Author Topic: Ogmios School of Zen Motoring (Read 18815 times)

Kim · « **Reply #25 on:** 20 January, 2022, 07:59:11 pm »

Important news: Ogmios has got his bike fixed. Possible Zen cycling video in the works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJixEN8vHJQ

slope · « **Reply #26 on:** 20 January, 2022, 08:08:36 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 17 January, 2022, 10:49:37 pm

Well that took a turn for the unexpected... Like so many things in life, it all gets a bit strange after Milton Keynes.

It seemed to lose something crucial after MK?

Maybe the BBC3 is not a good place/direction for Ogmios?

Quote from: Kim on 20 January, 2022, 07:59:11 pm

Important news: Ogmios has got his bike fixed. Possible Zen cycling video in the works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJixEN8vHJQ

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 January, 2022, 12:07:33 pm »

What level have people completed on Potholeman 3000?

Gentle beeps to all my turquoise friends (and other colours)

Kim · « **Reply #28 on:** 09 March, 2022, 08:43:55 pm »

New Ogmios:

https://youtu.be/GMxYm0r8bY8

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/GMxYm0r8bY8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/GMxYm0r8bY8&rel=1</a>

Jurek · « **Reply #29 on:** 09 March, 2022, 09:06:04 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 09 March, 2022, 08:43:55 pm

New Ogmios:

https://youtu.be/GMxYm0r8bY8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMxYm0r8bY8

Thx

Kim · « **Reply #30 on:** 09 March, 2022, 09:13:27 pm »

Good to see he's back on form, even if Potholeman isn't.

Kim · « **Reply #31 on:** 27 September, 2022, 01:18:48 pm »

It's (not really) that time of year again... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ9RjFAmsg4

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 September, 2022, 12:31:13 pm »

Interesting that he interprets the pedestrians' wave and skip as a sign of gratitude. I think he's right, it is, but it's also a sort of bow and scrape. And why should people be grateful to a driver for allowing them to continue walking over a zebra crossing? Well, from an Ogmios spiritual perspective I suppose we should all be grateful for everything, and I'm sure Ogmios is also grateful for the opportunity to allow them to cross.

tom_e · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 September, 2022, 01:27:50 pm »

If you watch people on foot interact with each other there's a lot of it too. It's normal to politely offer someone else through a door first, or stand aside, and say thank you for it. A very human level of interaction, when we're interacting with people rather than cars. Not sure we should see it as a bad thing.

Edit: Not trying to say you're wrong - it still feels uncomfortable when a pedestrian behaves like this to a car driver. But I don't feel sure the solution is for the pedestrians to change here!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #34 on:** 02 October, 2022, 04:17:10 pm »

I think there's a small but significant difference between "thanks" and "gratitude" in this context. I can't now remember what word Ogmios actually used... In any case, I feel that if traffic generally were more ogmioid, we would both give and receive more thanks and less gratitude. But it's unlikely to happen.

Kim · « **Reply #35 on:** 14 December, 2022, 08:38:02 pm »

New Ogmios just dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgpOXBPwp58

Featuring LTNs, zen cycling and the Haringey Bobsleigh Team.

Wycombewheeler · « **Reply #36 on:** 15 December, 2022, 11:26:11 am »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 29 September, 2022, 12:31:13 pm

.. why should people be grateful to a driver for allowing them to continue walking over a zebra crossing? .

Yes this is quite ingrained in UK society, as if the driver is doing the pedestrian a favour, but if we consider that the zebra crossing user has priority as per the highway code, then it becomes akin to a driver wanting to emerge from a side street not driving into the side of the car on the main road. Which of course is totally expected and not worthy of gratitude. I don't know why we can't look at zebra crossings in the same light.

Of course the driver who looks ahead and stops because he thinks you are going to cross might be more deserving of gratitude, rather than the one who stops when you are already across, and apparently expects thanks for .....not killing you.

Paul · « **Reply #37 on:** 15 December, 2022, 04:55:14 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 14 December, 2022, 08:38:02 pm

New Ogmios just dropped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgpOXBPwp58

Featuring LTNs, zen cycling and the Haringey Bobsleigh Team.

Delightful. Temporary lights like a supply teacher at school...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #38 on:** 20 December, 2022, 02:36:41 pm »

You should always respect the light. Not just on the road either.

Interesting motorcycle action in this one. Firstly, the motorbike at the Ford-blocked mini-roundabout has indicators of a type I haven't noticed before, built into the rear light. Then there's the scooter roos, one with duct tape – and I feel that duct tape, traditionally the cyclist's ally, has betrayed us here – and the other on the pavement. Probably both to no avail. I've noticed the roos doing the pushing thing in Bristol – there's a cycle cut-through here that they all get off to push through on their way to collect from McChickenKing.

Kim · « **Reply #39 on:** 24 January, 2023, 09:39:39 pm »

I think he's run out of dashcam footage...

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #40 on:** 24 January, 2023, 09:53:32 pm »

I wish all guests on R4 Thought for the Day would adopt Ogmios's vocal cadence and intonation. Would improve my commute immeasurably.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #41 on:** 25 January, 2023, 06:32:44 pm »

Sharp sound effects. I was intrigued by what looked like leaves in the inside cover of the manual, though on closer look they might be drawings of leaves, or maybe stickers.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #42 on:** 30 January, 2023, 06:09:21 pm »

Your Ogmios package is out for delivery: https://youtu.be/YfHEeZxphwE

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #43 on:** 25 March, 2023, 06:10:38 pm »

Seen yesterday in Montepelier (Bristol not France): an Ogmios School of Zen Motoring bumper sticker.

Kim · « **Reply #44 on:** 31 August, 2023, 08:30:20 pm »

Now with Bins For Jane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1TxCRHG-vo

Jurek · « **Reply #45 on:** 31 August, 2023, 09:35:56 pm »

Fanx.

Peter · « **Reply #46 on:** 31 August, 2023, 10:03:15 pm »

Just noticed this. Better late than never!

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #47 on:** 05 September, 2023, 03:18:21 pm »

A decent diversion and nice weather.

Kim · « **Reply #48 on:** 01 October, 2023, 03:37:23 pm »

Zen e-bike SCIENCE