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awec · 17-11-2017 02:37PM

As they say in Japan: 猿も木から落ちる。.

Stheno · 17-11-2017 02:39PM

Hoping to change my car this weekend

mfceiling · 17-11-2017 02:43PM

awec wrote: »

For internet nothing will beat Virgin. Eir is probably the best of the rest, but it will still suffer contention issues at times and drops in speed.

Virgin's only problem is their TV is absolutely rubbish.

Yeah we've the horizon box and tbh it's shìte. Set it to series record Peaky blinders on Wed night but it decided not to bother. I seriously was going to smash it to bits with a hammer but herself's name is on the bill so that's a non runner.

Have to change to anything...What's Sky broadband like...only used for Netflix and the young ones watching youtube on the laptop/phones...never downloading or streaming anything.

Stheno · 17-11-2017 02:45PM

awec wrote: »

For internet nothing will beat Virgin. Eir is probably the best of the rest, but it will still suffer contention issues at times and drops in speed.

Virgin's only problem is their TV is absolutely rubbish.

We've die for broadband never had any issues

awec · 17-11-2017 02:45PM

Stheno wrote: »

Hoping to change my car this weekend

Changed mine last week too.

RasTa · 17-11-2017 02:51PM

When Ryle Nuggent goes shopping in Aldi

https://twitter.com/winstonia82/status/931516491400392704

17-11-2017 02:59PM

Buer wrote: »

Yes but high-vis clothing even more so. Already this month I've had to slam on the breaks more than one occasion at junctions due to cyclists wearing black coming through the junction at speed on dark, wet mornings and wearing all dark clothes. Not a chance of seeing them until they're about 15m away.

I cycle to-and-from work about 3 or 4 times a week, it's about 20km each way, I negotiate the whoooooolllllleeee way through the city centre and out the other side so I have some experience of this... high-vis clothing is obviously better than dark clothing but what needs to be mandatory for cycling particularly in the dark is front and rear lights. They are much much much much much much much more effective than bright clothes.

Buer · 17-11-2017 03:11PM

Emilee Bitter Ginseng wrote: »

I cycle to-and-from work about 3 or 4 times a week, it's about 20km each way, I negotiate the whoooooolllllleeee way through the city centre and out the other side so I have some experience of this... high-vis clothing is obviously better than dark clothing but what needs to be mandatory for cycling particularly in the dark is front and rear lights. They are much much much much much much much more effective than bright clothes.

The lights are actually the only thing that is mandatory by law. Yellow or white to the front and red to the rear. A large amount of cyclists don't use these though particularly people whose commute is in daylight for the majority of the year.

17-11-2017 03:13PM

Buer wrote: »

The lights are actually the only thing that is mandatory by law. Yellow or white to the front and red to the rear. A large amount of cyclists don't use these though particularly people whose commute is in daylight for the majority of the year.

Wasn't aware of that. I'd imagine it would be fairly hard to enforce too. People are idiots.

Though I have to say on my commute it's rare enough I'd see a cyclist without some sort of lights or high-vis or both.

Zzippy · 17-11-2017 03:14PM

Don Kiddick wrote: »

Saved my life once, landed on my head and then body...3 broken ribs and no head injury....would have been fcked without the helmet

No head injury? Strange... are you sure you weren't dropped as a child, then?

molloyjh · 17-11-2017 03:22PM

awec wrote: »

For internet nothing will beat Virgin. Eir is probably the best of the rest, but it will still suffer contention issues at times and drops in speed.

Virgin's only problem is their TV is absolutely rubbish.

Yeah, Virgin wasn't an option for us and with the sports channels deal that we get with Eir it was a pretty easy decision really. And so far so good. We've had it about 6 months and have had zero issues so far.

Podge_irl · 17-11-2017 03:46PM

Buer wrote: »

Well, in one of my personal examples, I'm waiting to enter a busy roundabout at 7am on a rainy morning, traffic clears to the right so I accelerate and then, out of the darkness, there's a cyclist on the roundabout coming at speed who I cannot see until the last moment. He has the right of way. He isn't wearing any high vis clothing as it's not required by law, he has no helmet as it's not required by law. He's wearing all black which is fine, legally.

He goes over my bonnet and smashes his head. I'm gonna say I'm in the wrong here but it's bloody hard to spot a cyclist in those circumstances.

Well he's legally obliged to have lights and if he has lights you shouldn't require him to be wearing high vis to see him. A helmet wouldn't exactly have made him easier to see either so I don't understand the relevance.

I nearly always wear a helmet. I rarely wear anything high vis. I never cycle without lights. As far as I'm concerned the single greatest danger to cyclists is to have fewer of them on the roads - their presence needs to be normalised and anything that reduces the number of cyclists for questionable benefit should be avoided.

I have zero sympathy for anyone complaining about cyclists cycling 2 abreast. If you can safely overtake one cyclist you can safely overtake 2. Cycling three abreast is illegal.

There are a shocking number of terrible, terrible cyclists out there but they're still far less likely to kill anyone than a driver.

Don Kiddick · 17-11-2017 03:48PM

Zzippy wrote: »

No head injury? Strange... are you sure you weren't dropped as a child, then?

I have had 2 head injuries as an adult...and yes.. there have been issues

17-11-2017 04:04PM

Stheno wrote: »

Hoping to change my car this weekend

What are you going to get?

Buer · 17-11-2017 04:08PM

Podge_irl wrote: »

Well he's legally obliged to have lights and if he has lights you shouldn't require him to be wearing high vis to see him. A helmet wouldn't exactly have made him easier to see either so I don't understand the relevance. .

He didn't have lights but I was playing devil's advocate (helmet was just in terms of him copping an injury and I'd be in trouble for it). Even if he did have lights, some bike lights are not great in those conditions. Better than nothing but cyclists really need to take more precautions to protect themselves. I now always make sure I roll down my car window at a junction like that as it's tricky to pick out a bike light coming around a rounadabout in the dark silhouetted by the backdrop of cars and buses entering and exiting the rounadabout particularly when raindrops tend to distort any lights.

This is at the Artane roundabout, just for reference as I know you're probably familiar with the junction. Not the worst roundabout but with cycle lanes going around it (not always used) and pedestrian lights now on all 4 exits people get quite tightly wound looking for a gap.

On a side note, that roundabout inspired my 2 year old daugher's first swear word when her father cursed at someone and a delighted gurgle came from the back seat....."F*uuucccccccckkkkk!". That went well when repeated that evening.

mfceiling · 17-11-2017 06:41PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What are you going to get?

Mazda mx5? Audi tt? Merc slk convertible?

Can't think of any other hairdressers cars.

Stheno · 17-11-2017 06:54PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Merc slk convertible?

Correct :pac:

I've been driving a sensible car the past few years imo but my insurance on the hairdresser car is 25% cheaper

awec · 17-11-2017 06:56PM

Ah the oul passion wagon.

Bazzo · 17-11-2017 07:19PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Mazda mx5? Audi tt? Merc slk convertible?

Can't think of any other hairdressers cars.

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Don Kiddick · 17-11-2017 10:44PM

Sooo, Chris Coleman leaves Wales to go to Sunderland....will Martin & Roy now leave and go to Exeter

mfceiling · 17-11-2017 11:01PM

awec wrote: »

Ah the oul passion wagon.

What did awec go for?

Mini? Fiat 500? Beetle?

sullivlo · 17-11-2017 11:06PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Just how much protection do you think they give? A thin layer of polystyrene in anything above a 10km/hr collision is not going to Dave you.

In June I was in an accident on my bike. Impact happened at ~28km/hr, I dented the car with my helmet. I was concussed, but alive.

irishbucsfan · 17-11-2017 11:07PM

mfceiling wrote: »

What did awec go for?

Mini? Fiat 500? Beetle?

As of last night he only drives Japanese cars

mfceiling · 17-11-2017 11:10PM

irishbucsfan wrote: »

As of last night he only drives Japanese cars

Suzuki swift?

Don Kiddick · 17-11-2017 11:15PM

Ah ffs, now Al Porter's name is getting mentioned and Today FM have released a statement tonight.. that says nothing really

Stheno · 17-11-2017 11:20PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Suzuki swift?

Toyota avensis estate I reckon

awec · 17-11-2017 11:23PM

mfceiling wrote: »

What did awec go for?

Mini? Fiat 500? Beetle?

Kia C'eed.

Stheno · 17-11-2017 11:26PM

awec wrote: »

Kia C'eed.

Are they not Korean?

Edit they are ibf wrong again

awec · 17-11-2017 11:28PM

Asia Number One!

Stheno · 17-11-2017 11:34PM

awec wrote: »

Asia Number One!

Last car was a Honda accord was super reliable tbh

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