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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!backlog1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!backlog1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder.news-service.com!postnews.google.com!n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <62e8e0d0-446a-4427-a32f-574bc59234c8@n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Le Tour and nymphomaniac seamstresses. Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:43:15 -0700 (PDT) References: <3cd28437-bdf1-49c5-8af8-e81141f70c55@n4g2000vba.googlegroups.com> Lines: 18 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.156.150.242 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1245361396 6641 127.0.0.1 (18 Jun 2009 21:43:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: n8g2000vbb.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.156.150.242; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2193 X-Original-Bytes: 2150 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:710623

On Jun 18, 6:04=A0pm, spindrift  wrote: > > Early warnings attached to the new-fangled 'velocipedes' (fast feet) > included dire hints as the the potential...STIMULATING side effect of > sitting on solid rubber tyres on a bouncy saddle that may very well > vibrate when brakes are applied.

Of course, some people came out with hysterical, ludicrous warnings about cars when they first came about as well: "You'll suffocate if you exceed 30mph" and other complete rubbish. It seems that certain people, one of whom has started this thread, haven't moved on much since that time.

Some of us evolve and increase our knowledge according to available data; others are ruled entirely by emotion, wishful thinking, stupidity, a point blank refusal to admit that they are wrong about anything no matter how obvious it is, and sometimes (certainly in the case of Spindrift) severe mental difficulties.