Lycra lout "killer" reply.

Simon Mason said:

Last week's Mail on Sunday had this article describing a rising tide of ped
deaths caused by cyclists:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail5.htm

Two weeks later this letter was published in reply:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail3.htm

I don't suppose they have written an apologetic retraction, choosing
instead to just hide it in the letters page and carry on regardless. I
wonder if they even bothered to check the facts after receiving the letter?

--
JimP
--
"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan

Jim Price said:

Simon Mason said:

Last week's Mail on Sunday had this article describing a rising tide
of ped
deaths caused by cyclists:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail5.htm

Two weeks later this letter was published in reply:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail3.htm

Quoted message said:

I don't suppose they have written an apologetic retraction, choosing
instead to just hide it in the letters page and carry on regardless. I
wonder if they even bothered to check the facts after receiving the letter?

Well, they could back up their claim. Cumulative death tolls can never
go down, really, can they?

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Jim Price said:

Simon Mason wrote:

Quoted message said:

I don't suppose they have written an apologetic retraction, choosing
instead to just hide it in the letters page and carry on regardless. I
wonder if they even bothered to check the facts after receiving the letter?

Welcome to journalism ..........

Simon Mason said:

Last week's Mail on Sunday

A "paper" I wouldn't wipe my [censored] on (also see Daily Express)

had this article describing a rising tide of ped

Quoted message said:

deaths caused by cyclists:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail5.htm

Two weeks later this letter was published in reply:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail3.htm

but kudos to them for printing it, I suppose.

Mark Tranchant said:

Jim Price said:

Simon Mason said:

Last week's Mail on Sunday had this article describing a rising tide
of ped
deaths caused by cyclists:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail5.htm

Two weeks later this letter was published in reply:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail3.htm

Quoted message said:

I don't suppose they have written an apologetic retraction, choosing
instead to just hide it in the letters page and carry on regardless. I
wonder if they even bothered to check the facts after receiving the letter?

Well, they could back up their claim. Cumulative death tolls can never
go down, really, can they?

why let facts get in the way of a good story?

perhaps someone with time on their hands might like to do a survey of
Pavementbikeniks; I bet a very small percentage will even be wearing
Lycra.

Mark Tranchant said:

Jim Price said:

Simon Mason said:

Last week's Mail on Sunday had this article describing a rising tide
of ped
deaths caused by cyclists:
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail5.htm

Two weeks later this letter was published in reply:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/mail3.htm

Quoted message said:

I don't suppose they have written an apologetic retraction, choosing
instead to just hide it in the letters page and carry on regardless. I
wonder if they even bothered to check the facts after receiving the
letter?

Well, they could back up their claim. Cumulative death tolls can never
go down, really, can they?

Not without resurrection, no, but that is just a tautology. I didn't see
where they used the word cumulative.

They have only given one actual figure, and any "rising toll" they seem
to be attibuting to the implied idea that, with 4 times the number of
cyclists, 2005 figures "could" go up for the "death and serious injury
rate". In practice, it is also possible that it could go down. I have
read here before of several studies which have found increase in cycle
usage to accompany a decrease in other types of accident rates. Mail on
Sunday readers may now think I have said the rate will go down.

--
JimP
--
"We don't have a plan, so nothing can go wrong" - Spike Milligan

Response to MartinM:

Quoted message said:

perhaps someone with time on their hands might like to do a survey of
Pavementbikeniks; I bet a very small percentage will even be wearing
Lycra.

Round here, the very few Lycra-wearers[1] I see are always on road bikes
and always on the road; conversely, the many more pavement cyclists are
almost invariably yoofs in hoodies on cheapo gas-pipe specials with their
saddles set about 9 inches above the bottom bracket; this being their
preferred transport before they graduate to chavved-up rust-buckets and
begin their proper task of setting night-time land speed records in and
between supermarket carparks.

[1] <pedant> That's Lycra in the sense of obvious sporting wear, as
opposed to the sense of an ingredient in e.g. socks & nail varnish.
</pedant>

--
Mark, UK.

better !pout !cry
better watchout
lpr why
santa_claus < north_pole >town

In article said:

[1] <pedant> That's Lycra in the sense of obvious sporting wear, as
opposed to the sense of an ingredient in e.g. socks & nail varnish.
</pedant>

How do you use a stretchy fibre as an ingredient in nail varnish?
http://www.lycra.com/prod/page_lycra.html
http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1962/overview.shtml

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

In article <[email hidden]>, Mark McNeill

Quoted message said:

[1] <pedant> That's Lycra in the sense of obvious sporting wear, as
opposed to the sense of an ingredient in e.g. socks & nail varnish.
</pedant>

How do you use a stretchy fibre as an ingredient in nail varnish?
http://www.lycra.com/prod/page_lycra.html
http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1962/overview.shtml

Mix it in to provide an elastic fibrous structure to increase strength when
it's dried?

http://www.handbag.com/beauty/tips/nailpolishtested/

cheers,
clive

In article said:

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

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Mark McNeill

Quoted message said:

[1] <pedant> That's Lycra in the sense of obvious sporting wear, as
opposed to the sense of an ingredient in e.g. socks & nail varnish.
</pedant>

How do you use a stretchy fibre as an ingredient in nail varnish?
http://www.lycra.com/prod/page_lycra.html
http://heritage.dupont.com/touchpoints/tp_1962/overview.shtml

Mix it in to provide an elastic fibrous structure to increase strength when
it's dried? http://www.handbag.com/beauty/tips/nailpolishtested/

Boggle. So you can. And in hair care as well, apparently.
http://www.modaintl.com/moda_news_Lycra_Henkel.html