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The wimp list ...

Beasty · 2012-09-24 18:38:49

So who cycled into work today? and will you be doing it again tomorrow... ... or do you want your name adding to the wimp list? Couldn't believe the amount of standing water on the roads of Fingal this evening. I was heading into Rush and then came across cars held up in both directions as they tried to find the shallowest…

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#1202 09-11-2018 10:34PM

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Somedays, you just get wet.

Deep.

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#1203 09-11-2018 11:15PM

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Fighting Tao wrote: »

So the wimp list is filling up with us who didn’t wimp out. Where have all the wimps gone?

I thought they might be posting over in the non-wimp thread but no.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87039483

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#1204 09-11-2018 11:38PM

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Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I thought they might be posting over in the non-wimp thread but no.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87039483

Maybe the snow and storms after the last year have toughened people up and they think that cycling through rivers while pouring rain is wimpish in comparison.

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#1205 10-11-2018 01:25AM

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There were proper streams flowing through Santry tonight.

Wow.

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#1206 10-11-2018 09:19AM

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I wimped out based on the forecast, and being under time pressure yesterday evening. It was mainly the galeforce headwind rather than the rain though. And wife pressure who worries anyway.

Got soaked going to the car and then I was most likely no quicker, as it has double the usual journey. But apparently to my colleagues I was "lucky" not to be on the bike...

So sat soaked going nowhere v getting soaked and moving. I'll be doing the latter next time...

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#1207 12-11-2018 10:56AM

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My gloves were still soaked this morning. Forgot to leave them on a windowsill.

On friday I was not at my normal office. So I wore slacks and brought a shirt in teh bag, rather than my usual tights and shorts. Also wore shoes rather than my usual runners - I keep shoes & suits to change into in my office but was not going to my office. Anyway it meant i cycled home in trousers and shoes rather than the usual gear. I left around 4pm. It was insane. So many flooded roads. I was soaked though, my underwear were dripping when i took off my torusers at home.

Was kind of funny though. At least it wasn't cold.

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#1208 19-11-2018 10:52PM

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Looks like everyone on the Dublin commute is in for a nice wash again tomorrow.

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#1209 20-11-2018 01:14PM

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Drove in. An hour and a half to travel 20k. I would say half of that was sitting in local traffic caused by school runs. What a waste.

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#1210 20-11-2018 01:28PM

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Shoes wet through this morning and my feet so cold I struggled to put on dry socks without putting myself in pain.

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#1211 20-11-2018 01:35PM

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Weepsie wrote: »

There was no rain north of the liffey it seemed between 7.30 and 9.

I got absolutely destroyed in the first 500m and then dry the following 12km. Had I waited maybe 2 minutes I’d have been fine

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#1212 20-11-2018 01:57PM

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Even the hipsters were jealous of my puke green golf waterproof trousers this morning

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#1213 20-11-2018 10:23PM

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god help anyone out on the bike in dublin in the last 45 minutes or so.

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#1214 20-11-2018 10:58PM

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Santry to Swords at 8:20 tonight was no fun at all!!!

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#1215 21-11-2018 10:27AM

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i've wimped out all week, but mainly due to a bad head cold that's migrated to my chest.

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#1216 21-11-2018 10:57AM

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Im sure all the other motorists stuck in traffic were glad i finally took my fully taxed and insured car into work this morning and added to the long queue of cars on the N32.

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#1217 21-11-2018 01:12PM

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Currently snowing Wicklow Gap.

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#1218 21-11-2018 01:34PM

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Wimped out this morning 0 it was a little wet when the alarm went off.

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#1219 21-11-2018 02:05PM

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Currently snowing Wicklow Gap.

Yaay

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#1220 26-11-2018 12:40PM

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Forecast for tomorrow is poor.

https://www.thejournal.ie/weather-25-4359905-Nov2018/

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#1221 26-11-2018 01:08PM

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magicbastarder wrote: »

Forecast for tomorrow is poor.

https://www.thejournal.ie/weather-25-4359905-Nov2018/

Met have it raining between 9AM and 2PM for Dublin , if reliable wouldn't be a problem in terms of commuting

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#1222 26-11-2018 01:15PM

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yep, was looking at that myself, i would usually leave the house before 7 and work after 4, so hopefully will just be watching the rain through the office windows.

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#1223 26-11-2018 01:39PM

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Given the winds being spoken of in the winter weather thread in considering working from home tomorrow. Is that stilk wimping out?

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#1224 26-11-2018 04:40PM

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Still undecided on tomorrow - it's more earache I'm bothered about that the wind or rain!

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#1225 26-11-2018 04:49PM

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Wind and rain soothes red ears.

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#1226 26-11-2018 05:22PM

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I'm down in Dingle at the weekend. I'm thinking of doing the Slea Head cycle. Just looking at the weather though and think i may wimp out in advance. :eek:

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#1227 26-11-2018 08:18PM

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VW 1 wrote: »

Given the winds being spoken of in the winter weather thread in considering working from home tomorrow. Is that stilk wimping out?

yeah, the forecast regarding the rain seems to be easing off, but the wind looks interesting...

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#1228 26-11-2018 10:43PM

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actually, the forecast in general is easing off. there were winds of 48km/h predicted for midday, now predicting between 30 and 35.

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#1229 27-11-2018 07:54AM

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The wind at the moment would definitely put the fear of god into you. Will be leaving in about half hour, weather app saying it will have eased off

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#1230 27-11-2018 08:01AM

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Got blown in from Shankill - back was soaked but dry in front!! Not looking forward to cycling home!

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#1231 27-11-2018 08:41AM

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Bike abandoned...means I'll also be late for work as school drop first, ah well.

EDIT: weather cleared almost in biblical style at 8.25 so took the bike, yay! Bloody hate driving these days.

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