Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

Captain Havoc · 02-11-2012 1:03am

ROK ON wrote: »

Capt

Pure class.

I will be trying that place for lunch in the future hopefully.
More if this sort of thing.

He doesn't have a restaurant, they provide on-site catering.

Qualitymark · 02-11-2012 7:33am

Hurricane-recovering New Yorkers take to two wheels: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/with-transportation-snarled-in-brooklyn-bicycles-roam-free.html?hp

AstraMonti · 02-11-2012 9:22am

We need sun glasses like these: http://technabob.com/blog/2012/10/31/oakley-airwave-ski-goggles/

No more garmin/computers etc..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D2s8KtLvr0

RobertFoster · 02-11-2012 10:09am

AstraMonti wrote: »

We need sun glasses like these: http://technabob.com/blog/2012/10/31/oakley-airwave-ski-goggles/

No more garmin/computers etc..

I wonder what Google's Project Glass will be like. Probably very expensive to begin with, but maybe the HUD will work well for cyclists combining sun glasses, GPS, and helmet cam.

bad2dabone · 02-11-2012 10:11am

Bah I knocked over a girl today 
I was coming up by pearse st dart, wasn’t going that fast there was a mighty headwind into my face and some tool steps out to cross the road – I had the lights of course – but this guy started an avalanche of folks, I hit the brakes and shouted but a girl, maybe 20 or so, stepped out without looking, wearing a hood and headphones. I turned the bike and hit her with my forearm to lessen the impact but still she hit the deck – not too hard I don’t think. It reminded me of when Paulo di Canio pushed over the ref. I checked if she was ok which she says she was. I’ve mixed feelings about it, obviously she shouldn’t have stepped onto the road without looking and I think I did my best to avoid really creasing her, but I feel really awful as she was only a wee slip of a lass

buffalo · 02-11-2012 10:24am

bad2dabone wrote: »

Bah I knocked over a girl today 
I was coming up by pearse st dart, wasn’t going that fast there was a mighty headwind into my face and some tool steps out to cross the road – I had the lights of course – but this guy started an avalanche of folks, I hit the brakes and shouted but a girl, maybe 20 or so, stepped out without looking, wearing a hood and headphones. I turned the bike and hit her with my forearm to lessen the impact but still she hit the deck – not too hard I don’t think. It reminded me of when Paulo di Canio pushed over the ref. I checked if she was ok which she says she was. I’ve mixed feelings about it, obviously she shouldn’t have stepped onto the road without looking and I think I did my best to avoid really creasing her, but I feel really awful as she was only a wee slip of a lass

I've had the same thing happen, and the guilt has long since faded. Felt really bad at the time, but from the way you tell it a) it's almost entirely her fault for stepping onto the road without listening nor looking, and b) she might learn a lesson from this occasion, and not make the same mistake with a faster bike or a car in future.

Lumen · 02-11-2012 10:28am

bad2dabone wrote: »

Bah I knocked over a girl today...maybe 20 or so

That would make her a woman then.

</pedant>

Dermot Illogical · 02-11-2012 10:32am

Lumen wrote: »

That would make her a woman then.

</pedant>

You're missing an opening pedant tag there.

Junior · 02-11-2012 12:36pm

Gardai giving hi vis items including LED bike lights for cyclists on Dame St 12.30pm to 1.30pm today. Bring your bike! Limited supply

Lusk Doyle · 02-11-2012 1:17pm

bad2dabone wrote: »

Bah I knocked over a girl today 
I was coming up by pearse st dart, wasn’t going that fast there was a mighty headwind into my face and some tool steps out to cross the road – I had the lights of course – but this guy started an avalanche of folks, I hit the brakes and shouted but a girl, maybe 20 or so, stepped out without looking, wearing a hood and headphones. I turned the bike and hit her with my forearm to lessen the impact but still she hit the deck – not too hard I don’t think. It reminded me of when Paulo di Canio pushed over the ref. I checked if she was ok which she says she was. I’ve mixed feelings about it, obviously she shouldn’t have stepped onto the road without looking and I think I did my best to avoid really creasing her, but I feel really awful as she was only a wee slip of a lass

Another pedant alert:

There is no such place as that which you describe above. Pearse station is located on Westland Row. There is no Pearse street train station. This wrecks my head no end :mad:

Lumen · 02-11-2012 1:20pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

There is no such place as that which you describe above. Pearse station is located on Westland Row. There is no Pearse street train station. This wrecks my head no end :mad:

Thanks for making my pedantry look less trivial.

Lusk Doyle · 02-11-2012 2:09pm

Lumen wrote: »

Thanks for making my pedantry look less trivial.

You are welcome, my friend.

Qualitymark · 02-11-2012 2:25pm

Junior wrote: »

Gardai giving hi vis items including LED bike lights for cyclists on Dame St 12.30pm to 1.30pm today. Bring your bike! Limited supply

Thanks very much, am now lit up like Grafton Street and very very viz.

bad2dabone · 02-11-2012 2:35pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Another pedant alert:

There is no such place as that which you describe above. Pearse station is located on Westland Row. There is no Pearse street train station. This wrecks my head no end :mad:

fair enough

le petit braquet · 02-11-2012 3:50pm

Cavendish on Sky's broken TdF promise from the Torygraph

Wishbone Ash · 02-11-2012 4:55pm

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

Another pedant alert:

There is no such place as that which you describe above. Pearse station is located on Westland Row. There is no Pearse street train station. This wrecks my head no end :mad:

A large Belfast dental practice regularly advertises in the press down here and advises potential customers that they are only 2 hours from "Connolly Street Station". :rolleyes:

Lusk Doyle · 02-11-2012 5:20pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

A large Belfast dental practice regularly advertises in the press down here and advises potential customers that they are only 2 hours from "Connolly Street Station". :rolleyes:

The idiot. I hope they are better at teeth than they're at place names!

le petit braquet · 03-11-2012 2:55am

Interesting interview with Wiggins in the Guardian. In his book (ghosted by William Fotheringham) which is published next week, he is apparently critical of Froome's knowledge of the sport and his tactical naivety.

Qualitymark · 03-11-2012 3:04am

Lusk Doyle wrote: »

The idiot. I hope they are better at teeth than they're at place names!

Ahem, glasshouses, stones? I travelled along a motorway yesterday with several signs for 'PALMERSTON'.

Darkglasses · 03-11-2012 3:08am

I think it was the nicest night for cycling ever around Wexford town tonight. Bitterly cold, but so bright and starry, and the freezing fog only made more atmospheric. Sat on the bike outside my house for while to enjoy it

Wishbone Ash · 03-11-2012 11:46am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Ahem, glasshouses, stones? I travelled along a motorway yesterday with several signs for 'PALMERSTON'.

The NRA use the OSI guidelines (see below):

The definitive legal placenames of the country are contained in the maps of Ordinance Survey Ireland which date back to the time of the original mapping and valuation of the country. These are deemed to be the legal placenames of the country.

The old name for Palmerstown was Palmerston and the two main townlands in the area are still known as "Palmerston Upper" and "Palmerston Lower".

Qualitymark · 03-11-2012 12:02pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

The NRA use the OSI guidelines (see below):

The old name for Palmerstown was Palmerston and the two main townlands in the area are still known as "Palmerston Upper" and "Palmerston Lower".

I lie corrected. But the point I'm making still stands: placenames in Ireland are routinely misspelled on road signs.

By the way, if you happen to have the map handy (the OSI map won't work on my laptop, it has a conniption), could you look up Kinvara on the border of Clare and Galway? That was always spelled with one 'r', and now half the signs have one and half two.

Wishbone Ash · 03-11-2012 12:23pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

By the way, if you happen to have the map handy (the OSI map won't work on my laptop, it has a conniption), could you look up Kinvara on the border of Clare and Galway? That was always spelled with one 'r', and now half the signs have one and half two.

It's spelt "Kinvarra" on all OSI maps - new and historic. The alternative spelling may have been put up by Galway CC as the NRA are only responsible for "N" and "M" roads.

Qualitymark · 03-11-2012 12:33pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It's spelt "Kinvarra" on all OSI maps - new and historic. The alternative spelling may have been put up by Galway CC as the NRA are only responsible for "N" and "M" roads.

Thanks - that's very interesting!

furiousox · 03-11-2012 3:44pm

Indeed, almost as interesting as the Irish grammar debate we endured recently.

Captain Havoc · 03-11-2012 4:32pm

Lehinch/ Lahinch is another one that pops to mind.

Lusk Doyle · 03-11-2012 5:21pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Ahem, glasshouses, stones? I travelled along a motorway yesterday with several signs for 'PALMERSTON'.

Well I didn't put them up so the glass house and stone doesn't apply to me pal!

Morrisseeee · 05-11-2012 2:34pm

Highlights of 2012

/also known as the Pharmstrong year :eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaWTEIm7d3E

couerdelion · 05-11-2012 5:41pm

Saw this in a magazine at lunch time....

Not the drugs then?

Interestingly the magazine was called something like "How science works!"

Beasty · 05-11-2012 5:44pm

E-mail just received:

We are delighted to inform you that you have been successful in the ballot and are eligible to purchase two tickets for the UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 25 May 2013.

:D:D

Dr Ferrari's Camper Van (off-topic discussion)

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