Near Miss

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

Don't know if anyone was KSI or hit by flying motorcar parts, but I think
I
need a drink...

Glad you are okay. Wearing brown shorts???

Cheers, helen s

Dave Larrington said:

url:http://www.shotgunsandwich.net/images/crash.jpg

So there I was, peacefully stopped at the traffic lights southbound on
Shoreditch High Street.

This is a mere stone's throw from my office. <waves>

Cycling content: I rode from there to East Finchley and back home to
Wapping last night. As predicted, didn't get all the way up Highgate
Hill without walking some, and the rain wasn't much fun either. Got
home in about 50 minutes - this was much more enjoyable. Took it easy
on way to work this morning as I don't want my thighs to break.

Dave Larrington said:

This, kids, is why it's a good idea to change down into
a low gear when stopped at the lights. Fear, as the poet sang, lent him
wings, and I took off at a rate that would have left Senor Alonso's company
car looking rather second-rate.

Bloody cyclists ignoring red traffic lights again ;-)

Glad you got away unharmed.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

wafflycat came up with the following;:

Quoted message said:

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

Quoted message said:

Don't know if anyone was KSI or hit by flying motorcar parts, but I think
I
need a drink...

Glad you are okay. Wearing brown shorts???

He wasn't when he set off from home ...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!
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Dave Larrington said:

url:http://www.shotgunsandwich.net/images/crash.jpg

So there I was, peacefully stopped at the traffic lights
southbound on Shoreditch High Street.

[big snip]

Quoted message said:

Don't know if anyone was KSI or hit by flying motorcar parts, but
I think I need a drink...

Blood hell, Dave! I think I would too. Glad you eventually made it to
the Nut Mines in one piece. Have you phoned in your name as a witness
to the opacity of the building and the non-nee-nering nature of the car
that nearly ended in your lap?

--
Dave...

Tony Raven said:

Dave Larrington said:

This, kids, is why it's a good idea to change down into
a low gear when stopped at the lights. Fear, as the poet sang,
lent him wings, and I took off at a rate that would have left
Senor Alonso's company car looking rather second-rate.

Bloody cyclists ignoring red traffic lights again ;-)

The irony is he would have been safer if he had been.

--
Dave...

On 19 Jul 2005 04:43:23 -0700 someone who may be "dkahn400"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Blood hell, Dave! I think I would too. Glad you eventually made it to
the Nut Mines in one piece. Have you phoned in your name as a witness
to the opacity of the building and the non-nee-nering nature of the car
that nearly ended in your lap?

If he did that then the police would undoubtedly persecute him for
being "anti-police".

However, I gather all Metropolitan Police cars are now fitted with
data recorders which record such things.

--
David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E
I will always explain revoked keys, unless the UK government
prevents me by using the RIP Act 2000.

David Hansen said:

On 19 Jul 2005 04:43:23 -0700 someone who may be "dkahn400"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Blood hell, Dave! I think I would too. Glad you eventually made it to
the Nut Mines in one piece. Have you phoned in your name as a witness
to the opacity of the building and the non-nee-nering nature of the car
that nearly ended in your lap?

If he did that then the police would undoubtedly persecute him for
being "anti-police".

However, I gather all Metropolitan Police cars are now fitted with
data recorders which record such things.

What, the names of passing witnesses? That's one helluvanimpressive
data recorder. :-)

R.

Richard said:

David Hansen said:

On 19 Jul 2005 04:43:23 -0700 someone who may be "dkahn400"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Blood hell, Dave! I think I would too. Glad you eventually made it to
the Nut Mines in one piece. Have you phoned in your name as a witness
to the opacity of the building and the non-nee-nering nature of the car
that nearly ended in your lap?

If he did that then the police would undoubtedly persecute him for
being "anti-police".

However, I gather all Metropolitan Police cars are now fitted with
data recorders which record such things.

What, the names of passing witnesses? That's one helluvanimpressive
data recorder. :-)

R.

It's those new ID cards; all passing police vehicles will log the
details of all persons enjoying the freedom of the street by RFID.

Dave Larrington said:

Peugeot makes contact with Astra's nearside rear wing. Astra is
very soon umop-ap!sdn, heading in our direction and shedding bits for
which
it has no further use. Fortunately it bounced off a convenient piece of
road furniture, but one of its wheels was heading in my direction with
alarming despatch. This, kids, is why it's a good idea to change down
into
a low gear when stopped at the lights. Fear, as the poet sang, lent him
wings, and I took off at a rate that would have left Senor Alonso's
company
car looking rather second-rate.

Flippin' 'eck - not quite as amusing as your normal posts. From the
picture it looks like it could have been a *lot* worse; i.e. ploughing
through peds.

So, er, where did you get the photo? Are you some sort of Secret Agent
with access to the nation's spy satellites...? Of course if you say
"no" I shall assume that you are, and if "yes" I'll assume it's a
double-bluff.

--
jc

Dave Larrington said:

Don't know if anyone was KSI or hit by flying motorcar parts, but I think I
need a drink...

Holy f.... glad to hear you escaped unharmed.

d.

Jeremy Collins said:

Flippin' 'eck - not quite as amusing as your normal posts. From the
picture it looks like it could have been a *lot* worse; i.e. ploughing
through peds.

There were probably half a dozen cyclists and motorcyclists in the ASL area
too.

Quoted message said:

So, er, where did you get the photo? Are you some sort of Secret Agent
with access to the nation's spy satellites...? Of course if you say
"no" I shall assume that you are, and if "yes" I'll assume it's a
double-bluff.

Charles Clarke sent it to me... Actually, TWFKAML found a thread on the
urban75 forum wossname, just after I'd posted the story elsewhere, in a
small corner of the InterWeb where we both lurk. The photo was snapped by
one "tendril" out of his / her window.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Funsize Mars bars? What could possibly be MORE fun about eating LESS
chocolate?

Not Responding said:

Quoted message said:

What, the names of passing witnesses? That's one helluvanimpressive
data recorder. :-)

R.

It's those new ID cards; all passing police vehicles will log the
details of all persons enjoying the freedom of the street by RFID.

And subsequently will be able to nick those who do the most passing and
repassing under the computer misuse act (wasting bandwidth).

R.

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:07:02 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

This, kids, is why it's a good idea to change down into
a low gear when stopped at the lights. Fear, as the poet sang, lent him
wings, and I took off at a rate that would have left Senor Alonso's company
car looking rather second-rate.

Bloody cyclists ignoring red traffic lights again ;-)

Glad you got away unharmed.

If I can marry two threads (kinky !) - there are some (see Regents'
Park thread) who would have had Dave hung, drawn and cauterised for
'breaking the rules'. Now what was that about a civilised society not
applying all of the rules all of the time ... ?

Tony

Richard said:

David Hansen said:

On 19 Jul 2005 04:43:23 -0700 someone who may be "dkahn400"
<[email hidden]> wrote this:-

Quoted message said:

Blood hell, Dave! I think I would too. Glad you eventually made it to
the Nut Mines in one piece. Have you phoned in your name as a witness
to the opacity of the building and the non-nee-nering nature of the car
that nearly ended in your lap?

If he did that then the police would undoubtedly persecute him for
being "anti-police".

However, I gather all Metropolitan Police cars are now fitted with
data recorders which record such things.

What, the names of passing witnesses? That's one helluvanimpressive
data recorder. :-)

R.

Yes, but only what Teflon Tone's working towards with his ID card
racket. I feel they should use the ideas from the Book of Revelations,
and have everyone branded in their right palm or on their forehead - a
national bar-caode would do it ...

Of course, bar codes come in three groups of six lines each ....
6 - 6 - 6

Tony

Tony said:

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:07:02 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Dave Larrington said:

This, kids, is why it's a good idea to change down into
a low gear when stopped at the lights. Fear, as the poet sang, lent him
wings, and I took off at a rate that would have left Senor Alonso's
company car looking rather second-rate.

Bloody cyclists ignoring red traffic lights again ;-)

Glad you got away unharmed.

If I can marry two threads (kinky !) - there are some (see Regents'
Park thread) who would have had Dave hung, drawn and cauterised for
'breaking the rules'. Now what was that about a civilised society not
applying all of the rules all of the time ... ?

There is, of course, a difference between breaking the rules for your
convenience and breaking them to stay alive and intact. I suppose you could
say that it would be rather inconvenient to be killed by flying bits of
automobile...
--
Chris

Tony said:

If I can marry two threads (kinky !) - there are some (see Regents'
Park thread) who would have had Dave hung, drawn and cauterised for
'breaking the rules'. Now what was that about a civilised society not
applying all of the rules all of the time ... ?

The law does allow mitigating circumstances amongst which saving your
life is pretty high on the list and wanting to save a few seconds on a
journey is pretty low.

--
Tony

"I did make a mistake once - I thought I'd made a mistake but I hadn't"
Anon

On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 22:56:31 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tony said:

If I can marry two threads (kinky !) - there are some (see Regents'
Park thread) who would have had Dave hung, drawn and cauterised for
'breaking the rules'. Now what was that about a civilised society not
applying all of the rules all of the time ... ?

The law does allow mitigating circumstances amongst which saving your
life is pretty high on the list and wanting to save a few seconds on a
journey is pretty low.

This I realise, but I was attempting to contrast this life-saving
behaviour with the dictates of those who stated that rules should
never be broken.

Tony

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

So there I was, peacefully stopped at the traffic lights southbound on
Shoreditch High Street. <snip car on roof without wheel tethers>

Isn't this a 'near hit' story? I really still need that one explained to me.