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Manchester - No to congestion charge
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McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View PostCycle in Rochdale...ya gotta be nuts! In London, yes! in Manchester, only with body armor. In Rochdale, no chance!Comment
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostPretty much ideal cycle commute distance there.Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostAh, right, so it's fear that keeps you in your car?
I was an avid cyclist..I cycled over 100km each Saturday in Canada in addition to the weekday cycling...but there isn't the cyclist ignorance there that exists here. I've seen and heard of the accidents here...sorry I'm out.
Call me chicken 'cause I am.McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Originally posted by swamp View PostCycle 14 miles each way?! And I assume it's not exactly an idyllic tow-path, traffic-free route...
I dunno. It's up to people to decide for themselves what they're scared of and what they aren't scared of. I've been knocked off my bike once in something like 35 years of regular cycling and that wasn't too bad.Comment
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostI've been knocked off my bike once in something like 35 years of regular cycling and that wasn't too bad.
I've only been knocked off a bike once, almost 30 years ago, still paying the price because of the damage a kerb did to my front teeth.
Used to cycle all the time until I was about 18, then decided a car was a much better proposition. Admittedly it wasn't the fear of getting knocked off my bike again that convinced me, but the girlfriend at the time promising all sorts of naughtyness if I got a car. One of the best decisions I've ever made!
Though the decision to dump her a few months later was perhaps my worst. It's true, you don't appreciate what you have until it's gone.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
Feist - I Feel It All
Feist - The Bad In Each Other (Later With Jools Holland)Comment
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Originally posted by Pogle View Posttulip, I forgot to vote!
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If anyone on here thinks the Manchester congestion zone will improve public transport, they are sadly deluded.
Its a tax like any other tax, sold on false promises and enviromentalism.
The govt. are short of money and they will use any way they can to get it. If they cared about the environment they wouldnt be building another runway at Heathrow or a new coal power station.
Anyone who gets the Northern Line into London every day, tell me your journey has improved as a result of the congestion charge.
I'm straining to hear any voices'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
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Originally posted by SantaClaus View PostAnyone who gets the Northern Line into London every day, tell me your journey has improved as a result of the congestion charge.
I'm straining to hear any voicesCoffee's for closersComment
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Yawn
Another voting exercise for the proles. Keeps 'em busy before the X factor comes on the telly.
'Our' Government has already decided to roll out a national road pricing over the course of the next decade.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...rejection.html
The exact timing depends on when the Galileo satellite system is up and running.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2500662.ece
Your vote will not be required, thank you.Comment
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