Arrivée est arrivé!

[L CC]

*bows*

[Ian H]

It doesn't actually matter what you think. What you shouldn't do is be rude or belittling to others.

Mind you, there are famous stories of bad-tempered unsocialised auks. One such would ride alongside a complete stranger and start a 'conversation' about how that person's frame was too small/large, saddle too high, wrong tyres, etc. He's been punched on the nose at least once in response. Nice enough bloke when you get to know him. He posts occasionally here.

[Karla]

Ian, did anybody ever tell you that talking about yourself in the third person is the second sign of madness?

[Karla]

N.B. The above is an example of banter which may or may not be taken the wrong way!

[mattc]

An attempt at (relative) positivity:
The internet abounds with tales of sportifs pissing off the public; with litter, wrong-side-of-road riding, clogging up popular roads, RLJing, peeing in full view of female sheep etc etc ...

(There's a recent thread on Tri-talk if you want to get upto date.)

"Audax - we're only rude to each other".

[Ray 6701]

"Audax - we're only rude to each other".

Is that our new mission statement 

[JJ]

Does anyone on here really think that long-distance cycling (or indeed an internat forum) predominantly attracts the socially ept with a gift for empathy?  I think one needs to bear in mind that the person with whom one interacts on a ride may well need help with interactions, and one may oneself be similarly challenged, all unawares.

Right! I'm off now to learn another few pages of the phone book.

[hellymedic]

..................Plodding Pedro took a much closer one of just us - but clearly good taste, and the fear of emotional harm to sensitive readers has made sure that one wasn't published! Phew! 

That would be this one ..... 

... or perhaps this one ..... 

EDIT - doh!  This doesn't seem to be working. It just puts up the little "picture here" icon, on my PC anyway.  I'm sure I've done this before and I can't see what I'm doing wrong. I can't find the FAQ "sticky" about posting photos. Can anyone more clued -up advise?

1) Upload pic to website eg flickr
2) Determine URL of pic and copy to clipboard
3) Stuff URL between img tags by clicking pic icon and pasting URL

[Grandad]

1) Upload pic to website eg flickr
2) Determine URL of pic and copy to clipboard
3) Stuff URL between img tags by clicking pic icon and pasting URL

If you use Photobucket once you have loaded a picture clicking on it gives a menu that includes an image number. Clicking on this copies both the number and the img   "wrapping"  commands - paste this and it's a one click job..

[Manotea]

By a wonderful example of serendipity (or not), opposite the letters page is a full page article celebrating Scotland's newest Audax, The Highwayman 100km.

[Tewdric]

An attempt at (relative) positivity:
The internet abounds with tales of sportifs pissing off the public; with litter, wrong-side-of-road riding, clogging up popular roads, RLJing, peeing in full view of female sheep etc etc ...

(There's a recent thread on Tri-talk if you want to get upto date.)

"Audax - we're only rude to each other".

I was somewhat disappointed to turn up at the finish of the Brevet Cymru to give Blacksheep a couple of hours respite, fully prepared to give unconditional love and care to tired, fractious and downright rude riders, to find that  everyone who came in was in good spirits and, in the odd case, even quite chirpy. 

[jogler]

Good spirits?chirpy?
If I ever get to the stage where I can do this ride within time I expect to be bloody ecstatic at the finish...
for at least 2 minutes

[L CC]

everyone who came in was in good spirits and, in the odd case, even quite chirpy.

Freaks! I hate people like that!

[hellymedic]

When I completed the Brevet Cymru, Giraffe said that he'd never seen me so exhausted before.
He had seen me in other exhausting rides so I must have been fairly far gone.

[PloddinPedro]

Thanks iddu and eeymsmo for the advice, but I'm still stumped. I have a vague recollection that there's a size limit for any image to appear in the thread itself, so I've recopied it down to 93KB and reposted it to Flickr.

......................
1) Upload pic to website eg flickr
2) Determine URL of pic and copy to clipboard
3) Stuff URL between img tags by clicking pic icon and pasting URL

Ok, I've tried Flickr instead - the image is at http://flic.kr/p/bVkZVC which seems to work OK

But if I put it between tags to get the image embedded in this thread, I just get this:

[mrcharly-YHT]

Thanks iddu and eeymsmo for the advice, but I'm still stumped. I have a vague recollection that there's a size limit for any image to appear in the thread itself, so I've recopied it down to 93KB and reposted it to Flickr.

......................
1) Upload pic to website eg flickr
2) Determine URL of pic and copy to clipboard
3) Stuff URL between img tags by clicking pic icon and pasting URL

Ok, I've tried Flickr instead - the image is at http://flic.kr/p/bVkZVC which seems to work OK

But if I put it between tags to get the image embedded in this thread, I just get this:

Such a sweet pair, the one on the back looks positive angelic. Just proves, appearances can deceive.


That was painful.

Something screwy about Flickr. I had to get the flickr 'embed this in html' code then extract the link from that. Much prefer picasa

[Karla]

Pedro's problem is that he's using the url for the flickr page with the image on it, not the url of the actual .jpg image itself.

[Ian H]

Ian, did anybody ever tell you that talking about yourself in the third person is the second sign of madness?

You're channeling Hummers, which is worrying in one so young.

[PloddinPedro]

mrcharly and Mr Bunbury, you're champions!    (... sounds of pennies dropping ... )  I think I get it now, e.g.  ...

The dynamic duo again ....



Yea, it works!!

[L CC]

I reckon they're cheating.

[Peter]

The one who's smiling certainly is; never seen anything so unprofessional in my life.

[Chris S]

 

[Feline]

Good spirits?chirpy?
If I ever get to the stage where I can do this ride within time I expect to be bloody ecstatic at the finish...
for at least 2 minutes

What you need is a Tewdric finishing-hug, great for warming you up after a long ride and he toasts you tea cakes too 

[Feline]

Does anyone on here really think that long-distance cycling (or indeed an internat forum) predominantly attracts the socially ept with a gift for empathy?  I think one needs to bear in mind that the person with whom one interacts on a ride may well need help with interactions, and one may oneself be similarly challenged, all unawares.

Right! I'm off now to learn another few pages of the phone book.

+1 to this. I like to Audax predominantly because I'm not expected to mix with/be judged by normal people while I do it. If I am socially inappropriate then sorry, I probably didn't mean it but I most likely didn't know any better 

[dasmi]

Good spirits?chirpy?
If I ever get to the stage where I can do this ride within time I expect to be bloody ecstatic at the finish...
for at least 2 minutes

When I finished last year I fell asleep in my tea cake

Guess which arrivee article has generated the most response on  yahoo audax groups ?

dave