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Bus strike dublin city - take care!

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    #122
    Hungrycol
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    poochiem wrote: »
    Roads were an absolute pleasure this morning. I had three lanes of the Rock road to myself. So quiet I even pulled a U-ey and went back to throw a large stone out of the cycle lane over a wall and still no cars.

    That would have sounded much better if you had so much time to do a u-turn to pick up a large stone to throw through a house window.


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    #123
    tomasrojo
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    2RockMountain wrote: »
    Who's got a spare POS bike in the shed that we could to this guy? And has the Irish Times turned into the Indo?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/clondalkin-man-s-7km-walk-to-work-during-bus-strike-1.2785558

    7km is a longish walk alright, but it's not epic for an able-bodied adult.

    Mind you, my father, who is an able-bodied adult, regards a twenty-minute walk as pretty extreme.

    (I read a book about the Lock-out a few years back, and it mentioned the difficulty people in Inchicore had getting to the city centre when the trams weren't running. I found that remarkable, in that it's a long-ish but still walkable distance: less than an hour's walk? A pain, but hardly worth recounting a century later.)


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    #124
    Wishbone Ash
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    2RockMountain wrote: »
    Who's got a spare POS bike in the shed that we could to this guy? And has the Irish Times turned into the Indo?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/clondalkin-man-s-7km-walk-to-work-during-bus-strike-1.2785558
    FFS - you'd swear he had to walk 70k!


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    #125
    Eponymous
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    FFS - you'd swear he had to walk 70k!
    Then again, when you see the amount of people looking for sponsorship for a 5k or 10k run, this guy is clearly a freakin' legend amongst men.


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    #126
    magicbastarder
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    2RockMountain wrote: »
    And has the Irish Times turned into the Indo?
    this move to vox pops and presenting opinions of completely unqualified people as 'news' is really aggravating.

    the 'we need to see the human tragedy implicit in this bus strike' approach is kinda comical though.


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    #127
    endacl
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    FFS - you'd swear he had to walk 70k!

    7k is a nice walk. Do him good.

    Edit. His wife Sarah could easily walk to knocklyon. Nice stroll up the Belgard Rd. Do her good.

    :)


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    #128
    tomasrojo
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    Deedsie wrote: »
    I cycle fast along the N11 but I slow right down from Donnybrook into town. There are way too many opportunities for a collision to be hammering along at 30 - 35 km/h.

    I have been knocked down twice in Donnybrook so it just seems sensible to drop down the pace. Neither collision was my fault or anything but I like to be that bit more ready to react to erratic driving from motorists.

    When I'm going to Ballsbridge, I go along the Goatstown-Ranelagh road and turn right down Marlborough Road and then Pembroke Park. I just find the Donnybrook stretch you're talking about quite awful. (Of course, that route's suitability depends on where you're starting off.)


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    #129
    Chuchote
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    7km is a longish walk alright, but it's not epic for an able-bodied adult.

    Mind you, my father, who is an able-bodied adult, regards a twenty-minute walk as pretty extreme.

    (I read a book about the Lock-out a few years back, and it mentioned the difficulty people in Inchicore had getting to the city centre when the trams weren't running. I found that remarkable, in that it's a long-ish but still walkable distance: less than an hour's walk? A pain, but hardly worth recounting a century later.)

    Constance Markievicz and James Connolly led the last Sunday route march of the Citizen Army on the day before the outbreak of the Rising; it was their standard 16 miles into the Dublin mountains and back.


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    #130
    Firedance
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    Eponymous wrote: »
    Then again, when you see the amount of people looking for sponsorship for a 5k or 10k run, this guy is clearly a freakin' legend amongst men.

    Throw on the running gear and jog in!, obvious solution in the absence of a bike. Funny, the two groups least affected by the strike - runners & cyclists :)


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    #131
    tomasrojo
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    Eponymous wrote: »
    Then again, when you see the amount of people looking for sponsorship for a 5k or 10k run, this guy is clearly a freakin' legend amongst men.

    That's funny, because one morning I remember a colleague was being congratulated and everyone admiring her medal for completing a 10km mini-marathon over the weekend. She'd walked it. I had walked a slightly longer distance into work that day.

    Not that it wasn't an accomplishment on her part, but where was my round of applause!?!?


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    #132
    tomasrojo
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    Firedance wrote: »
    Throw on the running gear and jog in!, obvious solution in the absence of a bike. Funny, the two groups least affected by the strike - runners & cyclists :)

    Well, they're obviously doing just fine. Cut their funding, Minister Ross. What's that you say ...?


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    #133
    robyntmorton
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    That's funny, because one morning I remember a colleague was being congratulated and everyone admiring her medal for completing a 10km mini-marathon over the weekend. She'd walked it. I had walked a slightly longer distance into work that day.

    Not that it wasn't an accomplishment on her part, but where was my round of applause!?!?

    *applauds to make Tomas feel better*


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    #134
    tomasrojo
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    robyntmorton wrote: »
    *applauds to make Tomas feel better*


    You're too kind. It was nothing really.


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    #135
    CramCycle
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    2RockMountain wrote: »
    Who's got a spare POS bike in the shed that we could to this guy? And has the Irish Times turned into the Indo?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/clondalkin-man-s-7km-walk-to-work-during-bus-strike-1.2785558

    LOL, my OH takes a walk of about 6.8km on her lunch break usually, says it wakes her up and keeps her invigorated for the second half of the day.

    Must warn her not to overdo it, 7 would be too much.


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    #136
    2RockMountain
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    Firedance wrote: »
    Throw on the running gear and jog in!,
    He got half way through your advice, I see.


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    #137
    Firedance
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    2RockMountain wrote: »
    He got half way through your advice, I see.

    Nope, that's a tracksuit top....no self respecting runner would be seen in one of those :D


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    #138
    josip
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    ... about 6.8km ...

    Could you be more precise? :)


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    #139
    tomasrojo
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    CramCycle wrote: »
    LOL, my OH takes a walk of about 6.8km on her lunch break usually, says it wakes her up and keeps her invigorated for the second half of the day.

    Must warn her not to overdo it, 7 would be too much.

    When I lived in Orange County, I remember the Orange County Register used to do stories along the lines of "Man Who Can Afford Car Walks to Work". I think we're not far off that now.


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    #140
    BabysCoffee
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    crosstownk wrote: »
    I left Swords for Terenure in the pi$sings of rain. At Whitehall, my luck got even better - a puncture :rolleyes:

    As I approached town the traffic was mental - especially where the new Luas lines are being installed at Lower Dorset St.

    There were significantly less cyclists about compared to this morning.

    I think I saw you. Do you have a white bike?


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    #141
    Wishbone Ash
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    BabysCoffee wrote: »
    I think I saw you. Do you have a white bike?
    He does!


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    #142
    magicbastarder
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    tomasrojo wrote: »
    That's funny, because one morning I remember a colleague was being congratulated and everyone admiring her medal for completing a 10km mini-marathon over the weekend. She'd walked it.
    i do remember reading an 'are marathon runners suffering from sour grapes?' article examining whether marathon runners were justified in believing that the concept of finishing a marathon was being cheapened by people who entered and took over six hours to compete. i'd certainly have some sympathy for their viewpoint (with some obvious exceptions being made).


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    #143
    Chuchote
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i do remember reading an 'are marathon runners suffering from sour grapes?' article examining whether marathon runners were justified in believing that the concept of finishing a marathon was being cheapened by people who entered and took over six hours to compete. i'd certainly have some sympathy for their viewpoint (with some obvious exceptions being made).

    Sure what's their hurry? Won't it be there after them?


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    #144
    magicbastarder
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    i'm a reasonably brisk walker; i'd walk 26 miles in less than six hours if i maintained my normal pace. but if i walked 26 miles in five and a half hours, say, i would feel embarrassed to claim 'i completed a marathon today'.


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    #145
    tomasrojo
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    I don't want to be elitist, but it's quite normal, historically at least, for humans to walk longish distances as a matter of course. We're very good at walking, and it doesn't take a lot out of us. We even do it for after-dinner recreation. Running long distances is a lot harder, which is why it's regarded as an accomplishment. Walking, less so. Unless you have mobility problems, in which case walking can be a major accomplishment.

    I remember Ian Walker (of Bath-based helmet-close-passes fame) mentioning on Twitter that on hearing that he'd walked twenty miles the previous weekend a colleague said that he should have done it for charity. "Oh Britain!" tweeted Walker.


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