Comments on: Stress free commuting? Yeah, right! http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/ tales of life from North Queensland, Australia Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:02:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tom http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9630 tom Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:03:06 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9630 Damn, the timing couldn't be any worse! I have to go in for some ankle surgery on the 17th - I'll be on crutchers for the following week. Apart from that I'm totally down for it. Damn, the timing couldn’t be any worse! I have to go in for some ankle surgery on the 17th - I’ll be on crutchers for the following week. Apart from that I’m totally down for it.

]]> By: Jac http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9629 Jac Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:44:12 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9629 Tom Fully booked for fly fishing trip to the Alpine streams of the snowys, new dates 21st-23rd of April, are u IN ? give me a call. Cheers Tom Fully booked for fly fishing trip to the Alpine streams of the snowys, new dates 21st-23rd of April, are u IN ? give me a call.

Cheers

]]> By: tom http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9627 tom Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:16:47 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9627 Sounds like your eyes are still moist... Sounds like your eyes are still moist…

]]> By: lock http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9620 lock Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:43:48 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9620 20 Bucks for a bike in Cambodia!! You could have bought a house for that much couldn't you? Yes, riding down the highway last Saturday in the pissing rain after 'dropping off' Tom and Timtim from the bike bus, I did have a few scary moments when I grabbed the brakes and it took another 10 meters before the rims had shed enough water to provide any braking power at all. Those brake lights sure rush up on you when it's wet! 20 Bucks for a bike in Cambodia!! You could have bought a house for that much couldn’t you?

Yes, riding down the highway last Saturday in the pissing rain after ‘dropping off’ Tom and Timtim from the bike bus, I did have a few scary moments when I grabbed the brakes and it took another 10 meters before the rims had shed enough water to provide any braking power at all. Those brake lights sure rush up on you when it’s wet!

]]> By: tom http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9604 tom Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:26:08 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9604 You should send us some photos of your commuting antics! You should send us some photos of your commuting antics!

]]> By: jodi http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9568 jodi Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:17:19 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9568 Come ride to work in Phnom Penh. Stress isn't the word. The number of times I think I'm done for are astounding. I get nervous before and after getting on my $20, second-hand bike. Yesterday the streets were flooded and I had to ride through water up to my calves. And I use the term water losely. I had to have a half-body shower when I got to work to wash the klong-water off me. Noone looks before pulling out, the bigger the car the faster they go, there's no lanes and no real correct side of the road to be on. There are no traffic lights and no give way signs. You just try and align yourself next to a car to get across an intersection, and hope that the car doesn't run you down. But hey, it _somehow_ works. ;) Come ride to work in Phnom Penh. Stress isn’t the word. The number of times I think I’m done for are astounding. I get nervous before and after getting on my $20, second-hand bike. Yesterday the streets were flooded and I had to ride through water up to my calves. And I use the term water losely. I had to have a half-body shower when I got to work to wash the klong-water off me. Noone looks before pulling out, the bigger the car the faster they go, there’s no lanes and no real correct side of the road to be on. There are no traffic lights and no give way signs. You just try and align yourself next to a car to get across an intersection, and hope that the car doesn’t run you down. But hey, it _somehow_ works. ;)

]]> By: timtim http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9558 timtim Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:47:02 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9558 well everyone should ride a bike and then it wouldn't be stressful at all. I learnt riding home this afternoon as I stopped to help a guy push is car off the road that it is really easy to pick my vehicle up and carry it off the road if it were to break down and that after stopping to help the distressed car in Roseville I could still pass all the traffic that passed me by Gordon. And there are some nice B-double drivers out there well everyone should ride a bike and then it wouldn’t be stressful at all.
I learnt riding home this afternoon as I stopped to help a guy push is car off the road that it is really easy to pick my vehicle up and carry it off the road if it were to break down and that after stopping to help the distressed car in Roseville I could still pass all the traffic that passed me by Gordon. And there are some nice B-double drivers out there

]]> By: Liz http://tomandzoe.com/log/2007/03/i-wouldnt-call-the-queen-my-granny/#comment-9548 Liz Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:25:53 +0000 http://tomandzoe.com/log/?p=602#comment-9548 You guys must have nerves of steel. I find it stressful enough driving Pacific Highway in peak hours. You guys must have nerves of steel. I find it stressful enough driving Pacific Highway in peak hours.

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