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Out of the mouths of babes
Cycling through Swaffham this afternoon, twunt in black BMW/Land Cruiser
type 4x4 with dark tinted glass windows reversed out of a side entrance on to main road which happened to be just where I was cycling. Large volume of sound from yours truly and mucho repositioning of bike just avoided me being reversed over by said twunt. Said twunt looked absolutely clueless as he reversed by me with my nose a couple of millimetres from his side window. Three local yoof on skateboards saw the whole thing. Quote from one of them, "Are you alright Missus? They do that to us all the time. Them's ******s wot drives them." Out of the mouths of babes ;-) Cheers, helen s |
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wafflycat wrote:
Cycling through Swaffham this afternoon, twunt in black BMW/Land Cruiser type 4x4 with dark tinted glass windows reversed out of a side entrance on to main road which happened to be just where I was cycling. Large volume of sound from yours truly and mucho repositioning of bike just avoided me being reversed over by said twunt. Said twunt looked absolutely clueless as he reversed by me with my nose a couple of millimetres from his side window. Three local yoof on skateboards saw the whole thing. Quote from one of them, "Are you alright Missus? They do that to us all the time. Them's ******s wot drives them." Out of the mouths of babes ;-) Cheers, helen s Wonderful word -- Twunt !!! Must remember that one :-) Jan |
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"Jan" wrote in message ... Wonderful word -- Twunt !!! Must remember that one :-) Jan Very descriptive, isn't it. Cheers, helen s |
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wafflycat wrote:
Them's ******s wot drives them The same can be said about the two motorcyclists who thought it was fun to pass me on a B-road at about 120mph yesterday. |
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Zog The Undeniable wrote:
wafflycat wrote: Them's ******s wot drives them The same can be said about the two motorcyclists who thought it was fun to pass me on a B-road at about 120mph yesterday. How fast must they have been going then? ;-)) All the best Dan Gregory |
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Dan Gregory wrote:
Zog The Undeniable wrote: The same can be said about the two motorcyclists who thought it was fun to pass me on a B-road at about 120mph yesterday. How fast must they have been going then? ;-)) Sadly, after 60 miles I was in full "limp home" mode, i.e. 15mph on the flat and coasting downhill. Still, I averaged 16.5mph for 62 miles over some strength-sapping terrain, so it can't have been that bad. Also, is it just me, or are the roads in West Berkshire the worst-surfaced in Britain? Maybe 20mm tyres and a "carbon razor" SLR saddle weren't the best combination. |
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in message 42751ade.0@entanet, Zog The Undeniable
') wrote: Dan Gregory wrote: Zog The Undeniable wrote: The same can be said about the two motorcyclists who thought it was fun to pass me on a B-road at about 120mph yesterday. How fast must they have been going then? ;-)) Sadly, after 60 miles I was in full "limp home" mode, i.e. 15mph on the flat and coasting downhill. Still, I averaged 16.5mph for 62 miles over some strength-sapping terrain, so it can't have been that bad. Also, is it just me, or are the roads in West Berkshire the worst-surfaced in Britain? Maybe 20mm tyres and a "carbon razor" SLR saddle weren't the best combination. (i) The roads of West Berkshire are not the worst-surfaced in Britain. (ii) I did 105 miles today, across the Southern Uplands twice in driving rain, on 20mm tyres and an SLR saddle; I'm tired but otherwise fine. Jon Senior did the same on 20mm tyres (I can't remember what saddle he was using). Mind you I didn't average 16.5 mph so respect for that! -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; may contain traces of nuts, bolts or washers. |
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