I've got an idea

TimC

What we need is a dispensable sticker that you can wack on the side of
a car/truck. Large enough to see from a distance, so you need to
unfurl it from its storage in your jersey pocket, etc. The sticker
has a message:

Calm down.
Stay off the drugs.
Chill out.
It's going to be alright.
You'll get out of the traffic some day.

But the key to this sticker is that it has an acid treatment that
etches the paint off the vehicle, so the driver can't avoid the
message by just ripping off the sticker.

--
TimC
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up

John Tserkezis

TimC wrote:

> But the key to this sticker is that it has an acid treatment that
> etches the paint off the vehicle, so the driver can't avoid the
> message by just ripping off the sticker.

That leaves you open to liability of damage. Well serious dollars anyway.

One option that one of our club members uses is about 1/2 A4 sized stickers
that say "You shouldn't be parking here" (or words to that effect) used for
those who insist in parking in disabled parking spots at the club without
having a sticker.

The adhesive side is of the "permanent" type, that doesn't come off real
easy. In fact, if you leave it on for long enough, you need some serious
elbow grease with solvents and a razor blade to even start to get it off.

Works wonders on glass, especially when strategically placed in the line of
sight of the driver.

On paintwork, it'll stick between really well and not at all depending on
the last time it was waxed.

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cfsmtb

Currently working on a politer version to be distributed in the NY, or your concept has legs, we could design & workshop it?

BT Humble

TimC wrote:
> What we need is a dispensable sticker that you can wack on the side of
> a car/truck. Large enough to see from a distance, so you need to
> unfurl it from its storage in your jersey pocket, etc. The sticker
> has a message:
>
> Calm down.
> Stay off the drugs.
> Chill out.
> It's going to be alright.
> You'll get out of the traffic some day.

Heh!

At some point last month whilst I was riding my motorcycle to Phillip
Island for the GP, I came up behind a car with a bumper sticker
reading "Touched by an Angel".

After some thought over dinner that evening, we decided that an
appropriate companion sticker for it would be "Molested by a
Clergyman." ;-)


BTH

John Pitts

On 2007-11-12, TimC <tconnors@no.spam.accepted.here-astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> ... The sticker has a message:
>
> Calm down.
> Stay off the drugs.
> Chill out.
> It's going to be alright.
> You'll get out of the traffic some day.

Traffic in Coona? We get a 5-minute rush hour at quittin' time here in
Dubbo, but that's the only time you'll see traffic. What's going on up
there?


--
John
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TimC

On 2007-11-12, John Pitts (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> On 2007-11-12, TimC <tconnors@no.spam.accepted.here-astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
>> ... The sticker has a message:
>>
>> Calm down.
>> Stay off the drugs.
>> Chill out.
>> It's going to be alright.
>> You'll get out of the traffic some day.
>
> Traffic in Coona? We get a 5-minute rush hour at quittin' time here in
> Dubbo, but that's the only time you'll see traffic. What's going on up
> there?

Nah, no road rages up here in the year I've been here.

The idea was triggered by something I read in another froup (a rager
truck driver who managed to push his way up 8 spots in the moving
carpark). That and my memories of riding in Melbourne.

Although, on night shift Saturday night, we had the yearly Festival of
the Stars concert where Kate Ceberano (babe) sang. So all of Coona's
cars drove back to town after the concert at 10:30. I happened to go
out on the dome catwalk at about then, and saw a line of all 500 cars
snaking their way back to town. I went back in to drag one of the
observers out, and by then it had already mostly dissipated. 500
cars, 50km trip to town, a large portion of which can be seen from the
catwalk (we can see 1/10th of the state from up here, afterall), and
yet this once a year peakhour lasted all of 5 minutes.

--
TimC
I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when under
stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself when
under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat myself
when under stress. I repeat myself when under stress. I repeat

Donga

On Nov 12, 5:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2zx...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> TimC Wrote:
>
>
>
> > Calm down.
> > Stay off the drugs.
> > Chill out.
> > It's going to be alright.
> > You'll get out of the traffic some day.
>
> Currently working on a politer version to be distributed in the NY, or
> your concept has legs, we could design & workshop it?
>
> --
> cfsmtb

I warm to the idea, but the rage potential is a little worrying!
Maybe something more positive/less agro, e.g. "Cyclists - if you can't
beat them, join them"?
And a handbill through the window?

(I know - you were just musing).

Donga

lemmiwinks.au@gmail.com

On Nov 13, 11:16 am, Donga <idomybestworkonab...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 5:13 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2zx...@no-
>
>
>
> mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> > TimC Wrote:
>
> > > Calm down.
> > > Stay off the drugs.
> > > Chill out.
> > > It's going to be alright.
> > > You'll get out of the traffic some day.
>
> > Currently working on a politer version to be distributed in the NY, or
> > your concept has legs, we could design & workshop it?
>
> > --
> > cfsmtb
>
> I warm to the idea, but the rage potential is a little worrying!
> Maybe something more positive/less agro, e.g. "Cyclists - if you can't
> beat them, join them"?
> And a handbill through the window?
>
> (I know - you were just musing).
>
> Donga

I like some of these:
http://cicle.org/properganda/properganda.html
I'd really go for a cool picture with the words "Bicycles are
freedom. Get some." Can't find a suitable picture though.

cfsmtb

Think healthy, think the great outdoors, think perving on a well-built chap. Well for me anyway.

For the rest of you there's this stuff ..
http://www.glossy.tv/images/GS_Bicycle.jpg

BT Humble

cfsmtb wrote:
> Think healthy, think the great outdoors, think perving on a well-built
> chap. Well for me anyway.
>
> For the rest of you there's this stuff ..http://www.glossy.tv/images/GS_Bicycle.jpg

Heh! So now we know *that's* what got GS back into bicycling! ;-)


BTH

Donga

On Nov 13, 12:45 pm, cfsmtb <cfsmtb.2zy...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com> wrote:
> lemmiwinks...@gmail.com Wrote:
>
>
>
> > I like some of these:
> >http://cicle.org/properganda/properganda.html
> > I'd really go for a cool picture with the words "Bicycles are
> > freedom. Get some." Can't find a suitable picture though.
>
> Think healthy, think the great outdoors, think perving on a well-built
> chap. Well for me anyway.
>
> For the rest of you there's this stuff ..http://www.glossy.tv/images/GS_Bicycle.jpg
>
> --
> cfsmtb

I believe the right question is "High res?"

cfsmtb

Amazing how we all collectively head straight for the gutter!

PeteSig

"cfsmtb" wrote:
>
> lemmiwinks.au@gmail.com Wrote:
>>
>> I like some of these:
>> http://cicle.org/properganda/properganda.html
>> I'd really go for a cool picture with the words "Bicycles are
>> freedom. Get some." Can't find a suitable picture though.
>
> Think healthy, think the great outdoors, think perving on a well-built
> chap. Well for me anyway.
>
> For the rest of you there's this stuff ..
> http://www.glossy.tv/images/GS_Bicycle.jpg

Mmmm... reminds me of that old Queen poster I have tucked away with the
vinyl collection. Went with the tracks 'Bicycle Race' and 'Fat-bottomed
Girls' More skin on show
--
Cheers
Peter

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~~ (*)/ (*)

John Pitts

On 2007-11-12, TimC <tconnors@no.spam.accepted.here-astro.swin.edu.au> wrote:
> On 2007-11-12, John Pitts (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

> Nah, no road rages up here in the year I've been here.

Glad to hear it.


> Although, on night shift Saturday night, we had the yearly Festival of
> the Stars concert where Kate Ceberano (babe) sang.

I heard it was a great show. One of the locals cycled from Dubbo to
Coona, and then up the mountain to the concert site. And managed to
stay awake for the show!


> So all of Coona's cars drove back to town after the concert at 10:30.
> I happened to go out on the dome catwalk at about then, and saw a
> line of all 500 cars snaking their way back to town. I went back in
> to drag one of the observers out, and by then it had already mostly
> dissipated. 500 cars, 50km trip to town, a large portion of which
> can be seen from the catwalk (we can see 1/10th of the state from up
> here, afterall), and yet this once a year peakhour lasted all of 5
> minutes.

Would have been quite a spectacle. Lucky you caught it.

--
John
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for it makes them soggy and
hard to light.