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Tailgaters.

It's frustrating when people tailgate when you're in a car or a minibus.

On a bike, I'm rarely in the position on a bike that people can or do tailgate!!

But I've been riding around Chambery today for various reasons and it's was hoofing it down with rain this morning so around lunchtime when I was riding back to where I'm staying, the roads were still wet/damp with a few dry patches.

For me it was quite unnerving - in places you know you have a fair idea which roundabouts will have diesel on them, which ones never do etc etc.

I was going through a series of straights and roundabouts and a guy in a hatchback was what felt like inches from the back wheel A few times I actually waved him back to try and get him to leave a bit more space Thing is, it wasn't the sort of road/roads that I could filter safely on - narrow, damp, lots of traffic and road I know fairly well in a minibus but haven't done on a bike!!!

Some drivers did do some really odd/dangerous things in the morning, but that's all they were, didn't 'really' affect me but stuff I noticed.

The tailgater I wanted to stop and point out that if I hit diesel on a roundabout or a turn and fell off, there was no way in hell that he would be able to stop before he drove over me and the bike.

Of course, I didn't do that! But damn I really wanted to!!

Years ago I'd just try and shake a tailgater off by going as fast as I could.

These days I do the complete opposite - go slower and slower and slower until they overtake.

But it is a particularly French phenomenon. I've seen 4 or 5 or more cars, each inches (centimetres) from the car in front in a queue of traffic (behind a tractor or similar) where no-one is able to overtake. Bonkers.

mangocrazy wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 7:25 pm Years ago I'd just try and shake a tailgater off by going as fast as I could.

These days I do the complete opposite - go slower and slower and slower until they overtake.

But it is a particularly French phenomenon. I've seen 4 or 5 or more cars, each inches (centimetres) from the car in front in a queue of traffic (behind a tractor or similar) where no-one is able to overtake. Bonkers.

The French are definitely over-skilled at it !!! In a car/minibus I do tend to drive slower !!

On a bike I’m rarely in that situation as I’ve generally buggered off before they can get that close!

I don’t remember the last time I experienced it on a bike TBH which made it extra weird. And I am a bit more conscious of falling/what happens after nowadays! Someone else’s bike too!

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Dogs with probiotic arses and pooh bags that have the integrity of a russian politician.
I'll leave the rest up to your imagination and the nail brush!

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Just bought an alternator for the camperbus as its starting to over charge. That turned up yesterday. Today i notice the work van is undercharging FFS.

The stepson again!
His life is based on style over substance.
Swmbo let him borrow the UK car whilst we were over in France.
He fitted new bonnet and wheel badges, shiny new number plates, fitted new covers onto the key fob.
He failed to notice the broken front spring, the bolloxed alternator, and the fact that shortly (immediately)after he fitted a new cover on the key fob the central locking stopped functioning.
New alternator fitted, springs on order (can't fall out so safe) and finally stranded in middle of town because the key finally decided to unpair itself from the ignition. Had a look inside the fob and numbnuts had not fitted the circuit board properly so crushed the -ve terminal and it had drained whatever power it held in a capacitor. Had to jury rig a bridge and then press the lock button until the key re-pairs with the car. I've reseated the circuit board properly now, but the terminal snapped the moment I touched it.
New key is £25, recoding it is £200+
Numbnuts doesn't know where the spare is either!
Then the cheeky cunt asked us to front him £1500 for a 760 estate!

My dyspraxic fuck up fairy struck again today I now have two skinned knees and a skinned elbow

Luckily I walked down the road rather than the track, but a moment of looking at the view instead of concentrating on walking and I managed to sort of turn my ankle and landed on the road FFS

Luckily no one drove ow cycled past until I'd righted myself and picked myself up off the road

But seriously - I can't even walk down the road without hurting myself

At least the walk back went ok! I don't think I'm going out when it snows!! Far too risky!

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DefTrap wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 4:23 pm Tripped over when jogging this morning, one of those ones where you don't realise you've done anything until you find yourself spread out on the street looking at the sky.

Of course I just carried on as before, so the fecker hasn't really healed up.
My missus reminds me that if I'd done as I'm told then I would have been pretty much ok by now.

It seems my propensity for stubborness is inversely related to my ability to heal as I get older.

The PR overload around the new Gladiator movie. Fuck me, if I see another article shoved in my face about how Paul Mescal bulked up for the role, or how historically accurate the scenes are or even how the two films differ in terms of how masculinity is perceived in the 25 years since the first Gladiator, I may well run myself through with a sword.

Puts me off going to see the fecking film.

And Kiwis constantly doing the Haka at every opportunity.

Give a fucking rest.

gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:35 am And Kiwis constantly doing the Haka at every opportunity.

Give a fucking rest.

Cultural my arse.
Other teams should be allowed to moon them, or mockingly 'wank on the back' of a teammate as a response.

gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:35 am And Kiwis constantly doing the Haka at every opportunity.

Give a fucking rest.

Grumpy time at Chez Gremlin

Yorick wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:09 am

gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:35 am And Kiwis constantly doing the Haka at every opportunity.

Give a fucking rest.

Grumpy time at Chez Gremlin

gremlin wrote: Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:35 am And Kiwis constantly doing the Haka at every opportunity.

Give a fucking rest.

See what I mean..?

https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cg4ln6ddgy9o

Two things that have probably been mentioned:

- people in cars who are turning right at a T junction and don’t position themselves on the right of the lane (enabling others to turn left)

- people who hold their phones out in front of them whilst on the phone.