The Last Laugh (I hope)

Paul Boyd wrote on 07/12/2006 17:01 +0100:

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I work in Weston-super-Mare, an area currently being battered by very
stormy winds and rain. All day long my workmates (I use the term
loosely!!) have been taking the pee about me being on my bike in this
weather...

The M5 is closed between Highbridge (Jcn 22) and Avonmouth (Jcn 18A)
because of lorries blown over. The first rat-run is the A370, which has
just been announced as also being closed. The next rat-run is the A38,
which is now the only route from the SW into and through Bristol. Even
the road running in front of the estate (A371) is blocked solid. There
are basically no routes out of Weston for drivers. My workmates all
live outside Weston.

So in an hour I'll pop onto my bike and toddle off as normal, and arrive
home in 15 minutes or so, maybe windswept, maybe wet, but home. Even if
I have to walk.

I really am trying hard not to feel too smug :-)

Don't forget to let them know you are just popping off home when you
leave. Schadenfreude can be a satisfying thing ;-)

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Tony

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"Paul Boyd" <usenet.dont.work@plusnet> wrote in message
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I really am trying hard not to feel too smug :-)

Nah. Smug it up big time.

Tony Raven said the following on 07/12/2006 19:01:

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Don't forget to let them know you are just popping off home when you
leave. Schadenfreude can be a satisfying thing ;-)

Oh I did, and it was!

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Paul Boyd
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Paul Boyd said:

The M5 is closed between Highbridge (Jcn 22) and Avonmouth (Jcn 18A) <snip>
he A370, which has just been announced as also being closed.

<snip> (A371) is blocked solid. There

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are basically no routes out of Weston for drivers. My workmates all
live outside Weston.

Know the feeling. Enjoy listening to their war stories about how their
BMWs were stationery nose to tail for hours and hours. Then chip in
with a poite enquiry as to whether they saw any cyclists whizzing
past. Maybe talk about the excellent meal you had at 6.30, when they
were sitting in the aforementioned car park. Ask them how big their
engines are. Sympathise; it must be such a shame having 150bhp under
the bonnet and only be able to drive as far as the rear bumper of the
car in front.

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Peter.

al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

:-)

Steve.

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al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

Umm.. if it is rain, it ain't freezing. Laws of physics still apply on
this planet.

Last time I got my car services I looked at the bill and realised I
could have bought a really nice bike for that..

...d

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Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

:-)

Yebbut us commuters get pretty girls feeling up our legs down t'pub.

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Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio,

I'd heard cars were expensive, but surely if you have to work 365 days a
year to pay for one then it really isn't worth it.

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while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

Eh? Freezing while slogging up a hill? Surely those are two mutually
exclusive conditions?

Anyway, I *love* freezing mornings. I love wheeling my bike out of the
house, getting on and riding past all the poor motorists who have to
scrape the ice off their cars before they can go anywhere :-)

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David Martin wrote on 08/12/2006 14:50 +0100:

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al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

Umm.. if it is rain, it ain't freezing. Laws of physics still apply on
this planet.

Last time I got my car services I looked at the bill and realised I
could have bought a really nice bike for that..

Last time someone expressed incredulity that I had taken a 3.5hr bike
and train journey that they had done in two hours in the car, I pointed
out that I had had wasted half an hour and had a productive 3 hours
working on the train while they had wasted their two hours driving the car.

--
Tony

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wildly inaccurate..."
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Yebbut us commuters get pretty girls feeling up our legs down t'pub.

Dammit, clearly I'm going to the wrong pubs! It's never happened to me
yet...

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Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

If it's a slog up a hill, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG GEAR. I mean, even a
sickly so-and-so like me can ride up the 1 in 4 hill in good weather
if I pick the bottom gear and 1-in-4s are almost always avoidable.
Stop being so proud and change down a gear.
--
MJR/slef
http://mjr.towers.org.uk/

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al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it.
You've earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

Dancing up a hill, snug in my togs, smelling the rain, watching the cagers
get madder and fatter and sadder, feeling the blood flow and my lungs open
up, leaving the stress of the office behind and working up a nice appetite
for tea.

Love life don't hide from it.

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Danny Colyer said the following on 08/12/2006 16:01:

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Eh? Freezing while slogging up a hill? Surely those are two mutually
exclusive conditions?

No hills on my commute to get me warmed up :-( (Well, there is a gentle
rise that some people consider a hill, but it really isn't!)

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Anyway, I *love* freezing mornings. I love wheeling my bike out of the
house, getting on and riding past all the poor motorists who have to
scrape the ice off their cars before they can go anywhere :-)

That neatly sums up my feelings! A cold, crisp morning is wonderful for
cycling. On the rare occasion when I do need to use my car for my 2.5
mile trip to work in winter, it takes longer to scrape ice than to drive!

As for wet and windy, either/or is fine. Both together are fine so long
as the rain isn't horizontal into my face :-(

I keep getting comments like "Did you get a bit wet then?" on rainy
mornings. "Nope, that's why I have waterproofs" is the bleedin' obvious
answer!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Brian said:

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Yebbut us commuters get pretty girls feeling up our legs down t'pub.

Dammit, clearly I'm going to the wrong pubs! It's never happened to me
yet...

You are. The rest of us have to beat them off with sticks.

Mark Thompson wrote on 08/12/2006 15:39 +0100:

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Yebbut us commuters get pretty girls feeling up our legs down t'pub.

That's only because you're discussing leg hair removal methods with them ;-)

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Tony

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wildly inaccurate..."
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al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

:-)

Steve.

why if it's possible why not bike? while i'm despertly unimpressed with
the rail network, i love to be able to ride to work like my SO can.

roger

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al Mossah said:

Be smug. Be holier than thou. Be really annoying! Enjoy it. You've
earned it.

Exactly how those of us with enough sense to use a car feel on the
other 364 days of the year when we're sitting in warm, dry comfort
listening to the radio, while you slog up a hill in the rain freezing
your [censored] off.

:-)

Steve.

Oh, aye - all those car drivers that I glide past in the mornings and
evenings look very smug - it is "smug" when your veins are standing out
in your forehead, your eyes are nearly popping out and you look like
you're snarling, isn't it?

Mined ewe, I'm not sure they can hear the radio as they all seem to be
nearly permanently shouting at each other. Car drivers seem to be such
a friendly lot in the mornings...

Adam.