My, it has been a tad blustery these past couple of days. However I experienced the impossible as we all know it never happens. I had wind assist not only up hills, but down a few as well. On one occasion I was just setting off from a set of traffic lights when I was hit by a massive gust from behind and crossed the junction in record time. Mind you, I also had a fair share of into and across wind and gust riding. Very exhilarating, especially as the motorised traffic did not seem to be as affected by it as I was.
-- Don Whybrow
Sequi Bonum Non Time
"I've noticed that the press tends to be quite accurate, except when they're writing on a subject I know something about." (Keith F. Lynch)
My, it has been a tad blustery these past couple of days. However I experienced the impossible as we all know it never happens. I had wind assist not only up hills, but down a few as well. On one occasion I was just setting off from a set of traffic lights when I was hit by a massive gust from behind and crossed the junction in record time. Mind you, I also had a fair share of into and across wind and gust riding. Very exhilarating, especially as the motorised traffic did not seem to be as affected by it as I was.
Me too. Couldn't believe it but the wind has been behind me for all my journeys the last couple of days. Mind you the short stint I had to do into the wind was gruelling.
-- Tony
"...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate..." Douglas Adams; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
My, it has been a tad blustery these past couple of days. However I experienced the impossible as we all know it never happens. I had wind assist not only up hills, but down a few as well. On one occasion I was just setting off from a set of traffic lights when I was hit by a massive gust from behind and crossed the junction in record time. Mind you, I also had a fair share of into and across wind and gust riding. Very exhilarating, especially as the motorised traffic did not seem to be as affected by it as I was.
A common misconception is that the phrase which forms the title of this post means something like "for rules there sometimes are contradictory instances.
It does not.
The true meaning of the phrase is that it is unusual cases that test ("prove"😉 the validity of a rule.
A common misconception is that the phrase which forms the title of this post means something like "for rules there sometimes are contradictory instances.
It does not.
The true meaning of the phrase is that it is unusual cases that test ("prove"😉 the validity of a rule.
I am aware of Karl Popper
-- Don Whybrow
Sequi Bonum Non Time
"There is a wicked pretense that one has been informed. But no such thing has truly occurred! A mere slogan, an empty litany. No arguments are heard, no evidence is weighed. It isn't news at all, only a source of amusement for idlers." (Gibson-Sterling, The Difference Engine)
A common misconception is that the phrase which forms the title of this post means something like "for rules there sometimes are contradictory instances.
It does not.
The true meaning of the phrase is that it is unusual cases that test ("prove"😉 the validity of a rule.
Actually, there are at least two schools of thought. The more plausible one (to me) is that it means that the exceptions to a rule demonstrate the general applicability of the rule.
For example "Do not walk on the grass except on Tuesdays" indicates that on Monday you definitely must not walk on the grass. The explicit exception for Tuesday reinforces the general applicability.
