http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:46:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=4#post-55272 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:33:29 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 55272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today's lovely little titbit:</p> <p>"<em>The bus only route</em> [at the Jewel] <em>should be opened up to all traffic full stop. No need for speed reduction measures as these in themselves are hazards. Its about time that some people learned to drive and cope with traffic moving above a snails pace.</em>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=4#post-52814 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:46:59 +0000 Uberuce 52814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There has been over a hundredfold increase in cover versions of <em>Satisfaction</em> by the Rolling Stones since 1965. Fact.</p> <p>And don't give me any of that correlation causation waffle. I'm talking about logic and facts here.</p> <p>Over a hundredfold.<br /> Fact. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=4#post-52794 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:27:47 +0000 Arellcat 52794@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One could also say that cases of asthma increasing have also more or less paralleled the widespread adoption of mobile phones by children and the increase in consumption of deep fried food. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52791 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:04:01 +0000 SRD 52791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw this earlier and considered pointing out that the period in which asthma has increased in pop also coincides with fewer children walking/riding to school and less 'playing out'. </p> <p>(More seriously, saw report of study recently which linked rise in childhood asthma to increase in use of Paracetemol rather than aspirin, owing to concerns about Reye's syndrome.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52790 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:03:10 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 52790@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No Kirst, you're wrong, it's been worse since the smoking ban, Fuel Heid says so.</p> <p>I love the comment about kids in his day not suffering from asthma, and that this must mean that kids now are being diagnosed with it just to deal with them, like it's being used as some catch-all for any diagnosis to avoid having to do a proper diagnosis. And it's certainly not that back in his day they weren't as good at spotting it. Like dyslexia. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52788 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:28 +0000 Kirst 52788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Funnily enough, I've had fewer problems with my asthma since the smoking ban. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52783 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:39:40 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 52783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh good grief... So tobacco smoke toughens up the lungs is it? Like press ups for your breathing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52774 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:51:28 +0000 Kirst 52774@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And we all know if he thinks it, it must be true. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52771 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:46:56 +0000 cb 52771@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>S/he says:</p> <p>" Exposure to tobacco smoke is about the only thing I can think of that has decreased in line with cases of asthma increasing"</p> <p>That's the only thing you can think of? The /only/ thing? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-52768 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:15:41 +0000 Kirst 52768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The smoking ban has caused childhood asthma, apparently <a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/lives_of_pupils_with_asthma_put_at_risk_by_inhaler_rules_1_2049727" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/lives_of_pupils_with_asthma_put_at_risk_by_inhaler_rules_1_2049727</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51966 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:36:42 +0000 Smudge 51966@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Uberuce, very true, but I thought I'd use one of the words he loves to throw at anyone who dares to challenge his "facts", in full confidence that he will read it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51956 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:35:05 +0000 Uberuce 51956@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>In fairness, 'obsessed' is maybe a bit much. CCE shows up pretty brightly in Google, so you really only need to be mildly irritated with a sprinkling of curiosity.</p> <p>The way the 10-string of posts was between 3 and 4am is a bit of a worry, though. No offence, Incandescent, should you be reading. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51949 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:43:06 +0000 Smudge 51949@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Incandescent" is now posting links to threads on here and quotes from over a month ago so is clearly obsessed enough to be trawling through this site's archives and searching for info on me elsewhere.<br /> Obviously he has not read the terms and conditions of the EN comments site, (or doesn't care what they are) whose policy is: <em>Links. No metatags hyperlinks or other forms of linkage whatsoever to any other site may be imposed on the website without the prior express written consent of the Publisher</em>! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51477 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:03:54 +0000 SRD 51477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>s'thing like 'why don't you guys look where you're going' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51476 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:23:28 +0000 Uberuce 51476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's moderated out of existence now. What was it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-51426 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:50:46 +0000 Smudge 51426@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/transport/cycle_campaigners_call_for_action_after_road_deaths_rise_1_2026536#" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/transport/cycle_campaigners_call_for_action_after_road_deaths_rise_1_2026536#</a> </p> <p>It appears I am for some reason unable to report post 1 as unsuitable (or indeed downright offensive). :-&lt; </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50862 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:34:39 +0000 Smudge 50862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Taken as read, seems that was issue 65 and the current one is 68. He (Mr Flanders) appears to be a regular columnist. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50861 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:32:55 +0000 kaputnik 50861@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>P.S. the Phil Flanders thing is NOT a go at lorrys or lorryists. It's a direct go at an ill-informed, objectionable idiot who is paid to represent the haulage industry and the whose nonsensical rambling demonises the group he is meant to represent. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50859 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:26:11 +0000 Smudge 50859@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Allegedly (iirc) he also has some sort of motorcycle. (Heavens help us :-/ ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50858 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:25:15 +0000 Smudge 50858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I reckon he wishes he had an Evo but actually has a Ford with a mid sized engine and a large tailpipe... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50856 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:07:28 +0000 kaputnik 50856@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I imagine Lancer / Evo / Skyline sort of high-powered, big-enginged nedmobile </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50853 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:59:23 +0000 Arellcat 50853@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone know what sort of car AHOFH drives? I have an awful suspicion, albeit based on circumstantial evidence, that I might actually know. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50851 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:51:55 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 50851@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I love the licencing idea. I wonder at what age people should be allowed to ride bicycles? 17 like cars? 15? 13? There are going to ,be a lot of disappointed kids suddenly not allowed to ride bikes... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50849 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:46:27 +0000 Arellcat 50849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>If anyone fancies some haulage industry troll baiting on Twitter, read <u>this</u>...</em></p> <p>Great thundering turnips, what a godawful piece of tripe that was. <strike>All</strike> Almost all cyclists have indicators: they're called arms. It's obviously our fault that we cyclists are so fast that we kill pedestrians, and it's our fault that we cyclists are so slow that car drivers kill us, on roads which no cyclist ever helped pay for, of course. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50846 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:31:17 +0000 Smudge 50846@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>rantback tweeted ;-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50845 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:06:20 +0000 crowriver 50845@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Interesting. He's actually quoting from some Kiwi news article which in turn quotes a corporate lackey from Mercedes-Benz: not exactly a neutral opinion.</p> <p>The idiot Flanders is in fact scared of cyclists, as apparently some of them have wee cameras on their helmets and are willing to supply the video to the fuzz, who are it seems taking action against lorry drivers as a result. Ha ha ha! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-50842 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:17:07 +0000 kaputnik 50842@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If anyone fancies some haulage industry troll baiting on Twitter, read <a href="http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?referral=other&amp;pnum=9&amp;refresh=o04L12FmM0p6&amp;EID=160784ef-bdab-4398-8b38-8bd2e8a786b4&amp;skip=&amp;p=9">this</a> and then tweet @RHALtd your thoughts about Scottish Director, Phil "a public road with motor vehicles is no place for a cyclist" Flanders.</p> <p>It helped me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-49867 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:58:08 +0000 Uberuce 49867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Rape example? Racists with a race example, not rapists with a rape example. Not sure if that's a misreading or a typo at your end. No harm done, anyway. Moving back to the debatey parts...</p> <p>A person's religion is almost always part of their upbringing, and I doubt many would argue that the child selects the parent. Up to the age where independent thought really gets going, I would argue against describing religion as self selected. I didn't have time to type it earlier, but I was going to include a partial exemption for racists-by-upbringing, a group that did include me to some extent, since I grew up in a rural town in Scotland in the early 80's, and no longer does because it's plainly stupid. </p> <p>Where it gets interesting is that, for bigots, religion <u>is</u> an ethnicity. </p> <p>I'll use myself as an example. Despite a lifetime of vocal scepticism and a bookshelf of Hitchens, Dawkins and Harris, I suspect the individuals found lining the streets of Orange marches wearing a Rangers strip would simply not accept that I'm not Catholic; I was baptised Catholic and confirmed at age 11, and was made to go to Mass until old enough for my refusal to be accepted.</p> <p>Conversely a lot of people without a shred of bigotry in them would refer me as a <em>lapsed Catholic</em>. It's about as accurate as describing a person that's eaten meat every day of their lives and is currently tucking into a bloody steak as a <em>lapsed vegetarian</em>, but there you go.</p> <p>I suppose the question would now be: how long does it have to be since you last bestrode a saddle until, in the eyes of Fuel Head <em>et</em> Clarkson <em>et al</em>, before you are no longer a cyclist? </p> <p>The reason I'm Devilishly Advocating is because I reckon that it happens at the moment you take your cycling gear off and become a 'proper' pedestrian, or more cynically that this is what they will claim during debates, so that they can claim their prejudice is a self-selected behaviour based one and invalidate your use of the word-swapper. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-49823 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:10:38 +0000 Dave 49823@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>"Devil's Advocacy compells me to point out that cyclists are a self-selecting group. It's intrinsically unfair to harbour prejudice against a group that has no choice but to be part of it, but the behaviour of a self-selecting group is open to rational dislike. "<br /> </em></p> <p>That's true, and yet - religion is self-selecting, to take just the most obvious example. People choose to identify with a religion voluntarily (unlike being born a given ethnicity).</p> <p>The rape example is thought provoking but I would suggest that there is a fundamental difference (for instance, if people were trying to crack down on cyclists using firearms to kill gang rivals, rather than simply making life harder for all cyclists, that would be a different matter).</p> <p><em>The government should consider allowing the police to confiscate the belongings of Jews not carrying identification documents, Lord Sugar suggested yesterday. The star of BBC show The Apprentice agreed it was impractical to license Jews, but pointed to the example of the United States.</p> <p>His comments came as peers called on the government at question time in the House of Lords to take a firmer stance on Jews who break the law.</em> </p> <p>Hmm. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4556&page=3#post-49818 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:37:54 +0000 amir 49818@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, it is odd for a person who prides himself on ripping into poor publicity seeking individuals who reveal themselves to be less than practical. LS clearly has not thought through the impracticalities and costs of a cyclist licensing scheme. He should be fired.</p> <p>There is also something immoral about ranting on about RLJers but swanning around in gas guzzling cars and private jets. Which will end up in more damage to society? </p>