alldownhillfromhere

Chick Pea Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Is John a cyclist? God no, way too fat and old.

Chick Pea Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > a fish Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > alldownhillfromhere Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Oh come on people, get a grip, stop being so > > > bloody reasonable. Pavement cyclists need to > be > > > stopped, and stopped NOW. > > > > Aren't you supposed to be under a curfew? > > Where's John Smith? At a guess, down the Rosendale, leering at random punters, and telling lies about me.

Oh come on people, get a grip, stop being so bloody reasonable. Pavement cyclists need to be stopped, and stopped NOW.

Voyageur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Chick Pea Wrote: > ... fuelling the f®iction. > > > I like what you did there... Get a room you two ;-)

In which case, fuck off Sue, you're an @$$[-]*!?. That rude enough for you?

Hahahaha, slagging people's spelling and/or grammar off is the sign of one who knows they haven't got a leg to stand on!

I just saw something that would have made me point and laugh if I hadn't been driving at the time. Two cyclists, approaching the junction of Croxted Rd and Thurlow Park, one on either road's pavement, heading towards each other, one talking on a mobile. Neither gives away. They crash into each other. Last seen, as I drove past, standing in the middle of the pavement, bikes dropped, and shouting at each other!

Let's face it, EDF has always had a reputation for being snotty and rude. I've lurked here for about a year before joining, and in that time I've seen some spectacularly unpleasant behaviour. I joined the other day and posted, and within a day was being called 'an odious little sh*t' and a 'heartless bastard', because I made a mildly contentious point. I'm no fainting violet, but I can see why many people would find that to be unnecessarily rude. To be honest, I actually think the two posters who were rude to me misunderstood my post - if English isn't their first language, I can recommend a course - but that doesn't give them an excuse to behave like morons.

I don't know, I'm not a cyclist, but I'd presume a good place to start would be the cyclists. And no, it's obvious to a blind man that shared space doesn't work. But one thing is for certain, cyclists seem to think that because they feel threatened by motorists, it's Ok to pass that threat onto pedestrians. That has to stop.

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you think an increase in cycling is a good > thing? > > If not, why not? > > If yes, do you think the current arrangements for > the rise is cycling are adequate? > > If not, what changes would you suggest? Yes, n/a, no, more cycle paths, and more responsibility/less selfishness taken on by cyclists...

I know, from extremely painful experience, that the holier than thou attitude of cyclists after they've hit you, on the pavement, makes it all the worse. I was hit, very badly, by a guy on a bike a few years ago by Sloane square. His reaction to my lying, bloodied, on the pavement? "Look where you'r fucking going, cunt!", as he cycled off. That's the f-word followed by the c-word, by the way.

Yeah, there's two women at work who live in Bromley and Beckenham, but come to CP and ED at the weekend to eat and/or buy stuff?

Just a point EmEd, why did you move from, well, wherever it is you moved from, if you want an area with the sort of high street that features all the usual shops you get in Everytown UK? ED is a very different sort of area, one that a lot of folks move to precisely because it doesn't have the sort of high street you seem to want. To be honest, there's something ringing not quite true about your post...