One Man and his Fag-o-Cycle

[Hotarubi]

I keep looking at your pictures and can't help but notice there is no litter.

There is. Some arsehole has dumped a fucking old jalopy up against a statue.

[asthmatic camel]

Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?

Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.

[asthmatic camel]

I keep looking at your pictures and can't help but notice there is no litter.

People are generally quite well-behaved when it comes to litter but we also have a small army of street cleaners who work 24/7 to keep the place tidy.

It also helps that dropping litter is an offence, with fines of up to £2500.

Litter legislation
The main piece of legislation covering litter is outlined in part 4 of the EPA. In particular, section 87 of the EPA states that it is a criminal offence to drop, throw down, leave or deposit litter in a public place. The maximum fine for littering of this kind is £2,500 and it can be tried in a magistrate’s court.

Source

[ed]

Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?

Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.

Ah yes. Thought so.
https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these, used by the confederates in the Whitworth gun. Amazingly accurate and with a daunting range.
Note the surfaces in lieu of engraved rifling.

He also developed a standard thread.

[Hotarubi]

https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these.

Can't say I'm all that surprised.

[asthmatic camel]

Whitworth named after THAT Whitworth?

Named for Joseph Whitworth, yes.

The Whitworth.

Ah yes. Thought so.
https://i.imgur.com/IXfwykW.jpg
I have a couple of these, used by the confederates in the Whitworth gun. Amazingly accurate and with a daunting range.
Note the surfaces in lieu of engraved rifling.

He also developed a standard thread.

I understand that he first became enormously wealthy by developing a standardised screw thread

In 1841 Whitworth devised a standard for screw threads with a fixed thread angle of 55° and having a standard pitch for a given diameter. This soon became the first nationally standardised system; its adoption by the railway companies, who until then had all used different screw threads, led to its widespread acceptance. It later became a British Standard, "British Standard Whitworth", abbreviated to BSW and governed by BS 84:1956.

Wiki

In any case, the Whitworth and its surrounding grounds are one of Manchester's "must sees".

[ceptimus]

How to become enormously wealthy:

1) Invent standardized screw thread.
2) Profit.
3) ...and relax.

[asthmatic camel]

Whitworth wasn't the type to relax: his passion for engineering kept him occupied throughout his life.

[asthmatic camel]

I was feeling extremely decadent during my morning spin today and stopped for a shisha pipe: orange kiwi and mint. The perfect way to waste a couple of hours on a Saturday morning listening to BBC Radio 4's Today program. :)

https://i.imgur.com/fAwqUm2.jpg

[Doctor X]

Queen Elizabeth II would have wanted it that way.

– J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

I never usually see a soul on the roads before 6.30 AM apart from the milkmen but this morning Manchester's roads were rammed with cyclists. I had to sit in Wythenshawe Park for half an hour while all the races got underway. Then I thoroughly embarrassed myself by falling off my bike in front of a huge crowd of spectators. :oops:

https://i.imgur.com/0m9yTAc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/7hg7byK.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3EoWr3R.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Ljthmsh.jpg

[Doctor X]

Take heart, you could be President!




Wait . . . you are too articulate. You have to whore yourself out to Truss.

– J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

My road bike's a treacherous bastard at low speeds. Turn a tight corner or hit a pot-hole and it just loves to dump me on the tarmac.

:x

[Doctor X]

https://www.twowheelingtots.com/wp-cont ... eels-4.jpg

– J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

One of these, maybe. I'd probably need a lot less bum butter, too...

https://i.imgur.com/edfQMb3.jpg

[DJ]

You could motorize it too.

[solely]

That tricycle is sporting a good American seat.

[Doctor X]

He has an American ass.

– J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

He has a fuckin' sore ass smothered in this stuff...

https://i.imgur.com/Eb6SxpA.png

[Doctor X]

https://i.imgur.com/XJXaStj.jpg

– J.D.

[shemp]

https://i.imgur.com/XJXaStj.jpg

– J.D.

He'll need a lot more than 250 ml of cream for those.

[Doctor X]

He is not a virgin.




Maybe to Real Sports like football.

– J.D.

[asthmatic camel]

I was a lacrosse goalie. Hard as fuck.

The number of times this happened to me doesn't bear thinking about.

[robinson]

https://i.imgur.com/55fygPB.jpg

[Pyrrho]

https://i.imgur.com/b46wKps.jpg

[Doctor X]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u264 ... /brood.gif

– J.D.

[shuize]

I never usually see a soul on the roads before 6.30 AM apart from the milkmen but this morning Manchester's roads were rammed with cyclists. I had to sit in Wythenshawe Park for half an hour while all the races got underway. Then I thoroughly embarrassed myself by falling off my bike in front of a huge crowd of spectators. :oops:

Back when I started paragliding, under 100 flights I think, I managed to put myself in a tree near takeoff which required a "tree rescue" from other club members. I was embarrassed about it. But last week sitting around with a group of five other friends, I learned that only one of them had yet to make a "tree landing." Then I was a bit disappointed for not being special anymore.*


* Although, they still refer to that particular tree as "shuize's tree" so that helps.

[Pyrrho]

https://i.imgur.com/oRIyyEr.jpg

[asthmatic camel]

I'd definitely fall off one of those.

[Doctor X]

Maybe if they put on training wheels.

– J.D.