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

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    #1232
    traprunner
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    It'll be in the last place you look!


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    #1233
    CramCycle
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    No - first place I checked.

    I'm hoping it's at home somewhere. When my fingers are cold, it gets very loose. (I keep meaning to get it resized as I'm 35kgs lighter now than when I got married 16 years ago).

    I have found giving up on looking for something and you will find it, probably a fortnight to a month later.

    Your other option is to tell the truth, in your efforts to keep your partner interested in you, you lost 16kg and you should not be punished for loving them so much.


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    #1234
    traprunner
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    I have found giving up on looking for something and you will find it, probably a fortnight to a month later.

    Your other option is to tell the truth, in your efforts to keep your partner interested in you, you lost 16kg and you should not be punished for loving them so much.

    WA lost 16 years and 35kg :D


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    #1235
    CramCycle
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    traprunner wrote: »
    WA lost 16 years and 35kg :D

    Well the 16 years must be worth at least one ring, and 35kg is over twice the amount of love I thought was being given so there can be no complaints either way.


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    #1236
    tomasrojo
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    Jep Gambardella wrote: »
    Just last week I had a conversation with a GP during which I mentioned I cycled to work most days. When I described my route, the doctor said it was very dangerous since there were long stretches with "no cycle lane" and pretty much chastised me for engaging in what she thought was such risky behaviour. That's what you're up against.

    Even if it were true that your commute was dangerous, she probably would be taken aback if you were to take her to task for driving to her place of work, putting pedestrians and cyclists at risk (even if driving carefully) and polluting the air.

    These are also health issues, but somehow don't matter as much as lecturing people who like to walk and cycle about how remiss they are.


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    #1237
    tomasrojo
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    They were, good idea in that you commuted in the long distance by car and you could use the likes of LUAS or DB to get in the rest of the way.

    Charging also results in neighbouring estates filling up with cars whose owners don't want to pay. This also results in residents of these estates lobbying against pedestrian access from their estates to the public transport hub, resulting in under-use of public transport.


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    #1238
    Wishbone Ash
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    No - first place I checked.

    I'm hoping it's at home somewhere. When my fingers are cold, it gets very loose. (I keep meaning to get it resized as I'm 35kgs lighter now than when I got married 16 years ago).
    Just found it! :D:D:D

    I ran out of Nicorette and went searching around the crevices of my back-pack for a piece. It must have slipped off when I was getting my gear out when I arrived at work this morning.


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    #1239
    traprunner
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Just found it! :D:D:D

    I ran out of Nicorette and went searching around the crevices of my back-pack for a piece. It must have slipped off when I was getting my gear out when I arrived at work this morning.

    Phew! Awkward conversation/argument averted!


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    #1240
    Qualitymark
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    Jeweller tomorrow for the snippers!


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    #1241
    Wishbone Ash
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    traprunner wrote: »
    Phew! Awkward conversation/argument averted!
    Nah - I lost it before for a few months and Mrs WA wasn't bothered.

    (She not in a position to be anyway as she doesn't wear her own wedding ring!)


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    #1242
    RobFowl
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    Rogue-Trooper wrote: »
    So what was the gig like?

    *Resisting temptation to ask how did it feel.........

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDP3t6fFj2s


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    #1243
    Unknown Soldier
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    Having watched the first episode, I'm going to leave the following here. Good to see they can still do the humour so well.

    Worth a gander if you enjoyed the films.

    All hail to the King, baby!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnLg1TPCYM


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    #1244
    RobFowl
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    Jep Gambardella wrote: »
    We're never going to succeed in significantly boosting the numbers cycling unless we stop scaremongering. It's hardly surprising that more people don't cycle if all they hear from state bodies is about how dangerous it allegedly is.

    Just last week I had a conversation with a GP during which I mentioned I cycled to work most days. When I described my route, the doctor said it was very dangerous since there were long stretches with "no cycle lane" and pretty much chastised me for engaging in what she thought was such risky behaviour. That's what you're up against.

    In my experience, most people don't need much convincing that cycling is often the quickest way in. They simply won't consider it because they're convinced they're taking their life in their own hands.

    I find that both disappointing and at the same time I feel quite angry that the perception of cycling is at that level...


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    #1245
    furiousox
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    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    Having watched the first episode, I'm going to leave the following here. Good to see they can still do the humour so well.

    Worth a gander if you enjoyed the films.

    All hail to the King, baby!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnLg1TPCYM

    Looks great!
    Who's laughing now??

    CPL 593H



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    #1246
    Beasty
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    I find that both disappointing and at the same time I feel quite angry that the perception of cycling is at that level...
    My GP advised me it may be in my best interests to give up racing. Can't understand why she thinks cycling may be dangerous ....


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    #1247
    RobFowl
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    Beasty wrote: »
    My GP advised me it may be in my best interests to give up racing. Can't understand why she thinks cycling may be dangerous ....

    Cycling is good for you, competitive racing possibly not ;)


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    #1248
    Beasty
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    competitive racing possibly not ;)
    But what could possibly go wrong?

    Suspect my GP simply lacks experience of dealing with "competitive" cyclists. I'm trying my best to educate her and I'm hopeful she understands things a bit better now......


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    #1249
    buffalo
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    Even if it were true that your commute was dangerous, she probably would be taken aback if you were to take her to task for driving to her place of work, putting pedestrians and cyclists at risk (even if driving carefully) and polluting the air.

    These are also health issues, but somehow don't matter as much as lecturing people who like to walk and cycle about how remiss they are.

    To echo Jep some more...
    Cycling is not dangerous. It is simply not. What is dangerous is having cars and trucks and buses whooshing around in our city streets and on our small rural roads. These fast-moving and very heavy steel boxes hit pedestrians, cyclists and each other all the time and cause death and injury almost every day. It’s the cars and trucks and buses that are dangerous. And being on foot or on a bike is only made dangerous by having them around.

    http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/time-to-listen-to-cyclists-1.2435236


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    #1250
    traprunner
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    I got onto Kryptonote about buying 2 locks on the same day that have the same key. It was totally unintentional on my part. They asked for photos and I sent them. They got back immediately to tell me that it shouldn't have happened and they were dispatching 2 new locks to me. I checked the tracking number and they should be on a flight soon.


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    #1251
    Qualitymark
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    (Park-and-ride) were (free), good idea in that you commuted in the long distance by car and you could use the likes of LUAS or DB to get in the rest of the way. You could even have a bike in your boot (I done this with my SAAB quite a bit. Then for some reason they started charging in some. Not sure if they all are charging though.

    As far as I know, they all charge now. And hospital car parks, of all places, make, quite literally, millions of euro from charging for car parking for sick and dying people and their friends and relatives who come to sit by their bedsides. This country has gone a very, very bad way in its relationship to money.

    On another note, was listening to an old BBC podcast, On Your Bike, about the history of cycling, which talked about a stamp heroising Baden-Powell for his use of bicycle scouts in Britain's hideous war against the Boers from 1899 to 1902. The programme gave the impression (or I gained the impression - was listening while doggy-walking) that it was a penny-farthing that was used to race across the Transvaal; sadly, the stamp seems to have him riding a safety bicycle.

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    Edit: couldn't resist adding his scouting manual - I say, chaps!

    http://ridevintage.com/1910-cyclist-scouts-training-boy-scouts/

    and a picture of his ideal boy scout from it:

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    #1252
    Wishbone Ash
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Any reason for the Star of David in the chain ring? Jewish manufacturer or just a design?


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    #1253
    Weepsie
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    Just saw what the looked like a father and daughter whizz past me in phibsborough on a 3 person tandem bike (the third saddle was vacant) It looked great.

    Anyone else ever see it?


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    #1254
    Qualitymark
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Any reason for the Star of David in the chain ring? Jewish manufacturer or just a design?

    No idea - I'd have to listen back to the podcast to see if they mention the manufacturer of the bikes; I don't think they did, in that case, though they mentioned the maker of the military bikes used in WWI (can't remember who it was, though). Chain rings on these WWI British bikes don't seem to be similar https://bsamuseum.wordpress.com/ww1-military-bicycles-in-world-war-one-wwi/

    In the scouts' handbook I liked the advice on lights: "Don't go out with a wick which has been standing in the oil for months; always soak the wick in vinegar and then dry it, this then gives a clear and smokeless light; if you have a short wick and oil running short, drop a pebble in the reservoir". Ah, happy days. I suppose most of the poor little souls were cut to bits by the guns of the coming war.


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    #1255
    tigerboon
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    Maybe if modern bikes came with those rifle holders as standard, rather than bottle cages, the morning commutes might be more relaxed


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    #1256
    Alek
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    Any reason for the Star of David in the chain ring?

    It may be just unintentional design, I have a feeling that the circled hexagram became widely recognisable as the Star of David only after the II WW.


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    #1257
    Qualitymark
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    Alek wrote: »
    It may be just unintentional design, I have a feeling that the circled hexagram became widely recognisable as the Star of David only after the II WW.

    It may also have been Masonic.

    As for the rifle, people forget how very militarised the training of the Empire's children was. I recently came across someone in an 1900s issue of the Kilkenny Moderator calling for the local Church Scouts to be given military training, a suggestion that must have gone down well, since Lord Roberts (the guy behind the Curragh Mutiny) was their overall commander.


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    #1258
    tomasrojo
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    traprunner wrote: »
    I got onto Kryptonote about buying 2 locks on the same day that have the same key. It was totally unintentional on my part. They asked for photos and I sent them. They got back immediately to tell me that it shouldn't have happened and they were dispatching 2 new locks to me. I checked the tracking number and they should be on a flight soon.
    I think you do get key "collisions" like this from time to time. As far as I know, they don't make unique keys for each lock, just a fairly wide range of teeth patterns, so someone somewhere with your brand and model of lock can open your lock. They just don't know it.

    Probably another good reason to have two locks.


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    #1259
    tomasrojo
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    Alek wrote: »
    It may be just unintentional design, I have a feeling that the circled hexagram became widely recognisable as the Star of David only after the II WW.

    Wikipedia says that the Star of David was never exclusively a Jewish symbol. It's quite a nice pattern, so maybe the manufacturer just put it in on a whim. Fancy patterns on chainrings used to be quite a nice tradition.


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    #1260
    traprunner
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    I think you do get key "collisions" like this from time to time. As far as I know, they don't make unique keys for each lock, just a fairly wide range of teeth patterns, so someone somewhere with your brand and model of lock can open your lock. They just don't know it.

    Probably another good reason to have two locks.

    I'm sure key collisions do happen but I'd imagine their quality control should ensure that it doesn't happen in the same delivery to one bike shop or even to the one distributor (within certain time constraints). It may be the case that this is just a coincidence and the two locks came in different deliveries to the same shop months apart.

    I have to say that I am impressed with the Kryptonite customer service on the matter though. Without me asking, they said they said to keep or recycle them and they would dispatch new ones.


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    #1261
    RobertFoster
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    Weepsie wrote: »
    Just saw what the looked like a father and daughter whizz past me in phibsborough on a 3 person tandem bike (the third saddle was vacant) It looked great.

    Anyone else ever see it?
    I saw them three years ago, with all saddles occupied. It's the only trandem I've seen in the wild, so I assume it's the same one.

    I've seen a number of tandems in the last year, including three together climbing Howth from the graveyard side a couple of months ago :eek: Never been on one, so I dunno if the hills are harder or easier on them.


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