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Ghost bike for sale on Facebook Marketplace?; Elaine Paige deletes RideLondon “road tax” tweet; Chris Froome has “no recollection” of Dauphiné crash; Yellow Jumper; RideLondon 'short' short route; and much more on the live blog today

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05 August 2019, 19:29
A poll running at 48 vs 52 per cent? Sounds vaguely familiar ...
05 August 2019, 18:51
A ghost bike appears to be for sale on Facebook Marketplace

A man from the Wirral has put what appears to be a ghost bike up for sale on Facebook Marketplace.

The post was spotted by road.cc reader Josh Owen Morris, who shared a screengrab of it on Twitter with the consensus of the replies being that it did indeed seem to be a ghost bike.

The bike – a folder, branded Astra, with a listing price of £15 and the description "Old bike" – seems to have been spray-painted white, as are the ghost bikes often placed at locations where a cyclist has been killed as a memorial to the rider.

Josh queried the posting with the Facebook user who put the bike up for sale, and sent us screengrabs of his exchange with the poster's wife.

Ghost Bike conversation
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We’ve done a Google Image search for “ghost bike” on the Wirral and in nearby areas North Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside, but cannot find one similar to this.

If you happen to be aware of this bike having been placed as a tribute to a cyclist who lost their life, please let us know in the comments below.

05 August 2019, 15:23
Froome has "no recollection" of crash during Dauphine TT recce

Froome told ITV news he can only go off what people told him who saw it for themselves, as he doesn't remember the crash at all. 

05 August 2019, 15:13
Fizik releases Tempo Overcurve R4 road shoe

Fizik has announced the new Tempo Overcurve R4 performance road shoe, including two new iridescent options. The new model sits alongside the existing Tempo Overcurve R5 in the range.

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"The unique asymmetrical Overcurve shape enabled Fizik’s designers to create a shoe that has a classic performance road shoe aesthetic, but based on a contemporary construction design and techniques," says Fizik.

"Fizik’s Overcurve construction features a staggered collar that wraps around the ankle, tracing the natural misalignment of the ankle’s two bony protrusions: the lateral and medial malleoli. This creates an asymmetrical shape, with the throat of the shoe curving over the foot from its outside to its inner side. 

The upper is made from a polyurethane laminated material combined with a comfortable, flexible, lightweight mesh. It uses a Boa-controlled closure system while the outsole is a medium-stiffness carbon blend (it's 15% carbon-fibre).

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"The cleats are positioned slightly rear-wards compared to traditional settings, to optimise pedalling efficiency and reduce knee compression," says Fizik. "It is well suited to aggressive, forward aero positions."

The Tempo Overcurve R4 is available now in a choice of four colorways. The classic black/black and white/black are priced £194.99, while the iridescent bronze and iridescent green options are £209.99, either through dealers or direct from www.fizik.com

05 August 2019, 14:58
Mikel Landa switches to Bahrain-Merida

Mikel Landa is to join Bahrain-Merida for 2020 on a two year deal - a move that, with Vincenzo Nibali leaving the UCI WorldTour outfit, will see the Basque rider likely to be sole leader of the team at next year's Tour de France after a career largely spent in the service of others, fiirst at Euskaltel-Euskadi then Astana and Team Sky and finally Movistar.

05 August 2019, 14:32
2021 Giant bikes get UCI approval

Giant has had new versions of its TCR Advanced approved by the UCI, and these are model year 2021 bikes!

UCI list Giant Aug 2019

The latest update to the UCI's List of Approved Models of Frames and Forks features new versions of the TCR Advanced, TCR Advanced SL and TCR Advanced Pro, each of them in rim brake and disc brake configurations.

Giant last announced an update to the TCR platform in 2015 (the bikes were model year 2016), so we're about due a redesign. 

Model year 2021, though? We're used to bikes breaking cover six months or so before the start of the relevant model year, but nearly a year and a half? That has to be some sort of record.

Giant says it is a long way from being able to launch anything but needed to get designs rubber stamped before taking development any further. The designs could still be changed and require re-approval before anything is launched, so don't expect to see the new Giant TCRs any time soon. 

05 August 2019, 12:29
Elaine Paige deletes RideLondon road tax tweets

They're now just a memory, but have been copied for reference by various Twitter users... 

05 August 2019, 12:02
Cheap groceries coming at the cost of famous bike mural at site of new Milton Keynes Aldi

The German discount supermarket chain are bulldozing over a derelict shopping centre in the Stantonbury area of Milton Keynes to make way for a new store, with no plans made to save a famous bike mural on one of the walls of the old building.

The MK Citizen reports that the wall was close to getting listed status but hasn't got this in time, which means Aldi will technically have no obligation to save the wall when the former shopping centre is knocked down. 

Aldi is proposing to lay the wall flat, and has rejected calls for it to be placed upright in a nearby location as it will cost them over £150,000. 

Aldi’s property director for the Milton Keynes area Dan Pannell said he viewed the future of the mural as important, but also said: “we do not consider the mural’s importance should be overstated". He says Aldi have already gone "above and beyond" to save it. 

05 August 2019, 11:59
On-bike footage from Viviani's RideLondon-Surrey Classic victory

Some top lead-out skills also from Michael Mørkøv as Viviani powers to victory. 

05 August 2019, 11:55
Ah, the famous Yellow Jumper...

Ned Boulting was thrilled to discover that his 'yellow jumper' gaffe from his first Tour de France commentary gig in 2003 is also one shared by a mid-80's version of Trivial Pursuit. Seems Ned was right all along...   

05 August 2019, 10:08
Gabriel Cullaigh to Movistar for 2020

The cycling transfer season is hotting up and Movistar have netted British sprinter Gabriel Cullaigh from Team Wiggins.

The U23 rider signs a two-year deal with the Spanish World Tour team after a couple of very good years with Team Wiggins where he won the 2018 Rutland - Melton Cicle Classic.

05 August 2019, 09:59
05 August 2019, 08:21
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West End warbler Elaine Paige dreams a dream in days gone by, calling for a return of a tax that was abolished in 1937...

Paige, best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition, thinks she pays 'road tax' (abolished in 1937) and wants RideLondon participants to pay it too because they are allegedly blocking her from driving to and from her home. 

It appears she also didn't know how to love the security steward that diverted her away from her usual route, accusing them of being 'rather rude'. It's safe to say her comments didn't go down too well on Twitter...

05 August 2019, 08:14
Alex Dowsett extremely proud to be king of the mountains

...so much so he's changed his name on Twitter in tribute. Dowsett bagged the hallowed king of the mountain award at the RideLondon-Surrey Classic, and also bagged quite a few Strava KOMs along the way. He also uploaded the ride to Strava, which shown Dowset put out a weighted average power of 339 watts over the 168km course. 

05 August 2019, 08:10
Tom Pidcock wins Tour Alsace

The Team Wiggins rider took the overall victory at the French six-day race, winning stage 2 along the way and eventually winning by just an 11 second margin over  Michal Schlegel of the Czech Republic. 

05 August 2019, 08:05
RideLondon: participants complain of short route being... short

The problem was reportedly with the cut-offs, as riders who hadn't made it to the 24th mile by 11.20am were diverted onto a shorter route, that made the course less than 40 miles as opposed to the 46 advertised. Tom Watson MP appeared to have completed the full 46, and raised plenty of money for charity for his efforts. 

05 August 2019, 08:02
One hell of a coincidence

Now that's a factoid for the ages - for those who weren't aware young whipersnapper Remco Evenepoel played international football at U15 and U16 level for Belgium, before switching to cycling in 2017. His father Patrick was a professional footballer. 

Jack has been writing about cycling and multisport for over a decade, arriving at road.cc via 220 Triathlon Magazine in 2017. He worked across all areas of the website including tech, news and video, and also contributed to eBikeTips before being named Editor of road.cc in 2021 (much to his surprise). Jack has been hooked on cycling since his student days, and currently has a Trek 1.2 for winter riding, a beloved Bickerton folding bike for getting around town and an extra beloved custom Ridley Helium SLX for fantasising about going fast in his stable. Jack has never won a bike race, but does have a master's degree in print journalism and two Guinness World Records for pogo sticking (it's a long story). 

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Xena replied to Simon E | 5 years ago
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Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

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spen replied to Xena | 5 years ago
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Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

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Xena replied to spen | 5 years ago
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spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

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burtthebike replied to Xena | 5 years ago
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Xena wrote:
spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

Such a shame that those 99% of climate scientists don't have the benefit of your expertise and knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-...

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change

https://futurism.com/climate-change-caused-humans

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Xena replied to burtthebike | 5 years ago
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burtthebike wrote:
Xena wrote:
spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

Such a shame that those 99% of climate scientists don't have the benefit of your expertise and knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-...

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change

https://futurism.com/climate-change-caused-humans

Look at the links then comment . Look at this https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/ Look at the links Oh here’s your NASA buddies cooking the climate books https://youtu.be/Xpx27-00NgE Facts you are relying on MSM source these are not the facts . Are you scared to look at the links I have posted. It’s ok to be wrong , and you are . The things you have posted , if you look at my links it show them to be altered,fraudulent. Have you heard of climate gate for instance ,,,,,,, Comment again after watching all my links or just go away and stay ignorant .

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brooksby replied to Xena | 5 years ago
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Xena wrote:
burtthebike wrote:
Xena wrote:
spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

Such a shame that those 99% of climate scientists don't have the benefit of your expertise and knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-...

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change

https://futurism.com/climate-change-caused-humans

Look at the links then comment . Look at this https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/ Look at the links Oh here’s your NASA buddies cooking the climate books https://youtu.be/Xpx27-00NgE Facts you are relying on MSM source these are not the facts . Are you scared to look at the links I have posted. It’s ok to be wrong , and you are . The things you have posted , if you look at my links it show them to be altered,fraudulent. Have you heard of climate gate for instance ,,,,,,, Comment again after watching all my links or just go away and stay ignorant .

Oh good grief... Denying human effect on the climate changes is analogous to declaring belief in a flat earth. 

You don't deny a more-or-less spherical earth, do you?

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Xena replied to brooksby | 5 years ago
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brooksby wrote:
Xena wrote:
burtthebike wrote:
Xena wrote:
spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

Such a shame that those 99% of climate scientists don't have the benefit of your expertise and knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-...

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change

https://futurism.com/climate-change-caused-humans

Look at the links then comment . Look at this https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/ Look at the links Oh here’s your NASA buddies cooking the climate books https://youtu.be/Xpx27-00NgE Facts you are relying on MSM source these are not the facts . Are you scared to look at the links I have posted. It’s ok to be wrong , and you are . The things you have posted , if you look at my links it show them to be altered,fraudulent. Have you heard of climate gate for instance ,,,,,,, Comment again after watching all my links or just go away and stay ignorant .

Oh good grief... Denying human effect on the climate changes is analogous to declaring belief in a flat earth. 

You don't deny a more-or-less spherical earth, do you?

look at the links I posted  ,  to scared to ?  if your going to make a comment look at the links i posted or shut the fuck up and keep your fairy tales  ideology to yourself .  I’m 100% right and your a ignorant bbc MSM news bitch.  This is the trouble with MSM news believing idiots , your so confident in what you are told that you will sprout any old shit you are told . Try doing some research for yourself .if you want the truth most of the time you have to look for it yourself .  

Now you can post some more uneducated brainwashed comments or you can look at the links I have posted and apologies will be accepted. But your probably the kind of person who never admits they are wrong so will ignore the links I posted which have FACTUAL PROOF and carry on living in MSM bitch world .

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FluffyKittenofT... replied to Xena | 5 years ago
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Xena wrote:
brooksby wrote:
Xena wrote:
burtthebike wrote:
Xena wrote:
spen wrote:
Xena wrote:
Simon E wrote:

"best known this century for being mentioned by Susan Boyle during a 2008 talent show audition"

Love it!  

You've got to feel a bit sorry for poor Elaine, she's probably only just discovered that she is not the centre of the universe.

BBC coverage mentioned a 90% drop in pollution levels during the road closures, yet there were still loads of people getting around... on bicycles. It must be wonderful for all the families, casual and returning cyclists who can enjoy a car-free central London. A real pity that it's only one day and most of the city will return to being a smog-filled, noisy, congested shithole again today.

you know that electric cars were some of the first ever invented . It was only the oligarchs who were getting rich form oil who instigated the mainstream use of oil driven transport .  You do know those same rich family’s  run and own all these so called environmental companies , etc wwf  green peace  ( have been taken over )  they are all pushing the climate change narrative, these are the same cunts who made electric cars redundant when motor transport came in to existence. You know Marcus strong formed the “ governmental” IPCC ,check him out ,he’s a oligarchs best friend . You know the remit of the IPCC is only the impact made by man on the climate. So all other forms of effects are not looked into . You know about climate gate and the way the data was altered and the fact that Phil Jones and his colleague were found guilty of fraudulent science but didn’t get prosecution because of the statute of limitations.  You do know al gore has made over $100 million Dollars since is bullshit film working with the likes of Enron etc etc and has bought 2 house ,one on in san fransico and one a bit further north ,both in the exact place where by his bullshit science ,should both be under water right now .  

Now check this out and tell the world the truth . Learn the truth .https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/

 

So many words and so many falsehoods, you must have worked hard on the one Xena

show me a false hood . Show me one ?  Did you look at the link about the ipcc ?  You obviously didn’t. Before you post with your mouth look at the link . Then post again and apologies will be accepted.

First electric cars yhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car.     

Got that as well . 

Al gore   http://www.globalwarming.org/2009/04/28/gores-inconvenient-enron/

If the ocean’s rising, why is Al Gore in Montecito?

In response to the recent fanatical post by a global warming drone who fears that the rising tides will drown mankind, let him take solace in the fact that his climate guru, Al Gore, recently bought a $9 million beach front home in Montecito. Guess Al is not really afraid of sinking into the sea.

Climate gate ,take a look . https://archive.org/details/TheCorbettReport-Episode110a-Climategate

No false hoods , your brainwashed by the mainstream media not me . 

Have this one as well , ipcc’s mr Mann getting is arse kicked in a court of law https://principia-scientific.org/michael-mann-faces-bankruptcy-as-his-co...

wake the fuck up , stop watching the bbc and if you going to open your mouth make sure you know what you talking about .   Take a look at all the links or stay ignorant. It’s your choice bro .

Such a shame that those 99% of climate scientists don't have the benefit of your expertise and knowledge.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/24/scientific-consensus-on-...

https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change

https://futurism.com/climate-change-caused-humans

Look at the links then comment . Look at this https://www.corbettreport.com/episode-282-the-ipcc-exposed/ Look at the links Oh here’s your NASA buddies cooking the climate books https://youtu.be/Xpx27-00NgE Facts you are relying on MSM source these are not the facts . Are you scared to look at the links I have posted. It’s ok to be wrong , and you are . The things you have posted , if you look at my links it show them to be altered,fraudulent. Have you heard of climate gate for instance ,,,,,,, Comment again after watching all my links or just go away and stay ignorant .

Oh good grief... Denying human effect on the climate changes is analogous to declaring belief in a flat earth. 

You don't deny a more-or-less spherical earth, do you?

look at the links I posted  ,  to scared to ?  if your going to make a comment look at the links i posted or shut the fuck up and keep your fairy tales  ideology to yourself .  I’m 100% right and your a ignorant bbc MSM news bitch.  This is the trouble with MSM news believing idiots , your so confident in what you are told that you will sprout any old shit you are told . Try doing some research for yourself .if you want the truth most of the time you have to look for it yourself .  

Now you can post some more uneducated brainwashed comments or you can look at the links I have posted and apologies will be accepted. But your probably the kind of person who never admits they are wrong so will ignore the links I posted which have FACTUAL PROOF and carry on living in MSM bitch world .

 

It's annoying how many easily-fooled sheep there are out there who take their world view from crackpot youtube videos while thinking they are being super clever and know 'the truth'.  I know a guy who keeps citing Alex Jones and insisting he has 'the truth they don't want you to know', unaware he's just swallowing rubbish that 'they' want him to believe.

 

Go educate yourself - take some degree or, better still, postgrad-level courses in atmospheric physics, for example, then maybe you'll have some understanding of the topic and won't be such an easy mark for charlatans with YouTube accounts.  YouTube is not a peer-reviewed science journal.

 

(Are you American, or just one of the British sheep who have recently been suckered by mad right-wing US propaganda?  Your use of the term 'MSM' certainly suggests a sheep-like mentality, and the delusional belief that Al Gore is somehow central to the topic of climate science seems to be weirdly common among right-wing Americans.  Clue:  What Al Gore does has no bearing whatsoever on the reality of CO2-driven-climate-change)

 

The use of all-caps and the mis-spelling of "you're" also seems indicative of the type.

 

  I also genuinely wonder how much this lunacy comes, ultimately, from Putin?  American liberals often seem to trace it back to the Russians, but I sometimes wonder if their fixation on Russian influence isn't, ironically, getting into the same territory as the right-wing obsession with conspiracies.  It's certainly ironic how unpatriotic both the UK and US right have become - both now owe their first allegiance to foreigners.

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hawkinspeter replied to FluffyKittenofTindalos | 5 years ago
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FluffyKittenofTindalos wrote:

It's annoying how many easily-fooled sheep there are out there who take their world view from crackpot youtube videos while thinking they are being super clever and know 'the truth'.  I know a guy who keeps citing Alex Jones and insisting he has 'the truth they don't want you to know', unaware he's just swallowing rubbish that 'they' want him to believe.

 

Go educate yourself - take some degree or, better still, postgrad-level courses in atmospheric physics, for example, then maybe you'll have some understanding of the topic and won't be such an easy mark for charlatans with YouTube accounts.  YouTube is not a peer-reviewed science journal.

 

(Are you American, or just one of the British sheep who have recently been suckered by mad right-wing US propaganda?  Your use of the term 'MSM' certainly suggests a sheep-like mentality, and the delusional belief that Al Gore is somehow central to the topic of climate science seems to be weirdly common among right-wing Americans.  Clue:  What Al Gore does has no bearing whatsoever on the reality of CO2-driven-climate-change)

 

The use of all-caps and the mis-spelling of "you're" also seems indicative of the type.

 

  I also genuinely wonder how much this lunacy comes, ultimately, from Putin?  American liberals often seem to trace it back to the Russians, but I sometimes wonder if their fixation on Russian influence isn't, ironically, getting into the same territory as the right-wing obsession with conspiracies.  It's certainly ironic how unpatriotic both the UK and US right have become - both now owe their first allegiance to foreigners.

What bugs me with so many of the conspiracy theorists is that they only seem to link to videos as their source of truth. Most of the time, I can't be bothered to listen to a video, so I'd much rather have the argument along with references in a textual format instead. It's a lot easier to deconstruct an argument when it's clearly and unambiguously stated which is probably why they prefer to stick to producing videos where they can chain together a bunch of unrelated assumptions and reach their conclusion.

Something else that I've noted is that most of the people claiming to be revealing The Truth always have some secret info that they are not willing to share (or not unless money changes hands first).

I used to work alongside a bloke who was deep into his counter-culture theories and was a huge fan of chem-trails and perpetual motion machines amongst other things. Whenever I tried to get him down to the basic facts there was always some reason that the data couldn't be published. He was also a big fan of RT News which James Corbett (as linked to by Xena) has been accused of having links with.

The biggest mistake the theorists make is resorting to the "show me a falsehood" defence as though it is up to logical minded people to disprove unusual claims rather than the "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" school of thought.

Xena's right about the electric cars though they would have sucked with the battery technology at the time.

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brooksby replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:

Xena's right about the electric cars though they would have sucked with the battery technology at the time.

BBC4 had a documentary about the early history of the automobile last week.

It covered the steam cars and the early electric cars, as well as the development of petrol cars. 

We'll pass over it not mentioning the role of cyclists in campaigning for tarmac roads (the programme simply said the roads were rubbish, because they were only used by pedestrians and horse-carts, hence why cars weren't taken up so quickly), but it did say the reason early electric cars didn't take off (so to speak) was that batteries at the time were utterly rubbish!

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hawkinspeter replied to brooksby | 5 years ago
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brooksby wrote:
hawkinspeter wrote:

Xena's right about the electric cars though they would have sucked with the battery technology at the time.

BBC4 had a documentary about the early history of the automobile last week.

It covered the steam cars and the early electric cars, as well as the development of petrol cars. 

We'll pass over it not mentioning the role of cyclists in campaigning for tarmac roads (the programme simply said the roads were rubbish, because they were only used by pedestrians and horse-carts, hence why cars weren't taken up so quickly), but it did say the reason early electric cars didn't take off (so to speak) was that batteries at the time were utterly rubbish!

Would that have been "Revolutions: The Ideas that Changed the World"? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000775k/revolutions-the-ideas-that-changed-the-world-series-1-2-the-car

If so, I'll give that a watch - some of the early 20's cars just looked fantastic.

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brooksby replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:
brooksby wrote:
hawkinspeter wrote:

Xena's right about the electric cars though they would have sucked with the battery technology at the time.

BBC4 had a documentary about the early history of the automobile last week.

It covered the steam cars and the early electric cars, as well as the development of petrol cars. 

We'll pass over it not mentioning the role of cyclists in campaigning for tarmac roads (the programme simply said the roads were rubbish, because they were only used by pedestrians and horse-carts, hence why cars weren't taken up so quickly), but it did say the reason early electric cars didn't take off (so to speak) was that batteries at the time were utterly rubbish!

Would that have been "Revolutions: The Ideas that Changed the World"? https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000775k/revolutions-the-ideas-that-changed-the-world-series-1-2-the-car

If so, I'll give that a watch - some of the early 20's cars just looked fantastic.

Its definitely worth a watch - if you can get over Jim al Khalili looking like he's narrating into a webcam 

ktache has addressed the main gripes I had with the programme.  I mean, I was under the impression that bicycle mechanics/mechanisms were used in early cars: last time I checked, we didn't go straight from horse-and-cart to motor car... 

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FluffyKittenofT... replied to hawkinspeter | 5 years ago
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hawkinspeter wrote:
FluffyKittenofTindalos wrote:

It's annoying how many easily-fooled sheep there are out there who take their world view from crackpot youtube videos while thinking they are being super clever and know 'the truth'.  I know a guy who keeps citing Alex Jones and insisting he has 'the truth they don't want you to know', unaware he's just swallowing rubbish that 'they' want him to believe.

 

Go educate yourself - take some degree or, better still, postgrad-level courses in atmospheric physics, for example, then maybe you'll have some understanding of the topic and won't be such an easy mark for charlatans with YouTube accounts.  YouTube is not a peer-reviewed science journal.

 

(Are you American, or just one of the British sheep who have recently been suckered by mad right-wing US propaganda?  Your use of the term 'MSM' certainly suggests a sheep-like mentality, and the delusional belief that Al Gore is somehow central to the topic of climate science seems to be weirdly common among right-wing Americans.  Clue:  What Al Gore does has no bearing whatsoever on the reality of CO2-driven-climate-change)

 

The use of all-caps and the mis-spelling of "you're" also seems indicative of the type.

 

  I also genuinely wonder how much this lunacy comes, ultimately, from Putin?  American liberals often seem to trace it back to the Russians, but I sometimes wonder if their fixation on Russian influence isn't, ironically, getting into the same territory as the right-wing obsession with conspiracies.  It's certainly ironic how unpatriotic both the UK and US right have become - both now owe their first allegiance to foreigners.

What bugs me with so many of the conspiracy theorists is that they only seem to link to videos as their source of truth. Most of the time, I can't be bothered to listen to a video, so I'd much rather have the argument along with references in a textual format instead. It's a lot easier to deconstruct an argument when it's clearly and unambiguously stated which is probably why they prefer to stick to producing videos where they can chain together a bunch of unrelated assumptions and reach their conclusion.

Something else that I've noted is that most of the people claiming to be revealing The Truth always have some secret info that they are not willing to share (or not unless money changes hands first).

I used to work alongside a bloke who was deep into his counter-culture theories and was a huge fan of chem-trails and perpetual motion machines amongst other things. Whenever I tried to get him down to the basic facts there was always some reason that the data couldn't be published. He was also a big fan of RT News which James Corbett (as linked to by Xena) has been accused of having links with.

The biggest mistake the theorists make is resorting to the "show me a falsehood" defence as though it is up to logical minded people to disprove unusual claims rather than the "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" school of thought.

Xena's right about the electric cars though they would have sucked with the battery technology at the time.

 

Oh, absolutely agree.  They always seem to prefer videos to text, and I can't be arsed watching videos - give me a written argument, thanks.

 

It might partly be because the audience for these things just aren't very literate, but I really think there's some sort of power-trick involved as well (possibly a financial issue also, given how YouTube and such platforms measure 'hits'). 

  I've struggled to explicate why I find their habit of linking to videos so intensely annoying - there's something arrogant about presenting your argument in that form, there's a kind of ego-issue involved.  It's forcing the person you are arguing with to act like a docile 'audience', putting them in a one-down position where they have to sit there passively as you lecture them.  Reading a textual arugment is a more engaged process.

 

What I remember about electric cars is that the early idea was that they would be aimed at women, who would be appropriately clean and quiet,  while men drove the manly dirty petrol vehicles.

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brooksby replied to Xena | 5 years ago
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Xena wrote:
brooksby wrote:

Oh good grief... Denying human effect on the climate changes is analogous to declaring belief in a flat earth. 

You don't deny a more-or-less spherical earth, do you?

look at the links I posted  ,  to scared to ?  if your going to make a comment look at the links i posted or shut the fuck up and keep your fairy tales  ideology to yourself .  I’m 100% right and your a ignorant bbc MSM news bitch.  This is the trouble with MSM news believing idiots , your so confident in what you are told that you will sprout any old shit you are told . Try doing some research for yourself .if you want the truth most of the time you have to look for it yourself .  

Now you can post some more uneducated brainwashed comments or you can look at the links I have posted and apologies will be accepted. But your probably the kind of person who never admits they are wrong so will ignore the links I posted which have FACTUAL PROOF and carry on living in MSM bitch world .

Oh, I am so sorry - I hadn't realised that you were a 'Merican True Believer.  We probably ought to have realised earlier, and then we could have used short words and simple sentences so you'd understand 

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brooksby | 5 years ago
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I was under the impression that Ride London is a large event which takes place every year, and which was covered on the BBC FFS.

You'd think a resident of London, and a resident whose home apparently lies within the area affected, might have noticed it before, and/or read any warning notices put up around the city?

(We really need a road.cc emoji thing for "face-palm").

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srchar | 5 years ago
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What she really means: "I'm not used to being told 'no' and completely overreacted".

I think we should appropriate her unintentional neologism and term any argument with an ignorant driver an "autocation".

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Pilot Pete | 5 years ago
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I see Elaine Paige has realised what a bafoon she has made of herself and has deleted her tweet. If only there was a way to avoid such tripe, such as learning a few facts rather than thinking you are more privileged because you sang a bit and have a radio show with a play list of luvvie show songs...

I wonder if she feels the same way about the London Marathon, or some Pride event or any other event that our capital hosts that means a few roads are closed on a Sunday for a few hours, possibly with SOME participants not owning cars and therefore not paying said ‘road tax’?

#bigot

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kevvjj | 5 years ago
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funnily enough the original Tweet from Elaine Paige no longer exists...

 

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pockstone replied to kevvjj | 5 years ago
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kevvjj wrote:

funnily enough the original Tweet from Elaine Paige no longer exists...

 

... but her inadvertent portmanteau 'Autocation' will live forever.

I had one just an hour ago with a Post Office van. When the driver got out of his van in a threatening way it turned into a bit of a mailstrom.

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Mungecrundle | 5 years ago
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Spent the weekend in London visiting friends, right inside the zone affected by the road closures. We still managed to drive to Wisley botanic gardens and back in time to watch the race go past the end of the road. Later cycled across to Esher to watch them on the way back in.

I'd have to say that the stewards, especially the chap at the roundabout where we watched from put up good naturedly with a quite a bit of unpleasant abuse from motorists unable to read or understand the clear signs notifying them of the road closures.

I expect some of them have never paid VAT on a bicycle and therefore have no right to using the road, or some other nonsensical tax bollocks.

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