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AG: Slogging is good for you
You should, now and again, push a gear that is taller than you can handle -- if you never push your limits, your limits will shrink. But never do it hard enough or long enough to leave you sore. Tall gears put a *lot* of stress on your knees, and you could do permanent damage. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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AG: Cold weather
When layering for cold weather, try to use not-underwear all the way to the skin. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Cold weather
On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:46:07 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote: When layering for cold weather, try to use not-underwear all the way to the skin. That seems a bit confusing. Not-underwear? Over-wear? all the way to the skin? -- Cheers, John B. |
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AG: Cold weather
On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:12:13 +0700, John B.
wrote: On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:46:07 -0400, Joy Beeson wrote: When layering for cold weather, try to use not-underwear all the way to the skin. That seems a bit confusing. Not-underwear? Over-wear? all the way to the skin? I meant only that each layer should be one that you wouldn't mind exposing by removing the layer above it. Poof, all that struggling and erasing, and there was an easy way to say it! At intervals, I considered complaining to alt.usage.english that we have words for underwear and outerwear, but not for wear that is neither. Back when one could buy cycling clothes in women's sizes, and I didn't have to improvise with sweat pants, "leggings" and the like, I would start by putting on my wool shorts and a short-sleeved top, then add up to three pairs of tights and any number of jerseys. (I had one pair of alpaca tights that I could wear only in January, so three pairs were always enough.) This winter I may, if Tuesday's shopping trip isn't successful (it's well past the season for buying warm clothes), wind up wearing wool tights with embarrassing holes under my sweat pants. I changed the return route after reading in Aldi's flyer that they will sell wool socks on Tuesday. Going to Aldi will shorten the trip, but I generally come out of big-box stores tired, and might want to shorten the ride anyway. And if I'm feeling frisky, Parker Street isn't my favorite way to get across US 30, and the crossing at 350 W is quite nice. I'm already wearing a disquieting amount of cotton. I hope to replace some of it with polyester on Tuesday. (I can stand poly in very cold weather.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly ready to go. I've decided to cross at Parker even if it's still early (sun sets at 5:21), in order to buy sushi for supper. Rats. When I checked the time of sunset with Weather Underground, I learned that Wednesday's rain has been moved up to Tuesday. And me with nothing to wear but cotton. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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AG: Cold weather
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 21:50:52 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote: On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:12:13 +0700, John B. wrote: On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 18:46:07 -0400, Joy Beeson wrote: When layering for cold weather, try to use not-underwear all the way to the skin. That seems a bit confusing. Not-underwear? Over-wear? all the way to the skin? I meant only that each layer should be one that you wouldn't mind exposing by removing the layer above it. Poof, all that struggling and erasing, and there was an easy way to say it! At intervals, I considered complaining to alt.usage.english that we have words for underwear and outerwear, but not for wear that is neither. avant-garde :-? http://tinyurl.com/y7znoope Back when one could buy cycling clothes in women's sizes, and I didn't have to improvise with sweat pants, "leggings" and the like, I would start by putting on my wool shorts and a short-sleeved top, then add up to three pairs of tights and any number of jerseys. (I had one pair of alpaca tights that I could wear only in January, so three pairs were always enough.) This winter I may, if Tuesday's shopping trip isn't successful (it's well past the season for buying warm clothes), wind up wearing wool tights with embarrassing holes under my sweat pants. I changed the return route after reading in Aldi's flyer that they will sell wool socks on Tuesday. Going to Aldi will shorten the trip, but I generally come out of big-box stores tired, and might want to shorten the ride anyway. And if I'm feeling frisky, Parker Street isn't my favorite way to get across US 30, and the crossing at 350 W is quite nice. I'm already wearing a disquieting amount of cotton. I hope to replace some of it with polyester on Tuesday. (I can stand poly in very cold weather.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mostly ready to go. I've decided to cross at Parker even if it's still early (sun sets at 5:21), in order to buy sushi for supper. Rats. When I checked the time of sunset with Weather Underground, I learned that Wednesday's rain has been moved up to Tuesday. And me with nothing to wear but cotton. -- Cheers, John B. |
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AG: running stop signs.
On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:01 +0700, John B.
wrote: Does a bicycle have the right to ignore traffic laws in the U.S.? On a more serious note: In the U.S. we are obsessed with safety. We will do *anything*, however expensive, that will "improve safety". However, it is plain and obvious that people can't sin; only objects can sin. Therefore it's a waste of time to teach people to look both ways before crossing a railroad, or to ask drivers to notice what is ahead of them. Nothing but changes in the infrastructure can ever improve safety. So where-ever a "yield" sign is required, we put up a stop sign. Stopping is ever so much safer than yielding. I don't think I've ever seen a "yield" sign anywhere except inside a roundabout. The city fathers sign off on whether or not to fund a roundabout, but don't vote on individual signs inside the roundabout, so signs inside the roundabout are chosen by traffic engineers. So all our drivers have been trained that a red octagon means "yield". One intersection within walking distance of my house saw several serious collisions before the powers that be put an orange flag on the top of the sign, and another sign below it that said "cross traffic does not stop", to indicate that this stop sign actually is a stop sign. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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AG: running stop signs.
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 22:06:50 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote: On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:01 +0700, John B. wrote: Does a bicycle have the right to ignore traffic laws in the U.S.? On a more serious note: In the U.S. we are obsessed with safety. We will do *anything*, however expensive, that will "improve safety". I think that the term is more likely "obsessed with the idea of safety". Some years ago I was doing my usual tirade about bicycle safety helmets and someone replied that what he/she looked for was "light weight and good ventilation". Not a peep about "safe". However, it is plain and obvious that people can't sin; only objects can sin. Therefore it's a waste of time to teach people to look both ways before crossing a railroad, or to ask drivers to notice what is ahead of them. Nothing but changes in the infrastructure can ever improve safety. Back when I was in the Air Force the Safety Manual had it that the vast majority of accidents were caused by unsafe acts and I believe that the current theory hasn't changed. On the other hand it seems that the Safety Managers have given up trying to keep the fools from sticking their finger in the power saw and now are relying more and more on building things so that you can't stick you finger in the hole. So where-ever a "yield" sign is required, we put up a stop sign. Stopping is ever so much safer than yielding. I don't think I've ever seen a "yield" sign anywhere except inside a roundabout. The city fathers sign off on whether or not to fund a roundabout, but don't vote on individual signs inside the roundabout, so signs inside the roundabout are chosen by traffic engineers. So all our drivers have been trained that a red octagon means "yield". One intersection within walking distance of my house saw several serious collisions before the powers that be put an orange flag on the top of the sign, and another sign below it that said "cross traffic does not stop", to indicate that this stop sign actually is a stop sign. Put a Cop on the corner with a camera. Everyone that runs the stop sign gets his picture taken and a $100 fine :-) -- Cheers, John B. |
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AG: running stop signs.
On 11/23/2017 9:06 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:01 +0700, John B. wrote: Does a bicycle have the right to ignore traffic laws in the U.S.? On a more serious note: In the U.S. we are obsessed with safety. We will do *anything*, however expensive, that will "improve safety". However, it is plain and obvious that people can't sin; only objects can sin. Therefore it's a waste of time to teach people to look both ways before crossing a railroad, or to ask drivers to notice what is ahead of them. Nothing but changes in the infrastructure can ever improve safety. So where-ever a "yield" sign is required, we put up a stop sign. Stopping is ever so much safer than yielding. I don't think I've ever seen a "yield" sign anywhere except inside a roundabout. The city fathers sign off on whether or not to fund a roundabout, but don't vote on individual signs inside the roundabout, so signs inside the roundabout are chosen by traffic engineers. So all our drivers have been trained that a red octagon means "yield". One intersection within walking distance of my house saw several serious collisions before the powers that be put an orange flag on the top of the sign, and another sign below it that said "cross traffic does not stop", to indicate that this stop sign actually is a stop sign. We have a few of those "cross traffic does not stop" signs around here, too. It's an interesting bit of safety escalation. The next step, I suppose, might be a sign saying "No, really! We're not kidding!" added to the MUTCD. But regarding stop signs where yield signs might suffice: AFAIK, every intersection anywhere around here has _something_ - usually a stop sign, very rarely a yield sign, and of course lots of traffic lights. I remember reading about rules for unmarked intersections, but I never experienced one until a few years ago. We were on vacation out west and I was taking a bike ride in some tiny town. Sure enough, in the residential areas, there were no signs at all at the intersections. People were apparently supposed to work out right-of-way, with the vehicle at the right winning in the case of a tie. It seemed to work OK. There were no piles of broken car parts or body parts at the intersections. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: running stop signs.
On 11/24/2017 12:32 AM, John B. wrote:
Back when I was in the Air Force the Safety Manual had it that the vast majority of accidents were caused by unsafe acts and I believe that the current theory hasn't changed. On the other hand it seems that the Safety Managers have given up trying to keep the fools from sticking their finger in the power saw and now are relying more and more on building things so that you can't stick you finger in the hole. When I was fresh out of school and just started working as a plant engineer, one of my first duties was to supervise the installation of a certain machine. It had two steel pinch rollers at the very top that pulled in a six foot wide web of material for processing. When the installation was done, the plant safety committee came around to inspect. They looked at those pinch rollers (about 8 feet up above ground level) and called over the tallest workman they could find. They asked him to stand on tiptoe on a nearby step and see if he could reach the rollers. He strained and strained to reach up over the top of the machine, then said "Yeah, I can just barely touch one of them." Immediately the head of the safety team said "We need a trip cord across there, so if someone tries that, it will immediately shut the machine down." -- - Frank Krygowski |
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AG: Socks
22 November 2017 It took at least five minutes to put on my shoes this morning, but I've remembered how to put on multiple socks: When most of the second sock is gathered up on your instep, pause and arrange the toe, then put weight on the ball of your foot and spread your toes while you finish pulling on the sock. This keeps friction from pulling the first sock too tight. I bought "wool" socks yesterday: acrylic lightly flavored with merino, the least-appropriate wool for stockings. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ |
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