"necessary runway" that's a beaut, I'll see if I can work that into a meeting this afternoon.
"It's not happening" becomes "I'm currently giving myself the necessary runway to complete it"

youtu.be/wDuOlLwwijg?...
Urban foxes to blame?

...and the little ladder on the other side. In case you need to get onto the roof of it while out shopping, presumably.

Almost entirely as predicted by this Keith Lemon sketch
youtu.be/f1ySzSF7CJw?...

Surprising amount of Adam & the Ants on this thread. Bought from Ken Black's shop on the Main Street in Portlaoise, toy shop out the back and record shop at the front. I can still remember being an age where I wasn't sure which one I'd spend my money in.

"Sasanach" probably

And of course "The vehicle involved failed to remain at the scene". No driver involved seemingly. Always the same with The Journal.

It's working in so much as you can report a traffic incident on the system. Unfortunately it's also not working in the sense that the guards will do SFA about your report. You do feel a little better about things for a few minutes though, so not all bad.

I was in Sydney in the 90s, temping in a bank. One of the senior managers had shorts to match his suits. Impossible to take him seriously in the jacket and tie with shorts and knee socks.

A clear case of nominative determinism

"Enthusiasts"? It's funny, I don't feel that enthusiastic heading off to work every morning, even if I am on a bike!

As a bonus money-saver, you probably won't need/be able to eat at all for about 3 days after using this method

Patel thinks he's Judge Dredd

I'd suspect it is worse in the mornings - I used to be able to cycle up Parkmore Road inside a moving line of cars, but the cars are packed in much tighter now so I have to admit I resort to the footpath most days. There might be changing shift patterns out here feeding into that too though.

GCC seem to look at every project and ask themselves "how can we do this so that it's kinda shit in the end?"
As a daily cyclist in and out of Parkmore it's way better than it used to be, but only on the way out in the evening! Still carnage every morning.

I can't help wondering if Galway CC deliberately make these things shit versions of something good (see also "parklets") in the hopes that eventually people will stop asking for nice stuff. I may be assuming way too much intelligence and forethought though.

It rains a lot all year around where I live so I use an old pair of waterproofs cut off at the knees along with shoe covers. Keeps your actual shorts dry without getting too hot. Yes, I do get soaked knee to ankle but I've found my legs are fully waterproof and quick-drying.

A couple of years ago the same judge gave a taxi driver a similar suspended sentence for *deliberately* driving into a cyclist, twice. It's nuts.

I think it probably mainly comes down to cancer and CVD being the main causes of mortality across the board, so if the risk of these is reduced the overall risk of death is reduced too.