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  1. Original post
    Danny Colyer
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    I've just been for my first ever training ride (my cycling over the last
    14 years always been either utility or leisure).

    I'm seriously considering riding in the Exmouth Exodus [1] in August,
    but I'm conscious that I'm not quite fit enough for it. The easiest way
    for me to train is to do an extended evening commute once a week
    (getting longer until mid-July, then easing off). I reckon that ought
    to do it.

    My office is located on the Avon Cycleway (Regional Route 10), so for
    the first ride I simply selected a point on the Avon Cycleway to ride
    to, then chose an alternative route home. I didn't go far today,
    extending my usual 5.6 mile commute to 20.3 miles, but at least they
    were mostly pretty lumpy miles. I'm out of practice at hills, and need
    to get used to them again.

    Anyway, I enjoyed a very pleasant ride around the backroads of
    North-East Somerset until, 500 yards from home, I was passed dangerously
    on a mini roundabout. I used the AirZound, at which the motorist
    slammed on his brakes, opened his door and started yelling abuse at me.
    Amongst the abuse, he complained that I had blasted him before,
    suggesting that today's standard of driving was not an aberration.

    I have his registration No and I'm pretty sure I know which road he
    lives on. Plod, of course, would do nothing, but it may be worth
    reporting a road rage incident all the same.

    [1]<url:http://www.exmouthexodus.co.uk/>

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  2. Clive George
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    "Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    I have his registration No and I'm pretty sure I know which road he lives
    on. Plod, of course, would do nothing, but it may be worth reporting a
    road rage incident all the same.

    Do it - definitely. Ask them to pop round and have a word with him.

    cheers,
    clive

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  3. Tony B
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    Clive George said:

    Do it - definitely. Ask them to pop round and have a word with him.

    Then go round and let his tyres down ;-)

    bfn,

    Tony B

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  4. wafflycat
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    I have his registration No and I'm pretty sure I know which road he lives
    on. Plod, of course, would do nothing, but it may be worth reporting a
    road rage incident all the same.

    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been cursed by
    the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive place causing him
    intense irritation... one that refuses to respond to antifungal treatments

    Cheers, helen s

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  5. Tony Raven
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    wafflycat said:


    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been cursed
    by the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive place
    causing him intense irritation... one that refuses to respond to
    antifungal treatments

    I won't ask where you sourced this pernicious little mycology ;-)

    --
    Tony

    "The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
    right."
    - Lord Hailsham

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  6. wafflycat
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    wafflycat said:


    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been cursed
    by the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive place
    causing him intense irritation... one that refuses to respond to
    antifungal treatments

    I won't ask where you sourced this pernicious little mycology ;-)

    One uses one's swiss army knife to take scrapings from under the hooves of
    goats. Add to this a little Quorn mixed with litterbox offerings from the
    felines and it's a potent brew one once has danced nekkid round the willow
    tree in the back garden on the night of the full moon, chanting strange
    chants.

    Cheers, helen s

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  7. Danny Colyer
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    wafflycat said:

    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been cursed by
    the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive place causing him
    intense irritation... one that refuses to respond to antifungal treatments

    That's a pleasing thought, but I was happier not knowing the cursing
    procedure!

    One day you'll have to provide jpegs of this willow tree ;-)

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  8. wafflycat
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    "Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    wafflycat said:

    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been cursed
    by the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive place
    causing him intense irritation... one that refuses to respond to
    antifungal treatments

    That's a pleasing thought, but I was happier not knowing the cursing
    procedure!

    One day you'll have to provide jpegs of this willow tree ;-)

    Look for in your email. Offspring safe :-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  9. Ambrose Nankivell
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    wafflycat said:

    "Danny Colyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    I have his registration No and I'm pretty sure I know which road he
    lives on. Plod, of course, would do nothing, but it may be worth
    reporting a road rage incident all the same.

    He and the fruit of his loins for a thousand generations has been
    cursed by the PSF and he will find a fungal infection in a sensitive
    place causing him intense irritation... one that refuses to respond
    to antifungal treatments

    I understand the content of his yelling was about the fact Danny was wearing
    bibshorts. Are you planning to recant the incantation? 😉
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  10. wafflycat
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    "Ambrose Nankivell" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    I understand the content of his yelling was about the fact Danny was
    wearing bibshorts. Are you planning to recant the incantation? 😉

    No, as one can just add a slab in that case ;-)

    Cheers, helen s

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  11. Pinky
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    Quoted message said:

    One day you'll have to provide jpegs of this willow tree ;-)

    Or at least of the dancing! :-}
    -
    Trevor A Panther
    In South Yorkshire,
    England, United Kingdom.

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  12. Danny Colyer
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    I said:
    Quoted message said:

    One day you'll have to provide jpegs of this willow tree ;-)

    and Pinky responded:

    Quoted message said:

    Or at least of the dancing! :-}

    Well, with the tree picture that Helen's just sent me (doesn't look like
    a willow to me, but the familiar is in place), I should be able to
    download a picture of a nekkid middle-aged woman from the intraweb, take
    the head from one of the family pictures that she's sent me in the past,
    and reproduce the dancing ;-)

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  13. davek
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    Danny Colyer said:

    Plod, of course, would do nothing, but it may be worth
    reporting a road rage incident all the same.

    Would you be referring to your use of the horn as a means of expressing
    discontent? That's not what it's for, you know.

    Following the horrendous incident in Sheffield reported in another
    thread, I would suggest that voicing your opinion is not the correct way
    to respond to such twuntish driving.

    No, the correct response would be to go round his house and let his
    tyres down. ;-)

    d.

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  14. Tony Raven
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    Danny Colyer said:


    Well, with the tree picture that Helen's just sent me (doesn't look like
    a willow to me, but the familiar is in place), I should be able to
    download a picture of a nekkid middle-aged woman from the intraweb, take
    the head from one of the family pictures that she's sent me in the past,
    and reproduce the dancing ;-)

    Add a little animation and we could all have a "dancing round the willow
    nekkid" file on our desktop to punish those that offend. Just think of
    the power of 100 dancing willow wimmin all being directed at your road
    rager from across the urc interwebbby.

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    Tony

    "The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
    right."
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  15. David Martin
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    Tony Raven said:
    Danny Colyer said:


    Well, with the tree picture that Helen's just sent me (doesn't look like
    a willow to me, but the familiar is in place), I should be able to
    download a picture of a nekkid middle-aged woman from the intraweb, take
    the head from one of the family pictures that she's sent me in the past,
    and reproduce the dancing ;-)

    Add a little animation and we could all have a "dancing round the willow
    nekkid" file on our desktop to punish those that offend. Just think of
    the power of 100 dancing willow wimmin all being directed at your road
    rager from across the urc interwebbby.

    And then we need a site www.helenhelenhelen.com

    helen helen helen
    helen helen helen
    helen helen helen
    slaaab
    slaaab

    etc.

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  16. John Hearns
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    Danny Colyer said:
    I said:
    Quoted message said:

    One day you'll have to provide jpegs of this willow tree ;-)

    and Pinky responded:

    Quoted message said:

    Or at least of the dancing! :-}

    Well, with the tree picture that Helen's just sent me (doesn't look like a
    willow to me, but the familiar is in place),


    I thought rowans were the most appropriate type here?

    Or as Mayday has just been, a mulberry.

    Totally off topic, on Monday I had a wander into Deptford where the local
    artists etc. were recreating the old urban ritual of 'Jack in the Green'.
    Someone dressed up as a huge green 'tree' waled the streets, between
    several historic sites in Deptford. And the Dog and Bell pub.

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  17. Danny Colyer
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    davek said:

    Would you be referring to your use of the horn as a means of expressing
    discontent? That's not what it's for, you know.

    The purpose of the horn is to alert other road users to your presence.
    Given how close he passed and that I had to divert my course to avoid
    occupying the same road space as him after he pulled in, it seemed clear
    to me that he needed alerting to my presence :-P

    Quoted message said:

    No, the correct response would be to go round his house and let his
    tyres down. ;-)

    I kept an eye out for the same car on the way home this evening, so that
    I could make a note of the make and model (didn't notice those at the
    time, cars all look the same to me). I spotted it parked, so now I know
    exactly where to go. And it was an Audi A4, one of those cars whose
    logo portrays a ringpiece for every seat.

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