http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. en Mon, 18 May 2026 00:23:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298252 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 21:04:05 +0000 gembo 298252@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wingpig, you pro-nun now? Mother Superior., way more than strict </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298220 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:44:09 +0000 wingpig 298220@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo You only see one in the Blues Brothers and she's strict, rather than evil, only starting to hit them for swearing in the classroom.</p> <p>@iwrats <em>"...acts of self discipline"</em> like only eating one small chocolate each day? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298217 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:01:50 +0000 I were right about that saddle 298217@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For those of us without Catholic friends, the spirit of advent is dedication to prayer, fasting, sacrifices and acts of self discipline. Semi asceticism. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298213 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:58:29 +0000 gembo 298213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Those nuns were up to no good in A Very Peculiar Practice. See also The Blues Brothers for further evidence of evil nuns. They can't all be bad I guess? There was a psychologist nun in Glasgow years back who drove a motorbike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298205 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 21:57:53 +0000 minus six 298205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>its been a long time since i felt any spirit of advent among the natives in this dumb country </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298200 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:53:25 +0000 amir 298200@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Very much evident today in the so-called season of good will </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19352#post-298198 Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:51:28 +0000 crowriver 298198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Apparently</em> this is "news" to some (non-cyclists).</p> <p>---</p> <p>New Studies Show Some Motorists Hate Cyclists, Won't Ever Slow Down When Overtaking</p> <p>'Those piloting heavy, fast motor vehicles often use their speed and power to muscle all non-motorised users out of the way, sometimes without knowing they’re doing it. “Vulnerable road users” – such as cyclists and pedestrians – become either invisible, or irritants to be buzzed out of the way. '</p> <p>'Motor cars are deemed to have priority on roads. Cyclists report being buzzed by nurses, nuns and White Van Man alike.'</p> <p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2018/12/21/new-studies-show-some-motorists-hate-cyclists-wont-ever-slow-down-when-overtaking/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2018/12/21/new-studies-show-some-motorists-hate-cyclists-wont-ever-slow-down-when-overtaking/</a> </p>