Courier Mail Today ( Picking on Cyclists )

Mick said:

I was [censored] to read the Qweeekend Magazine today in the Brisbane
Courier Mail.
In a feature by Mike O'Connor in Backchat, he has a go at Cyclists calling
us Two Wheeled Terrorists who ride in their Licorice Allsorts Lycra, and
Funny Helmets.
I was [censored] by a man in this position of media power to say these
things.

Yes Cyclist's like myself get [censored] with Walkers and Joggers, that
block the whole bikeway, fail to keep left like the signs say, and walk
along a designated "Bike's Only Lanes "

Does Mike O'connor know that the Bikeway he is talking about along the river
at Coro Drive, was originally made as a BIKEWAY ONLY ?
no I don't think he does.

Anyway I don't think this Cyclist bashing helps us in anyway, and I don't
think a man in that position should only aggravate Joggers and Walkers more.
Anyway I will send him my message now, please do likewise.
His email address is
[email hidden]

[font=Arial]O'Connor, pull your head out of your [censored] are you so desperate for ratings that you have to start calling people names now (cyclists). Just another peice of quality journalism from a toilet rag of a paper.[/font]
[font=Arial]Not yours but up yours[/font]
[font=Arial]M. Kelly[/font]
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[font=Arial]Hows that :p [/font]

"Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I was [censored] to read the Qweeekend Magazine today in the Brisbane
Courier Mail.
In a feature by Mike O'Connor in Backchat, he has a go at Cyclists calling
us Two Wheeled Terrorists who ride in their Licorice Allsorts Lycra, and
Funny Helmets.
I was [censored] by a man in this position of media power to say these
things.

Yes Cyclist's like myself get [censored] with Walkers and Joggers, that
block the whole bikeway, fail to keep left like the signs say, and walk
along a designated "Bike's Only Lanes "

Does Mike O'connor know that the Bikeway he is talking about along the
river at Coro Drive, was originally made as a BIKEWAY ONLY ?
no I don't think he does.

Anyway I don't think this Cyclist bashing helps us in anyway, and I don't
think a man in that position should only aggravate Joggers and Walkers
more.
Anyway I will send him my message now, please do likewise.
His email address is
[email hidden]

Don't write to him, write to his editor explaining why you won't be buying
their paper any more.

My reply to QWeekend:
Dear Qweekend

An eyetest is in order for your Backpage journalist (October 15-16), who
persists in calling the clearly signposted Coro Drive Bikeway a 'walkway'.
Inability to read signs might also explain his conflict with cyclists: the
law requires him to keep left on a shared path.

His poor vision is also intellectual: his column space would be useful if
focused on achieving a realistic bike route to the city from Toowong. Then
this city might depend on cars a little less.

Please edit him out.

Pete

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"Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I was [censored] to read the Qweeekend Magazine today in the Brisbane
Courier Mail.
In a feature by Mike O'Connor in Backchat, he has a go at Cyclists
calling us Two Wheeled Terrorists who ride in their Licorice Allsorts
Lycra, and Funny Helmets.
I was [censored] by a man in this position of media power to say these
things.

Yes Cyclist's like myself get [censored] with Walkers and Joggers, that
block the whole bikeway, fail to keep left like the signs say, and walk
along a designated "Bike's Only Lanes "

Does Mike O'connor know that the Bikeway he is talking about along the
river at Coro Drive, was originally made as a BIKEWAY ONLY ?
no I don't think he does.

Anyway I don't think this Cyclist bashing helps us in anyway, and I don't
think a man in that position should only aggravate Joggers and Walkers
more.
Anyway I will send him my message now, please do likewise.
His email address is
[email hidden]

Don't write to him, write to his editor explaining why you won't be buying
their paper any more.

Good one Donga
"DONGA" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

My reply to QWeekend:
Dear Qweekend

An eyetest is in order for your Backpage journalist (October 15-16), who
persists in calling the clearly signposted Coro Drive Bikeway a 'walkway'.
Inability to read signs might also explain his conflict with cyclists: the
law requires him to keep left on a shared path.

His poor vision is also intellectual: his column space would be useful if
focused on achieving a realistic bike route to the city from Toowong. Then
this city might depend on cars a little less.

Please edit him out.

Pete

"L'acrobat" <husky.65@delete_me.bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

"Mick" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I was [censored] to read the Qweeekend Magazine today in the Brisbane
Courier Mail.
In a feature by Mike O'Connor in Backchat, he has a go at Cyclists
calling us Two Wheeled Terrorists who ride in their Licorice Allsorts
Lycra, and Funny Helmets.
I was [censored] by a man in this position of media power to say these
things.

Yes Cyclist's like myself get [censored] with Walkers and Joggers, that
block the whole bikeway, fail to keep left like the signs say, and walk
along a designated "Bike's Only Lanes "

Does Mike O'connor know that the Bikeway he is talking about along the
river at Coro Drive, was originally made as a BIKEWAY ONLY ?
no I don't think he does.

Anyway I don't think this Cyclist bashing helps us in anyway, and I
don't think a man in that position should only aggravate Joggers and
Walkers more.
Anyway I will send him my message now, please do likewise.
His email address is
[email hidden]

Don't write to him, write to his editor explaining why you won't be
buying their paper any more.

Mick said:

I was [censored] to read the Qweeekend Magazine today in the Brisbane
Courier Mail.
In a feature by Mike O'Connor in Backchat, he has a go at Cyclists calling
us Two Wheeled Terrorists who ride in their Licorice Allsorts Lycra, and
Funny Helmets.
I was [censored] by a man in this position of media power to say these
things.

Yes Cyclist's like myself get [censored] with Walkers and Joggers, that
block the whole bikeway, fail to keep left like the signs say, and walk
along a designated "Bike's Only Lanes "

Does Mike O'connor know that the Bikeway he is talking about along the river
at Coro Drive, was originally made as a BIKEWAY ONLY ?
no I don't think he does.

Anyway I don't think this Cyclist bashing helps us in anyway, and I don't
think a man in that position should only aggravate Joggers and Walkers more.
Anyway I will send him my message now, please do likewise.
His email address is
[email hidden]

any chance you can post the original story so we can dissect him and then email accordingly. Also supply editor's addy too?
Perhaps all 'other' stater's could embarrass em into some common sense?
FD

On 17/10/05 at 08:58:57 flyingdutch somehow managed to type:

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Quoted message said:

any chance you can post the original story so we can dissect him and

No sooner said than done. Link - http://tinyurl.com/dw9x8

My take on the whole thing is that some bloody bean counter has come up
with the notion that if the chemical storage all goes "funny" someone's
going to get hurt and therefore the company will be sued.

The very probably more correct way of looking at the objection is "what
are they trying to hide ?"

--
Humbug

flyingdutch said:

any chance you can post the original story so we can dissect him and then email accordingly. Also supply editor's addy too?
Perhaps all 'other' stater's could embarrass em into some common sense?
FD

Or a scan of the article if it's not avaliable online? And then we'll sic the southerners onto Mister O'Connor. :eek:

On 17/10/05 at 09:27:16 Humbug somehow managed to type:

Ahhhh Whoops, wrong thread - it should've been the "[The age] Companies
fight bike path plan" thread..... How'd I manage to mess that up so
badly anyway ???...:-(

--
Humbug

Humbug No sooner said than done. [url said:

tinyurl.comdw9x8Open ↗[/url]

Ahhh..different story, think you meant this one in Vic:
http://www.cyclingforums.com/t292822-%5Bthe-age%5D-companies-fight-bike-path-plan.html

Humbug said:

On 17/10/05 at 09:27:16 Humbug somehow managed to type:

Ahhhh Whoops, wrong thread - it should've been the "[The age] Companies
fight bike path plan" thread..... How'd I manage to mess that up so
badly anyway ???...:-(

It's simple. They all hate us. Going down the garden to eat worms. No, actually I'm off to apply some top dressing & light watering. 😄

On 17/10/05 at 10:13:03 cfsmtb somehow managed to type:

Quoted message said:

Humbug

No sooner said than done. url said:

tinyurl.comdw9x8Open ↗[/url]

Ahhh..different story, think you meant this one in Vic:

Ahhh yes I did..... In my defence it's Monday morning and I'm still in
an undercaffeinated state therefore my confusion level is way up
there...

--
Humbug

Humbug said:

Ahhh yes I did..... In my defence it's Monday morning and I'm still in
an undercaffeinated state therefore my confusion level is way up
there...

--
Humbug

"Vat's noooofinnn!"

I just spent an entire weekend sober,
uncaffienated and in the company of
a dozen scouts! The horror...

The alcohol i_could_do_without (did i just type that?)
but no caffiene is just not this lil' black duck's cup of tea, so to speak 🙁

flyingdutch said:

I just spent an entire weekend sober,
uncaffienated and in the company of
a dozen scouts! The horror...

No caffeine? Shouldn't they have been boiling the billy and making it
for you?? (ha!)

--
John (also a Scout leader, never without at least teabags handy. "Be
Prepared"😉

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quote='John Pitts'On 2005-10-17 said:

I just spent an entire weekend sober,
uncaffienated and in the company of
a dozen scouts! The horror...

No caffeine? Shouldn't they have been boiling the billy and making it
for you?? (ha!)

--
John (also a Scout leader, never without at least teabags handy. "Be
Prepared"😉

<[email hidden]> (Remove hat before emailing)[/QUOTE]
Wot is the yoof of today comin' to?

When we were scouts, we took our own alcohol away on camps. And we took tea and coffee too. Maybe you should have asked your scouts if any of them had a spare drink?😄

SteveA

flyingdutch said:

Humbug said:

Ahhh yes I did..... In my defence it's Monday morning and I'm still in
an undercaffeinated state therefore my confusion level is way up
there...

--
Humbug

"Vat's noooofinnn!"

I just spent an entire weekend sober,
uncaffienated and in the company of
a dozen scouts! The horror...

The alcohol i_could_do_without (did i just type that?)
but no caffiene is just not this lil' black duck's cup of tea, so to
speak 🙁

What, no caffeine .
I spent the weekend with 43 Cub Scouts and neede lots of the stuff to
keep me going.
Scouts should be able to boil the billy and make coffe or tea for the
leaders.

Ted.
==============================================================
| Ted Linnell <[email hidden]> |
| |
| Nunawading, Victoria , Australia |
==============================================================

flyingdutch said:

"Vat's noooofinnn!"

I just spent an entire weekend sober,
uncaffienated and in the company of
a dozen scouts! The horror...

The alcohol i_could_do_without (did i just type that?)
but no caffiene is just not this lil' black duck's cup of tea, so to
speak 🙁

What ever happened to "Be Prepared"?

--
Brett"Used to be a Patrol Leader"S

BrettS said:

flyingdutch said:

"Vat's noooofinnn!"

I just spent an entire weekend sober, uncaffienated and in the company
of a dozen scouts! The horror...

The alcohol i_could_do_without (did i just type that?)
but no caffiene is just not this lil' black duck's cup of tea, so to
speak 🙁

What ever happened to "Be Prepared"?

He is probably an Assistant scout leader.
Thank goodness for Patrol Leaders

Terryc

ex PL, TL, SL

SteveA said:

Wot is the yoof of today comin' to?
When we were scouts, we took our own alcohol away on camps. And we took tea and coffee too. Maybe you should have asked your scouts if any of them had a spare drink?😄

The youth of today are probably snorting lines of crushed Sudafed and drinking water.

hippy
- missing his Beam and Coke

cfsmtb said:

flyingdutch said:

any chance you can post the original story so we can dissect him and
then email accordingly. Also supply editor's addy too?
Perhaps all 'other' stater's could embarrass em into some common
sense?
FD

Or a scan of the article if it's not avaliable online? And then we'll
sic the southerners onto Mister O'Connor. :eek:

Can be found at
http://static.flickr.com/27/53523879_bf5033154e_b.jpg
I think that will work.

jh