Screech, crash, tinkle, another one down
TOG@Toil
sure whether the cyclists or the scooterbois present the most lethal
threat.
Yesterday it was contact with a twunt of a cyclist who'd decided to
cycle the wrong way down Borough High Street, south of London Bridge.
The road's seriously dug up, and down to one lane heading north only,
and there ain't enough room to filter on either side of the vehicles,
but this clown thought he'd try it anyway, the wrong way.
However, this morning...
..."She's pulling out from the left. Hit the horn.... BEEP!... No,
she's still pulling out, blind bitch on the school run, hit the horn
again.. BEEEEEP! No, the homicidal cow isn't stopping, hit the anchors
hard. Wow."
And scooterboi behind me manages to lock up his front wheel and lob
his Vespa which slid neatly into the arse end of my GN250. Bang. I
stayed upright: he was sprawled all over the road.
Fair play to him: he was terribly apologetic and bunged me a twenty
for my shattered number plate. Dame to the front plastics of his
hairdryer looked considerably more expensive to rectify.
One down, half a million to go.
steve robinson
> After three months of the daily commute from SW London I'm still not
> sure whether the cyclists or the scooterbois present the most lethal
> threat.
>
> Yesterday it was contact with a twunt of a cyclist who'd decided to
> cycle the wrong way down Borough High Street, south of London
> Bridge. The road's seriously dug up, and down to one lane heading
> north only, and there ain't enough room to filter on either side of
> the vehicles, but this clown thought he'd try it anyway, the wrong
> way.
>
> However, this morning...
>
> ..."She's pulling out from the left. Hit the horn.... BEEP!... No,
> she's still pulling out, blind bitch on the school run, hit the horn
> again.. BEEEEEP! No, the homicidal cow isn't stopping, hit the
> anchors hard. Wow."
Dont women drive like that all the time anyway
>
> And scooterboi behind me manages to lock up his front wheel and lob
> his Vespa which slid neatly into the arse end of my GN250. Bang. I
> stayed upright: he was sprawled all over the road.
>
> Fair play to him: he was terribly apologetic and bunged me a twenty
> for my shattered number plate. Dame to the front plastics of his
> hairdryer looked considerably more expensive to rectify.
>
> One down, half a million to go.
And you made a score
TOG@Toil
wrote:
Well, a fiver, actually (just called to place an order for a new
number plate: £15). Plus the hassle of fitting it, and having to
present the blasted V5 as well, of course.
Simon Wilson
<snip>
> and having to
> present the blasted V5 as well, of course.
"showplates"
--
/Simon
'Hog
But did you get her?
--
Hog
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember "TOG@Toil"
<totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> saying something like:
>Fair play to him: he was terribly apologetic and bunged me a twenty
>for my shattered number plate. Dame to the front plastics of his
>hairdryer looked considerably more expensive to rectify.
There is nothing like a dame.
Timo at Work
wrote:
They're getting harder to find, though.
M J Carley
>Yesterday it was contact with a twunt of a cyclist who'd decided to
>cycle the wrong way down Borough High Street, south of London Bridge.
>The road's seriously dug up, and down to one lane heading north only,
>and there ain't enough room to filter on either side of the vehicles,
>but this clown thought he'd try it anyway, the wrong way.
Since I've taken up cycling to work, I've been surprised by how
well-behaved most car drivers are (some are too timid to pass when
they have plenty of room) and by just how crap the bad ones are. Also,
on the local toll bridge, there is a money collector who seems to have
it in for me and dishes out a comment if I pass outside a line of
parked cars to cross the bridge.
--
Si deve tornare alle basi: Marx ed i Clash.
Michael Carley: http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
'Hog
I tailgated a new Rangie yesterday. The number was severely munged to look
like M ISRAEL, which was done in small letters underneath and it had a black
double border.
I managed to catch it with the phone camera as we waited at a roundabout. I
had some free time yesterday afternoon so I sent a print with a complaint to
the Chief Cunstable. I hope they crush the vehicle and that MI is Des's
sister.
--
Hog
doetnietcomputeren
>>> and having to
>>> present the blasted V5 as well, of course.
>>
>> "showplates"
>
> They're getting harder to find, though.
What? You are having a laugh, right?
Google returns 10 different UK based companies on the first page when
you search for "show plates uk".
--
Dnc
ogden
I commute through central London pretty much every day and not once have
I had so much as a near miss.
Stop riding like a 20-year-old dispatcher.
--
ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
Speedgazebo MOTP #1
> On Mar 25, 11:20 am, Simon Wilson <siwil...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 25/03/2010 11:18, TOG@Toil wrote:
>
> > <snip>
>
> > > and having to
> > > present the blasted V5 as well, of course.
>
> > "showplates"
>
"show plates are therfore sold on the strict understanding that they
will not be afixed to a road-going vehicle and it is entirely your
responsibiility as the purchaser to use them only in a legal fashion."
Purveyor of iffy plates for my cars and bikes.
--
Speedgazebo
'Hog
Yes all right Benjamin Button
--
Hog
Wicked Uncle Nigel
<og...@pre.org> typed
>
>I commute through central London pretty much every day and not once have
>I had so much as a near miss.
That's really not true, is it?
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"
I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
TMack
The "M" could stand for "Mossad" - watch out for suspicious-looking tennis
players.
--
Tony
'04 Ducati ST3, '08 DL650GT,
97 TW200, '87 semi-rat LS650, OMF#24
ogden
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ogden
> <og...@pre.org> typed
> >
> >I commute through central London pretty much every day and not once have
> >I had so much as a near miss.
>
> That's really not true, is it?
In the context of my commute through central London?
Yes, it is.
--
ogden | gsxr1000 | rgv250
TOG@Toil
at you :-))
doetnietcomputeren
<w...@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> said:
>> I commute through central London pretty much every day and not once have
>> I had so much as a near miss.
>
> That's really not true, is it?
I hope not.
Surely he means "Near hit", unless he actually is hitting things on a
regulat basis.
--
Dnc
c...@nospam.netunix.com
> >
> > Stop riding like a 20-year-old dispatcher.
> >
> No chance. In any case, it's a bit hard to stop people throwing Vespas
> at you :-))
Yebbut if you had been riding with more enthusiasm the Vespa would not
have caught you up. <B-).
--
03 GS500K2
76 Honda 400/4 project
68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic)
06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
Sean Hamerton
> On 25 Mar, 11:57, Timo at Work <tim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 25, 11:20 am, Simon Wilson <siwil...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On 25/03/2010 11:18, TOG@Toil wrote:
>
> > > <snip>
>
> > > > and having to
> > > > present the blasted V5 as well, of course.
>
> > > "showplates"
>
> http://www.myshowplates.com/
>
> "show plates are therfore sold on the strict understanding that they
> will not be afixed to a road-going vehicle and it is entirely your
> responsibiility as the purchaser to use them only in a legal fashion."
I have a 'showplate' on my 750. But only because the one that came
with it was undersize (though not in a piss-taking fashion) and I
fancied a tagline, namely 'All the tools and no fucking idea'.
--
SeanH - '01 Fazer 600 in black | '97 GSX-R 750 SRAD.
The Older Gentleman
> TOG@Toil <totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > Stop riding like a 20-year-old dispatcher.
> > >
> > No chance. In any case, it's a bit hard to stop people throwing Vespas
> > at you :-))
>
> Yebbut if you had been riding with more enthusiasm the Vespa would not
> have caught you up. <B-).
Troo :-)
But then I'd have driven into Mrs Blind on her school run....
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Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
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