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I'd be up for your wifes spares. Thats my prescription exactly

I treated myself to a squirt of lube this morning* and had a lovely smooth ride to work. Some time between leaving home and arriving at work my morning earworm morphed into that lesser known beatles hit "all you need is lube" which I've been singing to myself since, much to the concern of the girl who sits next to me**.

Any other songs that can be adapted to include bike-related lines?

*50/50 mix of finish line dry lube and prolink, since you ask

**I may also have mentioned that, due to a logistical mix up, I'm not wearing any pants

do you go to center-parcs much?

He went AWOL last night again, I'm beginning to think he's the Barcardi cat.

He's back now though and loving his new bed

Yep. Loving his attitude!

More pics of cleftys new cat please. He looks a bit of a legend. I like his style.

was having an interesting chat with one of the fellas i play footy with at the weekend.

He is Irish and has an irish driving licence. Essentially if he picks up points on his irish license he says it does nothing. He can apply to have britsih license and take the test and that neither license talk to eachother. Essentially he says he can keep a completely clean uk license and dirty his irish one for which there will be no ban when he gets 12 pts. He said that he knows a few people who do this.

Seems a pretty big loophole if this is the case but interesting and I wonder how common something like this must be in London.

Finally - I can not believe how ready drivers are to drive away from cyclist collisions. It really is unnacceptable and should be clamped down on. hope the victim in this case gets back on her bike and has better experiences in future.

2nd dibs batman

cool story bro.

I have that Hawaiian shirt

I reckon trip to bermondsey market, stock up on good food then back to yours to cook dinner and giggedy.

Any recommended budget android phones. Need to get cheap pay as you go for my mum so she can get giff gaff. So far its down to htc wildfire s, samsung galaxy ace (which feels v bad build) or something else?

Orange san francisco ii is supposed to be good but for giffgaff I need it on O2 phone

Holidays / festive season. Just call it fucking Christmas.

Racist

Transcript of the debate on 8th Dec http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201011/ldhansrd/text/111208-0001.htm#11120862000754

Cycling: Accidents

Question
11.22 am

Asked By Lord Harrison

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many accidents have been caused by cyclists riding on pavements and how many cyclists have been charged with riding on pavements in the past year.

Earl Attlee: My Lords, in 2010, there were 680 reported personal injury road accidents involving cyclists on the footway on GB roads. The Department for Transport does not hold data on who caused such accidents. In 2010, 342 defendants were proceeded against in a magistrates' court for the offence of cycling on a footway. However, this offence is normally dealt with by a fixed penalty notice and we do not collect information centrally on the number issued.

Lord Harrison: My Lords, one evening recently my wife and I stepped out to go to our local Chinese restaurant in Chester to be met by a young man on a bicycle advancing at speed. When confronted and challenged, he told us with an entirely straight face that, as he had no lights on his bike, he was obliged to ride on the pavement. Will the Minister first strengthen the powers of the police and community support officers to intervene where these cases happen? Will he intervene to improve the primary education of our young people learning about the art of cycling? Finally, will he improve the road environment for cyclists who mistakenly believe that it is legitimate to ride on the pavement as a result of the number of deaths attributable to the problems of cycling on the roadway?

Earl Attlee: My Lords, I know that all noble Lords are very concerned about these issues and I come to the Dispatch Box with some trepidation on this Question. PCSOs, like constables in uniform, can issue fixed penalty notices in respect of an offence of riding a cycle on the footway contrary to Section 72 of the Highways Act 1835. I do not know about their powers regarding lights. Youngsters may be more susceptible to a word in their ear rather than a fixed penalty notice. Education is an extremely important part of the process.

Baroness Butler-Sloss: My Lords, speaking both as a driver and a pedestrian, what can be done to encourage cyclists not to cross the red lights and not to try to run down pedestrians on zebra crossings?

Earl Attlee: My Lords, I thought I would get a question about red lights. We are extremely concerned about cyclists failing to adhere to the law, but noble Lords will understand that this is an operational matter for the police, who can best judge where to devote their efforts.

Lord Haskel: My Lords-

Lord Bradshaw: My Lords-

Lord Strathclyde: My Lords, we have not heard from the Benches behind us.

Lord Bradshaw: Does the noble Earl agree that there is antipathy between all classes of road users? For example, bus drivers hate cyclists, pedestrians hate cyclists and motorists hate lorries. However, it is important that the classification of what PCSOs and local authority wardens are able to do is reviewed, and ensure that all chief constables and wardens have the powers, which I do not believe they do, to intervene not just in cycling on pavements but also in all sorts of moving traffic offences.

Earl Attlee: My Lords, the Question is essentially about cycling, and in respect of offences, I have already said that education is more important than enforcement, especially with youngsters. Frankly, it is not realistic to issue a fixed penalty notice to a 10 year-old.

Lord Young of Norwood Green: My Lords, as someone who cycles into the House every day, I cannot help feeling that I could paraphrase George Orwell by saying that this sounds like, "Four wheels good, two wheels bad". I experience many irresponsible motorists on my journeys. There are motorists who think it is okay to overtake on a humpbacked bridge and those who think it is okay to go on the wrong side of a traffic island to overtake, not to mention the motorist who kindly almost ran me over on a roundabout earlier this week. Does the Minister agree that we should be encouraging more people to cycle, given that we want a low-carbon economy, and that we should also be encouraging responsible cycling and driving?

Earl Attlee: My Lords, I absolutely agree with every word the noble Lord has said. I encourage all noble Lords and motorists to regularly read the Highway Code because the contents do change.

Baroness Knight of Collingtree: My Lords, does my noble friend recall that it is not many months since I asked a Question with regard to the education of those who seek to ride bicycles, bearing in mind that every other road user has to pass some sort of test or know what he is doing on the roads? Since that is linked with my noble friend's answer to the question before last, can he say whether he thinks it would be possible to do more about educating cyclists before they hit the road and a lot of pedestrians?

Earl Attlee: My Lords, my noble friend makes an important point. That is why we have supported the development of the National Standard for Cycling and the related Bikeability training scheme. We have made a firm commitment to support Bikeability for the lifetime of the current Parliament and we are providing £11 million this year to local authorities and school games organisations so that 275,000 10 to 11 year-olds can benefit from on-road level 2 cycling training.

Lord Sugar: My Lords, from my recollection, the noble Earl has spoken on this subject several times. He has talked about the impracticality of licensing cyclists, which I agree with. However, can he inform us whether it is mandatory for cyclists using the roads to carry some form of identification on them? In the United States of America, for example-my noble friend Lord Young and I are big cyclists-we are told to carry identification so that the police can take action against people who ride on pavements or jump the lights. If you do not have identification with you, they will confiscate your bike and it is up to you to get it back by paying a big fine.

Earl Attlee: My Lords, I can assure the House that we have no intention of requiring cyclists to carry identification.

Maybe I'm being a bit slow here but what is the significance of the pic?

strange woman hovering in the window/bus stop

look at papandreou. although he got the axe, I suspect the bilderberg group didnt like the whole 'power to the people referendum' stance

it wasn't power to the people it was a deliberate fudge and an attempt to kick something that needed urgent attention in to the long grass and absolve responsibility.

Anyone have any hard data/strong opinions on whether the austerity measures will actually help the UK economy? The theory goes that making hard cuts in a recession slows down the economy, thus getting deeper into debt, whereas an increase in spending will increase growth, increase revenue etc.

no data but spending can stimulate growth. Keynes advocates that you save in the good times so you can spend in the tough times. Unfortunately we mounted up a lot of debt during the good times so we don't haven any surplus to spend now.

on top of that if you do borrow and your borrowing is deemed unsustainable the risk attached to your borrowing increases and subsequently the interest on your debt will increase. so you end up borrowing to pay off interest.

It feels like we are waiting for something big to give at the moment really.

this website is good for doom mongerers http://www.zerohedge.com/

Check out spitalfields or greenwich markets. With greenwich you can walk to the top of the hill there and check out the view a well as walking under the thames if you like that sort of thing

Wrong size. Otherwise it would be teh.sex

Kind of like nooks and crannies.

Great 'alcove' for bike storage inside.

Are you sure this is the right word, alcoves?

watched diary of a wimpy kid. Quite funny. True story bro

Not actually a debate - just answers from Earl Attlee, a Government whip. But yes, the government's position does seem sensible. Not sure what Lord Wills (former Labour minister) was trying to achieve.

^ this. was just written questions and answers. Peers can table questions and Ministers have to answer.

Lord Harrison's debate is still on the 8th December.

Perhaps of even more interest is the debate on 19th December:

Oral questions:
Increased lorry traffic in London caused by the construction of the Thames Tideway Tunnel - Lord Berkeley

hate these threads.

I cycle that route everyday and Tower Bridge is pretty sketchy. Fingers crossed this is not true and thoughts for cyclists involved and their families.

Glad you shifted them all Scott, mine's ace so thanks again.

ditto. Have drunk about 2 litres more water each day because of it sitting on my desk.

"Baroness Trumpington"... it sounds like a spoof..

Anyway, back onto the main topic... "parliment in not understanding genuine social problems shocker"

Its just a peer who has secured a debate. I'm sure there are other peers who would raise dangers for cyclists if they were lobbied.

I would suggest that the cycling lobby get a supportive peer to highlight HGV deaths in the same session.

I would also suggest that if people do contact Lord Harrison, they do it politely. He is only raising an issue that he is concerned about.