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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf02.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe16.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Wait like the rest of us Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:40:25 +0000 References:  <6rcancFj6baU1@mid.individual.net>  <3qv1l45b5tinu86rqnlsd0etrldm7hbk6j@4ax.com>   <55a4l.25545$i_6.5797@newsfe11.ams2>    Lines: 55 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows/20081105) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe16.ams2 1230072046 82.21.204.127 (Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:40:46 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:40:46 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3603 X-Original-Bytes: 3560 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:681831

Light of Aria wrote: > > "_"  wrote in message > news:r9b4l.60089$3Q.32932@newsfe27.ams2... >> AndyC wrote: >>> "_"  wrote in message >>> news:55a4l.25545$i_6.5797@newsfe11.ams2... >>>> Marc wrote: >>>>> _ wrote: >>>>>> Peter Grange wrote: >>>>>>> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:15 +0000, _  wrote: >>>>> "Traffic that is going faster than him"? >>>>> Remind me again, how did you manage to hold up the cyclist, if you >>>>> were going faster than him? >>>> Yawn, take some reading classes, troll >>> >>> Marc, if this guy's attitude was representative of the average >>> driver, I would ride in the centre of the carriageway all the time. >> >> Yeah, you're the sort of twat I was referring to in the original post. >> No worries, I'll get past you sooner or later and give you a nice >> burst of hot exhaust gases :) >> >>> Thankfully he is not. Most drivers show some respect for other road >>> users. >> Pity none of you cyclist twats do, eh? > > > > Look Mr Anger issues. > > Take a deep breath: Calm down. > > Do unto others as you would have them do to you. > > The world and cyclists are not actually out to get, inconvenience, or > annoy you. > > In the world it is easy for unpleasantness and misunderstandings to > occur. Why don't you begin the rest of your life by trying to do good to > others, and finding goodness in the world around you? > > > > Well, thank you for your obviously well-intentioned post, and have a nice Crimbo, etc. Meanwhile, I was pointing out the inevitable results of some posters here who seem intent on criticising 'cagers' while failing to recognise their own failings, promoting the idea of riding two abreast in the middle of a lane because "it doesn't allow faster traffic to pass that might cut in on you (and fuck the fact that you're slowing them down to do it)", turning a blind eye to RLJ'ing because "the traffic light wasn't designed for bikers", et al et al. By the way, I really *dont* have 'anger issues'. They'd be spotted very quickly at bi-annual reviews and I'd be out of a job :)