There is one part of the car that helps save lives and infuriates other road users in equal measure. The car horn was developed to let people know you’re there or to warn another road user of an unseen hazard. But is mostly used to tell people that was a poor manoeuvre. Horns on animals are
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Before the invention of the bicycle, the average distance between the birthplaces of spouses in England was one mile. Studying parish registries of birth death and marriages – Stephen Stearns, a Yale professor of evolutionary biology found on average, we were marrying, not only within the village, but the next farm. You have to see who
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I just read a race report blog with 11, eleven, individual, full-stopped reasons, why a performance wasn’t at the optimum. (11, not inclusive of the opening adjectives describing the wind as “strong” and the course as “rolley” as these can be considered pre-existing conditions) We are reading as friends or comrades in competition. We are
I was born under a tree. A yearning, handsome chestnut, whose drip, drip, was my father, and lack of investment in rural infrastructure, was my mother. A loose stone created my tiny face in poorly repaired tar, in 2011. After the hard winter of 2012, I grew. Fed well on an ambitious diet of constant
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1. Sees someone riding a bike, thinks they would like it. 2. Borrows a bike. 3. Talks about buying a bike. (Duration 1 week to 12 years) 4. Buys a bike. (If a close friend/relative cycles, jump to number 8) 5. Finds out what a head wind/ hill is: Doesn’t like it (jump to number
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