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Post by Sultan of Cannock- SRFC on Jan 28, 2008 20:19:16 GMT
With repairs not completed on the passenger side of the sultan-mobile and with it being inconvenient at work to sort out it out before Xmas, i finally got around to having them done this week.
When the repairers came on thursday, i was relieved to find that this time they'd given me a Ford Fezzy instead of that wretched Skoda Fabia, whose arrival at the Sultanate portended the worst set of results worldwide in living memory.
I might have known. After watching my favourite Algerian team, MS Algers, being robbed of 2 pts by well-dodgy offside decisions on friday night the lights again went out all over Europe as SRFC went down to ANOTHER 5-1 defeat, the first since the Fabia was here.
Then that bloody FA Cup tie at Sheffield! I listened to the commentary for a short while, switching on just in time to hear the Blades opening goal, following a no doubt hilarious to everyone else double bounce of the ball off those dratted balloons that some inbred northern chimps had let onto the pitch. Within minutes, Mpenza missed from 8yds and Elano struck the post. I switched off, knowing the game was up.
With City playing Derby on Wednesday ( if we lose there i'll never hear the last of it at work) and SRFC playing Tammuf, saturday, i'm praying for the call tomorrow to tell me that the Sultanmobile is heading home....
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Post by ojiveojive on Jan 28, 2008 23:22:07 GMT
You need to get yourself a flying carpet, mate
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Post by ambersalamander on Jan 29, 2008 20:24:35 GMT
On the plus side, I finally have my bike back
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Post by malxscfc on Jan 31, 2008 22:22:58 GMT
Why don't Rangers try Johnson Hippolyte's idea to break the jinx of the home game?
Get the Squad together at about 1pm on a Saturday home game, then load them onto the team bus. Drive around for an hour, then return to the Club and carry on as normal.
Hippolyte tried it at Maidenhead recently.
At this point, though, the hoodoo-busting theory starts to unravel - unfortunately they lost 2-1 to Basingstoke...
No answer for your personal transport issues though. Goes without saying we all know Sal ought to learn to drive, obviously.
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Post by bh on Feb 1, 2008 2:28:22 GMT
Glad you got your transport back lass! Just watch out for those nasty motorists!!
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Post by ojiveojive on Feb 1, 2008 15:20:47 GMT
Tip from an ex-cyclist: when you arrive at Nemesis corner, dismount, look both ways and if all clear walk across said junction pushing newly recycled bicycle, before remounting and continuing on your way .
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 3, 2008 12:34:01 GMT
I think Shrewsbury once tried that too, Malx. What a waste of money and time! As soon as they return to the ground, everything reverts to normal... I will gladly learn to drive if you donate the money for me to do so, plus take charge of completing my 6000-word essay and 15000-word project to high-grade MSc standards to free up some time for me to take lessons. I would more than happy to do this And Mr Ojive, although this is sound advice (and there is one particularly nasty junction at which I already do this and always have done as there are cycling lanes on the pavements), the Nemesis in question is not a corner or even a major junction. The place in question was an intersection between a very minor road and a main road- I was on the main road and was overtaken and cut across (without the driver indicating), despite Malx's belief that I was the one overtaking on the inside I can't dismount every time I pass a side turning, unfortunately.
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Post by Giggy of Telford on Feb 3, 2008 20:59:27 GMT
I think ********** once tried that too, Malx. What a waste of money and time! As soon as they return to the ground, everything reverts to normal... Watch your language, kids could be reading this board!
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Post by ojiveojive on Feb 3, 2008 22:03:32 GMT
And Mr Ojive, the Nemesis in question is not a corner or even a major junction. The place in question was an intersection between a very minor road and a main road- I was on the main road and was overtaken and cut across (without the driver indicating), despite Malx's belief that I was the one overtaking on the inside I can't dismount every time I pass a side turning, unfortunately. Whilst I would agree that one might as well walk as get off one's bicycle at every intersection it would appear that your Nemesis intersection has it in for you, having been knocked down on more than one occasion, therefore it might be prudent to dismount for that particular junction. I also find that if you rant and wave your arms at oncoming traffic whilst trying to negotiate an intersection on foot, the traffic in question usually tries its best to avoid what it perceives as a nutter, even in rush hour ;D
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 3, 2008 22:27:35 GMT
Sadly my dear, the two accidents I had occurred about seven miles apart so in fact it wasn't the same junction at all. I think ********** once tried that too, Malx. What a waste of money and time! As soon as they return to the ground, everything reverts to normal... Watch your language, kids could be reading this board! You're our youngest regular, right?
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Post by ojiveojive on Feb 4, 2008 15:15:39 GMT
Sadly my dear, the two accidents I had occurred about seven miles apart so in fact it wasn't the same junction at all. You are extremely unlucky, my dear, you'll just have to take it on the chin, metaphorically speaking .
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 4, 2008 21:17:49 GMT
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Post by malxscfc on Feb 8, 2008 12:39:45 GMT
I will gladly learn to drive if you donate the money for me to do so, plus take charge of completing my 6000-word essay and 15000-word project to high-grade MSc standards to free up some time for me to take lessons. I would more than happy to do this Just write 5900 each week, and spend the time on one driving lesson? And Mr Ojive, although this is sound advice (and there is one particularly nasty junction at which I already do this and always have done as there are cycling lanes on the pavements), the Nemesis in question is not a corner or even a major junction. The place in question was an intersection between a very minor road and a main road- I was on the main road and was overtaken and cut across (without the driver indicating), despite Malx's belief that I was the one overtaking on the inside I can't dismount every time I pass a side turning, unfortunately. As I'm sure you're aware, our eyes are built with a blind-spot at approx 20-40 degrees to centre, so car drivers (complete with a roof strut next to them) will find it hard to see a slow-moving, smallish object approaching obliquely at a shallow angle. ( faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html is quite interesting. Especially the one with the moving red dot! ) So junctions like that need to be treated as major hazards - moreso than almost any other road situation. [Note to self: Enough already. ]
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Post by ambersalamander on Feb 10, 2008 13:34:53 GMT
Blind spot is true, but someone approaching me from behind ought to see me before he or she makes the turning!
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Post by bh on Feb 11, 2008 15:43:29 GMT
Here Amber, that happened to me the other day on my new baby. My new bike is a lot bigger than yours, yet I'm happily buzzing along our local two lane road at about 40 mph when this Muppet (though that's a insult to that species) just cut in right in front of me causing me to brake vary hard to avoid him, no sign of any indication or anything. I caught up with him at the next set of lights, and was very proud of myself with my comment to him. 'Don't forget to indicate mate, someone might SEE YOU!! (very unusual from me I might add) Having suffered a very serious motorcycle accident a life time ago, and having driven cars of various sizes, vans, push bikes, mopeds, gliders, aircraft and shhhh, several different types of on rail traction, multiple units and locomotives without (touch wood) any other accident, and having twenty odd years no claims bonus, that kind of thing sticks in my throat rather!!!
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