MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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- Farnborough, Hampshire
is their a correlation between using the term muppets and the fact that you sound like Miss Piggy when you get angry?
The Muppet Show
- Thread starter magnatom
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
magnatom said:AaaaaayyyyyeeeeeeeeYA!
I feel really sorry for Kermit now
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
MacB said:
You should hear him laugh...
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
magnatom said:
Dave - the home of witty banter!! I always wondered where the channel got its strap-line from!
Only one muppet on the way home tonight - riding comfortably with the traffic flow tonight at around 28mph (a tail wind & drafting cars is great!). Coming the other way on the opposite side of the road, a car starts repeatedly flashing its lights. I thought he was signalling to someone behind me, but no - as he passes he puts his face right against the windscreen and glowers at me whilst giving me the finger! Car full of mouth-breathers. Gave him my sweetest smile and a wink.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Bollo said:
Bollo, stealing the happiness in a town near you!
You've certainly had some crackers recently, Mags.
For what it's worth, I think some of the incidents are more to do with the type of roads than the location. I do 9 miles each way on the south side of Glasgow and I reckon I probably give thank-you's to cars at least five times as often as I even swear under my breath. I don't think I've had a really bad one this year.
I think my road positioning is at least as assertive as Magnatom's, but the difference is that the bulk of my commute is on a 30mph dual carriageway with lots of parked cars, bus lanes and traffic calming, which gives me lane 1 to myself for a lot of the way. Where the traffic gets heavy, as I come into the centre of town, merging with traffic coming off the motorway, I hold a lane and give it a bit of extra effort and almost never get motorists complaining.
Mags has spells on fairly open dual carriageway, where the traffic is prone to speeding, with cars switching lanes, which is a recipe for conflict. The roundabout going into Whiteinch is one where I've had cars pull out on me more frequently than I would expect on the times when I take the long route home. I suspect the sight lines for cars coming in where the lady pulled out on Mags can't be great. As for the old c**t with his 'punishment' pass - you get the odd one everywhere and one of these time I might just 'fall' against his car........
For what it's worth, I think some of the incidents are more to do with the type of roads than the location. I do 9 miles each way on the south side of Glasgow and I reckon I probably give thank-you's to cars at least five times as often as I even swear under my breath. I don't think I've had a really bad one this year.
I think my road positioning is at least as assertive as Magnatom's, but the difference is that the bulk of my commute is on a 30mph dual carriageway with lots of parked cars, bus lanes and traffic calming, which gives me lane 1 to myself for a lot of the way. Where the traffic gets heavy, as I come into the centre of town, merging with traffic coming off the motorway, I hold a lane and give it a bit of extra effort and almost never get motorists complaining.
Mags has spells on fairly open dual carriageway, where the traffic is prone to speeding, with cars switching lanes, which is a recipe for conflict. The roundabout going into Whiteinch is one where I've had cars pull out on me more frequently than I would expect on the times when I take the long route home. I suspect the sight lines for cars coming in where the lady pulled out on Mags can't be great. As for the old c**t with his 'punishment' pass - you get the odd one everywhere and one of these time I might just 'fall' against his car........
swee'pea99
Squire
I'm not sure that last one was anything but moronic. There are quite a lot of them out there. I have to ask tho' Mags, you remember when kids at school pinned 'kick me' signs on other kids' backs? Is there anyone in your house pinning 'cut me up' signs on you before you go out of a morning? You do seem to cop it a helluva lot.
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
swee said:
Riverman
Guru
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- sur de Inglaterra
btw in the muppet video magmatom, you don't look over your shoulder that much. It's just something I've noticed watching your other videos.
