Friday's rant
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Now an R2 unit has been sent to Washington DC, playing "Help me Barack Obama, you're my only hope"
Beyond farcical
Beyond farcical
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RoboProp wrote:Now an R2 unit has been sent to Washington DC, playing "Help me Barack Obama, you're my only hope"
Beyond farcical
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Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
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Yours, his, or both?honeyec wrote:Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Nowadays cars are designed to crumple in a collision and once bent can't be fixed.
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I'd be more worried that my seatbelt failed to lock even at 20 kmh.mfjoc wrote:Yours, his, or both?honeyec wrote:Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Nowadays cars are designed to crumple in a collision and once bent can't be fixed.
"That was shiterarse coaches need to look at themselves this is as bad at is.beem with school. Items impeovrnkyb neefedc"
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Mine.mfjoc wrote:Yours, his, or both?honeyec wrote:Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Nowadays cars are designed to crumple in a collision and once bent can't be fixed.
And yes, they can be fixed once the chassis isn't damaged, which mine isn't. It's an economic write-off.
Should have been more specific - it locked at the shoulder point but the pretensioners didn't even kick in; it was so low-impact. I drove the car home and then down to the body shop, like.domhnallj wrote:I'd be more worried that my seatbelt failed to lock even at 20 kmh.
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All you have to now is site and wait for the insurance claims to come inhoneyec wrote:Mine.mfjoc wrote:Yours, his, or both?honeyec wrote:Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Nowadays cars are designed to crumple in a collision and once bent can't be fixed.
And yes, they can be fixed once the chassis isn't damaged, which mine isn't. It's an economic write-off.
Should have been more specific - it locked at the shoulder point but the pretensioners didn't even kick in; it was so low-impact. I drove the car home and then down to the body shop, like.domhnallj wrote:I'd be more worried that my seatbelt failed to lock even at 20 kmh.
I presume the guy you hit will suffer from soft tissue injuries that will destroy his life etc etc
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The main thing to worry about is your own health.honeyec wrote:Rear-ended a guy who stopped dead in front of me at the top of the M50 southbound on-ramp at Firhouse on Tuesday morning. Was doing about 20kmh; my seatbelt didn't even lock.
Got the damage assessment back there this afternoon, and the car is a write-off
Although less likely you may well have whip lash too.
Some of the symptoms can be:-
1. Head ache.
2. Neck pain.
3. Lower back pain - yes lower back pain.
Get yourself checked out.
Irish doctor's aren't great on this stuff but I'd go to a physio but he/she has to be somebody who is on the ball with this sort of stuff.
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City Bike riders - almost all of you.
Please learn something, even just one thing, about how to use the road properly. Thanks!
Please learn something, even just one thing, about how to use the road properly. Thanks!
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Not saying that I let them deliberately run into me on paths or that I walk into them when they break lights at pedestrian crossings. Only that accidents can happenHippo wrote:City Bike riders - almost all of you.
Please learn something, even just one thing, about how to use the road properly. Thanks!
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I had one try to cycle straight through me this morning just as I started to cross the road because he wanted to cycle the wrong way up a one way road before the traffic started again.RoboProp wrote:Not saying that I let them deliberately run into me on paths or that I walk into them when they break lights at pedestrian crossings. Only that accidents can happenHippo wrote:City Bike riders - almost all of you.
Please learn something, even just one thing, about how to use the road properly. Thanks!
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The concept of the public roads being a shared space is alien to pedestrians/bike users/motorists in equal measure.
"That was shiterarse coaches need to look at themselves this is as bad at is.beem with school. Items impeovrnkyb neefedc"
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They're for whatever I'm doing at the time and curses on anyone doing anything else!domhnallj wrote:The concept of the public roads being a shared space is alien to pedestrians/bike users/motorists in equal measure.
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Alls I knows new is I pity the cyclist on the footpath who goes barrelling towards a heavily pregnant Lady RP. Let's just say the inner Terry Tate is embracedPeg Leg wrote:They're for whatever I'm doing at the time and curses on anyone doing anything else!domhnallj wrote:The concept of the public roads being a shared space is alien to pedestrians/bike users/motorists in equal measure.
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I did not know you were a knight of the realmRoboProp wrote:
Alls I knows new is I pity the cyclist on the footpath who goes barrelling towards a heavily pregnant Lady RP. Let's just say the inner Terry Tate is embraced
"That was shiterarse coaches need to look at themselves this is as bad at is.beem with school. Items impeovrnkyb neefedc"
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I have been known to sit on a throne!domhnallj wrote:I did not know you were a knight of the realmRoboProp wrote:
Alls I knows new is I pity the cyclist on the footpath who goes barrelling towards a heavily pregnant Lady RP. Let's just say the inner Terry Tate is embraced
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Roboprop for making people visualise him taking a dumpRoboProp wrote: I have been known to sit on a throne!
"That was shiterarse coaches need to look at themselves this is as bad at is.beem with school. Items impeovrnkyb neefedc"
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It's the "throne" I feel sorry for!domhnallj wrote:Roboprop for making people visualise him taking a dumpRoboProp wrote: I have been known to sit on a throne!
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Well, when you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you dieDonny B. wrote:It's the "throne" I feel sorry for!domhnallj wrote:Roboprop for making people visualise him taking a dumpRoboProp wrote: I have been known to sit on a throne!
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The Garth Brooks debacle, I blame it all on his roots......
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