http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Does one do caption competitions? en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:35:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12719 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:11:37 +0000 maninaskirt 12719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"This is a girl's bike. I need a skirt to ride it!" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12714 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:55:44 +0000 chdot 12714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Prince+Wales+Duchess+Cornwall+Visit+Hackney+7dB9_q20TPxl.jpg"><img src="http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Prince+Wales+Duchess+Cornwall+Visit+Hackney+7dB9_q20TPxl.jpg"></p> <p>Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/ftc_aNUcMFN/Prince+Wales+Duchess+Cornwall+Visit+Hackney" rel="nofollow">http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/ftc_aNUcMFN/Prince+Wales+Duchess+Cornwall+Visit+Hackney</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12713 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:52:27 +0000 maninaskirt 12713@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And for the caption competition:-</p> <p>"I remember these things. My grandfather had one but I recall that the front wheel was much larger." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12678 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:30:37 +0000 kaputnik 12678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Train will have a whole carriage with room for bikes. </em></p> <p><strong>Seven</strong>, to be precise :) that's an awful lot of Bromptons!</p> <p>On the note about it being ecofriendly as it ran on rendered-down chipfat, the point is pretty moot - those 7 carriages (approx weight of a Mark 3 carriage being 35 tonnes) were being hauled by 2 x 88 tonne, 3,200 hp locomotives. This peasant calculates that to be roughly a mere 421 tonnes and a trifling 6,400hp. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12675 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:24:08 +0000 chdot 12675@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"not available for refining purposes!"</p> <p>Apparently in London (and no doubt elsewhere), fat from takeaways blocks the sewers and has to be <em>shovelled</em>... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12673 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:17:58 +0000 kaputnik 12673@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Yeah, but there's not really that much!<br /> </em></p> <p>Exactly. It's in all the people and not available for refining purposes! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12667 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:52:39 +0000 SRD 12667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was meaning land currently used for food crops, but clearly there are places harder to define."</p> <p>There is a long practice of foreigners thinking that land looks 'unusued' or under-utilized' -- see arguments made by settlers in kenya, south africa, zimbabwe etc. or just not 'properly' utilized eg 'scientifically used'. when in many cases, use was actually well-adapted to conditions, soil type etc. </p> <p>"I don't know if crop price/access to market means it would be easier/'better' to use such land for biofuel crops."</p> <p>It may be profitable for multi-nationals to 'lease' land and grow biofuel crops on it, even where it is not profitable for local people to grow foodcrops. Perverse, but true. Influenced, of course, in part by the lousy prices we pay, subsidies to farmers etc. If they provide work it may not always be a 'lose-lose' scenario, but.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12666 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:44:14 +0000 chdot 12666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The problem is that in a lot of cases it is hard to know what is 'agricultural land'."</p> <p>I was meaning land currently used for food crops, but clearly there are places harder to define. </p> <p>I don't know if crop price/access to market means it would be easier/'better' to use such land for biofuel crops(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12665 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:37:27 +0000 SRD 12665@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Biofuel from agricultural land ought to be a non-starter."</p> <p>The problem is that in a lot of cases it is hard to know what is 'agricultural land'. One issue is land used by pastoralists (govts love to grab this, it looks under-utilized), but also just that given crop prices and problems of access to markets in Africa, land may not be being used for agriculture, but in theory still be 'agricultural' land. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12664 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:28:34 +0000 chdot 12664@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Recycled chip fat gets my vote though."</p> <p>Yeah, but there's not <em>really</em> that much!</p> <p>Biofuel from agricultural land <em>ought</em> to be a non-starter.</p> <p>Rainforest - soya - cows - burgers isn't exactly 'equitable' either, but it's happening. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12663 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:23:53 +0000 SRD 12663@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lots of issues about bio-diesel. Recycled chip fat gets my vote though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12662 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:19:12 +0000 steveo 12662@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Certainly the most abundant fuel in Scotland followed a close second by politicians hot air. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12660 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:36:09 +0000 chdot 12660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"They were making such a song and dance about it being fuelled by "biodiesel" on the wireless."</p> <p>Chip fat apparently. </p> <p>Wind-up wireless?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12659 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:34:37 +0000 chdot 12659@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doesn't need a bike rack. Train will have a whole carriage with room for bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12657 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:29:26 +0000 kaputnik 12657@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"where does one's driver sit?"</p> <p>I wonder if there's a bike rack on the Royal Train. They were making such a song and dance about it being fuelled by "biodiesel" on the wireless. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12655 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:10:50 +0000 Arellcat 12655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Although putting a brave face on things, Prince Charles' environmental credentials took a blow on Sunday after his new Duchy Cleaning company managed to shrink Big Dave's prized town bike while his colleagues tittered in amusement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1355#post-12654 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:32:00 +0000 chdot 12654@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4090/4968584532_fb1c096bb3_o.jpg"></p> <p><a href="http://twitpic.com/2m3yl6" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/2m3yl6</a> </p>