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Bod wrote:
On 14/10/2019 18:11, Simon Mason wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:51:57 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Simon Mason wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 4:12:54 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote: Boy racers are the most annoying, with 42 per cent of UK drivers naming them as their number one irritation, but 41 per cent of those surveyed named drivers who don't say thanks as the type they most dislike. Drivers who don't indicate are mine. I've yet to see a cyclist sticking an arm out when turning a corner. Maybe they also drive BMWs? Many car drivers are also cyclists. And? |
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On 14/10/2019 18:31, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Bod wrote: On 14/10/2019 18:11, Simon Mason wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:51:57 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Simon Mason wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 4:12:54 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote: Boy racers are the most annoying, with 42 per cent of UK drivers naming them as their number one irritation, but 41 per cent of those surveyed named drivers who don't say thanks as the type they most dislike. Drivers who don't indicate are mine. I've yet to see a cyclist sticking an arm out when turning a corner. Maybe they also drive BMWs? Many car drivers are also cyclists. And? I've always maintained that drivers who are also cyclists make the best drivers. For a start, they see the roads from the perspective of cyclists, so are therefore more careful. -- Bod |
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On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 12:52:53 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 14/10/2019 01:55, Simon Jester wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:20:30 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 14/10/2019 01:17, Simon Jester wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:05:54 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 13/10/2019 19:42, Simon Jester wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 12:09:21 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Violent, uncouth, foul mouthed, littering ******* who shave their legs. Little wonder that they are detested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOlo4t3JtM Nothing to do with cycling. Cyclists are nothing to do with cycling? Who'da thortit? Pro cyclists have no more to do with utility cyclists than F1 drivers have to do with utility drivers. Using your 'logic' F1 cars should have to pass the UK MOT before they are allowed on the track. Be clear: Are you REALLY claiming that cyclists have nothing to do with cycling? Think before you answer. I am saying racing has nothing to do with transport. That much is true but it wasn't the question and is not relevant to the OP. In exactly the same way, F1, Speedway and all the rest of the boredom-fest that is "motor-sport" also has nothing to do with transport. All very well, but that doesn't mean that cycling is nothing to do with cycling (which is the essence of your claim). It might all be different if this NG's purpose were limited to utility (transport) cycling. But it isn't and indeed, the NG name indicates the opposite of that. In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING. The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so. The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful. Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet. |
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On 14/10/2019 18:30, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Cyclists can't afford Beemers. The people of Preston wouldn't be able to afford them if they weren't all freeloading off southern taxpayers. |
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On 15/10/2019 05:51, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Simon Mason wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 4:12:54 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote: Boy racers are the most annoying, with 42 per cent of UK drivers naming them as their number one irritation, but 41 per cent of those surveyed named drivers who don't say thanks as the type they most dislike. Drivers who don't indicate are mine. I've yet to see a cyclist sticking an arm out when turning a corner. You are blind. |
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On 15/10/2019 06:30, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
Simon Mason wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 5:51:57 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Simon Mason wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 4:12:54 PM UTC+1, Bod wrote: Boy racers are the most annoying, with 42 per cent of UK drivers naming them as their number one irritation, but 41 per cent of those surveyed named drivers who don't say thanks as the type they most dislike. Drivers who don't indicate are mine. I've yet to see a cyclist sticking an arm out when turning a corner. Maybe they also drive BMWs? Cyclists can't afford Beemers. So? |
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On 14/10/2019 18:48, Simon Jester wrote:
On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 12:52:53 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 14/10/2019 01:55, Simon Jester wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:20:30 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 14/10/2019 01:17, Simon Jester wrote: On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 1:05:54 AM UTC+1, JNugent wrote: On 13/10/2019 19:42, Simon Jester wrote: On Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 12:09:21 PM UTC+1, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote: Violent, uncouth, foul mouthed, littering ******* who shave their legs. Little wonder that they are detested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBOlo4t3JtM Nothing to do with cycling. Cyclists are nothing to do with cycling? Who'da thortit? Pro cyclists have no more to do with utility cyclists than F1 drivers have to do with utility drivers. Using your 'logic' F1 cars should have to pass the UK MOT before they are allowed on the track. Be clear: Are you REALLY claiming that cyclists have nothing to do with cycling? Think before you answer. I am saying racing has nothing to do with transport. That much is true but it wasn't the question and is not relevant to the OP. In exactly the same way, F1, Speedway and all the rest of the boredom-fest that is "motor-sport" also has nothing to do with transport. All very well, but that doesn't mean that cycling is nothing to do with cycling (which is the essence of your claim). It might all be different if this NG's purpose were limited to utility (transport) cycling. But it isn't and indeed, the NG name indicates the opposite of that. In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING. The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so. The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful. Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet. You are seriously weird. |
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In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING. The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so. The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful. Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet. You are seriously weird. Why are you talking to the man in the mirror? -- Bod |
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On 15/10/2019 13:33, Bod wrote:
In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING. The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so. The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful. Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet. You are seriously weird. Why are you talking to the man in the mirror? Jester/Fool is a man in a mirror? What does it even mean? |
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On Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at 3:05:52 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 15/10/2019 13:33, Bod wrote: In The Beginning there was UK.TRANSPORT and UK.REC.CYCLING. The Cyclists pointed out that UK.TRANSPORT only discussed motor vehicles, and it was so. The Prophet Huge Davies thus created UK.REC.DRIVING, and all was peaceful. Then came JNUGENT who claimed UK.RAILWAY was not an appropriate forum to discuss railways in the uk. So was the flame war born and destroyed usenet. You are seriously weird. Why are you talking to the man in the mirror? Jester/Fool is a man in a mirror? What does it even mean? I thought that was obvious. The is no uk.transport.cycling so we have to use this group. But then you are the one who claimed uk.railway was not appropriate for a discussion about uk railways. |
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