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Old July 25th 09, 02:26 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Anderson Tom Anderson is offline
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Default These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rearends round our corners for the final time.

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Tom Barry wrote:

Tom Anderson wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, John B wrote:

On Jul 24, 3:34 pm, wrote:
[accurate and correct things]

Bloody hell, that's a Boltar post that I completely, 100% agree with.
Must be the end times...


I chafed a bit at 'idiot cyclists', but if you read that as saying that
cyclists who complain about bendies are idiots, rather than that all
cyclists are idiots and complain about bendies, then it's spot on.


I read it as being 'zealot cyclists who think the road should be rearranged
for their benefit',


Add 'and have mistaken ideas about what arrangement would be most to
their benefit'.

which Boris definitely is,


Yup.

leavened by old-fashioned Tory car-worship*.


Are motorismists anti-bendy?

Tom (not a cyclist, just a bloke who owns a bike and occasionally
chooses it when it's the best option).


A, a 'person on a bike', we call people like you!

* Like thinking that the car was the single biggest contributor to
women's liberation in the 20th century, a view he's expressed in my
hearing.


Oh what a card he is!

tom

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