Archive for January, 2010

Playing Cards and Clothes Pegs

Playing Cards and Clothes Pegs

Remember when you were a kid, and you rode your bike for about 22 hours a day, every single day of the summer holidays? Did you ever give your bike a motor sound, by fixing a piece of cardboard to the frame with a clothes peg, so that the spokes would flick it as...
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Friday Caption Contest On Saturday

Friday Caption Contest On Saturday

It was so cold yesterday that I forgot to put this one up - a photo of a bike that’s evolved for winter conditions: So huddle close to the keyboard and see if you can come up with a suitable caption for this photo. As usual we have a fabulous prize for one lucky...
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Freeloading, Tax Dodging Cyclists!

Freeloading, Tax Dodging Cyclists!

Over on IPayRoadTax.com , one of the comments raises an interesting philosophical point to justify why drivers of cars have a greater moral right to use the roads than people riding bikes: "How much extra tax do you think you would have to pay if cars didn’t exist?" This got me thinking, so I did some...
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Posted in 'A'-List Blogs, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Industrial-Strength Sarcasm, London, Ranting | 6 Comments »

How To Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

How To Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

It’s that time of year when we kid ourselves that we can become better people by making New Year’s resolutions. Actually, we CAN become better people, but only making resolutions that are set up to succeed from the outset. No, I’m not talking about aiming low (the biggest risk of setting ourselves low...
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Slow Slushy Run

Slow Slushy Run

When we woke up on New Year’s day, we found that it had been snowing! So in the morning, Daughter and I took Huge Dalmatian for a good long walk - he seemed to find the snow entertaining - especially catching & eating snow balls. We saw just two people on bikes. I suppose...
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