How did they know?
12-28-01 | 03:48 AM
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How did they know?
I gave my bike a clean this afternoon. I just saw tomorrow's weather forecast, it now says storms. So who told these people that I had cleaned my bike?
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12-28-01 | 09:45 AM
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Originally posted by Chris L
I gave my bike a clean this afternoon. I just saw tomorrow's weather forecast, it now says storms.
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I gave my bike a clean this afternoon. I just saw tomorrow's weather forecast, it now says storms.
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Maybe the rain will help the fires that are near Sydney?
12-28-01 | 02:23 PM
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This is not a new problem. Consider Alan Sherman, c. 1962 song:
"Oh the moon is shining bright above the car wash,
So I'm having my Volkswagen washed again.
But the way things go with me, the way my luck runs,
As soon as they're finished, it will rain!"
"Oh the moon is shining bright above the car wash,
So I'm having my Volkswagen washed again.
But the way things go with me, the way my luck runs,
As soon as they're finished, it will rain!"
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069
12-28-01 | 03:32 PM
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Originally posted by Gus Riley
Seeding the clouds for rain again Chris? Haven't you learned yet, if you want it to rain..... clean your bike. The more detailed cleaning it receives is directly proportional to how hard it will storm.
Maybe the rain will help the fires that are near Sydney?
Seeding the clouds for rain again Chris? Haven't you learned yet, if you want it to rain..... clean your bike. The more detailed cleaning it receives is directly proportional to how hard it will storm.
Maybe the rain will help the fires that are near Sydney?
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12-28-01 | 04:20 PM
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Originally posted by Chris L
It's actually not raining yet, although a storm is expected to hit around the time I'll be riding home from work. Sydney is apparently expected to miss out on this lot (it is 1,000km away). Personally I'd like to see them burn those who were stupid enough to light the things. Why do idiots find it "really kewl, man" to light fires? Are they too stupid to understand the concept of a "total fire ban"?
It's actually not raining yet, although a storm is expected to hit around the time I'll be riding home from work. Sydney is apparently expected to miss out on this lot (it is 1,000km away). Personally I'd like to see them burn those who were stupid enough to light the things. Why do idiots find it "really kewl, man" to light fires? Are they too stupid to understand the concept of a "total fire ban"?
Its abit like drink driving or killing cyclists, IMO......it aint hard NOT to do it and laws are not going to stop the few people who do it.
Public flogging would be cool tho
cheers!
12-28-01 | 04:49 PM
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Originally posted by Chris L
Sydney is apparently expected to miss out on this lot (it is 1,000km away). Personally I'd like to see them burn those who were stupid enough to light the things. Why do idiots find it "really kewl, man" to light fires? Are they too stupid to understand the concept of a "total fire ban"?
Sydney is apparently expected to miss out on this lot (it is 1,000km away). Personally I'd like to see them burn those who were stupid enough to light the things. Why do idiots find it "really kewl, man" to light fires? Are they too stupid to understand the concept of a "total fire ban"?
12-29-01 | 02:11 AM
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Chris. I had not realized that California is unique with our pyro-nuts, which we read about during our fire season. I read that much of Sydney's fires resulted from a lack of controlled burns in adjacent national parks. We share with you the ease with which Eucalyptus goes up in smoke.
12-29-01 | 02:28 AM
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Originally posted by cyclezealot
Chris. I had not realized that California is unique with our pyro-nuts, which we read about during our fire season. I read that much of Sydney's fires resulted from a lack of controlled burns in adjacent national parks. We share with you the ease with which Eucalyptus goes up in smoke.
Chris. I had not realized that California is unique with our pyro-nuts, which we read about during our fire season. I read that much of Sydney's fires resulted from a lack of controlled burns in adjacent national parks. We share with you the ease with which Eucalyptus goes up in smoke.
Personally, I'd like to see something done to the idiots who light the fires. I know they are hard to catch, but if they made an example of the ones they did catch (and could prove the guilt of, of course), by maybe making them liable for the costs of the damage they've done. We'll see how many others decide to do it.
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12-29-01 | 02:29 AM
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Incidentally, it did manage to rain (a bit) today, but not when I was riding 
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