Getting back to something that you said yesterday (excepting for your times being 12 hrs out, maybe it was earlier today for you), in Britain a pavement and a footpath are different things. It is illegal to cycle on a pavement (which is the equivalent of a sidewalk) unless it is marked as a cycle lane or shared path.
However, it is legal to ride on footpaths which do not flank roads unless cycling is specifically prohibited on them.
I trust that this makes everything clear.
@Troiker – Cricket is simple… He throws a wooden ball covered in leather at 3 sticks in an attempt to dislodge a small bit of wood (bail) balanced on top of the upright 3 and you try to hit the ball with a piece of willow that has been treated etc. Everything else is thrown in to confuse the unschooled on purpose.
I think the game was designed by the idle rich to relieve the boredom of being both rich and idle?
As I kid I was hit by a cricket ball as it left the bat right onto my nose. It was either that or repeated hits in the face by footballs that left me with a ‘deviated septum’ The surgeon had to break and straighten my nose to help me breath more naturally!
I’m surprised that the Socialist-Liberal Nanny State ™ hasn’t outlawed school sports. There are more kids mangled and killed every year by sports than are by, say, riding bikes for instance! Yet this UNSAAAAAAAFE practice continues. We need to get active on this issue, we need to petition our lawmakers, we need some more LAWS I tell you!
“How is this reason (which is their reason) to judge a scholar’s worth,
By casting a ball at three straight sticks and defending the same with a fourth?
But this they do (which is doubtless a spell) and other matters more strange,
Until, by the operation of years, the hearts of their scholars change:”
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
Just don’t mount it somewhere where it will reflect your lights back into your eyes. From the looks of your cockpit, you’d be instantly blinded by the light!
Considering how destructive plant roots can be to sidewalks, I can understand his concern–if the flowers actually could grow there, which I rather doubt.
Oh I see, and the millions of naturally spread seeds from trees, weeds, flowers and grasses don’t create a problem? See, it’s insane to get upset over seed dispersal because there’s always an uncountable number of them around at any given time from the natural world.
When I rode midnight madness with my 16 year old giant son (6’4″) we had a LOUD Bluetooth speaker setup and played “The Chronic” for most of the ride. Half the riders hated it, the other half loved it.
Back to the cartoon for a moment. How does riding past a marching band help with waking up “out of tune?” Most marching bands are a variation of the daffynition of a musical diminished second — two (pick an instrument) playing in unison!
“This very exciting development in the inevitable move to electric two-wheelers will cost around EUR 25,000 (US$39,000) and will be available in limited quantities in 2009.”
I’m not paying 20 grand for an electric bicycle however fast it can whiz.
@The Don – Don’t worry – it has a 500W motor which turns it into a motorcycle or least a moped. So only licence owners need apply and in the UK they are also illegal without some serious cash being spent on legalising it! I think the same may apply in the USA? We have different power ratings and anything over 250w in the UK will fail the test. Spend all that money to have it impounded by a knowing Policeman? I looked into getting a Mango with a motor assist a year or two back…
“This very exciting development in the inevitable move to electric two-wheelers will cost around EUR 25,000 (US$39,000) and will be available in limited quantities in 2009.”
It’s now 2012, three years later, and I don’t see any of these in use anywhere. Move along, people, nothing to see here.
It’s just a very expensive moped that uses pedal-like movement of the legs to ask for more speed. Brainless. You could get a pretty good motorcycle for less and not loose street cred with motorists when riding it.
I rode past yesterday evening as a local high school band was just finishing up their practice. The drummers were rapping out a wicked cadence that put to shame anything we used to attempt in high school or college. I love it! And yes I found myself at least nodding to the beat as I slowed to turn the corner at the stoplight. Just then, they finished up and that was it. Treasured moments usually missed by the totally enclosed cager types.
hahah well I had a giant disco ball on the back of a truck overtake me this morning! that was better
Getting back to something that you said yesterday (excepting for your times being 12 hrs out, maybe it was earlier today for you), in Britain a pavement and a footpath are different things. It is illegal to cycle on a pavement (which is the equivalent of a sidewalk) unless it is marked as a cycle lane or shared path.
However, it is legal to ride on footpaths which do not flank roads unless cycling is specifically prohibited on them.
I trust that this makes everything clear.
@ dondare – very concise. Would you like to explain the rules of cricket too? ;¬)
@Troiker – Cricket is simple… He throws a wooden ball covered in leather at 3 sticks in an attempt to dislodge a small bit of wood (bail) balanced on top of the upright 3 and you try to hit the ball with a piece of willow that has been treated etc. Everything else is thrown in to confuse the unschooled on purpose.
I think the game was designed by the idle rich to relieve the boredom of being both rich and idle?
As I kid I was hit by a cricket ball as it left the bat right onto my nose. It was either that or repeated hits in the face by footballs that left me with a ‘deviated septum’ The surgeon had to break and straighten my nose to help me breath more naturally!
I’m surprised that the Socialist-Liberal Nanny State ™ hasn’t outlawed school sports. There are more kids mangled and killed every year by sports than are by, say, riding bikes for instance! Yet this UNSAAAAAAAFE practice continues. We need to get active on this issue, we need to petition our lawmakers, we need some more LAWS I tell you!
“How is this reason (which is their reason) to judge a scholar’s worth,
By casting a ball at three straight sticks and defending the same with a fourth?
But this they do (which is doubtless a spell) and other matters more strange,
Until, by the operation of years, the hearts of their scholars change:”
Kipling
@ The Don – Like!
Like.
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.
When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
Thank you.
Now would you like to try to explain baseball’s ‘Infield Fly Rule’?
That’s cricket sorted; now, why do Merrycan sports have “Offence” and “Defense” bits?
I’m feeling an urge to get a haircut and move my clothes down to the lower hook immediately after lunch….
I have a disco ball for my bike… can’t wait to get it up and working.
Stayin’ Alive… Stayin’ Alive!
Yup. It’s all about stayin’ alive!
How am I not surprised?
Just don’t mount it somewhere where it will reflect your lights back into your eyes. From the looks of your cockpit, you’d be instantly blinded by the light!
Disco balls are so seventies, bubble machines are where it’s at these days. And they’re subversive too…
http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080609/bicycle-bubble-machine-causes-sidewalks-to-erode/
Nice bike accessory! I don’t know why the author of that blurb is so negative about it.
Considering how destructive plant roots can be to sidewalks, I can understand his concern–if the flowers actually could grow there, which I rather doubt.
Oh I see, and the millions of naturally spread seeds from trees, weeds, flowers and grasses don’t create a problem? See, it’s insane to get upset over seed dispersal because there’s always an uncountable number of them around at any given time from the natural world.
When I rode midnight madness with my 16 year old giant son (6’4″) we had a LOUD Bluetooth speaker setup and played “The Chronic” for most of the ride. Half the riders hated it, the other half loved it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfaC_Nk5pNA
Disco ball on tall bike.
Riding a bike after my worst day at work, is better than driving a car on my best day….K’tesh got it right: “Stayin Alive”
Another favourite (English spelling, with a “u”) of mine:
http://yehudamoon.com/20110507/
Great, another song to get stuck in my head on my next ride, Stayin Alive,Stayin Alive. Imagine Staying alive for a century?
Yea. Thanx for the earworm…
Back to the cartoon for a moment. How does riding past a marching band help with waking up “out of tune?” Most marching bands are a variation of the daffynition of a musical diminished second — two (pick an instrument) playing in unison!
Marches are intended to lift the spirit. The best ones, played well, will cut through any amount of fug.
I just came across this bike on You Tube when following music links!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34r1xtbh_1k&feature=watch-vrec
Goig with the catchlie ‘Super fast bike could revolutionize transportation’ I wonder if it might catch on?
sb ‘Going with the catchline’ !
“This very exciting development in the inevitable move to electric two-wheelers will cost around EUR 25,000 (US$39,000) and will be available in limited quantities in 2009.”
I’m not paying 20 grand for an electric bicycle however fast it can whiz.
@The Don – Don’t worry – it has a 500W motor which turns it into a motorcycle or least a moped. So only licence owners need apply and in the UK they are also illegal without some serious cash being spent on legalising it! I think the same may apply in the USA? We have different power ratings and anything over 250w in the UK will fail the test. Spend all that money to have it impounded by a knowing Policeman? I looked into getting a Mango with a motor assist a year or two back…
“This very exciting development in the inevitable move to electric two-wheelers will cost around EUR 25,000 (US$39,000) and will be available in limited quantities in 2009.”
It’s now 2012, three years later, and I don’t see any of these in use anywhere. Move along, people, nothing to see here.
-”BB”-
It’s just a very expensive moped that uses pedal-like movement of the legs to ask for more speed. Brainless. You could get a pretty good motorcycle for less and not loose street cred with motorists when riding it.
I rode past yesterday evening as a local high school band was just finishing up their practice. The drummers were rapping out a wicked cadence that put to shame anything we used to attempt in high school or college. I love it! And yes I found myself at least nodding to the beat as I slowed to turn the corner at the stoplight. Just then, they finished up and that was it. Treasured moments usually missed by the totally enclosed cager types.
Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late…
A Day In The Life Lyrics – Beatles
I no longer drag a comb across my head, so I’ve time for 2 cups!