Bordeaux floods after heavy rain in south west.
The French are just as stupid?
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/in-images-bordeaux-under-water-as-river-breaks-bank
WEATHER LATEST: Much of western France on alert for high winds and coastal flooding on Friday.
Wrecking a bike in floodwater ( France )
Wrecking a bike in floodwater ( France )
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Re: The French are just as stupid?
mercalia wrote:The French are just as stupid?
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity.
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments...
--- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
Re: The French are just as stupid?
661-Pete wrote:mercalia wrote:The French are just as stupid?
there was a story about a guy here on his bike had to be rescued from floods after he tried to cycle thru it, remember it any one?
Re: The French are just as stupid?
Whatever I am, wherever I am, this is me. This is my life
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E2E info
Re: The French are just as stupid?
One of the many who rode through this during a 100k Audax a few years ago.
Re: The French are just as stupid?
Grandad wrote:
One of the many who rode through this during a 100k Audax a few years ago.
Thoughts of having to re-grease the hubs would have had me walking with the bike on my shoulder. Does that make me a bit sad? Probably.
Re: The French are just as stupid?
mercalia wrote:Bordeaux floods after heavy rain in south west.
The French are just as stupid?
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/in-images-bordeaux-under-water-as-river-breaks-bank
WEATHER LATEST: Much of western France on alert for high winds and coastal flooding on Friday.
A whole nation tarred (albeit questionably) with the same stupid brush
Current pedalable joys
"you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles"
"you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who nearly are half people and half bicycles"
Re: Wrecking a bike in floodwater ( France )
Ah, mercalia and his good old question marks?
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Re: Wrecking a bike in floodwater ( France )
mercalia wrote:Bordeaux floods after heavy rain in south west.
The French are just as stupid?
No
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Re: The French are just as stupid?
deliquium wrote:mercalia wrote:Bordeaux floods after heavy rain in south west.
The French are just as stupid?
http://www.thelocal.fr/20160212/in-images-bordeaux-under-water-as-river-breaks-bank
WEATHER LATEST: Much of western France on alert for high winds and coastal flooding on Friday.
A whole nation tarred (albeit questionably) with the same stupid brush
Aye well, when you are prejudiced against something any fodder will do.
Have we got time for another cuppa?