Don't ride in groups or we will be stopped cycling completely.

[screenman]

This is foolish knee jerk stereotyping, stemming mainly from pre-existing prejudice.

Typical bloody thick Northerners.

On the pet section here a northern guy see's it as being fine to go shopping everyday, I will be interested to hear what people say on that? My opinion is as seldom as possible works best.

 

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On the pet section here a northern guy see's it as being fine to go shopping everyday, I will be interested to hear what people say on that? My opinion is as seldom as possible works best.

I personally think that it the most dangerous thing you can do currently as far as the virus is concerned, obviously jumping out of an aircraft at 10,000 feet with no parachute is more dangerous,

 

[mjr]

I personally think that it the most dangerous thing you can do currently as far as the virus is concerned, obviously jumping out of an aircraft at 10,000 feet with no parachute is more dangerous,

Licking some hospital areas on your daily exercise trips may be worse!

I think it depends where you shop. I'm sorry to say it, but the reports of some asda and lidl branches are disgraceful, whereas buying from the farm gates is probably low risk. We are fortunate cycling to be able to reach them relatively easily.

 

[fossyant]

Are there no same sex couples around Glossop?

Usually one of them is a sheep

PS I live not far away.

 

[Blue Hills]

That's good to read. My post is nothing more than how people I know react to what they see for themselves, at home, and then pick up from the media. We've seen reports from Primrose Hill and other places showing people ignoring guidelines. There is a strong feeling this behaviour is going to get us all confined to barracks.

This is simply the impression being gained from the media. I do know Lancashire is deserted as I see it every day from my saddle. This makes folk feel resentful, it's a regular topic of conversation.

fair dos to your reply but I think they shouldn't rely on media exaggeration so much. They wouldn't like folk doing it with regard to the north.

One could argue that Londoners need to make more effort to achieve the distancing I think they are achieving - despite the capital's wondrous parks there are a lot of folk who need to use them. And still I see them keeping their distance in them.

I think your companions need to find another topic of conversation to be honest paul

all the best

 

[nickyboy]

Some old bigots will never understand...

I was gently poking fun at the parochial nature of small market towns such as the one I live in. Don't be so sensitive. It was done for those with a sense of humour and you missed the point completely. And I don't appreciate being labelled a bigot

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was gently poking fun at the parochial nature of small market towns such as the one I live in. Don't be so sensitive. It was done for those with a sense of humour and you missed the point completely. And I don't appreciate being labelled a bigot

The problem with text/written word there is no intonation available like there is face to face.

 

[ianrauk]

I saw more cyclists out and about during an hours ride then I have seen for a very long time. Mainly solo roadies, but also utility riders and a few families. All enjoying the nice weather and lack of motor vehicle traffic and all acting very sensibly and distancing themselves. Long may it continue.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I was gently poking fun at the parochial nature of small market towns such as the one I live in. Don't be so sensitive. It was done for those with a sense of humour and you missed the point completely. And I don't appreciate being labelled a bigot

Just so we're 100% I got it 😋

 

[C R]

The problem with text/written word there is no intonation available like there is face to face.

Knowing that Hatfield, right next door to Glossop, provided some of the locations for The League of Gentlemen might help to understand @nickyboy's point.

As a disclaimer, I lived in Hollingworth, next door to Hatfield and Glossop, for a while some 15 years ago.

 

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Knowing that Hatfield, right next door to Glossop, provided some of the locations for The League of Gentlemen might help to understand @nickyboy's point.

As a disclaimer, I lived in Hollingworth, next door to Hatfield and Glossop, for a while some 15 years ago.

Yeah but you all live the wrong side of the hill so you're a funny lot anyway

 

[Dogtrousers]

Oooh look, you can report malefactors online. They've got an app for it.

No mention of a reward but, as they say, virtue is its own reward.

 

[BigMeatball]

The problem with text/written word there is no intonation available like there is face to face.

No, the problem is people thinking that with the right intonation any topic can be subject of a joke and then just blame others for lacking sense of humour.

But that's the overall problem with society, where idiot, entitled and rich white men not only do they not get punished for inappropriate jokes, but they even become country leaders.

 

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But that's the overall problem with society, where idiot, entitled and rich white men not only do they not get punished for inappropriate jokes, but they even become country leaders.

Right on Bruvver

 

[Jody]

well out of range of the derbyshire police drone i assume.

They have moved on to surveying people via the Police plane instead, most nights doing 2 or 3 laps of the village and sometimes back a couple of hours later. You can tell it's the police plane as it flies low and VERY slow.

It's hardly the same thing though is it? Yes, it seems the lads you saw were ignoring the guidelines, but what I said is true, there are too many people making judgements without any facts.

A lot of people rely on that attitude to carry on as they were. Same as those who use disabled/ child spaces at a supermarket knowing that almost no one will

London IS a ghost town.

I may go round it tomorrow.

I'd like to have a ride round London at any time. Bet it's awesome to ride round when it's this quiet.

It's interesting that this blind unthinking "them and us" division persists in times like this.

Sadly I don't think that mentality will go for some time yet. The media and old stereotypes just won't go away.

But that's the overall problem with society, where idiot, entitled and rich white men not only do they not get punished for inappropriate jokes, but they even become country leaders.