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Simon Mason wrote:
On Nov 20, 10:12 am, "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: It's more that fatalities among car occupants are so common as not to excite comment. If a MrCheerless clone decided to post a wank to the driving group every time a car occupant was killed or seriously injured, it would be more or less a full-time job. Surely Cheerless could do both jobs couldn't he? At the risk of breathing life into the near dead motoring newsgroup that is. I don't have time for that, I don't work for BP you know! |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:26:33 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:12:24 +0000, Bertie Wooster wrote: snippety I just dropped it in the killfile. What we actually need is for some of Medjobs' former friends in the DIY froup to contact him privately with some sage advice, and to strip away the much-abused cloak of anonymity from JMS (which is underway). Guy I forgot to tell people: Porky - in his usual underhand way - suggested that someone else complain to Giganews for me using different posting names - he even gave the abuse address fore them to use He then complained himself - thinking I would think it could have been anyone. Unfortunately they ****ed up and sent me half of *his* email to them saying that he was complaining about a post I made where I had posted as "Guy Chapman ". I explained the situation, and they seemed quite happy. I cannot understand why he is so despised :-) -- Total number of posts to URC from IP Address:80.254.146.36 over 6 years = 7 Guy Chapman : 5 Lou Knee: 2 Coincidence? (Guy Chapman Dell Magnet) |
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On 20/11/2011 15:31, Simon Weaseltemper wrote:
On 20/11/2011 14:45, JNugent wrote: You *didn't* read it, did you, you bad lad? No I didn't I just read the bit about all green Please accept my apologies for any embarrassment or annoyance caused. No problem. And no embarrassment or annoyance. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:42:17 -0000, "Zapp Brannigan"
wrote: "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message .. . On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:19:52 -0000, "Zapp Brannigan" It's really quite worrying how the popular discourse manages to deny and disenfranchise these forgotten victims, purely on the grounds that they met their death in a vehicle which is not approved of by the blogging chatterati. I think I might start a ghost car campaign. It's more that fatalities among car occupants are so common as not to excite comment. If a MrCheerless clone decided to post a wank to the driving group every time a car occupant was killed or seriously injured, it would be more or less a full-time job. Mmmm - car drivers die all the time, and it's not really newsworthy. But if a cyclist is harmed, it is so unusual that the political / blogosphere / whatever swarms with debate and recrimination. I accept that as a logical explanation, and I can't think of a plausible alternative. But I can't see how that view co-exists with the claim that cyclists are given less regard than motorists. It seems to demonstrate quite the opposite. There are several things going on at once. Cyclist fatalities are rare, but the "safety" mob consider cycling to be horribly dangerous so they exploit them. Drivers experience strong cognitive dissonance when faced with the obvious fact that bikes are a pretty good way to get around towns, which leads them to actively seek out reasons for not cycling - again, the "safety" angle is exploited. In car v. car crashes, it's usually one or other of the car occupants who is injured. In car v bike crashes, even though these are usually the fault of the driver, it is almost always (as in I can't think of a counter example at all) the cyclist who is injured or killed. On the roads, road engineers give precedence to motor traffic. Where cycle facilities exist they are the first thing to go when space, time or money runs out. As soon as there is any conflict between motor traffic and cyclists, even when building cycle provision the bikes almost always lose out (as perfectly exemplified by the whole of Bow Road, in fact). That's not intended to be an exhaustive list. Guy -- Guy Chapman, http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk The usenet price promise: all opinions are guaranteed to be worth at least what you paid for them. |
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:25:04 +0000, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: The news comes as around 200 cycling campaigners held a vigil for the victims - Brian Dorling, 58, and a 34-year-old woman - at 18:00 GMT at the Bow Roundabout. Looked more like a hundred to me, but people did come and go and there were two or three knots of cyclists round the edges. The report here is of 200. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWj7oQBImCQ |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:33:02 +0000, Judith wrote:
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:17:17 +0000 (UTC), Peter Keller wrote: On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:27:59 +0000, Dave - Cyclists VOR wrote: Not surprisin. A push bike isn't a viable form of transport. A push bike is a very viable means of transport for many things. I assume that you meant children - unless you had other things in mind. You assume what you like ****wit. -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:18:13 +0000, Judith wrote:
Porker and Piglet The salivary secretions of the leech contain hirudin, an anticoagulant, and other substances that promote blood flow. -- snip -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:07:39 +0000, Judith wrote:
Hello Porker The medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), a European freshwater leech once used by physicians to bleed patients suffering from almost any ailment, are now used to remove pooled blood from under skin grafts and other reconstructive surgeries, to treat bruises (such as black eyes), and to treat some osteoarthritis. -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:02:58 +0000, Judith wrote:
I forgot to tell people: Porky Certain small leeches of the E Mediterranean region may enter the bodies of humans and animals through drinking water and lodge as parasites in the mouth or the respiratory passages. -- snip -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:35:37 +0000, Judith wrote:
You must mean in the ****wit stakes. It is a very greast honour to be ****wited by the anthropophagee judith. -- snip -- An oft-repeated lie is still a lie. |
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