May Day actions

It would seem that the first two "protestors" the BBC have interviewed for their website are
cyclists. Does CM just start earlier than everyone else?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2986211.stm

Colin

 

Colin Blackburn wrote:
> It would seem that the first two "protestors" the BBC have interviewed for their website are
> cyclists. Does CM just start earlier than everyone else?

The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting...

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In news:[email protected],

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> The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting...

Did he *wax* lyrical?

IGMC

Tony

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"Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It would seem that the first two "protestors" the BBC have interviewed for their website are
> cyclists. Does CM just start earlier than everyone else?
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2986211.stm
>
> Colin

On Radio 4 this morning was a protester telling us to "go to London to have our say".

This was on a day when I walked down to the village hall to vote for my Ms - these protesting people
don't need to make a nuisance of themselves in city centres they need to get the populus behind them
and get elected (assuming their arguments are valid).

John

 

Tony Raven wrote:
> In news:[email protected],
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>
>>The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting...
>
>
> Did he *wax* lyrical?
>
> IGMC
>
> Tony
>

Hehe - you cant use wax for everything and doesnt it come fron oil anyway? Also the tarmac he rides
on partly comes from oil...

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On Thu, 1 May 2003 20:59:47 +0100, "Eatmorepies" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Radio 4 this morning was a protester telling us to "go to London to have our say".
>
>This was on a day when I walked down to the village hall to vote for my Ms - these protesting
>people don't need to make a nuisance of themselves in city centres they need to get the populus
>behind them and get elected (assuming their arguments are valid).

And they have the necessary readies. And have the backing of one of the big three political parties.
Me, I exercised my democratic right to vote for none of them as none of them represent my views.
Anyway, I'm new here and don't want to argue politics so I'll just say that I think we'd all be
better off if the populace in general got off their collective bottoms and did something useful.
I'll leave the definition of "useful" as an exercised for the reader.
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DG

Bah!

 

"Eatmorepies" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Colin Blackburn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > It would seem that the first two "protestors" the BBC have interviewed for their website are
> > cyclists. Does CM just start earlier than everyone else?
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2986211.stm
> >
> > Colin
>
> On Radio 4 this morning was a protester telling us to "go to London to
have
> our say".
>
> This was on a day when I walked down to the village hall to vote for my Ms - these protesting
> people don't need to make a nuisance of themselves
in
> city centres they need to get the populus behind them and get elected (assuming their arguments
> are valid).
>
In what way is riding your bike and having a picnic in central London being a "nuisance"?

 

On Thu, 1 May 2003 22:56:20 +0100, Stephen (aka steford) scrawled: ) In what way is riding your bike
and having a picnic in central London being ) a "nuisance"?

Perhaps they look funny when they eat.

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In news:[email protected], Alex Graham <[email protected]> typed:

> The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting...

Have you *seen* the sort of bikes some of these hippy / activist types ride? (and their general
standard of maintenance)

I think the CM *does* start earlier than the other stuff (perhaps to avoid being held up by the
marchers on foot and the large presence of old bill!). As journos take up position early, they would
have encountered the CM lot first.

Alex

 

Alex Graham <[email protected]> wrote:
>The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting...

Assuming he means the black stuff from out of the ground and not all oils, I think that's fair
enough. It'd be a moderate nuisance to do without, but not the end of the world.
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David Damerell <[email protected]> flcl?

 

On Wed, 7 May 2003, David Damerell wrote:

> Assuming he means the black stuff from out of the ground and not all oils, I think that's fair
> enough. It'd be a moderate nuisance to do without, but not the end of the world.

The black stuff that we smear back on the ground is quite an important part of cycling as a
practical mode of transport, mark you, as well as of a hygienic urban environment.

 

Alex Graham:

> The bloke who says cycling doesn't rely on oil was interesting

David Damerell:

> Assuming he means the black stuff from out of the ground and not all oils, I think that's
> fair enough

Yay! Back to whale oil for chain lube!!

(dies)

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