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by peter99
27 Jan 2013, 8:30pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: More Sad news...
Replies: 100
Views: 7538

Re: More Sad news...

eileithyia wrote:...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-21225233 lets hope they find the barsteward and string him up, RIP and thoughts with family and friends.


What suggests it was a man?

I seem to remember the cyclist killed by a driver who kept going for hundreds of yards into blinding sunlight at speed was.........a woman!

Edit
Oops, maybe this :oops:
Looks like the driver could have targetted them.
http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Reports- ... story.html
by peter99
12 Dec 2012, 11:18pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Lorry Drivers watching DVDs
Replies: 21
Views: 1949

Re: Lorry Drivers watching DVDs

Any porn?
by peter99
8 Oct 2012, 10:28pm
Forum: Helmets & helmet discussion
Topic: Mandatory life jackets
Replies: 15
Views: 1443

Re: Mandatory life jackets

Many single handed round the world sailors don't bother. Sounds stupid at first doesn't it?

But the reason is if they are off cape horn say, and fall overboard, the yacht keeps sailing into the distance without them, land rescue is 12, 24, 36 hours away and the nearest competitor maybe 15 hours away. Survival is probably an hour or two at most.

So they reason better to drown quickly and get it done with than fight for an hour or so with no hope of rescue and the inevitable staring you in the face for some time.
by peter99
20 Sep 2012, 10:07pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud
Replies: 23
Views: 12758

Re: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud

I'e times 7/32 by four and a half to get 32/32 or a whole. Few
by peter99
20 Sep 2012, 10:04pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud
Replies: 23
Views: 12758

Re: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud

Yes, one thirty second is correct. It's one equal bit out of thirty two equal bits. Just like one quarter is one equal bit out of four equal bits.
However.....

One sixteenth is correct.
Two sixteenths isn't. Two sixteenths = one eighth (remember fractions at school and reducing them? 1/8th is half of 2/16ths so we never say that in engineering, we say 1/8th. Just as we don't say 2/4ths, we say1/2 or a half).

Get it?

So 16/32 = 1/2 (16/32 = 8/16 = 4/8 = 2/4 = 1/2)!

So 7/32 is correct. It roughly equals 4.5 in metric.

It means splitting a cake marked out into thirty two pieces into sections with seven equal sections in each segment. So four equal segments with seven in each equals twenty eight with four left over to make thirty two.
The four left over is roughly half of seven.

So FOUR segments of 7 (=28), four left over equalling nearly HALF of 7

Equals 7/32 or approx FOUR and a HALF.

Time for a [inappropriate word removed].
by peter99
20 Sep 2012, 8:42pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud
Replies: 23
Views: 12758

Re: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud

Your thinking in Metric, ie 7 of 10, seven tenths.

your question is deaing in thirty seconds or seconths if you like.

So out of 32 bits divide by 7 to get the metric - but it doesn't quite work that way.

So, 7 bits out of thirty two bits in imperial. Does that make sense?
by peter99
19 Sep 2012, 10:25pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud
Replies: 23
Views: 12758

Re: Say the fraction 7/32 out loud

In engineering

seven thirty seconds
by peter99
7 Sep 2012, 3:28am
Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
Topic: Wiggle
Replies: 105
Views: 136205

Re: Wiggle

Ahem;

I BLAME WIGGLE

Ahem.







(Someone had to do it :D )
by peter99
24 Jul 2012, 10:19pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Be Safe, Be Seen.
Replies: 181
Views: 14677

Re: Be Safe, Be Seen.

I was there 2 months ago and it [inappropriate term removed] down (and snowed) solidly for the entire week!
by peter99
15 Jul 2012, 1:14pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: First Aid Kits
Replies: 32
Views: 4372

Re: First Aid Kits

OP is right.

All you need in a first aid kit (first to aid, that is the clue) is;

Something to stop heavy bleeding after a serious cut / gash etc
Something to support a broken bone
Something to strap / tie padding on

Therefore
Some gauze padding type pads, stop the immediate bleed, then hospital
couple of triangular bandages to strap the padding on and compress or support broken bone, then hospital
Minor cuts etc, use padding if necessary or ignore.

Anything else is pretty un necessary in the first aid stage. Maybe a mask for mouth to mouth if your trained.

I used to take groups off piste in the alps. That was all that was carried.

As the OP says it's either so minor it can be ignored until a plaster is available or it's so major that hospital is required and temporary aid as above prior to the ambulance / helicopter or whatever arrives.

Why carry more?
by peter99
10 Jul 2012, 9:16pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Good Locks - Are They Worth It?
Replies: 30
Views: 2694

Re: Good Locks - Are They Worth It?

Your question has been answered.
A good lock is better than a poor one.
A good lock can and will be broken by a determined theif.
The best lock is is only as good as the answer directly above this line.

Or do you want an answer to suit your expected expectations?
by peter99
10 Jul 2012, 2:24pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Good Locks - Are They Worth It?
Replies: 30
Views: 2694

Re: Good Locks - Are They Worth It?

As said above, if serious criminal decides he wants it, it's toast even with hardened 20mm links.

I have loads of quality cordless tools for work. A friend recently lost the keys to a substantial hardened 16mm chain. She asked me to free the bike after 2 weeks of key searching. I took my cordless grinder, cut both sides of the chain link and freed the bike. She was gobsmaked. It took 20 seconds per cut. The chain cost £100. The noise lasted less than 1 minute and no one came to ask who we were. No bike is safe regardless of what you lock it with.

Just use common sense, a quality lock / chain big enough to deter bolt croppers and lock up in a sensible place. It's all you can do.
by peter99
26 Jun 2012, 5:46am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Today (Road Rage Story)
Replies: 22
Views: 4655

Re: Today (Road Rage Story)

Report it. He may have injured someone else near to the incident you had with him. Police could ID parade him, you pick him out etc.
by peter99
26 Jun 2012, 5:40am
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: The Times Campaign for safer cycling
Replies: 261
Views: 27283

Re: The Times Campaign for safer cycling

When your boiler breaks down would you mind putting it on your bike trailer and bringing it to me as the tools I require to fix it are too heavy / numerous to carry on my bike.

I'll fit it onto a test jig (at your expense), fix it, hand it back to you. Then you can take it home on your bike, refit it and relax in that lovely bath of hot water you now have.

Oh, whats that, it's the Gas Safe inspector at your door wanting to see if you are a competent person to touch gas and flues, damn, just as you were enjoying your first hot bath for 5 days and the bstard has ..... driven there as well.

etc etc etc :roll:
by peter99
1 May 2012, 11:37am
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: I want to pay road tax!
Replies: 48
Views: 12621

Re: I want to pay road tax!

Yes I can see that.

Running shoes would need to be included too. If I do a Fartlek running session (no laughing at the back, it means random intervals at various speeds etc as you feel you want to do them) I can approach 15 towards 20 mph. A clash of heads with a walking pedestrian would result in grave injury wouldn't it.

Maybe a personal, registered number written on the trainers would do. Oh, and compulsory 3rd party ins, minimum sole tread depth (MOT) to avoid slipping in the rain and compulsory notification of the 'driver' id on demand from the authorities following any infringement. Maybe even a metal shoe 'gun' cupboard needs to be installed for these dangerous weapon in the wrong hands. And as for those terribly dangerous cycles......