La Flamme Rouge **off topic discussion**

dahat

Eamonnator wrote: »

I'm on tenterhooks.

Same....:D

magicbastarder

Chips Lovell

tomasrojo

Mickiemcfist wrote: »

Unless the package has come from Pat Mustard, is this really that much of an issue? I'd love to get random free stuff delivered.

Probably not this, but there's a fascinating subworld of people delivering cheap tat to random people to game online-retailer rankings.

I can't find the podcast in the ten seconds I have to devote to this, but this is pretty much what they said:

There was actually a Reply All podcast about this recently. Reviews that are made by customers who have actually purchased the product are prioritized in the reviews section for a product. So paid reviewers in other countries purchase the product and send them to random addresses throughout the United States.

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazon/comments/8yy0km/receiving_unordered_items_from_amazon_prime/

Lumen

tomasrojo wrote: »

I can't find the podcast in the ten seconds I have to devote to this

I found your laziness inspiring so I finished the job.

Half way into this...

https://www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all/124

buffalo

Wasn't there a thread on the Fitzwilliam Square cycle track scheme?

https://irishcycle.com/2019/03/13/were-planning-for-cycling-for-all-ages-and-abilities-says-engineer-to-cllrs-focused-on-car-parking/

Not that I want to focus on the sensational, but Nazis Ted, NAZIS!

Cllr Chris Andrews said: “Cllr Lacey said that some cyclist behave like loonatics [sic], and, indeed, some cyclists behave like Nazis.

Who's been invading Poland? Come on, own up!

Weepsie

Maybe he is comparing the taking over of parking spaces to Lebensraum or something, because other than that I'm lost.

If anything, I'd have imagined they were very orderly cyclists, horrible people, but thoroughly marshalled, drilled and orderly cyclists.

cdaly_

Spotted a lovely sign at Alfie Byrne road this morning:

̈́"It would take 15 minutes to cycle from here to College Green"

Mind you, today of all days it would likely take longer...

Alek

Weepsie

They have one of those signs on the Swords/Drumcondra road in Whitehall. 16 minutes to GPO it claims.

Hurrache

Weepsie wrote: »

They have one of those signs on the Swords/Drumcondra road in Whitehall. 16 minutes to GPO it claims.

I'm surprised that some of our less intelligent councillors haven't come out to complain about them as they only encourage cyclists to cycle even faster to try beat the times. The new version of Strava hooligans.

buffalo

https://twitter.com/joscelinryan/status/1105741293857185792

RobertFoster

buffalo wrote: »

Who's been invading Poland? Come on, own up!

I always feel a bit of a fascist in traffic when indicating reich.

check_six

Alek wrote: »

Hmm, I'm still running with the theory that there is some time travel shenanigans going on here. I'm thinking that Doc Brown sent it in the past, Back to the Future style, or that CramCycle has sent himself something from the future.

If the latter is indeed the case, I'm guessing it's his original human brain in a jar after having transferred his conciousness to a robotic chassis years from now in some kind of post-apocalyptic scenario (probably 2021 or thereabouts).

CramCycle

Eamonnator wrote: »

I'm on tenterhooks.

Alek wrote: »

Bloody Daughter and DPD did not want to communicate, and she then decided that college was more important. Have it redirected to a drop off point, so tonight or tomorrow for answers

check_six

CramCycle wrote: »

Bloody Daughter and DPD did not want to communicate, and she then decided that college was more important. Have it redirected to a drop off point, so tonight or tomorrow for answers

*doubles stake on "future brain in a jar"*

*crosses fingers*

*ponders nature of near future apocalypse*

*crosses toes*

Torres09

CramCycle wrote: »

Bloody Daughter and DPD did not want to communicate, and she then decided that college was more important. Have it redirected to a drop off point, so tonight or tomorrow for answers

Such a disappointing post... I was opening alert with such excitement:D

marvin80

Does anyone know where the National Road Championships are due to take place this year?

Weepsie

marvin80 wrote: »

Does anyone know where the National Road Championships are due to take place this year?

27-30th of June according to Cycling Ireland calendar.

Chips Lovell

They'll be in Derry this year. Foyle CC are the promoting club.

LollipopJimmy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS00qaYeaXs

Maybe? Just maybe?

CramCycle wrote: »

Bloody Daughter and DPD did not want to communicate, and she then decided that college was more important. Have it redirected to a drop off point, so tonight or tomorrow for answers

RobFowl

Baron de Charlus wrote: »

They'll be in Derry this year. Foyle CC are the promoting club.

Will we need a Visa to enter?

Beasty

RobFowl wrote: »

Will we need a Visa to enter?

There putting out tenders for the wall. The Donald looks like a shoe in to build it given his talents in this area. May be one or two BMX's in the field given some of the barriers that should be in place by then

RobFowl

RobFowl wrote: »

Will we need a Visa to enter?

We got the green card from the car insurance in the post today.

Beasty

Deleted User wrote: »

We got the green card from the car insurance in the post today.

That only allows you to drive in NI. You need the red, white & blue one for the rest of the UK:pac:

LollipopJimmy

CramCycle wrote: »

Bloody Daughter and DPD did not want to communicate, and she then decided that college was more important. Have it redirected to a drop off point, so tonight or tomorrow for answers

Anybody else sitting in work waiting for an update on this?

CramCycle

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Anybody else sitting in work waiting for an update on this?

Got an email a few minutes ago, it is at the collection point, will be collecting on the way home.

LollipopJimmy

This is like the 'I found a safe' thread a few years ago

rubadub

magicbastarder

Cram, upon opening the box.