SimonBurchell
Justified & Ancient
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[stands back and admires the carnage, before casually moving on]
Smells of old leather. Are you trying to tell us something?Sniff my saddle.
Used to myself, back in the day.Smells of old leather.
When I do take a bus, which is not often, I always make sure to thank the bus driver on leaving, and my husband is the only man who offers his seat to a nun, or a pregnant woman.You forgot
You must thank the bus driver as you get off.
I've always done this and I taught my kids to, and we also thank airline staff as we disembark even if the flight has been pants-soilingly traumatic.
I've apparently insulted the entire population of Canada now as well. While it won't be quite as terryfying as the misunderstanding with @gordonrutter (adonis, generous, intelligent chap that he is), I do think I should go into hiding for a while. Any Canadians ask -you haven't seen me. Or cyclists.[stands back and admires the carnage, before casually moving on]
Mind you, that can backfire on you;When I do take a bus, which is not often, I always make sure to thank the bus driver on leaving, and my husband is the only man who offers his seat to a nun, or a pregnant woman.
Yup, I personally try to let any big vehicles pass before pressing the button. They don't know about this small courtesy of course.This 'waving at the driver that stops at a zebra crossing' thing. I think the likelihood of that happening increases in proportionality to the difficulty in stopping, and/or the recognition of any driving skill or politeness.
EG a driver of a large truck 'anchoring up' when fully loaded, on a wet road, in the half-dark is more likely to receive a 'thank you' wave than a 'boy racer' who has had to stop.
Techy's saddle on his current 'workhouse' bike is deteriorating.I've spent recent weekends testing saddles. I'm not a big fan of testing saddles as they are so subjective, but it paid well, and now I'm freelance I turn very little work down...
Been called worse, can't lie.
Pull the udder one etcYou're not easily cowed though.
Sorry to get here late - I was out terrorising pedestrians on the pavement, ignoring traffic lights & so forth. My voice is a bit hoarse from shouting abuse at all & sundry.Ah, yes forgot about the cyclists. - (Waits for @cycleboy2 and @hunck and @escargot to blow a fuse..... wait for it-wait for it......)
And you should always offer your seat to a pregnant nun.When I do take a bus, which is not often, I always make sure to thank the bus driver on leaving, and my husband is the only man who offers his seat to a nun, or a pregnant woman.
Okay that's enough with the cow puns now....time to moove on.Pull the udder one etc
On behalf of zebra-crossing users everywhere, thank you!Personally I’ll stop at zebras if there’s someone waiting. You lose so little time in your journey it’s not worth arguing the toss.
Not in London, unless you want to give the impression that you're an elderly yokel on your first visit to the capital.
The highway code used to say (still does) that if someone has started to cross then you should stop.if a pedestrian has started to cross we will stop
They've got very long socks.Right! Think I've found a good reason for not stopping at zebra crossings in London.
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(I found the least offensive version I could find )
Yes...but is Flea's sock long or just closer to the ground?They've got very long socks.
I said socks!
The BBC do love crackers old posh blokes.A. E. Mathews hates lamp posts (1958)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/ae-matthews-hates-lamp-posts-1958/zbq8kmn
Having driven in London for many years, I would say that if a pedestrian has started to cross we will stop.
But if they are appraoching a crossing or stationary and about to cross, we often drive across the zebra crossing before they have a chance to start crossing...
..But we are not the fastest; I'd give that title to many country areas where there are 60mph speed limits, and the locals know the roads like the back of their hands.
I feel much safer driving in central London than any country road.
Ditto in Bristol. I see far more bad cycling now than pre-pandemic, out of proportion with the rate at which cycling itself has grown. Centrally there's really good infrastructure now, but beyond the inner circuit the berks are on the rise....cycles seem utterly out of control in London just now. Maybe they just got used to emptier streets during the lockdowns - and can't re adapt back
Ditto in Bristol. I see far more bad cycling now than pre-pandemic, out of proportion with the rate at which cycling itself has grown. Centrally there's really good infrastructure now, but beyond the inner circuit the berks are on the rise.
You see, that's why I don't ride pushbikes. They don't look saddles, they look like the sort of instruments the Spanish Inquisition would strap you on.I've spent recent weekends testing saddles. I'm not a big fan of testing saddles as they are so subjective, but it paid well, and now I'm freelance I turn very little work down...