This Photography Lark is Getting Ridiculous

Neil Williams wrote:
> Charlie Hulme wrote:
>
>> I don't believe helmets should be make compulsory. (
>
> Good. You choose to wear one, I don't. I wouldn't like to predict
> whether my or your choice might change in the future as a result of
> any of a large number of factors - but what I'm concerned about is
> that the choice may be withdrawn.

Agreed. Is there such a threat at the moment? It would be just yet
another law that wouldn't be enforced by anyone, so why bother?

>
>> The helment hangs on the handlebars when not in use, takes about 5
>> second to put on. What hassle?
>
> If you leave your bike at a station all day (as I do), it's quite
> likely that a helmet may get vandalised or stolen (as the bikes
> themselves in this location do occasionally). Alternatively, I could
> take it to work with me, but that would mean me carrying a bigger bag
> around purely for that purpose.

I just stick in in the pannier, and wrap the locking cable around
everything, but yes, I see your point. Round here we have bike
lockers at stations which you cen have a key to by simply
joining the Bike Locker User Club. I've never used them,
and I have never seen anyone else use them either!

> That said, I can't help but notice that a lot of those travelling to
> the station by bike (especially if at both ends e.g. on a folding
> bike) seem to be fully Lycra-ed up and thus do carry around a lot of
> unnecessary stuff. I, on the other hand, prefer to ride my more
> practical Dutch-style bike to the station in my work clothes. The
> kind of short journey involved in most of these cases doesn't make a
> reasonably fit person sweaty.

You won't catch me in Lycra, that's for sure! What;s wrong with
a bit of sweat anyway?

Charlie

"The Real Doctor" <ian.groups@> wrote in message
news:3b324dd4-d31b-4a1d-af11-ede66abc8cf2@2g2000hsn..com...
> On 9 May, 16:36, David Hansen <SENDdavidNOhS...@spidacom.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> "Children are 2.6 times more likely to suffer head injury through
>> jumping and falling than by cycling.
>
> They are also much more likely to die in car accidents than to drown
> in swimming pools. Does that me we don;t need lifeguards?
>
> Ian

Consider also that more swimmers die from drowning than non-swimmers, who
are more likely to realise their own limitations and stick within them.

(I could add that more people drown in water than on dry land, but that
doesn't mean we should abolish water)

Envo

In article <ae61c29e4f%Rail@greywall.>,
Graeme Wall <Rail@greywall.> wrote:
[PCSOs]
> There's a few of the male variety in Southampton. Though I have to agree the
> female ones do tend to be petite.

All the PCSOs in our SNT are male. They're petite, though.

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In article <lagh24dqnur225m01o33rtssom23sgvjuf@>,
Mike Roebuck <mike.roebuck@> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:08:08 +0100, Sam Wilson <Sam.Wilson@ed.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <jtpg2497a126l44esj1uf42te92lkkmeae@>,
> > Mike Roebuck <mike.roebuck@> wrote:
> >
> >> The accepted usenet convention is that a sig. should not exceed four
> >> lines.
> >>
> >> Some people get upset if they are exceeded.
> >> --
> >>[1] Regards
> >>[2]
> >>[3] Mike
> >>[4]
> >>[5] mikedotroebuckatgmxdotnet
> >
> >But what the heck - there are fewer characters there than a single, full
> >80 character line.
>
> Yes - I hadn't noticed that an extra blank line had crept in.
>
> I've fixed it now.

Oh, dear. I was joking, really... :-)

Sam