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#in_my_head - my thoughts

@moocher - just saw this message, thanks for posting to me!! I look forward to reading when I come home next month :)

@lardy_biker so have you had it yet? What was it like if you have?

If it's mixed formats, that'd be awesome! :)

Maybe could/should indicate it's film in the title - I got all excited but I don't shoot film (haven't the time) anymore. Doing themes sounds great though :)

also, I suspect your day mentions in criterion 2 need adjusting (which Sunday in the month?).

Good luck all - I look forward to seeing the pics.

Well, I guess it's @WillMelling who cares ;-)

Well spotted Will! #in_my_head I had highlighted it to you all already... Enjoy, everyone :)

also, there is a @CogSucker, which is why I got confused!!

PS, is there a "read more" button??

@c0gsucker - want me to correct it ;-)

Er... Hadn't realised that (and not sure if I understand why that's a problem - but I haven't had any coffee yet)... I was just following the style of the first post. Do I need to go through and remove all the @ signs now then? Cos I'm afraid that's going to have to wait a little bit until I have some time (I did the list last night before I went to bed).

Ok, here you go. As I didn't know what had been before, I've gone through to update the list... although unfortunately I didn't have time to appreciate all the fantastic photography along the way.

Week #20 - #Meal_Time - Winner @WillMelling
Week #21 - #Death - Winner @branwen
Week #22 - #recovery - Winner @Well_is_it
Week #23 - #13:04/18:45 or #sequence - Winner @thross
Week #24 - #sore_thumb - Winner @moocher
Week #25 - #look_up - Winner @IzMota
Week #26 - #FromBehind - Winner @rickster
Week #27 - #gone - Winner @marcom
Week #28 - #LFGSS - Winner @haveo
Week #29 - #Everyday_Obscurities - Winner @Dammit
Week #30 - #How_did_that_get_there - Winner @Soul
Week #31 - #Cinematic - Winner @Well_is_it
Week #32 - #New_Topographics - Winner @zazkar
Week #33 - #Twisted - Winner @benborp
Week #34 - #better_out_than_in - Winner @IzMota
Week #35 - #frameswithinframes - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #36 - #atnight - Winner @Well_is_it
Week #37 - Daido #Moriyama - Winner @Soul
Week #38 - #Autumn - Winner @KDense
Week #39 - #fixed - Winner @WillMelling
Week #40 - #sex - Winner @moocher *
Week #41 - #Moving - Winner @oat44 *
Week #42 - #oil - Winner @ewanmac
Week #43 - #Nature_around_us - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #44 - #relax - Winner @thross
Week #45 - #Festive - Winner @WillMelling
Week #45 - #ThreeColorsMax - Winner @ewanmac
Week #46 - #litter - Winner @rickster
Week #47 - #with_lettering - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #48 - #inspirational_women - Winner @skydancer
Week #49 - #symbolism - Winner @Dammit
Week #50 - #enfilade - Winner @shinkuu_kiss
Week #51 - #passing_time - Winner @andy.w
Week #52 - #independence - Winner @moocher
Week #53 - #Abstract - Winner @oat44
Week #54 - #fragile - Winner @andy.w
Week #55 - #illumination - Winner @thross
Week #56 - #performance - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #57 - #disappointment - Winner #moorhen
Week #58 - #security - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #59 - #blur - Winner @MrDrem
Week #60 - #Flow - Winner @WillMelling
Week #61 - #redwhiteandblue - Winner @skydancer
Week #62 - #magic - Winner @andy.w
Week #63 - #Mythical - Winner @Landslide
Week #64 - #graft - Winner @Well_is_it
Week #65 - #panorama - Winner @Landslide
Week #66 - #hobbies - Winner @moocher
Week #67 - #Paint - Winner @Rik_Van_Looy
Week #68 - #pleasingdecay - Winner @shinkuu_kiss
Week #69 - #emptyframe - Winner @skydancer
Week #70 - #ecology #eco - Winner @LHL
Week #71 - #feelinggood - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #72 - #from_above - Winner @WillMelling
Week #73 - #geometric - Winner @Dammit
Week #74 - #inside/outside - Winner @Landslide
Week #75 - #afreshstart - Winner @Rik_Van_Looy
Week #76 - #rhythm - Winner @moorhen
Week #77 - #parklife - Winner @WillMelling
Week #78 - #melancholy - Winner @skydancer
Week #79 - #crowded - Winner @mattioats
Week #80 - #grime - Winner @rickster
Week #81 - #detail - Winner @mi7rennie
Week #82 - #sleep - Winner @CogSucker
Week #83 - #commitment - Winner @WillMelling
Week #84 - #stripes - Winner @Rik_Van_Looy
Week #85 - #instinctive - Winner @xDOMx
Week #86 - #adayinthelifeof - Winner @((Ben))
Week #87 - #darkness - Winner @WillMelling
Week #88 - #ILike... - Winner @shinkuu_kiss
Week #89 - #journeys - Winner @CogSucker
Week #90 - #reflection - Winner @d0cA
Week #91 - #in_my_head - Winner ....

(*) There were a lot of issues these weeks with the polls/voting, and I may have got the winners wrong as I skimmed over the thread. In fact, I may have got winners wrong all over the place, especially at the beginning. The week numbering is also probably wrong, but hey... @mi7rennie, maybe the first post could be updated with this info?

Aha, very good! :-)

Thank you everyone - I really didn't expect to win, I thought that I was actually going for the record number of weeks in a row of getting (0) votes! Well, I know it's only been two weeks prevously, but I'm still amazed, so thank you all again... There really were some amazing photos this week. @WillMelling what even was your photo?

Anyway, I'm currently in the process of trawling through the thread and trying to figure out what's been posted before. I've got a couple of ideas but will probably post in the morning, hope that's ok.

Cheers!

I am potentially interested but currently based in France - back in the UK at xmas time but I'm sure you probably want to get rid of them before then.

Very difficult to pick!!

((Ben)) - Sax Man ()
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13960965/­
%~} - Hong Kong Pet Shop (2)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13961818/­
skydancer - Little Venice (1)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13965020/­
moocher - half and half (1)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966167/­
LHL - Worst Christmas markets evar (1)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966449/­
Landslide - Rise of the machines(1)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966461/­
mi7rennie - Reflection ()
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966556/­
d0cA - Rive Gauche, Paris (6)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966583/­
Rik_Van_Looy - Suburban ()
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13966584/­
WillMelling - Reflection (4)
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13967118/­
andy.w - Reflection ()
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13967658/­
Well_is_it - Reflection ()
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/13967691/­

#reflection Rive Gauche, Paris

I've just received an email about a new consultation on safety standards for heavy goods vehicles in London:

Have your say on the introduction of safety permits for Heavy Goods Vehicles as part of the Direct Vision Standard to reduce road danger.

For full details and to share your views, please visit tfl.gov.uk/direct-vision-standard:

http://info.tfl.gov.uk/re?l=D0I9y344xI2un98pwI0

The Direct Vision Standard (DVS) forms part of the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, and TfL’s Vision Zero approach to reducing road danger. The DVS categorises Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on the level of the driver’s
direct vision from the cab.

The proposed permit scheme is part of the DVS proposals and would require HGVs over 12 tonnes to hold a Safety Permit to operate in London from 2020.

We would like your views on the Safety Permit Scheme, which could include safety systems such as sensors, visual warnings and comprehensive driver training.

This consultation will run until 24 January 2018.

The first page of explanatory text says:

We have undertaken research that shows that in 2015, Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) were involved in disproportionately high numbers of fatal collisions with cyclists (78 per cent) and pedestrians (20 per cent) on London’s streets, despite only making up four per cent of the overall miles driven in the Capital.

So while I don't think the fact that the disproportionate involvement of HGVs is radically new (e.g. see the article I and others published a few years ago on Deaths of cyclists in London: trends from 1992 to 2006 which makes the same point), it is at least good to see that there is finally some kind of action by a governmental body.

Taking a brief look at the survey (pages 1 and 2) it seems it is majority questions/statements that require a response from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" (and I haven't yet thought about what good responses may be) but there are also a number of questions that provide the opportunity for free text answers.

I hope that it will be possible for this community to provide a good level of input on behalf of cyclists in London.

Cheers,

d0cA

John Crace has it spot on in his description of Gove: 'he had spent the best part of a morning mugging up on long economicky words like “tax” '

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/nov/16/cometh-the-hour-cometh-john-mcdonnell-labour-man-with-a-plan

This column was less about Brexit - but overall the sketch is well-worth following (have you met the Pot Plants yet? May's best advisors at present...)

rep @Hefty - those were the days, eh?

Agree. Just thought it was appropriate to clarify for the thread.

The article clarifies that he was riding the bike, not pushing it as stated previously.

Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm not condoning either scenario - I think it's wrong to snatch phones or bikes or anything and then ride off, and I particularly think it's wrong to throw acid at someone else or injure them in anyway.

What I am saying is that prevention is better cure. That is, I think in the bigger picture, it would be better to focus energies on trying to improve the lot of everyone so that some people are not tempted into doing these acts in the first place. And the way to do that, I think, is not by increasing punishment ("afterwards") but by trying to find opportunities ("beforehand").

A (welsh) lynx...

Yes, I saw that Guardian article too. Maybe it's time to start privatising the police force too (alongside the health service, that is)??

But seriously...

I am, however, not hopeful that the more important and wider-ranging improvements will happen anytime soon.

They certainly won't if we don't at the very least talk about a better alternative. Better still we get out and do something (I'm a fine one to talk, I know - I don't even live in the UK anymore!): protest, agitate, raise awareness of a better / different way... the world (to me) is a much more worrying place than it was 10 or even 20 years ago - but 30 years ago and I thought it was all shit too (middle of thatcher's eighties) and it did definitely get better after that. So there is always some hope.