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On 17/11/11 07:22, Simon Weaseltemper wrote:
There is this idea that just because they have a driving licence and can balance on a bike they understand cycle safety. Yes I believe it is related to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:35:59 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote:
Just zis ****, you know? It is a very great honour to be ****ted by the vorephilic dave. -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:40:36 +0000, Judith wrote:
Yep - spot on Porky - Some are permanent parasites of humans, horses, cattle, fish, and mollusks, but most are merely predatory. -- snip -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:08:51 +0000, Tim Streater
wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=wvUQcnfwUUM Ah, changed days... #Have a drink, have a drive, #go out and see what you can find. #If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal. #If her daddy's poor, just do as you feel. #Speed along the lane, #Do a ton, or a ton and twenty-five. #When the sun goes down, you can make it, #make it good in a lay-by. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:49:24 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason
wrote: On Nov 20, 7:12*pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: That said, as far as I can make out the government has done their level best to try to turn this into a rerun of the 1980s. I remain convinced that the Tory party are as a body corporate congenitally unable to understand the state education sector. As long as interest rates don't go up to 15% again, I won't have to worry. When I took out my first mortgage rates were 14.75%; I took out another mortgage earlier this year at 2.58% (lifetime tracker of just 2.08% above base rate). This morning I head some first time buyers on the news saying how unaffordable mortgages are. They don't know half of it! |
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On 20/11/2011 22:09, Adam Lea wrote:
On 17/11/11 07:22, Simon Weaseltemper wrote: There is this idea that just because they have a driving licence and can balance on a bike they understand cycle safety. Yes I believe it is related to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect Maybe I am being over analytical here but since I discovered the Dunning Kruger effect and understood what it means, I have been analysing my own skills in various areas. However, since while doing this, the observer and the observee are both the same person, with the same level of skill, it is impossible to make any accurate self-assessment. My own self-critique is biased against what I think I know and the default position seems to be “I am fairly good at that” because my observation and experience both seem to correlate. Therefore I think “I must know what I am doing”. I have come to the conclusion that the only reliable source of knowledge will be from someone who participates actively in any given field and any advice that comes from anyone without actual experience and success in the field ought to be taken very lightly. The advice from someone without practical experience will only be (and can only be), their biased opinion or the opinions and advice they have heard from elsewhere. -- Simon For personal replies, please use my reply-to address. |
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On Nov 21, 7:16*am, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:49:24 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason wrote: On Nov 20, 7:12*pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: That said, as far as I can make out the government has done their level best to try to turn this into a rerun of the 1980s. I remain convinced that the Tory party are as a body corporate congenitally unable to understand the state education sector. As long as interest rates don't go up to 15% again, I won't have to worry. When I took out my first mortgage rates were 14.75%; I took out another mortgage earlier this year at 2.58% (lifetime tracker of just 2.08% above base rate). This morning I head some first time buyers on the news saying how unaffordable mortgages are. They don't know half of it! Yes I know - that makes me laugh as well. In my day, you had to save in a building society's paying in book for two years every month before the manager would even contemplate giving you a mortgage. Then as the interest rates were so high, the repayments were crippling and I had a wife and two kids to support as well as service the mortgage all at age 25 and I had to live in a two up two down for 17 years until I could afford a nice house in the country. The young people of today want it all now, without putting in the years of graft and scrimping and saving. -- Simon Mason |
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Simon Mason wrote:
On Nov 21, 7:16 am, Bertie Wooster wrote: On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:49:24 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason wrote: On Nov 20, 7:12 pm, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: That said, as far as I can make out the government has done their level best to try to turn this into a rerun of the 1980s. I remain convinced that the Tory party are as a body corporate congenitally unable to understand the state education sector. As long as interest rates don't go up to 15% again, I won't have to worry. When I took out my first mortgage rates were 14.75%; I took out another mortgage earlier this year at 2.58% (lifetime tracker of just 2.08% above base rate). This morning I head some first time buyers on the news saying how unaffordable mortgages are. They don't know half of it! Yes I know - that makes me laugh as well. In my day, you had to save in a building society's paying in book for two years every month before the manager would even contemplate giving you a mortgage. Then as the interest rates were so high, the repayments were crippling and I had a wife and two kids to support as well as service the mortgage all at age 25 and I had to live in a two up two down for 17 years until I could afford a nice house in the country. The young people of today want it all now, without putting in the years of graft and scrimping and saving. and we all thought you lived in Hull. |
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:20:04 +0000, Simon Weaseltemper
wrote: On 20/11/2011 22:09, Adam Lea wrote: On 17/11/11 07:22, Simon Weaseltemper wrote: There is this idea that just because they have a driving licence and can balance on a bike they understand cycle safety. Yes I believe it is related to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...3Kruger_effect Maybe I am being over analytical here but since I discovered the Dunning Kruger effect and understood what it means, I have been analysing my own skills in various areas. I bet that didn't take long. |
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On Nov 21, 7:20*am, Simon Weaseltemper
wrote: I have come to the conclusion that the only reliable source of knowledge will be from someone who participates actively in any given field and any advice that comes from anyone without actual experience and success in the field ought to be taken very lightly. The advice from someone without practical experience will only be (and can only be), their biased opinion or the opinions and advice they have heard from elsewhere. -- That is why nobody takes any notice of Cheerless as he knows nothing at all about cycling, so one wonders why he imagines that the regular cyclists on urc would take the slightest bit of notice of him. Another deluded fool like Nugent. -- Simon Mason |
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