Idiots

Dave Larrington said:

Is there something you've omitted from a ride report to which you would
care to admit?

Not necessarily, but as Mr. Eastwood would have it, "A man's gotta know
his limitations."

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

Dave Larrington said:

Is there something you've omitted from a ride report to which you would
care to admit?

Not necessarily, but as Mr. Eastwood would have it, "A man's gotta know
his limitations."

Or was it, "There must be a hundred reasons why I don't ride into this
ford. Right now I can't think of one"?

--
Dave...

Quoted message said:

Perhaps it is a case of the phenomenon sociologist Anthony Giddens
called 'techno-primitivism' - where people become so used to relying
upon technology which they do not understand that they treat it in
much the way pre-scientific people treated magic, and believe in it
in the face of all common sense.

I believe Arthur C Clarke had a similar insight some years ago ;o)

Chris
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Chris Eilbeck

Chris Eilbeck said:

I believe Arthur C Clarke had a similar insight some years ago ;o)

If you mention that man, you have to let everyone know that he single
handedly invented the geostationary communication satellite.

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Don Whybrow

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Don Whybrow said:

Chris Eilbeck said:

I believe Arthur C Clarke had a similar insight some years ago ;o)

If you mention that man, you have to let everyone know that he single
handedly invented the geostationary communication satellite.

Somewhere, there's a picture of him wearing a T-shirt that says "I
invented the geostationary communications satellite and all i got was this
lousy T-shirt". At least he's got a sense of humour about it!

tom

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Dave Larrington said:

You can sneak onto motorways via the back entrance of services too...

Only if they are not gated, which some are. The back entrance of
Membury services, as used on the Dean 300, is not gated but there are
signs with Dire Warnings for those who are not supposed to be using
that entrance. As if I would do something so naughty...

So how is a cyclist supposed to get to a Motorway service area?

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Quoted message said:

In message <[email hidden]>, davek
<[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

You can sneak onto motorways via the back entrance of services too...

Only if they are not gated, which some are. The back entrance of
Membury services, as used on the Dean 300, is not gated but there are
signs with Dire Warnings for those who are not supposed to be using
that entrance. As if I would do something so naughty...

Quoted message said:

So how is a cyclist supposed to get to a Motorway service area?

Ignore the signs and use the ramp.

Motorway service areas can be wonderful for the roaming cyclist. Nobody
has ever objected to my presence as a cyclist.

Not all the staff in service stations have cars, so there is almost
always a 'back entrance'.

I used to recommend Watford Gap, but it was horrible the last time I visited.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht () said:

I used to recommend Watford Gap, but it was horrible the last time I visited.

It always was, wasn't it? Leastways, Roy Harper thought so:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

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I married a hippie. I'm sorry.

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Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht () said:

I used to recommend Watford Gap, but it was horrible the last time I visited.

It always was, wasn't it? Leastways, Roy Harper thought so:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that context>

In article <[email hidden]>,

sothach () said:

Dave Larrington said:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Quoted message said:

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that context>

Pass. I'll ask the hippie but I doubt even she's got all the nuances of
Mr Harper's slanguage down pat. The first time I was dragged to see him
live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all about
it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

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Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sothach () said:

Dave Larrington wrote:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Quoted message said:

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that context>

Pass. I'll ask the hippie but I doubt even she's got all the nuances of
Mr Harper's slanguage down pat. The first time I was dragged to see him
live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all about
it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

Well, that counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor[1]
enough to pique my interest. My guess is that its a simile using the
usual meaning of goolie, such that the roads going into the city are
like the strands which support a testicle. But its art, so it might be
bollox.

JimP

[1]No, I'm not implying you're a Vogon.

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grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after
all. - DNA

Response to Dave Larrington:

Quoted message said:

The first time I was dragged to see him
live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all about
it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

I remember hearing this phrase being graphically explained to a
predominantly Nice-Radio-4 audience by George Melly.

Who later in the evening told a related joke, the punchline of which was
"By the ears, usually." The entire joke is available, under plain
wrapper, to genuine students only.

--
Mark, UK
"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who
are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."

In article <[email hidden]>,

sothach () said:

Dave Larrington said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Helen Deborah

Vecht () said:

I used to recommend Watford Gap, but it was horrible the last time I visited.

It always was, wasn't it? Leastways, Roy Harper thought so:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that context>

Asked the hippie last night. She has no idea.

Soz.

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We had that Maurits C. Escher in to do some building work once. I
haven't been able to leave the house since.

in message <[email hidden]>, Dave

Larrington (') said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sothach () said:

Dave Larrington wrote:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that
context>

Pass. I'll ask the hippie but I doubt even she's got all the nuances
of
Mr Harper's slanguage down pat. The first time I was dragged to see
him live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all
about it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

Is that similar to talking to Hughie on the great white telephone?

--
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;; We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other
;; languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and riffle their
;; pockets for new vocabulary -- James D. Nicoll

Simon Brooke said:

Is that similar to talking to Hughie on the great white telephone?

Hughie Green?

...d

Simon Brooke said:

Quoted message said:

Mr Harper's slanguage down pat. The first time I was dragged to see
him live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all
about it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

Is that similar to talking to Hughie on the great white telephone?

Nope, that's yodelling in technicolour aka the technicolour yawn.
--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Dave

Larrington (') said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

sothach () said:

Dave Larrington wrote:

<URL:http://homepage.mac.com/musicnaut/royharper/lyrics/watford_gap.html

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Well, hats off to Roy Harper..., but what's a 'goolie' in that
context>

Pass. I'll ask the hippie but I doubt even she's got all the nuances
of
Mr Harper's slanguage down pat. The first time I was dragged to see
him live, he played "Watford Gap" and spent a long time telling us all
about it, notably the phrase or saying "Yodelling up the canyon".

Is that similar to talking to Hughie on the great white telephone?

If it is, I don't think she'll be too interested in a second date.
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over bridge of nose and peer)