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

Chuchote · 02-09-2017 04:26PM

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

You are always stopping randomly when out rambling on the bike. Why not bring the spade with you the next time and do some public service!

Who says I stop? I cycle along that path, but I do look at it :cool:

Ten egrets on the Dodder today!

Lusk_Doyle · 02-09-2017 05:01PM

Chuchote wrote: »

Who says I stop

From one of your previous posts:

"we took a leisurely loop through Ringsend Park, across Tom Clarke, along the Liffey, stopped for a sit and to watch someone throwing a ball into the Grand Canal Dock for his dog"

So, I put it to you, that you do indeed, stop!

Chuchote · 02-09-2017 08:25PM

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

From one of your previous posts:

"we took a leisurely loop through Ringsend Park, across Tom Clarke, along the Liffey, stopped for a sit and to watch someone throwing a ball into the Grand Canal Dock for his dog"

So, I put it to you, that you do indeed, stop!

Guilty as charged, sir! Indeed I stopped today to watch the swans and egrets.

Ryath · 02-09-2017 10:11PM

Chuchote wrote: »

Guilty as charged, sir! Indeed I stopped today to watch the swans and egrets.

I feed the pigeons, I sometimes feed the sparrows too.
It gives me a sense of enormous wellbeing
And then I'm happy for the rest of the day,
safe in the knowledge there will always be a bit of my heart devoted to it.

magicbastarder · 02-09-2017 10:18PM

Chuchote wrote: »

Guilty as charged, sir! Indeed I stopped today to watch the swans and egrets.

on several occasions, i have wondered if cyclists could provide useful feedback on animal population levels based on reporting what they see, which unfortunately would involve a lot of roadkill. there's been quite a lot recently.

RobFowl · 03-09-2017 10:44AM

Chuchote wrote: »

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

From one of your previous posts:

"we took a leisurely loop through Ringsend Park, across Tom Clarke, along the Liffey, stopped for a sit and to watch someone throwing a ball into the Grand Canal Dock for his dog"

So, I put it to you, that you do indeed, stop!

Guilty as charged, sir! Indeed I stopped today to watch the swans and egrets.

I'm with Ferris Bueller on this one

OleRodrigo · 03-09-2017 01:25PM

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NamelessPhil · 03-09-2017 05:07PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

on several occasions, i have wondered if cyclists could provide useful feedback on animal population levels based on reporting what they see, which unfortunately would involve a lot of roadkill. there's been quite a lot recently.

You can report sightings on Biodiversity Ireland's website. I've done it before for red squirrels and other creatures.

http://www.biodiversityireland.ie

magicbastarder · 03-09-2017 05:38PM

bugger, never thought of that. mainly hedgehogs and rabbits of late - though i did find a dead sparrowhawk outside the house a few months ago.

Tenzor07 · 03-09-2017 07:49PM

No cars and only cyclists and pedestrians?

http://thecityfix.com/blog/photos-bolivia-day-pedestrian-cyclist-ciclovias-mi-teleferico-la-paz-el-alto-gwen-kash/

manafana · 03-09-2017 08:47PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

No cars and only cyclists and pedestrians?

http://thecityfix.com/blog/photos-bolivia-day-pedestrian-cyclist-ciclovias-mi-teleferico-la-paz-el-alto-gwen-kash/

their is a want and push for this in Dublin, but the car park lobby and likes of BT keep opposing it

CramCycle · 04-09-2017 12:00AM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

No cars and only cyclists and pedestrians?

http://thecityfix.com/blog/photos-bolivia-day-pedestrian-cyclist-ciclovias-mi-teleferico-la-paz-el-alto-gwen-kash/

The cynic in me believes the first photo is photoshopped.

manafana wrote: »

their is a want and push for this in Dublin, but the car park lobby and likes of BT keep opposing it

Which is funny because the car park lobby as a whole is probably quite small, so unless there are nice brown envelopes flying around. Despite being lower down on the finance spectrum than a typical BT shopper, I know alot of people who shop in there. None of whom I can think of who would drive in typically. I imagine most BT shoppers are LUAS users now and the rest who are not near the LUAS lines typically bus it (no proof whatsoever).

magicbastarder · 04-09-2017 12:16AM

CramCycle wrote: »

Which is funny because the car park lobby as a whole is probably quite small

what lobby is bigger than them though? or can do the hand wavey 'THIS MANY JOBS' claims?

CramCycle · 04-09-2017 12:24AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

what lobby is bigger than them though? or can do the hand wavey 'THIS MANY JOBS' claims?

I'd say almost any lobby group would have a superior claim in that regard compared to them. A few security guards, repair people for the ticket machines and other machines and the people who run it.

Interestingly, selling that property (or just changing their mind with what they wanted to do with it) and having them convert it into residential property would be far more beneficial to the economy, create more jobs, support more local businesses and so on.

Hell, considering the rental, I cannot imagine that despite the investment, they would not make more over time through rental over car parking.

magicbastarder · 04-09-2017 12:38AM

CramCycle wrote: »

I'd say almost any lobby group would have a superior claim in that regard compared to them.

it's not about the validity of their claim, it's about who they can afford and who is best at arguing their point of view, unfortunately.

Alek · 04-09-2017 09:10AM

Fair play to the girl who continued her commute today not only on a flat tyre, but on a tyre that has unseated from the rim on both sides and was rolling OVER her canti brakes, flapping happily.

She refused any help or a spare tube, thats the proper cyclocross spirit!!!

manafana · 04-09-2017 09:47AM

magicbastarder wrote: »

CramCycle wrote: »

I'd say almost any lobby group would have a superior claim in that regard compared to them.

it's not about the validity of their claim, it's about who they can afford and who is best at arguing their point of view, unfortunately.

The car park lobby group is akin to the NRA in USA, they make alot of noise for their size and budget. BT itself seemed think its biggest clients drove in, then also they are attached to a car park itself, one on a street that shouldnt even have cars

ThisRegard · 04-09-2017 10:03AM

Alek wrote: »

Fair play to the girl who continued her commute today not only on a flat tyre, but on a tyre that has unseated from the rim on both sides and was rolling OVER her canti brakes, flapping happily.

She refused any help or a spare tube, thats the proper cyclocross spirit!!!

Reminds me of a nice bike I was admiring parked up outside a store I was in yesterday, then I noticed the front tyres had banding around the sides. The brakes were set up so that they were clamping onto the tyre and not the rim.

Alek · 04-09-2017 10:14AM

I would leave a note suggesting that riding this bike as it is may cause the rider to suddenly embrace the tarmac, or eternity, soon.

tomasrojo · 04-09-2017 12:15PM

We haven't heard much of Finian McGrath's opinions on cyclists round these parts in a while. I wonder what he's up to.

CramCycle · 04-09-2017 12:30PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

We haven't heard much of Finian McGrath's opinions on cyclists round these parts in a while. I wonder what he's up to.

He doesn't know what he is upto himself, between being strongly opposed to things, but also agreeing with the opposite position when someone tells him that he is being a bit of a wally, but then turning around and saying, while he supports it, he hasn't changed completely from his first position. My concerns for either the electorate or more likely the lack of reasonable alternatives in that area leads me to understand why we have issues in this country.

Diarmuid · 04-09-2017 12:31PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

We haven't heard much of Finian McGrath's opinions on cyclists round these parts in a while. I wonder what he's up to.

Bringing his weight of experience and knowledge to the HPV vaccine "debate".

Chuchote · 04-09-2017 12:35PM

Call for "citizen database" on wildlife (damn, my environmentally conscious African neighbours presumably won't be able to send in notes)

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/calling-citizen-scientists-to-save-nature-with-a-database-1.3193204#.Wa04NpERiNE.twitter

tomasrojo · 04-09-2017 12:35PM

Ah yeah, I was just trying to be funny. It's instructive to see that someone who is a gut populist in one area will probably be a gut populist in another.

LollipopJimmy · 04-09-2017 04:38PM

Anybody done Lahinch to Galway on the Wild Atlantic Way? I would love to have a look at it on Strava

Eamonnator · 04-09-2017 05:41PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

Ah yeah, I was just trying to be funny. It's instructive to see that someone who is a gut populist in one area will probably be a gut populist in another.

Finian has never seen a bandwagon,that he didn't feel compelled to jump on!

tomasrojo · 04-09-2017 05:49PM

He'll be looking for Leo Varadkar's birth certificate next.

magicbastarder · 04-09-2017 05:55PM

Chuchote wrote: »

Call for "citizen database" on wildlife (damn, my environmentally conscious African neighbours presumably won't be able to send in notes)

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/calling-citizen-scientists-to-save-nature-with-a-database-1.3193204#.Wa04NpERiNE.twitter

i tweeted at liam lysaght that if he wanted to cycle over dunes, a fat bike would be advisable. unfortunately, he had to take me seriously.

RobertFoster · 04-09-2017 06:00PM

tomasrojo wrote: »

He'll be looking for Leo Varadkar's birth certificate next.

Make Clontarf great again by (not) building a wall.

tomasrojo · 04-09-2017 06:05PM

God, I'd forgotten about his intervention in the sea wall business.

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