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Yambo wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:29 pm This doesn't wind me up (very little does) but I guess amuses me.

I'm talking about stupid instructions. There are a few, one was familiar if you are a lover of Marmite - "spread thinly on toast". How fucking ridiculous is that?

The one that amused me today was "Do not block the aisle while putting your hand luggage in the overhead bins."

Planes are designed to require you to block the aisle ffs.

Saga Lout wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 5:59 pm

Taipan wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm This BMP daily. Fair play to him for stopping the twat.

Watch the clip again if you think the cyclist is at fault.

The cyclist was doing what he's supposed to do, i.e. give way to the pedestrian. He's aiming for the gap behind the pedestrian..
The pedestrian stops and moves back into the cyclist's path. The pedestrian is the cause of the altercation.

Some people think vehicles are supposed to stop at pedestrian crossings. They're not, they're supposed to give way.

Noggin wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:59 pm I was taught that you mustn't enter/go onto a pedestrian crossing until the crossing is clear - as in the pedestrian has completed the cross from one side to the other

Zebra and parallel 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 should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross
you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing

Yambo wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:22 pm...But then, he's a cyclist so is by definition, ignorant of the law.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:16 pm

Saga Lout wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 6:03 pm I've worked out what's been giving me a low level niggling "something not right" feeling about rail tickets:

"Valid via any permitted route"

In other words: "Valid where it's valid".

I have a similar thing about Masterchef and similar cooking programmes.

"The secret is to cook it not too much and not too little".

That is true of ALL cooking, pretty much by definition. And indeed almost any other activity you care to partake in.

Taipan wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 3:11 pm This BMP daily. Fair play to him for stopping the twat.

DefTrap wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 8:52 am Fooking hell - did you do the surgery yourself?

Saga Lout wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 10:44 pm

Noggin wrote: Tue Apr 12, 2022 7:59 pm I was taught that you mustn't enter/go onto a pedestrian crossing until the crossing is clear - as in the pedestrian has completed the cross from one side to the other

Hare's the relevant parts of rule 195 (you can check it here)

Zebra and parallel 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 should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross
you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing

The cyclist did all of that. The drama was caused by the entitled pedestrian.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:14 am Seems pretty obvious to me that the pedestrian started walking, sees a cyclist bearing down on him and instinctively steps backwards again to avoid a collision. Meanwhile the cyclist assumes the ped is gonna keep moving forward, so when said ped reactively steps back the two come together.

As a pedestrian it's not a safe bet that someone is going to stop at a zebra crossing, I'd never assume they're going to stop until either they have or they've given you the universal hand wave.

As a cyclist you shouldn't be aiming to cut people really close. Pedestrians are like frightened horses a lot of the time.

Meh - 6 of one. As usual in these situations everyone looks like a cvnt. Both had the chance to not be dicks and both elected to not take that chance

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 9:14 am Seems pretty obvious to me that the pedestrian started walking, sees a cyclist bearing down on him and instinctively steps backwards again to avoid a collision. Meanwhile the cyclist assumes the ped is gonna keep moving forward, so when said ped reactively steps back the two come together.

As a pedestrian it's not a safe bet that someone is going to stop at a zebra crossing, I'd never assume they're going to stop until either they have or they've given you the universal hand wave.

As a cyclist you shouldn't be aiming to cut people really close. Pedestrians are like frightened horses a lot of the time.

Meh - 6 of one. As usual in these situations everyone looks like a cvnt. Both had the chance to not be dicks and both elected to not take that chance

Cousin Jack wrote: Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:49 pm

Count Steer wrote: Fri Apr 08, 2022 7:12 pm
It's not the £ with the house stuff, it's the hassle of having it invaded by decorators etc. My approach is like cars, buy house, use it until it's a bit tatty, sell it and buy another in better nick.

My sentiments exactly! Plus Mrs CJ is NEVER happy with the 'professional' tradesman and I usually have to sand something down and re-finish it to her standards. Or finish the job if the aforesaid 'professional' walks off in a huff because his idea of quality is not what she wants! We moved into a brand new house a while back, and I had to repaint every square inch of gloss, and at several walls of emulsion.

Taipan wrote: Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:00 am I guess the rights and wrongs of the twat riding across the crossing are open to opinion, but that just the tip of the iceberg. They do that on light-controlled crossings and go against their red light. TBF, it's not all Londons cyclists that are cnuts, It's normally, but not always, the delivery boys or lycra clads that do this. The red light jumping and just plain irresponsible riding has become enough of an issue for me to upgrade and always use a GoPro now.

It's not all bad though. I saw two lycras crash into each other and decide to have a fight because of it. Funny as fook as they were sliding and falling over whilst trying to lamp each other cos they had those cleats (sp?) on! Wish I'd had my GoPro that day, the vid would have gone viral!