Five things I hate about cycling

Carol Hague

Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com> wrote:

<Eville Ponges>

>
> Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(

I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch beside
the road.....

--
Carol
"Mmmmooooowooooff!" - the Moobark, "The Treacle People"

Carol Hague

Not Responding <nowhere@dev.null> wrote:

> LeeG wrote:

> > 2. Wind, the only time its not a pain in the a?se, is when it's blowing
> > straight up your a?se.
>
> Oh yeah. I hate wind. I really hate wind. This evening I was pedalling
> down hill.

Yesterday I was cycling home and it started snowing. Only a little bit,
but the wind was blowing it into my face like tiny freezing needles. Not
nice.

On the plus side, the reason I was riding home at that particular time
was that I am now once more in gainful employment.

On the minus side, this means I shall have to resurrect one of my
uprights for the commute, as I don't feel too happy leaving my trike
outside work :-(

--
Carol
"Mmmmooooowooooff!" - the Moobark, "The Treacle People"

Peter Clinch

Carol Hague wrote:
> Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com> wrote:
>
> <Eville Ponges>
>
>>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(

> I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch beside
> the road.....

Can't say I've ever, ummm, tried the latter, but the thing I dislike
riding by the most is a chicken factory farm (I don't know whether
they're rearing for eating or laying types, but the examples round here
smell rather nauseous), and though an ex-badger at closer quarters may
produce a pong there's only one of it...

Pete.
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Carol Hague

Peter Clinch <p.j.clinch@dundee.ac.uk> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
> > Tony Raven <junk@raven-family.com> wrote:
> >
> > <Eville Ponges>
> >
> >>Nothing beats fresh pig slurry on a field :<(
>
> > I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch beside
> > the road.....
>
> Can't say I've ever, ummm, tried the latter

It's .....pungent....

, but the thing I dislike
> riding by the most is a chicken factory farm (I don't know whether
> they're rearing for eating or laying types, but the examples round here
> smell rather nauseous), and though an ex-badger at closer quarters may
> produce a pong there's only one of it...

True. Probably the single worst thing I've ever smelt was a chicken
(defrosted and found to be badly "off") , returned by a customer to the
supermarket where I was working at the time. It was wrapped in three
plastic bags, and you could *still* smell it. I didn't throw up, but it
was a close run thing.

--
Carol
"Mmmmooooowooooff!" - the Moobark, "The Treacle People"

davek

LeeG wrote:
> Rumble strips, the ones I regularly hit, Methley W.Yorks,
> rattle my fillings and the six inches left by the curb is full of cr?p.

This reminds me...

Sunday morning, I was riding a new route and came upon a patch of red
tarmac. From a distance it looked innocuous enough, and even as I got
closer I couldn't tell there was anything special about it, but as soon
as I started riding over it I discovered that it was a patch of pure
evil, laid down by the road planners with the specific intention of
removing all my teeth.

OK, so I guess it was really some kind of device to make motorists slow
down, but obviously the planners had not considered that anyone other
than motorists might be using the road. I've been over speed bumps
before, but this was in a whole new category of horrible experiences on
a bike and I very nearly lost control - it was akin to having a blow-out
at high speed in a car.

So - be warned: avoid the bit of the A227 that goes through Meopham, Kent.

d.

Simon Brooke

in message <358dsqF4iqq1aU1@individual.net>, davek
('swangulstoke@hotmail.com') wrote:

> LeeG wrote:
>> Rumble strips, the ones I regularly hit, Methley W.Yorks,
>> rattle my fillings and the six inches left by the curb is full of
>> cr?p.
>
> This reminds me...
>
> Sunday morning, I was riding a new route and came upon a patch of red
> tarmac. From a distance it looked innocuous enough, and even as I got
> closer I couldn't tell there was anything special about it, but as
> soon as I started riding over it I discovered that it was a patch of
> pure evil, laid down by the road planners with the specific intention
> of removing all my teeth.
>
> OK, so I guess it was really some kind of device to make motorists
> slow down, but obviously the planners had not considered that anyone
> other than motorists might be using the road. I've been over speed
> bumps before, but this was in a whole new category of horrible
> experiences on a bike and I very nearly lost control - it was akin to
> having a blow-out at high speed in a car.
>
> So - be warned: avoid the bit of the A227 that goes through Meopham,
> Kent.

Stand up, pedals at the quarter to three position, bend knees, bend
elbows, relax. Safe and comfortable.

--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

;; when in the shit, the wise man plants courgettes

Dave Larrington

Carol Hague wrote:

[Whiffy blean]

> I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
> beside the road.....

(Sings)

Dead

Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
badger

etc.

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

JohnB

Simon Brooke wrote:
>

> Stand up, pedals at the quarter to three position, bend knees, bend
> elbows, relax. Safe and comfortable.

Sounds like a fitness video is on the way ;-)

John B

Simon Brooke

in message <359go6F4jpag3U3@individual.net>, Dave Larrington
('smert.spamionam@privacy.net') wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
>
> [Whiffy blean]
>
>> I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
>> beside the road.....
>
> (Sings)
>
> Dead
>
> Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger

Mushroom mushroom

> badger badger badger badger


--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
Just as defying the law of gravity through building aircraft requires
careful design and a lot of effort, so too does defying laws of
economics. It seems to be a deeply ingrained aspect of humanity to
forever strive to improve things, so unquestioning acceptance of a
free market system seems to me to be unnatural. ;; Charles Bryant

MartinM

Simon Brooke wrote:
> in message <359go6F4jpag3U3@individual.net>, Dave Larrington
> ('smert.spamionam@privacy.net') wrote:
>
> > Carol Hague wrote:
> >
> > [Whiffy blean]
> >
> >> I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
> >> beside the road.....
> >
> > (Sings)
> >
> > Dead
> >
> > Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
>
> Mushroom mushroom

and a snaaaake a snaaaake oh it's a snake

Carol Hague

Dave Larrington <smert.spamionam@privacy.net> wrote:

> Carol Hague wrote:
>
> [Whiffy blean]
>
> > I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
> > beside the road.....
>
> (Sings)
>
> Dead
>
> Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
> badger

You, sir, are a Bad Man - I'd just about got that damn thing *out* of my
head and you had to go and remind me of it again :-)


--
Carol
"Mmmmooooowooooff!" - the Moobark, "The Treacle People"

Simon Brooke

in message <1gqp6en.1l9xu3k1g9qlcqN%carol@wrhpv.com>, Carol Hague
('carol@wrhpv.com') wrote:

> Dave Larrington <smert.spamionam@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Carol Hague wrote:
>>
>> [Whiffy blean]
>>
>> > I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
>> > beside the road.....
>>
>> Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
>> badger badger
>
> You, sir, are a Bad Man - I'd just about got that damn thing *out* of
> my head and you had to go and remind me of it again :-)

Only in Kenya we've got lions...

--
simon@jasmine.org.uk (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

'You cannot put "The Internet" into the Recycle Bin.'

Carol Hague

Simon Brooke <simon@jasmine.org.uk> wrote:

> in message <1gqp6en.1l9xu3k1g9qlcqN%carol@wrhpv.com>, Carol Hague
> ('carol@wrhpv.com') wrote:
>
> > Dave Larrington <smert.spamionam@privacy.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Carol Hague wrote:
> >>
> >> [Whiffy blean]
> >>
> >> > I'll see your pig slurry and raise you a dead badger in the ditch
> >> > beside the road.....
> >>
> >> Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger badger
> >> badger badger
> >
> > You, sir, are a Bad Man - I'd just about got that damn thing *out* of
> > my head and you had to go and remind me of it again :-)
>
> Only in Kenya we've got lions...

Aaaargh!

OK. I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice.

"Everyone loves Magical Trevor, cos the tricks that he does, are ever so
clever...."


--
Carol
"Mmmmooooowooooff!" - the Moobark, "The Treacle People"