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  • Hard News: Reasons to be cheerful,

    O hell, flourescent letters are probably quite nummy but-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: Reasons to be cheerful,

    Christopher D - you are talking* city traffic * and I thooughly agree with you there.
    I'm talking state highway (73 to be precise) traffic - with NO cycle lanes whatsoever, and areas where motor vehicles are warned about narrowing of roadwidth.

    We slow down where it is warranted BUT-

    cyclists do not (see this emphasised in big gory flourescent letters)

    belong on the main road here.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Obamania, For Real,

    Many thanks for the link giovanni! Mark Fiore's animations reminded me, through 8 long years, that the US of A was waaay way better than the Shrubya's lot tried to reduce it to-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: Reasons to be cheerful,

    Ooo, go there, steven! We've had traction engine journeying conventions turn up in big O, and are they polite and considerate road users? Definitely. Slow - but pull over as soon as is practicable.
    V. different to the road lice...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: Reasons to be cheerful,

    Stephen Judd, one of my nightmares of driving on West Coast S.I roads is cyclists. Many many of them are overseas visitors. They seem to assume that ANZ road rules mean nothing to them - as guests of the vountry, they can bike how they like.

    So, I've come round a corner on Mount Hercules (v. twisty with sharp angled turns) and come across 3-abreast!fuckwits!! each with double
    panniers!!!

    My vehicle is in good nick: I stopped in time. I yelled very loudly and rudely at them and they responded with the fingers.

    Did they really expect me to go on the wrong side of the road to avoid them???

    I made up my mind to NEVER do that in the future.
    And frequently think that, yeah, main state highways *are* only for powered vehicles (I mean, shitodear, getting around the trucks with double trailers is bad enough...)

    Mind you, where that puts an electric-assisted bike - or a horse-drawn vehicle...I'm not quite sure.

    Though the times there have been horse-drawn vehicles on coast roads, word gets round, and everyone is extra careful and delighted!

    It's the decades of batshit tourist cyclists that have soured us I suspect-

    snd Dont Get Me Started On #@!@#$#! Campervans!

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: It's not OK to just make…,

    Some day, waay in the future, some dedicated scholar is going to compile a kind of dictionary, demonstrating the rise & slither sideways & oblivion of early www geekish...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Obamania, For Real,

    Anybody know (OK it'll be almost everybody right?) how to lik to the latest Mark Fiore animation? I can email the thing to - whoever-

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Up Front: The Missus,

    O, would really like to dine on alligator (anything that dines on us is fair game I reckon-) but - as I dont have a passport- it's up there with the tarantula crispies...

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Up Front: The Missus,

    Have tried croc in Oz - really enjoyable (young farmed things.) Good texture, fairly bland meat - but the sauce - o my! (At Stephanie's.)

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

  • Hard News: It's not OK to just make…,

    Linger, totally agree with first two propositions.
    But the 'him' (and it's most likely to be a him using the word 'slut' - unless you're a 14yrold girl of course - some of them seem to use it as a term of endearment) is a nebulous entity & is not, *not*, tied to the Chuck Bird entity.

    Big O, Mahitahi, Te Wahi … • Since Feb 2007 • 5643 posts Report

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