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Hahah no – I’m now wondering if it was in Fake Heroes about Douglas Bader. It was ! Allegedly to a bunch of school girls.
Here’s Stan Boardman doing a long version of the joke on Des O’Connor Show – got him a ban from ITV and more or less ended his career:
Pretty sure that’s in a film too, but can’t remember (thought it might be number 24 but didn’t seem to be).I think it was originally Stan Boardman’s joke, or were you thinking of “Meet The Fockers”?
I’d recommend just getting
I’d recommend just getting the right valve length (or longer than you need if you want to cater to other wheels) and not trying to remove the core. Trying to put sealant into an inner tube sounds like a bad idea.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006972247545.html
(Strangely, the 4-packs are more expensive than buying 4 single ones)
Can’t resist another anecdote that shows that sometimes you might think you’ve caused offence but…I was nearly hit by a driver who decided they are couldn’t wait for me to exit a funnel between parked cars and so drove up it, flicking my hand with their wing mirror (no camera that day, unfortunately). We had what one might describe as a full and frank exchange of views…after they had driven off I noticed an elderly lady standing on the pavement who had obviously been watching us. I called out, “Sorry about the language!” and she replied in the most perfect cut glass Kensington accent, “Don’t worry dear, if I were you I’d have broken the fucker’s window!”An RAF veteran is giving a talk about the war to a class of school children and was trying to explain what a typical mission would be like.
“So there I was, escorting the bombers to their target, when out of the blue we were attacked by a bunch of Fokkers. There were about 20 of these Fokkers. One took out my buddy, but I managed to shoot the Fokker down. Then one was on my tail and I coukdn’t shake the Fokker, but my pal took care of him. Then I took out two more of the Fokkers…”
The teacher interupts “Children I should explain, the Fokker was a type of figher airplane used by the German Air Force to stop the RAF bombers and their escorts.”
“Yes, but these Fokkers were Messerschmitts!”
But they still have to demonstrate that is was” within the hearing or sight of a person “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby”. “
Also there are defences listed to the charge.
Yes. A possible defence is that you can prove that you had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress.
“That his conduct was reasonable” seems pretty key to me.I agree – if you hit your thumb with a hammer or nearly get hit by a driver, then swearing seems reasonable to me. If you’re right outside a school or convent at the time, then I can see that police might want you to curb your language, but prosecution would surely be reserved for continual, abusive swearing even when asked to stop.
Whatever one thinks of swearing the point is the police have to prove that you were causing someone harassment, alarm or distress
Not quite, as I understand it:
Section 5 makes it an offence to use “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or disorderly behaviour” or to display “any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting” within the hearing or sight of a person “likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby”. The offence does not depend on harassment, alarm or distress actually having been caused in the particular case.It is a defence for a person accused of this offence if he (or she) can prove:
- that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress;
- that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words, behaviour, writing, signs, or other visible representation would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling; or
- that his conduct was reasonable.
A person is guilty of an offence under section 5 only if
- he intends his words or behaviour to be (or is aware that it may be) threatening, abusive or insulting; or
- if he intends his behaviour to be (or is aware that it may be) disorderly.
The police can arrest a person without a warrant if he (or she) fails to heed a warning to stop the conduct in question. The maximum penalty is a £1,000 fine.
(from https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05760/SN05760.pdf)
bikes wrote:
Can you buy ‘green’ bike tyres that aren’t full of micro plastics? I got my last set from the local bike charity workshop which has huge piles of used tyres which have plenty of life left in them.There’s an article about some alternatives here: https://road.cc/content/feature/how-green-are-your-bike-tyres-281121
From a quick search, there’s this company: https://www.retyre.eco/
Peugeot 3008 overturns in Cheriton High Street, opposite BP petrol garage, as garden wall destroyedSo strange that a garden wall being destroyed would make an innocent passing car flip like that!
Those Peugeots are a little bit skittish
Thanks for the figures but 60 000 miles life for a car tyre? I have never got that much use out of a set of tyres. Indeed, my current EV has done 11 000 miles and has 4mm of tread left meaning I’ll need to change it within the year, or less than 15 000 miles.I know EV’s are hard on tyres, but surely not that bad when compared with tyres on ICE cars?
I’ve seen various reports of EVs wearing through tyres quicker, but there doesn’t seem to be an accepted amount. I think the difference in wear is likely due to how “smooth” someone drives and lots of acceleration/braking/cornering would put a lot more wear on the tyres which is the same with ICE vehicles, but the increased torque available with EVs increases the wear. I’ve also heard that Teslas are initially fitted with very soft tyres which would wear very quickly.
flash flooding in Dover hasn’t stopped the traffic wardens wading through.Flooding, especially the domestic kind is no joke, but really Dover, first you vote for Brexit and now climate change denying Reform.
My sympathies are with the drivers/parkers for that one. Flooding is an exceptional event, so the wardens should have been cutting them a bit of slack really.
Bungle_52 wrote:
I’m yet to find a speed bump that slows down drivers but doesn’t slow down cyclists, they seem to be designed to do the exact opposite.I’ve yet to see a speed bump that slows me down on a bike. I either aim for the middle/edges to avoid the bump, or delight in going as fast as possible over the hump whilst off the saddle so that my arms and legs absorb the deflection.
I may have posted this previously, but I estimated a few years ago that bicycles lose about 1/3 the rubber per mile or km compared to basic cars. If anyone has any better numbers for any of these, I can put them in, or I can share the Google sheet and you can play with it.Intuitively, it seems like it should be more like a tenth than a third.
The relatively high number for bikes is likely due to the rubber being softer. I now want to see the numbers for pedestrians’ shoes.
slc wrote:
[quote=slc]Crews Hole Rd in 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-24462719%5B/quote%5D
I don’t think drivers would want to be diverted down Beaufort Road nowadays
Gridlock!
Gridlock!
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/gridlock-fears-over-key-east-10244551
(Crews Hole Road closing for a couple of weeks)