Posts Tagged ‘ SMIDSY ’

Roads Too Dangerous For Judge Dredd

Roads Too Dangerous For Judge Dredd

Tomorrow is my father’s Nth birthday. It’s also the day that he’s giving up riding a bike. I know: “Say it ain’t so!”: His bike is a bit different to any of mine though - it’s a Honda Goldwing. Let’s face it, when it comes to road presence, this thing is more like Judge Dredd’s Lawmaster...
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Things You Don’t See When You Drive

Things You Don’t See When You Drive

People on bikes Speed limit signs Otters Otters? Yep. That’s what I saw on the way into work today. Riding along the footpath next to the Spine Road over the river Blyth, I looked down into the water and thought there was a strange looking bit of log drifting past. Then I realised that this “log” had eyes, a...
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One Way To Try & Avoid SMIDSY

This found on the ever-vigilant Bike Hugger ’s site: I still reckon some drivers would claim they hadn’t seen you though . . .
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Know Your Enemy 3: The Pinball Wizard

"Ever since I was a young boy I’ve played the silver ball From Soho down to Brighton I must have played them all But I ain’t seen nothing like him In any amusement hall That deaf, dumb and blind kid Sure plays a mean pinball" I’ve nothing against the deaf, dumb, and blind (Some of my best friends etc…). But...
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