Author Topic: Forumite spotting (Read 589001 times)

Andrij · « **Reply #4025 on:** 25 July, 2019, 10:59:08 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 25 July, 2019, 06:33:59 pm

What on earth were you doing in New Malden ?

Visiting an acquaintance. FTR, I can recommend Sorabol, on the High Street, for lunch.

I should probably post about my, um, adventure, on the ride out there, riding through Wimbledon Common for the first time. In short: COR + cyclocross.

hatler · « **Reply #4026 on:** 25 July, 2019, 11:13:43 pm »

The Commons Rangers seem to do as much as they can to discourage overuse of the Common by cyclists.

bludger · « **Reply #4027 on:** 27 July, 2019, 10:59:40 pm »

I'm heading to New Malden soon to check out the Raynes Park - New Malden cycle route thing that's been opened. Not sure what I'm in for...!

hatler · « **Reply #4028 on:** 27 July, 2019, 11:19:25 pm »

Little Miss hatler is very excited about this new bit of infrastructure.

Andrij · « **Reply #4029 on:** 27 July, 2019, 11:54:42 pm »

I cycled it east from NM, and found it good. Not yet had a chance to cycle west.

Wobbly John · « **Reply #4030 on:** 28 July, 2019, 09:54:53 am »

Yesterday, Torslanda.

In a shop with his name on it.

It seemed rude not to while we were in that side of Manchester.

Greenbank · « **Reply #4031 on:** 11 August, 2019, 05:59:06 pm »

Mike at Jesus Green Lido Saturday afternoon?

Kim · « **Reply #4032 on:** 20 October, 2019, 10:40:51 pm »

LittleWheelsandBig, trackside at Hillingdon while I was coming round the corner with a heart-rate in excess of R17, but had disappeared by the end of the race.

Also HK and Mr Larrington, who I actually got a chance to speak to.

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #4033 on:** 20 October, 2019, 10:47:19 pm »

That Kim, rolling around at a rate of knots, and the Mayor of Mortagne at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. HK at the Rusty Bike Cafe and velosam for a fair chunk of the day.

ElyDave · « **Reply #4034 on:** 24 October, 2019, 06:25:21 am »

Feanor and the Pingus, in the pub last night,
far more entertaining than sitting in a hotel room working

Pingu · « **Reply #4035 on:** 27 October, 2019, 12:45:56 am »

Quote from: ElyDave on 24 October, 2019, 06:25:21 am

Feanor and the Pingus, in the pub last night,
far more entertaining than sitting in a hotel room working

Belated

hulver · « **Reply #4036 on:** 08 November, 2019, 08:46:53 am »

Spotted a CrinklyLion on Cemetery Road in York a few days, cycling past on a very cool looking tandem. I was in the car sat in traffic going the other way, so I decided not to bellow incoherent noises out of the window at her.

IanDG · « **Reply #4037 on:** 18 January, 2020, 03:29:03 pm »

Just been for a walk with Peli, Woolly and Tilley - a short break as they passed Dumfries. 🙂

Kim · « **Reply #4038 on:** 25 January, 2020, 04:39:22 pm »

IanN and Cudzoziemiec. In the dining room. With the ~~candlestick~~ 4-cell Maglite.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4039 on:** 26 January, 2020, 03:57:34 pm »

Kim, in the Ops Room of Fort Kimbarakta deep under Middle Earth, with a Bricktionary^TM.

IanN · « **Reply #4040 on:** 26 January, 2020, 04:48:49 pm »

Also in our tour of SW Birmingham, james, who now has a small tandem

Somewhat confused by Bournbrook / Selly Oak, which has been moved several meters to the side without telling me.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4041 on:** 26 January, 2020, 04:55:20 pm »

Quote from: road-runner on 26 January, 2020, 04:33:28 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 26 January, 2020, 03:57:34 pm
... a Bricktionary^TM.

Wassat? A dictionary as used by Fred and Wilma Flinstone?

It's a BSL to English dictionary, with words arranged alphabetically by initial hand position of BSL. Three dimensional hand positions and gestures are "written" using two-dimensional annotation which looks like Klingon, say. I likened it in concept to the annotation used for choreography but whereas I know virtually nothing about BSL, I know absolutely nothing of choreography, so take that with a dose of salt. Fortunately there are also photographs showing the word being signed. But totally useless, as far as I can make out, for looking up how to sign an English word in BSL.

More to the point, in a contest between it and the Maglite, I reckon it's evens.

Kim · « **Reply #4042 on:** 26 January, 2020, 05:00:04 pm »

Quote from: road-runner on 26 January, 2020, 04:33:28 pm

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 26 January, 2020, 03:57:34 pm
... a Bricktionary^TM.

Wassat? A dictionary as used by Fred and Wilma Flinstone?

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/products/isbn/9780571143467/22901999063

The first attempt at creating a dictionary of BSL, from the days when you'd have needed a Laserdisc player and a Video Toaster to do it properly. Every student buys a copy, struggles to decode the notation, becomes frustrated at the limited vocabulary and ends up using it as an improvised chair leg / monitor stand / paper-flattening weight. It was a groundbreaking project at the time, but these days we have web-based video for cataloguing signs in a more natural and easy to access format, so it mostly serves as an in-joke.

Kim · « **Reply #4043 on:** 26 January, 2020, 05:17:53 pm »

Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 26 January, 2020, 04:55:20 pm

But totally useless, as far as I can make out, for looking up how to sign an English word in BSL.

Like any other bilingual dictionary, it goes both ways. The English->BSL section is a lot thinner, as it doesn't contain photographs and description of the signs (just references to the relevant entry).

Turning a static photo and a description of movement into a sign is always a bit hit and miss, though, even when you have a framework for describing things like handshapes. The much more accessible Cath Smith books (which are aimed at language learners, rather than a piece of academic research) have the same problem, and are best used to jog your memory rather than expanding your vocabulary.

Kim · « **Reply #4044 on:** 30 January, 2020, 07:54:28 pm »

Just spotted barakta OTP, being quoted in DNS.

SteveC · « **Reply #4045 on:** 30 January, 2020, 08:39:47 pm »

Sunday lunchtime. A small flock of ordinaries going up The Mall in that London, doing their best to not run over any C17 soldiery who seemed to be everywhere.
Any of you lot?

Tim Hall · « **Reply #4046 on:** 30 January, 2020, 09:32:45 pm »

Quote from: SteveC on 30 January, 2020, 08:39:47 pm

Sunday lunchtime. A small flock of ordinaries going up The Mall in that London, doing their best to not run over any C17 soldiery who seemed to be everywhere.
Any of you lot?

There's a regular(ish) flock of them. It's a hire and tuition kind of a thing I think.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4047 on:** 08 February, 2020, 07:51:09 pm »

https://www.facebook.com/vincent.harris.752/videos/10158306001519090/

Me, totally randomly.

This morning I was on my way to meet a pal for her first ever tandem ride. Someone did a drive-by shooting of me and placed the video on an FB group "Vintage Cycles UK" and labelled it "How sad to see a friendless tandem". Wobbly John of this parish is a member of the same group and spotted me!

Does this make me the first YACFer to spot myself out for a ride?

Kim · « **Reply #4048 on:** 08 February, 2020, 08:09:57 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 08 February, 2020, 07:51:09 pm

https://www.facebook.com/vincent.harris.752/videos/10158306001519090/

Me, totally randomly.

This morning I was on my way to meet a pal for her first ever tandem ride. Someone did a drive-by shooting of me and placed the video on an FB group "Vintage Cycles UK" and labelled it "How sad to see a friendless tandem". Wobbly John of this parish is a member of the same group and spotted me!

Does this make me the first YACFer to spot myself out for a ride?

I've often wondered where all those drive-by videos of me end up. I've yet to track one down on the interweb.

ElyDave · « **Reply #4049 on:** 08 February, 2020, 08:28:11 pm »

saw an ordinary on a car bike rack this morning on the A10 north of Littleport, had me wondering