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Forum: General Chat Topic: License required for SPORRANS! |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 18:09
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I would have thought that sporran licencing would have come within the scope of existing dangerous animals legislation, i.e. without the need for further legislation.
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Forum: Speed, Safety, Driving and The Law Topic: Some Road Safety Videos |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 14:20
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| In the late 1950s I was driving on the country lane from Horsham to Rusper. A cock pheasant erupted from the left-hand hedge a few yards in front of me, BANG! - I went straight over him, and in my mirror saw him roll, flutter, then lie still. I wondered - who does he belong to? Me or the land-owner?... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: A bicycle made for... seven! |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 21:05
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| In the 1940s/50s and perhaps even later, a cycle dealer and builders' merchant in Littlehampton (Sussex) had several novelty bikes. One had 24" wheels built with the hubs about 2" off centre, another was a good attempt at an original Harry Grant/Wally Summers pacing motor-bike (long handle... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: OK - So it's LONDON .. but please be careful |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 19:18
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| A few years back, after a long session of gardening, I nipped down for refreshment at the "Old House at Home", a 17th Century pub in Broadwater (Worthing) on my commuting bike. The bike looked a bit of a heap - mudguards, saddlebag, 66" fixed-wheel etc. When I came out, it had gone, a... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Cycling Plus - Ride Right and Two Abreast Advice |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 18:36
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| The mention of horses reminds me of a hilarious incident on a Worthing Excelsior club-run 15-20 years ago. About twenty of us were pottering down Walberton Lane (near Arundel) when we spotted a quartette of ladies on HUGE horses. The horses seemed quite fresh and lively, so we dismounted and stood q... |
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Forum: Cycling Topic: Pot Holes? Buckled Wheel Trphy Goes to.. |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 14:23
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Replies: 19
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| Cyclists above a certain age, i.e. before the computer age, may recall a tool called a "pothole card", issued by the Cycling Council for Great Britain. You used it to report a pothole or other safety problem to the responsible highway authority, and sent a copy going to the CCGB. Memory is... |
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Forum: Improving Road Safety Topic: Why Don't They Know These? |
| John Knees |
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 19:44
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| When I started to learn to drive (in 1957 - process is still continuing), the simple mantra was; Signs which warn - triangular. Signs which inform - rectangular. Signs which must be obeyed - circular. That was too easy to remember, so they've changed the words a bit, and have deleted carters' whip s... |
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