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I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society
(Basically a Nazi occult society)
Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep? (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).
Who can tell? Nyarlathotep gets around a bit, what with having a thousand forms.
Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.
CoC never did, IIRC. The only game that can be played by teenagers or children where “suicide” can be a rational decision. Ah, fun times!
You’d need to invoke the spirit of Old Man Henderson to really beat CoC: https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Old_Man_Henderson#Hell_on_Ice
I was bored so I looked it up. Turns out its not actually a ‘real’ word like Porsche, but a name thought up by the Thulin family, from Sweden, who founded the company.So you can pronounce it how you like IMO. Or ask a Swede.
I would run with however everyone else says it, or you at best confuse people or at worst look pretentious.
After all, would you say “I went to Par-ee for the weekend”…
The only words that should be pronounced properly are Italian ones, because they sound sooo much better in Italian.
SRAM is an acronym from the founders’ names.
That’s my feelings on it – I still say eye-key-a not ick-ear for ikea
Bristolian for IKEA is eye-key-awl.
Do you remember the days when motorists would wait until a pedestrian was all the way across and off the crossing, too, before they carried on with their Ever So Important Journey?(And the Trigger Happy TV sketch with the bloke dressed as a snail crossing a zebra crossing…? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-v7w5CL6EU )
Ah yes, the days when Dom Joly was funny.
To be fair, a lot of drivers are very patient and considerate around crossings – probably a lot more patient than I am on my bike (I will often go behind a pedestrian when they have mostly crossed). It’s the problematic 5% that aren’t paying attention or are too self-absorbed to stop.
I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society(Basically a Nazi occult society)
Weren’t they secretly worshippers of Nyarlathotep? (Or was that just in my teenage roleplaying years…).
Who can tell? Nyarlathotep gets around a bit, what with having a thousand forms.
Funnily enough, I was involved only recently in a one-shot Call of Cthulhu game where we (the players) were playing Nazi officers trying to uncover mysterious artifacts from a dig in Africa (Curse of the Yellow Sign – Act 1). It didn’t end well.
I though it was some sinister
I though it was some sinister connection to the Thule Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_Society
(Basically a Nazi occult society)
This made me think about my change in behaviour at zebra crossings. For years I used to cross and assume that cars had seen me (when traffic was light). After some ‘close calls’ I’ve started waiting until cars slow, or stop, before I cross. People just don’t pay attention and then look at you accusingly when they’ve had to stop in a hurry.I use the same approach as I do on the bike – make eye contact and maintain it. Positive body language goes a long way. We’ve got two zebra crossings in the town and people run them all the time. Got yelled at by a Porsche 911 driver for making her stop recently, apparantly I should have waited for her to clear the crossing before stepping off the kerb
The problem with Zebra crossings is that there seems to be confusion about the rules.
The Highway Code states:
Zebra crossings. As you approach a zebra crossing- look out for pedestrians waiting to cross and be ready to slow down or stop to let them cross
- you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing
- allow more time for stopping on wet or icy roads
- do not wave or use your horn to invite pedestrians across; this could be dangerous if another vehicle is approaching
- be aware of pedestrians approaching from the side of the crossing.
A zebra crossing with a central island is two separate crossings (see ‘Crossings’).
So, cars only HAVE to stop if you actually step out onto the crossing, otherwise it’s optional. It seems wrong, but as a pedestrian the onus is for you to step out in front of moving vehicles. However, if they hit you, then it would be their mistake.
You should get this featured in “App of the week”.Jack just did that (https://road.cc/content/tech-news/251070-cycling-app-week-klimat) 😀
Really? Well I never!
You should get this featured
You should get this featured in “App of the week”.
going through a bit of a fixed phase at the moment so we have got a genesis flyer, my Dolan tt bike and my ribble commuter. The ribble is about to be replaced by a Decade Convert 2, photos when its ready, lastly my daughter wanted her peppa pig bike included. Note she is also on fixed :-)Can we just all agree that this is the best bike on the forum?
Take off the training wheels and we’ve got a deal.
This article is semi-related:
This article is semi-related, though more about walking than parking: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/10/31/we-regulate-the-wrong-things
Their commute is, according to Google Maps, about 0.4 miles – less than half a mile – to an infant/junior school (some sort of teaching assistant, apparently).
How do you possibly overcome that sort of mentality?
Latest outrage…kids in our street were being ferried door to door in cars last night…to go trick or treating!
A suggestion for next year’s costumes:
That really is interesting, thank you Windy Cyclist!That really is interesting, thank you Windy Cyclist!
I’ve often thought it would
I’ve often thought it would make sense to have wind strength/direction information included with Strava, so count me in.
So, Charlie Alliston, riding a fixed wheel bike at 18 mph with no front brake, swerved to avoid a pedestrian who walks back into his path and is killed, jailed for 18 months. Anna Edwards, driving at 28 mph with a faulty front light and on a hands free, fails to see pedestrian lying in road, doesn’t swerve and drives over and kills him, fails to stop, fined £500 and 8 points on her licence. Why don’t cyclists use the bag of rubbish defence, or fell from the sky, or as above, the Helen Measures my life is of greater value excuse?I do agree that cyclists are heavily penalised and motorists seem to be given a pass, but Charlie Alliston’s sentence was more to do with his attitude than his lack of a front brake so is not a great example to use.
On your own evidence by this stage you weren’t even trying to slow or stop. You expected her to get out of your way. Thus I make it clear that it was not merely the absence of a front brake but your whole manner of riding that caused this accidentI thought Alliston *had* tried to avoid her, and had shouted to alert her to his presence (presumably equivalent to a motorist blaring their horn), before she stepped back into his way?
Here’s some more from the Judge’s remarks:
It was clear to you that she was in danger. It was your responsibility as a road-user to ensure you did not run into her. This must have been obvious to you, and you did indeed swerve and slow to between 10-14 mph as you went through the yellow-box at the junction of Old St and
Charlotte Road. You shouted at her twice to (in your own words) ‘get out of the fucking way’. She reached almost the centre of the road but could not go further because of on-coming traffic. On your own account you did not try to slow any more but, having shouted at her twice, you took the view she should get out of your way.
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I take your point,been mountain biking for 30 years but only 4 mouths on the road.Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Great Yarmouth?