Mr Mason's Posting Habits

Please can someone explain - there seems to have been a significant change in
them.

Since Wednesday just over a week ago, Simon has made 260 posts.

However - ALL of those posts have been made via the Kingston on Hull Telephone
Company's ADSL service - and NONE of them from the BP Chemical's system.

I know that Simon does not recommend people posting in their own time - indeed,
he has told us time, and time, and time again how it is a mug's game to do so:
"it's their time they're wasting" - and yet here he is doing precisely that.

Something has happened. What can it be?

The only thing I can think of, is that there is a major system failure in the
BP Chemical's IT system - and the service has temporarily been suspended
worldwide.

Surely, it must be something like that.

Any ideas anyone? Justin - you've always had a comment to make on these things
- any ideas?

"Judith" wrote in message
...

Please can someone explain - there seems to have been a significant change
in
them.

Since Wednesday just over a week ago, Simon has made 260 posts.

However - ALL of those posts have been made via the Kingston on Hull
Telephone
Company's ADSL service - and NONE of them from the BP Chemical's system.

I know that Simon does not recommend people posting in their own time -
indeed,
he has told us time, and time, and time again how it is a mug's game to do
so:
"it's their time they're wasting" - and yet here he is doing precisely
that.

Something has happened. What can it be?

The only thing I can think of, is that there is a major system failure in
the
BP Chemical's IT system - and the service has temporarily been suspended
worldwide.

Surely, it must be something like that.

Any ideas anyone? Justin - you've always had a comment to make on these
things
- any ideas?
================================================

As for Mr. Mason's recently changed posting habits, I think that is because
he may no longer have access to the BP IT network infrastructure. I think
that is what normally happens when you abuse it and get found out by your
employer.

Justin isn't available to comment at the moment but he asked me to reply:

"HA Ha hA ha HAgfish, HARchive"

I have no idea what his reply means. It looks like a 5 year-old wrote it.

QUOTE:
With less than a week to go till Thursday's London mayoral election, the
current holder of the post, Boris Johnson, has become the last of the five
main candidates to pledge his support to the three key demands of its Love
London, Go Dutch campaign. The news comes on the eve of The Big Ride, which
thousands of cyclists are expected to attend, and which calls on the
candidates to embrace the initiative which was launched earlier this year.
Perhaps more pertinently, it comes 24 hours after his chief rival, Ken
Livingstone, had himself backed the campaign.

Since becoming mayor in 2008, the Conservative mayor , introduced the
Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme but has come under criticism especially in recent
months for the perceived inadequacy of his much vaunted Barclays Cycle
Superhighways and a transport policy that prioritises traffic flow but
according to campaigners compromises the safety of vulnerable road users
such as cyclists and pedestrians.

He now joins his predecessor as mayor, Labour's Mr Livignstone, the Liberal
Democrat Brian Paddick, the Green Party's Jenny Jones and Independent
candidate Siobhan Benita in endorsing the campaign, with his move coming
after what LCC described as "intensive lobbying" on its part.

A detailed description of the three principal Love London, Go Dutch demands
can be found on the LCC website, but in brief, they are, in the group's own
words:

1 - Implement three flagship Love London, Go Dutch developments on major
streets and/or locations

2 - Make sure all planned developments on the main roads that they controls
are completed to Go Dutch standards, especially junctions.

3 - Make sure the Cycle Superhighways programme is completed to Love London,
Go Dutch standards.

While all five main candidates have now pledged their support to those
priniciples, as LCC points out, there are of course differences in what
their transport policies actually say about cycling and other issues related
to London's streets.

LCC's chief executive Ashok Sinha commented: "We're delighted to give Boris
Johnson an 'A-grade' for his promise to learn from the successful Dutch
model to make London's streets as safe and inviting for cycling as they are
in Holland.

"We now have a commitment to a Dutch-style cycling revolution from all the
main candidates, with the promise of immediate action in the next
mayoralty."

"Johnson must still do a lot more to catch up with the other candidates in
other areas of cycling policy, but it's fantastic news that he has responded
to Londoners by committing to meet the three key tests of the Love London Go
Dutch campaign."

Many Londoners who use bicycles won't base the decision of which candidate
to vote for purely on his or her cycling policy, but as the campaign group
Londoners on Bikes points out, transport is the one area in which the city's
mayor wields real executive power; by virtue of their office, the mayor is
also chairman of Transport for London, appoints its board, and formulates
the city's transport policy.

Unlike in a general election, there is also the fact that next Thursday,
Londoners will be able to vote not only for the candidate the believe should
be mayor, but also for a second preference candidate.

On Monday, four of the mayoral candidates - Mr Johnson, Mr Livingstone, Mr
Paddick and Ms Jones - will participate in a special hustings organised
jointly sustainable transport charity Sustrans and The Times at which they
will debate the eight demands of the newspaper's Cities Fit For Cycling
campaign.

The group Londoners on Bikes, which was set up specifically to campaign for
candidates to adopt cycle-friendly policies including those aimed at
improving the safety of riders, has said that on Monday evening it will
reveal which candidate it believes has the best credentials to represent
those who choose to use a bicycle to get around the city, following detailed
analysis of their proposed policies.

As the LCC and other campaigners point out, it is possible to switch from a
car-centric culture to one that puts bicycles and pedestrians at the centre
of transport policy.

In the Netherlands itself, that change did not happen until as late as the
mid-1970s, with this short film explaining the factors that came together to
pave the way for today's bike friendly Dutch cities.

http://road.cc/content/news/57276-bo...-demands-video

--
Simon Mason

On 29/04/2012 20:54, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
With less than a week to go till Thursday's London mayoral election, the
current holder of the post, Boris Johnson, has become the last of the five
main candidates to pledge his support to the three key demands of its Love
London, Go Dutch campaign. The news comes on the eve of The Big Ride, which
thousands of cyclists are expected to attend, and which calls on the
candidates to embrace the initiative which was launched earlier this year.
Perhaps more pertinently, it comes 24 hours after his chief rival, Ken
Livingstone, had himself backed the campaign.

Since becoming mayor in 2008, the Conservative mayor , introduced the
Barclays Cycle Hire Scheme but has come under criticism especially in
recent
months for the perceived inadequacy of his much vaunted Barclays Cycle
Superhighways and a transport policy that prioritises traffic flow but
according to campaigners compromises the safety of vulnerable road users
such as cyclists and pedestrians.

He now joins his predecessor as mayor, Labour's Mr Livignstone, the Liberal
Democrat Brian Paddick, the Green Party's Jenny Jones and Independent
candidate Siobhan Benita in endorsing the campaign, with his move coming
after what LCC described as "intensive lobbying" on its part.

A detailed description of the three principal Love London, Go Dutch demands
can be found on the LCC website, but in brief, they are, in the group's own
words:

1 - Implement three flagship Love London, Go Dutch developments on major
streets and/or locations

2 - Make sure all planned developments on the main roads that they controls
are completed to Go Dutch standards, especially junctions.

3 - Make sure the Cycle Superhighways programme is completed to Love
London,
Go Dutch standards.

While all five main candidates have now pledged their support to those
priniciples, as LCC points out, there are of course differences in what
their transport policies actually say about cycling and other issues
related
to London's streets.

LCC's chief executive Ashok Sinha commented: "We're delighted to give Boris
Johnson an 'A-grade' for his promise to learn from the successful Dutch
model to make London's streets as safe and inviting for cycling as they are
in Holland.

"We now have a commitment to a Dutch-style cycling revolution from all the
main candidates, with the promise of immediate action in the next
mayoralty."

"Johnson must still do a lot more to catch up with the other candidates in
other areas of cycling policy, but it's fantastic news that he has
responded
to Londoners by committing to meet the three key tests of the Love
London Go
Dutch campaign."

Many Londoners who use bicycles won't base the decision of which candidate
to vote for purely on his or her cycling policy, but as the campaign group
Londoners on Bikes points out, transport is the one area in which the
city's
mayor wields real executive power; by virtue of their office, the mayor is
also chairman of Transport for London, appoints its board, and formulates
the city's transport policy.

Unlike in a general election, there is also the fact that next Thursday,
Londoners will be able to vote not only for the candidate the believe
should
be mayor, but also for a second preference candidate.

On Monday, four of the mayoral candidates - Mr Johnson, Mr Livingstone, Mr
Paddick and Ms Jones - will participate in a special hustings organised
jointly sustainable transport charity Sustrans and The Times at which they
will debate the eight demands of the newspaper's Cities Fit For Cycling
campaign.

The group Londoners on Bikes, which was set up specifically to campaign for
candidates to adopt cycle-friendly policies including those aimed at
improving the safety of riders, has said that on Monday evening it will
reveal which candidate it believes has the best credentials to represent
those who choose to use a bicycle to get around the city, following
detailed
analysis of their proposed policies.

As the LCC and other campaigners point out, it is possible to switch from a
car-centric culture to one that puts bicycles and pedestrians at the centre
of transport policy.

In the Netherlands itself, that change did not happen until as late as the
mid-1970s, with this short film explaining the factors that came
together to
pave the way for today's bike friendly Dutch cities.

http://road.cc/content/news/57276-bo...-demands-video


--
Simon Mason


--
Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University

On Apr 29, 3:51*pm, Judith wrote:
Please can someone explain - there seems to have been a significant change in
them.

Since Wednesday just over a week ago, Simon has made 260 posts.

However - ALL of those posts have been made via the Kingston on Hull Telephone
Company's ADSL service - and NONE *of them from the BP Chemical's system.

I know that Simon does not recommend people posting in their own time - indeed,
he has told us time, and time, and time again how it is a mug's game to do so:
"it's their time they're wasting" *- *and yet here he is doing precisely that.

Something has happened. *What can it be?

The only thing I can think of, is that there is a major system failure in the
BP Chemical's IT system - and the service has temporarily been suspended
worldwide.

Surely, it must be something like that.

Any ideas anyone? *Justin - you've always had a comment to make on these things
- any ideas?

Who cares? the guy isn't interesting enough to waste time considering
why he does things or not, life is too short.

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
. uk...
QUOTE:
With less than a week to go till Thursday's London mayoral election, the
current holder of the post, Boris Johnson, has become the last of the five
main candidates to pledge his support to the three key demands of its Love
London, Go Dutch campaign. The news comes on the eve of The Big Ride,
which
thousands of cyclists are expected to attend, and which calls on the
candidates to embrace the initiative which was launched earlier this year.
Perhaps more pertinently, it comes 24 hours after his chief rival, Ken
Livingstone, had himself backed the campaign.

Did anyone see any of the mayoral candidates on the Big Ride last Saturday?
I did not spot any of them.

--
Simon Mason