Down the pub - the thread about nothing and everything

[YamFazFan]

That's very true Grahamm, if they're not looking in the first place then lights/hi-vis becomes irrelevant.


Certainly can't argue with that one. No way whatsoever.


Irrelevant to my O/P concerning the motorists who are looking but struggling to see the cyclists because they don't have any lights/hi-vis though :rolleyes

[fazersharp]

I am seeing a lot of cyclists around my parts that have no lights -zig zag on and off the pavement, this in an area with a massive amount of polish, eastern European migrants that use the bike as their main transport.Yes no matter how high vis your vis is drivers still do not see you.I had high vis top on including arms with modded - both lights on I had one pull out on me from a side street - he going right on a 30 road I was going about 20. He stopped 1/4 way out when he did see me and I gesticulated by pulling on my high vis and a palms up hand gesture whilst shaking my head and HE started blasting his horn at ME  :wall . Maybe he though he could pull out quickly as I was only going 20.   

[Wharfe]

True story this....
I recently did some work at a nursing home for people with chronic severe mental illness, the kind that are not harmful to others but just too unwell to be able to be looked after in their own homes.
One of the residents there routinely wears an LED  headtorch,  and a flashing red rear cycle lamp on both wrists,  all switched on. I'm not sure what the moral is here but I think it's "guys, this bloke  wears lights indoors, in daylight whilst just walking around, but who is the "mad" one here ? Him, or you - cycling at night with no lights?"
Just a thort...

[Grahamm]

The maid asked her boss, the wife for a raise and made her upset

The wife asked, "Now, Helen, why do you think you deserve a pay increase?"

Helen: "There are three reasons. The first is that I iron better than you."

Wife: "Who said that?"

Helen: "Your husband."

Wife: "Oh."

Helen: "The second reason is that I am a better cook than you."

Wife: "Who said that?"

Helen: "Your husband."

Wife: "Oh."

Helen: "The third reason is that I am better at sex than you."

Wife: "Did my husband say that as well?"

Helen: "No, the gardener did."

Wife: "So, how much do you want?"

[darrsi]

[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=22082.msg285662#msg285662 date=1539933360]
You'd be lucky to see their back wheels this morning at 6.30 a.m.
Pitch black with thick fog and still no lights or bright clothing.

I wear hi viz and have bright lights on my bicycle. Still doesn't help if some bugger isn't looking or has a sense of entitlement because they "pay to use the road" and think I shouldn't be in their way, even though the law says I have as much right to use the road as them...
[/quote]


Did you mention "the law" on behalf of cyclists?  :rollin :rollin :rollin
The ones i normally see recklessly break more laws than they obey, the most favoured one being the jumping of red lights. Mind you, buses are just as bad for doing that as well.

[YamFazFan]

Did you mention "the law" on behalf of cyclists?  :rollin :rollin :rollin
The ones i normally see recklessly break more laws than they obey, the most favoured one being the jumping of red lights. Mind you, buses are just as bad for doing that as well.

....and taxis.

[Grahamm]

Did you mention "the law" on behalf of cyclists? 

You mean like when I yell at other cyclists "That red light applies to you too!" or "Get some bloody lights, idiot"...?

[Grahamm]

For Xmas I bought my girlfriend an elephant to put in her room.

She said I was so kind.

I said "Don't mention it..."

[tommyardin]

?

[YamFazFan]

[size=3.95em]? [/size]

It's an incredibly weak joke :rolleyes

[mtread]

It's a Schrodinger joke. Both funny and unfunny at the same time 

[Grahamm]

Not mine, I saw it somewhere else

[YamFazFan]

It's a Schrodinger joke. Both funny and unfunny at the same time 

Must admit, I had to look Schrodinger up.


I can see the unfunny, but I'm struggling to find the funny. Just some nonsense about about a cat that might be there, but on the other hand might not be :rolleyes

[fazersharp]

[quote author=mtread link=topic=22082.msg289570#msg289570 date=1545869694]
It's a Schrodinger joke. Both funny and unfunny at the same time 

Must admit, I had to look Schrodinger up.


I can see the unfunny, but I'm struggling to find the funny. Just some nonsense about about a cat that might be there, but on the other hand might not be :rolleyes
[/quote]Am I the only one who gets the joke.
Nobody mentions the elephant in the room.

[YamFazFan]

[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=22082.msg289595#msg289595 date=1545930955]

[quote author=mtread link=topic=22082.msg289570#msg289570 date=1545869694]
It's a Schrodinger joke. Both funny and unfunny at the same time 

Must admit, I had to look Schrodinger up.


I can see the unfunny, but I'm struggling to find the funny. Just some nonsense about about a cat that might be there, but on the other hand might not be :rolleyes
[/quote]Am I the only one who gets the joke.
Nobody mentions the elephant in the room.
[/quote]
No you're not the only one. I get the elephant joke too. I explained in my post last night that it's an incredibly weak joke in reply to Tommyardin's '?' post.

It's moved on to the 'Schrodinger Cat Joke' since then. Look that up

[fazersharp]

It's moved on to the 'Schrodinger Cat Joke' since then. Look that up

I did but when I looked there was nothing there

[YamFazFan]

[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=22082.msg289601#msg289601 date=1545936622]

It's moved on to the 'Schrodinger Cat Joke' since then. Look that up

I did but when I looked there was nothing there
[/quote]


:lol

[Grahamm]

[quote author=YamFazFan link=topic=22082.msg289601#msg289601 date=1545936622]

It's moved on to the 'Schrodinger Cat Joke' since then. Look that up

I did but when I looked there was nothing there
[/quote]

There was when *I* looked...!

[mtread]

There was when *I* looked...!

I've got a theory why you're both right 

[g5guzzi]