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My dad is friends with boxing promoter Frank Warren. When I was a kid in the 70s I went with my dad to some of the first fights he ran, they were almost like bare knuckle fights. it was very exciting as a 14 year old to be around this scene. I think the early bouts were at The Rainbow Theatre?
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Dude riding fixed up Cherry Tree Hill tonight around 5, you looked at me and I looked at you. Niether said hello, you were chatting on your mobile though.
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MikeC riding past down Archway road while I waited for the bus. I hate bikes!
Fixed.
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/attachments/6900 The scruffy Jack Russell in my life.
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No women in the story either? Or was it a female insurance agent?
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Registration: BK08 JRO
Vehicle Make/Model:** Grey NISSAN QASHQAI 1.6 (07ON) ACENTA 2WD**
Caucasian female dark hair driver.
Last night at Shepherds Bush I wanted to move from far left lane to far right. There's about 4 lanes. This car in front had the left indicator on so I was waiting for it to move before deciding when to change lanes myself. For some reason the car was moving right though, while the left indicator flashed. I rode up alongside the car and noticed the woman driver talking on the phone AND writing stuff down on a notepad she was resting on the steering wheel!! No wonder the silly bint was veering across the road!
I moved over to the far right lane as planned and she was in the next one over now. As I rode alongside her (driver's side this time) I noticed she was still writing and not looking where she was going! I tapped on her window and pointed to her notepad (moving swiftly out of the idiot's way). She wound the window down to swear at me. I commented on how stupid she was driving a tonne and a half of steel whilst writing! She swerved her car at me and continued swearing. I yelled "I've got your plates" and pointed to her number plates. She drove off (only to be stopped at the lights 100m away, where I probably yelled some insults at her before I continued on my way home.This woman is a danger to anyone on the road and should not be allowed to drive.
This is shit! I see it everyday, car drivers using thier phones whilst driving. Until some sort of proper fine/sentences are handed out for this no one is going to take it seriously. If you made it a £5000 fine and loss of your driving licence for being caught using your mobile phone on your first offence drivers may start to take notice. I find the worst perpertraters are drivers of expensive cars that could easily afford hands free kits.
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The question is; would CO2 have the same effect on locks?
I dont think CO2 would freeze as deeply or as quickly as liquid nitrogen. Whenever I have used it in the past for freezing pipes its been a slow gradually process rather than a quick one.
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Just a thought, but what do plumbers use to freeze pipes; available in my local builders merchant for less than £20?
Carbon Dioxide FTW
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I smack my GF on the botty quite a bit, but then she does it to me too.
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^^^ Yeah they all drive Lambo's up there ;-)
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Damn thats nice, and in my size too :-(
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We have also had a snap of freezing weather recently thus giving us more potholes/cracks. The councils will catch up but it will take a while. In the meantime 'keep 'em peeled'.
@ Ed, that was truly an essay mate :-)
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Problem is that in a heavy traffic area the paint will have worn off again in a week or two.
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Possibly but its only been there about a week.
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Does anyone know anything about the ghost bike that appears to have gone missing from Camley Street? Or am I being nieve and its been stolen? Also I didn't notice the one at the end of the Memorial ride today either?
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A very moving day and good to see so many in attendance. A big thanks to Ray and all those that helped organise the ride and especially to all the outriders that made it so safe for us all.
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Shame...but doesn't mean we stop trying.
I agree, I have given up shouting and swearing. hopefully calm and collected works better. I am also rather pissed with myself for not realising sooner what was going to happen. In my nievety I thought that signalling with my arm out and the fact that I had my lights on would be enough, over confidence fail!
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The world doesn't need changing. Only some peoples attitudes...maybe if the driver had had the potential danger of what he did explained to him calmly he may have had more respect and in future driven with more care and attention...course, he might not...but i pay more attention to and have more respect for people that calmly and sensibly put there point across.
I tried this calm , explaining approach last week when a driver in Golders Green nearly wiped me out as I was going around a roundabout with the right of way. Unfortunetly part way through my very calm and collected explanation her mobile phone rang and she felt compelled to answer it and listen to the caller rather than me :-(
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Classy Mike, hope you are ok though? This could develop into crash top trumps.
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Did any of you take part in this last year ? ooh dear come on spill the beans whos who then.
P!mp ? :~}/attachments/6582That first pic is definetly not me, I don't own a red rucksack, unbelievably!
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When your boxers repeatedly nip your nutsack on your ride into work :-(
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Who is in the UK right now? Isn't it awfully late?
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I have bought from cyclexpress in the past and have always had good service. Maybe things have taken a downturn?
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Am loving my new Endura Humvees, been using ordinary cheap shorts up till now. Bit the bullet and spent 39 notes on the Bay and am well impressed with them. Only thing that's a bit cack is the supplied belt, its so thin it might as well be a piece of string.