LadyNorwood

My great-nephew, two years old, sneakily taking a selfie video on my niece's phone and sending it to me, telling me that he loves me... It's irrational because it is so unexpected...

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm going for an adjustment to my own title > > From here on in I'm having this on my 'imaginary' > business card..... > > Seabag Major > Director & General Bell-End > > I'll lead, the team will have to follow. Cheese importer - sorry, couldn't resist!

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > first mate Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > rh, come on. If cycling is on the rise then > means > > to reduce bad behaviour should be considered > and > > people free to relay their experiences and > > frustrations. You cannot every time dismiss a > > complaint simply because it has not been > > 'balanced' by a similar anecdote about bad > driving > > in a car. > > True, but I'm very much getting the impression > that LadyNorwood is fairly typical of the car > driving anti-cyclist brigade who has several times > shoehorned complaints about a cyclist's bad > behaviour into replies about pollution etc - and > as for the comment about "the Dutch know how to > cycle, the British do not," that's just silly. If > someone wants to attack cyclists as a body then as > a cyclist I have a right to defend them. Actually you brought pollution into it, not me; I'm by no means anti-cyclist, I'd love to ride a bike but have physical mobility restrictions - would you like to see the X-rays of my spine, fibiae and tibiae as proof or am I allegedly restricted? I have an issue with road users (two wheeled, four wheeled, unicycles, tricycles, bi-peds, unipeds, pogo stickers, et al) who do not respect the rules of the road. In the Ventoux region of France, where cycling is almost a religion, if cyclists do not obey the rules of the road, then the locals usually round them up and give them a right earful....

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LadyNorwood Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >... the Dutch know how to cycle, the British do > > not... > > No generalising there then. It's interesting that > a few posts ago you said you acknowledged there > are bad drivers and bad cyclists but all your > complaints are solely about cyclists...the plural > of anecdote is not evidence. > > By the way, how did you know the person who > allegedly spat at you was a member of Dulwich > College staff, and why, if you knew them, did you > not report them both to the College and the > police? Spitting at someone deliberately is an > assault. He did not ALLEGEDLY spit at me - he spat in my face, he was wearing Dulwich College tracksuit and had a staff badge round his neck..... I was so shocked and upset I didn't report it, also he lived about five doors down from me and was very aggressive every time I encountered him... Here is the exact chain of events - I stepped onto the pavement, he shot past me, narrowly missing me, and I stumbled; I called out "hey you shouldn't be on the pavement", he then rode back, slowly, squared up to me, snorted, then unleashed phlegm into my face and yelled at me "you f*cking c*nt" and rode off.... I encounter bad drivers, bad cyclists and bad pedestrians every day, but I've been injured by cyclists on several occasions - I was thrown into three lanes of traffic by a courier cyclist who was going the wrong way down a one way street; I've been hit by cyclists as they race down the pavement and, as I mentioned, I was spat at and called a fu*king cu*t because I dared to walk out of my house legitimately onto the pavement.... Happy now???

DC is Dulwich College; Holland is flat, the UK is not; the Dutch know how to cycle, the British do not - if I see one more young male at night, wearing black clothes, on a trick bicycle, with no lights, doing wheelies on and off the pavement in between moving traffic I think I will have a heart attack....

Townleygreen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lady N said > > "TG - when was Amsterdam the size of london? I > don't like pollution but I also don't like being > spat at and called a @#$%& c*nt by a member of DC > staff when he almost knocked me over on his bike > as he shot down the pavement..." > > Neither of these points is relevant to my post!! > > Obv. Amsterdam isn't the size of London, I was > talking about facilities for cycling. You said Amsterdam began from a situation like London.... Anyway I'll just get back to dodging pollution, either from vehicles or spittle....

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I do find it surprising that his fiancee has > stood > > by him though > > > I suppose she had to weigh it up. > > > On the one hand - her betrothed in a Travelodge > taking it it turns with his mate to have a go on > someone who was so drunk she can?t even remember > the encounter. > > On the other hand - his ?20,000/week wage and her > unlikelihood of bagging an alternative. > > > It seems she has decided that everyone deserves a > second chance. It's a real victory for womankind. HRC stuck by Bill - vile.....

TG - when was Amsterdam the size of london? I don't like pollution but I also don't like being spat at and called a f*cking c*nt by a member of DC staff when he almost knocked me over on his bike as he shot down the pavement...

From my A level law days, the price on a ticket is an "invitation to treat" and not binding - maybe things have changed?

Population of Amsterdam 780,000 (without commuters), population of London (without commuters) 8.6 million - why do people bang on about how we should adopt the Dutch approach to cycling when we don't come anywhere near the same starting point? There are good and bad drivers and cyclists - but today I narrowly avoided a young man in full Wiggins gear shoot through the lights (which were red for him and green for me), good job there was nothing behind me as I braked sharply to avoid him hitting me (I would have been rear-ended and if I'd hit the cyclist it would have been his fault but of course I'd get the blame)...

jacks09 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Along very similar lines to the OP I will be > too.....but down in Worthing with some of the > family. > > Where can I buy seriously massive fireworks? Lucky you - I love and hate Worthing in equal measure.... Loved growing up there, but couldn't wait to leave....

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > ... in the past I'd see people like > > the Sea Monster (I'm being clever here) and > Mark > > Thomas, both rude but a bit more subtle in > their > > insults. > > I remember the Sea Monster, used to see her > regularly thirty years (God help me) back at clubs > like the Screaming Blue Murder at the Rose & Crown > in Hampton Wick. Whatever happened to her I > wonder... ;-) > > As for audiences, I really don't know what's wrong > with them these days. When alternative comedy > started, audiences could be rough as hell and only > people with really good material survived...now > when I listen to some of the godawful rot Radio 4 > put into the 6.30PM slot with audiences apparently > expiring with laughter...my personal theory is > that as prices have gone up and up people feel > obliged to find it hilarious or else admit they've > blued a lot of money on rubbish. A friend who > frequents fancy restaurants to entertain business > clients says it seems to work the same way there, > if people are paying a fortune they convince > themselves that what they're getting is good. > Just an idea. Friend's hen night, Jongleurs Battersea, early 1988 - on the bill Paul Merton, The Two Marks (one being Mark Heap), Sea Monster, compere Arthur Smith, the latter told a very funny joke about entering a Marathon, sadly it wouldn't work these days as entering a Snickers just doesn't work....

***Flippant remark alert*** You could take them to the seaside or maybe the cinema, but I'd avoid going anywhere with too many trees, might be upsetting for them...

Lots of toads in my garden, they make me heave (frogs too) - however.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/05/toads-nearly-endangered-after-suffering-massive-decline-in-30-ye/

TheArtfulDogger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The NHS really doesn't have a leg to stand on with > this policy however it is as pointed out earlier > down to the sterilisation costs and risk if cross > infection (mrsa and its cousins ) that has seen > the introduction of this insane policy > > The princess Royal in Kent has a similar policy > and there are rooms full of crutches and Zimmer > frames ready to be disposed off as a result > > Sheer madness "doesn't have a leg to stand on" - I see what you did there.....

Gillingham FC in the early 90s - if you stood on the top terrace (away end) you had a direct view down into the gents pissoir, not so bad on a cold (dry) day but on a warm (wet) day, not so much....

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tonight's going to be another warm and sultry one > apparently, so, for the OP's benefit, I tried > filling a hot water bottle with cold water, > chilling it for several hours in the fridge, then > using it like you would a hot one to cool the > bedding and to put my feet on. Worked pretty well > and I didn't get any problems with condensation on > the outside. I guess it could be used for children > as well. I'm pretty sure you'd get a call from social services if you put children in the fridge for several hours....

Young Polish lady in my local dry cleaners said she wished we had had the referendum earlier "before you let all the Romanians in" - the irony was lost on her....

Two subjects currently making me chuckle, for different reasons - both in Businesses section "Continuous Banister" which I read as "Continuous Barrister" and the other "Pipes groan after toilet flush - plumber needed" - does the OP need plumber or a doctor...

Spent entire, VERY hungover, day growling at work colleagues who kept staring at me - I finally blew my top at about 5pm shouting "what's the matter with everyone, why are you all staring at me, have I got two heads or something?" My boss then ventured, in a very timid voice "you've got your dress on inside out"... Apparently no-one had been brave enough to tell me, even though said dress had laundry labels on show and sewn in shoulder pads which resembled upturned foam rubber cups.....

One of the nine(!) foxes in our garden ran into the dining room and stole one of my best shoes, leaving the other intact... I shouted at it as it jumped over the fence.... About three days later I was hanging out some washing and heard a snorting noise behind me - sitting about a foot away was said fox, looking very sheepish, with my chewed shoe at its feet.... I don't think it could have looked any more guilty and ashamed - it refrained from pooping on my lawn for about a week!

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > So why do I always add salt to make water boil > faster? > > Because as well as lowering the freezing point, it > also lowers the boiling point. Of course, your > veggies will then take slightly longer to cook as > the water temp of the boiling water is slightly > lower. Bring water to the boil, then add the salt and vegetables, problem solved. Root vegetables in cold water, bring to the boil, add salt.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Medic Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Thanks Seabag. Is Bognor so crap it's worth > taking > > a look? > > Yes it is > > And that the new Rolls Royce factory is there > > Quite a facinating Oi Seabag, don't diss the Bog!!

Arundel or Chichester - easy to get to the beach, walk the South Downs Way, short drive to Portsmouth (and Brighton in the opposite direction), also look at The Witterings...

Summer of '76 was ruined by gazillions of ladybirds that bit like basstuds