You know what really grinds my gears?

[Eamonnca1]

Cyclists on country roads going 2 (or more) abreast.

It's perfectly legal to ride 2 abreast. Get over yourself.

I may be (it wasn't one time), but do you really think it's reasonable?

Usually it is. If it's not safe for a car to get past when they're riding two abreast then it's not safe to get past if they were riding single file.  I see it all the time. Riders are two abreast, they hear the car coming from behind, they get single file, and the car still can't get past until a straight clear overtaking path opens up. So it makes no difference how much room they're taking up. The only difference is in the minds of the motorists.

We were riding into Point Reyes one morning in a bit of a pack, and a few cars appeared behind us.  We all got single file (except for one girl who got a bit stuck and someone had to let her in). A cop car was one of the cars behind us and the cop announced over the speakers for us to ride single file. We eventually got tightened up into single file and rode as close to the gutter as we dared.  Guess what? The cars still couldn't get past us until a mile or two later. So what difference did it make how many abreast we were riding?

[muppet]

Cyclists on country roads going 2 (or more) abreast.

http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/pedal-cyclist.html

Maximum of two abreast.

However if the cyclists are over-taking they must do so in single file.

How slow exactly is your car AZ?

[LostInSpace]

Price of petrol while countries such as US enjoy 40p a litre!!
The strength of the pound!

[Puckoon]

Cyclists on country roads going 2 (or more) abreast.

http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/pedal-cyclist.html

Maximum of two abreast.

However if the cyclists are over-taking they must do so in single file.

How slow exactly is your car AZ?

Custom Paint job and all.

[ross matt]

Sanctimonious pollyanna (white Irish) Uncle Toms (SPUTs).

Whats an Irish Uncle Tom? Never heard of such a thing.

That would be me I'm told. Learn something new about yourself everyday.

[Cold tea]

Cyclists on country roads going 2 (or more) abreast.

It's perfectly legal to ride 2 abreast. Get over yourself.

No it's not - I pointed this out before, but we know you struggle with most things - UK Highway code.

66
You should

•keep both hands on the handlebars except when signalling or changing gear
•keep both feet on the pedals
•never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends
•not ride close behind another vehicle
•not carry anything which will affect your balance or may get tangled up with your wheels or chain
•be considerate of other road users, particularly blind and partially sighted pedestrians. Let them know you are there when necessary, for example, by ringing your bell if you have one. It is recommended that a bell be fitted

I haven't seen a wide country road yet.

[bridge fan]

mobile fecking phones going off at funerals it aint that hard 2 switch them off

[Eamonnca1]

•never ride more than two abreast, and ride in single file on narrow or busy roads and when riding round bends

I stand corrected.

[Hardy]

Here's hoping you will now ride corrected as well. 

[Cáthasaigh]

Here's hoping you will now ride corrected as well. 

So it's not the bodies of the untermensch under the tracks of you Panzer which grinds your gears Gruppenfuhrer Hardy. Whodathunkit/

[Hardy]

Somewhere, a fringe is missing one of its lunatics.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Here's hoping you will now ride corrected as well. 

So it's not the bodies of the untermensch under the tracks of you Panzer which grinds your gears Gruppenfuhrer Hardy. Whodathunkit/

One of your people's armies Cáthasaigh made great use of their tanks in Tiananmen Square.

[saffron sam2]

The Post Office

I went to tax the car today, the first day on my quite lengthy holidays, and tried to pay with a credit card.

"Sorry we don't accept credit cards.", says she.

"But that sign says you do - you welcome them in fact."

"That sign shouldn't be there - we don't accept credit cards.", says she.

"But I paid for my passport here with the same credit card two months ago."

"No you didn't.", says she.

"Yes, I did. I'll show you the statement on the iphone if you like."

"No, you didn't - we don't accept credit cards, never have, never will.", says she.

"OK, enjoy your summer!".

Had that happened in the last week of August the reaction would have been different.

[Hardy]

They pay comedy writers good money to write stuff like that. Or this:

I went into the NIB branch on the South Mall in Cork the other day to pay my credit card bill. I usually do it online, so I wouldn't often be in the branch, but this time I'd missed the deadline. So I give the wan behind the counter my statement and a wad of cash.

"Sorry, I can't take that", says she.

"What? Why not?"

"This is a cashless bank", says she.

"A cashless bank? What does that mean?"

"We don't handle cash. But you can pay it in the Post Office", says she. "It's not far", she added, helpfully.

"Have I got this right? I'm here in NIB, with money for NIB, but I have to go down the street, round the corner and up to the Post Office to give it yo you?"

"That's right. I'm sorry", says she.

Sometimes I think I'm living in a Spike Milligan sketch. Just for an added head-shaking factor, when I got to the P.O., of course it was pension day. Took half an hour to get to the counter.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

They pay comedy writers good money to write stuff like that. Or this:

I went into the NIB branch on the South Mall in Cork the other day to pay my credit card bill. I usually do it online, so I wouldn't often be in the branch, but this time I'd missed the deadline. So I give the wan behind the counter my statement and a wad of cash.

"Sorry, I can't take that", says she.

"What? Why not?"

"This is a cashless bank", says she.

"A cashless bank? What does that mean?"

"We don't handle cash. But you can pay it in the Post Office", says she. "It's not far", she added, helpfully.

"Have I got this right? I'm here in NIB, with money for NIB, but I have to go down the street, round the corner and up to the Post Office to give it yo you?"

"That's right. I'm sorry", says she.

Sometimes I think I'm living in a Spike Milligan sketch. Just for an added head-shaking factor, when I got to the P.O., of course it was pension day. Took half an hour to get to the counter.

Holy feck, the government have finally barred them from handling cash, but missed the (massive) loophole!