Should iPods be allowed?!?

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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:33:56 +0000 (UTC), Graham Dean wrote in
uk.rec.cycling :

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What about deaf cyclists?

Would they be able to balance on bike?

Not all profoundly deaf people have balance problems, although some do.
Most partially deaf/hard-of-hearing people don't.

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careful design and a lot of effort, so too does defying laws of
economics. It seems to be a deeply ingrained aspect of humanity to
forever strive to improve things, so unquestioning acceptance of a
free market system seems to me to be unnatural. ;; Charles Bryant

John Blake said:

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Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:33:56 +0000 (UTC), Graham Dean wrote in
uk.rec.cycling :

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What about deaf cyclists?

Would they be able to balance on bike?

Only this week I taught a completely 42-year old deaf lady to ride for
the first time.

We went through the usual procedure of learning to stop, then start,
then balance.
After just half-an-hour she was riding in circles around a car park.
Communication was entirely through lip-reading.

Admittedly we pushed the boundaries and within the hour as well as
steering and safe braking she could also just about take one hand off a
bar to begin to learn to signal.
I have never had that before in any rider in their first session.

If anyone wants to gain the utmost in satisfaction from cycling - take
up cycle-training.
It was a superb evening and the emotion at the end of the session was
tremendous.

She is now practicing riding and has another session booked in a couple
of weeks time.

John B

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke said:

Not all profoundly deaf people have balance problems, although some
do.

I had a profoundly deaf couple out on a tandem at the weekend - they
managed fine.

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on the Bicycle Island
In the Global Village
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Sandy Morton said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke said:

Not all profoundly deaf people have balance problems, although some
do.

I had a profoundly deaf couple out on a tandem at the weekend - they
managed fine.

The CTC section I used to ride with most Sundays in the late '80s had
a profoundly deaf member. He came on the club rides most weeks.

--
Nick Kew

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, John Blake

(') said:

In message id <[email hidden]> on
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:33:56 +0000 (UTC), Graham Dean wrote in
uk.rec.cycling :

Quoted message said:

What about deaf cyclists?

Would they be able to balance on bike?

Not all profoundly deaf people have balance problems, although some do.
Most partially deaf/hard-of-hearing people don't.

And for those that do, there are always tricycles :-)

--
Carol
"How fleeting are all human passions when compared to the massive
continuity of ducks." - Dorothy L. Sayers, _Gaudy Night_

Nick Kew said:

Sandy Morton said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Simon

Brooke said:

Not all profoundly deaf people have balance problems, although some
do.

I had a profoundly deaf couple out on a tandem at the weekend - they
managed fine.

The CTC section I used to ride with most Sundays in the late '80s had
a profoundly deaf member. He came on the club rides most weeks.

--
Nick Kew

I have never heard the expression 'profoundly blind'...........puts
chin on knuckle..... or 'profoundly mute'....
Sean.

sean said:

Quoted message said:

The CTC section I used to ride with most Sundays in the late '80s had
a profoundly deaf member. He came on the club rides most weeks.

I have never heard the expression 'profoundly blind'...........puts
chin on knuckle..... or 'profoundly mute'....

That's because the blind merely lack a sense that most of us have,
whereas the deaf are removed by their deafness to a strange, deep place
that the rest of us will never descend into, and in which our attempts
to call echo and fade unheard.

Daniele
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Apple Juice www.apple-juice.co.uk
Chapter Arts Centre
Market Road
Cardiff CF5 1QE

D.M. Procida said:

sean said:

Quoted message said:

The CTC section I used to ride with most Sundays in the late '80s had
a profoundly deaf member. He came on the club rides most weeks.

I have never heard the expression 'profoundly blind'...........puts
chin on knuckle..... or 'profoundly mute'....

That's because the blind merely lack a sense that most of us have,
whereas the deaf are removed by their deafness to a strange, deep place
that the rest of us will never descend into, and in which our attempts
to call echo and fade unheard.

Daniele

Would that be Slough?.....
Sean.

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"Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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You are not IIRC allowed to use headphones while driving a car.

I think you are *encouraged* to do so in certain circumstances like hands
free mobiles. Besides, I reckon I can hear a police car siren better than
someone in a double glazed Merc. listening to Wagner at full blast on
Classic FM.

Naw..... Saint-Saens Organ Symphony No 3 ....... :o)

I submit that on or about Sun, 18 Sep 2005 03:52:40 GMT, the person
known to the court as "ian henden" <[email hidden]> made a statement
(<[email hidden]> in Your Honour's bundle) to
the following effect:

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Naw..... Saint-Saens Organ Symphony No 3 ....... :o)

Ahem: Saint-Saëns only wrote one Organ Symphony. It was his third
symphony, but not his third organ symphony...

I prefer Widor's organ symphonies myself.

Guy
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