Smog and Pollution

"Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi there,

So being a new commuter has made me realise just how polluted the roads actually are.

I go down the cycle path of a main A road and at times you can almost

taste

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the [censored] you are breathing in.

My question is this, do any of you vets out there use anything to protect your lungs? Its
something that is niggling me!

I've got a pollution mask for cycling around London. Never use it though. Had a skip lorry
drive past earlier .. dust following it for miles ... that tasted horrible ... God knows what
was in it ....

Lee said:

Hi there,

So being a new commuter has made me realise just how polluted the roads actually are.

I go down the cycle path of a main A road and at times you can almost taste the [censored] you are
breathing in.

My question is this, do any of you vets out there use anything to protect your lungs? Its
something that is niggling me!

Lee

No, the masks are more trouble than they are worth and you wouldnt wear one if you were in a car,
which is actually worse than riding from a breathing in pollution perspective. Besides, you can't
smoke a [censored] while you're wearing one!

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No, the masks are more trouble than they are worth and you wouldnt wear one if you were in a car,
which is actually worse than riding from a breathing in pollution perspective. Besides, you can't
smoke a [censored] while you're wearing one!

Dont smoke so thats not a problem but i do think ill look like a [censored] in a smog mask.

Guess ill get used to the lead poisoning!

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No, the masks are more trouble than they are worth and you wouldnt wear one if you were in a
car, which is actually worse than riding from a breathing in pollution perspective. Besides, you
can't smoke a [censored] while you're wearing one!

Dont smoke so thats not a problem but i do think ill look like a [censored] in a smog mask.

Guess ill get used to the lead poisoning!

It's good for getting herded up by police on May 1st in London, and then beaten with a stick. 🙂

Lee said:

Hi there,

So being a new commuter has made me realise just how polluted the roads actually are.

I go down the cycle path of a main A road and at times you can almost taste the [censored] you are
breathing in.

Too true! I was out yesterday and a horsebox passed me at the precise moment that the animal inside
decided to relieve itself. The trickle of pee out of the back was immediately caught by the
vehicle's slipstream and turned into a fine spray which spattered all over me.

Just thought I'd share this lovely tale.

Regards,

-david

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It's good for getting herded up by police on May 1st in London, and then beaten with a stick. 🙂

So i hear........

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Lee said:

Hi there,

So being a new commuter has made me realise just how polluted the roads actually are.

I go down the cycle path of a main A road and at times you can almost

taste

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

the [censored] you are breathing in.

Too true! I was out yesterday and a horsebox passed me at the precise

moment

Quoted message said:

that the animal inside decided to relieve itself. The trickle of pee out

of

Quoted message said:

the back was immediately caught by the vehicle's slipstream and turned

into

Quoted message said:

a fine spray which spattered all over me.

Just thought I'd share this lovely tale.

Regards,

-david

OMG! how disgusting - i will cycle home in 10 minutes blissfully breathing in the lead knowing full
well im not drinking horse pee!

"Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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OMG! how disgusting - i will cycle home in 10 minutes blissfully breathing in the lead knowing
full well im not drinking horse pee!

Fortunately there is now no leaded petrol so this problem is significantly less than before.

Probably the worst are diesel particulates -- so don't slipstream the local buses 🙁

T

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I've got a pollution mask for cycling around London. Never use it though. Had a skip lorry
drive past earlier .. dust following it for miles ... that tasted horrible ... God knows what
was in it ....

Masks are awful They divert exhaled breath upwards onto our glasses. And then they steam up soyou
can't see where you are going.

Love and condensation from Rich x

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change the obvious bit to richard

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Lee said:

Hi there,

So being a new commuter has made me realise just how polluted the

roads

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actually are.

I go down the cycle path of a main A road and at times you can almost

taste

Quoted message said:

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the [censored] you are breathing in.

Too true! I was out yesterday and a horsebox passed me at the precise

moment

Quoted message said:

that the animal inside decided to relieve itself. The trickle of pee out

of

Quoted message said:

the back was immediately caught by the vehicle's slipstream and turned

into

Quoted message said:

a fine spray which spattered all over me.

Just thought I'd share this lovely tale.

Regards,

-david

OMG! how disgusting - i will cycle home in 10 minutes blissfully breathing in the lead knowing
full well im not drinking horse pee!

Just think about riding along a pleasing country lane... Just before evening milking... cow [censored]
everywhere... Cyclist arrives...

......

On second thoughts, don't :-)

Pete White

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Just think about riding along a pleasing country lane... Just before evening milking... cow [censored]
everywhere... Cyclist arrives...

Useful hints and tips : don't slipstream tractors just after they've been driving in a field full of
[censored]! (actually this was during FMD, and he pretty obviously hadn't cleaned his tyres, naughty
farmer...)

cheers, clive

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"Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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OMG! how disgusting - i will cycle home in 10 minutes blissfully breathing in the lead knowing
full well im not drinking horse pee!

Fortunately there is now no leaded petrol so this problem is significantly less than before.

Probably the worst are diesel particulates -- so don't slipstream the local buses 🙁

When I worked in central London (near Bank station, one of the things I found most disgusting was
the fact that if I blew my nose on a white tissue after a few hours in town, the residue was a
grey-black.

If I'd been cycling through town, I'd definitely have worn a smog-mask.

If you do wear one, make sure you change the filter frequently - otherwise you'll breathe through a
lump of material filled with concentrated essence of air-pollution gunk - which is much worse than
just breathing in the air...

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Gawnsoft said:

When I worked in central London (near Bank station, one of the things I found most disgusting was
the fact that if I blew my nose on a white tissue after a few hours in town, the residue was a
grey-black.

In my first two weeks in London, I found this too. Since I got out the tube and onto the bike, the
sympton has disappeared.

Richard.

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When I worked in central London (near Bank station, one of the things I found most disgusting was
the fact that if I blew my nose on a white tissue after a few hours in town, the residue was a
grey-black.

In Glasgow in the 19th century post mortem cause of death was sometimes put as pink lung. Pink lungs
were seen as an abnormality as almost all the lungs of the population were black.

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If I'd been cycling through town, I'd definitely have worn a smog-mask.

If you do wear one, make sure you change the filter frequently - otherwise you'll breathe through
a lump of material filled with concentrated essence of air-pollution gunk - which is much worse
than just breathing in the air...

AFAIR that would be a daily change - if you can afford it!

Tony

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not
dying." Woody Allen

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Just think about riding along a pleasing country lane... Just before evening milking... cow [censored]
everywhere... Cyclist arrives...

Useful hints and tips : don't slipstream tractors just after they've been driving in a field full
of [censored]! (actually this was during FMD, and he pretty obviously hadn't cleaned his tyres, naughty
farmer...)

cheers, clive

None of that roun 'ere, all the [censored] be on der road...

Pete White