Intimidating other road users

[NC]

Its been an interesting few months commuting on the North Western Motorway. A few bikers getting their feathers ruffled when they cut a cage driver off and the biker decides to have a tanty like a 2 year old, even knowing full well they were being a pregnant guppy carrying a bunch of sticks.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

[JimO]

cage.................

[Swoop]

So?
You had a tanty?

[Phleep]

Strong contrast to Wellington. Commuting on bike here recently has been amazingly good. Cars seem to have a strong awareness for motorcycles. I don't remember them being quite as courteous four years ago when I used to commute. Two big headlights and hardwired indicators would help though.

Very impressed with the lack of journey jealousy.

[FROSTY]

Strong contrast to Wellington. Commuting on bike here recently has been amazingly good. Cars seem to have a strong awareness for motorcycles. I don't remember them being quite as courteous four years ago when I used to commute. Two big headlights and hardwired indicators would help though.

Very impressed with the lack of journey jealousy.
You're reading it wrong dude. The guys on bikes are riding like dicks and getting upset with the car drivers for daring to drive same road as the bikers.

[rastuscat]

The problem is dicks.

Some dicks drive cars, some drive trucks. Some ride bikes.

We all know it's true.

[Mike.Gayner]

The problem is dicks.

Some dicks drive cars, some drive trucks. Some ride bikes.

We all know it's true.

Exactly why I don't automatically feel some sort of fuzzy warm kinship with "fellow" motorcyclists. Turns out a lot of people who ride bikes are fuckwits.

[RGVforme]

Exactly why I don't automatically feel some sort of fuzzy warm kinship with "fellow" motorcyclists. Turns out a lot of people who ride bikes are fuckwits.

Slowly learning this.....:nya:

[Erelyes]

The problem is dicks.

Some dicks drive cars, some drive trucks. Some ride bikes.

We all know it's true.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wl_uQOABxg

[Phleep]

You're reading it wrong dude. The guys on bikes are riding like dicks and getting upset with the car drivers for daring to drive same road as the bikers.

I realise what he was saying above but still, the bikes and cars in Wellington all seem to just be getting along. I have seen very little impolite behaviour from anyone. That can only mean that if 1 out of every ten bikers are riding like dicks then it must be me :shit:

[willytheekid]

The problem is dicks.

Some dicks drive cars, some drive trucks. Some ride bikes.

We all know it's true.

http://www.thegoodthebadandtheodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TeamAmerica.jpeg
"See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!"

:laugh:

...:blink:hang on...going by that, I think I might be a dick?:confused:


stay well Ras


...bad movie I know, but when that speech drops....it nearly makes some scary sense?

[caseye]

"See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!"

:laugh:

...:blink:hang on...going by that, I think I might be a dick?:confused:


stay well Ras

I got a Eadache! lol.

[mrchips]

Must be an Auckland thing.... no dicks down here.

Welly commuters are extremely polite & courteous :bleh:

[jasonu]

no dicks down here.

:

Not even in the Beehive???

[rastuscat]

I got a Eadache! lol.

I was confoozed

[Str8 Jacket]

Sometimes I found that people were intimidated just by the presence of the Goose.

[russd7]

something that happened a few year ago.
three of us were heading up north and one needed cash so at Blenheim we found a cash machine. in front of the atm was a raised garden. now im 6'1" and at the time weighed in at 120kgs, i had a full beard and was wearing a Driz-a-bone over my leathers as it was raining aso I guess i looked like a rather big unit. so we pulled up, two parked on one end of the raised garden and i parked at the other end, we got off our bikes and headed to the atm from opposite sides, there was an older gentleman at the atm so he quickly finished his transaction and turned towards me, looked at me then over his shoulder at the other two and turned, walked past them then out on to the road and round the garden to his car parked in front of my bike.

i never considered myself as a threatening person but on reflection later i guess i probably looked rather scary to someone who did not know me.

Intimidating unintentionally

[granstar]

something that happened a few year ago.
three of us were heading up north and one needed cash so at Blenheim we found a cash machine. in front of the atm was a raised garden. now im 6'1" and at the time weighed in at 120kgs, i had a full beard and was wearing a Driz-a-bone over my leathers as it was raining aso I guess i looked like a rather big unit. so we pulled up, two parked on one end of the raised garden and i parked at the other end, we got off our bikes and headed to the atm from opposite sides, there was an older gentleman at the atm so he quickly finished his transaction and turned towards me, looked at me then over his shoulder at the other two and turned, walked past them then out on to the road and round the garden to his car parked in front of my bike.

i never considered myself as a threatening person but on reflection later i guess i probably looked rather scary to someone who did not know me.

Intimidating unintentionally

Scare the crap outta me, everytime I see you I gotta have a drink.

[granstar]

The problem is dicks.

Some dicks drive cars, some drive trucks. Some ride bikes.

We all know it's true.

Agree, there are some ignorant incurious riders out there. (don't forget to add bicycles)

[russd7]

Scare the crap outta me, everytime I see you I gotta have a drink.

oil drink ta that. must be time for a pre meeting meeting to discuss the meeting up for drinks pre meeting at conway

[granstar]

Apparently a rumour the old well may have a fire in it, which has nothing to do with intimidation road users, but just thought i'd mention, we can discuss that issue with the fire brigade when it arrives should it flare up on Saturday night ( oh , that'll be you then).

[russd7]

Apparently a rumour the old well may have a fire in it, which has nothing to do with intimidation road users, but just thought i'd mention, we can discuss that issue with the fire brigade when it arrives should it flare up on Saturday night ( oh , that'll be you then).

so i need to bring some M.E.K or thinners to put the fire out then, think i read somewhere that a small explosion can sometimes put a small fire out so if we assume that is correct we can also assume that a large explosion will put out a large fire, oh right i will bring wood as well

[granstar]

think i read somewhere that a small explosion can sometimes put a small fire out so if we assume that is correct we can also assume that a large explosion will put out a large fire, oh right i will bring wood as well


Whisky farts? I think you've seen my new lighter I got from my inlaw, he cranked it up one day and when it fired up it cooked a whole row of peas in 2 seconds. So....should I mount it on front of the bike for intimidating those intimidating road users?...Ahemm! that is the burning question.
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[russd7]

Whisky farts? I think you've seen my new lighter I got from my inlaw, he cranked it up one day and when it fired up it cooked a whole row of peas in 2 seconds. So....should I mount it on front of the bike for intimidating those intimidating road users?...Ahemm! that is the burning question.


noice, we gonna fire it up to set the well on fire then :yeah:

[granstar]

Kero or meths?

[russd7]

Kero or meths?

my guess, kero, just a little safer me thinks, then we can try meths :innocent:

[Daffyd]

Kero or meths?

Both. You use meths in the small black bowl to preheat the burner. When it's nice and hot you turn on the kero. Very difficult to light kero from cold.

[granstar]

Both. You use meths in the small black bowl to preheat the burner. When it's nice and hot you turn on the kero. Very difficult to light kero from cold.

Cheers for the info Daffyd (hope ya keeping good), we gave it a whirl but failed to get it to impress.
First the nut holding the pump seal on fell into the guts of it, so we pulled it apart, rebuilt, and got some p.s.i happening. Managed to get it to flame some ( may have been too cold?) in the end we decided it had a blocked jet and would need a good strip down.
So our target (the neigbours) is safe for now..maybe it's gonna just be a magic lamp, if I keep polishing it who knows, maybe the genie will come out and grant me that wish for a new motorcycle? ;)

[Daffyd]

Cheers for the info Daffyd (hope ya keeping good), we gave it a whirl but failed to get it to impress.
First the nut holding the pump seal on fell into the guts of it, so we pulled it apart, rebuilt, and got some p.s.i happening. Managed to get it to flame some ( may have been too cold?) in the end we decided it had a blocked jet and would need a good strip down.
So our target (the neigbours) is safe for now..maybe it's gonna just be a magic lamp, if I keep polishing it who knows, maybe the genie will come out and grant me that wish for a new motorcycle? ;)

Those jets do block easily. You need a pricker, a small handle with a very fine wire on the end. A piece of 10A fuse wire might do the trick but could be too flexible. I can't emphasise enough that the burner MUST be hot!
For Chrissake DON'T be tempted to try petrol or white spirits in it.

Keeping good, ta, but struggling a bit with the heat, (currently 34°/58%RH with a 'real feel' of 40°). You might have a word to you genie on my behalf too. I'm currently sans wheels.

[russd7]

I can't emphasise enough that the burner MUST be hot!
For Chrissake DON'T be tempted to try petrol or white spirits in it.

ya can't say that and not expect it to be taken as a challenge :done:

think fuse wire prolly to soft but i have some stuff at work that will prolly do the trick.
we may not have had it warmed proper, it was a slightly chilly night between rain showers

[Daffyd]

ya can't say that and not expect it to be taken as a challenge :done:

think fuse wire prolly to soft but i have some stuff at work that will prolly do the trick.
we may not have had it warmed proper, it was a slightly chilly night between rain showers

I guess some would see it as a challenge to get their head blown off. Some of the more modern ones, eg. Tilley are multifuel and if using petrol or white spirits don't need preheating.

I recall, many years ago a family camping at Arrowtown in a large tent were using two Tilley lamps hanging on the centre pole, one above the other, both using white spirits. The heat rising from the lower one increased the pressure in the tank of the top one and either the safety valve blew or the tank exploded. Not sure, but I think one was killed and all the family, kids included were scarred for life.

You're prolly right about fuse wire being too soft, I was trying to remember what we used, when we couldn't find the proper pricker). It was nichrome wire as used on the porcelain bars of the old bar heaters. It's quite stiff.

[granstar]

ya can't say that and not expect it to be taken as a challenge :done:

think fuse wire prolly to soft but i have some stuff at work that will prolly do the trick.
we may not have had it warmed proper, it was a slightly chilly night between rain showers

Was gunna say..fun police.

Had plenty of prickers around that night, and I was the smallest of them all but of no use for the task on hand :cool:

[russd7]

I guess some would see it as a challenge to get their head blown off. Some of the more modern ones, eg. Tilley are multifuel and if using petrol or white spirits don't need preheating.

I recall, many years ago a family camping at Arrowtown in a large tent were using two Tilley lamps hanging on the centre pole, one above the other, both using white spirits. The heat rising from the lower one increased the pressure in the tank of the top one and either the safety valve blew or the tank exploded. Not sure, but I think one was killed and all the family, kids included were scarred for life.

You're prolly right about fuse wire being too soft, I was trying to remember what we used, when we couldn't find the proper pricker). It was nichrome wire as used on the porcelain bars of the old bar heaters. It's quite stiff.

the wire bristle off a wire brush works well when something fine is needed

[Daffyd]

the wire bristle off a wire brush works well when something fine is needed

True... we used to use that too, in a jam, but I'd completely forgotten about that. (Early onset of Alzheimer's due to 12 years at the aluminium smelter).

[russd7]

True... we used to use that too, in a jam, but I'd completely forgotten about that. (Early onset of Alzheimer's due to 12 years at the aluminium smelter).

naaa aluminim that thin is just too soft an would bend me thinks and craigs get upset when ya stick wire in their jam, now what were we discussing

[granstar]

naaa aluminim that thin is just too soft an would bend me thinks and craigs get upset when ya stick wire in their jam, now what were we discussing

Mounting it to the front of the bike for intimidation purposes, but now I v'e changed my mind and intend to use it to melt snow in front of the bike.