Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

Wishbone Ash

lgk wrote: »

Contracted out to private companies who in turn pay the hospitals....

Or in some cases, the hospital has to pay the car parking company an annual fee in addition to the monies the parking company takes in from charges.

Unknown Soldier

ThisRegard wrote: »

This is another thing I only realised recently, some people find the thoughts of milk with dinner as revolting. It has been the norm for me since a kid, to the point of being scolded for leaving little for breakfast the next day. And I'm a Dub.

We get our milk delivered by a milk man and when we initially gave our order he asked if we're sure that's how much we want.

Milk as dinner is even nicer. Boiled spuds, butter and just add milk.

I'm a culchie.

Yes, it is what you would give to young children. Lovely though.

Alek wrote: »

Aaah, Marty, you have really disappointed me this time

(this adds to today's morning little stand-off with a taxi driver beeping at me and pointing to a footpath shared cycle lane on the side. I turned my bike around and pointed at the camera mounted under the stem, then gave him the two-finger-I-will-be-watching-you sign. That did not stop him from following me at 30cm distance for the next 1km... I guess I need a backward facing camera now.)

I acquired one of those fly6 yokes recently and it is pretty damn good. Original version. I'll try and put a small clip up later.

Qualitymark

lgk wrote: »

That's what ambulances are for, I'd probably struggle to drive

You'll take an ambulance back for all your subsequent medical checks?

I meant on the enforcement side. You know how rules that make sense so long as everyone plays fair don't tent to work too well here. All anyone would have to do is put a note in their car saying visiting patient X. No one would be allowed to confirm if there even was a patient X in the hospital.

But that's not what I said, @lgk; I said the Quakers let you come in and get a paper from the hospital - which is, obviously, instantly recognisable as theirs and as official. You put that paper on your dash, and it shows that you're officially and rightly there.

manafana

Qualitymark wrote: »

You'll take an ambulance back for all your subsequent medical checks?



But that's not what I said, @lgk; I said the Quakers let you come in and get a paper from the hospital - which is, obviously, instantly recognisable as theirs and as official. You put that paper on your dash, and it shows that you're officially and rightly there.

Quakers like porridge don't they?

Qualitymark

manafana wrote: »

Quakers like porridge don't they?

They like porridge and they don't like climate change; large numbers will be marching on Sunday from the Custom House - will you?

CramCycle

I loved Quaker oats when I was young. Looked so healthy but had so much sugar in them, genius.

manafana

Qualitymark wrote: »

They like porridge and they don't like climate change; large numbers will be marching on Sunday from the Custom House - will you?

don't like climate change yet encourage free parking :rolleyes:

RobFowl

Jaysus, porridge again lads, have some muesli or something will ye...

Between this and the stupid thread title 😉

CramCycle

RobFowl wrote: »

Jaysus, porridge again lads, have some muesli or something will ye...

Between this and the stupid thread title 😉

The last thread title vote gives me images of yourself with labour party backing at the next election.

Full of good intentions but nobody voted for you.

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

Between this and the stupid thread title 😉

Don't worry Rob - you can look forward to 20 April 2017.

At the current rate that's when we will be due to start new thread (based on an average daily post-count of 16.74713)

Of course, there may be ways to accelerate any change. Perhaps we should open the thread up to temporary (or if enough is pledged a bit longer then "temporary";)) name changes - make your pledge here and whichever Cycling "regular" throws most into the pot gets the chance to make new suggestion to the current mod team

Problem solved eh Rob?

Qualitymark

Ah, Ireland; it's always all about money…

lgk

Qualitymark wrote: »

You'll take an ambulance back for all your subsequent medical checks?

In that case I'll take public transport, or happily pay a small sum for convenient parking. Just like if I was going to go shopping in town, I don't have some weird expectation that there should be free parking where and when I want it.

Qualitymark wrote: »

But that's not what I said, @lgk; I said the Quakers let you come in and get a paper from the hospital - which is, obviously, instantly recognisable as theirs and as official. You put that paper on your dash, and it shows that you're officially and rightly there.

Still open to the same abuse, but now with a significant extra unfunded cost for busy hospitals.

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

Don't worry Rob - you can look forward to 20 April 2017.

At the current rate that's when we will be due to start new thread (based on an average daily post-count of 16.74713)

Of course, there may be ways to accelerate any change. Perhaps we should open the thread up to temporary (or if enough is pledged a bit longer then "temporary";)) name changes - make your pledge here and whichever Cycling "regular" throws most into the pot gets the chance to make new suggestion to the current mod team

Problem solved eh Rob?

Thread titles here seem a bit like the IFA or IMO leaders salaries, decided in secret with no transparency

I'm out of work so a bit skint but will pledge 100 if it can be changed to LennyMc and RobFowl's Party bus...........

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

I'm out of work so a bit skint but will pledge 100 if it can be changed to LennyMc and RobFowl's Party bus...........

Counter-proposal:

€500 for

"LennyMc and RobFowl - Beasty's Boyz (Off topic discussion)"

... until Xmas

Harrybelafonte

Qualitymark wrote: »

Ah, Ireland; it's always all about money…

As opposed to which country?

CramCycle

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

As opposed to which country?

The capitalist paradise of Cuba :pac:

Idleater

CramCycle wrote: »

The capitalist paradise of Cuba :pac:

Pedant alert, the quote was socialist paradise.

manafana

Socialism is great till you run out of someone else s money

Lumen

manafana wrote: »

Socialism is great till you run out of someone else's money

Capitalism is great until you run of everyone else's natural resources.

Qualitymark

manafana wrote: »

Socialism is great till you run out of someone else s money

Point about socialism is that it isn't "someone else's money", it's a matter of pooling resources to take advantage of economies of scale. Works pretty well in those horrifying hells in Scandinavia.

manafana

Qualitymark wrote: »

Point about socialism is that it isn't "someone else's money", it's a matter of pooling resources to take advantage of economies of scale. Works pretty well in those horrifying hells in Scandinavia.

Scandinavia is far from socialism, its certainly balanced capitalism.

wanderer 22

Qualitymark wrote: »

Point about socialism is that it isn't "someone else's money", it's a matter of pooling resources to take advantage of economies of scale. Works pretty well in those horrifying hells in Scandinavia.

Which Scandinavian countries are Socialist?

Qualitymark

Most of them. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-socialism-highly-efficient-in-Nordic-Scandinavian-nations?share=1

wanderer 22

Qualitymark wrote: »

Most of them. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-socialism-highly-efficient-in-Nordic-Scandinavian-nations?share=1

Not exactly the most authoritative of sources . No disrespect to Joshua Engel

tigerboon

Oops, seem to have wandered into Politics.ie

wanderer 22

tigerboon wrote: »

Oops, seem to have wandered into Politics.ie

Sorry, I promised I wouldn't do it again, I'll stop now!

Wishbone Ash

Technical Advice Please:

I've 'rung' the head of the 5mm hex bolt securing the front brake assembly on one of my bikes. I was attempting to unscrew it but it seems to be seized. It's deeply recessed and the hole was full of road crud. It's also impossible to see it which doesn't help.

Are these bolts fairly generic? If I cut through the visible part to the front of the frame, will it be easy to source a replacement? (Bike is a Fuji Gran Fondo).

Or should I leave it for the LBS to sort out?

Thanks.

ford2600

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Technical Advice Please:

I've 'rung' the head of the 5mm hex bolt securing the front brake assembly on one of my bikes. I was attempting to unscrew it but it seems to be seized. It's deeply recessed and the hole was full of road crud. It's also impossible to see it which doesn't help.

Are these bolts fairly generic? If I cut through the visible part to the front of the frame, will it be easy to source a replacement? (Bike is a Fuji Gran Fondo).

Or should I leave it for the LBS to sort out?

Thanks.

The nut is recessed into back of fork, is it that or bolt through caliper you've rounded.

If you've damaged nut, remove front wheel clamp caliper fully closed by hand which will allow you access head of bolt in caliper.

Wishbone Ash

ford2600 wrote: »

The nut is recessed into back of fork, is it that or bolt through caliper you've rounded.

If you've damaged nut, remove front wheel clamp caliper fully closed by hand which will allow you access head of bolt in caliper.

Thanks ford. It's the nut recessed into the back of the fork. I'll have a look at it again in daylight tomorrow.

Unknown Soldier

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I acquired one of those fly6 yokes recently and it is pretty damn good. Original version. I'll try and put a small clip up later.

This video/encoding doesn't really do the fly6 camera justice, being quite dark out and I think the newer version has removed a lot of the "red glow" too from the camera being a light, if that makes sense.

Regardless even with this version I have had cars wait behind me to overtake and I could get reg's, but I deleted those recordings as I am using a new card.

If I manage to get out in the daylight soon I'll pop up a little sample.
the dzzzt dzzzt noise at the end are the gears...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqGwPol4yQ8