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“Jail for triathlete who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
He needed nine police officers to restrain him after biting off a random stranger’s ear.”
Any Dundee Courier subscribers on here?
The number of proper cyclists out today is unchanged.
Subscriber only link – https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/courts/3002832/ear-bite-dundee-pub/
I can’t get past the paywall. How does it become relevant to the story that he’s a triathlete? If I did the same thing, what would the headline be?
Jail for cyclist who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
Jail for judoka who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
Jail for father of two who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
Jail for beer nerd who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
Jail for incredibly fit and handsome man who chomped off stranger’s ear in Dundee pub
Woman drives car onto pavement and crashes into lamp post in Ketley, Telford. 2.30pm on Friday afternoon.This is a straight 30mph road on the approach to a crossroads with traffic lights (street view).
And we have to share the roads with these morons…
“Upon arrival we found a woman who was the driver of the vehicle. She was assessed and had sustained injuries not believed to be serious. She received self care advice and was discharged at the scene.”
Was the “self care advice” to turn in her driving licence?
David9694 wrote:
[quote=David9694]Has anyone got the wit to access this story (regional content again)? I’d love to know more.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/car-crash-into-building-cockeysville-york-road/38883885%5B/quote%5D
I see it fine, but I’m in the US. Not much more in the article than in the preview.
COCKEYSVILLE, Md. — A senior citizen crashed their car into a commercial building Tuesday morning in Baltimore County.
SkyTeam 11 reported the car crashed into a building around 10 a.m. at MVS Wound Care & Hyperbarics in the 10500 block of York Road in Cockeysville.
The driver was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
County police said no one inside the building was struck or hurt.
Carry a small thermostat in your car and aim for an interior temp of around 180C. Any hotter and drivers can get lethargic (unsafe). Much lower and they may be irritable (ditto).I would be pretty irritable if the car’s cabin temperature had exceeded 180C! 😉
Makes a good case for writing “18 Degrees Celsius” rather than “18˚C”
Or at least 18 °C as per the international standard. Only for angular degrees does the degree symbol go after the number without a space.
Parking protected house lanes
Parking protected house lanes.
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/man-arrested-after-seven-car-smash-261187
……What’s worse is that 3 months ago, the same thief nicked all their indicators, but no-one’s noticed yet.
Only because they’d already sold their indicator stalks to pay for Christmas…
What’s the market for used BMW indicator stalks? Do they fit other marques?
Wow! That’s more than I’ve
Wow! That’s more than I’ve ridden this year. Granted, the weather is a lot worse here and I have a full-time job. Still. I, too, hope to be doing that at 100.
In the USA at least, the
In the USA at least, the gasoline (petrol) sold at airports for general aviation (think Cessnas, Pipers, and the like) is still leaded. Planes and engines are expensive enough that there are still quite a few from the 1940s and 1950s around, and as they’re not certified to run on unleaded fuel, here we are.
I tend to use cycle.travel in
I tend to use cycle.travel in the USA. Google Maps wants to put me on main roads. What I really want is maximum gravel roads and minimum busy roads.
Today was a fatbike sort of
Today was a fatbike sort of day. The front tyre is studded, which makes an enormous difference on ice.Temperature was -10 °C, and I had bare hands under the pogies.
Yes, if there was the option
Yes, if there was the option to wire it into my dyno hub and still have it weatherproof, I’d be sold!
David9694 wrote:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/teen-caused-500k-of-damage-to-pub-after-sealing-grandads-4-259545/The bollards in this article should be ashamed. Have these slackers been reported to the World Bollard Association?
I haven’t seen anyone mention
I haven’t seen anyone mention temperature, yet. As an owner now of two generations of Fly6, they are useless in the cold. My first one would silently shut down below about 45 °F / 7 °C. I actually made a cosy for it out of foam beverage bottle/can holders, which helped a little. My current one doesn’t do that, but the battery life is useless below freezing, maybe an hour.
I ride in all weather and would like my equipment to work in it. I think a reasonable range would be -30 to 40 °C (-22 to 104 °F.) Yes, I have biked in that entire range.
Cartoon from the US, but look
Cartoon from the US, but look what they’ve put as the first “step” in this. It doesn’t have to be this way, even without the medical and student debt that are not such a problem in the UK.
We managed to pick up a used
We managed to pick up a used 2015 Leaf a couple of years ago when they were very cheap in the US. I think we paid about $11000 (~£8300.) It meets her needs and drives like a very nice car, with more than adequate acceleration and quite good handling despite its heft. It’s also quite spacious, easily taking my bicycle in the back with the seats folded down. The maintenance costs so far have been negligible: basically tyres and wipers. So far at around 80k miles it’s down one bar (out of 14?) on the battery capacity display.
The only downside is any long trips have to be done in my convertible MINI, which I love but which can be cramped with four occupants and luggage, or the two of us plus a medium dog.