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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:13 am    Post subject: I drove to work today..... Reply with quote

there were traffic jams and lots of people driving badly.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:24 am    Post subject: Re: I drove to work today..... Reply with quote

richiej1979 wrote:
there were traffic jams and lots of people driving badly.

Traffic seemed heavy to me, on my commute to Highbury.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode in today, lots of traffic and bad driving. Didn't bother to stop at the cafe.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode in today, lots of traffic and no bad driving. got a friendly wave out of at least 6 car drivers for waving them past or thanking them for waiting behind me.

it's not all bad.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode in very early and there were hardly any cars at all.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode in along Sustrans route 71 and saw no cars at all
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I walked in again. One parked car, two cats, dead mouse and a bassett hound. Hectic
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I walked down the stairs to my office, carpet needs hoovering.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The wife snored, almost all the way to work.

Oh, no traffic tho.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Traffic in NW London did seem heavier today, probably back to the usual work pattern for most commuters after the holidays.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode in a took a new route which avoided having to go past a high school at the expense of going along a dirt track. Well worth it to avoid hundreds of navel-gazing twerps blocking the cycle path.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm going to ride my bike home now. No cafe stop.

Will report traffic conditions later.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I walked to work today.
About 5 metres down the landing.
My cat looked at me. It was horrifying
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i drove in behind a car which had, "gay" written on the dirty bumper. got to work to find out it was a guy from my office, who isn't gay but does look like a sex offender (i.e. he has a goatee). how i laughed.

didn't see anyone on a bike though.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whippet wrote:
i drove in behind a car which had, "gay" written on the dirty bumper. got to work to find out it was a guy from my office, who isn't gay but does look like a sex offender (i.e. he has a goatee). how i laughed.

didn't see anyone on a bike though.


Thats because you were too busy reading the guy in fronts bumper you eejit! Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TBK wrote:
Whippet wrote:
i drove in behind a car which had, "gay" written on the dirty bumper. got to work to find out it was a guy from my office, who isn't gay but does look like a sex offender (i.e. he has a goatee). how i laughed.

didn't see anyone on a bike though.


Thats because you were too busy reading the guy in fronts bumper you eejit! Rolling Eyes
i felt a bump on the bonnet at one point, but dismissed it as the bassline jumping in the backstreet lights. i'll check the 'idiots on the road' thread for any evidence of me hitting someone...
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I rode round and round the Velo today. Not all of the riders were offensive Wink cafe stop afterwards was good though Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

caroline wrote:
I walked to work today.
About 5 metres down the landing.
My cat looked at me. It was horrifying
My walk to work knackers me out. My office is in our loft conversion so that is two flights of stairs!!! Then I realised I had fogotten my keys with my cryptocards on so I had to go all the way down again and back up.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do I have the shortest trip? About 5 metres bed to desk! 9 if via bathroom though, what a struggle!
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the moment mine probably just pips thats Colin, about 2.5 metres from Bedroom to desk. Working from home at the moment as I can't drive or ride.
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