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Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sue, it took just 5 mins for my own two children > to go from stabilsers to no stabilisers at the > ages of 6 and 7 respectively. I remember it taking > me a similar amound of time and at a similar age. > Kids tend to get that you just have to go for it, > better than adults do. A bicycle, once it's going, > is hard to fall off of. Adults find it harder to > learn to ride a cycle because they worry more > about fallling off than kids do. It's the same for > many things, like skiing and swimming for example. > All easier to pick up in childhood. And there's > plenty of evidence to back that up in a fair few > psychology manuals. We can even test that here. > How many people who cycle can remember when they > went from stabilisers to two wheels? How hard was > it? Well, you may be right but you are extrapolating from a rather small sample of three - your two children and yourself :) I can't comment because my grandchildren never had stabilisers, they had balance bikes before their "proper" bikes. They both learned to ride their proper bikes very quickly (their parents are both keen cyclists) but I'm pretty sure it was rather more than five minutes :)) However if memory serves they were younger than your children, as the little one has just moved on to her second (larger) "proper" bike, and she's not six and a half yet.

Oh FFS. Lots of humour is quite black. People have different senses of humour. I found red devil's picture very funny. I find some of the "jokes" posted in the joke thread on here quite offensive. Each to their own, eh? I sincerely hope that when I snuff it (which if people on here think 72 is a good innings then I haven't got long to go, grammar) I won't get a load of friends and relatives afraid to make jokes about it. Though of course I hope they'd have a bit of a cry too :))

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What if Cath Kidson opened a store locally > > How would we feel "We"? I'm sure many people would be delighted (not me). ETA: And I believe it's Kidston with a t.

Hooray!

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > would it not make far more sense to make > Bikeability (the modern-day replacement for > Cycling Proficiency) a compulsory part of the > National Curriculum? It would also help make those > who do later choose to get cars a lot more > cycle-aware than some of those behind the wheel > currently. > Excellent idea!

Blah Blah Wrote: -> > Most people learn to cycle as young children, and > they do learn in 5 minutes. 5 minutes? I think not! Where is your evidence for that?!

How do you know the OP is a woman?

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Vesta. Loved it. OMG Vesta. I'd forgotten about Vesta.

Thank you Red Devil, first time I've laughed out loud today :))

People who are idiots, angry or whatever will still be idiots, angry or whatever whether they are cycling, walking or driving a car. The problem is, being an idiot and/or angry when you're cycling or driving is likely to be more dangerous to others than when you're walking.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah quite possibly there will be a few more > chains. They've been creeping in slowly along LL > (oliver bonas, white stuff, gourmet burger, > sainsburys, and now potentially M&S). > You forgot Cafe Nero :)) And the Co-op ...... :)

Mustard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went to a kindergarten, aged 5, for half a day. > It's the year before starting primary school in > the United States, and many other countries. The > word nursery to me always makes me think of a room > with lots and lots of cots in it, with sleeping or > crying babies. When I started school the first year (5 year olds) was kindergarten. That was in Streatham :))

> malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > People who use Farenheit instead of Centrigrade > > (or Celsius to be precise). Educatated in the > > metric system 40 years ago. To be fair, if you've been brought up with Fahrenheit (sic), as I was (I was educated (sic) at school/uni in the fifties and sixties) it is often still very difficult to imagine what kind of heat level temperatures in Centigrade represent. I still have to mentally try to convert them, or do it on my phone. It's easier with length and weight because you are using them more often, but I still sometimes have to consciously mentally convert them.

numbers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pimms. If you're going to make it at least have > borage, an essential ingredient, the stuff grows > everywhere. It's not difficult to obtain. > I grew a load of borage because it has pretty blue flowers. So then for the first time in my life I bought a bottle of Pimms, as what else can you do with borage? What happened? The f-ing weather changed and it tipped down with rain and then became freezing cold GRRRR :)) The Pimms is still unopened (oh and then my sister informed me that she had a bottle I could have had GRRRR :)) )

That's weird. Could this be connected to the one in Ulverscroft Road where a similar thing happened?

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- (FFS, WTF, OMG etc etc...) LOL, ROFL, PMSL, LMFAO etc etc ...

So it wasn't about waiting for concrete to set, then? Glad it's moving now, anyway :)

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you go in.. You can always get an appointment > if your request is not urgent and you can wait. > > You just need to pop in.. 2 minute walk Sue. ? > Lot quicker than all that typing and time you > spent on the phone. :) > Fox, you've missed my point. Yes of course I can just pop in to get a same day appointment. Yes of course it's just round the corner from where I live. But I've already explained twice above that I would rather book an appointment further ahead so that I am not taking a same day appointment from somebody else who might need it more urgently. And the point is, that I can't. And nor can people who live further away and/or are not retired, for whom "just popping in" to then be given an appointment later on that day could mean taking a whole day off work for something which is not urgent. Not good.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I went there this morning. 07.45. 4 people in > front of me. doors opened 07.55 > > Got an appointments for 11.20 today > > This seems the only way to guarantee a same day > appointment. > I don't even want a same day appointment. An appointment at a time I'm free in the next month would be fine. So now I will have to take a same day appointment from somebody who may need one much more urgently than me, because of their crap online appointments system.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > OK I'm joining the pissed off with DMC > contingent. > > Wow. They've managed to annoy their only satisfied > patient! Yes, it would be funny if it wasn't!

OK I'm joining the pissed off with DMC contingent. I just tried to book an appointment online, only to get the following message: There are currently no general appointments available. Please select one of the other appointment types your practice is offering from the section below. NO general appointments available ?!?!?!? The "other appointment types" are: Extended hours; Routine; To be booked by Duty Dr; unplanned admissions So then I tried Extended hours. At least this time I was offered an appointment, however the only one on offer was a ten minute slot on the evening of 14 August, which I cannot go to. No other options. So I guess I will have to join the early morning queue to be slotted in somewhere tomorrow, thus taking a slot away from somebody whose need is probably more urgent than mine. What's the point of having an online booking system if there aren't any appointments available?!?!?! ETA: AND they say on the page "If you are unsure of what the appointment type means, please check with your practice." Ah, good idea. Phone DMC and take up their time with a query which could have been ANSWERED ON THIS PAGE OF THEIR WEBSITE. GRRRRRRRR.

Salsaboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone remember Caramac? Bloody horrible. I loved Caramac. But it wasn't chocolate! But surely they still make them??

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And the owner is trying to sell it like that? I > knew the price made no sense compared to the > contractual rent. We're talking about Fabulous Ice Fires :) At least, I am .....

DuncanW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Had a successful visit to Fabulous Ice Fires on > Saturday morning, and their ice-cream and sorbet > is pretty amazing, it has to be said. It seemed to be closed last Saturday? We've tried three times to try it out, and every time it has been closed!!

I love the 99p shop. I got a load of rag rugs there for 99p each. Absolute bargain :)