doesn't say that the road was closed. The photo is just the stock one that they pull out for articles about accidents. Could somebody post a link showing the cycle path with a lamp post in the middle? Stockingstone Road is quite long but I have looked at several sections on Google Street View and can't find where this guy would legally be on the footway. Of course I am sure that there is no connection with the incident taking place at closing time! I reckon it would be going down the hill, cyclists have terrible difficulties with them, frequently ending up dead wrapped round a gate, lamp-post, fence post etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ienced-driver-... There is no reference to any cyclists in the link you posted, why did you feel the need? If people were continually banging on to you about the harbour hardware that sail boat captains inexcusably rammed their boats into wouldn't you be inclined (or even tempted) to point out that such inexplicable behaviour wasn't by any means restricted to users of that particular viable means of transport? -- Alexis "We all have some purpose in life, if only simply to serve as a warning to others." No. Ah! That explains the reason, then, how I can understand why the need in question was felt, when you can not. -- Why do I need to explain... You do not need to explain anything, and I certainly have not asked you to do so. I asked why you posted a news story about cars, with no cycle content, to a cycle newsgroup? I did not post that news story (which was on topic, in my view, to this group). You are unable to give an explanation. I tell you what, let me try again, please: You asked the person who posted that news story (which you say is about cars, with no cycle content, to a cycle newsgroup) why they felt the need to do that. In my view, that person felt the need to demonstrate that it is not only cyclists who in inexplicably collide with inanimate objects. It is us human beings who are in command of any mode of transport (whether it be a bicycle, car, sailing boat, roller skates or whatever) who for seemingly inexplicably reasons are capable of colliding with inanimate objects. -- Alexis |
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